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1. Table 1 Digitizing Directions 4 41232 oA O004 08 016 O24 0 32 Miles Digitize Reforested Unit Reforested Units Wildlife tianagerrent Areas National Wildlife Refuges E Roads Spatial Extent of view Tational Forests amp srasslands E Angelina Ouachita Caddo Sabine M Caw Crockett Sam Houston C Dela MBS Francis Kisatchie States Arkansas Missouri Ilinois OM ahoma 0 Kentucky Tennessee O Louigara CTeas oO Mississipi IN Figure 7 If the user zooms in too far the map scale will be gt 1 5 000 and all he ll see in the Digitizing Map area is a pastel color Use the Zoom Out tool to zoom out to 1 5 000 and the aerial photo will reappear 1 5458 Digitizing Directions a Miles Digitize Reforested Unit Reforested Units Wildlife Wianagerrent Areas National Wildlife Refuges a Roads Spatial Extent of view National Forests amp amp srasslands By Angelina ouachita Caddo Pia hine M Caw Crockett Sarn Houston C Dela Mi Francis Kisatchie States 0 Arkansas CO hMissouri Ilinois OM ahoma C Kentucky Tennessee 7 Louidara Texas oO Mississipi II Figure 8 Once the user has honed in on the reforestation site and the map scale is 1 5 000 center the site using the Pan tool Make sure all parts of the site can be seen at the same time Then follow the step by step Digitizing Directions If the Date amp Acres table appears when the Stop amp Save button is cli
2. amp l i View Another Record l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Save Modifications Add Sh ade bak Ee It can take over a minute to load a map page ES Funding USACE Army Corps of Engineers Agreement Duraton Migitation Field Contact Perv Baskin Site Marnie Sky Lake MODIFY Site Code 278 ac Owner U S Army Corps of Engineers Management Sky Lake WrihiA MODIFY I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Landcover Soybeans conventionally Groundcover 0 75 herbaceous groundcover i I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Prior Landuses Soybeans conventionally tilled Years Fallow 0 Tree Stem Count 0 tree stems per acre MODIFY Comments MODIFY Site Prepara bon Time interval between site preparation and tree planting Raplan iniia Natural Date forested landuse began Click here to go to the Bare MODIFY Footnotes root Seedling Stock page MODIFY Add Bare root Seedlings Add Seeds Acorns Add Container Seedlings II Figure 25 Repeat Steps 1 4 until each tree species planted as bare root seedling stock has its own row in the table If you find an error remove the row by clicking the Delete hyperlink for that row Then enter the correct data Planting Actio
3. lmvjv org RTS 2ways Atm e Don t use the browser s BACK function ESRI web tools don t play nice with the BACK function The MODIFY buttons on the Data Summary page let you edit your entries f Don t change focus from this application to a different program feven to read the Manuai while you are using this application ESRI web tools don t like that either q When digitizing let each function completely finish before clicking on the next tool h Digitize only one 1 polygon per record E mail question to hwhiffendusgs qov Biological Tracking System for Retorestation Tree Survival Surveys geo TS Web 4pniication In the boxes below type in the user name and password assigned to you Ay Ky S Private State amp Federal User Name Conservation Partnership Password F i Select option Review Update Records fi dAd toewvival Data To enter a new reforestation record click the Add New Record button eSeewrwrwwwewrewwewewewew www w w Ew IEws2ss2BX2 2 2 SB Ss e e e e e e e eooo o onom mo Bs Ss SB Ss IIl 1 Entering a new reforestation record III Figure 3 Digitizing map legend and tools Scale Bar i Digitizing Tool Bar pane e ee eee ee ee EE i Use the Zoom In tool to zoom in gt N i Digitize Reforested Unit on a county in the Spatial Extent a a y ry e gt 2 w hai _ Reforested Units Digitizing Map wildlife Managerrent Areas National Wildli
4. will corrupt your data entry Any data modifications you want to make to your record can be done using the customized MopiFy buttons on the Data Summary page III Figure 20 What data is needed The web interface asks for basic biological data related to tree planting activities I Table 2 see Section Il for a data collection template It is not time consuming I Table 3 to enter a reforestation record as long as the user follows the directions provided in this User Manual I Table 2 Data required to complete a reforestation record For an I Table 3 3 Time r equir ed to enter explanation of the red letters see Page H 1 reforestation record using T 1 Internet Data Field Figure amp Table Need to Know connection Number of Tree Minutes Species in Record S aa a References Site location III Figures 3 8 Location and be able to digitize its Shape referencing an aerial photo at 1 5 000 map scale Field Contact III Figure 9 Firstname last name phone number and e mail address if contact is not already in database Select One e Initial e Replant e Natural Succession PriorLanduses IM Figure 12 How land was used in the past 5 years Landcover fm Figure 13 Landcover at time of site preparation or tree planting if no site prep occurred Site Preparation III Figure 14 If and how land was prepared for trees Page II 2 H e Percent herbaceous groundcover III Figure 15 un e Tree stems acre es
5. Figure 1 At the log in page III Figure 2 type in the user name and password provided to you by the LMV Joint Venture office and then click on the button that represents the action you want to take Refer to the Examples section for illustrated examples of data entry and modification He Figure 1 Access the geo RTS web application with four movements of the mouse Conservation Through partnerships Lower i valley Joint ee i Home About LMVJV Calendar i Bookshelf a GIS Dat rojects Meetings amp Briefings T ra Habitat Monitoring Program Reforestation Tracking System RTS tree spacing site preparation etc click the geo RTS application This process is referred to as the geo RTS See the geo RTS User Guide i for explicit HOW TO directions I l l l geo RTS If you are going to digitize on line the location of the tread Ai and then simultaneously enter data about the types of trees planted i l l M Figure 2 The user types in the user name and password on the geo RTS log in page Please Note a This application was designed to be used with Internet Explorer w6 b Depending on the speed of your web connection it can take 60 seconds to load the pages that contain ESRI maps c Please allow one week for your new records and record edits to become reviewable d Following the directions in the gee AYS User Manuel will make it easier to use this application you can download the Manual from http www
6. can always be related to the option description through a reference to the LUT For example there are nine different land owner types listed in Owner Type LUT II Table 1 When a reforestation site is located on state wildlife agency land the value placed in the record s Owner Type data field is 1 when a reforestation site is located on refuge lands the value placed in the record s Owner Type data field is 2 II Table 1 There are seventeen LUT in the geo RTS II Table 2 The options listed in each LUT are shown in this User Guide I Table 2 Table amp Page References If you have suggestions for additions to the LUT please contact Blaine Elliott blaine_elliott fws gov Datasheets Il 1 For your convenience an example of a datasheet that can be used in the field to record geo RTS data is provided Page Il 2 II 5 The same two page datasheet Is printed twice once with explanatory references and once left blank so it can be directly photocopied for use in your office Data Entry Order The red letters Page Il 2 Il 3 A N indicate the order that the data Is entered into the geo RTS web application For details see Section IIl Examples Prior Landuse amp Current Landcover e The Landcover options are the same as the Landuse options with the addition of Fallow III Figure 12 and Figure 13 e Data QA QC checks records to ensure that if Landcover was not Fallow the selected entries for Landuse include the
7. contractor Select an option from the drop down list If used type in By hand contractor Trees F Us What was the tree spacing Fill in the text boxes X10 He III 10 This is the Data Summary page the page with the MopirFy buttons When the user clicks on a specific Mobptry button the application is directed to a customized page from which she can modify the data entry The Moptry buttons are color coded in shades of gray For example The light gray button labeled 4 transfers the user to a page that allows revision of Field Contact Site Name amp Code Owner and Management The medium gray Mopiry button labeled transfers the user to a page that allows modification of the agreement types The dark gray Mopiry button labeled C transfers the user to a page for revising funding sources Read Click here for directions and Footnotes hyperlinks on this page for additional information III Figure 20 Review the data If an entry needs to be altered use the MODIFY buttons to access customized pages designed specifically for revising data Data Summary Proof Your Record Entry Click here for directions Agreement S4 FmH 4 Easement Site Mame Example Site Code CS S2 Owner Private agriculture Management Owner Acre sis State Hay Pasture seeded Years Fallow 2 Bal o MODIFY Mowing Bush hogging Add Seeds Acorns Bare root Seedlings P
8. data entry are eliminated Data is standardized All data fields and variable domains were defined by the Forest Resources Working Group All organizations using RTS use the same sets of codes for land use site preparation tree species etc Access to enter and edit data is controlled and secure at the server level Data quality control is completed in a documented manner on a scheduled timeframe ponenstowiy The RTS can handle atypical responses on the fly For example if a reforestation event was Maintains flexibility funded by a source not listed in the drop down menu the user can easily record her specific funding source by selecting Other and filling in the provided textbox Saes Individual offices or organizations do not need to invest personnel man hours or expend Saves money computer resources building upgrading and maintaining the ArcSDE enterprise geodatabase This work is done in one centralized location Approved updates to the RTS database structure need to be done only in one centralized location For example if the J oint Venture Partners decide there is a need to add an option to Updates easily a Look Up Table this addition to the RTS structure needs to be verified as done properly only on one server as opposed to a multitude of computers located in the distributed offices of all the partners The RTS lowers hardware software and knowledge barriers that often impede access to answers from data stored in a relation
9. is automatically completed by the web application The duration of an FSA Easement agreement is perpetual the duration is automatically completed by the web application If you do not find the agreement type you need for the reforestation event you are recording select Other in the check box list and fill in the agreement name and duration in the textboxes provided This Other option is similarly provided on other pages in the web application where the provided list might not be all inclusive III 6 IN Figure 11 If a user does not find the funding source needed in the provided list she can select Other in the check box list and fill in the funding source name in the textbox provided as this example shows Funding Resources for Reforestation Sources of funding or in kind support for Check all that apply Organizations or individuals that provide funding or in kind support for The purchase of planting stock Site preparation activities Tree planting Other CIF source mot in list enter it in textbox below d AGFC Arkansas Game and Fish Commission d AFF Arkansas Partners Program d Carbon Sequestration CJ MuwTF National wild Turkey Federation CJ DU Ducks Unlimited F ODW Oklahoma Department of wildlife Conservation F ETW I East Texas Wetland Initiative F TPP Tennessee Partners Program F KOF Kentucky Department of Fish and wildlife F TPuwD Texas Par
10. the user clicks the ADD Plot to List button the Tree tables on the page disappear and the data gets transferred to the List that appears on the right of the page All of the records for a sampled plot have the same Plot_ID Each time the user adds a plot to the List the Plot_ID increments up by one Directions Enter Tree Survival Data List Ais ID 4359 sample Plot 2 Site ID Plot ID Stock Type Tree_ID Quantity Planted Tree Species Count 3 16 1 1 6 16 1 11 6 3 16 1 71 2 Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua wt ar ADD Stock Tyne Colonizing tree smecies present iNo O ves ADD Plot To List Go To Site Report ee ee ee A A Ill Figure 44 In this example the 2 sampled plot did contain colonizing trees When the user clicks the Yes radio button in answer to the question Co onizing tree species present the data entry form for Colonizing Tree Species appears i Directions TE Tree Survival Data ATS ID 4359 Sample Plot 2 Planted Tree Species Count Stock Type Species Name Ash Green Fraxinus pennsylvanica Delete Row Cottonwood Eastern Populus deltoides omit Row Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua Sweetgum Liguidambar styraciflua wt e ADD E jColonizing Tree Species Colonizing Tree Species manera ly Id i ata entry torm Select one ka r y noo o pm ee II 22 IN Figure 45 Select the tree name fill in the number
11. you ve digitized click ps STOP amp SAVE if you want to erase what you ve digitized and re digitize the polygon 1 Click Sh STOP amp DISCARD 2 Click leas refresh the toolbar settings NOTE oe disabled 3 Re situate the view window if necessary using Q and or A ZOOM OUT 4 Click Cale start an edit session Etc III 5 II Figure 9 Providing unique local site names codes now will make site identification easier later Spe SRG as Bic Bas DG MGR BRR CALE SNE COD GE ORS AGE San LE SE a Ma CRT ae dW ree aD ae WiC TAS Mi SA SR ga Ey oak at eT Ie WL ES ay Date aera Pasay Beer Ste Field Contact amp Land Ownership Field Contact Individual ta contact regarding the preparation andr or planting details o is_si If you don t see the Field Contact name you need in this drop down list select Other This will open a new page called Field Contact Fill in the data for the new contact and close the Field Contact page Select your addition to the field contact list which now appears in this drop down list Fio Johnnie Land Ownership Both Land Ownership and State must be selected before Lana Private agriculture i i i i i i i i i i i i i State klahora i i i i i i i I i i i i 1 i i i Land Management WNE Local Office Site Codes The name and code used locally for internal tracking optional Compartment Local Sit
12. 0 88 af least 1 oak species 0 33 Save III 23 II Figure 48 A click of the Save button on the Site Summation page III Figure 47 permanently saves the tree survival data to the geodatabase The Save Modifications button does NOT save tree survival data to the geodatabase Now that the tree survival data has been added to the record the VIEW button is available allowing the user to access the View Tree Survival Data page for RTS_ID 4369 Review Update Reforestation Record RTS_ID Directions Ignore Modifications amp T Fe View Another Record Click ADD to enter tee survival data Click VIEW to view tree survival data Agreement Duration FSA FmHA Easement 200 Landowner Contribution access the View Tree Survival Data page acesa State Oklahoma MODIFY Landcover Hay Groundecover 76 100 herbaceous groundcover Years Fallow o Tree Stem Count tree stems per acre von S 1 MODIFY Time interval between site preparation None and tree planting Mo site preparation Replant Initial Natural Date forested landuse began 1of12 2005 MODIFY Footnotes Add Seeds Acorns Add Container Seedlings Seedling Total Planting Action RareToot Seedlings Planting Method By hand contractor a Quality Planted Planting Rat i j Ash Green Fraxinus pennsylvanica Good Sees tae cpa Cottonwood Eastern Populus deltoides Good Poh eerenar Sweetgum Liquidamb
13. Click the ADD button You will see the record added to the Planted Tree table The Planted Tree Species drop down list comes from the list of Note 1 If fo living planted trees are found on a sampled plot select a tree species from the Planted Tree Species drop down list enter a count of zero and click the ADD button Note 2 If more tran ane stock type was planted an a site during one reforestation event select a stock type from the Steck Tyee drop down list fon the left in order to populate the Planted Tree Species drop down list for that stock type When you have entered your plot data for this Stock Type Planted Tree Species combination select a different stock type from the Steck Tyee drop down list and repeat the process If living colonizing trees are counted on a sampled plot answer Yes to the question Colonizing tree species present to make the Colonizing Tree Species drop down list and Count textbox available for data entry The Colonizing Tree Species drop down list shows the complete list of trees prepared by the LAW partnership foresters For each colonizing tree species found alive on a sampled plot 1 Select the species from the Colonizing Tree Species drop down list 2 Enter the count of living trees of that species found on the plot into the Count textbox and 3 Click the ADD button You will see the record added to the Colonizing Tree table After you have completed the form for a single plot c
14. II Figure 41 The Stock Type is automatically filled in by the application See Directions Note 2 if more that one STOCK Tyne stock type was planted during reforestation http lmvyjv org Plant Sele Planted Stock Types Directions 1 Bare root Seedlings 2 Seeds r Acorns Samele Piot E 3 Containerized Seedlings ies Count venice We Stock Type a ash Green Fraxinus pennsylyanica Delete Row Colonzing tree snecies present iNo O ves Species Name III 21 Ill Figure 42 Here is what the Planted Tree Species table looks like all filled in If a tree species that was planted was NOT found alive in a plot it does not need a record in the Tree table unless Directions Note 1 applies In this example the 1 sampled plot did not contain any colonizing trees Click the ADD Plot to List button ip es a Fa men a a ps ee a a ae ce a ee yg aa ams Cem am ey em ee fa mee me ye a g ny en a su era oY ae ce Directions Enter Tree Survival Data ATS ID 4359 Sample Piot I Planted Tree Species Count Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua all ADD ESET Tree table Species Name coun I I i I I I I l Ash Green Fraxinus pennsylyanica Delete Row Cottonwood Eastern Populus deltoides Delete Row I I i i I I I I i Sweetgum Liquidarmbar styraciflua Delete Row ERE TSS SASS Orase iNo O ves ADD Plot To List II Figure 43 When
15. III 19 III Figure 37 Use the Calendar tool to fill in the date the survey was completed For additional details see III Figure 16 If the sampled plot was rectangular fill in plot width and length if the plot was circular click the Cear Ao SS eee eee Enter Sample Plot Data 1 ATS ID 4369 sample Collected By on 10402006 E Calendar tool sample Plot Size Was sample plot Rectangular Circular Plot Width 20 Plot Length 100 ft IN Figure 38 This is one of the more complicated pages in the application The hyperlinked Directions are very helpful E c EE EA AEA A ee eee r R e E a Directions Enter Tree Survival Data i gt gt ATS ID 4359 http Imvyjv org Directions Microsoft Internet Explorer Siz Ed Planted Tree Species There can be two types of live trees on a sampled plot a those A Err that were panteg and b those that have volunteered or cial colonized naturally This entry form allows you to enter both Stock Tyne types of trees Colonizing tree species present No OC trees planted on the site during reforestation For this reason tree survival data cannot be entered before the reforestation record is complete For each planted tree species found alive on a sampled plot Label 1 Select the species fram the Planted Tree Species drop G down list De 2 Enter the count of living trees of that species found on the plot into the Count textbox and 3
16. Ignore Modifications amp T T Yiew Another Fecord Click ADD to enter tee survival data Add Agreement Duration FSA FmHA Easement 200 MODIFY Click the Add button to access the Enter Sample __ Plot Data page Private agriculture Acre Ja State Oklahoma Ere Landcover Hay Groundcover 76 100 herbaceous groundcover Tree Stem Count dO tree stems per acre MODIFY lomments Example Landowner Contribution MODIFY Owe Years Fallow I til MODIFY Time interval between site preparation None and tree planting No site preparation Replant Initially meg Date forested landuse began i iz 2005 ee Footnotes Add Seeds Acorns Add Container Seedlings Planting Action Fare oot Seedlings T 5 Seedling Planting Method By hand contractor Ana ciara Quality a n F Ash Green Fraxinus pennsylvanica Good ei i Meares Cottonwood Eastern Populus deltoides Good Caminariar Trees R Us Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua Good MODIFY II Figure 36 If the user doesn t see the name needed in the Sample Collected By drop down list he can select Other This will open a new page called Contact After he fills in the data for the surveyor and closes the Contact Enter Sample Plot Data 1 ATS ID 4369 sample Collected By on 14 A 9a0 E sample Plot size Was sample plot Rectangular O Circular Plot Width ft
17. Landcover selected Number of Tree Species Planted The number of rows in each Planting Event table Page Il 2 I 3 does not indicate the number of tree species that can be entered into the geodatabase for any one reforestation event The number of rows on the datasheet was limited by the number of lines that fit on the page You can enter as many tree species per reforestation event as were planted I Table 1 Land owner types in Owner Type LUT Il Table 2 List of Look Up Tables LUT OwnerType ID Description yeo RTS Look Up Tables Administration Organization State Wildlife Agenc Agreement Type National Wildlife Refuge Army Corps of Engineers Forest Service Other Agriculture Energy compan Planting Method Forest industrial Replant Reason Forest non industrial State Tree Stem Count RTS Datasheet with explanatory references Page 1 Land Owner Site Name Site Code Land Management Field Contact State Once entered Planting Action Initial Replant or None Natural Succession cannot be changed Landcover at time of site preparation or planting Options shown in III Figure 13 Years Fallow 012345 Site left to Natural Succession Trye False L Complete replant L Stem count augmentation Species augmentation Species and stem count augmentation If Planting Action Replant Landcover Failed Reforestation and Years Fallow 0 automatically If Planting Action is Initial or Replant the answer to Natural Success
18. Lower Mississippi Valley J oint Venture BIOLOGICAL TRACKING SYSTEM FOR REFORESTATION amp TREE SURVIVAL SURVEYS an enterprise geodatabase and web interface for data entry data update and data analysis designed and developed by and for the joint venture partnership GEO RTS MANUAL Version 2 0 Edited by Jeremy Shane White 6 22 2007 GEO RTS MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION WELCOME What is the RTS 1 What is reforestation 1 RTS Data Biological Tracking 2 RTS Data Access Private amp Secure 2 What we ve learned 2 What data is needed 3 SECTION II DATA COLLECTION Using the RTS Datasheet II 1 RTS Datasheet Look Up Table references II 2 RTS Datasheet for photocopying II 4 SECTION III EXAMPLES Where is the geo RTS located III 1 Entering a new reforestation record III 2 Viewing amp modifying an existing reforestation record III 13 Entering tree survival data III 18 Viewing tree survival data Il 24 SECTION IV ADMINISTRATIVE LOGIC What is the LMV Joint Venture IV 1 Forest Resources Working Group recommends RTS IV 1 Benefits of using RTS IV 1 Only through administrative commitment IV 2 This User Manual was written by Helen Whiffen If you find an error or have recommendations for altering the text to improve reader comprehension please e mail hwhiffen usgs gov with your suggestions Thank you WELCOME TO THE REFORESTATION TRACKING SYSTEM RTS of th
19. O Hay l I l I Years Fallow Prior to Reforestation Did Site Preparation Occur I Check one Check one I l Yes Ho l I I I I l I l I I I II Figure 14 If the site was prepared for tree planting place a check mark beside each type of site preparation that was completed f Site Preparations Site Preparation Actions Check all that apply d Disking Plowing Chopping RollingsCrushing CI Sub soiling Ripping Mowing Bush hogging F Scraping Scalping F Eedding CI Burning CI Smoothing sLeveling d Terracing L Chemical burndown L Blading Dozing Shear blading Root raking fwindrowing F Other CI Draining IN Figure 15 The Comments field is a good place to note special or unusual circumstances that might impact tree survival or reforestation success like poorly drained portions of the site or the condition of a particular planting stock e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e ee eee i g site Conditions At Tume of Planting Percentage Herbaceous Groundcover Qualitative estimate of percent herbaceous graundcover best guess f6 100 herbaceous groundcover Woody Stem Count range Qualitative estimate of woody stems in area to be reforested best guess i I I I I I I l I l I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ee 1 50 tree stems per acre v i I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Your Comments Mote particular condit
20. a hard copy of the map and RTS ID use the brower s print function and print this page 3 Click Save Tables to finish storing the record Save Reforestation Retard 6 1 Click Save Geometry RTS_ID 4315 User labeled Site Name Example User labeled Site Code c5 52 2 For a hard copy of the map and RTS ID use the brower s print function and print this page 3 Click Save Tables to finish storing the record To produce a hard copy map of the area digitized with the aerial photo in the background along with the computer assigned RTS_ID and the user assigned Site Name and Site Code click the Save Tables button and then print the page III 12 Modifying an existing reforestation record Please Note a This application was designed to be used with Internet Explorer w b Depending on the speed of your web connection it can take 60 seconds to load the pages that contain ESRI maps c Please alow one week for your new records and record edits to become reviewable d Following the directions in the geo AYS User Manual will make it easier to use this application you can download the Jfaxwe from http fwwew limvjvorg RTS 2ways htm e Don t use the browser s BACK function ESRI web tools don t play nice with the BACK function The MODIFY buttons on the Data Summary page let you edit your entries f Don t change focus from this application to a different program even to read the Jfaxues while you are using this applicat
21. agement and Monitoring of Forest Resources in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley Recommendations for Enhancing Wildlife Habitat Edited by R Wilson K Ribbeck S King and D Twedt RTS A suite of web based tools called the Reforestation Tracking System geo RTS e RTS and RTS Query Builder IV 1 from these individual partner investments turning spatially and temporally isolated events into a biologically cognizant whole Benefits from using RTS accrue e In a single office within a single year e In a single office over several years as foresters and wildlife biologists come and go Over time between different offices in the same organization or agency Between LMV partners in a single year and Between LMV partners over time IV Table 1 IV Table 1 Benefits from using RTS Past experience has shown that the RTS has a minimal user learning curve While a well Easy to learn easy to use illustrated User Manual provides step by step directions and technical assistance Is only a phone call away generally users find each page of the application self explanatory Data entry time is minimized because the user wastes no time typing in repetitive answers Drop down lists and radio buttons allow the user to quickly click his way through the answers Skips in data entry and typos are minimized because data validators are built in the web application doesn t move forward until the required data is entered properly so many mistakes in
22. al database The RTS Query Builder is a web application that enables anyone with an Internet connection and a mouse to build sophisticated queries without knowledge of query syntax or the structure of the geodatabase PAPE E E EE E The RTS transforms individual isolated events into a biologically cognizant whole creating the ada information required to assess forest conditions across political boundaries and ownership and better inform adaptive management decisions decision support models layer in the Forest Breeding Bird Priority Habitat Decision Support Moda Through administrative commitment Use of the RTS in one office in one year can increase reporting efficiencies but it is over time several years and space across the spatial extent of the J oint Venture that the RTS will truly be of service The potential of the RTS will be realized through a cohesive commitment to the accumulation and use of its data by all J oint Venture members As data accumulate in the geodatabase year after year recording the planting and survey work at individual sites located on assorted geomorphic and soil conditions under different hydrologic regimes the RTS dataset will become more informative When all of the distributed offices have invested the necessary oomph required to get the historical and current reforestation records into the RTS the partnership will have an ecoregional depiction of reforested habitat In addition the partners will be able t
23. ar styraciflua Good MODIFY III Figure 49 The View Tree Survival Data page displays the summarized plot data Click the Return button to return to the Review Record page PT E a a nl al a a fc et N a ee ja ue a a Ee a i hy ly E kf fg el a Sa a a el ey a a aaa tty a ay ya ch a et hy ca a ee jl a fe he ey E ice View Tree Survival Data RIS O 4359 ft Average Live Trees per Acre Proportion of Sampled Plots with Collection Number Plot gt 300 Living Living Oak Date EE E of Plots Area ah Bete Trees per Acre Trees 10 10 2006 Hughes Howard 2000 0 88 III 24 What ts the LMV J oint Venture The Lower Mississippi Valley LMV Joint Venture is a self directed non regulatory private state federal conservation partnership that exists for the purpose of implementing the goals and objectives of national and international bird conservation plans within the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and West Gulf Coastal Plain Bird Conservation Regions BCR s as defined by the U S Committee of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative The LMVJ V is comprised of eight state wildlife agencies three federal agencies and three non governmental organizations with ecoregional natural resource conservation responsibilities The LMV J oint Venture partnership is focused on the protection restoration and management of those species of North American avifauna and their habitats endemic to the LMV Region encompassed by the No
24. as Natural Succession Began ILE FEER LO PIANE INLEPVa 46 montis LI gt 2 years L17 12 months Duration of 200 means that the agreement is perpetual If Planting Action Replant Landuse Failed Reforestation automatically Planting Event Containerized Seedlings Trees Planted as Containerized Seedlings C Hand staff Seedling Total C Hand contractor Common Name Quality Planted L By tractor staff L By tractor contractor Planting Method Planting Contractor Spacing X ft Spacing Y ft Seedling Quality Options Good Fair Poor Il 4 RTS Datasheet Page 2 Planting Event Bare root Seedlings Trees Planted as Bare root Seedlings C Hand staff P X Seedling Total C Hand contractor ORION Name Quality Planted Planting Method C By tractor staff By tractor contractor Planting Contractor Spacing X ft Spacing Y ft Seedling Quality Options Good Fair Poor Planting Event Seeds Acorns Trees Planted as Seeds Acorns Pounds E Hand staff Common Name Planted Hand contractor By tractor staff C By tractor contractor C Aerial staff C Aerial contractor Planting Method Planting Contractor Spacing X ft Spacing Y ft Il 5 Where is the geo RTS located To record data in geo RTS log on to the web using Internet Explorer v6 or higher go to the LMV J oint Venture homepage www lmvjv org and access the geo RTS web application III
25. been entered if there is a NA for Tree Data the processes of natural succession were utilized at this location if there is a Xo for Tree Data you need to enter the tree planting data to complete the record fecoras must be ODETE before hey are guer yabe in he geal S Query Buide l Tree planting data for an existing record can be added from the review update page l l If there is a Yes in a row for Survival ree survival data for that record has been entered l if there is a No for Survival ree survival data has not been entered l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Tree survival data for an existing record can be added from the review update page To review update a record or to add survival data click the RTS ID of the record of interest Survival 3769 17 17 1999 Sky Lake 278 ac Ho Ho cF Eee ph EEE Sky Lake S4 ac No No 1122 1985 Example 25 977 Yes Yes 11 17 2004 Example Field5 HA Click here to view the record for RTS ID 3769 III 13 Ill Figure 24 This is the complete record for RTS_ID 3769 located at Sky Lake WMA No tree planting data has been entered for this record all three stock type buttons appear at the bottom of the page Bare root seedlings were planted at this site so the user clicks the Add Bare root Seedlings button to go to the page that allows him to add Review Update Reforestation Record RTS_ID 3769 Directions I Ignore Modifications
26. cation also located at Imvjv org 1 For consistency the entire county was included in the spatial extent if a portion of the county was in one of the BCRs 2 The web map service will not show the DOQQs at a map scale greater than 1 5 000 III 2 Overv Texas Coui M III Figure 4 Digitizing map zoomed in to where Oklahoma Arkansas and Texas meet gitizing Directions 1 771174 18 24 Miles Digitize Reforested Unit Reforested Units Wildlife ianagerrent Areas National Wildlife Refuges E Roads Spatial Extent of view TNWational Forests d amp Grasslands By Angelina Ouachita E Caddo Mi hne M Daw Crockett Sarm Houston C Betta MBS Francis F Kisatchie States gt Arkansas J Missouri C Minois OH ahora C Kentucky Tennessee II Figure 5 Quad maps DRGs are visible when the map scale is larger than 1 500 000 III Table 1 Digitizing Directions 1 122980 0 0 450 939 18 27 3 6 Miles Digitize Reforested Unit Reforested Units Wildlife Managerent Areas Mational wildlife Refuges a Roads Spatial Extent of view ational Forests amp srasslands B Angelina Ouachita Caddo Sabine WY Daw Crockett Sam Houston I Det MBS Francis E Kisatchie States Arkansas J Missouri C Illinois Cl Okahoma C Kentucky Wetinessee 7 Louisara Texas Om salsal III 3 III Figure 6 Aerial photos become visible when the map scale is larger than 1 12 000 III
27. cked click Next i mi iti lf gt pl Lh I Date amp Acres table LEEA af2o 2007 I 1 5085 1 06 0 09 0 12 Miles soeg Next button Pan too igitize Reforested Unit Reforested Units Wildlife Wianagerent Areas National wildlife Refuges a Roads Spatial Extent of view 2 Start Digitizing tool 3 Stop amp Save tool Natonal Forests amp Grasslands B Angelina Ouachita ii E addo Sabine WY Daw Gockett arm Houston F Dela WE Francis E Kisatchie States Arkansas Ci Missouri v C Minois Cl OHahoma V7 Kentucky Tennessee Louigiara Texas oO hi ssissiop Wel 2 http Imvjv org Digitizing Directions Microsoft Internet Explorer When first digitized a polygon is lattice orange After itis stored permanently in the geodatabase it becomes green Digitizing Directions Use A ZOOMIN to hone in close on the area where the reforestation event Pece aee i occurred Reference the Web Pages section in the geo RTS Manual for specifics Mlake sure that the entire reforestation site is visible in the view window before you begin digitizing To start an edit session click 2 START EDITING ae PA To start digitizing a polygon click POLYGON One click ta begin One click to bend Ctrl click to end Close the polygon Once the polygon is closed if you want to keep what
28. d agreement and be funded by more than one funding source However only one of any type of agreement can be recognized on a single reforestation event In other words if adjoining lands are planted in the Same manner at the same time but partially under a 15 year CRP agreement and partially under a 10 year CRP agreement two polygons and two reforestation events must be entered into the RTS database RTS Data Biological Tracking The RTS is an enterprise geodatabase ArcSDE SQL Server In a geodatabase both geospatial data and tabular data are stored in the relational database format Geospatial data is GIS based data pertaining to the shape location and juxtaposition of the reforestation event The RTS tabular data includes items like pre planting conditions of the land prior land use existing groundcover and site preparation activities and planting details trees species planted tree Spacing tree stock type and planting method The RTS is designed for biological data related to reforestation and as such does WOT keep track of details regarding e Private land ownership e Planting contracts or I Table 1 Average time seconds it takes for geo e Other types of administrative data RTS pages to load or redraw Note times shaded in blue J iret ons RTS Access Private amp Secure Access to RTS data Is controlled Security Is Page Name ss 56K T1 established using ASP NET and IIS technologies a A user en
29. e Lower Mississippi Valley LMV J oint Venture partnership The RTS Is a centralized database for biological data about reforestation within the administrative boundary of the LMV Joint Venture To meet the needs of the partners two web accessible applications for entering data into the RTS have been developed e RTS and geo RTS There is one fundamental difference between these two applications e With the e RTS shapefiles of the reforestation locations the geospatial data are sent to the LMV Joint Venture office blaine _elliott fws gov while the tabular data is entered via the web e With the geo RTS both the geospatial and tabular data are entered via the web application The e RTS and geo RTS each have their own User Manual which are available in pdf format on the LMV J oint Venture web site Imvjv org This is the User Manual for the geo RTS It includes answers to common How To questions a datasheet template and data entry examples The geo RTS web interface allows the user to e Enter a new reforestation record e View and or modify an existing reforestation record e Add data from a tree survival survey to an existing reforestation record and e Review existing tree survival records What is the RTS The RTS is a geospatial relational database for biological data It has been designed to track data related to reforestation efforts of partners and associated agencies within the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and West Gu
30. e Name Example Stand Local Site Code C5 52 II Figure 10 More than one agreement type can be selected for the same reforestation site even if the durations of the agreements are not equal in length rFrererwerwewewewewewewewereweewerewrerewerewerererewreewrerewrerererewerererererererewererwerewrerererererererewrerererewrerererewerewrerewererereweeweeweee a eas Next gt gt l Management Agreements I I I Agreement Type oe Unlisted Agreement Type None d Other Agreement Example N I Select frorn list s E J s Duration of Other Agreement I Perpetual 200 7 These textboxes appear when you select Other in the Agreement List Agreement Duration choices appear when you select the related agreement in the Agreement List gt e e e l Agreement List Agreement Duration Check all that apply CRP ie DU _ Mitigation Partners WRP L T pea pre l F Carbon Sequestration d Mitigation L cre Partners for Fish amp wildlife O Perpetual O 30 years 10 years m Ducks Unlimited WRP FSA FmHA Easement Other l l l 1 The duration For a Carbon Sequestration agreement is 70 years the duration of an FSA Easement agreement is perpetual The durations are set l automatically for carbon sequestration and FSA Easement agreements The duration of a Carbon Sequestration agreement is 70 years the duration
31. eight plots Plot_ID 16 23 is shown in the List on the right This is similar to what the page will look like when all of the tree survival data is entered and the user is ready to click Go To Site Report Note that both planted Sweetgum Stock Type 1 Tree_ID 71 and colonizing Sweetgum Stock Type 4 Tree_ID 71 were found living in the a sampled plot Plot_ 1D 19 r List i Directions Site ID Plot ID Stock Type Tree_ID Quantity Enter Tree Survival Data ATS ID 4359 Sample Piot 3 Planted Tree Species Count eaae a E s ADD Stock Tyne 3 1 6 3 1 6 3 1 a 3 1 T 3 1 7 3 1 6 3 4 2 3 1 a 3 1 6 3 1 3 1 3 1 Cofomzing tree species present ANo O ves ADD Plot To List mom om bh be E om to OO wo oe od IMI Figure 47 The web application calculates these details from the plot data When the Save button is clicked the data are permanently stored in the geodatabase and the user is returned to the Review Record page weer ee ee ee ee ee Me em ee ewe em ewe ee em ee ewe ee ee em Be em ee ee ew ewe ew ew em em he em Be ee em me em ee ewe ee em ee ee em em ee ew ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee site Summation Tree Survival Survey ATS 0 4369 Acres 3 Data Collected 10 1 0 2006 by Hughes Howard Sample Plot Area 2000 2 Number of Plots Sampled 8 Site Averages Live Sterns Total 362 per acre Live Sterns Planted 335 per acre Proportion of Measured Plots with atleast 300 live sterms
32. en assigned You can identity a site by the Site Name and Site Code assigned to it by the field contact The Start Date is the date tree planting was completed or natural regeneration was initiated at the reforestation site If there is a Yes in a row for Tree Data tree planting data for that record has been entered if there is a NA for Tree Data the processes of natural succession were utilized at this location if there is a No for Tree Data you need to enter the tree planting data to complete the record Aecores must be comoieie before ey are gug y abe in he geo TS Query Bunge Tree planting data for an existing record can be added from the review update page If there is a Yes in a row for Survival tee survival data for that record has been entered if there is a No for Survival tee survival data has not been entered Tree survival data for an existing record can be added from the review update page To review update a record or to add survival data click the RTS ID of the record of interest RTS_ID Start Date Site Name Site Code Tree Data Su Mo rvival 3769 17 17 1999 Sky Lake 278 ac Ho 3770 11 1999 Sky Lake S4 ac No No 4367 11 22 1985 Example 25 577 Yes Yes 17 2004 Exarnple Fields HA No Click here to view the record forRTS ID 4368 HI Figure 35 This is the Review Record page Click the Add button to add tree survival data Review Update Reforestation Record RTS_ID Directions
33. fe Refuges a Roads C Spatial Extent of view Tational Forests amp Grasslands E Angelina Machta Spatial Extent E Caddo Sabine Of View WY Caw Gockett Sarm Houston E Delta MBS Francis E Kisatchie l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l States l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Arkansas CI Mssouri M Illinois OMahoma Kentucky Tennessee O Louisiara CITeas 0O Misisipi Spatial Extent of View The counties outlined in each state are either in e The LMV Joint Venture partnership MI Table 1 Layers in digitizing map and the scale at boundary and or which they appear and disappear e One of the two bird conservation regions BCR T ae area ie within the LMV J oint Venture region eae X X e Mississippi Alluvial Valley MAV and an ae e West Gulf Coastal Plain WGCP _ Z i The east and west sides of the Spatial Extent of Wildlife Management Units 2 000 000 m View match the eastern and western limits of Name 750 000 ZONE 15 of the Universal Transverse Mercator UTM ana a projection These are the east and west limits ofthe Name 75000 0 spatial extent because the web map service providing the images of the USGS topographic quadrangle maps Counties All scales DRGs and the black and white aerial photographs Oe One Gala o one Foresters and land managers planting trees in UTM Zones 14 and 16 can enter their reforestation data into the RTS via the e RTS web appli
34. g the directions in the geo AYS User Manual will make it easier to use this application you can download the Manual from http www Imvjv org RTS 2ways htm e Don t use the browser s BACK function ESRI web tools don t play nice with the BACK function The MODIFY buttons on the Data Summary page let you edit your entries f Don t change focus from this application to a different program even to read the Manua while you are using this application ESRI web tools don t like that either When digitizing let each function completely finish before clicking on the next tool Digitize only ane 1 polygon per record i E mail question to hwhiffend usgs goy Biological Tracking System for Retorestation Tree Survival Surveys geo TS Web 4Appiceation In the boxes below type in the user name and password assigned to you amp amp gt ol Private State amp Federal liser Namie Conservation Partnership Password Select option Add New Record Review Update Records Clear Add Survival Data To add Tree Survival Data click this button III Figure 34 The Review Record List page shows all the records for which the logged in user is responsible The list indicates 1f the record includes Tree Planting Data and Tree Survival Data To see the complete record for a specific site click its RTS_ID number Records Entered by v hifen Helen Below is the list of records you have entered or to which you have be
35. in order to address the ecoregion scale habitat needs of priority wildlife species The Working Group concluded with the following recommendations e Use the RTS to document and track reforestation events e Coordinate the exchange of data to enable the quantitative analysis of forest conditions across political boundaries and ownership e Use biologically based spatially explicit decision support tools to determine high priority areas for restoration This final report by the Forest Resource Conservation Working Group was accepted for execution by the partnership at the 2007 Spring Board Meeting of the LMV Joint Venture Benefits of using RTS No one agency or organization within the LMV J oint Venture controls an adequate quantity of land in the necessary spatial configuration to meet the ecoregion scale habitat needs of most priority wildlife species This is a given However working in partnership the J oint Venture can approach the scope of these habitat requirements This is the strength of the J oint Venture approach where we are each working towards a common conservation goal let us join forces to maximize benefits Reforestation is a traditional conservation activity The dollars of many Joint Venture partners are committed on a line item basis to tree planting and tree survival surveys The RTS increases the return Lower Mississippi Valley J oint Venture Forest Resource Conservation Working Group 2007 Restoration Man
36. ion ESRI web tools don t like that either gq When digitizing let each function completely finish before clicking on the next tool h Digitize only one 1 polygon per record E mail question to hwhiffendusgs goyv Biological Tracking System for Retorestation Tree Survival Surveys amp amp geo A7S Web 4naiicatian o In the boxes below type in the user name and password assigned to you Private State amp Federal User Name Conservation Partnership i Password Select option Add New Record a SEE EE AEEA AAA E E E A E A EE EEEE EE E S E EE EA E record click this button III Figure 23 The Review Record List page shows all the records for which the logged in user is responsible The list indicates 1f the record includes Tree Planting Data and Tree Survival Data To see the complete record for a specific site click its RTS_ID number ea Ca AIR ae aE a ag Ia Sm TGS a aaa A RCT TEE a RNR a l I I Review Record List Records Entered by v hifen Helen Below is the list of records you have entered or to which you have been assigned You can identity a site by the Site Name and Site Code assigned to it by the field contact The Start Date is the date tree planting was completed or natural regeneration was initiated at the reforestation site l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l If there is a Yes in a row for Tree Data tree planting data for that record has
37. ion Is false automatically If Replant what was the reason Before site preparation or planting if no site preparation occurred what was the Groundcover 0 75 176 100 Tree Stems Acre H0 L151 300 01 50 gt 300 Record any site or weather conditions that might influence reforestation success in this comment space Comment Date Planting Finished rK L10 3 months 113 24 months r l ene sate el pcan Site Prep to Plant Interval L14 6 months L gt 2 years 17 12 months wD Agreement Duration Gg Funding Source g9 Prior Landuse QQ Site Preparation Options shown in Options shown in Options shown in Options shown in III Figure 10 III Figure 11 IIT Figure 12 III Figure 14 Duration of 200 means that the agreement Is perpetual If Planting Action Replant Landuse Failed Reforestation automatically N Planting Event Containerized Seedlings Trees Planted as Containerized Seedlings Seedling Total E Hand staff Common Name Quality Planted Pianting Method L Hand contractor ee L By tractor staff L By tractor contractor Planting Contractor Spacing X ft Spacing Y ft Seedling Quality Options Good Fair Poor Il 2 RTS Datasheet with explanatory references Page 2 L Planting Event Bare root Seedlings Trees Planted as Bare root Seedlings C Hand staff Seedling Total E Hand contractor Common Name Quality Planted Planting Method C By tractor staff By tracto
38. ions that could impact reforestation success Drolght in region for past three years III 8 II Figure 16 A date can be formatted many different ways By using a Calendar tool like this the date is consistently entered into the database in the same format To start click the Calendar tool Mann pte SLL a aS a a oS SP Sa ey PTE Pa ee ee Ea oh ap l l Planting Date Time Intervals amp Planting Stock Date Tree Planting Concluded amp Click on the calendar icon amp To change the year click on the given year A set of 10 years will roll out to the right Use the top or bottom arrow to scroll to the correct year Click on the correct year amp To change the month click on the given month The list of all 12 months will roll out to the bottom of the calendar Click on the correct month amp Click on the correct day in the calendar E Calendar tool Modify the Month 1 Click on the given month Jan 1985 i S o Mo Tew T F oS FAFEIFEIEMEN 1 3a a s e 7 al9 10 11 12 13 1415 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 a EA to the correct year Modify the Day SIS es 5S M T WTF 31 Jul Aug Sep oct Now 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 11 1iz2 1i3 14 15 17 10 19 20 2142 2 Select the correct month Time Interval Between Most Recent Site Preparation Activities and Tree Planting Select one O 0 3
39. ks and wildlife Department Landowner Contribution F TWRA Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency l L LOw F Louisiana Department of wildlife and Fisheries L USACE Army Corps of Engineers F LPP Louisiana Partners Program F USFS Forest Serwice F MOWFP Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks F USFS Restoring the Delta F MFWF Mississippi Fish and vvildlife Foundation F USFWS 1113 Black Bear Recovery F MPF Mississippi Partners For Wildlife d USFWS 1116 ESA Landowner Incentives CI MPF Mississippi Partners Program F USFWS 1121 Partners for Fish and wildlife Program CI HAWCA Morth American Wetland Conservation Ack Grant CI USFWS 1231 Migratory Bird Program C MRCS CREP Conservation Reserwe Enhancement Program C USFWS 1261s Refuge Challenge Grant F MRCS CRP Conservation Reserve Program L USFWS 1z61b Refuge Operations d MRS EQIP Environmental Quality Incentives Program F USGS Experimental Patuxent Research Center F MRCS EWPF Emergency Watershed Protection Program Unlisted Funding Source Example Description of reforestation action seleca one Initial Plantin j Next gt gt Replanting i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i 1 i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i Land left to natural succession I Figure 12 In this example the land at this si
40. lanting Method By hand contractor Dak Mutkall Guercus nuttalii Oak Qvercup Quercus lyrata Oak Post Quercus stellata Contractor Trees FR Us Site Preparation ta Planting Interval Planting Action Chopping RollingsCrushing 4 6 months prior to planting Date Forested Landuse Began MODIFY Add Container Seedlings Tree Species Planting Rate436 0 2 ash Green Fraxinus pennsylyanica rees acre ottonwood Eastern Populus deltoides It can take up to a minute to load the next page Please be patent 10 Landowner Contribution 15 MRCS WRP Wetland Reserve Pro Groundcover 76 100 herbaceous groundcover Tree Stem Count 1 50 tree stems per acre Drought in region for past three Wears a Initial Y Save gt gt oon MODIFY Natura Footnotes III 11 Note Since the Store Record page calls on ArcGIS Server to draw a map it can take up to a minute depending on the Internet connection speed to draw the map on the monitor I Table 1 Iii Figure 21 Up to this point in the application no data have been permanently stored a Click Save Geometry and the spatial data and attribute table data are saved to the ArcSDE geodatabase b Click Save Tables and the remaining tabular data are saved to the ArcSDE geodatabase Make sure and click both buttons Save Reforestation Record 1 Click Save Geometry EERE IG RTS_ID User labeled Site Name User labeled Site Code 2 For
41. lf Coastal Plain Its purpose is to provide foresters and wildlife biologists with an easy to use centralized repository for biological information in a standardized format that can be used by foresters wildlife biologists and land managers to help 1 Monitor forest quality and land use change across the landscape and 2 Support land management decisions for wildlife habitat across the landscape over the long term What is reforestation Reforestation as defined for this database is the re establishment of a forested land use on areas previously converted from a forest to non forest land practice e g agriculture This is sometimes referred to as afforestation This re establishment of forest can be through active tree planting or passive area allowed to proceed naturally through the stages of forest succession as a deliberate management decision management Only lands reforested in these manners are to be recorded in the RTS An active reforestation event is defined as a contiguous planting of trees that is unique to all other plantings either by time space site preparation planting methods agreement type agreement duration or mix of tree species planted If plantings differ from each other in any of these characteristics they must be tracked as separate reforestation events i e entered as separate polygons and tabular records in the RTS A single reforestation event can be delivered under more than one signe
42. lick the ADD Plot to List button You will see the data you have entered appear in a table on the right Complete the form for each survey plot sampled on a site and ADD each set of plot data to the table on the right When you have finished entering the data for all plots sampled on a site click the Go To Site Report button III 20 IN Figure 39 The Planted Tree Species drop down list shows only those trees that were planted on the site during reforestation Enter Tree Survival Data Directions Are D 4369 Sample Piot E Planted Tree Species Count semn O UOO A Stock Tyne Eeen Cottonwood Eastern Populus deltoides Sweetgum Liguidambar styraciflua i I I I I I I I I I Ash Green Fraxinus pennsylvanica l I I i i i i I I I I I I I IN Figure 40 Select the tree name fill in the number of living trees of this species counted in the sampled plot and click the ADD button to add the record to the Planted Tree Species table For additional details see III Figure 18 eos Enter Tree Survival Data t Stock Tyne Directions meS ND 4359 Sample Piot E Planted Tree Species Count Ash Green Fraxinus pennsylvanica yt e Stock Species Name AIS Type E Count a jash Green Fraxinus pennsylvanica 6 Delete Row Colomzing tree SOECES present ANo O ves ADD Plot To List I
43. llos ed SP Delete Row Seedling Quality includes seedling age root collar diameter water stress presence of disease quantity of viable roots leaf quality and other factors that can influence transplant mortality II Figure 19 In this example five different tree species were planted as bare root seedling stock on a 10 ft x 10 ft spacing On the entire 15 acre site 6 540 trees were planted Bare root seeding Stock What species were planted From Tree Species Drop Down List select species From Stock Quality Drop Down List select seedling condition when planted Under Total Planted type in total number of species planted Click the ADD button Repeat for each species planted A table of species planted will be built below Stack Quality Drop Total Number of Tree Species Drop Down List Down List this Species Planted a Oak Post Quercus stellata wt Good 540 l l l l l l i l l l l l l l l l Lommon Mame 1 Ssh Green Fraxinus pennswlwanica Delete Row othomwood Eastern Populus deltoides Delete Row l l l l l l l l l Oak Mutkall Quercus muttali Delete Row Oak Overcup Quercus lyrata i Delete Row Oak Post Quercus stellata Delete Row How were the seedlings planted What was the name of the
44. months prior to planting O 13 24 months prior to planting O 4 6 months prior to planting O 2 wears prior to planting O 7 12 months prior to planting Types of Planting Stock Used Select all that apply Bare root Seedlings seeds Acorns F Containerized Seedlings III 9 Ii Figure 18 Repeat Steps 1 4 until each tree species planted as bare root seedling stock has its own row in the table If you find an error remove the row by clicking the Delete Row hyperlink for that row Then enter the E EP a ag Po ee NT PFS CaS eee Sad TS EN Poel AEF yg AE REP a ART OE RDS eC Tava Rare root Seedling Stock What species were planted From Tree Species Drop Down List select species From Steck Quality Drop Down List select seedling condition when planted Under Total Planted type in total number of species planted Click the ADD button Repeat for each species planted A table of species planted will be Built below 3 Type in the number of seedlings of this species planted at this site 4 Click the ADD button to enter the tree into the table otal Humber of this Species Planted Stack Quality D Tree Species Drop Dawn List iG t 1 Select the species Dak Willow Quercus phellos Common Name Stock Quality Total Planted ak willow Quercus phe
45. n 3 Type in the number of seedlings of this species planted at this site 4 Click the ADD button to enter the 1 Select the species 2 Select the stock quality tree into the table sectors vi EU Seedling Quality includes seedling age root collar diameter water stress presence of disease quantity of viable roots leaf quality and other factors that can influence transplant mortality II 14 II Figure 26 In this example four different tree species were planted as bare root seedling stock on a 12 ft x 12 ft spacing On the entire 278 acre site 86 800 trees were planted Cypress Bald Taxodium distichum t Tree Species Dak Nuttall Quercus nuttalii Oak Willow Quercus phellos Oak Water Quercus nigra Cypress Bald Taxodium distichum By hand contractor k Arrowhead Starr Ca IN Figure 27 The user needs to click the Save Modifications button to permanently save the record updates to the ArcSDE geodatabase But the user has just received new information about the date planting was completed so she will update the date first before clicking the Save Modifications button Review Update Reforestation Record RTS_ID 3769 Directions Ignore Modifications amp Click ADD to enter ee survival data View Another Kecord Save Modifications Add J p Ea It can take over a minute to load a map page Eg Field Contact Ferry Baskin Agreement Duration Funding Migitation
46. nth and year appears in the textbox Click Return to go back to the Review Record page ana Je III 16 IJ Figure 31 Now all of the updates to this record have been made Click Save Modifications Review Update Reforestation Record RTS_ID 3769 Directions l Ignore Modifications amp Click ADD to enter tee survival data al View Another Record Add It can take over a minute to load a map page Agreement Duration Migitatian Field Contact Perry Baskin Site Mame Sky Lake l MODIFY Site Code 278 ac eed Owner Army Corps of Engineers Management Sky Lake Wiha i Landcover Soybeans conventionally Groundcover 0 75 herbaceous groundcover Years Fallow o Tree Stem Count O tree stems per acre Time interval between site preparation MODIFY Comments MODIFY None and tree planting No site preparation Replant Initiall Naturall Date forested 1 27 1999 landuse began The new date appears Footnotes Add Seeds Acorns Add Container Seedlings in the Date textbox BareToot Seedlings Seedling Total Tree Species z Planting Method By hand contractor Quality Planted Dak Nuttall Quercus nuttalii Planting Rate trees acre Dak Willow Quercus phellos Soybeans conventionally tilled Planting Action Dak Water Quercus nigra Contractor Arrowhead Starr Co Cypress Bald Taxodium distichum Iii Figure 32 When you click Save Att
47. o infer the survival probabilities of seedling stock and acorns planted under a variety of conditions These data will support the development of spatially explicit decision support models and better inform adaptive land management decisions Speeds data entry Improves data quality Produces customized reports Twedt D J W B Uihlein III and A B Elliott 2005 A Spatially Explicit Decision Support Model for Restoration of Forest Bird Habitat Conservation Biology 20 1 100 110 IV 2 Arkansas al a o MISSION The LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LMV JOINT VENTURE functions as the forum in which the The Nature private state and federal conservation community CINE MEIC develops a shared vision of bird conservation for the LMV region cooperates in its implementation and collaborates in its refinement Ducks Unlimited hry 9 e abhi _ Oklahoma a A OKLAHOMA Lie
48. of living colonizing trees of this species counted in the sampled plot and click the ADD button to add the record to the Colonizing Tree Species table III Figure 18 Repeat these steps for all of the colonizing tree species found living in this sampled plot In this example when the 2 zampied plot is added to the list with the ADD Plot to List button four new rows will appear in the list Directions i Enter Tree Survival Data ATS ID 3359 sample Flot E i Planted Tree Species Count i Sweetguro Liquidambar styraciflua w le ADD Stock Type Stock 5 age Live Type Species Name Count List 1 jAsh Green Fraxinus pennsylvanica T Delete aay z 1i Cottanwood Eastern Populus deltoides 7 Delete site ID Plot ID Stock Type Tree_ID Quantity Whe N E L a M 1 J Fourni new rows added to list l 1 Sad ee oe Sa ae a 1i Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 6 Delete Colonzing tree species present Oro ves Colonizing Tree Species Count 1 Oak Overcup Quercus lyrata wt ADD Live Count Dak GQvercup Quercus lyrata 2 Delete Row wee ee ee ee ee ee ee ewe ew ewe ew ew ew ew ew ewe ew ewe ew ewe ew ew em ewe em em ew ee em em ewe ee em ewe em em ee ew em em ew he ew em ewe em ew ee ew ew em ew ew ew ee ee ew ee ee eK Species Name 1 1 The numerical value for the 4 colonizing stock type Is 4 II Figure 46 In this example the tree survival survey included eight plots Data from all
49. r contractor Planting Contractor Spacing X ft Spacing Y fe _ ee T Seedling Quality Options Good Fair Poor M Planting Event Seeds Acorns Trees Planted as Seeds Acorns Pounds C Hand staff Common Name Planted C Hand contractor C By tractor staff C By tractor contractor C Aerial staff C Aerial contractor Planting Contractor Spacing X ft Spacing Y ft a Planting Method Il 3 RTS Datasheet Page 1 Land Owner Site Name Site Code Land Management Field Contact State Once entered Planting Action Initial Replant or None Natural Succession cannot be changed Landcover at time of site preparation or planting Years Fallow 012345 Site left to Natural Succession Trye False L Complete replant Stem count augmentation L1Species augmentation Species and stem count augmentation If Planting Action Replant Landcover Failed Reforestation and Years Fallow 0 automatically Natural Succession False automatically when planting is an Initial Planting or a Replant If Replant what was the reason Before site preparation or planting if no site prep occurred what was the 10 151 300 TE d JEO _ 0 Tree St A roundcover 10 75 176 100 oe E 1 50 gt 300 Record any site or weather conditions that might influence reforestation success in this comment space Comment ee C10 3 months L113 24 months Date Planting Finished or Site P ro Blane l
50. ribute Table updates made to data in the attribute table are permanently saved When you click Save Relational Tables updates made to data in the remaining tables are permanently saved Make sure you click both buttons Save Updates l Click button to save your attribute table updates save Attnibute Table Please allow one week for your updates to become reviewable The ArcSDE geodatabase needs to be compressed before feature updates are reviewable The geodatabase is compressed once a week i es i ee jo oo beer i ee Cote a E F o Eee A A ii mee i i ee eS eS f PETTE 3 Click button to save your relational table updates Save Relational Tables Entering tree survival data II Figure 33 The Log In page is the same whether the user is entering a new record or adding tree survival data to an existing record wee ee ee ee ew we See ewe ee ew ewe em he em em em ee em em he em we em me ee em em em em em em em me em em ee em me em em em em em em em Be em em em em em me ee em em em me ee em em em em em eM em em em we em ee em ee em em em em em em em em em em em ee ew ee ee ee ee ee eH eK R Please Note a This application was designed to be used with Internet Explorer vo b Depending on the speed of your web connection it can take 60 seconds to load the pages that contain ESRI maps c Please allow one week for your new records and record edits to become reviewable d Followin
51. rth American Waterfowl Management Plan NAWMP North American Land Bird Conservation Plan United States Shorebird Conservation Plan USSCP North American Waterbird Conservation Plan NAWCP and Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative NBCI Collectively these national and international plans are recognized as the North American Bird Conservation Initiative NABCI The operational scope of the LMV J oint Venture emanates from the goal and vision for integrated bird conservation partnerships established by the U S Committee of NABCI that being to deliver the full spectrum of bird conservation through regionally based biologically driven landscape oriented partnerships Working group recommendations for enhancing wildlife habitat The LMV J oint Venture Forest Resource Conservation Working Group Is an ad hoc committee of wildlife biologists and foresters selected by their individual partner organizations to represent them in the development of plans related to the management of forests for wildlife habitat In 2007 this Group published Restoration Management and Monitoring of Forest Resources in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley Recommendations for Enhancing Wildlife Habitat in which they advocated the development of local landscapes of more than 10 000 acres that are extensively forested in a matrix of large blocks of contiguous forest and closely associated smaller forest fragments with corridors linking these forested landscapes
52. so O USACE Army Corps of Engineers Site Manne Sky Lake MODIFY Site Code 278 ac Owen U S Army Corps of Engineers Management Sky Lake Wha MODIFY Landcover Soybeans conventionally Groundcover 0 75 herbaceous graundcover Years Fallow O Tree Stem Count tree stems per acre MODIFY Prior Landuses Soybeans conventionally tilled MODIFY Site Preparation Time interval between site preparation and tree planting replant inia Natural Date forested landuse began Use this MODIFY button to change the date forested landuse began Acorns Add Container Seedlings Saretoot Seedlings Seedling Total Tree Species Planting Method By hand contractor Quality Planted Oak Nuttall Quercus nuttalii Good Planting Rate trees acre Oak Willow Quercus phellos Good Dak Water Quercus nigra Good Contractor Arrowhead Starr Co Cypress Bald Taxodium distichum Good Planting Action MODIFY Footnotes MODIFY III 15 IMI Figure 28 A date can be formatted many different ways By using a Calendar tool like this the date is consistently formatted in the same way To start click the Calendar tool For more details see II Figure 16 A Calendar tool II Figure 29 In this example the Year and Month are correct the day needs to be changed In the calendar that appears the user can click on the correct day 1na EF III Figure 30 and the correct day mo
53. te produced hay and was used as pasture seeded during the past five years the correct options for Landcover III Figure 13 are Hay Pasture seeded or Fallow If the land was fallow for more than 5 years select on this page the last use to which the land was put before it went fallow On next page check Fallow for Landcover and for Years Fallow check 5 l Landuses during five 5 years prior to reforestation Check all that apply l l l l i F Other F Milo conventionally tilled l i Fj Aquaculture catfish Fj Mila mo till l F Aquaculture crawhsh CI Pasture native i L corn conventionally tilled Pasture seeded l i F Zorn no till F Rice l F Tokom conwentionallw tilled F Soybeans conventionally tilled Fj Cotton mo till Fj Soybeans mo till l l l l l l Haw F wheat Next gt gt III 7 IN Figure 13 In this example the landcover at time of site ee was Fallow When landcover is fallow an Landcover Landcover at time of site preparation jor maniho Jno site prep occurred Select ane I I I I l I l I l I I O Other O Milo conwentionallw tilled I O Aquaculture catfish O Milo mo till O Aquaculture crawhsh O Pasture mative l I I i O Corn conventionally tilled O Pasture seeded I l I corn no till O Rice l l O Cotton conwentionallw tilled O Soybeans conventionally tilled I Cotton no till O Soybeans no till I l I I Fallow O wheat I
54. tering data must be both authenticated and authorized before access is allowed Field Contact amp Ownership 6 2 Each partner agency or organization formally assigns data entry responsibilities to an individual called an RTS Rep An RTS Rep is assigned a UserlD and Password by the RTS database Management Agreements o 6 f 2 manager Only the RTS Rep can modify the The RTS Query Builder Tool also located on Prortanduse Imvjv org allows anyone to generate customized Site Preparation if done What We ve Learned a 7 Connection speeds to the Internet vary thus Site Conditions at Time of Planting monitor refresh rates vary Refresh time is the amount of time the users screen takes to redraw Planting Date or 1 Average refresh times range from 1 60 seconds Natural Succession Date a depending on the Internet connection speed I Table 1 If your screen goes blank Replant Reason if replant after you make a selection don t panic just allow the screen enough time to refresh Bare root Seedlings if planted If you use Microsoft Outlook as your email program you may experience a slower than normal seeds Acorns if planted EEES refresh rate and may lose data if you receive an Containerized Seedlings if planted os oa email message notification during data entry We recommend you log out of Outlook before you Data Summay dt a log in to geo RTS browser s interface while entering data Doing so
55. timate Planting conditions that could impact Reforestation Action II Figure 11 Conditions at Planting Date Planting Finished III Figure 16 Date reforestation started Time inene Page I 2 K Range months between site III Figure 17 preparation and tree planting Tree species Planting method Page II 2 N Tree spacing x and y in feet Planting Details III Figure 18 Stock type Seedling quality when planted Quantity of seedlings or pounds of seeds acorns NOTE Once you start the geo RTS web application do not interrupt the data entry process Turn off any automatic pop up messaging software e g e mail Do NOT reference the geo RTS User Manual on your computer while using the web application If the computer s focus is shifted away from the geo RTS web application during data entry the ArcGIS Server dictionary drops the workspace definition and corrupts the data you are entering Using the RTS Datasheet Look Up Tables A relational database uses Look Up Tables LUT to reduce the amount of digital space it takes to store an individual record Any data field for which the possible answers are confined to a specific set of options e g land owner type prior landuse site preparation is related to a LUT The LUT associates a number with the description of each option The number s for the option s selected by the user Is stored in the individual record This number

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