Using Airborne Imagery, GIS & Remote Sensing for Ecological Monitoring and Mapping

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1 Using Airborne Imagery, GIS & Remote Sensing for Ecological Monitoring and Mapping Multi-spectral Aerial Photography Geo-referenced Oblique Aerial Photography

2 Tools and Mapping Products AES Imaging Plane & Multi-Spectral Sensor Multi-Spectral Imagery Interpretation Mapping

3 Land Trust Value 1. Baseline reports 2. Easement Monitoring at low cost, using a standardized reputable process from year to year that is reproducible in spite of staff turn over and volunteer knowledge 3. Problem detection and defensible data for easement legal defense 4. Fund raising for endowments and legal defense 5. Regional conservation planning 6. Improved, updated and more accurate GIS data

4 Monitoring Checklist

5 Introduction to Imagery

6 Resolution 2 x From.5 miles AGL 36 x 30 Erosion 7/17/2012

7 1 m NAIP Resolution 8 Resolution IR

8 8 Resolution IR Multi-Spectral 8 Resolution RGB

9 8 Resolution IR Multi-Spectral Band Ratio/classification

10 Just-In-Time 7/17/

11 Oblique Aerial Imaging -Very High Resolution -Used for Manual Interpretation -Replace/supplement field confirmation -Efficient processing for very quick turn around

12 Integration and Applications Ortho (Nadir) and Oblique Photography

13 Maintenance/Storm Damage/Erosion

14 Storm Damage Pre-Storm 1m NAIP Post-Storm 12 CIR

15 Storm Damage

16 Overgrazing/Invasive Species/ Construction/Adjacent Land Use Earth Moving 27 Cows and 1 Calf Overgrazing Japanese Honeysuckle

17 Property Boundary/Encroachment

18 Easement Violation Building Construction Infringing on Easement Trail Parking Area/Access Road Building Construction Infringing on Easement

19 Stump fields Hydrologic Change, Vegetation Impacts Wildlife Habitat Use Buck Brush Floating Log Flock of Ducks

20 Duck Blinds Property Use, Forest Health/Type/Recreation Areas Old Duck Blinds Oak Trees No Woody Invasive species present

21 Forest, Vegetation, Wetland, Savanna, Woodland, and Succession

22 Seasonal and Temporal Change

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24 Stream, Lake, Pond and Wetland Assessment

25 Sedimentation/Turbidity Sediment -free Wetland Settling out of sedimentation from North to South

26 Wetland Health and Function Healthy Wetland Degraded Wetland

27 Healthy Wetland: Open Water Diverse Aquatic Vegetation Fen, Upwelling Sedge Meadow Cord Grass Stands Cord Grass Stands Sedge/Cord Grass

28 Degraded Wetland: Sedge Meadow Remnant Degraded Open Water Reed Canary Grass Cattail Marsh

29 Impervious Cover

30 Tree Canopy Classification CIR Image Classified Tree Canopy

31 Aquatic Vegetation Mapping Map submergent aquatic plant and substrates in highly transparent water Map emergent aquatic plants including algae, Eurasian milfoil and others Can be used to find and map sedimentation zones and fish habitat Map erosion/stability and vegetation systems in beds/banks Identification of non-native plant s Document water quality variables and behaviors to track sediment plumes Identifying where seepage may be entering lakes, rivers, etc.

32 Invasive plant species mapping, measurement, and monitoring (automated and manual interpretation) Garlic Mustard Common Reed (Phragmites) Reed Canary Grass Black Locust White Poplar Soapwort Kentucky Bluegrass Tartarian Honeysuckle Juniper Buckthorn (both Rhamnus frangula and Rhamnus cathartica) Lime Grass

33 . Very high resolution georeferenced oblique aerial imagery shot from 500ft AGL used to field confirm and calibrate Remote Sensing methods. Subcanopy vegetation w/ green foliage are woody invasive species.

34 Invasive Species and Corridor Mapping Imagery shot in a Just-in-Time fashion to capture leaf-on woody invasive species under leaf-off deciduous forest.

35 Mapped woody invasive species distribution (yellow/red) within corridor. Distribution shows invasive species distribution expanding from corridor into high quality forested areas.

36 A Summary Monitoring Map D B C E F G J I K O P Q H L N H M A: Confirmation of no easement violations by neighbors B: Open Field: Restore to prairie 2015 C: 3ft of lateral bank accretion into site from D: Push for headwater stream buffer E: Trails and Picnic Area (high impact use area) F: Education Center G: High quality stream channel H: Monitor road xing for erosion DS impacts I: Woodlands: Selective EAB timber harvest/sensitive J: Area w/ early signs of woody invasive species K: Sensitive slopes & drainages L: Successional Old Field: 15 year of growth M: Confirmation of no easement violations by neighbors N: Successional Old Field: 10 years of growth O: Selective Timber Harvest/Ash EAB P: Need gulley stabilization Q: Confirmation of no easement violations by neighbors

37 Applying Airborne Tools for Managing Ag Lands Stand Uniformity Problems Soil Moisture Problems Fertilizer Problems Insect and Disease Problems Weed and Herbicide Problems Drain Tile Mapping Plant Stress Yield Predictions

38 Stand Uniformity Problems

39 Soil Moisture (Zoomed In) IR Image Moisture Index: Red=Green vegetation Blue=Wetness

40 Drain Tile Mapping

41 Drain Tile Mapping

42 Weedy Invasion Invasive Species Mapping Panicum dichotomiflorum growing in a harvested wheat field

43 General Agricultural Assessment B A B C E F D G C C A: Storm Damage to Trees B: Variation b/c of wetness C: Herbicide carry over D: Missed seeding E: Decreased stand based on soil variation F: Vigorously growing field G: Poor Growth

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