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Natural Resource Analysis Center

Natural Resource Analysis Center. Agency Roll Call Presentation May 12, 2004 West Virginia GIS Conference & Workshops. Mission and Geospatial Context. Mission statement:

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Natural Resource Analysis Center

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  1. Natural Resource Analysis Center Agency Roll Call Presentation May 12, 2004 West Virginia GIS Conference & Workshops

  2. Mission and Geospatial Context Mission statement: The Natural Resource Analysis Center (NRAC) provides research, teaching, and public service in environmental and natural resource issues with a geospatial context for the state of West Virginia and the surrounding Mid-Atlantic Highlands region.

  3. NRAC Geospatial Datasets Primary Steward: • West Virginia GAP Analysis datasets • Various aerial photography datasets • Stream segment-level watersheds Supplementary Steward: • National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) data and associated value-added products

  4. Statewide Participation with NRAC NRAC welcomes cooperative projects with interested members of the geospatial community. Fields of interest include: • Economic development • Remote sensing • Landscape analysis • Decision support • Watershed modeling NRAC also offers ArcGIS training by an ESRI Authorized ArcGIS Instructor and is an ESRI Authorized Learning Center. For more information, please refer to www.nrac.wvu.edu.

  5. Recent NRAC Accomplishments • Completion of several statewide map layers: • National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) surface water features • Stream segment-level watershed delineation • Current coal mining permits for WVDEP • Adaptation of NRAC water quality modeling tools to ArcGIS 8.3: • Watershed Modeling and Characterization System (WCMS) • Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Analysis (CHIA) tools • Significant progress in water quality model development: • HSPF coefficient development • Acid Mine Drainage component for HSPF 12 • Cacapon Land Trust Decision Support System development

  6. Upcoming NRAC Goals • Continued improvement in water quality mapping tool development for West Virginia. • Expanded availability of Internet mapping services through the NRAC web server. • Use of hyperspectral and high resolution aerial imagery for mapping and detection of invasive plant species.

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