SAP Map #2 Update Guidance
Spatial Analysis Project (SAP) Map #2 Update Guidance
Background
The Forest Stewardship Program’s Spatial Analysis Project
(SAP) culminates in a suite of maps for each state, spatially
displaying components of the analysis. Maps 1 through 3 and
Map 6 include analysis tables, summarizing area and percentages
by high, medium, and low Forest Stewardship Program potential.
Most of the maps are static from one full analysis cycle to
another. However, Map #2 is updated annually to display
changes in the Forest Stewardship Plan data – added, revised or
deleted. Both the map and the analysis table are to be updated
annually by the state, in support of reported accomplishments.
Each state’s revised Map #2 is posted to the SAP website as
submitted, and approved by the state Forester, for posting.
SAP final map products:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Potential for Forest Stewardship
Program Benefits
Potential for Forest Stewardship
Program Benefits and Existing
Stewardship Plans
Forest Stewardship Potential on
Private Forest Lands and
Existing Stewardship Plans
Resource Richness
Resource Threats
Forest Stewardship Potential on
Non-forested – Non-developed
Lands and Existing Stewardship
Plans
Regional Map (as identified by
individual State)
Program Requirements
Forest Stewardship Program National Standards and Guidelines, Revised
February 2009, Accomplishment Reporting:
Each State or Territory must maintain and annually report the following accomplishment data:
 Total number of eligible NIPF acres in spatially defined Important Forest Resource
Areas.
 Number of acres in important forest resource areas covered by current Forest
Stewardship Management Plans (cumulative).
Performance Measurement Accountability System (PMAS) 2009
PMAS is the reporting system used to satisfy the program requirements for the Forest
Stewardship Program. Of the nine PMAS requirements, seven refer to spatially displayed
information or are derived from spatial information developed through SAP. They include (by
PMAS requirement number):
3. Report the number of acres covered by new or revised Forest Stewardship Plans that were
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
approved by the State Forester or a representative this year. A plan revision requires a material
change or update in all or part of the plan and field time with the landowner.
Report the number of acres from number #3 (above) that are in spatially defined Important
Forest Resource Areas.
Report the number of new or revised Forest Stewardship Plans approved by the State Forester
or representative.
Report the total number of NIPF acres in spatially defined Important Forest Resource Areas.
Report the cumulative total number of acres covered by current Forest Stewardship
Management Plans.
Report the number of acres from #7 (above) that are in spatially defined Important Forest
Resource Areas.
Report the number of acres from #8 (above) that are confirmed as being managed sustainably,
by field visits to a representative random sample of stewardship plan properties, following
established plan monitoring procedures.
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Supplemental Instructions – PMAS 2009 Reporting
Forest Stewardship Program and Rural Forestry Assistance
States must maintain spatial record of all current Forest Stewardship Plans and associated acres.
For plans written before October 2005, that do not specify start and end dates, states should
consider all plans five or less years old to be current.
Important Forest Resource Areas
These are the areas that are considered to be of high program potential as a result of a state’s
Spatial Analysis Project (SAP) assessment. These areas can either be defined simply as SAP
generated high priority pixels on the landscape, or by aggregating high priority pixels and
summarizing to create a landscape scale delineation such as a watershed, a fire shed, or a
wildland-urban interface area.
Map #2 Guidance (refer to Map #2 template)
Four performance measures identified in PMAS (elements 4, 6, 8, and 9) address Important
Forest Resource Areas, as defined as HIGH Potential (darkest green on map) for Forest
Stewardship Benefit, resulting from the Forest Stewardship Program Spatial Analysis Project
(SAP).
 Refer to the Map Template for placement of Titles, Tables as appropriate, Logos – State and
Federal, etc.
 Label map in BLACK in the upper left corner with the Map number (2)
Area EXCLUDED from analysis (Areas without Stewardship Potential) is WHITE and is
comprised of
(1)
Developed areas (MRLC categories 21, 22, 23, and 32)
(2)
Public Lands
(3)
Surface Water
Area INCLUDED in Analysis, but not covered by primary themes in the maps is in light gray.
Legends and Table Backgrounds: Solid light gray
In the legend, the order of all ramped colors (greens for Stewardship Potential, orange for
Threats) is: “Low” at the top, “Medium” in the middle and “High” at the bottom.
Stewardship Plan Locations: Should be depicted as polygons, not centroids (unless otherwise
agreed upon). Legend text should refer to ‘Stewardship Plans’ (not ‘Properties’).
Adjacent States, Nations, and Waters: The area surrounding the State Maps should be
displayed as follows:
Adjacent “other” states: beige
o Ocean or other open adjacent water: light blue
o Adjacent nations (specifically Canada and Mexico): same beige as adjacent states, with a
heavier (thicker) black line separating nations, than the black line separating states.
Map Title: Potential for Forest Stewardship Program Benefits and Existing Stewardship
Plans [State Name]
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Tables and Legend Background: [refer to Stewardship Style Sheet] Light Gray
Legend:
 Legend Title: Stewardship Potential
 Color: Ramping green for Low / Medium / High
 White: Areas without Stewardship potential
 Black: Existing Forest Stewardship Plans.
 Red: Current Year Forest Stewardship Plans
(new or revised)
 Move second column of boxes to the RIGHT so
as not to be placed directly below Stewardship
Potential.
Tables:
Map #2 Delivery:
When complete, notify Tom Luther by e-mail tluther@fs.fed.us with a cc to the appropriate
regional Forest Service, Forest Stewardship Program coordinator, that Map #2 is ready for
submission and posting. Tom will provide the ftp link.
At a minimum, all states will spatially display and quantify current year plans (new and
revised). If changes have been made to the SAP Potential (High, Medium, Low) composite
dataset, the state will need to provide a ESRI grid layer and updated methodology document, or
addendum to existing methodology, explaining the need for the update.
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