National Hydrography Dataset Stewardship Conference April 24, 25, and 26, 2007 Denver, Colorado

Objective: To improve the National Hydrography Dataset by putting it in the hands of those who know the hydrography the best.

Premise: It makes sense to have one universal hydrography coverage of the U.S. – NHD For this to work it must fully meet the needs of the user community. The current baseline of the NHD generally meets this need. The NHD must now evolve to a new level of user expectations.

Premise: The USGS will not have the resources to bring the NHD to a new level of capability. The users are best suited to do this. But they need the USGS to provide, leadership, guidance, continuity, and assistance. The business needs of the user will drive improvement of the NHD.

8:30 AM - Welcome, Agenda, and Introductions – Jeff Simley 9:00 - Overview and future direction of the NHD – Jeff Simley 9:30 – Overview of stewardship concept and structure – Jeff Simley/Keven Roth 10:00 - Break 10:20 - USGS stewardship team – Carl Nelson/Paul Kimsey 10:50 - USGS Geospatial Liaisons – Tracy Fuller 11:10 – Overview of the NHD change management system – Keven Roth 11:30 - Lunch Agenda – Tuesday - AM

Agenda – Tuesday - PM 12:35 PM –Common problems found in the NHD – Carl Nelson 1:00 – Overview of the editing and transactional update architecture – Paul Kimsey 1:25 - NHD Stewardship in Minnesota – Susanne Maeder 1:55 – NHD Stewardship at the U.S. EPA – Tommy Dewald 2:05 – Break 2:25 – NHD Stewardship at the U.S. Forest Service – Brian Sanborn 2:45 – NHD Stewardship at the Bureau of Land Management – Dan Wickwire 2:55 – Local-Resolution Photo-Based Revision in West Virginia – Kurt Donaldson, 3:10 – Local-Resolution Photo-Based Revision in New Jersey – Seth Hackman 3:25 – Activities in the States – Short presentations by states represented 4:30 – Informal discussions between states 5:00 - Adjourn

Agenda – Wednesday - AM 8:30 AM – Editing the NHD Status of NHD Geo Edit Tool – 15 min. - Paul Kimsey Setting up the Tool – 15 min. - Tim Hines Metadata and details of change management – 30 min. – Keven Roth Topology – 15 min. – Carl Nelson Flow in the NHD - 15 min. – Bill Smith 10:00 – Break 10:15 – Editing the NHD Measures in the NHD – 15 min. – Paul Kimsey Overview of various editing functions – 60 min. – Carl Nelson 11:30 – Lunch

Agenda – Wednesday - PM 12:30 PM – Editing the NHD Post Processing Steps – 15 min. - Paul Kimsey Data Load Problems – 15 min. - Hank Nelson 1:00 – Local-Resolution Lidar-Based Revision in North Carolina – Joe Sewash/Scott Edelman 1:50 – Break 2:10 – The role of the Geographic Names Information System – Lou Yost 3:00 - Editing names – Paul Kimsey 3:15 – Densification at the Pacific Northwest Hydrography Framework – Rick Jordan/Jay Stevens 3:35 – Break 3:45 - Watershed Boundary Dataset Status and Planning – Karen Hanson 4:35 - National Wetlands Inventory – Mitch Bergeson 5:05 - Adjourn

Agenda – Thursday - AM 8:30 AM –National Elevation Dataset/Lidar – Kristine Verdin 9:00 – NHD at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Tommy Dewald 9:10 - NHDPlus – Cindy McKay 9:55 – StreamStats – Al Rea/Pete Steeves 10:25 – Break 10:40 – High Resolution NHDPlus Plans and Possibilities – Al Rea, Cindy McKay 11:00 – Event Migration – Cindy McKay 11:30 – Lunch

Agenda – Thursday - PM 12:30 PM – Event Management Tool – Jay Stevens 1:00 – NHD Geo Edit Tool Development – Paul Kimsey/Carl Nelson 1:30 – Future Geospatial Database Technologies and the NHD – Paul Wiese/Jerry Ornelas 2:00 – Break 2:20 – Documentation – Keven Roth 2:45 – NHD Web Site 3:00 – Reporting Problems 3:15 - Needed Development 3:45 – Feedback from Stewards 4:45 - Adjourn

Attendance Alaska Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Iowa Illinois Indiana

Attendance Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana North Carolina Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey

Attendance New Mexico New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Dakota Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming

Attendance Bureau of Land Management National Park Service Natural Resource Conservation Service U.S. Bureau of Reclamation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Forest Service U.S. Geological Survey

Attendance Destiny Resources ESRI Data Enhancement Services L3-Titan Riverside Technology Watershed Concepts