Transcript Lammie_2010 - West Virginia GIS Technical Center

Monongahela National Forest
West Virginia
GIS Conference
June 7 – 10, 2010
Huntington, WV
Marshall University
National
Regional/Partnerships
Forest Projects
Sam Lammie – GIS Program Manager
Monongahela National Forest
National – Monongahela NF
The mission of the Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the
nation’s forests, not just the national forests.
Restoring and Sustaining Forest Landscapes
Protecting and Enhancing Water Resources and Watershed Health
Making Landscapes More Resilient to Climate Change
Responsibly Budgeting for Wildfire
Creating Jobs and Sustainable Communities
Climate Change – Monongahela NF
FS Strategic Plan (2010 through 2015) – Lead Efforts to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change
FS Climate Change strategic framework has
seven goals:
1. Science
2. Adaption
3. Mitigation
4. Policy
5. Sustainable Operations
6. Education
7. Alliances
Organizational Capacity
- Expose employees to fundamental
information on the implications of
climate change.
- Designate employee(s) to coordinate
and be a resource for climate change
questions and issues.
- Incorporate climate change adaptation,
mitigation, or education into staff
program guidance, training, and plans of
work.
Mitigation & Emissions
Management
- Develop baseline assessments of
the carbon balance (stocks and
flows) on the forest and range
lands and plans for managing this
balance in the future.
- Reduce energy, emissions, water,
and other environmental footprints.
Partnerships & Engagement,
Conservation Education
FS Response
to Climate
Change
- Integrate science and management
toward climate change solutions.
- Work with partners on climate
change adaptation, mitigation, and
education.
Adaptation
- Assess the relative vulnerability of key
resources of ecosystem elements to expected
impacts of climate change.
- Set priorities for adaptation activities for those
resources and places that are most vulnerable to
climate change impacts.
- Test and model adaptive land management
techniques.
- Monitor impacts, changing conditions,
implementation, and effectiveness.
Regional/Partnerships – Monongahela NF
Appalachian Mountains
Joint Venture
Central Appalachian Biodiversity Area
CASR Initiative
Upper
Shavers Fork
Mineral/Energy Issues
Forest Projects – Monongahela NF
Chestnut Ridge Prescribed Burn
Hogback Project Area
Wildlife Openings
Other Stuff – Monongahela NF
Aquatics –
monitoring (i.e., water chemistry),
road decommissioning
Range allotments
Ecology – non-native invasives
Silviculture – oak and spruce restoration
Engineering – road maintenance
Timber – sustainable harvests and
reforestation
Recreation – Trail Plan
Fire – prescribed burns
Insects and Diseases – gypsy moth,
wooly adelgid
Wildlife – Monitoring (osprey, etc),
WVNFS, White-nosed Bat Syndrome
WV State Forest Assessment
West Virginia
GIS Conference
June 7 – 10, 2010
Huntington, WV
Marshall University