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BLM Prineville, OR
Rapidly-expanding demand for recreational vehicle use of roads, trails and off-road areas on public lands is degrading resource values across much of the Western United States and competing with other recreational, agricultural, administrative and other activities. Transportation planning processes are underway in many Bureau of Land Management and USDA Forest Service offices but generally supported with limited staff resources and funding. BLM in particular has limited experience agency-wide in transportation planning, management and monitoring. In this project, we are developing tools and methods to support technical analysis of resource conditions and encourage discussion about planning alternatives. We focus in two areas:
- GIS-based decision support tools, including desktop and web-based systems to assist resource managers and others in assessing multiple uses and values, designing alternatives, and evaluating environmental consequences.
- Planning protocols, including methods, models and metrics for analysis of resource effects and for the organization of discussion among cooperators, stakeholders and the public.
Galveston Island, TX
This tool is intended to help support discussion about park development by enabling users to develop their own scenarios for park design. This map shows the East Lagoon Park on Galveston Island. The layers on this map can be changed by clicking on the box to the left of the map. By clicking the tab button at the top of the page you can shift to the Tools page. This page has symbols that can be placed on a map to represent investments and uses intended for a park. By clicking on one of these symbols and then clicking on the map, the symbol is located and saved in a specific place. These symbols together comprise a scenario, which can be saved for future reference or for sharing with others.
Outside links: Eparticipation mark up site
Urban Growth Models
Several urban growth models have been developed by the AGF lab including a land conversion model of the Colorado Front Range, a cellular automata model of developer decision-making, an agent-based model of amenity-based exurban development processes, and an agent-based model of the effect of transportation investments on land markets.
Front Range Growth Policy Project
In the Front Range Growth Policy Project, we assess the effects of county and city land use regulations on regional growth patterns in the Colorado Front Range. We are currently developing a tool to aid local governments and citizens in visioning alternative growth patterns.
Wildfire Mitigation Planning Tool
The purpose of the Wilfir Mitigation project is to build a tool for assessing effects of growth patterns, land use planning options and subdivision design alternatives on wildfire hazards and risks. This decision support tool assists local governments, land managers and citizens in evaluating urban development and mitigation scenarios.
Wildfire Hazard Analysis Project
In the Wildfire Hazard Analysis Project, we collaborated with the Colorado State Forest Service to model future development in 43 counties throughout Colorado. In this project, we assessed the risk level of future development within those counties.
Other Projects
We have also modeled urban/exurban growth and effects on agriculture, water use and habitat in various county and multi-county areas including the California Central Coast, Central Valley of California, West Slope of Colorado and Custer County, Colorado.
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