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Using GIS to Manage and Analyze Natural Woodland Areas

Using GIS to Manage and Analyze Natural Woodland Areas. February 20 th 2008. Introduction. Gunty Atkins Gis Coordinator Wayne County, Indiana (765) 973-9279 gunty@co.wayne.in.us Shaun Scholer GIS Manager Wayne County, Indiana (765) 973-9385 sscholer@co.wayne.in.us. Agenda.

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Using GIS to Manage and Analyze Natural Woodland Areas

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  1. Using GIS to Manage and Analyze Natural Woodland Areas February 20th 2008

  2. Introduction Gunty Atkins Gis Coordinator Wayne County, Indiana (765) 973-9279 gunty@co.wayne.in.us Shaun Scholer GIS Manager Wayne County, Indiana (765) 973-9385 sscholer@co.wayne.in.us

  3. Agenda • Why Conserve? • Options • Partnerships • Data/Maps

  4. Why Conserve? • If you have a monopoly why not utilize it. • Economics • Because it is easy. 4

  5. Why Conserve? • A Little History • When Settled by the Europeans Indiana was 90% Forest. (Approx 20 Million Acres) • By the Early 1900’s the Landscaped Changed • 1922 Dept of Conservation Annual Report Stated that Indiana Contains 22,402,502 Acres • Yearbook of Indiana Credits the State with 1,664,886 Acres of Timberland • By 1920 Area Shrunk to 1,387,248 Acres • A Loss of 92,456 Acres a Year

  6. Options\Partnerships • Classified Forest Program • Conservation Easements

  7. Land Trusts in Indiana

  8. Land Trusts in Wayne County

  9. Indiana Heritage Trust Projects 2006

  10. Maps 1893 Atlas 11

  11. 228,000 Acres Assessed as Agricultural Land

  12. 37,000 Ag Acres Assessed as Woodland

  13. 5,200 Acres are Classified Forest and 1,400 Acres are Classified Wildlife Habitat

  14. 41,000 Acres of Woodlands in 1893

  15. Intersect 1893 Woodlands with Current Ag Woodlands

  16. Results 14,000 Acres of Woodlands over 100 Years old Of the 5,200 Acres of Classified Forest, 2,600 Acres are Over 100 Years Old

  17. Data • 258,000 Acres in Wayne County • 228,000 Acres Assessed as Agricultural Land • 37,000 Ag Acres Assessed as Woodland • Out of those 5,200 Acres are Classified Forest and 1,400 Acres are Classified Wildlife Habitat

  18. Conclusions and Final Questions Gunty Atkins GIS Coordinator Wayne County, Indiana (765) 973-9279 gunty@co.wayne.in.us Shaun Scholer Senior GIS Manager Wayne County, Indiana (765) 973-9385 sscholer@co.wayne.in.us Visit us at: http://co.wayne.in.us/gis

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