Colorado Statewide Forest Resource Assessment
Colorado Statewide Forest Resource Assessment Colorado Statewide Forest Resource Assessment
Enhance Public Benefits from Trees and Forests:Combined Theme MapFive of the data sets in this section, including, potential for post-fi re erosionin watersheds of importance for drinking water, habitat for imperiled wildlifespecies, habitat for economically important wildlife species, density ofrecreation opportunity and wildland-urban interface were combined andweighted to produce the fi nal map.Map 29 – Enhance Public Benefits from Trees and Forests: CombinedTheme MapData Set LayerLayer Weight PercentPotential for post-fi re erosion in watersheds of42%importance for drinking waterHabitat for imperiled wildlife species 18%Habitat for economically important wildlife species 10%Density of recreation opportunity 8%Wildland-urban interface 22%68
V. Priority Landscapes/Emphasis Areas forColoradoThe Colorado State Forest Service used 11 data layers and combined themaccording to the three national themes. The following four pages display thetheme maps. The percentages following each data layer represent the weightapplied to the layer.For Conserve Working Forest Landscapes, we combined three data layers,including Colorado Forest Legacy areas (44 percent), Colorado spatialanalysis project (34 percent) and projected change in degree of humanmodifi cation (22 percent).For the Protect Forests from Harm map, we used wildfi re susceptibility index(33 percent), wildfi re intensity index (40 percent), and insect and diseasemitigation potential (27 percent).Data used in the Enhance Public Benefits from Trees and Forests includedpotential for post-fi re erosion risk in watersheds of importance for drinkingwater (42 percent), habitat for imperiled species (18 percent), habitat foreconomically important species (10 percent), density of recreation opportunity(8 percent) and wildland-urban interface (22 percent).The fourth map is an aggregate of all theme inputs, which were equallyweighted.USFS national guidance allowed fl exibility for states to determine theappropriate data to use and the proper method to combine the data toidentify their important forest landscapes. Potentially unlimited numbers ofapproaches exist to combine the data. The CSFS chose this data combinationmethod for Colorado, as we believe it best represents the three nationalthemes.We look forward to improving the process and the results as new databecome available. The CSFS will maintain this assessment as a livingdocument, which will allow us to incorporate new information and make thatdata easily accessible on our website at http://csfs.colostate.edu.69
- Page 22 and 23: forest management costs per acre ha
- Page 24 and 25: include standard ownership data and
- Page 26 and 27: The second metric is an estimate of
- Page 28 and 29: Map 4 - Colorado Forest Legacy Area
- Page 30 and 31: NATIONAL THEME: Protect Forests fro
- Page 32 and 33: Map 7 - Wildland Fire Susceptibilit
- Page 34 and 35: Map 8 - Wildland Fire Intensity Ind
- Page 36 and 37: ot (CSFS 2001 and 2002). Some insec
- Page 38 and 39: Map 10 - Insect and Disease Mitigat
- Page 40 and 41: is legally mandated, as well as dal
- Page 42 and 43: change, including species extinctio
- Page 44 and 45: transport of materi als that can ad
- Page 46 and 47: Map 15 - Post-Fire Erosion RiskMap
- Page 48 and 49: environment, many homes and other s
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- Page 56 and 57: They also are important partners in
- Page 58 and 59: Forest TypeAcres for Wood Products
- Page 60 and 61: of fragmentation to help forest man
- Page 62 and 63: Forest Type Low Moderate High Very
- Page 64 and 65: Map 25 - Important Habitat for Econ
- Page 66 and 67: ACRESImp. Habitat for Econ.Imp. Spe
- Page 68 and 69: Forest Type Low Moderate High Very
- Page 70 and 71: Map 28 - Community Forestry Opportu
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- Page 82 and 83: VII. Statewide Assessment Steering
- Page 84 and 85: APPENDIX A - Colorado Statewide For
- Page 86 and 87: • Identify and conserve high prio
- Page 88 and 89: assessments and resource strategies
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Enhance Public Benefits from Trees and <strong>Forest</strong>s:Combined Theme MapFive of the data sets in this section, including, potential for post-fi re erosionin watersheds of importance for drinking water, habitat for imperiled wildlifespecies, habitat for economically important wildlife species, density ofrecreation opportunity and wildland-urban interface were combined andweighted to produce the fi nal map.Map 29 – Enhance Public Benefits from Trees and <strong>Forest</strong>s: CombinedTheme MapData Set LayerLayer Weight PercentPotential for post-fi re erosion in watersheds of42%importance for drinking waterHabitat for imperiled wildlife species 18%Habitat for economically important wildlife species 10%Density of recreation opportunity 8%Wildland-urban interface 22%68
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