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Terrestrial Condition Assessment (TCA) Grassland Productivity
Direct Download (Raster Data Gateway)Objective: Identify areas of negative relative change in annual grassland vegetation productivity.Data: The indicator of biomass production departure is an estimate based on the percent area of a landscape with a negative relative change between a recent time period (most recent 5 years) and the historical record (beginning in 1984). There is a 1 year lag between the source data and the TCA Assessment year. For instance in 2024, mean annual productivity data used were 1984-2018 (historical record) and 2019-2023 (recent conditions). Note that in 2022, data only covers the western US, in all other years it covers CONUS.Format: Raster data are binary: (1) negative or (0) not negative.Resolution: 250mSource: Annual RPMS Products from FuelCast. More info on the Rangeland Production Monitoring Service on the product pageAdditional Resources:Details on Method Changes and Source Data VersionsOverview of the Terrestrial Condition Assessment: TCA Hubsite or Landfire Office Hour PresentationExplore the results of the most recent assessment: TCA Interactive Data ViewerLearn more about the TCA KPI: TCA Dashboard*if you have trouble viewing the Dashboard, please submit a Tableau Viewer Access Request
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| description | <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><A href="https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/rastergateway/TCA/TCA_Grassland_Productivity.zip" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Direct Download (Raster Data Gateway)</SPAN></SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>Objective:</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>Identify areas of negative relative change in annual grassland vegetation productivity.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>Data:</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>The indicator of biomass production departure is an estimate based on the percent area of a landscape with a negative relative change between a recent time period (most recent 5 years) and the historical record (beginning in 1984). There is a 1 year lag between the source data and the TCA Assessment year. For instance in 2024, mean annual productivity data used were 1984-2018 (historical record) and 2019-2023 (recent conditions). Note that in 2022, data only covers the western US, in all other years it covers CONUS.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>Format:</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> Raster data are binary: (1) negative or (0) not negative.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>Resolution:</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> 250m</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN>Source: </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>Annual RPMS Products from </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://fuelcast.net/downloads" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>FuelCast</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN>. More info on the Rangeland Production Monitoring Service on the </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://fuelcast.net/rpms-product" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>product page</SPAN></SPAN></A></P><P STYLE="font-weight:bold;"><SPAN><SPAN>Additional Resources:</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>Details on </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://usfs.box.com/s/79vx1b42xg8u6ivjombxjes36nzfhgml" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Method Changes and Source Data Versions</SPAN></SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>Overview of the Terrestrial Condition Assessment: </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://terrestrial-condition-assessment-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>TCA Hubsite</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN> or </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf0P3cAq1rs&list=PLwRbAc4x5n94rLca1CXXuugtRDt_G666M&index=19" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Landfire Office Hour Presentation</SPAN></SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>Explore the results of the most recent assessment: </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://apps.fs.usda.gov/gtac-toolsms/tca/" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>TCA Interactive Data Viewer</SPAN></SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>Learn more about the TCA KPI: </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://cxodashboard.dl.usda.gov/t/NRE/views/EcologicalConditionOutcomes_17531128629260/EcologicalOutcomes" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>TCA Dashboard</SPAN></SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>*if you have trouble viewing the Dashboard, please submit a</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://usdagcc.sharepoint.com/sites/fs-wo-cdoc/SitePages/Dashboards.aspx" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Tableau Viewer Access Request</SPAN></SPAN></A></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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| issued | 2025-09-25 |
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| modified | 2025-09-25 |
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