Why is The Forest Projection and Planning System Software right for you? For over 30 years FPS has been dedicated to providing a suite of software designed to offer Land Managers and Foresters with the necessary tolls for making knowledgeable Forest Management decisions. With a fully integrated cruise compiler, growth …
Click here to view the Jim Arney Legacy Video (on Vimeo). Jim Arney was the President of the Institute and the sole developer and guiding visionary for the Forest Projection System or FPS software. He dedicated 30 years of his career to writing a growth and yield model to …
*Release of FPS Version 7.60
*Upcoming Workshop: Intro to FPS
*Brock’s User Group “BUGS”:
Virtual 3/28/23
*New FPS Training Videos
*Site Visits
*Jim Arney’s Legacy Video
Click here to download FPS version 7.60. All downloaded FPS versions open in demo mode with FPS operating at approximately 80% functionality. A member activation key is needed for full functionality. Microsoft Access is needed to operate FPS. If you are having trouble accessing the FPS download from the link …
Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is with overwhelming sadness that we inform you of the passing of Dr. James D. Arney on June 14, 2021, due to a medical condition. Jim was the founder and driving force behind FBRI since its inception in 2002. He will be missed tremendously as …
The Evolution of Forest Inventory (A Comparison of Satellite, Lidar, and Traditional Forest Inventory Methods) James D. Arney, PhD and Mark V. Corrao, PhD[1] For nearly two centuries’ foresters have worked within the constraints of data and time to build representative ‘inventories’ that describe the spatial and structural variations of …
Study Implications for “Estimating Forest Productivity Using Site Characteristics, Multipoint Measures, and a Nonparametric Approach Defining and understanding forest productivity is of interest to a wide variety of natural resource professionals including ecologists, climate change experts, forest biometricians, and forest managers. A new method of defining forest productivity using multipoint …
What is Forest Biometrics? In layman’s terms, forest biometrics is information about forests than comes from measuring and counting. People who do the measuring and analysis are called Forest Biometricians. The people who need the information are foresters, people and companies who own forest land, people who invest in forest …
Patrick’s interest in growth / yield models and timber inventory started in college.
Photos from FBRI Graduate Fellow Patrick Whalen’s field studies.
