Inventory and Monitoring Inventory and Monitoring Terrestrial FaunaTerrestrial Fauna

Inventory and Monitoring Inventory and Monitoring Terrestrial FaunaTerrestrial Fauna

Linking Field Activities to Budget Processes

1998 1999 2000 2001

Issues

I&M Activities

• Species at risk increasing• Regulatory and other

requirements increasing• Funding not keeping pace• Issue-based approaches

not effective

Inventory and Monitoring ActivitiesAre Not Keeping Pace with Issues

Requires a “systems” approach and use of corporate data standards to facilitate data exchange and reduce costs

FS Inventory & Monitoring Framework:Applying a Systems Approach

• Translate local and national issues and requirements into inventory questions

• Identify basic data needed to develop meaningful answers to inventory questions

• Collect/compile basic and digital data and load into NRIS-Fauna

• Use automated tools to search for the strongest relationship between field and digital data

• Translate data into information/knowledge for decision makers

• Prepare inventory and monitoring reports for assessment and planning processes

QUESTIONS

FIELD DATA

DIGITAL DATA

MODELS

EVALUATION

REPORTS

FSH or GTR:• Common Stand Exam• TEUI• Aquatic Inventory• Terrestrial Fauna

FS Resource Information Management - Corporate Standards, Protocols, Data Bases

Data Standards & Protocols Data Collection

NRIS Databases

Field Users

Corporate Data and ToolsCorporate Data and Tools

Your Platform for Inventory, Assessment, and Effects Analysis

Corporate Inventory & Monitoring Protocols

Corporate inventory & monitoring protocols: - Collect BASIC resource data, not interpreted data

- Are linked at various scales

- Utilize a systems approach to allow data aggregation

- Respond to a wide-range of inventory questions

- Include spatial and attribute data collection

- Provide direct loading into field data recorders

and NRIS-Fauna, other NRIS data bases

Documented in Forest Service Handbooks or

General Technical Reports to: - Ensure Federal and Agency data standards are met

- Incorporate scientific information and processes

- Document metadata

- Describe QA/QC procedures

- Enable replication over the landscape and time

15 Standard Core GIS Layers

NRIS – Fauna linked to:

Species Occurrence Layer NRIS – Terra linked to:

TEUI/AEUI NRIS – Water linked to:

Watersheds, Water Bodies, and

Stream Network Layers ALP – linked to:

Land Ownership Layer INFRA – linked to:

Roads/Trails, facilities, range

allotment boundaries, etc.

Core GIS Layers are Linked to Corporate Databases:

• Direct link to ABI/TNC and other non-FS databases• Interactive capability between spatial and attribute data• Standardized analysis tools• Linked to habitat relationship models and monitoring systems• Field data recorders support corporate inventory protocols• Links to other NRIS/INFRA data• Meets all FGDC/Agency standards • Centralized support and help desk• Upgrades based on user needs

NRIS – FaunaYour Platform for Analysis and Documentation

NRIS – Fauna Features

FS Budget FrameworkFS Budget Framework

Understanding Ecological Components of the Budget

Program Budget Direction

Use of NFIM Funds must meet three tests:• Above-Project Purpose• Documented I&M Protocols/Metadata• Integration/Coordination

Inventory, Assessment and Monitoring:• Defined as different and distinct activities• Reported as different accomplishments• Separate direction and funding

NFIM Activity Descriptions

Inventory (IMMAXX job codes)• Consists of data collection and data management needed to analyze of the resource conditions• Meets multiple information needs at various scales above the project-level

Assessment (IMMBXX job codes)• Characterization of ecosystems at two scales to provide context for management• Identify management options – no decisions

Monitoring (IMMCXX job codes)• LRMP monitoring activities• Preparation of Annual Reports

Accomplishment Reporting (MAR)

Inventory (IMMAXX job codes)• Acres of Terrestrial Fauna Inventory at the Landscape Scale• Acres of Terrestrial Fauna Inventory at the Subregion Scale

Assessment (IMMBXX job codes)• Number of Broadscale Assessments• Number of Watershed Assessments• No reporting elements for Fauna Assessments

Monitoring (IMMCXX job codes)• Number of Annual Monitoring and Evaluation Reports• No reporting elements for Fauna Monitoring Reports

FS Program Budget DevelopmentFS Program Budget Development

Understanding Budget Ecological Processes

NFIM Program Connections

NFIM funded Terrestrial Fauna Inventories (IMMAXX Job Codes) supports:

• Broadscale Assessments for LRMP Revision or Amendment• Watershed/Landscape Assessment

NFIM supports participation of wildlife biologists, botanists in Assessments (IMMBXX Job Codes).

Monitoring (IMMCXX Job Codes) funded by NFIM supports:

• MIS/Viability Monitoring described in LRMP

NFIM Program Components

BroadscaleAssessment XFY02 - 16 WatershedAssessments

BroadscaleAssessment YFY03 – 18 WatershedAssessments

FY04 - 16 WatershedAssessments

Monitoring

MA

MBMA

MB

MC

MB

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

MA MA MB MB

MA MB

MA MB

MC MC MCMC

Project Analyses

Project Analyses

Project

Plan Revisions

Number of Assessments x Watershed Assessment Acres

Broadscale Assessment Acres2 NF & 1 NG(NFS and adjacent lands)

No MAR Item - Information in Annual Report

TerrestrialFauna Inventory -Landscape Scale

TerrestrialFauna Inventory -Subsection Scale

TerrestrialFaunaMonitoring

TerrestrialFaunaHabitat Inventory

No MAR Item – Interpreted from other data

16 x 125,000 =2.0 million acres

1 x 6.5 million =6.5 million acres

No target

No target

Example: FY01 Target Estimates

This methodology is used in lieu of calculating inventory cycle for NFS lands or other methods

Terrestrial Fauna InventoriesAt the Landscape Scale

Terrestrial Fauna InventoriesAt the Landscape Scale

Supporting Ecosystem Analysis at the Watershed Scale

Terrestrial Fauna Inventoriesat the Landscape Scale

Compile data from existing

sources (e.g. ABI/TNC) Identification of data gaps using

habitat relationship models Determine inventory method Field inventories to fill data gaps Document QA/QC procedures Development of GIS Coverages Loading data into NRIS-Fauna Preparing Fauna Report

Gathering and mapping information on the occurrence, population, and density of terrestrial fauna needed to support Ecosystem Analysis at the Watershed Scale. Habitat inventory is derived from other inventories not reported in this category.

• Access to existing data on species occurrence and range in GIS• Use models to evaluate habitat relationships using NRIS, INFRA data in models• Identify data gaps• Identify inventory protocol• Load Field sampling/survey data and metadata in NRIS-Fauna • Analyze data in NRIS-Fauna• Prepare Inventory Report

Terrestrial Fauna Inventory to SupportEcosystem Analysis at the Watershed Scale

TYPICAL ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED BY NRIS-FAUNA

Product Examples

Species occurrence, population distribution, and density displayed in the NRIS-Fauna database for use in the Willow Creek Watershed Assessment.

Fauna inventory report completed for the Rock Creek Watershed and data loaded into NRIS-Fauna for an upcoming watershed analysis.

Terrestrial Fauna InventoriesAt the Subsection Scale

Terrestrial Fauna InventoriesAt the Subsection Scale

Supporting LRMP Revision and Amendment

Terrestrial Fauna Inventory at the Subsection Scale

Inventories span Ecological Subsections and are independent of administrative unit or land ownership. Data are compiled from available data sources and linked to vegetation and terrestrial ecological inventories to determine data gaps. Inventories are conducted using sampling systems which provide the foundation for future LRMP monitoring, which will determine the validity of assumptions used in planning, identifying focal species, species of concern, and rare components.

Habitat relationship models are adapted from literature or developed for use in LRMP Revision. A variety of model building tools, based in GIS provide wildlife biologists/botanists analysis tools that can be updated as scientific information changes and monitoring results are evaluated.

Terrestrial Fauna Inventories at the Subsection Scale

•Inventories at this scale utilize data and ecological characterization to stratify sampling and “mine” data from other sources.•Where observations and field sampling are needed, inventories are conducted.•Links to other inventory systems are developed over time to gather data needed to support these assessments.

NRIS – Fauna provides the capability to access data, conduct spatial analysis, develop relationships, and catalogue data

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