FGDC Federal Lands Workgroup (FLWG) Call Notes

July 27th, 2016

Prepared by: Lisa Johnson, PAD-US Coordinator, [email protected] USGS Gap Analysis Program (GAP) Cooperator – Boise State University

Participants  Beth Wenstrom (BIA)  Doug Vandegraft (BOEM)  Sean Killen (FWS)  Lisa Johnson (PAD-US Coordinator)  Peter Bonsall (NPS)  Mason Croft (PAD-US Technical Specialist)  Larry Orman (GreenInfo Network, PAD-US  Julie Prior-Magee (USGS, PAD-US Data Set collaborator) Manager)  James Engstrom (BLM)  Andrew Bailey (National Wildfire Coord Group)  Laurie Temple (USGS)  Barbara McKay Archibald (BLM)  Chad Wallace (BIA)  Barbara Simpson (USBR)  Fran Evanisko (BLM)  Ginny Dickerson (USACE)  Michele Porter (USBR)  Jenny Runyon (USGS)  Ron Salz (FWS)  Larry Orman (GreenInfo Network, PAD-US  Cirse Gonzales (NPS, Fed Rec Council) Advisor )  David LaBranche (DOD)  Laurie Temple (USGS, Board Geog Names)  Jenny Runyon (USGS)  Melissa Crandell (USBR)  Carrie A Hritz (Census)  Roger Johnson (NPS)  Michael R Ratcliffe (Census)  Sean Killen (FWS)  Vincent Osier (Census)  Troy Warburton (USFS)  Kalyn Mackenzie Rossiter (Census) Ron Salz (FWS)  Laura Waggoner (Census)  Sean Killen (FWS)  John Varner (BLM)  Michele Porter (USBR)  Kevin Gergely (USGS)  Sean Finn (GB LCC, Sci Coord – guest)  Steve Jalbert (USBR)  Steve Nechero (NRCS)   Travis Blacketter (BIA) Bob Pierce (USGS)  Lou Yost (USGS, BGN)  Mason Croft (PAD-US Technical Specialist)  Christopher Niewold (NPS)  Madeline Sovich (Census)  Laurie Campbell (USFS)  Melissa Crandell (USBR)  Betsy Kanalley (USFS)  Roger Johnson (NPS)  Amber Dismer (CDC)  Lynda Liptrap (Census)  Holly Martin (USFS)  Robert Mandzi (BLM)  Jerry Johnston (DOI)  Nancy von Meyer (Cadastral Subcommittee)  Jeff Nighbert (BLM)  Troy Warburton (USFS)  Daniel Fleming (BLM)  Charles Spicer (Census)  James Schoolar (BLM)  Ryan Tietjen (BLM)  Tom Chatfield (BLM)  Bob Ader (BLM) Send Call Notes  Shonin Anacker (Census)  Barbara Simpson (USBR)  Scott Ensign (AirForce)  Dierdre Bevington-Attardi (Census)  Bob Coffman (DoD)  Andrew Bailey (National Wildfire Coordinating Group) Call Objective: Hear about USFS efforts to automate PAD-US updates and learn about Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs), including opportunities for the network to review PAD-US.

Fed Lands FY16-17 Objectives: . Assess and improve inventory completeness. . Assess and improve core attribute compatibility between agency datasets. . Improve the efficiency of annual fed lands data aggregation for PAD-US. . Identify, manage or edit major topology overlap errors (boundaries) between agency datasets.

Draft July 27 th Agenda

Participation list, intros, updates (Lisa/All) – 10 mins

 Intros o New USACE member, Ginny Dickerson ([email protected]) o LCC representative, Sean Finn (Great Northern LCC, Sci Coord, [email protected])  Updates o New fact sheet (July version) on FLWG website: https://cms.geoplatform.gov/a16govunits/FederalLands o Cadastral and Gov Units Theme Strategic Plans available from GeoPlatform now . https://cms.geoplatform.gov/a16govunits-home . https://cms.geoplatform.gov/a16cadastre-home  Other?

Automation of USFS lands data for PAD-US (Troy/Holly) – 10 mins

 In process of PAD-US “Fee”, “Designation” and “Easement” feature class publication o Derived from auth USFS published data files o Lisa and Mason available for questions during translation and review  Determining how to serve o FME, EDW warehouse for PAD-US aggregation by USGS GAP or interested public  Future work – include other PAD-US attributes (GAP Status Code, IUCN Category, Public Access)

Intro to the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives - LCCs (Sean) – 15 mins

 Contact Sean for more information: [email protected]  Full presentation available for download from call notes  Large conservation challenges – fragmentation, climate change  Coordination required – resources and knowledge transfer  Applied conservation science partnerships  Created in Feb 2010 with USGS Climate Sci Centers  22 LCCs across the nation, cross Canadian and Mexican borders  lccnetwork.org  Staff: Coordinator and Science Coordinator  NSA review in 2015 – support for LCC Network to address the need for a landscape approach to conservation at a national scale for natural and cultural resources with suggested comments for improvement.  Products: Conservation planning, strategies, tools, maps  Landscape Conservation Design new paradigm o Stakeholder driven landscape conservation strategy to achieve a sustainable, resilient landscape. o Spatial and strategic model to provide conservation context

LCC review of federal lands in PAD-US via Tool (Larry/Lisa/Sean) – 10 mins

 ProtectedLands.net available soon – more information re PAD-US, companion site for USGS PAD-US site  Map Collaborator PAD-US Review Tool

Review June 29th Action – 10 mins

 Lynda – Gov Unit Strategic Plan available now at: https://cms.geoplatform.gov/a16govunits-home(click on “Theme Strategic Plan” in green banner to download). Done.  Nancy – Cadastral Strategic Plan available now at: https://cms.geoplatform.gov/a16cadastre-home (click on “Theme Strategic Plan” in green banner to download). Done.  Lisa – follow up with NCED regarding federal easement data maintenance; ensure complete replacement following federal data steward submission. Done. o Most efficient and accurate if fed steward maintains “Source_UID” (unique identifier for each easement parcel in the PAD-US format) for crosswalk to NCED UID. o NOTE: PAD-US also includes “Source _PAID” (unique identifier for overall protected area, regardless of parcels, parts in different states, etc.). This field is currently inoperable in PAD-US as unique IDs available in source data do not match the PAD-US schema. . Reliable UIDs are incredibly important to manage “WDPA_Code” (unique identifier necessary to submit US data to the World Database for Protected Areas) and transfer PAD-US attributes rarely maintained by stewards (e.g. GAP Status Code, IUCN Category, Date of Establishment, Public Access).  Lisa – offer to host overview about “Public Access” in PAD-US (incld review opportunities) with folks working on UN Sustainable Development Goals. Done. Lynda will request overview as needed.  All – Update DOI GAC about FLWG activities during next call, was that July 5th?

Schedule next call and set agenda: Wed, Sept 14 th (3-4 EST) – 5 mins

 Automation of BLM lands data for PAD-US – status update, 20 mins (Ryan)  Talk about MC Review tool – LCC review

TOPICS for Future Calls:

 Demo new PAD-US WMS highlighting FLWG data, 15 mins? (Lisa/Mason)  Oct? Review overlaps between fed and other jurisdictions (state, local gov) in PAD-US? (Lisa/Mason)  Which groups need an overview about FLWG and PAD-US? DOI GAC, FGDC?  Inventory Completeness o Review federal lands inventory completeness estimate sheet? Revise format for assessment? o Review list of ‘other’ federal lands for PAD-US or broader fed lands geodatabase (e.g. Depart of Labor, Health and Human Services camps?) Topology management o Census State Boundary Standard o Wildfire, GAP (others?) overlap prioritization when boundaries overlap (Lisa, Andrew) o Suggestions related to SMA topology error corrections to PLSS (Fran) Attributes o BGN presentation re: Unit Name standard (naming conventions) o Discuss Unit Name script development from list of rules? o Unit Type Standard discussion Geospatial Platform o NPS – Geospatial Project Overview (Roger Johnson)