The WV NHD Stewardship Program: June ‘10 Update

1. The WV NHD Stewardship Program: June ‘10 Update Evan J Fedorko

2. Outline • Status • Year One Proposal • Players • Task 1: Stewardship program establishment and organization • Task 2: Editing of known errors • Task 3: High change area targeted editing (research) • Funding

3. Status • Memorandum of Understanding • Between WV Office of GIS Coordinator, NRCS and the USGS • Identifies two stewards: WVOGC (NHD), NRCS (WBD) • Identifies a technical lead: WVGISTC • Signed, sealed and delivered! • Year one proposal • Submitted and approved!

4. Year One Proposal • Players • WVOGC • West Virginia GIS Technical Center (Fedorko) • Natural Resource Analysis Center (Strager) • West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (Daugherty) • West Virginia stewardship community

5. Task 1: NHD Stewardship Program USGS NHD Stewardship Program NHD National WV Office of GIS Coordination NHD Steward Stewardship Technical Lead WV GIS Technical Center NHD Error Reporting Tool Primary Sub-Stewards e.g., WVDEP, USFS, WVDNR Stakeholders and Stewardship Mechanisms NHD Training and Policies NHD Users Group NHD Data Users

6. Task 1 (cont.) • Establishment of ! • Establishment of Stewardship mechanisms, including: • Mailing list of updates • Error reporting tools • Training (also related to task 2) • What else? NHD Users Group

7. Task 2: Known errors • Utilize NRAC/WVDEP compilation of errors • NRAC and WVGISTC will edit as many 8 digit HUs as possible during project period

8. Task 3: High change areas targeted editing (research) • Work with WVDEP to develop methodology, data sharing mechanisms, etc., to most efficiently edit areas of high change; e.g. surface mining areas, road construction, etc.

9. Funding • Total funding is $50K - $25K from USGS matched by $25K from WV Office of GIS Coordination • Funding will be split between NRAC and WVGISTC

10. Discussion • We want your feedback and participation!