FSD News

Happy New Years - Well for FPS

Remember that July 1 is the first day of the new year for The Forest Projection and Planning System (FPS). This means anything measured this year before today is assigned a year of last year for its measurement. Today ALL growth is considered to have happened and it is year end of the current calendar year.

The Forest Projection and Planning System and Taper

As of late The FSD Tech Penguin has received many questions on the topic of taper and The Forest Projection and Planning system (FPS). This is not an insignificant topic as FPS is somewhat unique in how it determines taper. This post will serve as a quick discussion of what FSD understands about the taper system in FPS and may not be 100% accurate.

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Thneed Digest – Week 2015 – 04

Effective January 17, 2015 Free State Drivers will no longer be providing support services on behalf of the Forest Biometrics Research Institute. This is the date the FBRI Board of Directors asked FSD to discontinue all services based on the request by FSD to terminate the contract. FSD would like to apologize for the short notice. FSD proposed a 6 month transition period to alleviate any problems and was given only 5 business days (ending January 17, 2015) to transfer all databases, hardware, software and support services including phone to the Portland office.

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