Nancy Tubbs USGS
Dana Collins BPA
Stephen Bown US Forest Service
Bill Bogue EPA
Bruce Bingham Interagency Monitoring Team
Robert Wright Wa DNR
Dale Guenther REO
Next Meeting Date:
2/26, 4/9, 5/21
Agency Updates:
Nancy Tubbs – Handed out notes from Framework Meeting, 11/14. DOI high priority meeting will be held 1/17. Passed out a packet on the national map initiative and Spokane pilot. Tracy Fuller is team lead. EROS has proposed a pilot as well for ortho imagery component. Will supply imagery for entire US. Heads up on the NE Oregon GIS conference in mid May, Pendleton.
Stephen Bown – Kick off meeting next week on inventory and monitoring plan. This will include all FS core data layers. Plan release is expected mid-year.
Bill Bogue – Working on ArcIMS application for data layers. Once RAINS is available on internet this information will be available.
Bob Wright – Focused on setting up programs and reviewing existing projects. Pilot is expected to be complete mid-April for transportation and hydro projects. Looking at budget cuts for DNR. Had a very successful year with GIS and fires. Right now focusing on short term projects or modules of large projects. Researching large purchase of imagery software and web support issues. LIDAR is planned for the Olympics. Actively supporting palm technology.
REO – Delivery of 5th and 6th Level watersheds is moving along. Units have already started reviewing, and initial results look great. Testing on the Hydrography Framework Clearinghouse is winding down. Only a few issues to report. No show stoppers. The REO will send a memo to all agency Exec’s requesting Restoration data for 2001 soon. Agencies are prepared and support this call. Expect a compiled dataset in April.