Model Diagram
Blue Mountains Elk Habitat Modeling Workshop
April 25, 2012
Cayuse Hall, Wildhorse Resort and Casino
Pendleton, Oregon
Time
8:00 – 8:30 am
Title
On-site registration, coffee
Speaker
8:30 – 9:00 am
Mike Wisdom, USFS/PNW
9:00 – 10:00 am
Introduction: Second Generation Elk Models for the Blue
Mts.
Nutrition Models for Elk in the Blue Mts.
10:00 – 10:20 am
Telemetry Data Used in Modeling
Priscilla Coe, ODFW
10:20 – 10:40 am
BREAK
10:40 – 11:00
Spatial Data Layers: Selection and Development
Bridgett Naylor, USFS/PNW
11:00 – noon
Elk Habitat Use Modeling for the Blue Mts.
Ryan Nielson, WEST, Inc.
12:00 – 1:15 pm
LUNCH – on your own
1:15 – 2:00 pm
Draft Modeling Results for the Blue Mts.
Mary Rowland, USFS/PNW
2:00 – 2:20 pm
Mike Wisdom, USFS/PNW
2:20 - 2:40 pm
Management Applications of New Habitat Use and
Nutrition Models
Beta-testing New Models: How You Can Help
2:40 – 3:00 pm
BREAK
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Guided Discussion Session
5:00 – 7:00 pm
No-host Reception, Tucannon-Palouse Rooms
Sponsored by:
 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
 USDA Forest Service
 USDI Bureau of Land Management
 Sporting Conservation Council
 Boone and Crockett Club
John and Rachel Cook, NCASI
Jen Boyd, USFS/PNW
Dan Edge, OSU
In collaboration with:
 USDA Forest Service (Wash. Office, PNW
Research Station, and Region 6)
 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
 National Council for Air and Stream
Improvement
 WEST, Inc.
 Oregon State University
 Oregon State University Extension Service
 American Forest Resource Council
 Boise Cascade Corporation
 Forest Capital LLC
 Oregon Forest Industries Council
Blue Mountains Elk Habitat Use Modeling Areas
Modeling Covariates Considered
Nutrition:
Mean dietary digestible energy (DDE)
Mean accepted biomass (AB)
Mean total (forage) biomass (FB)
Mean EVI (Enhanced Vegetation Index)
Human
disturbance:
Distance to road, all types
Density of all roads
Distance to roads and trails open to public motorized use
Density of roads and trails open to public motorized use
Distance to closed road
Distance to class 1 road
Distance to class 2 road
Distance to class 3 road
Distance to class 4 road
Distance to class 4 or greater road
Distance to class 1 or 2 road
Distance to class 3 or 4 road
Vegetation:
Proportion of vegetation classes
Mean overstory canopy cover (CC)
Dominant CC class
Cover-forage ratio
Percent of area in cover
Distance to cover-forage edge
Distance to cover patch (3 patch sizes)
Distance to agricultural land
Physical/
Other:
Mean percent slope
Dominant slope class
Percent area in flat to gentle slopes
Percent area in moderate to steep slopes
Percent area in very steep slopes
Cosine and sine of aspect
Convexity
Mean solar radiation
Mean soil depth
Distance to water
Distance to pond
Distance to stream
Dominant landowner
Cattle Resource Selection Functions
*Bold font indicates covariates brought forward in final model selection process.