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SavingtheChesapeake’sGreatRiversandSpecialPlaces

Extreme ModelBuilder:Prioritizing Riparian Gaps 

for Restoration

Extreme ModelBuilder:Prioritizing Riparian Gaps 

for RestorationCassandra Pallai

Geospatial Project Manager

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Est. December 19, 2006

Approx. 3,000 miles

Primary partner with National Park Service

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SavingtheChesapeake’sGreatRiversandSpecialPlaces

Big DataNovel datasetsHigher resolution information

Enabling PartnersData accessInteractive web‐based tools

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Land Cover

NLCD Land Cover ClassificationBarren

Developed

Low Vegetation

Shrubland

Tree Canopy

Water

Wetlands

Washington DC, Catholic University

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CBP Land Cover ClassificationBarren

Impervious Roads

Impervious Surfaces

Low Vegetation

Shrubland

Structures

Tree Canopy

Tree Canopy over Impervious Roads

Tree Canopy over Impervious Surfaces

Tree Canopy over Structures

Water

Wetlands

Washington DC, Catholic University

Land Cover

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Terrain Data

Light Detection And Ranging(LiDAR)

Digital Elevation Model(DEM)

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Pennock 2003

Terrain Data

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Identifying Regional Priorities

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Enabling Partner Access

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Case Study: Anne Arundel Co., MD

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Case Study: Anne Arundel Co., MD

Identify riparian gaps

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Case Study: Anne Arundel Co., MD

Isolate max flow point

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Case Study: Anne Arundel Co., MD

Delineate watershed for point

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Case Study: Anne Arundel Co., MD

Compute land cover composition 

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Case Study: Anne Arundel Co., MD

Prioritize restoration activities

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SavingtheChesapeake’sGreatRiversandSpecialPlaces

Cassandra PallaiGeospatial Project Manager

www.chesapeakeconservancy.orgcpallai@chesapeakeconservancy.org

(443) 261 ‐ 2380