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The 'Data and Resources' box to the right includes a link to an FTP site where data, and a data dictionary, can be downloaded that provide access to compiled data from the primary ground-sampling programs managed by the Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch (FAIB) as well as a link to and Interactive Mapping App. FAIB ground-sampling programs include the Permanent Sample Plots (PSPs) that provide long term growth and yield information to support development and testing of growth-and-yield models. Active PSPs are the only plot type protected from harvesting. The Provincial Change Monitoring Inventory (CMI), Provincial Young Stand Monitoring (YSM) and National Forest Inventory (NFI) programs monitor the changes in growth, mortality, and forest health from statistically valid populations. Vegetation Resource Inventory (VRI) plots are used to audit and verify key spatial inventory attributes estimated during photo interpretation. The 'Ground Plot Data FTP' link contains tree- and plot-level compiled mensurational attributes for each ground plot across a series of repeated measurements. Both the PSP and non-PSP compilation outputs include a Data Dictionary that describes all the tables…

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