| Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM USFS North Chaparral Conference Room Vallejo |
How do we best match rangeland manager needs to remote sensing technology development? This workshop began to explore these issues...
Description
On April 19, 2011, a number of leading remote sensing experts and rangeland management practitioners gathered at the US Forest Service building in Vallejo to discuss current abilities for remote sensing to meet the monitoring needs of rangeland managers. The following is a list of remote sensing priorities for rangelands managers:
- Baseline data (may be collected over the long term)
To better understand the effects of climate change
To assist the Forest Service and others with “Condition assessment”
- Effectiveness monitoring (Managers may need skills development for interpretation and they need access to yearly updates of analysis performed by others)
Could inform changes in stocking levels
Can help monitor restoration success
- Plant productivity monitoring (Needs to be available at the large scale)
RDM
Changes to forage over time
Length of green season
- Wildlife relationships monitoring
Monitor conditions for populations of game animals (especiallydeer)
Habitat change monitoring
- Biodiversity monitoring
- Regulatory compliance monitoring: mitigation, easements
RDM
Oak canopy changes – called out in easements/mitigation requirements
- Identify and monitor reference systems for mitigation
- Annual grassland systems monitoring
RDM
Weed populations and cover
Bare soil cover
Watershed function
Plant composition
Erosion (active or past)
- Perennial systems (Thought to be more difficult, longer term)
USFWS “Condition Assessment”- Composition(plant); Bare ground; Soil
- Management changes
Water
Infrastructure (would be very useful for ranchers and others)
- Oak recruitment
Contact
Grey Hayes
grey@elkhornslough.org
831-274-8700
Sponsors
Documents & Publications
Workshop Materials
| Document | Author/Source |
| Agenda | Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program |
| 2011.04 Contact List | Elkhorn Slough Coastal Training Program |
Peer-Reviewed Publications
| Document | Author/Source |
| Applications and Research Using Remote Sensing for Rangeland Management | E. Raymond Hunt, Jr., James H. Everitt, Jerry C. Ritchie, M. Susan Moran, D. Terrance Booth, Gerald L. Anderson, Patrick E. Clark, and Mark S. Seyfried Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 69(6):675-693 2003 |
| Monitoring Forest Carbon Sequestration with Remote Sensing and Carbon Cycle Modeling | David P. Turner, Michael Guzy, Michael A. Lefsky, William D. Ritts, Steve Van Tuyl, and Beverly E. Law Environmental Management, 33(4):457-466 2004 |