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Using the Landscape Management System (LMS) on the Colville Reservation

Using the Landscape Management System (LMS) on the Colville Reservation. Colville Confederated Tribes Natural Resources Department McAllister Helicopter Project. What is LMS?. Evolving set of software tools designed to aid in landscape level management of forest resources.

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Using the Landscape Management System (LMS) on the Colville Reservation

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  1. Using the Landscape Management System (LMS) on the Colville Reservation Colville Confederated Tribes Natural Resources Department McAllister Helicopter Project

  2. What is LMS? • Evolving set of software tools designed to aid in landscape level management of forest resources. • Cooperative between the Silviculture Laboratory, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Forest Service, State & Private Forestry.

  3. Further Description • Integrates forest inventory information, geographic information, growth models, decision support systems, and other applications. • Coordinates execution and information flow between many different computer programs (+60). • LMS projects changes in individual stands and landscapes up to 50,000 acres. • LMS can be used for management, planning, policy making and education.

  4. LMS designed w/ following features: • Modular • Incorporates many forms of inventory data, geographic information, computerized growth models, and decision support systems. • Flexible • LMS works with a representative tree list. • Easy to Use • Microsoft Windows application. Incorporates MS Access & Excel • Projects Growth • LMS projects growth at the stand level using existing growth models. Changes in stand can be projected over time under different management regimes. • Presents Visualization • LMS in concert with SVS and Envision provides visualizations of the projected stands.

  5. McAllister Helicopter Project • Helicopter logging on approximately 1600 acres. • Classified as inoperable ground because of inaccessibility for conventional logging methods. • Harvest high risk volume, improve forest /ecosystem health, reduce hazardous fuels, provide additional revenues to Tribe.

  6. McAllister Project Layout • Display in ArcMap & ArcScene

  7. Steps to using LMS • Create stand boundaries & other GIS layers. • Collect sample inventory plots (variable & fixed) within selected stands. • Collect silvicultural prescription information for selected stand(s). • Create photo-points from strategic locations. • Create digital terrain model using DEM’s.

  8. Block 168 Untreated

  9. Block 168 Combined

  10. Block 168 Treated

  11. Block 168 Summary Graphs

  12. Photo # 1 Block 168

  13. Block 168 – Before Treatment

  14. Block 168 – After Treatment

  15. Photo # 2 - Blocks 168, 169 & 170

  16. Blocks 168, 169 & 170 – Before Treatment

  17. Blocks 168, 169 & 170 – After Treatment

  18. Blocks 168, 169 & 170 After Treatment

  19. Photo # 3 - Blocks 170 & 171

  20. Blocks 170 & 171 – Before Treatment

  21. Blocks 170 & 171 – After Treatment

  22. Blocks 170 & 171 After Treatment

  23. Future Potential • Utilize more comprehensive stand exam info. • All treatment alternatives can be compared using LMS. • Every project will be analyzed using LMS.

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