integrated landscape assessment project
DESCRIPTION
Integrated Landscape Assessment Project Presentation given at the Agriculture, Food, Nutrition and Natural Resources R&D Round Table in Washington, D.C. in March 2011. We were selected as one of eight exemplary collaborate research projects in the nation.TRANSCRIPT
www.oregonstate.edu/inr/ilap
MAKING INFORMED WILDLAND
RESTORATION DECISIONS IN THE
NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST
INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT PROJECT
March 15, 2011
Presentation by
Janine Salwasser, Project Coordinator
Agriculture, Food, Nutrition and Natural Resources R&D Round Table
LANDSCAPES
Photo of Blue Mountains landscape in Eastern Oregon by Miles Hemstrom, USFS-PNW
• FEDERAL
• U.S. Forest Service
• PNW Research Station
• Rocky Mountain Research Station
• Region 3
• Region 6
• STATE
• Washington Dept. of Natural Resources
• Oregon Dept. of Forestry
• Arizona Division of Forestry
• Arizona Dept. of Game & Fish
• New Mexico Division of Forestry
• UNIVERSITY
• Institute for Natural Resources
• Oregon State University
• University of Washington
• University of New Mexico
• NGOs
• The Nature Conservancy
• Conservation Biology Institute
• Ecosystem Management, Inc.
• LOCAL GROUPS
• Tapash Collaborative (WA)
• Firescape Group (AZ)
PARTNERSHIPS
JOBS
Photo of some ILAP team members on flanks of Mt. Hood, Oregon by Miles Hemstrom, USFS-PNW
INFORMED RESTORATION DECISIONS
WHAT ARE CURRENT AND FUTURE
TRENDS IN VEGETATION CONDITIONS?
NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES
SOUTHWEST LANDSCAPES
Photo of Arizona’s Chihuahuan Desert landscape by Miles Hemstrom, USFS-PNW
WILL MANAGEMENT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
ON THE LANDSCAPE?
ARE WILDLIFE HABITATS IMPROVED?
Photo of Northern Spotted Owls in Oregon’s Cascade region by James Johnston, INR
IS WILDFIRE RISK REDUCED?
Photo of Ponderosa Pine forest with high wildfire risk by Miles Hemstrom, PNW Research Station
ARE REVENUES GENERATED?
Photo of Lumber Mill in Seneca, Oregon by James Johnston, INR
ARE RURAL COMMUNITIES ENHANCED?
Photo of Simpson Lumber mill in Shelton, Washington
Wikipedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simpson_lumber-Shelton_Washington.jpg
CAN WE HELP MAKE MORE INFORMED
RESTORATION DECISIONS?
TEAM DYNAMICS
Science Delivery Knowledge Discovery Decision Support
SCIENCE DELIVERY
Existing
vegetation data
Potential
vegetation
Ownership
Allocations
Starting
vegetation
conditions State and Transition Models
Watershed
boundaries
HUC 5
Future
vegetation
conditions
WALL – TO – WALL VEGETATION DATA
For SW region
KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY
Fuels
Wildlife habitat
Fuel treatment economics
Interpretations
Community economics
Incorporate
management
scenarios
State and Transition
Models Wildfire-fuel
hazards
Wildlife
habitats
Community
economics
Economic
potential
COMMUNITY IMPACT SCORES
for NW watersheds
DRAFT
DISTRESS CAPACITY POLICY
IMPACTS
Draft outputs
DECISION SUPPORT
Wildfire-fuel
hazards
Community
Economics
Wildlife
habitat
Fuel
Treatment
Economics
Decision
Support
User
Inputs
Improved Wildlife Habitats
Positive Community Economics
Positive Treatment Revenues
Decreased Fuel Reductions
Increased Water Supply
WATERSHED PRIORITIES
• Informing Forest Planning
• Supporting 2015 Statewide
Assessments
• Assisting Collaborative Forest
Landscape Restoration Groups
• Informing Landscape
Conservation Collaboratives
• Supporting Recovery Planning
• Evaluating Proposed Policies
IMPACTS
10/18/10
PROJECT PRODUCTS & ACCESS
www.oregonexplorer.info
Vision for the Future of ILAP
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer image of the West by NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/HPDOCS/misr/misr_html/usa_canada_west.html
Janine Salwasser, project coordinator
541.737.9921
Miles Hemstrom, Forest Service project leader
503.808.2006
Lisa Gaines, project Co-Principal Investigator
541-737-1976
For more information about the
Integrated Landscape Assessment
Project,
please contact:
www.oregonstate.edu/inr/ilap