Monongahela National Forest

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Monongahela National Forest GIS ROLL CALL
WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie Monongahela National Forest GIS Program
Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Outline Monongahela National Forest

• REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
• FOREST FACTS
• GIS RESOURCES
• ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• PRIORITIES

WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Regional Significance Monongahela National Forest

• ECONOMIC
• Monies distributed to counties based on USFS
  lands
• 1.2 million - PILT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes)
  Monies
• 1.7 million - 25 or Stabilized Payments (from
  timber sale receipts, etc)
• Distributed to Federal treasury
• 1.1 million - Mineral Revenues from oil and
  gas leasing/gas storage

WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Regional Significance Monongahela National Forest

• ECOLOGICAL

TNC used a rarity-weighted richness index (RWRI)
for each of the almost 5,ooo hexagons in the
United States that contain imperiled species.
They then were able to create a continuous
surface map of rarity-weighted richness across
the country.
WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Forest Facts Monongahela National Forest

• MNF Originated - 1915
• ACREAGE 916,000 acres (7 of state)
• - purchased approximately 7,000 acres near White
  Sulphur over the past year
• TOPOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY
• - Elevation ranging from 900 4,800 feet
• CLIMATE
• - Precipitation ranging from 60 in the west to
  30 in the east (of the Alleg Front)
• AQUATIC RESOURCES
• - Potomac and Ohio river systems
• 12O miles warmwater fisheries/570 miles coldwater
  fisheries
• - 90 of all WV trout waters
• TERRESTRIAL RESOURCES
• 230 species of birds/70 species of trees/82
  species fish/nine TE species
• 87 rare/sensitive plant and animal species
• AVERAGE ANNUAL COMMERCIAL TIMBER VOLUME 29
  MMBF

WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Forest Facts Monongahela National Forest

• FEDERALLY DESIGNATED WILDERNESSES-FIVE/NRA-ONE
  
• - Wilderness five, National Recreation Areas -
  one
• INFRASTRUCTURE
• Over 3,000 miles of roads, over 800 miles of
  trails, six visitor centers, two
• information centers
• POPULATION ACCESS
• - Within one days drive of one third of US
  population

WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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GIS Resources Monongahela National Forest

• GIS STAFF
• - Pgm manager three technicians
• GIS USERS
• - 30 staff
• COMPUTER HARDWARE
• - IBM NetVistas, Client-server architecture (1
  TB), Large Format HP 5500 plotter
• COMPUTER SOFTWARE
• - Suite of ESRI products

WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Accomplishments Monongahela National Forest

• DATA MANAGEMENT
• - Compliance with FS national stds
• - Acquired IKONOS 1-meter natural color
• satellite imagery
• - Incorporated land additions into base layer
• - Completed NHD for eight 4th level hydrologic
  units
• - Updated trails layer with GPS locational data
• PRODUCT AND STAFF SUPPORT
• - Forest plan amendment completed
• - Forest plan revision, in-progress
• - NEPA project work
• - Began FVM revision through GSTC in Salt Lake
  City
• TRAINING
• - Introductory and Advanced ArcGIS
• - ArcView basics

WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Project-specific Monongahela National Forest

• UPPER SHAVERS FORK
• NRIS-WATER
• FOREST PLAN AMENDMENT
• IDENTFYING WVNFS HABITAT

WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Upper Shavers Fork Monongahela National Forest
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Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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NRIS-Water Monongahela National Forest
WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Forest Plan Amendment Monongahela National Forest
Proposed Action The MNF is proposing to amend
the 1986 Monongahela National Forest Land and
Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) to update
management standards for eight of the nine
federally listed species known to occur on the
MNF.
WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Forest Plan Amendment Monongahela National Forest
TE Analysis
WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Forest Plan Amendment Monongahela National Forest
1986 Management Prescriptions
WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Forest Plan Amendment Monongahela National Forest
2004 Management Prescriptions
WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Identifying WVNFS Habitat Monongahela National
Forest
MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST RED SPRUCE TASK
ORDER August 11, 2003 SCOPE The current task
order involves classifying portions of 47-124000
scale topographic quadrangles on the Monongahela
National Forest (MNF) for the red spruce forest
type. This classification will include
identifying individual polygons that are
homogeneous for lifeform, species, crown cover,
size classes, and vertical structure. The study
area encompasses 500,000 acres of land above
2,900 feet elevation within the Forests
proclamation boundary of which approximately
100,000 acres had been typed as red spruce.
WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Identifying WVNFS Habitat Monongahela National
Forest

• MNF DATA
• Red Spruce vegetation layer
• Forest Visitor Map (digital and hardcopy)
• Forest stands layer with CDS forest type
  attribute
• Color infrared digital orthophoto quadrangles
  (spring 1995, 1996)
• IKONOS imagery (November, 2001 additional
  imagery slated for November, 2003)
• Black white aerial photographic 9 x 9 prints
  at 115840 scale (spring, 2001)
• Forest ownership
• Roads trails layers
• Stream network (from NHD)
• Digital elevation models (30-meter)
• Digital raster graphics (DRG).

WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Identifying WVNFS Habitat Monongahela National
Forest
Olson Fire Tower - Overview
Olson Fire Tower - Rhododendron
Big Run Bog WVNFS habitat
Canaan Loop WVNFS habitat
Red Run, North Fork WVNFS habitat
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Lammie GIS Program Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Future Directions

• Forest Plan Revision
• Re-configured Platform ArcSDE ArcGIS V. 8.3
• New Data Model - Geodatabase
• Staff Training Tool Applications Integration
• Data access Public

WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie Monongahela National Forest GIS Program
Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us
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Forest Data

• FS Geodata Clearinghouse -- http//fsgeodata.fs.fe
  d.us/
• WV Tech Center -- http//www.wvgis.wvu.edu/
• MNF electronic download site

WV GIS Conference Workshops, 2004 Sam
Lammie Monongahela National Forest GIS Program
Manager slammie_at_fs.fed.us