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Region 4 GIS Management

Region 4 GIS Management. Region 4 Overview. States: Utah, Southern Idaho, Nevada, & western Wyoming Twelve National Forests Original 19 National forests to 12 in 2008 Land Area of 34,271,537 (based on 2008) Alaska 24,359,118 Northern Region: 28,190,774 Annual budget: $319,575,000 (2009)

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Region 4 GIS Management

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  1. Region 4 GIS Management

  2. Region 4 Overview • States: Utah, Southern Idaho, Nevada, & western Wyoming • Twelve National Forests • Original 19 National forests to 12 in 2008 • Land Area of 34,271,537 (based on 2008) • Alaska 24,359,118 • Northern Region: 28,190,774 • Annual budget: $319,575,000 (2009) • Alaska: $115,480,000 • Northern Region $328,745,000

  3. GIS Personnel in the Regionwho are we, where are we? • Regional Office- • IPA Staff 1 GIS Coordinator, 2.5 GIS Specialists • Lands- 2 Lands Specialists doing GIS • Fire/Ecosystem Management – 1 GIS Specialist • Others with experience & expertise used on the side • National Forests- • SO Level – Under differing staff areas at each forest. Generally at least 2 in the GIS shop • Resource Information Manager (6/12) • Project Specialist • Data Specialist • Various districts with GIS expertise generally hired to do other job but help support district GIS needs, also

  4. GIS Coordinators/Specialistduties: a large plethora • Regional Level- • Information Management – CIO/IT issues for region • Data center migration, network, desktop computing • FS Natural Resource Application coordination/support • eGIS coordination • RO GIS User Support • National & inter-regional GIS Support (special projects, EIS, etc) • National Forest support in GIS & IT issues • Data Steward coordination • Forest Level • Forest GIS data management/maintenance • GIS projects i.e. EIS, Planning, etc • Information Management – CIO/IT issues for forest • FS Natural Resource Application coordination/support • Data steward coordination

  5. Challenges • Competing Priorities • National/Regional/Forest • Planning, Fire, MVUM, etc • Personnel & Budgets- shrinking and not replacing GIS personnel • Training- budgets, at the right time • Data Stewardship • National Application support & data stewardship • Data- maintenance, collection, proliferation, ownership

  6. Making Progress • Data Stewardship- resource specialists own their data • More users of GIS- in house training for forest users • More consumers of the data • More Management support & acknowledgement of the value & necessity

  7. Moving Toward • Standardized data in Geodatabase • Data stewardship goals • More budget & personnel towards GIS data collection/maintenance

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