BLM OR-WA Assessment, Inventory, and Monitoring (AIM) Strategy Development and Implementation, Spokane District
To effectively manage renewable resources, the BLM needs information at multiple scales about resource extent, condition and trend, stressors, and the location and nature of authorized uses, disturbances, and projects. This agreement will support acquiring and assessing information through the integration of several fundamental processes (i.e., the integrated approach), including the: (1) development and application of a consistent set of ecosystem indicators and methods for measuring them (i.e., core quantitative indicators and consistent methods for monitoring); (2) development and implementation of a statistically valid sampling framework; (3) application and integration of remote sensing technologies; and (4) implementation of related data acquisition and management plans (e.g., Geospatial Services Strategic Plan, Enterprise Geographical Information System architecture, and rapid ecoregional assessments). The benefits of the AIM Strategy to the BLM will be achieved through the implementation of a suite of actions, which include updating policy and guidance documents; integrating monitoring activities, budgets, and performance measures across programs; and developing associated communication tools and training modules. The AIM Strategy will move the BLM toward a new paradigm where core data describing resource condition are digitally collected in the field, stored in spatially enabled databases, managed in an enterprise data architecture environment, analyzed to determine effectiveness of management actions, and shared across BLM offices and interested public. The overall intent of this project is to develop and implement the AIM Strategy for the BLM Spokane District. The recipient is expected to provide the staffing to collect quantitative and qualitative data associated with vegetation, soils, hydrology and ecosystem processes. This data will be used to generate Land Health Assessments, Standards Determination Documents, restoration monitoring reports and post-fire Emergency Stabilization and Rehabilitation monitoring reports, among other uses.
Office: Bureau of Land Management
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