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The Forest Stewardship Program (FSP) now requires that each state spatially identify and delineate important forest resources areas, or priority areas, across the state where program outreach and activity will be emphasized. In fact, it is now a requirement that FSP funds allocated to states must be spent on activities within those defined areas.
Background
Important forest resource areas (IFRAs) in the Forest Stewardship Program has its origins in the Spatial Analysis Project (SAP). This project was initiated as a pilot phase in the early 2000s in the Northeastern Area of USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry. Four states—Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Missouri—were the first states to participate in this pilot phase. In 2005, eight additional states joined the project—Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Rhode Island, and West Virginia in the Northeast Area and Alaska, Oregon, and Colorado in the West.
Following this pilot phase, the requirement for spatially defining important forest resource areas was included in the FSP National Standards and Guidelines in late 2005. Subsequently, all 50 states and territories joined the Spatial Analysis Project in 2006.
The Spatial Analysis Project is comprised of two primary components:
1. Statewide Assessment – Geospatial analysis of all lands eligible for the Forest Stewardship Program that considers the resource richness across the state and known threats to forest and other natural resources.
2. Stewardship Plan Database – An inventory of existing Forest Stewardship Plans that the state tracks through time.
The statewide assessment is a compilation of geospatial layers that address the resources, issues, and opportunities within the state. The original thirteen core layers—nine resource richness layers and three resource threat layers—include the following.
Forest Resource Richness Forest Resource Threat
▪ Forestland ▪ Threat to Development
▪ Riparian Areas ▪ Fire
▪ Public Drinking Water ▪ Forest Health
▪ Priority Watersheds
▪ Forest Patches
▪ Site... |
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The Forest Stewardship Program (FSP) now requires that each state spatially identify and delineate important forest resources areas, or priority areas, across the state where program outreach and activity will be emphasized. In fact, it is now a requirement that FSP funds allocated to states must be spent on activities within those defined areas.
Background
Important forest resource areas (IFRAs) in the Forest Stewardship Program has its origins in the Spatial Analysis Project (SAP). This project was initiated as a pilot phase in the early 2000s in the Northeastern Area of USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry. Four states—Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Missouri—were the first states to participate in this pilot phase. In 2005, eight additional states joined the project—Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Rhode Island, and West Virginia in the Northeast Area and Alaska, Oregon, and Colorado in the West.
Following this pilot phase, the requirement for spatially defining important forest resource areas was included in the FSP National Standards and Guidelines in late 2005. Subsequently, all 50 states and territories joined the Spatial Analysis Project in 2006.
The Spatial Analysis Project is comprised of two primary components:
1. Statewide Assessment – Geospatial analysis of all lands eligible for the Forest Stewardship Program that considers the resource richness across the state and known threats to forest and other natural resources.
2. Stewardship Plan Database – An inventory of existing Forest Stewardship Plans that the state tracks through time.
The statewide assessment is a compilation of geospatial layers that address the resources, issues, and opportunities within the state. The original thirteen core layers—nine resource richness layers and three resource threat layers—include the following.
Forest Resource Richness Forest Resource Threat
▪ Forestland ▪ Threat to Development
▪ Riparian Areas ▪ Fire
▪ Public Drinking Water ▪ Forest Health
▪ Priority Watersheds
▪ Forest Patches
▪ Site... |
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