Aquatic Organism Passage
Managing your Data in INFRA
and NRIS Water
Brian Sanborn
USFS – NRIS Water/Air
Region 9 – Aquatic Organism
Passage Workshop
Escanaba, MI
May 27, 2004
Natural Resource
Information Systems
AOP in NRIS Water and Infra
Introduction
• Overview
– NRIS Water
– Infra
• Data Storage
– What goes where….and why.
• Data retrieval and use
What is NRIS Water
Fish Distribution
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NRIS Water Business Areas
• Aquatic inventory
– Channel characterization, Fish habitat
• Aquatic biota
– Aquatic animal occurrence, Population
sampling
• Water Uses Tracking System
– Water uses, Water rights
• Watershed Improvement Tracking System
– Inventory of potential sites, Project
management
• Aquatic Organism Passage
Surveys in NRIS Water
• Survey
– What you are trying
to characterize
– Defined by
Protocol, Date, and
Location
Rch QS-3
• Sample
– Measurements taken
– Can have location
– One-to-many samples
in a survey
– Sub-sampling
– Defined by
robustness required
X-SEC 1
X-SEC 2
100 W/D
X-SEC 3
What is Infra?
… an integrated data management tool
where Forests can enter, manage,
and report accurate information and
associated financial data on the
inventory of their constructed features
Infra Business Areas
Inventory
Travel Routes
Roads, Trails
Features
Buildings, Water Systems, Dams, Culverts,
Bridges, Waste Systems. Fences, Power Systems,
Fire Device, Communication Systems…
Land Units
Developed Sites, RMUs/Pastures,
Administrative Sites, Heritage Sites,
Wilderness
Basis for
Capitalization
Create/Modify
Inventory
Fiscal Management
Permits & Contracts
Grazing Permits
Visitor Use Permits
Grants and Agreements
Special Uses
Mining Sites and Permits
Forest Product Permits
Bills & Receipts
Subsidiary Ledgers
Billing
Work Planning/Maintenance
Cost Estimating
Accomplishment Reporting
FFIS Interfaces
FAADS Interface
Current Infra Applications
1.
Real Property
Management
11. Timber Sale Contracts
2.
Real Property Accounting
12. Bridges
Culvert &
Module
Major
Culverts
3.
Grants & Agreements
13. Dams
4.
Range Land & Permits
14. Wilderness
5.
Special Uses
15. Visitor Use Permits
6.
Developed Recreation
Sites
16. Mining Sites & Permits
7.
Heritage
18. Waste Systems
8.
Roads
19. Work Items
9.
Trails
20. Forest Product Permits
10. Buildings
17. Water Systems
The Problem…
• Infra stores data on culverts
Some are barriers….
…some are not
• Water stores data on stream features
Some are barriers….
…some are not
The solution…
Water stream
features are
locations on
streams
Attributes of Water
Locations
ID:
5308-.953
Type: Stream Point
Infra culverts are
features located on
roads
Location/Feature
Relationship
Attributes of Infra
Features
ID:
5308-.953
Type: Culvert
Infra Culvert Module
Components
• FHWA – Federal Highway
Administration
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Inventory
Classification / Service
Structure / Geometric
Ratings
Inspections
Improvements / Rehab
Infra Culvert Module
Components
• Culvert Installations – an area on a road or
trail containing one or more culverts – the
crossing
– Management Information
– Road information
– Stream information
• Culverts – the individual pipes
– Pipe information
• Type, material, size
• Attachments
• Problems
– Longitudinal Profiles
Culvert Installations
Management
Stream
Road
Culvert Information
Culvert Attachments
Culvert Problems
Culvert Surveys
•Longitudinal and Cross Section
Linking Culvert and Passage
Passage Classification
Enter Survey Data
Classify passage by
species, by life stage
Select Location
Passage Survey
Survey sections of streams or single features
Waterfalls, dams, fords, etc
Longitudinal profiles and Cross Sections
Data Retrieval and Use
• Output of culvert data for use in
– FishXing
– Eastern Region Course Screen
• Longitudinal and cross section output
– Plotting
– Calculations – height, slope, residual pool
depths, outlet drop, etc.
• Data summations for passage
classification
– By species
– By life stage
Data Retrieval and Use
• Summaries by feature, reach, stream,
watershed
• Locate passage classifications
upstream and downstream (road
crossings and others)
• Identify species occurrence and
habitat surveys relative to barrier
• Can be regionally customized – we
need your input
Data Retrieval and Use
Maps and network Tools
USDA Forest Service
NRIS
Thanks for your attention….
Questions?
Natural Resource
Information Systems
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