FPS Help Documents Archives - Forest Biometrics Research Institute

Fundamentals and Best Practices for Forest Inventories – Session 4

Fundamentals and Best Practices for Forest Inventories – Session 3

Fundamentals and Best Practices for Forest Inventories – Session 2

Fundamentals and Best Practices for Forest Inventories – Session 1

Year-end Reporting and The transition to the FPS 7.55 Software Suite

The Year-end Forest Inventory Report is a standard set of reports which every forester should produce at the end of every year.

Guidebook for FPS Forest Planning

Guidebook for FPS Forest Planning Biometric Methods for Forest Planning (PDF) Excerpt from The Forester’s Guidebook

Step by Step Guide for Running FPS Harvest Scheduler

Step by Step Guide for Running FPS Harvest Scheduler The Forester’s Quick Steps to Building an Annual Harvest Schedule (PDF) Based on an FPS-based Working Forest Inventory – by James D. Arney, Sept. 2018

FPS Training Video: Using GIS

FPS Training Video: SVS Install

FPS Training Video: SVS Options

If you installed FPS 7.55 before 6/7/19, please re-download and install.
The only change is that there was an update on a security certificate. You may install directly over the top of your existing previous installation. None of your existing databases will be affected. Go to the /Fp7 folder to re-run Fp7Post using your existing 2019 FPS Activation Code.

Click here to download FPS Version 7.55.
Click here to view Annoucement Letter of FPS Version 7.55 (PDF).

The 7.55 download opens in demo mode with FPS operating at approximately 80% efficiency.
Member activation key needed for full version.
Opens in Microsoft Access

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