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Lessons and lab exercises were developed that illustrate techniques for delineating watersheds and drainages using topographic maps and digital elevation models. These exercises include techniques for visualizing and summarizing properties of watersheds such as longitudinal profiles, cross section, and land cover. Additional exercises covering the basics of geographic information systems and the use of online and webapps are being developed.

Handout describing Preliminary Operational Delineations (PODs) provided by Tessa Nicolet to NM Coordinating Group at the 04/20/18 meeting

Analysis using existing datasets from the Statewide Natural Resources Assessment & Strategy and Response Plans. Developed in 2015 with input from the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Management Coordinating Group.

USGS Briefing Sheet: 17 January 2017

Presentation to NM Forest and Watershed Management Coordinating Group, January 13, 2017

Evaluation of spatial data layers used in 2010 NM Forest Action Plan and new data available for FAP update.

Overview of data and methods used by NM State Forestry to develop a working draft analysis of priority landscapes. Distributed as a handout at the 1/15/16 Coordinating Group/Watershed Management Subcommittee meeting.

All ecosystems are dynamic, changing due to growth, succession and disturbances. Modeling large landscapes in the United States requires the collective knowledge of experienced and knowledgeable vegetation and fire experts. In collaboration with hundreds of colleagues, LANDFIRE produced more than 1,000 state-and-transitions models and descriptions — one for every ecosystem (called Biophysical Settings or BpS) mapped by the Program. The result is a major contribution to basic and applied vegetation ecology across the country.