National

Forest Projects

West Virginia GIS Conference

June 7 – 10, 2010Huntington, WV

Marshall University

Sam Lammie – GIS Program ManagerMonongahela National Forest

Regional/Partnerships

National – Monongahela NFThe mission of the Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the nation’s forests, not just the national forests.

Restoring and Sustaining Forest Landscapes

Protecting and Enhancing Water Resources and Watershed Health

Making Landscapes More Resilient to Climate Change

Responsibly Budgeting for Wildfire

Creating Jobs and Sustainable Communities

Climate Change – Monongahela NF

DRAFT

FS Climate Change strategic framework has seven goals:

1.Science

2.Adaption

3.Mitigation

4.Policy

5.Sustainable Operations

6.Education

7.Alliances

Mitigation & Emissions Management- Develop baseline assessments of the carbon balance (stocks and flows) on the forest and range lands and plans for managing this balance in the future.- Reduce energy, emissions, water, and other environmental footprints.

Adaptation- Assess the relative vulnerability of key resources of ecosystem elements to expected impacts of climate change.- Set priorities for adaptation activities for those resources and places that are most vulnerable to climate change impacts.- Test and model adaptive land management techniques.- Monitor impacts, changing conditions, implementation, and effectiveness.

Organizational Capacity- Expose employees to fundamental information on the implications of climate change.- Designate employee(s) to coordinate and be a resource for climate change questions and issues.- Incorporate climate change adaptation, mitigation, or education into staff program guidance, training, and plans of work.

Partnerships & Engagement, Conservation Education- Integrate science and management toward climate change solutions.- Work with partners on climate change adaptation, mitigation, and education.

FS Response to Climate

Change

FS Strategic Plan (2010 through 2015) – Lead Efforts to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change

Regional/Partnerships – Monongahela NFAppalachian Mountains Joint Venture

Central Appalachian Biodiversity Area

CASR Initiative

Mineral/Energy Issues

UpperShavers Fork

Forest Projects – Monongahela NF

Hogback Project Area

Chestnut Ridge Prescribed Burn

Wildlife Openings

Other Stuff – Monongahela NF

Aquatics – monitoring (i.e., water chemistry), road decommissioning

Ecology – non-native invasives

Engineering – road maintenance

Fire – prescribed burns

Insects and Diseases – gypsy moth, wooly adelgid

West Virginia GIS Conference

June 7 – 10, 2010Huntington, WV

Marshall University

Range allotments

Recreation – Trail Plan

Silviculture – oak and spruce restoration

Timber – sustainable harvests and reforestation

Wildlife – Monitoring (osprey, etc), WVNFS, White-nosed Bat Syndrome

WV State Forest Assessment