1. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey COAST Toolkit: The Forested Land Management decision support tool Cassandra Ladino, U.S. Geological Survey On Behalf of the COAST Development Team 10/05/11 Forest Conservation Demo

2. Outline  Chesapeake Online Adaptive Support Toolkit (COAST) What is COAST Adaptive Management concepts  Forested Land Management Mapper Demo PowerPoint slide overview Live demo with Q/A  Discussion and Next Steps

3. The Chesapeake Online Adaptive Support Toolkit (COAST)  Science based Decision- support tool WWW based Integrated framework of models and information Adaptive management  Implement and assess actions Chesapeake Action Plan Executive Order Water quality Watersheds (forest management)  User groups State, federal, local, NGO’s

4. Adaptive Management  A specific kind of structured decision making  Learning by doing and adapting to what is learned  Improves both the operation of restoration programs and meeting restoration goals

5. Executive Order Strategy

6. Decision Support Tools Amongst Partners COAST ChesapeakeStat Bay Barometer Environmental Measures Accountability stating process for measuring progress toward program goals Spatial selection of priority areas for resource management through the use of scientific information and data

7. Representing Adaptive Management The Toolkit provides web map applications to support adaptive management steps.

8. Data Characteristics:  Data list determined by COAST working group subject experts Vulnerability to Conversion Economic Importance Forest Hub Size Soil Productivity Stream Order Stream Density Soil Moisture Adjacent Land Cover Slope Impaired Streams $ ! Site Index (Avg Tree Height) FLM Data

9. Forested Land Management Tool (FLM)

10. Data Characteristics:  Analysis by HUC, County, or State  Analysis Unit = NHDplus catchment $ ! Site Index (Avg Tree Height) FLM Data

11. LAYERSOURCEYEARCELL SIZEVALUE RANGE Vulnerability to ConversionRLA200030 meter1 - 4 Economic ImportanceRLA200030 meter1 -100 Forest Hub SizeRLA200030 meter170.6 -1376538.2 acres Soil ProductivitySSURGO.Site_Index_r201010 meter25 - 110 years Stream OrderNHDplus200510- 12 HUCStrahler Order 1 -7 Stream DensityNHDplus200510- 12 HUC0.000011 - 0.154414 Soil MoistureSSURGO.Soimoistdept_r201010 meter0 - 200 meters Adjacent LandcoverCBLC 2006200630 meterLand cover classes 21- 95 SlopeNHDplus200510 meter0 - 109 % Impaired StreamsEPA2002 -200610 - 12 HUCYes (1) or No (0)

12. LayersData Scale Parameter43210 Vulnerability to conversionHighModerateLow 0= not forest Large Blocks (Forest Hub Size) (acres)500-1000200-500< = 200 0= not forest Soils Productivity ( Forest Suitability)Highly suitable = 90-80Mod. Suitable= 79-75Low Suitability=74-64Very poor suitability=63-10= not forest Stream order/HUC1 st order/12 digit2 nd order/11 digit3 rd order> 3 rd order/8 digit HUCNA Stream Density/ HUC> 1.0420.77 - 1.0420.524 - 0.7690 - 0.523NA Importance to economyVery valuableHigh valueMod valueLow value0= not forest Soil Moisture<1 meter1 - 2 meters2 - 5 meters5 - 10 meters0= >10 Adjacent Land CoverAgricultural LandsOpen SpaceUrbanForested0= not forest Slope>25%15-25%5-15%0-5%0= not forest Impaired Streams Yes0= No FLM Data

13. FLM Interface Highlights  Online Public Access  User creates prioritization  Source data are accessible  View other related datasets  * Under development this year *

14. FLM DEMO – Select an area of interest Frederick County

15. FLM DEMO – Select layers for analysis In this scenario:  We are prioritizing layers based on Preservation potential.  Vulnerability to Conversion and Forest Hub Size were of equal and highest importance to us.  Stream Order and Stream Density were of equal and lowest importance.  Soil Productivity is three times as important as Stream Density and Stream Order.  Economic Importance is two times as important as Stream Density and Stream Order.

16. FLM DEMO – Map the data

17. FLM DEMO – Investigate the results

18. Live Demo with Q/A Go to: http://lcat.usgs.gov/coast/cbflm/ Lets create a scenario...  Objective?  State/ County?  Which Layers?

19. Next Steps  Next Steps Release the COAST Forested Land Management decision support tool Continue presentations and demonstration to key user groups

20. Questions and Contacts COAST Website URL:  http://chesapeake.usgs.gov/coast/  Keywords: USGS COAST U.S. Geological Survey Contacts:  Cassandra Ladino, ccladino@usgs.gov  Paul Hearn – Apps Team Leader  Scott Phillips – COAST Project Manager