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GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Wayne National Forest Impact Assessment and Monitoring of the 2003 Ice Storm Nicole I. Stump GIS Specialist.

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1 GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Wayne National Forest Impact Assessment and Monitoring of the 2003 Ice Storm Nicole I. Stump GIS Specialist Wayne National Forest 2008 Ohio GIS Conference September 10-12, 2008 Crowne Plaza North Hotel Columbus, Ohio

2 GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: 1.Location of WNF 2.GIS at the WNF 3.2003 Ice Storm 4.Forest Service Response 5.Monitoring Questions 6.Establishing Monitoring Plots 7.Aerial Mapping of Damage 8.Final Damage Layer 9.Future Direction 10.Contact Info Location of the Wayne National Forest 1

3 GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: GIS at the Wayne National Forest Breeding Bird Survey Sites Subsidences and Portals Cultural Heritage Sites Forest Inventory Ginseng Populations NNIS Treatments Potential Natural Vegetation Fish Passage Surveys 2 1.Location of WNF 2.GIS at the WNF 3.2003 Ice Storm 4.Forest Service Response 5.Monitoring Questions 6.Establishing Monitoring Plots 7.Aerial Mapping of Damage 8.Final Damage Layer 9.Future Direction 10.Contact Info

4 GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: 2003 Ice Storm February 15-17 2003 2-5 inches accumulation Branchfall, Uprooting, Snapped Stems Power lines, Roads, Structures 3 1.Location of WNF 2.GIS at the WNF 3.2003 Ice Storm 4.Forest Service Response 5.Monitoring Questions 6.Establishing Monitoring Plots 7.Aerial Mapping of Damage 8.Final Damage Layer 9.Future Direction 10.Contact Info

5 GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Forest Service Response Clean-up trails & recreation areas Overflight to assess damage Salvage Opportunities 4 1.Location of WNF 2.GIS at the WNF 3.2003 Ice Storm 4.Forest Service Response 5.Monitoring Questions 6.Establishing Monitoring Plots 7.Aerial Mapping of Damage 8.Final Damage Layer 9.Future Direction 10.Contact Info

6 GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Monitoring Questions Overstory Tree Mortality Fuel Loading Indiana Bat Habitat Non-Native Invasive Species Oak Regeneration Fire Regime Condition Class 5 1.Location of WNF 2.GIS at the WNF 3.2003 Ice Storm 4.Forest Service Response 5.Monitoring Questions 6.Establishing Monitoring Plots 7.Aerial Mapping of Damage 8.Final Damage Layer 9.Future Direction 10.Contact Info

7 GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Establishing Monitoring Plots Tools: ArcScript “cetroid.dll “ (Leon Goody) Avenue Script “Radiating Lines and Points 1.1” (Jeff Jenness) Parameters: Condition (alive vs. dead) Crown Class (height) Damage Class Diameter Species Number of Seedlings Presence of NNIS Bat Roosts 6 1.Location of WNF 2.GIS at the WNF 3.2003 Ice Storm 4.Forest Service Response 5.Monitoring Questions 6.Establishing Monitoring Plots 7.Aerial Mapping of Damage 8.Final Damage Layer 9.Future Direction 10.Contact Info

8 GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Aerial Mapping of Damage Georeferencing Heads-up Digitizing Air Photo Interpretation 7 1.Location of WNF 2.GIS at the WNF 3.2003 Ice Storm 4.Forest Service Response 5.Monitoring Questions 6.Establishing Monitoring Plots 7.Aerial Mapping of Damage 8.Final Damage Layer 9.Future Direction 10.Contact Info

9 GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Final Damage Layer 8 1.Location of WNF 2.GIS at the WNF 3.2003 Ice Storm 4.Forest Service Response 5.Monitoring Questions 6.Establishing Monitoring Plots 7.Aerial Mapping of Damage 8.Final Damage Layer 9.Future Direction 10.Contact Info

10 GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Future Direction 9 1.Location of WNF 2.GIS at the WNF 3.2003 Ice Storm 4.Forest Service Response 5.Monitoring Questions 6.Establishing Monitoring Plots 7.Aerial Mapping of Damage 8.Final Damage Layer 9.Future Direction 10.Contact Info Compare with other Spatial Data: Soil Type Aspect Species Age of Stand

11 GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Contact Info 10 1.Location of WNF 2.GIS at the WNF 3.2003 Ice Storm 4.Forest Service Response 5.Monitoring Questions 6.Establishing Monitoring Plots 7.Aerial Mapping of Damage 8.Final Damage Layer 9.Future Direction 10.Contact Info THANK YOU Nicole I. Stump GIS Specialist Wayne National Forest 13700 U.S. Highway 33 Nelsonville, Ohio 45764 (740)593-0910 OR Aaron E. Burk Resource Information Manager Wayne National Forest 13700 U.S. Highway 33 Nelsonville, Ohio 45764 (740)593-0885


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