Introduction to FPS Workshop March 17-18, 2026 Best Western Plus University Inn* | 1516 Pullman Rd | Moscow, ID 83843 The 2026 Introduction to FPS Workshop presented by the Forest Biometrics Research Institute (FBRI) will be held on March 17-18, in Moscow, ID. This workshop will focus on utilizing FPS in …
Silvicultural Prescriptions and Regimes November 5-6, 2025 Hilton DoubleTree, Portland, Oregon The Forest Biometrics Research Institute will be holding a 2-day fall workshop on November 5-6, 2025, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Portland, OR. This workshop will emphasize using FPS for implementing Silvicultural Prescriptions and Regimes. Each participant will …
A New FBRI Member Service: FPS Inventory Program Review FBRI is pleased to announce a new Enterprise Service — FPS Inventory Program Review — which is designed to critically evaluate your organization’s operational FPS database.1 This program review will cover key aspects of your forest inventory system including cruise design …
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 …
*New event: FBRI Workshop: Silviculture Prescription and Regimes
November 5-6, 2025
*FBRI article published in Forest Science
*Brock’s User Group “BUGS”
*New Enterprise Services
*Release of FPS Version 7.60
*New FPS Training 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 …
