integrated landscape assessment project
DESCRIPTION
Integrated Landscape Assessment Project Presentation given at the Agriculture, Food, Nutrition and Natural Resources R&D Round Table in Washington, D.C. in March 2011. We were selected as one of eight exemplary collaborate research projects in the nation.TRANSCRIPT
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www.oregonstate.edu/inr/ilap
MAKING INFORMED WILDLAND
RESTORATION DECISIONS IN THE
NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST
INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT PROJECT
March 15, 2011
Presentation by
Janine Salwasser, Project Coordinator
Agriculture, Food, Nutrition and Natural Resources R&D Round Table
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LANDSCAPES
Photo of Blue Mountains landscape in Eastern Oregon by Miles Hemstrom, USFS-PNW
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• FEDERAL
• U.S. Forest Service
• PNW Research Station
• Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Region 3
• Region 6
• STATE
• Washington Dept. of Natural Resources
• Oregon Dept. of Forestry
• Arizona Division of Forestry
• Arizona Dept. of Game & Fish
• New Mexico Division of Forestry
• UNIVERSITY
• Institute for Natural Resources
• Oregon State University
• University of Washington
• University of New Mexico
• NGOs
• The Nature Conservancy
• Conservation Biology Institute
• Ecosystem Management, Inc.
• LOCAL GROUPS
• Tapash Collaborative (WA)
• Firescape Group (AZ)
PARTNERSHIPS
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JOBS
Photo of some ILAP team members on flanks of Mt. Hood, Oregon by Miles Hemstrom, USFS-PNW
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INFORMED RESTORATION DECISIONS
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WHAT ARE CURRENT AND FUTURE
TRENDS IN VEGETATION CONDITIONS?
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NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES
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SOUTHWEST LANDSCAPES
Photo of Arizona’s Chihuahuan Desert landscape by Miles Hemstrom, USFS-PNW
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WILL MANAGEMENT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
ON THE LANDSCAPE?
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ARE WILDLIFE HABITATS IMPROVED?
Photo of Northern Spotted Owls in Oregon’s Cascade region by James Johnston, INR
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IS WILDFIRE RISK REDUCED?
Photo of Ponderosa Pine forest with high wildfire risk by Miles Hemstrom, PNW Research Station
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ARE REVENUES GENERATED?
Photo of Lumber Mill in Seneca, Oregon by James Johnston, INR
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ARE RURAL COMMUNITIES ENHANCED?
Photo of Simpson Lumber mill in Shelton, Washington
Wikipedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simpson_lumber-Shelton_Washington.jpg
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CAN WE HELP MAKE MORE INFORMED
RESTORATION DECISIONS?
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TEAM DYNAMICS
Science Delivery Knowledge Discovery Decision Support
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SCIENCE DELIVERY
Existing
vegetation data
Potential
vegetation
Ownership
Allocations
Starting
vegetation
conditions State and Transition Models
Watershed
boundaries
HUC 5
Future
vegetation
conditions
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WALL – TO – WALL VEGETATION DATA
For SW region
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KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY
Fuels
Wildlife habitat
Fuel treatment economics
Interpretations
Community economics
Incorporate
management
scenarios
State and Transition
Models Wildfire-fuel
hazards
Wildlife
habitats
Community
economics
Economic
potential
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COMMUNITY IMPACT SCORES
for NW watersheds
DRAFT
DISTRESS CAPACITY POLICY
IMPACTS
Draft outputs
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DECISION SUPPORT
Wildfire-fuel
hazards
Community
Economics
Wildlife
habitat
Fuel
Treatment
Economics
Decision
Support
User
Inputs
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Improved Wildlife Habitats
Positive Community Economics
Positive Treatment Revenues
Decreased Fuel Reductions
Increased Water Supply
WATERSHED PRIORITIES
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• Informing Forest Planning
• Supporting 2015 Statewide
Assessments
• Assisting Collaborative Forest
Landscape Restoration Groups
• Informing Landscape
Conservation Collaboratives
• Supporting Recovery Planning
• Evaluating Proposed Policies
IMPACTS
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10/18/10
PROJECT PRODUCTS & ACCESS
www.oregonexplorer.info
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Vision for the Future of ILAP
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer image of the West by NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/HPDOCS/misr/misr_html/usa_canada_west.html
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Janine Salwasser, project coordinator
541.737.9921
Miles Hemstrom, Forest Service project leader
503.808.2006
Lisa Gaines, project Co-Principal Investigator
541-737-1976
For more information about the
Integrated Landscape Assessment
Project,
please contact:
www.oregonstate.edu/inr/ilap