GIS Data, Technology, and Models to Integrate Information and Improve Transportation Decision-Making within the Eco-Logical* Framework for Oregon GIS-T 2009, Oklahoma City, OK April 8, 2009, Session 5..2.2 Authors: Jimmy Kagan, Oregon State University; Kimberly Majerus, FHWA; and Mindy Trask, Oregon Dept of Transportation (ODOT) Supported with FHWA Funding to implement the multi-agency initiative and publication as *Eco-Logical: An Ecosystem Approach to Developing Infrastructure Projects
Presentation Topics Discussion including: Eco-Logical Framework to Integrate Solutions and Decision-Making for: - Long-Range Planning through to - Project Development & Delivery Implementation in Oregon
Eco-Logical Framework: 8 Federal Agencies Agree An interconnected community of living things and the physical environment within which they exist (humans included) Eco-Logical publication online at : http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/ecological/eco_entry.asp
Integration Integrates across: Multiple projects and sites Natural Resource Priorities and Plan Agencies and levels Geographic regions Multiple resources Multiple jurisdictions Public & private sectors Simple, Integrated Map: Trans Plan, Urban areas, Natural resource areas
Eco-Logical: Approach to Solutions 1. Inter-agency Steering Team* & strategy 2. Develop/Publish Eco-Logical framework, with signatures from all agencies HQs 3. Engage participants at all levels, both public & private sector 4. To develop & implement strategies (Inter-agency team: 8 federal, 3 state trans, 1 toll agency) Eco-Logical publication online at: http://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/ecological/eco_entry.asp
Integrated Planning and Efforts - Integrate information, people, decisions - Overlay of maps - Partners define ecosystem, (utilize natural boundaries) - Interaction of goals, multiple benefits Natural resource priorities & land use
Eco-Logical Oregon Transportation Information Integration PART II Providing Data and Conservation Assessments To Transportation Planners Principal Investigator: Jimmy Kagan Information Program Manager and Natural Heritage Information Center Director
OR Key Eco-Logical Project Goals Improve Transportation Planning and Decisions in Oregon by Integrating Concepts of: OR Dept of Fish Wildlife (ODFW) OR Conservation Strategy statewide (OCS) ODOT Comprehensive Mitigation Strategy (CMCS) ODOT s planning systems and transportation planning Pilot detailed information in Willamette Basin Develop strategy to complete remainder of OR
OR Eco-Logical Tasks Integrate best quality information known and potential distribution of regulated, legally protected T&E Species and wetlands Integrate best quality information distribution of Strategy Species and Habitats Create tools assure quality data useable for transportation planning decisions Create tools to assure constant updates for information
OR Updating ODOT Comprehensive Mitigation Strategy & ODOT Planning Tools Improve quality and availability of key information Tie planning tools into updated databases ORNHIC At-Risk and T&E Species New Hydrography and Soils datasets Create digital data needed to improve planning Culvert and Stream Barriers Wetlands and Priority Wetlands Natural Vegetation Priority Habitats
National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) 2008 Mapping Status for OR
OR Detailed wetland data also integrated from various assessments.
OR Riparian & Wetland Data Integrated When Possible
OR Hydric Soils used where available
Corvallis NWI (blue) and LWI (red). Maps are now almost completely integrated using 2005 NAIP background
Creating Wetland Priorities for Willamette Valley
Updating OR CMCS & ODOT Planning Tools Update Objectives with ODFW Conservation Strategy and Other Assessments Replace Ecoprovince Species & Habitats with Strategy Species and Habitats by Ecoregion DefineMitigation & Restoration Priorities using the Synthesis Map in the Willamette Valley Create Processes to Integrate Conservation Strategy Opportunity Areas with specific resource objectives (wetlands, T&E Species, water quality) elsewhere in Oregon
Strategy Species & Habitats
Red legged Frog Predicted Habitat Quality None Poor Fair Good Data from Oregon Conservation Strategy Vegetation Data, Habitat Data and Distribution Data being updated in 2008
Willamette Valley Priority Habitats
Improve T&E Species Information Improve access to state Natural Heritage data, if possible using constant updates via Exchange Network Provide real-time access to the most up-to-date at-risk species data Translate state natural heritage data so that project specific information can be easily differentiated from general needs
At-Risk Species Data from ORNHIC Biotics Spatial Data needs to be exported Relevant data for various decisions needs to be extracted
Expand Available Species Data Include modeled data and recovery plan information for listed species within transportation planning Provide access to potentially occupied habitat models, developed by USFWS for listed species Integrate available recovery data to create meaningful restoration and mitigation priorities
Recovery Plans Identify Known Sites and Recovery Areas for Legally Protected, Listed Species USFWS Worked with ORNHIC to develop potentially occupied habitat maps for each of the listed species when developing and delivering transportation projects
Sidalcea nelsoniana (Nelson s checkermallow) GIS Analysis - Random Forest CART model based on USFWS rules and updated data
Contact Information: Principal Investigator: Jimmy Kagan Information Program Manager and ORNHIC Director Institute for Natural Resources http://inr.oregonstate.edu http://oregonstate.edu/ornhic/ jimmy.kagan@oregonstate.edu 503-731-3070 ext 111 1322 SE Morrison Street, Portland 97215 210 Strand Hall, OSU, Corvallis 97331 541-737-9918