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Association of State Wetland Managers Annual Meeting
March 24, 2015
NCTC, Shepherdstown, WV
Andrew Robertson, Director [email protected]
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How Do You Turn This?
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Into This?
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Landscape Level Planning • Consider all aspects of the landscape natural (primeval), rural
and urban
• All should be part of the planning hierarchy because each element defines human experience in the landscape
• Then must consider how human activities (communities, commodity flows, employment and leisure) act to shape these elements
• Planning for wetland preservation, restoration and enhancement should occur within that framework.
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Some Lessons Learned 1. Know your audience: level of knowledge, expectations,
community issues
2. Use graphics and/or handouts to describe data and techniques
3. Limit explanations of how wetland data is generated. Just enough to convey confidence in the processes
4. Describe information that is available (e.g. GIS layers)
5. Explain how process will assess and refine this (e.g. maps showing restoration opportunities) and explain what it is not
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Interviews:
Question 2: When you hear the word “wetland” what pops into your mind? Question 3: Are you familiar with, or do you use, wetlands in your community? If so, please provide examples. Wetland Ecosystem Services This project would develop a framework for identifying the services that wetlands provide to communities. This framework would then be used to prioritize areas for future wetland mitigation and restoration projects within watersheds. Question 4: Would you be interested in learning more about the services wetlands provide in your community? Question 5: Have you (or your community, business, etc.) experienced problems with flooding or storm water runoff recently? If so, please elaborate.
Understanding Expectations
Social Science Approaches
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When you hear the word “wetland” what pops into your mind?
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Army Corps
DNR
County
Poor comm of regulations and statutes
Misunderstanding of process and opportunities
Lack of edu about wetland functions
Wetland Mitigation in Douglas County
Red clay soils
Flooding
Loss of prime agricultural
land
Erosion of tax base
Decreasing site
availability
Mitigation Bankers
Issues Location Challenges
Land Use
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Simplified PowerPoints
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So, what is a watershed anyway?
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Where land and water meet:
1) Water – standing, flowing, ponding (hydrology) 2) Soils – saturated, wet, mucky, peat organic (hydric) 3) Vegetation - adapted to wet conditions (hydrophytic)
What are Wetlands?
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Wetlands are not just this
They vary in size, type & appearance
What do Wetlands Look Like?
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Based on Eggers & Reed – Wetland Plants and Plant Communities of MN & WI
What do Wetlands Look Like?
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List of Wetland Functions
Plant Diversity Fish and Wildlife Habitat Flood/Stormwater
Management Water Quality
Improvement Shoreline Protection Groundwater
Recharge/Discharge Aesthetics/Recreation/
Education
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Many watershed problems
are linked to large scale changes in
how water & other
materials move
across the landscape.
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Severe storms are on the rise.
Photo credits: Superior Telegram / UW Superior
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Simplified Map Products
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Orientation Map
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Simple Watershed Map
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Meaningful Analysis
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Michigan WFA
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Michigan WFA • Wetland functional
assessment – current and historic wetlands
• Parcel and ownership information
• Calculate wetland functional units (acres * functional rank)
• Target restoration and preservation by ownership
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Michigan WFA
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Map Presentation Tools
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Data Driven Pages
• ArcGIS tool for generating a series of output pages from one layout and a set of map extents
• Extents are define by areas of interest
• Results presented and distributed in PDF format
• Use PDF functions to zoom pan and query
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LSB Example
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Amigos Bravos
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ESRI Story Maps • ArcGIS tool for generating map
books for non-technical audiences
• Published over the internet through ArcGIS Online
• Method of summarizing issues for managers and decisions makers
• Assist with collaboration and communication
• Does not require any specialized GIS knowledge or skill.
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ESRI Story Maps - NCSU
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ESRI Story Maps - NCSU
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ESRI Story Maps - NCSU
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Questions?
Andy Robertson Associate Director GeoSpatial Services Saint Mary's University of Minnesota [email protected] 507-457-8746