1. NHD Pilot Project and Stewardship for Colorado

2. How Did We Get Here?  CDWR Has Been on The Hook for Awhile  Fall of 2007 - High Resolution Available  December 2007 – Pilot Study Commences  Summer 2008 – Pilot Study Finishes  January 2009 – MOU Signed with USGS  Currently – Grant Application Process In Progress to Initialize Stewardship for NHD in Colorado

3.  The Pilot Study Consisted of a 3 Step Process  Gathering Organizational and Participatory Information  Gathering Technical Information  Finding and Recommendations The Colorado Pilot Study

4. Talk Ask Read

5. Learn Talk Edit

6. Findings  Add Ditches / Irrigation Canals  Add Names / GNIS  Add Connectors  Dams and Reservoirs  Storm Water Features  Correct Errant Ephemerals?  Fix Network

7.  Organizational Setup  Make Stewardship Official with MOU  Conduct Outreach Program  Determine Partners, Sign MOUs  Create NHD Advisory Board and User Group  Develop LOB for NHD in State Recommendations for Stewardship

8. Make Stewardship Official  Sign MOU with Needs Specific to Colorado  Consider Timelines in Regards to Interaction with the USGS and Partners  The Colorado Division of Water Resources Should Be the Single Entity for Stewardship in Colorado  Consider Coordination with Bordering States  Consider Geographic “Holes” in the State Where There is Little Interest in Maintaining the Data

9.  Get The Word Out  Convince Users and Their Agencies That The NHD is Critical to Their Mandates  Garner Funding at the Federal and State Levels to Support a Maintenance Program Conduct an Outreach Program

10.  Draft and Sign an MOU Outlining Terms of the Partnership Within the Maintenance Process  Some Partners May Not Have The Ability To Make Edits Themselves But May Be Able To Contribute Funding The State To Make Edits  Overlaps In Service Areas Must Be Addressed With Each Agency  Track Participants and Edits Determine Partners

11.  Create NHD Advisory Board and NHD User Group  Board Should Consist of Federal, State and Private Entities  Board Should Consider What is Important to User Community  User Group Is Necessary For Consistent and Efficient Editing Practices  Wiki Type Site to Exchange Editing Tips? Create Advisory Board

12.  Develop LOB Applications for NHD in State  In Colorado, NHD will be used to track water rights source waters via GNIS ID.  CDOW uses NHD to track aquatic habitat via reach code.  Local agencies, watershed groups and Counties hope to start tracking water quality using NHD via reach code. Develop LOB for NHD

13.  Level of Densification – Ephemerals?  When Should Local Resolution Be Incorporated?  Freeze a High Resolution Dataset for In-State Use?  Derivative Products?  What’s Important to Edit?  Frequency of Revisions  Should the State Train Others to Edit?  Certified Contractors?  GNIS Questions  Sub-Stewardships? NHD Stewardship Issues

14. Questions? Chris Brown GIS Analyst Colorado Division of Water Resources 303-866-3581 x8256 chris.k.brown@state.co.us