1. Williston, north dakota
Changes in Land Use,
Williston, north dakota

2. HEIDI’S SLIDE
Night view of the Bakken Formation
First drills went in around the 1950s
2006 Parshall Oil Fields go into full swing
This image shows how much development is going on in the area – look at lights from cities, but mostly the burning of natural gas from the well pads. ©

3. Typical well pad HEIDI’S SLIDE
This is the light pollution you’re seeing

4. Why williston? HEIDI’S SLIDE
Williston sits near the geographical center of the Bakken Formation of the Williston Basin.
Largest community (only Walmart for nearly 100 mile radius) ©

5. What’s happening in williston?
Housing construction
man camps, RV parks
Commercial / Industrial development
Retail stores, Heavy equipment dealers, Hotels
Developing well pads
Road construction
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Types of development occuring

6. What is the project PURPOSE?
The project purpose is to quantify the changes in land use occurring in Williston for the benefit of civil and environmental planning.
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7. Methods overview Clipped NAIP to area of interest
Resampled LANDSAT at 1 meter
Stacked NAIP and LANDSAT spectral bands
Performed supervised classification
Performed change detection
Analyzed results
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8. Area of interest
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9. Area of interest 2005 HEIDI’S SLIDE AOI 2005
Notice all the ag fields and range lands?

10. Area of interest 2012 HEIDI’S SLIDE AOI 2012
Notice all the development over the ag fields

11. Landsat 7 imagery 2005 2012 © http://glovis.usgs.gov HEIDI’S SLIDE
Adding landsat to get IR
Added 5 of the 8 bands: blue, green, red, IR, and panchromatic
Resample image from 30-m to 1-m resolution
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12. Stacking data layers JENNIFER’S SLIDE 2012 2005 Stacked images
Layer 1 – NAIP “Natural Blue”
Layer 2 – NAIP “Natural Green”
Layer 3 – NAIP “Natural Red”
Layer 4 – LandSat 7 Band 1, µm
Layer 5 – LandSat 7 Band 2, µm
Layer 6 – LandSat 7 Band 3, µm
Layer 7 – LandSat 7 Band 4, µm
Layer 8 – LandSat 7 Band 8, µm

13. Supervised classification
2005
CLASSES:
Developed
Native Prairie
Crop Field
Bare Ag Soil
Woody
Swale / Wetland
Road
Water
2012
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How did they classify?
Look “through” the stripes

14. Supervised classification
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Compare the percentage of pixels assigned to each class between the years
Developed is skewed because of the scan line error
Numbers are not correct; too many are in Developed
But you can see trends

15. Change detection data matrix
Greatest change: Roads, Swale/Wetland, Unclassified.
Least change: Native Prairie, Developed, Water
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What do these numbers mean?
It should show us how much change there was
Should tell us which land uses are being changed to which
Percent change should tell us how much growth or reduction of each class we are experiencing
The Stripes renders this data useless.

16. Discussion Decreasing trends Increasing trends
Water, Crop, Woody, Native Prairie
Increasing trends
Swale/Wetland, Road, Bare Ag Soil, Developed
Suppositions on land use class changes
Based on secondary information
Civil use of this information
Environmental use of this information
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- Discuss decreasing trends
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Discuss increasing trends
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Discuss suppositions for changes
Crop to developed or roads instead of NP, and why (T&E species 1973)
Increase in wetlands (CWA Section 404)
Decrease in Woody (NDPSC Revegetation, 80% in 6 years)
Civil use of information
Note trends
Make policy decisions

17. Sources ecoflight.zenfolio.com themilliondollarway.blogspot.com

18. Questions? ©