Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: Dr. Robert C. Abt
      Publication_Date: 2001
      Title: Timber removals changes by FIA survey Unit in the U.S. South, 1995 to 2040
      Publication_Information:
        Publication_Place: Salt Lake City, UT
        Publisher: USDA Forest Service
      Other_Citation_Details: Technical Report Chapter 13 (TIMBR-1)  Figures 22 and 24
  Description:
    Abstract: These data are projections, 1995-2040, of changes in removals in thousand cu. ft. by survey unit, softwood and hardwood, developed using the Subregional Timber Supply Model.
    Purpose: describe timber harvest changes in the South for the Southern Forest Resource Assessment.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 1995
        Ending_Date: 2040 -annually
    Currentness_Reference: 2002
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
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    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -97.104246
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.773082
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.961157
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 23.957495
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword: removal projections
      Theme_Keyword: biota
      Theme_Keyword: economy
  Access_Constraints: none
  Use_Constraints: none
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Jeffrey P. Prestemon
        Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
      Contact_Position: Scientist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, PO Box 12254
        City: Research Triangle Park
        State_or_Province: NC
        Postal_Code: 27709
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-549-4033
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 919-549-4047
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jprestemon@fs.fed.us
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Data_Quality_Information:
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
        Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Label: numeric
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: state
      Attribute_Definition: state postal code abbreviation
      Attribute_Definition_Source: United States Postal Service
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: FIA Survey Unit identifier
      Attribute_Definition: see source
      Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit, Southern Research Station -see text.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: species
      Attribute_Definition: softwood is any tree species of the Gymnospermae phylum; hardwood is species of the Angiospermae phylum
      Attribute_Definition_Source: USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit, Southern Research Station
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Volume Change in Removals
      Attribute_Definition: Change in the volume of timber removed from the survey unit, between 1995 and 2040
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: percent change in removals
      Attribute_Definition: percentage change in the volume of timber removed from the survey unit, between 1995 and 2040 = (2040 volume) x (100)/(1995 volume)
      Attribute_Definition_Source: n.a.
Distribution_Information:
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: Southern Research Station, SRS- 4851
        Contact_Person: John M. Pye
      Contact_Position: ecologist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: 3041 E. Cornwallis Rd
        City: Research Triangle Park
        State_or_Province: NC
        Postal_Code: 27709
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-549-4013
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jpye@fs.fed.us
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  Metadata_Date: 20041118
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        Contact_Organization: Southern Research Station, SRS- 4851
        Contact_Person: John M. Pye
      Contact_Position: Ecologist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: 3041 E. Cornwallis Rd
        City: Research Triangle Park
        State_or_Province: NC
        Postal_Code: 27709
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-549-4013
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  Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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