Region 2 IRI Task - Performed by White River National Forest Inventory completed in 1998 but is a continuous inventory with annual updates. vector digital data withheld R2VegSpeciesCalcs R2VEG - Major Realignment Update Contract with PhotoScience, finished January 2010. Lynx Calcs Update - November 27, 2006. The original Integrated Resource Inventory (IRI-CVU) layer delineated existing homogeneous units of vegetation of 5 or more acres (2 or more acres of wetland or riparian). Polygons are homogeneous with respect to species, crown cover percent, tree or shrub size, and tree or shrub layers. Non-homogeneous areas within a polygon were described as patchy or linear components if they comprised 15% or more of the polygon. Lifeform and species information is described for each component. Lifeforms and abiotic descriptions used are trees, shrubs, forbs, grasses, bare and water. Trees and usually shrubs are identified to genus or species. Layer and size class are listed for trees and shrubs only. Size of trees is based on diameter, while shrub size is based on height. The CVU was vertically integrated with the CWU polygons (Common Water Unit) and optionally with the CLU (Common Land unit) polygons. The minimum requirement for documenting vertical integration was a whole polygon (see poly_source). Generally, 6th level watersheds were used but that varies across the Region. R2Veg - In the year 2003, a geodatabase design was created called R2Veg for migration from either of the Regions two vegetation polygon systems; CVU or RMRIS. The CVU data was greatly simplified by eliminating components and only storing data for the polygon as a whole. Components caused lots of confusion and were non-spatial. The component data was transferred to R2Veg by using a weighted average based on component area. A new term called PARTITION was invented allowing the naming schemes to transfer from the two different systems. A partition could be a watershed, location, entire Forest, Grassland etc. Each R2VEG polygon has an identification field referred to as VEG_LINK. This is the 22 character concatenation of partition and poly_id. R2Veg polygons also have an identification field referred to as FSVEG_LINK. This is a 12 character field linking the VEG polygon to the NRIS-FSVEG stand setting id for those polygons that have stand exam data. For older data this is location||site||proc_forest. For data collected on R2Veg polygons this is partition|| 4-digit-poly_id||proc_forest. The other important field relating R2Veg polygons to data is called TERRA_LINK. This is used to link to a TEU point or to a classification in NRIS-TERRA. Provide sufficient information to support forest level planning and initial landscape stratification for project level planning, implementation, and monitoring. This is the Region's poly-veg database providing the core GIS layer for vegetation. en 1995 ongoing REQUIRED: The year (and optionally month, or month and day) for which the data set corresponds to the ground. Bulk of the Data collected between 1995 and 1998 but is an ongoing maintenance process. In work Annually -108.216668 -105.769060 40.275535 38.949304 226339.454875 433395.517000 4315894.174000 4458634.035000 Replaces RMRIS for Forest Existing Vegetation CVU, R2VEG, EXISTING VEG Freely distributable. All products are reproduced from geospatial information prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. GIS data and product accuracy may vary. They may be: developed from sources of differing accuracy, accurate only at certain scales, based on modeling or interpretation, incomplete while being created or revised, etc. Using GIS products for purposes other than those for which they were created, may yield inaccurate or misleading results. By removing the contents of this package or taking receipt of these files via electronic file-transfer methods, you understand that the data stored on this media are in draft condition. Represented features may not be in an accurate geographic location. The Forest Service makes no expressed or implied warranty, including warranty of merchantability and fitness, with respect to the character, function, or capabilities of the data or their appropriateness for any user's purposes. The Forest Service reserves the right to correct, update, modify, or replace geospatial information without notification. For more information, contact the White River NF, Glenwood Springs, CO. Forest GIS Coordinator White River National Forest, USDA FS mailing and physical address

900 Grand Avenue

Glenwood Springs Colorado 81601 970-945-2521 8-5pm In August of 1990, the Regional Leadership Team approved an effort to integrate certain aspects of the Region's natural resource information. Among the influences leading to that decision were: "Integrated Resource Inventory and Geographic Information: Approach to Spatial Natural Resource Information in the Forest Service," a Washington Office paper (draft) that started the thinking about an explicit information structure for storing basic geographic information and determining its relationship to an integrated resource inventory; the 1988 Resource Information Project (RIP) that reviewed commonality of resource information between field units within the Forest Service; R-2's Vision 2000, adopted in December of 1989, which held that R-2's resource information is collected and stored in an electronic integrated environment as basic data, and that R-2's objective is to achieve a fully integrated resource information environment by the year 2000; and, Project 615, the Agency's acquisition of new office automation technology, including Geographic Information System (GIS). This decision led to the development and implementation of the Rocky Mountain Region Integrated Resource Inventory (IRI). ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500 Shapefile Data Notes Accuracy - No accuracy assessment has been performed on this layer. Delineations are transferred using 1:24000 scale paper orthophotos. Data is initially based on photo interpretation with ancillary field data. Field data is used to continually update the product. The data source is documented in the sample protocol. Dynamism - This is a dynamic layer that is constantly changing to reflect the existing vegetation. Changes affecting vegetation include man made disturbance, natural disturbance, and natural succession. Change detection tools, the activity layer, digital orthoquads, and new resource photography are all necessary for maintaining this layer. Linkages - Watershed lines in this layer are coincident with lines in the cwu watershed coverage. Water bodies are coincident with the cwu layer. The outer edges were clipped by the Forest/Grassland Boundary in some cases when adjacent to other Forests or Grasslands. Various levels of watersheds were used. When converting to R2Veg a 6 character watershed alias was used in place of the official watershed number. This also reflects that these watershed boundaries were frozen for the purpose of R2Veg. They are not intended to be used for analysis . . . just an ID scheme and a way of subsetting the data for editing purposes. R2Veg does not require a subset for numbering but accomodates the CVU and R2RIS schemes for identifying polygons. Coincidence - The minimum requirement for CVU is to insure coincidence with water polygons. As a minimum CFF water polygons 2 acres or larger must be merged and coincident with CVU. December 2009: R2Veg polygon boundaries were updated by Photo Science under contract to the White River National Forest. Images used for the update were 2006 NAIP natural color (1m resolution) county mosaics downloaded from the USDA Data Gateway. Boundaries of R2Veg polygons were modified by photo interpreters while viewing the existing boundaries over the imagery in ArcGIS with boundary edits to reflect the visible boundaries in the images. A screen scale of 1:3000 or below was used for digitizing. After the redelineation was completed, the GIS Calcs table was updated using a Modelbuilder process to calculate the mean elevation, mean slope, and majority aspect of DEM pixels in each polygon. withheld 2009 Brad Weigle Photo Science Sr. Project Manager mailing and physical address

10033 MLK Street N, Suite 200

St. Petersburg FL 33716 USA 727 576-9500 727 576-9600 bweigle@photoscience.com Dataset copied. withheld 20100217 17102300 Dataset copied. withheld 20100304 14073700 Metadata imported. withheld 20100623 13543500 Vector Simple FALSE 20 TRUE FALSE coordinate pair 0.000000 0.000000 meters North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 GCS_North_American_1983 NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_13N 0.000003 Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates Vegetation_Clipped Feature Class 20 OBJECTID OBJECTID OID 4 0 0 Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE Length of feature in internal units. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Geometry 0 0 0 COVER_TYPE COVER_TYPE String 3 0 0 Shape_Length Shape_Length Double 8 0 0 Length of feature in internal units. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. Shape_Area Shape_Area Double 8 0 0 Area of feature in internal units squared. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. R2Veg_CovToPolyLocal R2Veg_CovToVegPoly R2Veg_CovToSpecies R2Veg_CovToLocalCalcs R2Veg_CovToDataCalc R2Veg_CovToCalc R2VEG CLASS DATA (included in all tables) veg_Link (Concatenation of Partition and Poly_ID, limited to 22 characters) Partition_Type (Definition of the spatial sub_unit). VALID Domains are WATERSHED, ALLOTMENT, LOCATION, COMPARTMENT and GRASSLAND). I moved to here since nice to have partition and poly_id together for redefines. Partition (This was Watershed in CVU, but can be any spatial sub_unit, 16 varchar) Poly_ID (Integer values with a "precision" of 6 digits) Entered_By (Use this for the data loading) Entered_Date Modified_By (Use this when the data is edited) Modified_Date R2VEG_POLY Event_Type (Photo Interpretation / Field Verification) Delin_Source Same as CVU remote source medium type Attribute_Source Same as CVU Sample_Protocol Sample_Date Date of sample- will change if any element is changed Recorder Recorder of data, only one person Photo_Project Optional, but required if any photo data entered Photo_Roll Optional, but required if any photo data entered Photo_Frame Optional, but required if roll is entered Photo_Date Optional, but required if roll is entered Horiz_Diversity (Continuous/Patchy; Patchy= whenever at least 20% of the polygon is not represented by the continuous component) Tree_Condition Valid values include A,P,S, & D FSVeg_Link (12 char link to FSVEG data for calculated basal area, volume, etc.) Terra_Link (Able to handle CN from Terra) Formerly_Range Y (or Null) (Rangeland/shrubland polygons that are currently dominated by trees, or are undergoing shrub or softwood conversion, or should be included in the capable or suitable rangeland base.) Formerly_Trees Y (or Null) (This field is currently found in VUT_Type = CHG. It is used to represent non-timber vegetation polygons that should be included in the Suitable Timber base). Method_t cover method used for tree lifeforms Method_s cover method used for shrubs Method_gf cover method used for grass/forbs FV_Hab_Str_Stg Field Verified Habitat Structural Stage (1, 1M, 1T, 2, 2S, 2T,3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C, 5) Comments (240 characters) R2VEG_SPECIES (Required items will change by LifeForm) LF_GSC T, S, F, G, B, W, and Barren codes Layer 1, 2, or 3 for trees and shrubs (separate layers for each lifeform) Species Domain values from a table (sub-set of NRCS PLANTS) Size_Class Established, Seedling, Small, Medium, Large, Very Large, & Unknown; size descriptions for trees are based on diameter and shrubs based on height. Cover_Pct Domain is from 1 to 100 for any type of cover percent Distrib_Pct Domain is from 1 to 100 representing area occupied by lf/spp/size (Will be migrated from Continuous, Patchy and Linear area percents in CVU). If a species exists in all components the value is set to 100 percent. If a species only exists in a patchy component assigned 20 percent of the area of the polygon and in a linear component assigned to 10 percent of the area, the value is set to 30. Calculation Tables Within the geodatabase, there would be rules set to automatically calculate items when a change is made. There could also be forced recalculation, but with an automatic calculation, the need for this would be minimal (only when a formula is changed). There would be domains (valid codes) set up for each of the data fields for the calculated tables to ensure no one tries to change the data to an invalid value using other methods. R2VEG_SPECIES_CALCS DLF_GSC Dominant lifeform DLF_Cover_Pct Total cover percent of dominant lifeform (need for mapping) DLF_Species_Mix Top 3 species of dominant lifeform by cover percent DLF_Spp_Pct1 (Percent of 1st species for the calculated LF_GSC) DLF_Spp_Pct2 (Similar to above for 2nd species) DLF_Spp_Pct3 (Similar to above for 3rd species) MLF_GSC Majority Lifeform/GSC Cover_Mix Top three species in order of cover percent, regardless of LF Cover_Pct1 (Percent of 1st species- has the most cover percent) Cover_Pct2 (Similar to above for 2nd species) Cover_Pct3 (Similar to above for 3rd species) Cover_Type RMRIS cover type code (3-alpha) based on dominant lifeform Cover_Type_WO SAF and SRM cover types Cover_Type_Local (previously in local table) Layering (Single / Multiple) Size_Class (2 domains, one for Trees, one for Shrubs)items Hab_Struct_Stage (1, 1M, 1T, 2, 2S, 2T,3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C, 5) Tree_Cover_Pct total cover percent for the lifeform Shrub_Cover_Pct Grass_Cover_Pct Forb_Cover_Pct Bare_Cover_Pct total cover percent for the ground surface characteristic Water_Cover_Pct R2VEG_GIS_CALCS Elevation Aspect_Class Slope_Percent Local Options Tables The local tables are part of the geodatabase, but fields are added and changed by individual Forests using standard ArcMap functionality. They are recognized as tables where data may need to change when a polygon is modified. R2VEG_POLY_LOCAL The following is an example based on the migration needs of the Nebraska. The Pawnee NG did not have the same needs. Other Forest specific attributes FV_Slope_Percent Field Verified slope FV_Aspect Field Verified aspect Range_Site (Text field of 60 characters) Range_Condition (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory and ?) Shrub_Lbs Numeric Grass_Lbs Numeric Forb_Lbs Numeric R2VEG_LOCAL_CALCS Other Forest specific calculations (e.g. lynx habitat, old growth, local covertypes) R2Veg_user_guide.doc Downloadable Data 80.992 259.790 20100624 USDA Forest Service, White River NF Forest GIS Coordinator physical address

900 Grand Avenue

Glenwood Springs CO 81601 USA 970-945-2521 8am - 5pm REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information. REQUIRED: The organization responsible for the metadata information. FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html ESRI Metadata Profile http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html ESRI Metadata Profile http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html ESRI Metadata Profile en {C150AF4F-A97D-427E-9DD8-8C5683DDEBF8} 20100623 13543500 FALSE 20200416 12271400 20200416 12271400 Vegetation_Clipped 002 306277.044600 365319.682000 4315894.174000 4371277.207300 1 0.000 Projected GCS_North_American_1983 Linear Unit: Meter (1.000000) NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_13N <ProjectedCoordinateSystem xsi:type='typens:ProjectedCoordinateSystem' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:typens='http://www.esri.com/schemas/ArcGIS/2.5.0'><WKT>PROJCS[&quot;NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_13N&quot;,GEOGCS[&quot;GCS_North_American_1983&quot;,DATUM[&quot;D_North_American_1983&quot;,SPHEROID[&quot;GRS_1980&quot;,6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM[&quot;Greenwich&quot;,0.0],UNIT[&quot;Degree&quot;,0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION[&quot;Transverse_Mercator&quot;],PARAMETER[&quot;False_Easting&quot;,500000.0],PARAMETER[&quot;False_Northing&quot;,0.0],PARAMETER[&quot;Central_Meridian&quot;,-105.0],PARAMETER[&quot;Scale_Factor&quot;,0.9996],PARAMETER[&quot;Latitude_Of_Origin&quot;,0.0],UNIT[&quot;Meter&quot;,1.0],AUTHORITY[&quot;EPSG&quot;,26913]]</WKT><XOrigin>-5120900</XOrigin><YOrigin>-9998100</YOrigin><XYScale>10000</XYScale><ZOrigin>-100000</ZOrigin><ZScale>10000</ZScale><MOrigin>-100000</MOrigin><MScale>10000</MScale><XYTolerance>0.001</XYTolerance><ZTolerance>0.001</ZTolerance><MTolerance>0.001</MTolerance><HighPrecision>true</HighPrecision><WKID>26913</WKID><LatestWKID>26913</LatestWKID></ProjectedCoordinateSystem> 150000000 5000 1.0 Esri ArcGIS 12.5.0.22081 Vegetation Cover 226339.454875 433395.517 4458634.035 4315894.174 1 -108.216668 -105.76906 40.275535 38.949304 1 1 -107.252039 -106.554907 39.480558 38.970617 Vegetation Cover is a polygon feature class representing the classified vegetation type around the Aspen area. <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Vegetation Cover was created for the Aspen Uphill Economy Recreation Plan by SEGroup using information provided by White River National Forest. Each polygon provides the vegetation cover type as well as calculated area. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> White River National Forest, SE Group, City of Aspen Aspen Uphill Recreation Plan Vegetation Cover Clipped <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>Map Aspen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The City of Aspen GIS Program presents the information on this site as a service to the public. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information is correct, however, the City of Aspen makes no warranty or guarantee concerning the completeness, accuracy or reliability of the content at this or any other site to which we link or to the information contained in any document, dataset or application on or downloaded from the site. Assessing accuracy and reliability of information is the sole responsibility of the user and shall be used and relied upon only at the risk of user.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV> ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata DIS_ESRI1.0 dataset 002 withheld Local Area Network 259.790 Shapefile File Geodatabase Feature Class 0.000 NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_13N EPSG 6.13(3.0.1) 20 20200416