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GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management:

2008 Ohio GIS Conference September 10-12, 2008 Crowne Plaza North Hotel Columbus, Ohio. GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Wayne National Forest Impact Assessment and Monitoring of the 2003 Ice Storm. Nicole I. Stump GIS Specialist Wayne National Forest.

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GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management:

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  1. 2008 Ohio GIS Conference September 10-12, 2008 Crowne Plaza North Hotel Columbus, Ohio GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Wayne National Forest Impact Assessment and Monitoring of the 2003 Ice Storm Nicole I. Stump GIS Specialist Wayne National Forest

  2. GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Location of the Wayne National Forest • Location of WNF • GIS at the WNF • 2003 Ice Storm • Forest Service Response • Monitoring Questions • Establishing Monitoring Plots • Aerial Mapping of Damage • Final Damage Layer • Future Direction • Contact Info 1

  3. GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: GIS at the Wayne National Forest • Location of WNF • GIS at the WNF • 2003 Ice Storm • Forest Service Response • Monitoring Questions • Establishing Monitoring Plots • Aerial Mapping of Damage • Final Damage Layer • Future Direction • Contact Info • Breeding Bird Survey Sites • Subsidences and Portals • Cultural Heritage Sites • Forest Inventory • Ginseng Populations • NNIS Treatments • Potential Natural Vegetation • Fish Passage Surveys 2

  4. GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: 2003 Ice Storm • Location of WNF • GIS at the WNF • 2003 Ice Storm • Forest Service Response • Monitoring Questions • Establishing Monitoring Plots • Aerial Mapping of Damage • Final Damage Layer • Future Direction • Contact Info • February 15-17 2003 • 2-5 inches accumulation • Branchfall, Uprooting, Snapped Stems • Power lines, Roads, Structures 3

  5. GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Forest Service Response • Location of WNF • GIS at the WNF • 2003 Ice Storm • Forest Service Response • Monitoring Questions • Establishing Monitoring Plots • Aerial Mapping of Damage • Final Damage Layer • Future Direction • Contact Info • Clean-up trails & recreation areas • Overflight to assess damage • Salvage Opportunities 4

  6. GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Monitoring Questions • Location of WNF • GIS at the WNF • 2003 Ice Storm • Forest Service Response • Monitoring Questions • Establishing Monitoring Plots • Aerial Mapping of Damage • Final Damage Layer • Future Direction • Contact Info • Overstory Tree Mortality • Fuel Loading • Indiana Bat Habitat • Non-Native Invasive Species • Oak Regeneration • Fire Regime Condition Class 5

  7. GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Establishing Monitoring Plots • Location of WNF • GIS at the WNF • 2003 Ice Storm • Forest Service Response • Monitoring Questions • Establishing Monitoring Plots • Aerial Mapping of Damage • Final Damage Layer • Future Direction • Contact Info • 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 6

  8. GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Aerial Mapping of Damage • Location of WNF • GIS at the WNF • 2003 Ice Storm • Forest Service Response • Monitoring Questions • Establishing Monitoring Plots • Aerial Mapping of Damage • Final Damage Layer • Future Direction • Contact Info • Georeferencing • Heads-up Digitizing • Air Photo Interpretation 7

  9. GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Final Damage Layer • Location of WNF • GIS at the WNF • 2003 Ice Storm • Forest Service Response • Monitoring Questions • Establishing Monitoring Plots • Aerial Mapping of Damage • Final Damage Layer • Future Direction • Contact Info 8

  10. GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Future Direction • Location of WNF • GIS at the WNF • 2003 Ice Storm • Forest Service Response • Monitoring Questions • Establishing Monitoring Plots • Aerial Mapping of Damage • Final Damage Layer • Future Direction • Contact Info • Compare with • other Spatial Data: • Soil Type • Aspect • Species • Age of Stand 9

  11. GIS Applications in Forest Resource Management: Contact Info • Location of WNF • GIS at the WNF • 2003 Ice Storm • Forest Service Response • Monitoring Questions • Establishing Monitoring Plots • Aerial Mapping of Damage • Final Damage Layer • Future Direction • Contact Info THANK YOU Nicole I. Stump GIS Specialist Wayne National Forest 13700 U.S. Highway 33 Nelsonville, Ohio 45764 (740)593-0910 OR Aaron E. Burk Resource Information Manager Wayne National Forest 13700 U.S. Highway 33 Nelsonville, Ohio 45764 (740)593-0885 10

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