NR 422GIS Applications in Natural Resource ManagementDr. Jim Graham

Spring 2010

What’s it all about

• How to use GIS to help make decisions within Natural Resource Management

• Applications of GIS

• Managing GIS Projects

• Great maps

• Getting real to do this for real!

Multi-use management

• Recreation: Hunting, fishing, hiking, birding, camping

• Agriculture: Forestry, fisheries,

• Biodiversity Preservation

• Economics

• Oil & mining

Issues

• Pollution

• Economics

• Climate Change

• Habitat loss

• Fire

Resource Area Types

• Range (grass & scrub)

• Forest

• Riparian

• Desert

• Alpine

• Freshwater

• Marine

• Urban

Types of data• Geodetic Control• Orthoimagery: Aerial and Satellite photos• Elevation data• Transportation: roads, trails, railroads, waterways, airports and

ports, bridges and tunnels• Hydrography: stream networks (NHD), ground water• Government units: State, county, BIA, incorporated areas (FIPS)• Cadastral (ownership): PLSS, military, parks, forests, etc.• Ecological: veg cover, soil, habitat, plots, sightings• Geological: • Meteorological: temp, percip, etc.• Land Use• Census• Utilities: power, sewer, water, phone/internet, cell phone• Other: fences

My Customers

• CSU:– Course goals– Academic excellence– Academic rules

• Colorado– Tax payers– Public image

• Tax payers– Improve our standard of living– Enrich our lives

Feedback

• GIS Industry:– GeoDatabases– Metadata– Topology– Project Management– Critical Thinking

• You:– ?

Topics• Throughout:

– Documentation/Metadata– Project Management– Acquiring data– Cartography (inc. web pub.)

• Expected:– GeoDatabases– Topology– Critical Thinking– Hawth’s Tools– Model Builder– Niche Models– Economic issues– Spatial Analysis (Geostatistical

Analyst)– History of Cartography/GIS– Fire: Not FarSite– Remote sensed data– Web-based GIS– Accuracy analysis– Raster analysis

• Potential:– Large Datasets– Other GIS packages– Biodiversity management– Temporal datasets– Human effects– Python– 3D Visualization– WorldClim– AML– GIS Data Serving– RAMAS: Wildlife– Hydro: BLM– Network analysis– TINs– Recreation– Grazing– R– MaxEnt