GIS Applications in GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Forest Resource Management: Wayne National Forest Impact Assessment and Wayne National Forest Impact Assessment and Monitoring of the 2003 Ice StormMonitoring 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

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

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Gallia

Perry

Meigs

Athens

Noble

Scioto

Vinton

Pike

FairfieldMonroe

Morgan

Washington

Jackson

Hocking

Lawrence

Pickaway

MuskingumBelmontFranklin

Licking Guernsey

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

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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

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

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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

GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management:

Forest Service Response

• Clean-up trails & recreation

areas

• Overflight to assess damage

• Salvage Opportunities

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management:

Aerial Mapping of Damage

• Georeferencing

• Heads-up Digitizing

• Air Photo

Interpretation

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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

GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management:

Final Damage Layer

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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

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GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management:

Future Direction

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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

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GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management:

Contact Info

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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. StumpGIS Specialist

Wayne National Forest13700 U.S. Highway 33Nelsonville, Ohio 45764

(740)593-0910

OR

Aaron E. BurkResource Information Manager

Wayne National Forest13700 U.S. Highway 33Nelsonville, Ohio 45764

(740)593-0885