1. 1 Natural Resource Program Center GIS Projects: 2009 Priorities Collective efforts of NRPC I&M GIS Team

2. 2 Natural Resource Program Center First, a brief review… In the event of questions or concerns who do you contact? Before

3. 3 Natural Resource Program Center What’s on tap? Analysis of inventory products NPScape (major focus of presentation) VSIMS core functionality Support of IRMA functional requirements and use case analysis (not addressed here)

4. 4 Natural Resource Program Center Analysis of Inventory Products Subtitle… FANCY

5. 5 Natural Resource Program Center “Back to the Future” in the sense Over the years, the I&M program has invested millions of dollar$ in Inventory Products True value of inventory data is realized when: –Used as a baseline for future efforts –Applied in park decision making

6. 6 Natural Resource Program Center Initial Inventory Projects Focus on “standard” inventory products generated by soils, geology, base cartography, and other core inventories Work in concert with local (park) staff to identify management questions that can be addressed with available inventory data

7. 7 Natural Resource Program Center Navajo National Monument (NAVA) Park status: small resource staff, limited GIS expertise and resources, units managed in context of surrounding tribal lands Project goals are to : –Produce a baseline GIS library in an easy to use format (Theme Manager). –Generate summary statistics for data layers (PMIS input) –Utilizing existing I&M inventory products to develop an analysis of erosion risk within the landscape context of the monument. –Provide training and documentation to NAVA for project products

8. 8 Natural Resource Program Center NAVA Adjacent Land Use Use base cartography (imagery) to document change Alteration to drainage patterns Affects access to and stability of ruin sites 19522007

9. 9 Natural Resource Program Center NAVA Erosion Modeling Using Revised Universal Soil Loss v2 (RUSLE2) parameters Frames: Elevation Slope Flow Accumulation Slope-Length Erosivity Soil Erodibility Land Cover NDVI Cropping Factor Erosion Risk

10. 10 Natural Resource Program Center Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (ORPI) Park status: resource staff dealing with significant impact to resources due to border activities, history of monitoring in the park, need to inform park management and work with law enforcement on interdiction efforts Project goals are to : –Using good science, staff experience and existing geospatial datasets, identify information gaps and vulnerable areas. –Identify temporal (historic) and spatial disturbance regimes related to cross-border traffic. Use outputs to help focus inventory & monitoring, law enforcement efforts and research on the environmental impact of border-related disturbances.

11. 11 Natural Resource Program Center Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (ORPI) Cost-surface modeling of border crossing: Basic model Include pedestrian fence

12. 12 Natural Resource Program Center NPScape Project Objects near parks are closer and larger than they appear

13. 13 Natural Resource Program Center NPScape Project Overview Project is intended to provide a view of parks in their larger ecological context Focus is on a consistent, servicewide approach that still has relevance at park level Utilizing geospatial data available on a nationwide scale Careful attention to developing procedures that can be replicated SOPs and tools are being developed that can be customized for local applications (acknowledging our “one size” might not “fit all”)

14. 14 Natural Resource Program Center Suite of products for each metric Measure Development Summary (MDS) Data products Standard Operating Procedures Cartographic and other graphic outputs Tables and other summaries Interpretation/summary by park

15. 15 Natural Resource Program Center Project SOPs Documentation ensures consistency and adherence to project standards… Hopefully dodge the “hit by the bus” situation

16. 16 Natural Resource Program Center Initial focus on four metrics Population Land Cover Conservation Status Roads

17. 17 Natural Resource Program Center Population Measures Recent change in population density (1990 – 2000) Historic change in population density (1790 – 1990) Recent population change Etc.

18. 18 Natural Resource Program Center Population and Housing MDS Each MDS covers the following topics: –Background (what are the monitoring questions and ecological inferences) –Data sources and dimensions (spatial, temporal, and thematic) –Derived metrics –Issues and assumptions considered in the metrics

19. 19 Natural Resource Program Center Population Data Sources 1990 Census Block Groups (geography and STF1 content) 2000 Census Block Groups (geography and STF1 content) Waisanen & Bliss Historic Population (1790 – 1990, county-based) Etc.

20. 20 Natural Resource Program Center Population Processing SOPs Perhaps the most important project deliverable… SOPs allow you to replicate or customize process for local needs

21. 21 Natural Resource Program Center SOP Content GIS Components developed in ArcGIS Model Builder (leverage standard geospatial tools) Documentation consists of: how to run existing models, data requirements, model logic and assumptions, quality checks, and how to customize models

22. 22 Natural Resource Program Center Sample products: Historic Population Density Different ways of representing content…depends on medium, e.g. print or web.

23. 23 Natural Resource Program Center Ability to look at individual county-level detail Average U.S. Population Density (2000) = 30.7 people/km2

24. 24 Natural Resource Program Center Sample Products: Recent Population Density Change 1990 2000

25. 25 Natural Resource Program Center Land Cover Measures Percent Natural/Percent Converted Change in percent natural/percent converted Area in impervious cover Etc.

26. 26 Natural Resource Program Center Land Cover Data Sources National Land Cover Data (NLCD) LANDFIRE Gap Analysis Program (GAP) NatureServe Ecological Systems Etc.

27. 27 Natural Resource Program Center Sample Output: Percent Converted Green = Natural NLCD Land Cover Classes Yellow = Converted NLCD Land Cover Classes

28. 28 Natural Resource Program Center Sample Output: Land Cover Change (1992 – 2001)

29. 29 Natural Resource Program Center Conservation Status Measures Percent protected land Conservation Risk Index (CRI) Etc.

30. 30 Natural Resource Program Center Conservation Status Data Sources Gap Analysis Program (GAP) Protected Areas Database (PAD- US) Etc.

31. 31 Natural Resource Program Center Sample Output: Percent Protected Land

32. 32 Natural Resource Program Center Sample Output: Conservation Risk Index (CRI) Utilizes input from Land Cover measure and a different Conservation Status measure Converted land (%) CRI = -------------------------- Protected Land (%)

33. 33 Natural Resource Program Center Transportation Measures Distance to roads Road density Etc.

34. 34 Natural Resource Program Center Transportation Data Sources ESRI StreetMap TIGER Line Files TeleAtlas Etc.

35. 35 Natural Resource Program Center Sample Output: Road Density Not all roads are created equal: treat local streets, major roads, and interstates differently Calculate density for each road “classification” Can add gridded densities for each layer to obtain total road density.

36. 36 Natural Resource Program Center Sample Output: Distance to Roads Surrogate for “road less” areas Distance to major roads Distance to streets Buffalo National River – 30km Buffer

37. 37 Natural Resource Program Center Project Updates and Links to Data/Products http://www1.nrintra.nps.gov/im/monitor/npscape/index.cfm http://nrinfo

38. 38 Natural Resource Program Center Vital Signs Internet Map Services (VSIMS) FY2009 Activities: –NRDT upload and map display functions plus integration with IRMA –Development staff opening Demo during Weds Show and Tell session

39. 39 Natural Resource Program Center Questions or Comments? Swap Meet Happy Hour (Meet Brent in back corner of bar, he’s buying!) Ad Hoc