THE HETEROGENEOUS, TEMPERATE FORESTS OF THE NORTHEASTERN US REPRESENT A COMPLEX HISTORY OF MANAGEMENT, CONSERVATION, NATURAL DISTURBANCES, AND SITE CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKE ASSESSMENT OF TRENDS AND PATTERNS OF FOREST METRICS A CHALLENGE. WHILE THE USFS FIA PROGRAM IS A ROBUST AND USEFUL RESOURCE, ITS LIMITED SPATIAL RESOLUTION AND TEMPORAL SCOPE MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF THE REGION'S FORESTS OVER TIME, OR PREDICT THE FUTURE OF THE FORESTED RESOURCE. FOREST MANAGERS, RESEARCHERS, AND OTHER REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS HAVE VOICED A NEED FOR MORE INTEGRATED FOREST INVENTORY DATA PRODUCTS THAT HARMONIZE AND LINK DISPARATE FOREST INVENTORIES. THIS PROJECT WILL AGGREGATE THE WEALTH OF FOREST INVENTORY DATA THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS ACROSS THE REGION, BUILDING AN ONLINE SYSTEM THAT REMOVES BARRIERS TO DATA ACCESS AND INTEGRATION, AND BRINGS TOGETHER A NETWORK OF STAKEHOLDERS TO UTILIZE AND BENEFIT FROM THIS DATA. THIS WORK WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON KEY METHODOLOGICAL OR PROCEDURAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR FUTURE INVENTORIES TO ALLOW FOR EASIER AGGREGATION AT BROADER SCALES. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO CREATE NEW KNOWLEDGE AND INSIGHT ABOUT HOW FORESTS IN THE REGION ARE GROWING AND CHANGING, AND WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR THE REGION'S ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL FUTURE.