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W.G. Kepner, P. Comer, D. Osborne, D. Semmens, and K. Gergely

The Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project: A Database Model for Regional Landscape Assessment, Resource Planning, and Vulnerability Analysis. W.G. Kepner, P. Comer, D. Osborne, D. Semmens, and K. Gergely US-IALE 2004, SW ReGAP Special Session 31 March 2004.

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W.G. Kepner, P. Comer, D. Osborne, D. Semmens, and K. Gergely

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  1. The Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project: A Database Model for Regional Landscape Assessment, Resource Planning, and Vulnerability Analysis W.G. Kepner, P. Comer, D. Osborne, D. Semmens, and K. Gergely US-IALE 2004, SW ReGAP Special Session 31 March 2004

  2. Southwest Regional GAP Project Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah US-IALE 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada: Transdisciplinary Challenges in Landscape Ecology

  3. BLM Ownership

  4. Vegetation Treatments EIS

  5. National Forest System Lands • Regions • Stations • National • District/Forest

  6. Gap Land Cover use in Fire Management

  7. Fire Regime 1 - 0-35 year frequency and low to mixed severity 2 - 0-35 year frequency and high severity 3 - 35-100 + year frequency and mixed severity 4 - 35-100 + year frequency and high severity 5 - 200 + year frequency and high severity Non Fuels BLM Field Office Boundary

  8. The National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Program

  9. Alternative Futures • Planning for the future is a complicated and uncertain process. • Futures assessment requires input from stakeholders knowledgeable about policies in a region. • Possible to investigate several “futures” or points of view at one time.

  10. Regional Conservation Scenarios Utah High Plateaus

  11. USE MULTIPLE ASSUMPTIONS for1) ECOLOGICAL REPRESENATATION and2) SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRADEOFF TO GENERATE ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS

  12. Grid of 750 he spatial analysis units Spatial Optimization Algorithm Land Use Compatibility Rare Species Occurrence Spatial Optimization Meeting Multi-Criteria Objectives Ecoregion and watersheds Migratory Species Habitat Value Freshwater Ecosystems (headwater reaches) Expert Review and Refinement Derived from Gap Land Cover

  13. Principle Effects of Land Cover on Watershed Response Precipitation Evapotranspiration Interception Runoff Volume Land Peak Flow cover Sediment Yield Water Quality Infiltration Groundwater

  14. KINEROS Outputs SWAT Outputs Channel Infiltration (m3/km) Precipitation (mm) Plane Infiltration (mm) ET (mm) Runoff (mm or m3) Percolation (mm) Sediment yield (kg) Surface runoff (mm) Peak flow (m3/s or mm/hr) Transmission loss (mm) Channel Scour (mm) Water yield (mm) Sediment discharge (kg/s) Sediment yield (t/ha) AGWA Inputs and Outputs Watershed Discretization (model elements) Intersect model elements with + Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Soil Land Cover Rain Run model and import results Results

  15. AGWA Inputs Land Cover Soils DEM - Elevation

  16. AGWA-SWAT Water Yield (millimeters)

  17. AGWA-SWAT Sediment Yield(tons/hectare)

  18. Future? Other Regional GAP projects?

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