BRIEF SUMMARY - PROGRESS REPORT

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - National Biological Service
Klamath Basin Ecosystem Restoration Office
Research Work Order # 42 - Klamath Bioregional Assessment

Lawrence Fox III, Co-Principal Investigator
Forestry
Humboldt State University
Arcata, California 95521
707-826-4280 email: lf1@axe.humboldt.edu

Steven A. Carlson, Co-Principal Investigator
Natural Resources Planning & Interpretation
Humboldt State University
Arcata, California 95521
707-826-3438 email: sac1@axe.humboldt.edu

Ronald L. Garrett, Technical Point of Contact
Ecosystem Restoration Office
6600 Washburn Way
Klamath Falls, Oregon 97603-9365
Com (541) 885-8481
Fax (541) 884-9053
E-mail: ron_garrett@fws.gov

Progress Summary:

The two major efforts of Research Work Order 42, Vector GIS Data Layer development and Landsat Image Classification, continued to dominate our efforts during FY 1995-1996. The vector GIS effort is not documented extensively in this short summary report. Our FY 1995-1996 Annual Report is in preparation now and will be available within the month. However, some of the synthesized vector maps that we have compiled to support multi- organizational, ecosystem management in Northern California and Southern Oregon, are summarized here. These include:

1. An ownership map of the north coastal basin of California, showing land administration by agency and a general category for the corporate forest products industry.
2. An enlarged map of the North Humboldt County vicinity. This map shows the land ownership by agency, corporate forest products industry holdings, incorporated cities, unincorporated communities (housing density greater than 40 building structures per square mile), old growth/late serial coniferous forest and shadows, major roads, CA Regional Water Quality control Board sub-area watersheds and USGS 7.5 minute quad boundaries and names.
3. A Habitat Conservation Opportunity Map of the north coastal basin showing dwelling densities of less than 1, 1-4, 4-20 and greater than 20 per square mile and roadless areas.
4. A map of the North Coastal Basin showing some vulnerable species and habitats including the distribution of the northern spotted owl, marbled murrlet, sitka spruce and valley oak forest and the distribution of coho and steelhead by large watersheds.
5. A community process map showing cities (incorporated), unincorporated communities, highways and county roads, rivers and major creeks and dams.
6. A large scale field planning map of the McWhinney Creek, 7.5 min. Quad., showing CDF planning watersheds, sub-area watersheds, old growth / late serial polygons, unimproved and improved roads, utm grid and hatch marks and labels, public lands survey system grid and section labels, locator map, rivers and major creeks and streams.

In the remote sensing area, we continued to classify 1994 Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery to compile a regional, existing vegetation layer, completing approximately 75 percent of the region.

Significant deliveries include:

1. A 300,000 acre vegetation map to the Goosenest Ranger District, Klamath National Forest. This map contained extra detail in the shrub communities to specifically assist wildlife biologists on the district with their Adaptive Management Plan.
2. A 500,000 acre vegetation map to Fruit Growers Supply Company, who contributed funding to the project to assist with mapping vegetation for their ownership.
3. A 20,000 acre vegetation map to the city of Redding, who contributed funding to the project to assist with their urban and regional planning.
4. A 7,000,000 acre vegetation map to the Winema National Forest and the Klamath Tribes in the upper Klamath River Basin. These groups are contributing ground truth to evaluate these draft maps.
5. A 5,000,000 acre vegetation map to the California Department of Fish and Game. This northeastern region of California was mapped and developed into an Elk Habitat quality model to assist the Department with their Elk re-introduction programs. CDFG is providing ground truth for further refinement of these maps.

Project Cooperators:

Cooperative Matching Funding from;

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation,
Klamath Basin Ecosystem Restoration Office,
NASA's Mission to Planet Earth, through William M. Kier Associates,
Klamath National Forest, Goosenest Ranger District,
Fruit Growers Supply Company,

In-Kind Contributions from:

NASA's Mission to Planet Earth, 9, 1994 Landsat Thematic Mapper Digital Images.
California Department of Fish and Game, ground truth, 4 teams, more than 3000 person hours.
U.S. Forest Service, Region 5 Remote Sensing Lab., Landsat Image Rectification.
Bureau of Land Management, ground truth
Regional Ecosystem Office, Presidents Forest Plan, inter-organizational coordination
California State University Chico, ground truth
Klamath River Fish and Wildlife Resource Office, product review
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, ground truth

Project Publications:

Fox, Lawrence III, and Timothy S. Burton 1996. Computer analysis of Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery and existing road locations for elk habitat mapping in northern California. Space Technology and Applications International Forum. American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings 361. AIP Press, Woodbury, NY. Pp. 1529-1534

Carlson, Steven A. and Lawrence Fox III 1996. Landscape Assessment with Small Scale Data, Klamath Basin, California-Oregon. Presented at GIS/LIS '96, November, 16-22, Denver, Colorado.

Involved Students:

Georgia Trehey
Robert Buntz
Gordon Bonser
Darian LaBrie
Andy Bartson
Robert Beachler
Curtice Jacoby

Contact Information (e-mail)
Larry Fox, Prof. & Co-Principal Investigator
Klamath Bioregional Assessment Project
Forestry Department - email: lf1@axe.humboldt.edu
Humboldt State University - Phone: 707-826-4280
Arcata, CA 95521 - Fax: 707-826-5634
IP: 137.150.184.26 (anonymous)

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