baid advisory council

BAID Advisory CouncilInaugural Meeting

Friday, August 9th, 2013

“Barrow Area Information Database (BAID)Decision Support Tools Development”

• Funding from the federal Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)

• Award made by the State to the NSB, with subaward to UMIAQ, and subcontracts to UTEP, Nuna Technologies, and INSTAAR

• Begun mid 2013 for 2.5 years

Introduction

New Project Funded by CIAP

Introduction

Funding

Craig Tweedie, postdoc, and students

Allison Gaylord

William Manley

Lars Nelson and Qaiyaan Aiken

Introduction

The BAID CIAP Team

Background

Project ObjectivesWetlands and Coastal ErosionWeb Mapping ApplicationLocal Expertise & Capacity

Feedback

Next Steps

Introduction

Presentation Outline

Cultural and Environmental

Impacts

Climate Change

Coastal Erosion

Development

Background

“Protect Alaska’s coastal areas through wise management of resource

development.”

Goal:

Background

Alaska CIAP

Conduct projects that will lead to development of effective mitigation strategies and efficient and responsible resource management:

• Acquiring baseline data• Analyzing cumulative impacts• Gathering information useful to determine impacts of mining, oil and• gas, and other development• Mitigating adverse environmental impacts of development• Training coastal managers• Educate the public and enhance environmental stewardship• Improving the ability to implement the Alaska Coastal Management• Program (ACMP)

Minimize impacts of natural hazards on coastal areas: • Restoring coastal areas impacted by natural hazards• Mapping and researching natural hazard areas

Objectives:

Background

Alaska CIAP

Baseline data and mapping

Climate change

Community Capacity

Alaska Coastal Management Program

Education

Major Activities:

Background

Alaska CIAP

“Expand capacity for informed, multi-

stakeholder environmental decision making on

Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation lands in the

coastal zone near Barrow, Alaska.”

Goal:

Background

BAID Decision Support Tools Development

1. Develop a high spatial resolution map of wetlands and conduct coastal erosion studies

2. Expand on an existing web mapping application to develop a new interactive decision support tool for erosion monitoring and coastal development and land management

3. Develop an office with newly trained staff in Barrow capable of improved local mapping and analytical capabilities

Objectives:

Background

BAID Decision Support Tools Development

Background

UIC Lands

Background

Drivers of Coastal Change

• Arctic warming

• Changes in weather and extreme events

• Sea level rise

• Coastal engineeringDevelopmentBeach gravel extractionErosion mitigation

Your expertise is requested …

… for guidance on new tools to assist the Barrow community with decision making and optimization of sustainable, low-impact community development.

Background

BAID Advisory Council

Wetlands and Coastal Erosion

Wetlands and Coastal Erosion

New Landcover Map Layer

• new 2013 data layer• higher resolution• entire UIC area• wetlands and other

land cover classes

NPR-A Landcover

Wetlands and Coastal Erosion 2002 QuickBird imagery

New Satellite Imagery

• new 2013 WorldView-2 imagery• higher resolution• entire UIC area• basis for wetlands map

and coastal erosionstudies

Wetlands and Coastal Erosion

Coastal Erosion Analysis

• add new shorelines• analyze rates of erosion• identify areas of

greatest impact

Wetlands and Coastal Erosion

Historic Imagery

1948

Wetlands and Coastal Erosion

Historic Imagery

1955

Wetlands and Coastal Erosion

Historic Imagery

1962

Wetlands and Coastal Erosion

Historic Imagery

1964

Wetlands and Coastal Erosion

Historic Imagery

1979

Wetlands and Coastal Erosion

Historic Imagery

1997

Wetlands and Coastal Erosion

Historic Imagery

2002

Web Mapping Application

Web Mapping Application

Improve upon the old BAID

• new fast, stable, and intuitive interface

• more map layers• more functionality• decision making tools

outdated parcelsWeb Mapping Application

Existing Development & Land Ownership

distance from 2002 shorelineWeb Mapping Application

Proximity to Eroding Shorelines

Elevation ContoursWeb Mapping Application

Height Above Sea Level

Web Mapping Application

Targeted “Web Map Apps”

• Embedded as tabs or “tools”

• Easy to use

• Focused on specific user needs

• Designed to fit within a workflow

• Provide for informed decision making

Web Mapping Application

Community Development Tool

To assist with NSB and community taskscoastal development, conservation priorities, endangered and subsistence

species protection, oil spill response, planning and zoning for vulnerable

areas, etc.

Visualize and synthesize from map layers and other inputexisting development, land ownership, wetland types, habitat preference for

endangered wildlife, height above sea level, etc.

Provide specific output for printing or saving maps, information,

and reports

Help enable sustained community development

Web Mapping Application

Erosion Assessment Tool

Help assess vulnerability

Take advantage of digital shorelines and other data layersland cover type, bathymetry, sea ice, etc.

Potentially with “widgets” to interactively customize analysis of

erosion rates

Help enable sustained community development

Local Expertise & Capacity

One of the goals of the BAID Project is to build local GIS Capacity

Local Expertise & Capacity

UMIAQ

Lars NelsonGeneral project management &

coordination, GIS

Qaiyaan AikenGIS technician

… hardware, software, training, improved local GIS capacity

Local Expertise & Capacity

Handbook and Outreach

… facilitate long-term, community-wide use of BAID

• Advisory Council and community presentations

• Training for implementation

• Decision Support Tools Handbook

Development of this resource is just beginning …

Feedback

Development of this resource is just beginning …

• Feedback and expert guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it will be helpful.

Feedback

Development of this resource is just beginning …

• Feedback and expert guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it will be helpful.

• Useful?

Feedback

Development of this resource is just beginning …

• Feedback and expert guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it will be helpful.

• Useful?

• How could this be applied in workflows for decision making?

Feedback

Development of this resource is just beginning …

• Feedback and expert guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it will be helpful.

• Useful?

• How could this be applied in workflows for decision making?

• Specific recommendations for the tools?

Feedback

Development of this resource is just beginning …

• Feedback and expert guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it will be helpful.

• Useful?

• How could this be applied in workflows for decision making?

• Specific recommendations for the tools?

• Where are the most important areas?

Feedback

Development of this resource is just beginning …

• Feedback and expert guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it will be helpful.

• Useful?

• How could this be applied in workflows for decision making?

• Specific recommendations for the tools?

• Where are the most important areas?

• Suggestions for the community presentation?

Feedback

Next Steps

Field research

Phased software developmentiterative process

periodic opportunities for stakeholder feedback

a focus on tool development and refinement

Community presentations

Advisory Council meetings

Additional Feedback Appreciated

Visit:

baid.utep.edu

Lars.Nelson@UICUmiaq.com

Email:

This study is funded with qualified outer continental shelf oil and gas revenues by the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Thank you

Wetlands and Coastal Erosion

New Digital Elevation Model

• acquired by USGS in 2010

• higher resolution• coastal areas• valuable for a

variety of analyses

USGS LIDAR DEM

Project Objectives

BAID and NSSI

BAID CIAP NSSI

Area of Interest UIC Lands North Slope

Mapping Detailed coastlines, wetlands, high-res. imagery, ...

Land cover mapping

Cyberinfrastructure Web mapping application with Decision Support Tools

Data Catalog, Project Tracking, Monitoring Summary, and potential Scenario Planning

Other Aspects Local capacity building

Guidance BAID Advisory Council Oversight Group, Science Advisory Panel

Funding DOI USFWS CIAP DOI BLM

different but complementary, synergistic efforts ...

• NSSI wrote a letter of support, and has welcomed the new project• Both efforts will benefit