This two-year project creates about 50 jobs to work on the watershed-level prioritization of fuel treatments in Oregon, Washington, New Mexico and Arizona.

1. ARRA Integrated Fuels Prioritization Project IMAP User Group Presentation February 17, 2010 Janine Salwasser, INR project coordinator

2. Project intent To create/retain ~ 50 jobs To support watershed-level prioritization of fuel treatments by estimating restoration potential and understanding treatment effects throughout Oregon, Washington, New Mexico and Arizona by December 2011

3. Targeted users Primary users are: planners, analysts, and land managers at regional, state, and watershed levels Secondary users are: scientists, policymakers, and large-area land owners Our intent is that the tools, data, and information from this project can be used well beyond its two-year scope.

4. Questions to be addressed What are the conditions and trends of forest fuels? What are the conditions and trends of key habitats? Will management activities have economic benefits? Which watersheds should managers prioritize for restoration to reduce critical fuels, improve wildlife habitats, generate revenues, and provide community benefits? How may climate changes impact watershed prioritizations?

5. ARRA Integrated Fuels Prioritization Project Overview Oversight Team Hemstrom(lead), Barbour, Gaines, Tesch, Kagan, McComb, Triepke, Weisz IMAP User Group OR/WA Project intent: to create/retain jobs and support watershed-level prioritization of fuel treatments by estimating restoration potential and understanding treatment effects throughout Oregon, Washington, New Mexico and Arizona by December 2011. Washington Office contacts group Project Advisors: NM/AZ advisors Project Coordinator Janine Salwasser Science Delivery Modules Jimmy Kagan Knowledge Discovery Modules Brenda McComb Using Existing Knowledge Developing New Knowledge Wildlife Habitat – Anita Morzillo Fire & Fuel Characterizations – Jessica Halofsky Fuel Treatment Finances – Xiaoping Zhou Spatial Data - Jimmy Kagan (lead) Joe Bernert (coordinator) Community Economics – Claire Montgomery Climate Change – Jessica Halofsky Fire Probabilities & Climate Change – Rebecca Kennedy Watershed – Gordie Reeves VDDT Modeling – Josh Halofsky (lead) Emilie Grossmann (coordinator) EMDS System – Sean Gordon Optimized Decision Support System- Michael Wing Deliverables Data and models: new statewide spatial data, new VDDT models, Knowledge Discovery module outputs Integrated analysis: maps, tables, graphs, and other decision support system outputs Reports and publications: General Technical Reports, white papers, journal articles, theses and dissertations Web tools: Decision support tools, project website, data/models/documents archive 2/15/09

7. Fire and fuel characteristics across OR, WA, AZ, NM

8. Fuel treatment financials across OR, WA, AZ, NM

9. Community economics across OR, WA

10. Climate change in OR, AZ prototype areas

12. Current Vegetation (GNN)

14. AZ and NM non-federal forest lands

15. OR, WA, AZ, NM shrublands and grasslands

16. Integrated analysis (maps, tables, graphs):EMDS outputs, integrated and optimized decision support system outputs, NetMap outputs

17. Reports and publications: General Technical Reports, white papers, journal articles, theses and dissertations

18. Web tools:Accessible decision support tools, project website, data/models/document archive2/15/09

19. Project prototype areas Central Washington Landscape Area Modules: wildlife habitat, community economics, fire &fuels, treatment finances, watersheds Central Oregon Landscape Area Modules: climate change, fire probabilities & climate change, community economics Apache-Sitgreaves Natl. Forest Modules: wildlife habitat, fire &fuels, treatment finances

20. Examples of VDDT outputs Comparing the percentage of different structures across the entire landscape under A) current management, and B) no-management other than fire suppression. Average available biomass by ownership in selected watersheds

21. Example of EMDS output Improved Wildlife Habitats Community Economics (+) Treatment Revenues Fuel Reductions Increased Water Supply Priority watersheds for fuel treatments

22. 2010 2011 1st Q 2nd Q 3rd Q 4th Q 1st Q 2nd Q 3rd Q 4th Q Agreements in Place Prototype Data All Spatial Data Ready VDDT Models Ready Scenario Results Available Knowledge Discovery Module Methods Finished & Tested Knowledge Discovery Module Results Finished Decision Support Modules Results Finished – Integrated Analyses Project Reporting Finished Start-up Model development Run models Connect interpretations Integrate findings Final reporting Rev. 2/9/10

24. Support Forest Plan revisions

25. Support statewide assessments and bioregional plans

26. Promote other collaborative landscape assessments

27. Demonstrate value of annual vegetation updates

28. Create capacity to address priority public agency issues over large landscapes, such as

29. Evaluating future water supply

30. Quantifying climate change

31. Supporting carbon markets and biomass opportunities

32. Identifying rural economic development opportunities

33. Demonstrate value of a collaborative Center for Landscape AnalysisShort-term Long-term

35. Scenarios

36. Geographies for reporting results

37. Feedback on module products

38. Advise on need and use of decision-support products

39. Identify project end-users

40. Help us to investigate how decision makers and analysts integrate new information into their work and decisions