1. Spatial Modeling of Non- Native Invasive Plant Species’ Impact on Military Installations Serene Ong 1, Sheridan Stone 2, Martin Wong 1 and Naicong Li 1 1 Redlands Institute, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA 2 Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, AZ 2011 Department Of Defense National Military Fish & Wildlife Association Natural Resources Training Workshop March 14-18, 2011 Kansas City, Missouri

2. Outline Background Models Overall conceptual model Decision model Knowledge models TES knowledge modeling Issues and special considerations Ongoing work Questions

3. Background Problem Approach Case study Fort Huachuca Design considerations of overall system Main components Data management Geospatial and tabular data Decision model Knowledge model

4. Overall Conceptual Model

5. Decision Model

6. Knowledge Models

8. NIS’ Proximity to Streams and Washes

9. Minimize Risk of Spread

11. Wildfire Risk on Military Training

12. TES Knowledge Model

14. TES Knowledge Model: factors considered Vector processing Immediate and near-future impacts Immediate: calculated growth of NIS to present day Near-future: calculated five years into future Buffers for TES safety zones TES weighted by status Species-specific interactions through use of lookup table

15. TES Knowledge Model

16. Ongoing Knowledge Model Work Review and revise existing models Refine parameters Improve data quality Build remaining models Generalize models for ease of customization at different installations

17. Acknowledgements Partners: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research and Development Center – Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL U.S. Army Garrison Fort Huachuca, Conservation Branch, Fort Huachuca, AZ InfoHarvest, Seattle, WA Support: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research and Development Center – Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, NC ESRI, Redlands, CA

18. Questions Serene Ong: Serene_Ong@spatial.redlands.eduSerene_Ong@spatial.redlands.edu Sheridan Stone: Sheridan.Stone@us.army.milSheridan.Stone@us.army.mil Naicong Li: Naicong_Li@spatial.redlands.eduNaicong_Li@spatial.redlands.edu Martin Wong: Martin_Wong@spatial.redlands.eduMartin_Wong@spatial.redlands.edu