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BAID Advisory Council

BAID Advisory Council. Inaugural Meeting. Friday, August 9 th , 2013. Introduction. New Project Funded by CIAP. “Barrow Area Information Database (BAID ) Decision Support Tools Development”. Funding from the federal Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)

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BAID Advisory Council

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  1. BAID Advisory Council Inaugural Meeting Friday, August 9th, 2013

  2. Introduction New Project Funded by CIAP “Barrow Area Information Database (BAID) Decision Support Tools Development” • Funding from the federal Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) • Award made by the State to the NSB, with subaward to UMIAQ, and subcontracts to UTEP, Nuna Technologies, and INSTAAR • Begun mid 2013 for 2.5 years

  3. Introduction Funding

  4. Introduction The BAID CIAP Team Lars Nelson and Qaiyaan Aiken Craig Tweedie, postdoc, and students Allison Gaylord William Manley

  5. Introduction Presentation Outline • Background • Project Objectives • Wetlands and Coastal Erosion • Web Mapping Application • Local Expertise & Capacity • Feedback • Next Steps

  6. Background

  7. Background Alaska CIAP Goal: “Protect Alaska’s coastal areas through wise management of resource development.”

  8. Background Alaska CIAP Objectives: • Conduct projects that will lead to development of effective mitigation strategies and efficient and responsible resource management: • Acquiring baseline data • Analyzing cumulative impacts • Gathering information useful to determine impacts of mining, oil and • gas, and other development • Mitigating adverse environmental impacts of development • Training coastal managers • Educate the public and enhance environmental stewardship • Improving the ability to implement the Alaska Coastal Management • Program (ACMP) • Minimize impacts of natural hazards on coastal areas: • Restoring coastal areas impacted by natural hazards • Mapping and researching natural hazard areas

  9. Background Alaska CIAP Major Activities: • Baseline data and mapping • Climate change • Community Capacity • Alaska Coastal Management Program • Education

  10. Background BAID Decision Support Tools Development Goal: “Expand capacity for informed, multi-stakeholder environmental decision making on Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation lands in the coastal zone near Barrow, Alaska.”

  11. Background BAID Decision Support Tools Development Objectives: Develop a high spatial resolution map of wetlands and conduct coastal erosion studies Expand on an existing web mapping application to develop a new interactive decision support tool for erosion monitoring and coastal development and land management Develop an office with newly trained staff in Barrow capable of improved local mapping and analytical capabilities

  12. Background UIC Lands

  13. Background Drivers of Coastal Change • Arctic warming • Changes in weather and extreme events • Sea level rise • Coastal engineering • Development • Beach gravel extraction • Erosion mitigation

  14. Background BAID Advisory Council Your expertise is requested … … for guidance on new tools to assist the Barrow community with decision making and optimization of sustainable, low-impact community development.

  15. Wetlands and Coastal Erosion

  16. Wetlands and Coastal Erosion NPR-A Landcover New Landcover Map Layer • new 2013 data layer • higher resolution • entire UIC area • wetlands and other land cover classes

  17. Wetlands and Coastal Erosion 2002 QuickBird imagery New Satellite Imagery • new 2013 WorldView-2 imagery • higher resolution • entire UIC area • basis for wetlands mapand coastal erosionstudies

  18. Wetlands and Coastal Erosion Coastal Erosion Analysis • add new shorelines • analyze rates of erosion • identify areas of greatest impact

  19. Wetlands and Coastal Erosion Historic Imagery 1948

  20. Wetlands and Coastal Erosion Historic Imagery 1955

  21. Wetlands and Coastal Erosion Historic Imagery 1962

  22. Wetlands and Coastal Erosion Historic Imagery 1964

  23. Wetlands and Coastal Erosion Historic Imagery 1979

  24. Wetlands and Coastal Erosion Historic Imagery 1997

  25. Wetlands and Coastal Erosion Historic Imagery 2002

  26. Web Mapping Application

  27. Web Mapping Application Improve upon the old BAID • new fast, stable, and intuitive interface • more map layers • more functionality • decision making tools

  28. Web Mapping Application outdated parcels Existing Development & Land Ownership

  29. Web Mapping Application distance from 2002 shoreline Proximity to Eroding Shorelines

  30. Web Mapping Application Elevation Contours Height Above Sea Level

  31. Web Mapping Application Targeted “Web Map Apps” • Embedded as tabs or “tools” • Easy to use • Focused on specific user needs • Designed to fit within a workflow • Provide for informed decision making

  32. Web Mapping Application Community Development Tool • To assist with NSB and community tasks • coastal development, conservation priorities, endangered and subsistence species protection, oil spill response, planning and zoning for vulnerable areas, etc. • Visualize and synthesize from map layers and other input • existing development, land ownership, wetland types, habitat preference for endangered wildlife, height above sea level, etc. • Provide specific output for printing or saving maps, information, and reports • Help enable sustained community development

  33. Web Mapping Application Erosion Assessment Tool • Help assess vulnerability • Take advantage of digital shorelines and other data layers • land cover type, bathymetry, sea ice, etc. • Potentially with “widgets” to interactively customize analysis of erosion rates • Help enable sustained community development

  34. Local Expertise & Capacity One of the goals of the BAID Project is to build local GIS Capacity

  35. Local Expertise & Capacity UMIAQ • Lars Nelson • General project management & coordination, GIS • Qaiyaan Aiken • GIS technician … hardware, software, training, improved local GIS capacity

  36. Local Expertise & Capacity Handbook and Outreach • Advisory Council and community presentations • Training for implementation • Decision Support Tools Handbook … facilitate long-term, community-wide use of BAID

  37. Feedback Development of this resource is just beginning …

  38. Feedback Development of this resource is just beginning … • Feedback and expert guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it will be helpful.

  39. Feedback Development of this resource is just beginning … • Feedback and expert guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it will be helpful. • Useful?

  40. Feedback Development of this resource is just beginning … • Feedback and expert guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it will be helpful. • Useful? • How could this be applied in workflows for decision making?

  41. Feedback Development of this resource is just beginning … • Feedback and expert guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it will be helpful. • Useful? • How could this be applied in workflows for decision making? • Specific recommendations for the tools?

  42. Feedback Development of this resource is just beginning … • Feedback and expert guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it will be helpful. • Useful? • How could this be applied in workflows for decision making? • Specific recommendations for the tools? • Where are the most important areas?

  43. Feedback Development of this resource is just beginning … • Feedback and expert guidance at this early stage is critical to ensure it will be helpful. • Useful? • How could this be applied in workflows for decision making? • Specific recommendations for the tools? • Where are the most important areas? • Suggestions for the community presentation?

  44. Next Steps • Field research • Phased software development • iterative process • periodic opportunities for stakeholder feedback • a focus on tool development and refinement • Community presentations • Advisory Council meetings

  45. Additional Feedback Appreciated Visit: baid.utep.edu Email: Lars.Nelson@UICUmiaq.com This study is funded with qualified outer continental shelf oil and gas revenues by the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

  46. Thank you

  47. Wetlands and Coastal Erosion USGS LIDAR DEM New Digital Elevation Model • acquired by USGS in 2010 • higher resolution • coastal areas • valuable for avariety of analyses

  48. Project Objectives BAID and NSSI different but complementary, synergistic efforts ... • NSSI wrote a letter of support, and has welcomed the new project • Both efforts will benefit

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