A Land Resource Identification and Protection Plan for the Oberlin Project

ALandResourceIden/fica/onandProtec/onPlanfortheOberlinProject

PaulBoehnleinGIS&Conserva4onPlanningSpecialist

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WesternReserveLandConservancy

• 8NortheastOhiolandtrustsmergedin2006• Over400proper4esmakeupapproximately30,000acrespreserved• Currentgoal:10%of4millionacreserviceareaprotected

Conserva/onPlanningattheLandConservancy

• BayesianBeliefNetworkapproach

• Incorporatesbestavailabledataandopinionoflocalexperts

• Twocomponents• NaturalAreas• WorkingLand


• NetworkmodeldevelopedinNe4casoRware

• Expertconsensusofvaluecaptured• Representedspa4allyinArcMap


• Compareandpriori4zeprojects

• Quan4fythequalityofconserva4oneffortover4me

• Setgoalsforfutureconserva4on

NaturalResource-basedEconomicDevelopment

SustainableForestry

• Areasoflowslopeandnohydrologicfeatures

• Approximately400,000acresiden4fiedaspoten4allysuitableforsustainableforestry


Carbonstoragees/mates

• AbovegroundlivedrybiomassfromNa4onalBiomass&CarbonDataset

• SoilorganiccarbonfromNRCSSSURGOsoils


WindEnergySuitability

• Landuse,sensi4veareas,exis4ngtransmission,windpoten4al


SolarRadia/onPoten/al

• OhioStatewideImageryProgram2mLiDARData

• ArcSolartoolbox


BiofuelProduc/onPoten/al

• VacantagriculturallandwithnocanopynotinCAUV

• 3,158poten4alacresinLorainCo.

BusinessDensity

RecentIni4a4ves

•  GISdatalibrarydevelopmentatOC•  High-resolu4onlandusemapofOberlin

•  Developmentofstudentprojectsrelatedtocarbonoffsetsandstormwater

•  Hollywoodtrailplanning•  Adhocmapmaking

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A Land Resource Identification and Protection Plan for the Oberlin Project

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