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The National Hydrography Dataset and the Bureau of Land Management. Dan Wickwire Oregon State Office Bureau of Land Management. BLM Lands in the western US and Alaska. % BLM Ownership Alaska 24% Arizona 20% California 15% Colorado 12% Idaho 22% Montana 7% Nevada 67%
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The National Hydrography Dataset and the Bureau of Land Management Dan Wickwire Oregon State Office Bureau of Land Management
BLM Lands in the western US and Alaska % BLM Ownership Alaska 24% Arizona 20% California 15% Colorado 12% Idaho 22% Montana 7% Nevada 67% New Mexico 17% Oregon 25% Utah 42% Wyoming 30% * 1996 Totals
0=no response; 1=minor involvement; 2=moderate involvement; 3=significant involvementResults of March 21st, 2007 Questionnaire
Interpretation of Results • All BLM states were involved at some level with creation of NHD and WBD. • Significant disparity exists across BLM states concerning participation in NHD Partnerships and development of Stewardship Agreements. • Most BLM states are beginning to download NHD. • Most BLM states are associating attribute/event information to stream network, some as events on the NHD. • Most states are identifying uses for the NHD and associated attribute information.
Needed Actions….. • Internal BLM direction clarifying NHD role in supporting Agency information needs. The BLM Washington Office is developing formal guidance for its distributed field organization. • BLM needs to be proactive to ensure that its organization fully understands the NHD, its intent, uses, limitations, etc. • BLM state organizations need to become more involved in hydrography framework (NHD) efforts within their states (eg. Partnerships, Stewardship Agreements). • State framework groups need to solicit involvement by BLM state organizations.
BLM Hydrography Program Contacts….. • Washington Office Jim Renthal jim_renthal@blm.gov • Alaska Dennis Tol dennis_tol@blm.gov • Arizona Marlo Draper marlo_draper@blm.gov • California Lenore Thomas lenore_thomas@blm.gov • Colorado Ed Rumbold edward_rumbold@blm.gov • Eastern States Geoff Walsh geoff_walsh@blm.gov • Idaho Karl Gebhardt karl_gebhardt@blm.gov • Montana Mike Philbin mike_philbin@blm.gov • New Mexico Bill Merhege bill_merhege@blm.gov • Nevada Bob Boyd robert_boyd@blm.gov • Oregon Rosemary Mazaika rosemary_mazaika@blm.gov • Utah Lisa Bryant lisa_bryant@blm.gov • Wyoming Rick Schuler rick_schuler@blm.gov Dan Wickwire BLM – Oregon State Office dan_wickwire@blm.gov 503.808.6272