Monongahela National Forest
GIS ROLL CALL
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
Monongahela National Forest
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us
Outline
Monongahela National Forest
 REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
 FOREST FACTS
 GIS RESOURCES
 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 PRIORITIES
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us
Regional Significance
Monongahela National Forest
 ECONOMIC
Monies distributed to counties based on USFS lands
$1.2 million - PILT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) Monies
$1.7 million - 25% or Stabilized Payments (from timber sale receipts, etc)
Distributed to Federal treasury
$1.1 million - Mineral Revenues from oil and gas leasing/gas storage
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us
Regional Significance
Monongahela National Forest
 ECOLOGICAL
TNC used a rarity-weighted richness index (RWRI) for each of the
almost 5,ooo hexagons in the United States that contain imperiled
species. They then were able to create a continuous surface map of
rarity-weighted richness across the country.
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us
Forest Facts
Monongahela National Forest
 MNF Originated - 1915
 ACREAGE ~ 916,000 acres (~7% of state)
- purchased approximately 7,000 acres near White Sulphur over the past year
 TOPOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY
- Elevation ranging from 900 – 4,800 feet
 CLIMATE
- Precipitation ranging from 60” in the west to 30” in the east (of the Alleg Front)
 AQUATIC RESOURCES
- Potomac and Ohio river systems
-12O miles warmwater fisheries/570 miles coldwater fisheries
- 90% of all WV trout waters
 TERRESTRIAL RESOURCES
- 230+ species of birds/70+ species of trees/82 species fish/nine T&E species
- 87 rare/sensitive plant and animal species
 AVERAGE ANNUAL COMMERCIAL TIMBER VOLUME – 29 MMBF
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
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Forest Facts
Monongahela National Forest
 FEDERALLY DESIGNATED: WILDERNESSES-FIVE/NRA-ONE
- Wilderness – five, National Recreation Areas - one
 INFRASTRUCTURE
- Over 3,000 miles of roads, over 800 miles of trails, six visitor centers, two
information centers
• POPULATION ACCESS
- Within one day’s drive of one third of US population
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us
GIS Resources
Monongahela National Forest
 GIS STAFF
- Pgm manager + three technicians
 GIS USERS
- 30+ staff
 COMPUTER HARDWARE
- IBM NetVistas, Client-server architecture (1 TB), Large Format HP 5500 plotter
 COMPUTER SOFTWARE
- Suite of ESRI products
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
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Accomplishments
Monongahela National Forest
 DATA MANAGEMENT
- Compliance with FS national stds
- Acquired IKONOS 1-meter natural color
satellite imagery
- Incorporated land additions into base layer
- Completed NHD for eight 4th level hydrologic units
- Updated trails layer with GPS locational data
 PRODUCT AND STAFF SUPPORT
- Forest plan amendment completed
- Forest plan revision, in-progress
- NEPA project work
- Began FVM revision through GSTC in Salt Lake City
 TRAINING
- Introductory and Advanced ArcGIS
- ArcView basics
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us
Project-specific
Monongahela National Forest
 UPPER SHAVER’S FORK
 NRIS-WATER
 FOREST PLAN AMENDMENT
 IDENTFYING WVNFS HABITAT
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Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us
Upper Shaver’s Fork
Monongahela National Forest
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Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
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NRIS-Water
Monongahela National Forest
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us
Forest Plan Amendment
Monongahela National Forest
Proposed Action
The MNF is proposing to amend the 1986 Monongahela National Forest
Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) to update
management standards for eight of the nine federally listed species known
to occur on the MNF.
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
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Forest Plan Amendment
Monongahela National Forest
T&E Analysis
Plants
1
2
3
4
5
Running Buffalo Clover
Shallow Barren Rockcress
Showy Lady Slipper
Small Whorled Pogonia
Virginia Spirea
Buffers/habitat
320 meters
320 meters
320 meters
320 meters
320 meters
Animals
6 Cheat Mtn Salamander
7 Indiana Bat
hibernacula
foraging
8 Virginia Big-eared Bat
hibernacula
9 WV Northern Flying Squirrel
suitable habitat
300 feet
200 feet
5 mile
200 feet
~ red spruce type
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us
Forest Plan Amendment
Monongahela National Forest
1986
Management
Prescriptions
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us
Forest Plan Amendment
Monongahela National Forest
2004
Management
Prescriptions
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us
Identifying WVNFS Habitat
Monongahela National Forest
MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST
RED SPRUCE TASK ORDER
August 11, 2003
SCOPE
The current task order involves classifying portions
of 47-1:24000 scale topographic quadrangles on the
Monongahela National Forest (MNF) for the red
spruce forest type. This classification will include
identifying individual polygons that are
homogeneous for lifeform, species, crown cover,
size classes, and vertical structure. The study area
encompasses 500,000 acres of land above 2,900 feet
elevation within the Forest’s proclamation
boundary of which approximately 100,000 acres
had been typed as red spruce.
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us
Identifying WVNFS Habitat
Monongahela National Forest
MNF DATA
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Red Spruce vegetation layer
Forest Visitor Map (digital and hardcopy)
Forest stands layer with CDS forest type attribute
Color infrared digital orthophoto quadrangles (spring 1995, 1996)
IKONOS imagery (November, 2001 + additional imagery slated for November, 2003)
Black & white aerial photographic 9 x 9 prints at 1:15840 scale (spring, 2001)
Forest ownership
Roads + trails layers
Stream network (from NHD)
Digital elevation models (30-meter)
Digital raster graphics (DRG).
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us
Identifying WVNFS Habitat
Monongahela National Forest
Olson Fire Tower - Overview
Olson Fire Tower - Rhododendron
Big Run Bog – WVNFS habitat
Canaan Loop – WVNFS habitat
Red Run, North Fork – WVNFS habitat
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us
Future Directions
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Forest Plan Revision
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Re-configured Platform = ArcSDE + ArcGIS V. 8.3
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New Data Model - Geodatabase
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Staff Training + Tool Applications + Integration
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Data access – Public
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
Monongahela National Forest
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us
Forest Data
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FS Geodata Clearinghouse -- http://fsgeodata.fs.fed.us/
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WV Tech Center -- http://www.wvgis.wvu.edu/
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MNF electronic download site
WV GIS Conference & Workshops, 2004
Sam Lammie
Monongahela National Forest
GIS Program Manager
slammie@fs.fed.us