U.S. Department of the Interior

Bureau of Land Management
applying current and 

accurate science and technology to

support land and resource 

management decisions

—National Science and Technology Center

Copies of this report may be requested from: Bureau of Land Management, National Science and

Technology Center, P.O. Box 25047, Denver, CO 80225-0047. Phone: 303-236-1601.

This report is available on the Internet at http://www.blm.gov/nstc.
By

National Science and Technology Center Leadership Team 

U.S. Department of the Interior

Bureau of Land Management

December 2002
National Science and Technology Center

Lee Barkow, Director

Mike Kirby, Associate Director

Division of Architecture and Engineering Services

Robert Hart, Chief

Tom Busch, Branch Chief, Building Engineering Services

Pat Fleming, Branch Chief, Site Engineering Services

Division of Geographic Sciences

Fred Batson, Chief

William L. Jackson, Branch Chief, Cartographic Applications

Neffra Matthews, Branch Chief, Photogrammetric Applications

Division of Science

Charisse Sydoriak, Chief

Debra Dinville, Branch Chief, Resource Systems and Remote Sensing/GIS Applications

Dan Muller, Branch Chief, Science Applications

Tom Roberts, Branch Chief, Science Investigations

Dave Schafersman, Branch Chief, Environmental Compliance

Information and Communications Staff

Barbara Campbell, Bureau of Land Management Library Director

Peter Doran, Supervisory Information and Communications Specialist

Suggested citation:

National Science and Technology Center Leadership Team. 2002. National Science and Technology

Center: Fiscal Year 2002 Annual Report. Bureau of Land Management, Denver, Colorado. 

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Contents

The Director’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vi

Supporting Land and Resource Management Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Architecture and Engineering: Designing a Better Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

National Architectural and Engineering Program Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Architectural and Engineering Support for the Office of Fire and Aviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Planning, Design, and Construction Management Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Cartography: Maps for Managers and the Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Development of Standard International Symbology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Automation of the Bureau’s 100K Map Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Intra-agency Map Printing Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Photogrammetry: A Closer Look at Resource Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Photogrammetric Site Plan Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Transportation Plan

and Site Evaluation Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Off-highway Vehicle Route Inventory Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Aerial Photography Acquisition Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Aerial Photography Reproduction and Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

National Digital Elevation Program Technical Subcommittee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

The National Digital Orthophoto Program Technical Subcommittee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Science Investigations: What’s New in Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Meadowood Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Northern Great Plains Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Bureau Legacy Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Science Applications: Using Science to Manage the Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Klamath River Adjudication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Aquatic Restoration and Enhancement Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Forest Vegetation Information System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Soil Biological Communities Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Anvik Riparian Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Fish Slough Groundwater Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Environmental Compliance: Toward a Better Natural Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Almeda Mine Site Characterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Caselton Tailings Removal Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Geophysical Imaging of Hydrocarbon Releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

I&W Hot Oil Service Site Engineering Evaluation and Cost Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Enforcement Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

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Resource Systems and Remote Sensing/GIS Applications: Getting the Big Picture . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Prototype Web Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Advanced Remote Sensing Technologies for Monitoring Postburn Vegetation

Trends and Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Mapping Departure from Historical Natural Fire Regimes Caused

by Cheatgrass in the Great Basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Wetlands Delineation for the North Platte Headwaters in Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Cooperative DOQ Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

ePlanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Resource Systems Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

The BLM Library: Sharing Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Literature Searches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Electronic Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Providing Supporting Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Cadastral Survey Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

BLM Library Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Reference Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Table of Contents Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Publications Support: Delivering the Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

The BLM in Pictures: Images from the Public Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Can I Get Free Land from the BLM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Ecological Site Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Helium Resources of the United States—2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

BLM: The Open Space Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

They Walked Here Long Ago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Share the Adventure! Discovering Dinosaurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

See Big Al the Allosaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

BLM's 2001 Annual Report: Multiple Use for a Changing America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

BLM's Annual Performance Plan 2003–Annual Performance Report 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Making a Difference: The BLM’s 2001 Volunteer Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Eastern States Annual Report Fiscal Year 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Creating Opportunities While Meeting Management Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Project Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

California Desert Predictive Soil Modeling Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

National Fire Plan FY 2001 Year-end Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Regional Resource Information Synthesis: Landscape Fragmentation on the Colorado Plateau . . . . . .31

San Dimas Technology and Development Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

USGS–BLM Science Partnership Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

A Progress Report on the Interagency Strategy for Accelerating

Cooperative Riparian Restoration and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

National Public Lands Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

National Science and Technology Center Staff Detailed Externally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Other Personnel Working at the National Science and Technology Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Reaching Out to Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Professional Commitment to Outreach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Adjunct Faculty Affiliations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Professional Activities and Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Staff Contributions to the National Training Cadre, in Coordination with

the National Training Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Participation in Professional Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Looking Toward the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Appendix A. Projects Completed in Fiscal Year 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Appendix B. National Science and Technology Center Organization . . . . . . . . . . . .47

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The Director’s Message

I am pleased to share with you the Fiscal Year 2002 Annual Report for the

National Science and Technology Center. Again this year, we have selected

certain projects that highlight the support we have provided to the many

field offices, National Centers, and Headquarters. The mission of our organization, which is made up of three Divisions and one Staff, seeks to focus

on what we believe is our core mission: providing unique or senior technical expertise to field offices, investigating and prototyping technology

applications, and assisting the field in acquiring the needed science to

address management issues. 

During the year, we were host to several individuals who joined our staff as

interns from various colleges and universities. The opportunity to have

interns work with us provides an environment that is stimulating to our

entire staff. We have made some of our staff available for assignments to other offices within the

Department of the Interior. These assignments provide a new “view” for our participants and allow them to

return to our Center with a perspective that enables us to focus on our mission. Finally, our staff continues

to be active in many professional activities. Participation in activities outside the Center allows our professionals to be recognized for the expertise that they bring—individually and collectively—to the Bureau. 

We have met the challenges that have been placed before us, both organizationally and technically. We continue to solidify our role in the Bureau through a solid track record of providing quality products and services, on time and within budget. We have been successful in promoting the use of science in public land

management through our technical assistance to the field and by building partnerships with our various science providers. We look forward to continuing to build on our previous successes next year and into the

future.

Thank you for your support as we continue to move toward being a significant source of scientific information and technical assistance to our many customers. We value your feedback, and we welcome present and

potential customers to work with the Center to keep us on a productive track.

Lee Barkow, Director 

National Science and Technology Center

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FY 2002 Annual Report 1

The Bureau of Land Management’s (Bureau)

National Science and Technology Center (Center)

provides a broad spectrum of services in areas such

as physical, biological, and social science assessments;

architecture and engineering support; library assistance; mapping science; photo imaging; geographic

information systems applications; and publications

support. The staff provides synthesized scientific

information for application to specific management

or resource issues, assesses the synthesized information and provides insights into available data formats

and technologies, identifies current technologies or

developing applications, and identifies and develops

partnerships with organizations and institutions that

can provide scientific services and expertise.

Architecture and Engineering:

Designing a Better Infrastructure

The staff of the Center provides a full range of 

architectural and engineering (A/E) services, from

consulting on technical engineering matters to coordinating or conducting planning and design services

for major building construction. The staff encompasses a full cadre of architectural and engineering

professionals. Positions within the Center include

architects; a landscape architect; construction and

project managers; civil, environmental, structural,

electrical, and mechanical engineers; and an engineering technician. The Center received about 100

requests for A/E services in Fiscal Year (FY) 2002.

These requests ranged from minor technical reviews

to the development of final plans and specifications

for major visitor centers. The Center provides technical, architectural, and engineering program support for Bureauwide activities and was active in value

engineering; sustainability and energy conservation;

and seismic, dam, and bridge safety. In addition to

providing architectural and engineering support to

its State customers, the Center provides technical,

architectural, and engineering program support for

the Washington Office and the Office of Fire and

Aviation. Highlights of work accomplished in FY

2002 follow:

National Architectural and

Engineering Program Support

(Bureauwide)

Bureauwide activities over the past year included

advocating, instructing, and incorporating sustainable design practices and energy conservation into

structural designs; conducting value engineering

studies; coordinating seismic program activities; providing technical support for the dam safety program;

coordinating facility condition assessment program

activities; and managing national A/E contracts and

Interagency Agreements. 

Supporting Land 

and Resource 

Management Decisions
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Sustainable Design Practices and Energy

Conservation. The Center has placed a greater

internal emphasis on the incorporation of sustainable engineering design practices into Bureau 

facilities in FY 2002. In March 2002, an off-site

workshop was held to address the complex issues

that surround sustainability as it relates to design

and construction of Bureau facilities. In addition to

lectures and discussion topics related to environmentally sound building, energy conservation, reduction

of effects on natural systems, and other aspects of

sustainability, several ongoing planning and design

projects were evaluated to suggest ways for enhancing their attributes in these areas. Many of these

ideas have already been implemented, such as the

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

(LEED) certification and wind power generation

aspects of the Rawlins Field Office design. 

Center staff continued to serve in a lead role in the

Bureau’s Energy Program. The Center staff prepares

annual and semiannual energy reports, evaluates

records and usage to determine where opportunities

exist for reduced energy consumption, and participates on the Department of Interior Energy

Conservation Committee. 

Client and office: Linda Force, Washington Office

NSTC project lead: Pat Fleming

Value Engineering. In FY 2002, the Center continued to provide in-house “value engineering” services

to the Bureau. The Center established multidisciplinary technical teams to provide cost-effective and

timely value engineering reviews on most Bureau

construction. Department of the Interior policy

requires that any construction project of more than

$1 million be analyzed to ensure that the government is getting its best value. In FY 2002, the

Center conducted five such studies: Battle Mountain

Air Tanker Base (ATB), Nevada; Escalante Science

Center, Utah; Rawlings Field Office, Wyoming; and

Craig Field Office building and Grand Junction

ATB, both in Colorado.

Value analysis is not a critical review, constructability

review, or cost-cutting exercise. It is a problemsolving and decision-making technique that bypasses

learned responses to produce alternative solutions

that achieve all required functions of the original

design at the least cost over the life of the structure.

It is a team effort that follows an established, organized job plan and problem identification format

that promotes objectivity and stimulates creativity.

When the value analysis methodology is followed

precisely, beneficial results are ensured.

Client and office: Linda Force, Washington Office

NSTC project lead: Scott Hansen

Seismic Safety Program. Overall program coordination and management of an Interagency Agreement

with the Bureau of Reclamation to accomplish rapid

visual screening (RVS) and detailed evaluations and

inspection of buildings throughout the agency were

primary efforts of Center staff in FY 2002. Seismic

Program FY 2002 activities included the completion

of RVSs of 81 leased buildings, the completion of a

preliminary evaluation of the Fillmore Field Office

building, the completion of a final RVS of Bureauowned buildings, and the completion of replacement

designs for two high-priority buildings (Caliente

Field Station and the Rock Springs Field Office)

needing seismic rehabilitation.

Client and office: Linda Force, Washington Office

NSTC project lead: Elizabeth Smith
FY 2002 Annual Report 3

Dam Safety Program. Center staff provided program support services and facilitation to generate and

oversee an Interagency Agreement with the Bureau of

Reclamation and a Task Order with national A/E

contracts for inspections, risk profiles, condition

assessments, and peer reviews of dam designs nationally. In addition, the Center assisted the Washington

Office in coordinating and applying consistency,

standardization, and organization in preparation for

the Department of the Interior peer review. 

Client and office: Linda Force, Washington Office

NSTC project lead: Gary Fisk

Bridge Safety Inspections. The Center continued

its support of the Bureau’s cyclic bridge inspection

program, providing inspection services to California,

Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming in FY 2002. In 

FY 2002, about 30 bridges were inspected and documentation was provided in accordance with Federal

requirements for biannual bridge inspections.

Client and office: Greg Bergum, Montana State

Office; Gary Hunter, Idaho State Office; Jim Kor,

Wyoming State Office; Merlin McDaniel, California

State Office

NSTC project lead: Keith Christiansen

Condition Assessments. In FY 2002, the Center

was allocated about $2 million to administer national A/E contracts for the completion of condition

assessments of recreation sites, administrative sites,

roads, and dams. Condition assessments are instrumental in providing a consistent baseline of the condition of Bureau assets. Condition assessments are

presently being used to identify asset value and

annual and deferred maintenance needs, which will

enable the Bureau to better plan construction activities in the Five-Year Deferred Maintenance–Capital

Improvement Plan. 

Client and office: Elliot Ng, Washington Office

NSTC project lead: Scott Hansen

Nationwide Indefinite Delivery–Indefinite

Quantity Contracts. The Center continues to

expand its services to the Bureau with project management of A/E contract services. The management

services it provides range from a brief project review

to assuming full responsibility for design and 

construction management. The level of support 

provided depends on customer needs and project

requirements.

In FY 2002, the Center managed five national

Indefinite Delivery–Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) 

contracts for professional A/E services, awarding

more than $5 million in contracts. Together, these

contracts provide the Bureau with more than $30

million in A/E contract capabilities.

Client and office: Bernie Hyde, Washington Office

NSTC project lead: Scott Hansen

Architectural and Engineering Support

for the Office of Fire and Aviation

(California, Idaho, Nevada)

The Center continued to work closely with the

Office of Fire and Aviation and at the National

Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) to provide planning,

design, and construction management services in

support of their mission in the construction program. 

Standard Fire Facility Design. The Center 

continues to work closely with the Office of Fire 

and Aviation in developing design standards for fire

facilities. In a June 2002 meeting with the new Fire

Facility Coordinator, it was agreed to develop a Fire

Facility Steering Committee to oversee the development of Standard Facility Designs. The Steering

Committee will be composed of experts in the Fire

and Engineering communities of the Bureau and

will work closely with other agencies to generate

design standards that can be used by the Bureau and

other agencies with similar missions.

In December 2001, a design presentation and workshop was held in the office of the Center’s A/E consultant, Otak, Inc., of Portland, Oregon, to present

conceptual design alternatives for the Prototype

Engine Barn and Operations Building. The design

alternatives addressed a diverse set of needs for these

facilities. The schematic design is pending further

review and approval by the Fire Facility Coordinator

and Fire Facility Steering Committee. 

Client and office: Terry O’Connell, Office of Fire

and Aviation, Idaho 

NSTC project lead: Russ Virgin
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National Interagency Fire Center Sewer. A Bureau

Compliance Assessment, Safety, Health, and

Environment audit of the NIFC site identified storm

and sanitary sewer compliance issues. Center staff

contracted for an inventory and action plan for the

storm and sanitary sewer compliance, which was

completed in August 2002. A/E services are being

contracted to provide construction documents for

implementing the recommendations of the action

plan. 

Client and office: Marty Nelson, National

Interagency Fire Center, Idaho

NSTC project lead: Russ Virgin

Battle Mountain Air Tanker Base Construction

Documents. The final design was completed for

Phase I of the renovation to the Battle Mountain Air

Tanker Base (ATB). Because of the size and cost of

this project, the design package was divided into

three phases of construction. The first phase of this

project consists of the following features: improved

circulation patterns for pedestrians, cars, trucks, and

aircraft; increased parking and loading areas for aircraft; retardant handling and mixing areas; retardant

distribution and collection systems; and a storm

water collection system, including a detention pond.

Phases II and III will consist of the rest of the construction, including an ATB operations building,

heli-pad, parking area, pilot lounge, and other miscellaneous site work.

Client and office: Dave Davis, Nevada State Office

NSTC project lead: Bob Hart

Design–Build Contracts for Three Fire Stations.

This project began in response to a request in April

from the Las Vegas Field Office. Although funding

was available to build three fire stations, it had to be

obligated in FY 2002. Because of insufficient time to

complete the traditional sealed-bid process, the

Center and client decided on a design–build contract. A disadvantaged small-business firm (Maxfour,

Inc.) specializing in design–build construction contracts was contacted and a request for a proposal was

issued. The Standard Fire Station (crew quarters),

designed in-house, was used, requiring only minor

additional site-specific design by Maxfour. The 

contract for the entire project was negotiated and

awarded. The project includes all three fire stations,

a parking area, and miscellaneous site work; it is

scheduled for completion in March 2003.

Client and office: Kim Schuett, Nevada State Office

NSTC project lead: Russ Virgin

Topaz and Mono Fire Stations. Through a

National Park Service contract for design services,

the Center completed contract documents for two

fire structures in northeastern California. These projects were based on a standard fire station design

unique to the Bureau in California. As the contract

managers for this undertaking, Center staff served as

technical liaisons between the State Offices and the

contractor to provide a product responding to the

particular needs of this client.

Client and office: Merlin McDaniel, California State

Office

NSTC project lead: Tom Busch

Planning, Design, and Construction

Management Support 

(Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho,

Montana, Nevada, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)

Cannonville Visitor Center Construction

Management. The Center staff was responsible for

the coordination of construction activities at the

recently completed $1.1 million Cannonville Visitor

Center at Grand Staircase–Escalante National

Monument (GSENM). This was the first major project undertaken by Center construction management

staff. This project was completed ahead of schedule

and with a minimum number of change orders,

which was attributable to an efficient team (State of

Utah personnel, GSENM staff, contractors, and the

Center construction manager). The construction

management program was established at the Center

in FY 2001 to ensure coordination between facility

design and construction activities by providing 

constructability reviews, Contracting Officer’s

Representative (COR) services, on-site daily inspection (through A/E contract), and comprehensive

technical assistance to better serve its customers. 

Client and office: Casey Matthews, Utah State

Office 

NSTC project lead: Russ Virgin
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Rock Springs Field Office. Designed through one

of the Center’s national IDIQ contracts, this project

provides for much-needed improvements at the

Bureau’s Rock Springs administrative site. The A/E

project management was provided by Center staff,

and the drawings and specifications were completed

by the contractor on time and within budget.

Favorable bids were received and the project is now

under construction.

Client and office: Jim Kor, Wyoming State Office

NSTC project lead: Frank Ciesel

Craig Field Office. The Center served as project

manager and A/E COR for the design of the Craig

Field Office. Designed through one of the Center’s

national IDIQ contracts, this project provides the

contract documents for a new, 13,000-square-foot

office building, landscaping, and a parking area.

Upon completion of the new building, the existing

complex, which posed severe safety and health hazards, will be demolished.

Client and office: Stuart Cox, Colorado State Office

NSTC project lead: Frank Ciesel

Caliente Field Station Redevelopment. The design

of a new field station and fire facility was completed

for bidding in FY 2002. The field station consisted

of an administrative office building, a fire crew quarters, shop building, engine garage, ware yard, and

miscellaneous site improvements. The project was

completed with in-house design staff and was one of

the highest priorities in the State of Nevada. The

project will provide improved facilities for both

administrative and fire operations. 

Client and office: Jon Ekstrand, Nevada State Office;

Sue Perkins, Ely (Nevada) Field Office; Mike Fewell,

Caliente (Nevada) Field Station

NSTC project participants: Tom Busch (lead), Pat

Fleming, Phillip Luu, Ernie Parrott, Mark Pritchett,

Elizabeth Smith, Chanh Tran, Young Yu

Rawlins Field Office. The Center served as project

manager and A/E COR for the design of the Rawlins

Field Office, which provided the contract documents
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for a new, 30,000-square-foot office building, landscaping, and public and employee parking areas. The

new building will provide accessible, code-compliant

space and will include many sustainable-design, environmentally sound building and energy conservation

features, such as on-site wind turbine generators. 

The Center contracted with A/E professionals to 

perform a LEED evaluation, which encourages and

guides a collaborative, integrated design and construction process. Upon completion of the new,

LEED-certified structure, the two existing office

buildings will be demolished.

Client and office: Jim Kor, Wyoming State Office

NSTC project lead: Frank Ciesel

Pariette Dam. An engineering analysis was performed that included appraisal and construction cost

estimates of alternatives for increasing the available

storage above Pariette Dam. The dam, near Vernal,

Utah, has become inadequate for protecting downstream development and habitat against flooding

because of upstream siltation, which has occurred

since its construction. The preparation of construction contract documents for the preferred alternative

is under way. 

Client and office: Jerry Kenczka, Vernal (Utah) Field

Office

NSTC project lead: Gary Fisk

Anasazi Heritage Center Heating, Ventilating, and

Air Conditioning Replacement. The Center was

involved in preparing a major heating, ventilating,

and air conditioning (HVAC) and humidity control

system for the Anasazi Heritage Center, Colorado.

The new HVAC system provides essential humidity

and temperature controls in the museum, which are

critical in protecting ancient Anasazi artifacts housed

in the museum. The design was completed in

January 2002, and the project was advertised for construction in summer 2002. The Center conducted an

on-site prebid conference with prospective construction contractors who are interested in bidding on the

project. Construction began in September, with completion anticipated in early 2003. 

Client and office: Stuart Cox, Colorado State Office

NSTC project participants: Young Yu (lead), Phillip

Luu, Chanh Tran

Pompey's Pillar Visitor Center Schematic Design.

The development of a visitor center for the Lewis

and Clark site east of Billings, Montana, continues

to be a significant commitment for the Center. The

schematic design was completed and approved in fall

2002. Work continues with the preparation of final

design documents for a planned start of construction

in late 2003.

Client and office: Sandy Brooks, Montana State

Office

NSTC project lead: Tom Busch

Red Rock National Conservation Area. As one of

the Bureau’s oldest visitor sites, the Red Rock Visitor

Center (see also page 10) is in need of a major rehabilitation. On the basis of recent and projected visitation numbers, it was found that the facility is

undersized for meeting present and future needs. A

revision of the master plan for the visitor center was

developed, along with a transportation study of the

scenic loop road, to determine how best to plan for

the conservation area’s future needs. In conjunction

with the design of a new education center, the

Center is also involved in the early planning of an
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environmental education and Wild Horse and Burro

(WHB) Center at the Oliver Ranch site within the

Red Rock National Conservation Area.

Client and office: Red Rock National Conservation

Area, Nevada 

NSTC project participants: Tom Busch (lead), Pat

Fleming, Bob Hart, Mark Pritchett

Collaborators: Outside Las Vegas, Yosemite National

Institute, National Park Service

Meadowood Farm Water Line Extension. Design

plans and specifications were completed for water

lines and associated items to connect to the Fairfax

County Water Authority's system and provide

potable water and fire protection for the stable,

office, and two residences at Meadowood Farm, a

recently acquired property south of Washington,

D.C., near Lorton, Virginia (see also page 12). This

construction will provide drinking water to the site,

which had not been available since the wells at the

site had become contaminated, and it will allow for

structural fire protection in accordance with modern

standards.

Client and Office: Charles Bush, Eastern States

Office

NSTC project lead: Pat Fleming

Water Well, La Posa Long-Term Visitor Area.

Construction contract documents were prepared for

constructing a new water well, about 1,000 feet

deep, to serve a planned new sanitary station in the

Long-Term Visitor Area (LTVA) near Quartzsite,

Arizona. The LTVA is primarily used by recreational

vehicles during the cooler months, with as many as

2,000 or more in the area at one time. There are no

utilities available to these visitors. The well will serve

a recreational vehicle (RV) water fill station, as well

as maintenance activities at a planned RV wastewater

dump station.

Client and office: Paul Chamberlin, Yuma (Arizona)

Field Office

NSTC project lead: Pat Fleming

Cartography: Maps for Managers 

and the Public

The staff of the Center is responsible for the design

and production of a wide variety of mapping products, databases, and services that are used by all

Bureau offices to administer Bureau-managed

resources and by the general public for commercial

and recreational pursuits. Highlights of work accomplished in FY 2002 follow:

Development of Standard

International Symbology

(Bureauwide)

Standard International Symbols have been

developed by the Center for use with all

Bureau maps, publications, and signs.

These International Symbols represent

available facilities, services, area access,

and recreational opportunities on public

lands, National Forests, Parks, and

Monuments. These standardized symbols

are the result of a multiyear project to

resolve inconsistencies throughout the

Bureau with printed products and signage

located on the ground. Center cartographers and printing specialists had observed

the inconsistent use of International

Symbols and their definitions throughout

many Bureau office products and signs.

Better communication practices throughout the Bureau and with the general 

public are essential; the consistent use 

of International Symbols is critical to

achieving that goal. One hundred fiftyeight standardized symbols have now 

been developed in True Type fonts and

converted into symbol-sets for use with

ArcInfo, ArcView, and Adobe software

applications. These symbol-sets are

presently available for downloading at

http://www.blm.gov/nstc/mapstandards/.
Because both traditionally and digitally produced

maps are often combined with recreational

brochures to create cost-effective (pages printed on

both sides) publications, the successful merging of

products will be dependent on the widespread and

standard use of symbology throughout government

organizations.

Client and Office: Ed Harne, Washington Office

NSTC project participants: Bill Jackson (lead), Peter

Doran, Chris Smith, Mary Beth Stultz

Collaborators: Lee Campbell, National Business

Center, Amy Galprin, Washington Office

Automation of the Bureau’s 100K Map Series

(Bureauwide)

Since the Bureau began publishing the 1:100,000-

scale (100K) Surface Management Status map series

in the 1970s, the maps have become the most popular intermediate-scale maps ever published by a

Federal agency. This series remains the only map

series produced by the Federal government that

shows surface ownership for the entire Western

United States. In 1999, at the request of State

Directors and Field Office Managers throughout the

Bureau, the Center began automating the 100K map

series by using ArcInfo and ArcMacro software. The

automated maps were designed to look like the traditional 100K map series while maintaining the

same national map accuracy standards of the traditional map. More than 150 of a total of 705 (21%)

of the Bureau’s 100K maps have now been digitally

revised and printed, or are presently in the production process.

Automation of the Bureau’s 100K map series has

greatly reduced the time and cost of map compilation and produces a better looking, more consistent,

and more accurate map through the use of

Geographic Coordinate Data Base data. Maps are

now produced at a fraction of what they once cost

and are completed in days rather than the weeks or

months required when using the traditional manual

compilation process. As an added benefit, the databases created by the automation process also lend

themselves to other applications. For example, some

or all of the data themes could be used to support

land use planning, special mapping applications

(such as delineating recreational opportunities and

off-highway vehicle access), and geographic information systems applications. The digital data can also

be served on Bureau Web pages for other uses.

Client and office: Bob Bewley, New Mexico State

Office; Judy Briney, Oregon State Office; Carol

Burger, Arizona State Office; Corla DeBar, Montana

State Office; Kevin Huffstutler, Colorado State

Office; Patrick Madigan, Wyoming State Office;

Cindy Lou McDonald, Idaho State Office; Mark

O’Brian, Nevada State Office; Dan Webb, Utah

State Office

NSTC project participants: Bill Jackson (lead), Neal

Anderson, Don DeCicco, Susan Derr, Mary Ann

Guinea, Chris Smith

Intra-agency Map Printing Agreement

(Bureauwide)

The Center maintains an Intra-agency Map Printing

Agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

National Mapping Division for the printing and 

distribution of Bureau map products. The Bureau’s

mapping program is a key component of its 

principles of ecosystem management, created to

meet the resource management needs of the Bureau.

The agreement includes the printing of the Bureau’s

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1:100,000-scale surface and minerals management

map series and other thematic maps as identified by

the Bureau. All use of this agreement must be coordinated through the Center.

Client and office: Dave Wilson, Arizona State

Office; Ken Schauer, Colorado State Office; Cindy

Lou McDonald, Idaho State Office; Corla DeBar,

Montana State Office; Mark O’Brian, Nevada State

Office; Bob Bewley, New Mexico State Office; Judy

Briney, Oregon State Office; Dan Webb, Utah State

Office; and Patrick Madigan, Wyoming State Office

NSTC project participant: Bill Jackson

Photogrammetry: A Closer Look at

Resource Issues

The staff of the Center provides technical support to

Bureau offices in using aerial photography and digital images to map and measure features associated

with Bureau-managed resources. This support

includes the ability to specify and monitor aerial

acquisitions, prescribe the required control, perform

the analyses to meet specific customer needs, and

manage the archive of Bureau-owned aerial photography. Center personnel also provide photogrammetric support for deferred maintenance requirements.

Highlights of work accomplished in FY 2002 follow:

Photogrammetric Site Plan Mapping

(Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Utah)

Photogrammetric site plans are extremely detailed

and accurate maps of an area of interest that are

made for a specific purpose. Because of the detailed

nature of these types of maps, they normally do not

cover wide areas. Photogrammetric site plans can

portray both topographic and planimetric details of

an area and can be customized to show features of

interest to the client for that specific site. Depending

on the scale of photography used, a typical site plan

can portray topography at as little as 1-foot contour

intervals. This contrasts with the normal 20–40-foot

contour interval found on most standard USGS

topographic maps. This means that features the size

of sign posts, camp fire rings, culverts, and other

similar-sized objects can be seen on the photos and

portrayed on the maps.

These types of maps are used by engineers, landscape

architects, and other resource specialists for many

purposes. One use is to inventory an area to see

what and exactly where things are. A photogrammetric site plan can also be used for the overall planning

of site improvements at the conceptual phase of

design and can be used for detailed construction

planning.

The possible uses for site plans are limited only by

the needs of clients for detailed information about

the ground and related features at their job site.

Many photogrammetric site plans have been prepared for such varied uses as planning recreational

facilities, inventorying mountain top telecommunication sites, and planning the reclamation of

Hazmat (hazardous materials) sites. These types of

maps have also been used for building and grounds

inventory and improvements, planning road reconstruction or realignment, and for dam reclamation

and hydrographic reengineering.

Project: Lookout Mountain and Monument Peak

Telecommunication Site Mapping

Client and office: Gordon Gardunio, Grand

Junction (Colorado) Field Office

NSTC project participants: Dave Kett (lead), Paul

Graves

Project: Ute Ulay Hazmat Area Site Plan

Client and office: Barbara Hite, Colorado State

Office

NSTC project lead: Nancy Russell

Project: Crescent Wash Dam Topographic Mapping

Client and office: John Lewis, Moab (Utah) Field

Office

NSTC project lead: Mike Marchase

Project: Tenmile Wash Topographic Mapping

Client and office: John Lewis, Moab (Utah) Field

Office

NSTC project lead: Paul Graves
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Project: Montrose Field Office Engineering Design

Site Plan

Client and office: Gordon Gardunio, Grand

Junction (Colorado) Field Office

NSTC project lead: Russ Jackson

Project: Lake Havasu Campsite Mapping

Client and office: Bill Parry, Lake Havasu (Arizona)

Field Office

NSTC project participants: Dave Kett (lead), Paul

Graves

Project: Decision Point Recreation Site Map

Client and office: Carl Patten, Lewistown (Montana)

Field Office

NSTC project lead: Nancy Russell

Project: Transfer Trail Road Realignment

Topographic Map

Client and office: Gordon Gardunio, Grand

Junction (Colorado) Field Office 

NSTC project lead: Mike Marchase

Project: White House Road and Campground Site

Map

Client and office: Bryce Lloyd, Grand

Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Utah

NSTC project lead: Dave Kett

Project: Sundance Lodge Site Map

Client and office: Steve Albright, Montana State

Office

NSTC project lead: Mike Marchase

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation

Area Transportation Plan and 

Site Evaluation Study

(Nevada)

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

(NCA) is managed by the Bureau (see also page 6).

Located about 10 miles west of Las Vegas, Nevada,

this area is experiencing a tremendous increase in

visitation. It is estimated that 90% of the visitors to

the NCA stop at the visitor center and travel the

scenic drive. The scenic drive was engineered and

built in 1984 and was not designed to accommodate

this increase in usage. Because of this situation,

Bureau personnel decided that the scenic drive,

along with its associated parking network, needed to

be redesigned to better accommodate the expanding

pressure on area.

The Center was asked to provide base elevation data

to EDAW, its contract landscape and architectural

firm. The information provided enabled the contractor to provide an analysis and recommendations for

the area and was used as an integral component in

the final report furnished to the Bureau. Products

provided included digital files containing topographic data of the individual sites (13) and scanned digital images of the aerial photography.

Client and office: Red Rock Canyon National

Conservation Area

NSTC project participants: 

Michael Marchase (lead), Paul Graves, Dave Kett

Collaborators: Las Vegas Field Office, EDAW 

(landscape and architectural firm)

Off-highway Vehicle Route

Inventory Mapping

(Arizona, Colorado, Nevada)

Off-highway vehicle (OHV) activity on public lands

has greatly increased in the last several years. The

Bureau of Land Management has made an effort to

focus the agency’s resources on the development of a

land use plan to address issues associated with the

increased population growth near public lands. Offhighway vehicle routes are now a major part of all
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future planning activities. The Center was asked by

Bureau field offices for help in updating their transportation base layers quickly and accurately, with an

emphasis on OHV routes. This assistance comes in

the form of photogrammetric compilation and onscreen digitizing of roads, highways, trails, rail lines,

airstrips, footpaths, and other transportation features,

and in the presentation of on-site workshops geared

at instructing Bureau field offices in this process. 

The field offices are already working closely with

Federal, State, and local government agencies to produce a seamless base map that will be used in land

use planning. The Center has been working alongside these offices in a continued effort to help meet

the Bureau’s National Management Strategy for

Motorized Off-highway Vehicle Use on Public

Lands. 

Client and office: Bill Gibson, Phoenix (Arizona)

Field Office

NSTC project lead: Paul Graves

Collaborator: Garret Topham, Phoenix (Arizona)

Field Office

Client and office: Dean Kinerson, Carson City

(Nevada) Field Office

NSTC project lead: Nancy Russell

Client and office: John Arkins, Kremmling

(Colorado) Field Office

NSTC project lead: Nancy Russell

Aerial Photography Acquisition Planning

(Arizona, California, Idaho

New Mexico, Utah)

The Center serves as the technical focal point for

Bureau aerial photography planning by providing

support to Bureau State Offices and field offices 

in the acquisition of new aerial photography. This 

support includes determining requirements, estimating costs, assembling specification bid packages,

administering contracts, and performing inspections.

FY 2002 photography acquired through this process

included resource block (multiple use) and special

use such as riparian and photogrammetric projects.

Clients and offices: Craig Beck, Ridgecrest

(California) Field Office; Julie Casper, Utah State

Office; Scott Debock, Yuma (Arizona) Field Office;

Bill Diage, Challis (Idaho) Field Office; Andrew

Dubrasky, Cedar City (Utah) Field Office; Neil

Hamada and Chris Knauf, El Centro (California)

Field Office; David Kiel, Arizona Strip (Utah) Field

Office; Elizabeth Peck, New Mexico State Office;

Deena Teel and Dan Kotansky, Upper Snake River

(Idaho) Field Office; Dale Wirth, Farmington (New

Mexico) Field Office

NSTC project lead: Lawrence Cunningham 

Aerial Photography

Reproduction and Archive

(Bureauwide)

The Center maintains an

aerial photography

archive—containing about

451,000 frames of photography—that covers land

managed by the Bureau.

The staff provides assistance to Bureau offices and

the public in researching

the availability of historical

aerial coverage and obtaining copies of Bureau aerial

photography. This service

has been provided to a

large cross-section of the

public including conservation groups, lumber companies, hydrologists, 

geologists, law enforcement personnel, hunters, and

individuals. Photography contained in the archive

covers the last 25 years, making it an invaluable

resource for tracking changes in the land caused by

humans and nature. An in-house reproduction lab

prints both color and black-and-white photography

from the film stored in the archive. A certification of

authenticity can be provided for any product created

from original film, as required to support litigation

activities.

Client and office: Bureauwide and general public

NSTC participants: Constance Slusser, Betty Wilson
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National Digital Elevation Program

Technical Subcommittee

(Bureauwide)

The National Digital Elevation Program (NDEP)

was established to promote the exchange of accurate

digital land elevation data among government, private, and nonprofit sectors and the academic community and to establish standards and guidance that

will benefit all users. The NDEP is composed of

agencies from the Department of the Interior,

Commerce, and Agriculture, as well as the National

Imagery and Mapping Agency, National Aeronautics

and Space Administration, U.S. Army Corp of

Engineers, and the Federal Emergency Management

Agency. The NDEP also includes representation

from State governments through the National States

Geographic Information Council. 

The NDEP is organized into a Steering Committee,

Project Subcommittee, and a Technical Subcommittee. The Technical Subcommittee is presently working to provide to the member agencies—as well as to

nonmember agencies—guidelines and recommendations for acquiring digital elevation data in various

forms, which will provide individual agencies flexible

options that can be used to establish standards for

their own organizations. 

Client and office: Ed Harne, Washington Office

NSTC project lead: Russell Jackson

The National Digital Orthophoto

Program Technical Subcommittee

(Bureauwide)

The National Digital Orthophoto Program (NDOP)

was established to promote the cooperative production of digital orthophotoquads (DOQ) among participating Federal agencies. Over the years, the focus

has broadened to include orthophotography

acquired by State and local governments. A primary

goal of this program is to ensure the availability of

public domain digital orthophotography. The

NDOP is organized into a Steering Committee, a

Project Subcommittee, and a Technical Subcommittee. The NDOP Technical Committee was involved

with the following activities in FY 2002: Identified

areas where DOQ contract vendors may mosaic and

tone-balance orthophotos to determine potential

cost differentials for County mosaicking; coordinated with vendors on potential pilot project areas;

addressed the NDOP header record specification

versus other header specification or metadata that

meet users’ needs; researched seamless data access

methodology; and investigated and researched different methods of inspecting State high-resolution

orthophotos, including how to perform independent

verifications and how to retain the data for public

dissemination.

Client and office: Ed Harne, Washington Office

NSTC project participants: Russell Jackson (lead),

Debra Dinville

Collaborator: Carol Giffin, U.S. Geological Survey

Science Investigations: What’s New in

Science

The staff of the Center conducts science investigations in support of land and resource management

decisions. These scientific investigations entail working with research institutions or other agencies and

assimilating existing information or using or examining untried techniques. Personnel are involved in

identifying, assessing, and synthesizing information

relevant to Bureau management issues identified by

field offices, State Offices, the Washington Office,

and others. Center disciplines include geology,

wildlife biology, plant ecology, rangeland science,

land use planning, outdoor recreation planning,

wildlife diseases, and other natural resource sciences.

Center personnel were also active in teaching environmental sciences, writing publications, and making presentations on a variety of subjects. Highlights

of the work accomplished in FY 2002 follow:

Meadowood Farm (Eastern States)

The Bureau of Land Management acquired

Meadowood Farm (see also page 7) in a land

exchange in October 2001. The site is located in

Lorton, Virginia, about 18 miles southwest of

Washington, D.C. Historically, the private property
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had been used for horse boarding and some trail 

riding. The Bureau is presently developing a longterm land use plan for the unit. The plan will

attempt to strike a balance in the Bureau’s Wild

Horse and Burro program, appropriate recreation

opportunities, and environmental education, while

protecting the fragile upland soil and vegetation and

the moist wetlands on and around the site. 

A Center soils scientist examined the soil conditions

on Meadowood Farm and made recommendations

regarding the types of activities that those soils can

sustain. The effects of recreation (including the

potential for social interactions) were analyzed, recommendations for appropriate activities were made,

and the recommended recreation activities were evaluated by a Center outdoor recreation planner. 

Client and office: Charles Bush, Eastern States

Office

NSTC project participants: Vicki Josupait, Bill

Ypsilantis

Northern Great Plains Analysis (Bureauwide)

Multiple-species habitat conservation efforts by

Bureau managers could be improved by better understanding the management of Bureau-administered

public lands and surrounding areas over multi-State

regions. The Bureau’s present multiple-species habitat

conservation strategy strives to incorporate into the

process existing information and other conservation

strategies or plans or recovery plans. The purpose of

this project is to promote a timely and cost-effective

analysis, interpretation, and incorporation of available resource information while providing a regional

context for the Bureau’s multiple-species habitat conservation, strategic planning, and land use planning

efforts. 

The Northern Great Plains Analysis Project is

intended to develop an improved framework for

Bureau regional analysis activities, with particular

emphasis on complementing and supporting future

multiple-species habitat conservation activities. The

results of the project are applicable Bureauwide and

are expected to enhance linkages between program

managers, field managers, and land use planners at

all organizational levels.

In FY 2002, technical support was supplied to

Montana and Wyoming, preliminary information

was gathered, coordination meetings were held, and

tours were conducted to ascertain the availability of

data and future needs. The initial phase of the project is designed to be a prototype that will produce a

first-generation demonstration of the new regional

analysis framework (methodology) in the Northern

Great Plains area. The first generation product will

be reviewed, critiqued, and evaluated by specialists

and managers from various organizational levels of

the Bureau during 2003. Resulting information will

be used in 2003–2004 to produce the second-generation product that is intended to represent a model

framework for the Bureau to apply in future regional

analyses in support of multiple-species and habitat

conservation strategies. 

Client and office: Cal McCluskey, Washington

Office

NSTC project participant: Bruce M. Durtsche

Bureau Legacy Program

(Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming)

As a result of personnel turnover or changing values,

the Bureau may sometimes seem to vary in its

approach to land management practices. The Bureau
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Legacy Program was developed to provide present

field managers and specialists with an opportunity to

learn about past land management practices and

treatments and to evaluate the results and conditions

of those treatments 25 or more years later. In FY

2002, the Program focused on revisiting vegetation

and land treatment practices in eastern Oregon and

southern Idaho, western Colorado, and central

Wyoming. Center staff coordinated field visits and

report preparation. 

Client and office: Henri Bisson, Washington Office

NSTC project participant: Bruce Van Haveren

Science Applications: Using Science to

Manage the Land

The Center adapts, develops, and uses scientific concepts and methods to address resource management

concerns. The staff strives to transfer scientific methods and applications to Bureau employees through

training, publications, and demonstrations. Center

specialists adapt scientific research and technical

applications for use in collecting and analyzing

information required for land use decisions. Expert

knowledge of stream systems, riparian areas, and

upland sites is applied to range and forest public

lands. During FY 2002, Center staff supported the

Bureau’s field offices, the National Training Center,

and the Washington Office by developing technical

guidance documents, supporting Bureau science initiatives, and conducting site-specific consultations.

Specialists provided soil, forest, range, riparian, fisheries, hydrology, and stream health assessment expertise and assistance. Services were also provided in

groundwater analyses and terrain-geographic modeling. Highlights of work accomplished in FY 2002

follow:

Klamath River Adjudication (Oregon)

In 1994, Congress designated 11 miles of the

Klamath River in southwestern Oregon as “scenic”

under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. A

river is so designated on the basis of selected “outstandingly remarkable values” contained within the

river corridor. The Bureau is responsible for the

management of this river and its designated values.

One of the Klamath River values is the distinctive

red band trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The Klamath

River Basin is presently under water rights adjudication; therefore, the healthy red band trout population is dependent on how “available water” is quantified and adjudicated. The Bureau is in the process of

filing a Federal Reserve Water Right claim to ensure

the continued protection of values associated with

this reach of the Klamath River. 

In FY 2002, the Center provided technical and scientific expertise in support of the Bureau’s water

right claim. Center staff provided guidance regarding

how to evaluate the flow requirements for the existing fish population. To accomplish this task, a

Center hydrologist conducted a detailed review of

existing data and recommended application of an

existing computer model to assess the flow requirements. Center staff, in cooperation with the U.S.

Geological Survey, estimated the physical habitat

requirements for the red band trout fishery using an

open-channel hydraulic model that simulates flows

and related usable habitat areas. The modeled results

serve as the basis for the Federal Reserve Water Right

claim filed by a Bureau solicitor and the Department

of Justice. The water right claim decision is pending

in the State of Oregon adjudication process. 

Client and office: Larry Frazier, Klamath Falls

(Oregon) Field Office

NSTC project participant: Steve Swanson

Collaborator: U.S. Geological Survey
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Aquatic Restoration and

Enhancement Course

(Bureauwide)

The National Training Center (NTC) of the Bureau

sponsors several courses in wildlife biology, riparian

systems, ecology, and stream hydrology each year.

Until this year, the NTC had no active course targeting the aquatic ecology of Bureau-managed streams.

Center staff facilitated the development of the

Aquatic Restoration and Enhancement Course in FY

2002 to partly fill this need. The course was pilottested in Albuquerque in August 2002.

Because the role of Federal land management agencies in wildlife programs is primarily one of habitat

management, the course emphasized assessment,

restoration, and enhancement of aquatic habitat.

Center staff coordinated the course, providing direction, course content, and technical oversight for the

creation of instructional materials provided by a contractor. Course products included notebook materials, visual presentations, and class exercises. The

course objectives were to enable students to assess

aquatic habitat needs, develop specific restoration

and enhancement strategies and designs, and monitor aquatic habitat gains. Center staff also provided a

course critique to facilitate the development of a

revised course package. The course may become a

regular wildlife program training session sponsored

by the NTC.

Client and office: Russ Krapf, Bureau National

Training Center

NSTC project participants: Jim Fogg, Don Prichard,

Steve Swanson, Charisse Sydoriak

Collaborators: Tom Wesche, HabiTech (Wyoming);

Brett Roper, U.S. Forest Service

Forest Vegetation Information System

(Washington Office)

The Forest Vegetation Information System

(FORVIS) is an ArcView- and Informix-based system for storage, retrieval, and analysis of vegetation

data about Bureau forestlands. The system includes

database tables for vegetation attributes and vegetation treatments. System features include data entry,

data update, and formatted report options. About 20

Bureau field offices presently have the user interface

programs installed and available for field use. The

FORVIS ArcView GIS (geographic information systems) extension, completed this year, links spatial

data and vegetation attribute data in the FORVIS

database. The extension provides programmed

queries and reports that use the vegetation attribute

data from the FORVIS database. The Center staff

provided expertise on inventory protocols and data

management and, working with Washington Office

staff, completed a charter for the FORVIS Project

Change Management Board that will guide future

FORVIS enhancements and modifications. 

Client and office: Rick Tholen, Washington Office

NSTC project participants: Susan Goodman, Bill

Williams

Soil Biological Communities Web Page

(Bureauwide)

The objective of this project was to develop an environmental education and public outreach Web page

for fourth- through sixth-grade school children.

Completed and made available on the Internet in

April 2002, the Web page provides lessons for students 9–11 years old about what soil is and how living components of the soil work together to provide
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food for plants and, ultimately, all living things.

Different portions of the site are designed to 

appeal to younger or older students. For example,

younger students may enjoy some of the coloring

activities, whereas a link will take older students to

the Soil Biological Communities Web page, which

discusses soil organism functions and processes in

greater detail. The Web page is a great example of

using technology to help others understand the

importance and interdependence of ecosystem 

parts. Readers can find out how these complex 

and largely unseen but vital soil communities 

function by visiting the Web page at

http://www.blm.gov/nstc/soil/Kids/index.html.

The Web page makes information accessible through

such devices as bulleted text, photos, graphics, and

activities. The Web page contains the following

modules:

• Soil Importance provides a discussion about the

functions of soil and why it is an important part

of our environment 

• Incredible Journey is a virtual tour into the soil

that displays and explains the roles of soil organisms and the soil food web and how they interact

to provide food for plants and each other 

• Amazing Facts provides interesting facts about

soils in a context younger children can understand

• Fun Activities supplies students with hands-on

experiences with soils, such as coloring, making

insect collection traps, texturing and color identification of soil, and constructing an earthworm

farm

• Explore Your Mind allows students to test their

knowledge about what they have learned from

the Just for Kids Web site

• Adopt a Soil Critter provides an opportunity for

students to adopt a soil organism and learn more

about it

• Want To Know More? provides links to other soil

Web sites, with levels of information for all ages

of viewers

• Kids’ Gallery allows young Web site users to interact with Bureau staff and provide feedback about

what they learned from the site

Client and office: Steve Borchard, Washington

Office

NSTC project participants: Bill Ypsilantis (lead),

Randy Hayes, Janine Koselak, Kathy Rohling

Collaborator: Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Anvik Riparian Assessment (Alaska)

In the early 1990s, the Bureau provided a blueprint

of management and restoration of riparian–wetland

areas. The initiative recognized Alaska as unique in

that only a small proportion of the riparian zone had

been disturbed. Bureau managers in Alaska needed a

cost-efficient means for assessing a large number of

remote areas. The Center assisted with testing techniques for employing small-scale aerial photography

to assess and document riparian proper functioning

condition (PFC). In FY 2002, Center staff worked

with Bureau managers in Alaska to assess the Anvik

River drainage. The study included a design for 

statistical sampling, premapping the drainage, and

conducting the PFC assessment.

A statistical simulation was used to determine the

number of photos required to assess PFC. More than

200 stream reaches were delineated for sampling 

validation and a report was created on riparian 
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conditions. Researchers involved determined that the

approach developed by the Center was a beneficial

tool for documenting PFC in remote areas where

most streams are expected to be properly functioning.

Client and office: Michael Scott, Alaska State Office

NSTC project participants: Pam Clemmer, Don

Prichard 

Fish Slough Groundwater Investigation

(California)

A wetland of unique biological diversity, Fish Slough

in Owens Valley, California, retains most of its

unimpaired characteristics, including critical habitat

for endemic fish and plants. Springs, streams, and

ponds support thriving aquatic life, including the

Owens pupfish (Cyprinodon radiosus), Owens tui

chub (Gila bicolor snyderi), and the Fish Slough

springsnail (Pyrgulopsis pertubata). The Owens pupfish was believed to have been extinct by 1948, but a

few fish were found surviving at Fish Slough. Two of

Fish Slough’s fish species, the Owens pupfish and the

Owens tui chub, are listed as endangered. In 1982,

the Bureau designated Fish Slough as an Area of

Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) to preserve

the unique aquatic ecosystem. Heavy irrigation is

commonly practiced and is likely to increase in this

region. As a result, the aquatic ecosystem at Fish

Slough is being threatened by water use demands in

nearby Chalfant Valley, to the east, and in northern

Owens Valley. 

To make informed management decisions for preserving adequate water for the Fish Slough area,

groundwater recharge mechanisms and critical

thresholds need to be determined. In FY 2002, a

Center groundwater specialist oversaw the establishment of groundwater monitoring wells to collect

geologic information, monitor groundwater levels in

the vicinity of Fish Slough, and create groundwater

quality assessment locations in the aquifers.

Infusions of stable isotopes of oxygen and data on

standard water quality parameters were used to

determine the source of water found in Fish Slough.

Water was sampled several times in 2002 at wells in

the vicinity of Fish Slough and from springs and

ponds within the ACEC to determine its quality. 

Client and office: Terry Russi, Bishop (California)

Field Office

NSTC project participant: Paul Summers

Collaborators: California Department of Fish and

Game, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, University of

California. 

Environmental Compliance: Toward a

Better Natural Environment

In FY 2002, Center staff assisted personnel of other

Bureau offices with the evaluation, cleanup, and

restoration of contaminated sites and with their

environmental compliance responsibilities. Center

staff provided evaluation and cleanup design of 

contaminated sites; cost recovery and cost avoidance

associated with the cleanup, restoration, and resource

injury resulting from releases of hazardous substances; natural resource damage assessments and

restoration; environmental science and technical 

support; interpretation and compliance support for

environmental laws and regulations; and procurement of environmental services. Highlights of work

accomplished in FY 2002 follow:

Almeda Mine Site Characterization (Oregon)

The threefold purpose of this project was to: 

1) characterize the contamination associated with the

Almeda Mine site and assess threats to human health

and the environment posed by the contamination;

2) design and implement cleanup actions to reduce

identified threats to acceptable levels; and 3) evaluate

the performance of the selected remedy. The site, an

abandoned mine located on the Rogue River in

Oregon, is under the jurisdiction of the Medford

(Oregon) District Office. The Rogue River is famous

for its rafting and fisheries industries; it is also designated as Wild and Scenic under the Wild and Scenic

Rivers Act of 1968. 

Center staff assisted the Medford District Office

with the characterization of the site, design of
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cleanup actions, and evaluation of the selected remedy. Site characterization included water quality sampling from the adit, seeps, and the Rogue River, and

solids sampling from mining waste. Further characterization included an assessment of underground

features to evaluate options for controlling the

source of the acidic drainage and delineation of the

100-year floodplain to ensure that any remedies are

not in the floodplain. The characterization determined that, as a result of the acidic discharge from

the mine, the site was releasing high concentrations

of iron, manganese, and zinc, which are toxic to

aquatic life and also a threat to human visitors. The

selected remedy for the site was the installation of an

Aqua-Fix unit, which passively neutralizes the acidic

discharge from the mine adit, thus reducing the

release of heavy metals from the site. The performance of the Aqua-Fix treatment system is being

monitored and will be evaluated for potential use at

other Abandoned Mine Land (AML) sites.

Client and office: Ron Laber, Medford (Oregon)

District Office

NSTC project lead: Karl Ford 

Caselton Tailings Removal Action (Nevada)

The objective of this project was to complete an

analysis of alternatives for cleaning up Caselton

Tailings. The site is a large abandoned mine site

located near Pioche, Nevada, under the jurisdiction

of the Ely Field Office. The site has ten large tailings

ponds covering more than 100 acres. Tailings have

migrated from some of the ponds into Caselton

Wash and more than 10 miles downstream into the

Meadow Valley Wash. The dry tailings are a potential health threat as they may migrate to nearby

communities through wind erosion.

Working closely with the Ely Field Office, Center

staff characterized the site and completed an

Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA). 

A Center toxicologist is working with the Bureau 

of Reclamation to design time-critical remedies.

Long-term response action decisions are pending,

subject to a reprocessing proposal from a mining

company and evaluation of potentially responsible

parties. The time-critical actions include fencing,

dust suppression, and run-on controls that should

reduce migration and human exposure to tailings. 

A soil stabilizing compound was selected as the dust

control agent. This stabilizing material forms a

durable crust that is purported to minimize dust

migration for several years. Funding for the work has

been obtained from the Department’s Central

Hazardous Materials Fund.

Client and office: Dan Netcher, Ely (Nevada) Field

Office

NSTC project lead: Karl Ford

Geophysical Imaging of 

Hydrocarbon Releases

(Wyoming)

Two sites located near Casper, Wyoming (Poison

Spider) and Cody, Wyoming (Ralston Gas Plant),

with known releases of hydrocarbons, were imaged

by Center staff specialists, who employed twodimensional electrical resistivity to determine the lateral and vertical extent of the release to the subsurface.

The Poison Spider site consisted of old crude oil

with the consistency of tar that migrated to the
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ground surface. Several previous attempts to remediate this site had failed, and new volume estimates of

the remaining oil–tar were necessary before future

attempts could be evaluated. Because natural oil

seeps occur in the region, a geophysical survey was

also used to determine if a natural seep contributes

oil at this site. Overall, this survey was successful in

detecting the location of the oil–tar. Difficulties were

encountered, however, in estimating the vertical

extent of the oil–tar where the survey electrodes were

located in tar at or near the ground’s surface. The tar

inhibited sufficient electrical current from penetrating greater depths, which would have provided

information of its vertical extent.

Ralston Gas Plant is a compressor station with many

underground and overhead utilities. Waste oil was

imaged in several locations and found to be either

isolated or migrating along the bedding of several

underground pipes. Survey equipment could be

placed surprisingly close to the utilities and still 

produce quality results. 

The advantages of geophysical imaging are many.

Although its most beneficial aspects are its speed and

nonintrusive nature, the technique is relatively inexpensive because Center specialists conduct the geophysical surveys. In FY 2002, staff assisted with and

performed numerous geophysical surveys, with

objectives ranging from assessing groundwater, determining geologic stratigraphy and structure, and

locating buried metal objects and trenches; staff also

calculated the volume of landfills and tailings at

AML sites. 

Client and office: Ken Henke, Wyoming State

Office (Poison Spider site near Casper) and Steve

Kiracofe, Worland (Wyoming) Field Office (Ralston

Gas Plant site near Cody) 

NSTC project lead: Brent Lewis

I&W Hot Oil Service Site Engineering

Evaluation and Cost Analysis

(New Mexico)

The purpose of this project was to develop recommendations for cost-effective solutions for cleaning

up contaminants and protecting the environment at

the I&W Hot Oil Service site in Eddy County, New

Mexico. In FY 2002, Center staff completed an

analysis of alternatives for cleaning up the site. 

The I&W Hot Oil Service site was discovered in

1986. The site is the result of trespassing and illegal

dumping on Bureau-administered land under the

jurisdiction of the Carlsbad (New Mexico) Field

Office. As determined by the number of oil fields

and oil field support companies in the area and the

physical and chemical nature of the waste, there is

relative certainty that the illegal dump contains oil

sludge derived from hot oil treatment of wells and

pipelines and from tank batteries in the area. Total

petroleum hydrocarbon concentrations at the site

range from 2,300 to 460,000 parts per million.

Center staff provided technical oversight on the collection of site characterization information required

for the EE/CA. Center staff also developed a

Community Relations Plan for the site and assisted

in the drafting of the EE/CA. On-site or off-site

land farming was the preferred treatment alternative

in the initial stage of the evaluation. The discovery

of toxicity-characteristic waste (benzene) in the

sludge is cause for a reexamination of treatment

options. When a new, preferred alternative is selected

by the Field Manager, Center staff will complete the

Action Memorandum documenting the selected

remedy. 

Client and office: Link Lacewell, Carlsbad 

(New Mexico) Field Office

NSTC project lead: Pamela Innis

Enforcement Actions

(Arizona, California, Utah,

Washington Office)

The Bureau of Land Management is the lead agency

on Bureau-managed lands to implement the

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) authorities

under Executive Orders 12580 and 13016. The

National Contingency Plan and CERCLA authorize

the lead agency to pursue recovery of funds spent for

the study or cleanup of a site involving the release

of—or the threat of a release of—a hazardous substance. It is the Bureau’s policy that, where the

Bureau has expended such costs and where a viable
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Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) exists, the

Bureau shall pursue recovery of the costs spent by

the Bureau from the viable PRP. 

Any qualified PRP may be held liable for the government’s costs for response actions, including costs

incurred for investigations, site monitoring, sampling, alternatives evaluation, legal work, contractors,

staff specialist work, and equipment. A PRP can be

the past or present owner or operator at a site, the

arranger for the treatment or storage and disposal of

hazardous substances at the site, or a person who

transported hazardous substances from the site. PRPs

are identified through a standardized PRP search

process that determines the chain of title at a site,

what activities took place, and when and who was

responsible. This information is used to determine

legal liability pursuant to CERCLA.

In FY 2002, the Center provided PRP search assistance to several field offices. In FY 2002, Center

staff conducted PRP searches for the following sites:

the Black Rock Mine site in Bishop, California; the

Silver Maple Claims site in Park City, Utah; and the

Big Bend, Tyro Mill, Hillside Mine, and Emerald

Isle sites—all located in Arizona. Three of these sites

are Central Hazmat Fund project sites. 

After the PRP search is completed, a Cost Recovery

Plan will be prepared to identify what steps will be

taken, how, and by whom for the purposes of developing and proving the case against each PRP. The

Cost Recovery Plan sets forth assignments and the

process necessary to develop the evidence. It enables

the Bureau to develop an enforcement strategy and

helps to prepare for successful negotiations between

the Bureau, the Solicitor’s Office, and the PRP. The

Center is presently assisting field offices with the

development of Cost Recovery Plans on several sites

located on Bureau-administered lands.

Client and office: Nancy Dean, George Stone,

Washington Office; Tim Ingwell, Salt Lake (Utah)

Field Office; Lowell Jeffcoat, Yuma (Arizona) Field

Office; Cheryl Seath, Bishop (California) Field

Office; Art Smith, Kingman (Arizona) Field Office

NSTC project lead: Janet Youngdahl

Collaborator: U.S. Department of the Interior

Solicitor

Resource Systems and Remote

Sensing/GIS Applications: Getting the

Big Picture

The Center provides national leadership and assistance in the development and use of advanced technological applications for resource management in

the Bureau. The staff is responsible for maintaining

critical natural resource databases and testing and

prototyping technological tools for management use.

Recent advances in spatial technology now make it

possible to create interactive maps on the Internet

within a Web browser. Since most of the Bureau’s

business (an estimated 70% reported in the 2001

Bureau Enterprise Architecture study) can be tied to

locations on the ground, using maps to display the

results of studies is very useful. In FY 2002, Center

staff explored the capabilities of Environmental

Systems Research Institute’s (ESRI) Arc Internet

Map Server (ArcIMS), generating several prototype

spatial Web sites for a variety of customers to

demonstrate the technology. The purpose of this

work is to create user-friendly interfaces that facilitate presentation and use of existing tabular program

data in a spatial context. Until recently, only static

map images could be placed on a Web page. New

technology allows the user to browse, query, and—to

some extent—perform spatial analyses as an ArcIMS

environment is set up. Highlights of work accomplished in FY 2002 follow: 

Prototype Web Sites (Bureauwide)

The following prototype spatial Web sites created in

FY 2002 by Center staff have been popular in the

Bureau at all levels of the organization. These sites

can be accessed at http://ncsarc.blm.gov/website.

These sites are presently available only to Bureau

employees, although some sites should be available

to the public by late FY 2003. Several of the vegetation and wildland fire management Web sites are

described in more detail following this complete list

of ArcIMS Web sites:
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Conservation and Restoration Vegetation and 

Habitat Treatments Environmental Impact 

Statement Web Site

Land Use Planning Demonstration Web Site

Fire Restrictions Web Site

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

Re-License Project Web Site

FY 2003 Budget Focus Areas Web Site

National Assessment Prototype Project Web Site

New Mexico Demonstration Web Site

Priority Subbasins Identification Project Web Site

Wildland Fire Occurrence Web Site

Western Regional Corridor Study Web Site

Wildland Fire Occurrence Web Site. The Center

routinely receives many requests for spatial displays

of historical fire occurrence data on public lands. In

FY 2002, a prototype fire occurrence interactive

Web site was developed that contains historical fire

occurrence data from the U.S. Forest Service, U.S.

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau

of Indian Affairs, and National Park Service. Users

can query fire occurrence data, produce standard

reports, print, view, and extract the data spatially

through the following Web site:

http://ncarc.blm.gov/website/fire/index.asp.

Fire Restrictions Web Site. At the height of the

2000 fire season, several coordination centers

throughout the country needed current information

on area fire restrictions. In FY 2002, Center staff

facilitated the development of a prototype Web site

(http://ncarc.blm.gov/website/res/index.asp) to display current fire restriction information. Users can

view fire restrictions by Federal, State, and County

jurisdiction. 

Conservation and Restoration Vegetation and

Habitat Treatments Environmental Impact

Statement Web Site. In response to a FY 2002

Bureau special initiative to programmatically address

hazardous fuel treatment needs, Center staff created

the Bureau’s “Conservation and Restoration

Vegetation and Habitat Treatments” Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS) Web site to display the 

documents and data associated with the draft EIS.

The technical objective of this prototype Web site

(http://ncsarc.blm.gov/website/vegeis) was to provide an interactive and widely accessible forum for

public comment on the contents of this draft EIS. 

Clients and offices: Washington Office and State

Offices

NSTC project participants: Wendy Bullock, Susan

Goodman, Mary Beth Stulz

Collaborators: Pat Green, Eric Janes, Joe Kuka, Mike

Mottice, Washington Office; Greg Jensen, National

Interagency Fire Center; Bill Weigard, Idaho State

Office

Advanced Remote Sensing Technologies

for Monitoring Postburn Vegetation

Trends and Conditions

(Wyoming, Joint Fire Science Program)

For the past several decades, prescribed fire has

proven to be a valuable tool for managing Federal

lands. It is an economical and efficient way to reduce

accumulated fuel loads resulting from prolonged

policies of suppressing wildfires. Prescribed fire helps

to control the spread of some exotic species, increase

vegetative diversity, and facilitate the regeneration of

native grasses and forage for livestock and wildlife.

For at least 45 years, natural resource managers have

been employing prescribed fire as a range management tool in grassland–shrub ecosystems. Although

generally effective for this application, more precise

information is needed for comparing the actual

response of the ecological landscape to the initial

objectives set out in prescribed fire plans. Several

newly developed remote sensing techniques were

used in the first year to accurately describe the 

temporal dynamics of vegetation community 
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composition in grassland–shrub ecosystems after 

prescribed fire treatments. Although this work is new

and innovative, it is based on a strong fundamental

framework. To characterize the outcome of prescribed fires in more detail beyond vegetation classification, there is a need for more accurate geospatial

information on vegetation. The project relies on

recent advances in remote sensing technology and

imaging spectroscopy to estimate both the biomass

and moisture content of vegetation canopies—

specifically, grassland and shrub fuel types.

In July 2002, hyperspectral data were generated by

flights over the Lefthand Creek Study area (30 miles

northwest of Thermopolis, Wyoming). For 2 weeks

afterwards, the field crew collected detailed field

measurements of shrub, grasses, and forbs. In addition, image spectroscopy measurements were taken

over each plot to calibrate the airborne hyperspectral

data. In FY 2003, the first-year results will be analyzed and presented at the Joint Fire Science

Program principal investigators meeting.

Clients and offices: Joint Fire Science Program;

Bruce Keating, Wyoming State Office

NSTC project participant: Susan Goodman

Collaborators: Dave Hammon, National Park

Service; Ray Kokaly, Ralph Root, U.S. Geological

Survey; Amanda McAdams, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service; Melinda McGann, U.S. Forest Service

Mapping Departure from Historical

Natural Fire Regimes Caused by

Cheatgrass in the Great Basin

(Montana, Washington Office)

Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) dominates large areas

in the Great Basin region of the United States.

Cheatgrass is an invasive, exotic annual grass that has

replaced native vegetation and exacerbated fire hazards on millions of square kilometers in the western

United States. Cheatgrass is a very effective competitor in disturbed environments (such as those created

by fire) and can be highly flammable at certain times

of the year. Cheatgrass has significantly altered the

timing of wildland fires and increased wildland fire

size and frequency in some areas. The full extent of

the cheatgrass problem and its effect on natural fire

regimes is not well understood. A reliable estimate of

the extent and distribution of cheatgrass and its rate

of expansion in relation to fire occurrence is needed

to address the cheatgrass management challenge. 

In FY 2002, Center staff and members of the U.S.

Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station in

Missoula, Montana, worked together to map departures from natural fire regimes caused by cheatgrass

occurrence. To evaluate the effect of cheatgrass on historical natural fire regimes, cheatgrass occurrence data

mapped from Advanced Very High Resolution

Radiometer for the Great Basin were combined with

Fire Regime Condition Class (FRCC) data mapped

from plant succession data. The FRCC data depict the

degree of departure from historical fire regimes in relation to species composition, structural stage, stand age,

and canopy closure. Although the FRCC data layer

adequately depicted forest communities, it insufficiently depicted grassland and shrubland communities.
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A comparison of Fire Regime Condition Class 3,

without cheatgrass added, to Fire Regime Condition

Class 3, with cheatgrass added, clearly depicts an

11% increase (see maps, page 22). The boundary for

the Great Basin is represented by the bold line. This

product brings perspective to the Great Basin Region

cheatgrass situation. It will be useful for estimating

the restoration effort required to restore healthy, 

productive rangelands in this region.

Client and office: Sherm Karl, Washington Office

NSTC project participant: Dianne Osborne

Collaborators: James P. Menakis, U.S. Forest Service;

Melanie Miller, Bureau of Land Management

Wetlands Delineation for the

North Platte Headwaters in Colorado

(Colorado)

The Colorado State Office asked for assistance in

identifying critical wetland and fen areas in the

North Park area of Colorado. The same remote sensing techniques used in identifying wetland and fen

areas in South Park in FY 2001 were employed.

Landsat imagery acquired late in August and image

processing techniques were used to assist in identifying probable wetlands and fens. Later date imagery

ensures that higher vegetative spectral responses are

more indicative of riparian areas than spring or early

summer images. Image processing consisted of the

following: 1) Tasseled Cap Transformation (a linear

transformation that rotates data onto new axes

directly correlating to the vegetation’s physical characteristics), 2) criteria analysis performed on band

three of the Tasseled Cap Transformation, 3) elevation masking (where only elevations less than 2,800

meters were analyzed), and 4) slope masking (where

slopes >4% and slopes <4% were identified against

the criteria model). 

The final hardcopy and softcopy products were

delivered to a government-contracted environmental

consultant. The consultant used the information to

optimize time in a large area with a short field season to identify areas in need of field verification.

Client and Office: Roy Smith, Colorado State Office

NSTC project participant: Pam Clemmer

Collaborators: Brad Johnson, Johnson

Environmental Consultants, Fort Collins, Colorado

Cooperative DOQ Production

(Washington Office)

Digital Orthophotoquads (DOQs) have been found

to be of great utility to those who manage the land.

In FY 2002, through an Intra-agency Agreement

with the USGS, the Center was able to complement

the Department of the Interior’s High Priority

Program and complete DOQ spatial data coverage

over Bureau lands. Two thousand two hundred

DOQs have been produced or are in production

through this agreement. The production cycle takes

from 12 to 18 months because of the use of aerial

photography. Final delivery to the State Offices will

by completed in FY 2003. Through the use of these

complementary programs, the Center has completed

development of the DOQ dataset for Bureaumanaged lands.

Client and Office: Ed Harne, Washington Office

NSTC Project Participant: Debra Dinville

Partner: Carol Giffin, U.S. Geological Survey

ePlanning (Washington Office)

In FY 2000, the Bureau began a 10-year initiative to

address the adequacy of its land use plans. As part of

this initiative, the Bureau recognized that information

technology could provide assistance with these plans.

The Bureau launched a national project called E-Gov

(“electronic government”) for Planning and National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), known as

ePlanning, to address information technology 

planning requirements. The ePlanning project is

geared toward the development and implementation

of tools, software, and processes that meet the

Bureau’s land use planning needs in an information

technology environment. The project focuses on the

full life cycle of land use plans. In FY 2002, user

requirements for the overall project, the

comment–content tracking–analysis system, and an

internal Web communications site were completed

(http://web.blm.gov/eplanning). The pilot for the

project, Integrated Activity Plan (IAP) for the

Northwest National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska, was

selected. Version 1 of the draft IAP in the ePlanning

format, known as the interactive document, is almost

complete.

Client and office: Pat Green, Washington Office 

NSTC project participant: Mary Beth Stulz
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Resource Systems Support (Bureauwide)

The Center supports user representatives of several

major natural resource database systems. They serve

as liaisons between the field user and database development and management personnel in the Bureau.

Two of these database systems underwent significant

programmatic and technical developmental modifications in FY 2002.

Wild Horse and Burro System. Center staff continued to support the Bureau’s Wild Horse and

Burro Information System in FY 2002. Two major

efforts were started and completed in FY 2002:

1) A software module that automates the designation

of adopted and untitled wild horses and burros for

inspection by field offices was developed and placed

in production. This module ensures adopters’ 

compliance with the terms of the private maintenance and care agreement. The rates of the previous

year’s compliance, by State, are calculated and used

to determine the size of the next year’s sample. The

sample is then randomly drawn from the pool of 

eligible (adopted, live, untitled, not previously

inspected) animals in each State. Files are sent to

each State Office, identifying the animals to be

inspected and the adopter responsible for the 

animal’s welfare. 

2) The second major accomplishment was the 

preparation of a business case outlining criteria 

for designing, developing, and implementing an

integrated Wild Horse and Burro Program System

for the Bureau. The existing disposal system, which

tracks the removal of excess animals and their 

disposition through preparation, shipment, 

adoption, compliance inspection, and titling or

death will be incorporated with new software and

made available on a Web site. Center staff worked

with an acting project manager and others in the

program to complete the required business case 

for the comprehensive Wild Horse and Burro

Program System. On June 11, 2002, the business

case presented to the Bureau’s Information

Technology Investment Board was approved. A 

project manager was hired to begin the development

of the program re-engineering process, development

of user requirements, and analysis.

Client and office: John Fend, Washington Office;

Bureau field offices

NSTC project participant: Dick Stark

Collaborators: Greg Miller, Baker City (Oregon)

Field Office; Cathy Cooney, System Coordination

Office, Denver

Rangeland Administration System. The Rangeland

Administration System (RAS) was deployed on

October 12, 2001. This system replaced the Grazing

Authorization and Billing System (GABS) that had

been in use since 1987. All GABS data were converted and are available in RAS. RAS is used to produce

near real-time rangeland administration and authorization documents (grazing permits and leases, 

grazing applications, grazing bills, exchange-of-use

agreements) and standard reports that facilitate

administration of the Bureau’s grazing program. 

RAS data are also available for ad hoc query. RAS

produces about 18,000 grazing applications, 2,400

grazing authorizations, and 30,000 grazing bills

annually. Center staff facilitated the transitional

work on the system completed by the Land and

Resource Project Office. The system can be accessed

at http://web.ras.blm.gov/ras/ras.html.

Client and office: Tim Reuwsaat, Washington Office

NSTC project participant: Leon Pack

Collaborator: Leslie Cone, Land and Resource

Project Office

The BLM Library: Sharing Knowledge

The Bureau is charged with effectively managing 

the Nation’s public lands on the basis of accurate 

scientific information (BLM Science Strategy 2000).

Located at the Center, the BLM Library provides

access to current information on technologies, 

procedures, and studies of importance to Bureau 

scientists and managers. The BLM Library supports

the Bureau, free of charge, with a full range of 

services including reference, interlibrary loan, 

cadastral survey information sets, and listings of
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recent publications. With more than 50,000 volumes and 250 periodical subscriptions available for

its use, the library staff is able to keep Bureau staff

apprised of current research and development,

applied technology, legislation, and administration.

Highlights of work accomplished in FY 2002 follow:

Literature Searches (Bureauwide)

The BLM Library staff has access to nearly 1,000

databases containing citations and abstracts to periodicals, books, reports, conference proceedings, and

dissertations. In FY 2002, the Library performed literature searches resulting in bibliographies used in

many Bureau initiatives, including the following: 1)

effects of grazing and drought on grass, 2) designation and methods of establishing seed zones and

maintaining genetic integrity, 3) effects of windfarms

on bats, 4) Regional Resource Information

Synthesis: Landscape Fragmentation on the

Colorado Plateau, and 5) sagebrush restoration.

Client and office: Bureauwide

NSTC project participants: Elizabeth Araki, Joan

Penzien

Electronic Resources (Bureauwide)

The BLM Library updated its library systems 

software to Electronic Online Systems (EOS)

International’s Q Series, a sophisticated, nextgeneration library information management and

access software. The Q Series provides a single 

point of access to the Bureau’s Library collection,

multimedia files, CD-ROMs, Universal Resource

Identifier (URI) Universal Resource Locator/

Universal Resource Name (URL/URN) links, and

commercially or internally published documents 

and journals found on the Internet, Intranets, and

Extranets. The special collections held at Bureau

field offices will be added in the future. Access to 

the new system, through the EOS eLibrary Service,

an Application Service Provider, can be reached 

from any internet-connected computer at

http://207.67.203.45/B10109/.

Searchable databases and access to full-text journals

are available to Bureau staff through the Library’s

internal Web site. The Library bolstered its internal

Web site offerings with BIOone, a unique aggregation of prominent bioscience research journals,

including journals from Auk to Wilson Bulletin and

Wildlife Worldwide, the world’s largest index to literature on wild mammals, birds, reptiles, and

amphibians.

Client and office: Bureauwide

NSTC project participants: Barbara Klassen, Joan

Penzien

Providing Supporting Documentation

(Bureauwide)

Interlibrary loan and document delivery services provided information support for Bureau land management decisions. In FY 2002, the Library filled more

than 4,200 requests for books and reports, as well as

2,100 requests for journal articles. Documents provided by the Library were used to validate a

Prineville, Oregon, environment assessment; aid in

the identification of prehistoric remains in Nevada;

write a report on the ten standard fire orders for

wildland fire; help write a cultural resource report

for a fire rehabilitation project; provide information

for ecosystem and mining management for soils; and

prepare various environmental assessments. Also provided to Bureau staff were copies of legal and administrative documents such as Interior Board of Land

Appeals, Federal Register notices, Bureau manual

sections and directives, and court cases.

Client and office: Bureauwide

NSTC project participants: Joan Penzien, David

Woodworth

Cadastral Survey Information (Bureauwide)

More than 72 requests for historical cadastral survey

information were addressed during FY 2002: 1) In

addition to serving Bureau offices, the Center assisted the Bureau of Indian Affairs; the City of Aurora,

Colorado; Park County, Colorado, archives; the

Nevada Power Company; and the Colorado Division

of Water Resources. 2) Private corporation requests

came in from Title Company of Colorado, Davis

Engineering Service, the law offices of Luxan and

Murfitt, Northern Colorado Title Company, and

Milestone Surveying of Montana.

Client and office: Bureauwide

NSTC project participants: Kenneth Grace, Nathan

Matthews
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BLM Library Update (Bureauwide)

The Library produces—in print and on the Bureau’s

Web site—a monthly publication, BLM Library

Update (BLU), that contains a listing of citations

from current publications pertaining to natural

resources and management. In FY 2002, Bureau

staff made 330 requests for a total of 3,600 articles

and books listed in the BLU. This invaluable current-awareness service brings the latest information

to remote field offices free of charge.

Client and office: Bureauwide

NSTC project participants: Elizabeth Araki, Crystal

Talavera

Reference Services (Bureauwide)

More than 725 reference questions were responded

to, providing program support and information to

both the public and Bureau staff. Such topics included a list of all presently active mines and lumber

mills in the United States, the definition of the term

bioblitz, a copy of a Public Land Order from the

Federal Register, information on the longest dirt

road in the conterminous United States, and the origins of the place name Wounded Knee. The Library

also responded to several international requests.

Client and office: Bureauwide

NSTC project participants: Elizabeth Araki, Joan

Penzien

Table of Contents Service (Bureauwide)

The Library’s Table of Contents Service, provided

through a private vendor, keeps Bureau personnel

informed of current research in their areas of interest. Bureau employees can select as many as 50 journal titles from which the tables of contents are sent

electronically each month by email. The employee

can then request from the Library any of the articles

listed, free of charge. 

Client and office: Bureauwide

NSTC project participants: Joan Penzien, David

Woodworth

Publications Support: Delivering 

the Message

The staff of the Center provides a full range of publication services, from consultation and planning to

coordination of printing and distribution. Working

in concert, Center editors and visual information

specialists support the production of Bureau technical manuscripts and articles, planning and environmental documents, general interest brochures and

pamphlets, newsletters, training materials, exhibits,

posters, and other publications. Highlights of work

accomplished in FY 2002 follow:

The BLM in Pictures: Images from

the Public Lands (Washington Office)

A set of 24 photo postcards, The BLM in Pictures:

Images from the Public Lands shows the beauty and

diversity of the public lands and natural resources

under the stewardship of each of the Bureau’s 12

State Offices. The postcards were distributed to the

public by the State External Affairs Offices and were

also given to attendees at the 2002 Winter Olympics

in Salt Lake City, Utah. The publications staff from

the Center provided guidance in selecting the bestquality photos, designing and producing the postcards, and writing and editing postcard captions.

Client and office: Jeff Krauss, Washington Office

NSTC project participants: Peter Doran, Kathy

Rohling

Can I Get Free Land from the BLM?

(Bureauwide)

Publications staff helped convert a Web document to

a trifold brochure, Can I Get Free Land from the BLM,

as a timely way to respond to questions from the public concerning the availability of Bureau lands. It contains the most commonly asked questions and

answers about acquiring Bureau land and whom to

contact for additional information.

Client and office: Jeff Krauss, Washington Office

NSTC project participants: Ethel Coontz, Kathy

Rohling
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Ecological Site Inventory (Bureauwide)

Technical Reference 1734-7, Ecological Site Inventory,

identifies the procedures for completing an 

ecological site inventory and describes the technique

used by the Natural Resource Conservation Service

to document and describe ecological sites. The 

ecological site inventory has been the Bureau’s 

standard vegetation inventory technique since 1982.

This publication makes available to Bureau resource

specialists information that provides a basis for 

consistent, uniform, and standardized resource

inventory data collection.

Client and office: Dick Mayberry, Washington

Office

NSTC project participants: Ned Habich (lead),

Janine Koselak, Kathy Rohling

Helium Resources of the

United States—2001

(Texas)

Technical Note 408, Helium Resources of the 

United States—2001, provides information on the

status of the Nation’s identified helium resources

through December 31, 2000. It relates some of 

the history and background of the government’s

Helium Operations Office and of the acts passed by

Congress pertaining to management and conservation of the country’s helium resources, such as the

Helium Privatization Act of 1996. The Helium

Operations Office has been estimating the Nation’s

helium resources for about 55 years in connection

with a search for helium occurrences that has been

conducted for more than 80 years. The report categorizes the resources on an economic basis and

includes measurements, locations, uses, production,

extraction, and supply and demand forecasts. Center

staff provided writing, editing, design, and layout

assistance for this publication.

Client and office: Brent Gage, Amarillo (Texas) Field

Office

NSTC project participants: Ethel Coontz, Kathy

Rohling

BLM: The Open Space Agency (Bureauwide)

The first in an ongoing series of brochures produced

by the Bureau, BLM: The Open Space Agency

describes the Bureau’s role in managing our Nation’s

public lands. Commercial activities, recreational

opportunities, and conservation programs are the

three broad categories into which the Bureau’s activities fall. Among its responsibilities, the Bureau is

involved in wildland fire management, wild horse

and burro adoptions, the National Landscape

Conservation System, and public land records and

title information. Project assistance included editing,

graphics design, and layout.

Client and office: Jeff Krauss, Washington Office 

NSTC project participants: Peter Doran, Deborah

Harris

They Walked Here Long Ago

(Washington Office)

They Walked Here Long

Ago is part of a series of

brochures developed by

the Washington Office,

with which the Center is

providing assistance. The

brochure describes our

fossil heritage—specifically fossil tracks—and discusses how vulnerable

they are and how important it is to preserve and
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protect them for future generations of Americans.

Project assistance included editing, graphics design,

and layout.

Client and office: Jeff Krauss, Washington Office

NSTC project participants: Janine Koselak, Kathy

Rohling

Share the Adventure! Discovering Dinosaurs

(Washington Office)

In October 2001, the Bureau hosted a live, 

interactive satellite broadcast featuring the excavation

of rare fossils from the Grand Staircase–Escalante

National Monument in south-central Utah. The

purpose of the broadcast was to provide an 

electronic field trip for students in grades five

through nine. The broadcast included footage of 

the actual excavation, as well as discussions with 

professional paleontologists from the Bureau and the

Museum of Northern Arizona. Before the broadcast,

Washington Office Environmental Education staff

worked with publication specialists at the Center to

produce an educator’s guide, Share the Adventure!

Discovering Dinosaurs. The guide contained information about how to participate in the broadcast and

also provided background material for students to

read and activities for educators to use to enhance

the learning experience in the classroom. The guide

was sent out to teachers before the broadcast and

was also made available on a Web site. The broadcast

and educator’s guide made it possible for students

around the country to visit a unique Bureau site and

learn more about its diverse resources.

Client and office: Elizabeth Rieben, Mary Tisdale,

Elizabeth Wooster, Washington Office

NSTC project participants: Ethel Coontz (lead),

Linda Hill

See Big Al the Allosaurus (Wyoming)

The brochure See Big Al the Allosaurus was designed to

inform the public about the University of Wyoming's

Geological Museum and their Allosaurus display. The

brochure contains a map to the museum, a description of what is on display at the museum, a brief history of Big Al, and a sampling of questions that can

be answered at the museum. A panel was also formed

to discuss the role Bureau lands play in the discovery

of fossils, the history of fossils in Wyoming, and what

individuals should do if they find fossils on Bureau

land. Web site addresses for more information were

also provided. More information about this project is

available at the following Web site:

http://www.uwyo.edu/geomuseum/allosaur.htm.

Client and office: Dale

Hanson, Cindy Wertz,

Wyoming State Office

NSTC project participants: Jennifer Kapus,

Neffra Matthews

Collaborators: Brent

Breithaupt, University

of Wyoming; Jane and

J. David Love, Richard

and Elizabeth

Southwell, University of

Wyoming Geological

Museum Friends of the

Dinosaurs; University

of Wyoming College of

Arts and Sciences; and

Museum of the Rockies

in Montana

BLM's 2001 Annual Report:

Multiple Use for a Changing America

(Washington Office)

The Bureau’s 2001 Annual Report contains its financial statements for FY 2001, highlights various Bureau

programs, and provides a report on stewardship assets.

Specifically, it contains the Bureau's mission and organizational structure, as well as performance goals and

results. The Bureau's systems, controls, and legal compliances are discussed, as are the future effects of

presently known demands, risk, uncertainties, events,

conditions, and trends on Bureau land. One section is

dedicated to stewardship assets, such as stewardship

lands (monuments, NCAs), natural heritage assets,

museum collections, and paleontological and cultural

heritage properties. The 25th anniversary of the

Federal Land Policy and Management Act was highlighted at the beginning of the report.

Client and office: Dennis Sykes, National Business

Center

NSTC project participant: Jennifer Kapus
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BLM's Annual Performance Plan

2003–Annual Performance Report 2001

(Washington Office)

The 2003 Annual Performance Plan sets forth both

long-term goals and annual performance goals, lists

performance measures, and summarizes results

achieved as required by the Government

Performance and Results Act.

The following is an excerpt from the Executive

Summary: To ensure that the Bureau of Land

Management remains a responsive, dynamic, and relevant government agency that serves its citizens, we are

focusing our attention on citizen-centered governance

in FY 2003 and beyond. Our Annual Performance

Plan for FY 2003 and Annual Performance Report for

FY 2001 emphasize this focus by identifying our significant processes and services, by helping us expend

our resources in a way that enhances service to the

public, by carefully accounting for our costs of activities and outcomes, and by enabling us to monitor and

evaluate our effectiveness. We will be communicating,

collaborating, and cooperating with key clients, both

public and private, to help us achieve the desired outcomes stated in the Plan. We intend to meet our

clients’ service-oriented goals while maintaining an

appropriate balance with protecting and conserving

critical resource values.

Client and office: Janine Velasco, Washington Office

NSTC project participant: Jennifer Kapus

Collaborator: Robert Woerner, National Business

Center

Making a Difference: The BLM’s

2001 Volunteer Annual Report 

(Washington Office)

The Bureau’s 2001

Volunteer Annual Report

documents more than 

1 million hours of 

volunteer effort on

Bureau lands during 

FY 2001, an effort 

valued at more than 

$18 million. In addition,

the report illustrates the

specialized skills many

volunteers bring to the campgrounds and other

recreation sites they work in. The report includes 

a variety of volunteer success stories, as well as

detailed statistics from Bureau State Offices and

Centers. This document is available electronically at

http://www.blm.gov/volunteer/news/annreport/

index.html.

Client and office: Elizabeth Wooster, Washington

Office

NSTC project participants: Janine Koselak (lead),

Kathy Rohling

Eastern States Annual Report Fiscal Year

2001 (Eastern States Office)

Each year, the Bureau’s Eastern States Office puts

together a summary of its activities for members of

Congress, interest groups, and clients. This year,

Eastern States wanted to present this information in

a different format. The Eastern States External

Affairs Office worked with Center publication specialists to develop a foldout brochure containing bulleted lists of accomplishments in various programs,

including energy and minerals, cadastral survey,

General Land Office records, lands and realty, environmental education and outreach, and wild horses

and burros. The brochure also included information

on Eastern States’ history and mission, area of jurisdiction, funding levels, and payments to State governments. This compact format was an effective way

for Eastern States to disseminate a large amount of

information to a diverse audience. 

Client and office: Peggy Riek, Eastern States Office

NSTC project participants: Linda Hill (lead), Janine

Koselak
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The Bureau of Land Management shares common

goals with many other organizations—the appreciation, conservation, and wise use of the irreplaceable

treasures of public lands. Bureau partners have

demonstrated their commitment to these objectives

through contributions to resource projects, efforts to

educate the public about the conservation of public

lands, and the donation of materials.

Project Partnerships

California Desert Predictive

Soil Modeling Project

The purpose of this project is to develop protocols

for the application of remote sensing and GIS to

obtain an inventory of soil in the California Desert

District. The objectives of this pilot effort are to 

1) develop and refine the use of remote sensing data

and GIS techniques and spatial statistics analysis to

predict the occurrence of soils across a landscape, 

2) develop protocols for the use of remote sensing

data in progressive soil surveys and soil survey

updates, and 3) develop technology transfer tools to

ensure expanded use of this technology. To aid in

technology development, a Cooperative Ecosystem

Studies Unit task was developed to employ an individual at the University of California, Santa Barbara. 

The products of this effort will include a significant

technology transfer component. Through systems

development and training, field office specialists

should be able to digitally map areas to aid in presoil

surveys or to update older surveys. The Galway Lake

Quadrangle was selected for beginning the development of protocols and for demonstrating results. 

Client and office: Mark Conley, California State

Office

NSTC project participants: Bill Ypsilantis (lead), 

Al Amen, Jacek Blaszczynski, Pam Clemmer

Collaborator: University of California, Natural

Resources Conservation Service

National Fire Plan FY 2001 Year-end Report

In October 2001, the Department of the Interior’s

Office of Wildland Fire Coordination requested

maps for the National Fire Plan year-end report. The

maps for each of the 50 States consist of communities at risk and the land management agencies’ fuels

treatments. Fuels treatments are either associated

with wildland hazardous fuels or communities at risk

in the wildland–urban interface. A Center staff

member built the GIS fuels layers and coordinated

the gathering of these data from each of the fire

Creating Opportunities While

Meeting Management

Challenges
FY 2002 Annual Report 31

agencies. The U.S. Geological Survey created the

final products and worked with staff to produce an

interactive ArcIMS Web site, which may be accessed

at http://www.fireplan.gov/fire_maps.cfm.

Client and office: Office of Wildland Fire

Coordination, Department of the Interior

NSTC project participant: Susan Goodman

Collaborators: Mike Hutt and Liz Lile, U.S.

Geological Survey, Rocky Mountain Mapping

Center 

Regional Resource Information

Synthesis: Landscape Fragmentation

on the Colorado Plateau

Gathering and interpreting scientifically sound 

information on changing resource conditions are

challenging at any scale. A critical agency need is 

to develop a timely, cost-effective means of assessing

a spectrum of conditions, trends, and cumulative

effects of current and potential management activities on a regional scale. The Center is developing a

prototype strategy for quickly synthesizing, analyzing, and interpreting regional information on critical

resource conditions and trends related to highpriority public land management issues. The goal 

of the first phase of this project is to discover: 

1) how much information can be gathered in a 

relatively short time for an administratively complex

biogeographic analysis area, 2) which information is

of most value to public land managers, and 

3) reasonable and necessary costs associated with

regional information analysis activities.

A great deal of science-based information has already

been developed for this region and issue-oriented

regional information analysis would be of significant

value. Additionally, the high level of interagency

cooperation on natural resource management issues

across the Plateau will be instrumental to the nearand long-term success of this project. The Center

has already engaged resource specialists and subject

matter experts from a variety of agencies and organizations including the USGS, Colorado State

University, and The Nature Conservancy. The

Center has held interagency workshops to assist in

defining the scope of the work as well as drafting an

analytical approach. Further, this project has benefited from a groundbreaking partnership with the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Staff

members from EPA, Region 8, have provided 

technical support and products as well as strategic

guidance.

In October 2002, Center staff gave land managers

an assessment of the condition, trends, and risks

associated with landscape habitat fragmentation and

conversion on the Colorado Plateau; identified

information gaps; and assessed the utility of 

synthesized information in supporting opportunities

to alter trends.

Client and office: Mike Mottice, Washington Office;

Mark Stiles, Chair, Colorado Plateau Managers

Group B 

NSTC project participants: Brian St. George,

Charisse Sydoriak 

Collaborators: U.S. Geological Survey,

Environmental Protection Agency

San Dimas Technology

and Development Center

In FY 2002, the Bureau and the U.S. Department of

Agriculture (USDA) entered into a partnership to

increase collaboration on projects of common interest in the engineering community. As part of this

partnership, the Bureau participated on a Steering

Committee that evaluates and selects projects for

review through the USDA Engineering Technology

and Development Program. Because of the similarities in mission with the USDA, much of the information exchanged is directly transferable to the

Bureau. As a member of the Steering Committee,

the Bureau is able to submit project proposals and

evaluate problem statements and issues of a national

scope, including construction techniques, watershed

restoration, facilities, environmental compliance and

protection, water and sanitation, bridges, and roads.

Additionally, this partnership provides the Bureau

with access to a resource that develops unique technological solutions and tools in recreation, archeology, and other disciplines. Examples of these tools

and technologies include the design for disinfection

of potable water at remote sites and the development

of a lightweight and foldable archeology backpack

screen.

Client and office: Linda Force, Washington Office

NSTC project lead: Bob Hart, Victoria Josupait

Collaborator: U.S. Forest Service
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USGS–BLM Science Partnership Web Site

The partnership that led to this Web site was 

initiated between the U.S. Geological Survey–

Central Region, the Center, and the Bureau’s

Colorado State Office. The intent of this partnership

is to focus on the Bureau’s National Landscape

Conservation System (NLCS) lands in Colorado as 

a template for a broader national perspective. Newly

designated Bureau NLCS lands in Colorado are 

providing an opportunity for the partners to share

their expertise—the skills and knowledge of their 

scientists and technical specialists—to help land 

and natural resource managers make well-informed

choices when facing future challenging resource 

decisions and in developing land use and resource

management plans. The NLCS areas for this 

partnership are the Gunnison Gorge National

Conservation Area and Wilderness, the Canyons 

of the Ancients National Monument, and the

Colorado Canyons National Conservation Area 

and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness. These 

recently designated Bureau lands will be receiving

increased use from visitors desiring to discover 

and explore these outdoor museums. The Bureau 

is seeking to balance preservation and protection

with promotion and resource utilization. 

This USGS–BLM Web site is available at

http://www.blm.gov/nstc/USGS%20BLM/.

Client and office: Scott Davis, Colorado State Office

NSTC project participants: Randy Hayes, Jennifer

Kapus, Kathy Rohling

Collaborator: Frank D’Erchia, U.S. Geological

Survey

A Progress Report on the Interagency

Strategy for Accelerating Cooperative

Riparian Restoration and Management

In 1996, the Bureau and the U.S. Forest Service, in

partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, initiated the strategy Accelerating

Cooperative Riparian Restoration and Management.

The strategy represents an innovative approach for

fostering collaboration and public participation in

riparian area management, which leads to increased

understanding of riparian function, improved 

relations, and better decisions. Since the strategy 

was implemented, there have been a number of

significant accomplishments. The National Riparian

Service Team worked with publications specialists at

the Center to produce a report that summarizes the

activities of the Riparian Coordination Network and

features examples from many of the Western States,

Canada, and Mexico. The report is a useful tool for

increasing awareness of and support for the strategy. 

Client and office:

Carol Connolly,

National Riparian

Service Team

NSTC project

participants:

Linda Hill (lead),

Jennifer Kapus

Collaborators:

Natural Resources

Conservation

Service, U.S.

Forest Service

National Public Lands Day

National Public Lands Day is an annual event during which volunteers work together to improve and

restore our country’s public lands. The event is sponsored by several Federal, State, and local public land

agencies, corporations, and nonprofit organizations.

Several months before the FY 2002 event, the

National Environmental Education and Training

Foundation worked with the Washington Office

Environmental Education staff and publications specialists at the Center to produce promotional materials, including a poster, a flyer, and a brochure. These

materials are essential for recruiting volunteers and

publicizing the event. They are widely distributed

through all of the partner agencies and play a key

role in the success of this popular event.

Client and office: Mary Tisdale, Washington Office;

Patti Pride, National Environmental Education and

Training Foundation

NSTC project participants: Janine Koselak (lead),

Linda Hill

Collaborators: Various Federal, State, and local 

public land agencies, corporations, and nonprofit

organizations
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National Science and Technology

Center Staff Detailed Externally

Dan Muller, Chief, Branch of Science Applications,

was selected to work in the Bureau’s Washington

Office within the Rangelands, Soils, and Water

Group to assist with water resource issues. Muller

worked on a flexible funding review, a rangeland

roundtable, and a riparian area management annual

report. He also participated in interagency meetings,

reviews for legislative affairs, and budget planning.

He interacted with the Bureau Budget Office to 

better understand emerging approaches to fund 

allocations. He was also particularly interested in the

various interagency efforts to assess conditions of

rangeland resources at larger scales. Muller believes it

is extremely worthwhile for employees to visit the

Bureau’s Washington Office and develop an understanding of national issues and priorities.

Bruce Van Haveren, Science and Research Advisor

for the Branch of Science Investigations, was detailed

to the U.S. Geological Survey headquarters in

Reston, Virginia, as Acting Chief Scientist for

Biology during September and October 2002. The

Office of Chief Scientist (Biology) is responsible for

coordinating six science programs: Contaminant

Biology; Fisheries and Aquatic Resources; Invasive

Species; Status and Trends of Biological Resources;

Terrestrial, Freshwater, and Marine Ecosystems; and

Wildlife and Terrestrial Resources. The Office consists of about 40 scientists and support personnel.
34 National Science and Technology Center

Other Personnel Working at the

National Science and Technology

Center

Carol Giffin, 

Liaison,

U.S. Geological Survey

Carol Giffin serves as a U.S. Geological Survey

(USGS) representative to the Center, interacting

with Washington Office, State Office, and field

office representatives to address joint mapping issues,

geographic research, the exchange of technical information, and partnership development. The cooperative efforts of the Bureau and the USGS have resulted in new geographic data portraying the land’s features, the development of the National Spatial

Infrastructure, the building of the National Map,

and the synthesis of scientific information for land

managers. Richard Dieter served as the USGS representative while Giffin completed an assignment in

geographic research. The Center is addressing an

extensive range of science issues, and Giffin provides

two-way communication between the USGS and the

Bureau in many science-related activities.

Sarah Barnett,

Intern,

Old Dominion University,

Virginia

Sarah Barnett is majoring in Interdisciplinary

Studies, with concentrations in Advertising Design

and Marketing Management, at Old Dominion

University in Virginia. Her summer internship with

the BLM Library involved a project to develop a

Web page with an index list of BLM Circulars. This

project provided hard-to-locate information about

the Bureau of Land Management to Bureau personnel and the public.

Jennifer Knudson,

Intern,

University of Colorado, Boulder

Jennifer Knudson, a history major at the University

of Colorado, Boulder, is completing her work on the

Washington Office project to digitize and create a

database of historical photos of Bureau activities.

This collection, held by the BLM Library, contains

more than 3,400 images dating back to 1893.

Knudson’s work will make these photo files available

on the Web as an addition to the Bureau’s Digital

Photo Library, at http://www.photos.blm.gov.

Lisa Szabo,

Intern,

Metropolitan State College,

Denver, Colorado

Lisa Szabo is a Technical Communications major,

with emphasis in Technical Writing, at Metropolitan

State College of Denver. She is employed as an editorial assistant at the Center and divides her time

between the Branch of Science Investigations and

the Information and Communications Staff. Her

projects include creating an annotated bibliography

for the Colorado Plateau Project, editing the

Center’s FY 2002 Annual Report, and editing

Resource Notes.

Crystal Tucker,

Intern,

Arizona State University, Tempe

Crystal Tucker is a student at Arizona State

University, Tempe, where she is majoring in life sciences with a focus on ecology. She worked with the

Environmental Compliance staff, assisting with

abandoned mine site evaluation and cleanup. Tucker

assisted with collecting soil and water samples, analyzing data, and writing reports. First aid, CPR, and

other training were also completed during her term.

She plans to continue to work within the Bureau on

land use planning or remediation using the knowledge she has gained while working for the Center.

Volunteers

Deziray Simmons, a freshman at Community

Involvement Charter School, investigated the possibilities of a career in the government by working as a

volunteer from March through June, supporting

both Library and National Environmental Policy Act

programs by updating the environmental law section

in the BLM Library. Issoufou Ali, a librarian from

the AGRHYMET organization in

Niger, Africa, worked as a volunteer

in the BLM Library to learn about

American libraries and to gain experience on library software systems.
FY 2002 Annual Report 35

The Bureau of Land Management is dedicated to

serving its customers. High-quality customer service

is one of the Bureau’s highest priorities as it strives to

match or exceed the best service available in the private sector. 

Professional Commitment to Outreach

Adjunct Faculty Affiliations

Neffra Matthews, Branch Chief of Photogrammetric

Applications at the Center, taught a 2-day module

during a University of Colorado (Boulder) museum

studies summer field course. The title of the 

course was Basic Methods and New Technologies.

Matthew’s portion of the course dealt with teaching

students how to integrate aerial photography, Global

Positioning Systems, and GIS and to locate and

describe field collections.

Bruce Van Haveren, Science and Research Advisor at

the Center, taught a 2-credit, 1-week short course,

Ecology of Lakes and Wetlands, at Sisseton–

Wahpeton Community College, a tribally owned

college in Sisseton, South Dakota. The Sisseton–

Wahpeton Sioux Tribe is responsible for managing

tribal lands within the 965,000-acre Lake Traverse

Reservation in northeastern South Dakota and

southeastern North Dakota. The Reservation has

more than 800 glacial lakes and nearly 1,000 ponds

and wetlands, constituting a significant ecological

and recreational resource and an invaluable outdoor

laboratory.

Reaching Out to Others
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The staff of the National Science and Technology

Center is committed to fulfilling the mission of the

Bureau—to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment

of present and future generations. To this end, staff

members actively support the Bureau’s mission

through a multitude of professional activities, from

participation in conferences, meetings, and training

to researching and preparing publications for use by

Bureau personnel and Bureau partners. 

Publications

Habich, N. F. 2001. Ecological site inventory.

Bureau of Land Management, Technical

Reference 1734-7. 111 pp.

Matthews, N. A. 2002. Geospatial support methods

used at the Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite,

Wyoming. Bureau of Land Management, Final

Report. 71 pp.

Prichard, D., and B. Ypsilantis. 2002. Riparian–

wetland area soil: Discovering the secret of her

beauty and the mystery of her soul. Bureau 

of Land Management, Technical Reference

1737-19. 67 pp.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2002. 

On-site wastewater treatment systems manual.

[Pat Fleming, contributor, U.S. Bureau of Land

Management]

Van Haveren, B. P. 2002. Revisiting the Sheep Creek

Barrier Dam, southern Utah, U.S.A. Journal of

Hydrology (New Zealand). In press.

Williams, B. 2002. FORVIS (Forest Vegetation

Inventory System) User Guide Version 1.1. 

254 pp.

Williams, B. 2002. FORVIS Field Guide. 60 pp.

Presentations

Blaszczynski, J. 2002. Terrain Regionalization and

Classification Using GIS. ESRI Conference, July

2002, San Diego, California.

Durtsche, B. M., C. McCluskey, R. Falise, and D.

Roberts. 2002. Northern Great Plains analysis.

The National Wildlife Society Conference,

September 2002, Bismark, North Dakota.

Matthews, N. A., T. A. Noble, A. Titus, J. R. Foster,

J. A. Smith, B. H. Breithaup, and D. Kett.

2002. Tracking dinosaurs using low-altitude 

aerial photography at the Twentymile Wash

Dinosaur Tracksite, Grand Staircase–Escalante

National Monument, Utah. Geological Society

of America, Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting,

May 2002, Cedar City, Utah.

Matthews, N. A., and B. H. Breithaup. 2001.

Tripods and derricks—remote controlled planes

and blimps: Vertebrate paleontological

photodocumentation in the West. Society of

Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting,

October 2001, Bozeman, Montana. 

Roberts, T. C. 2001. Interagency Plant Materials

Center cooperation: Past, present, and future: A

Bureau of Land Management perspective.

Professional Activities

and Recognition
FY 2002 Annual Report 37

USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service,

Plant Materials Centers Director’s Conference,

December 2001, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Roberts, T. C. 2002. Research interests and needs in

rangeland conservation and restoration: A

Bureau of Land Management perspective.

USDA Agricultural Research Service

Conference, June 2002, Denver, Colorado.

Roberts, T. C. 2002. Rangeland ecology, fire rehabilitation, past, present, and future: A Bureau of

Land Management Perspective. USDA Natural

Resource Conservation Service, Wildfire

Guidance Document Conference, July 2002,

Denver, Colorado.

Van Haveren, B. P. 2002. Dependable water supplies

from valley alluvium in arid regions. Symposium

on Combating Desertification, April 7–10,

2002, Cape Town, South Africa. [poster paper

presentation]

Van Haveren, B. P. 2002. The social and institutional dimensions of mountain watersheds: The

story of the Beaver Brook Watershed, Colorado,

U.S.A. FAO Working Group on Managing

Mountain Watersheds, September 16–20, 2002,

Davos, Switzerland.

Ypsilantis, W. 2002. Western Regional Cooperative

Soil Survey Conference, July 7–12, 2002,

Telluride, Colorado. 

Staff Contributions to the National Training

Cadre, in Coordination with the National

Training Center

Map Reading and Field Skills: Lands and Realty

Academy, February 2002. Pam Clemmer.

Image Analysis Workshop: GIS National Workshop,

April 2002. Pam Clemmer.

Designing Maps for Publications Course, April

2002. C. Smith.

WEPP (Water Erosion Prediction Project): A Stateof-the-Science Workshop, April 2002. W. Ypsilantis.

Riparian Proper Functioning Condition Cadre

Training, May and August 2002. D. Prichard.

Image Analysis Workshop: Grand Junction Field

Office, July 2002. Pam Clemmer.

Photo Interpretation: Riparian Assessment, August

2002. Pam Clemmer.

Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Enhancement

Fisheries Course, August 2002. J. Fogg

Using Aerial Photographs to Assess Proper

Functioning Condition, August 2002. D. Prichard.

Off-Road Trail Collection: New Mexico State Office,

September 2002. Pam Clemmer.

Image Analysis Workshop: Wyoming GIS

Workshop, November, 2002. Pam Clemmer.

Stream Dynamics and Channel Design, November

2001. J. Fogg.

Participation in Professional Organizations

Several members of the Information and

Communications Staff belong to the National

Association of Government Communicators

(NAGC). Each year, NAGC sponsors the Blue

Pencil/Gold Screen Awards Competition, which recognizes excellence in writing, photography, editorial

content, layout and design, film, visual arts, and

broadcasting. This year, the Center hosted the judging for the Blue Pencil portion of the competition.

The judging was coordinated by the Bureau’s

Information and Communications Staff Chief, and

most of the Information and Communications Staff

participated, whether as hosts, judges, or both. A

record number of items were entered in this year’s

competition, and a variety of judges were recruited

from Federal, State, and local government agencies;

local media; colleges and universities; and private

industry. Through this experience, the Information

and Communications staff was able to make connections with other professionals, explore partnership

opportunities, and compare its products with those

produced by other government communicators to

get a better idea of what the staff does well and what

it could be doing better.
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Awards

Jennifer Kapus, Center Graphics Designer, received

the Blue Pencil Award from the National Association

of Government Communicators (NAGC) for the

Bureau's 2001 National Boy Scout Jamboree exhibit,

Walk on the Wild Side. As a staff Visual Information

Specialist, Kapus worked in collaboration with

Center staff and the Bureau's Environmental

Education staff to create this entertaining and educational display that informed Jamboree participants

about Bureau programs such as paleontology, cultural heritage, invasive plants, and recreation in a maze

of information (53 vinyl panels of various sizes).

Durable outdoor materials were used to hold up

under varying weather conditions. By using in-house

services, the Bureau saved tens of thousands of dollars. The award was presented at the Blue Pencil and

Gold Screen Awards as part of the NAGC 2002

Communications School held April 3–5, 2002, in

Arlington, Virginia.

Tom Busch, Center Lead Architect, was recognized

by the Colorado Chapter of the American Society of

Landscape Architects for its 2001 Honor and

Stewardship Award. Busch coordinated a site analysis

study to determine preferred locations for the proposed California National Historic Trails Interpretive

Center, which is planned for construction near Elko,

Nevada. Many criteria were included in the evaluation to identify the best-suited sites. From this

report, Bureau management personnel were able to

make an informed decision as to which location

would be best for this center.
FY 2002 Annual Report 39

The challenge of an agency such as the National

Science and Technology Center is to be visionary

with regard to emerging trends, needs, and technologies, while meeting the needs of today’s land managers. The Center staff welcomes this challenge and

strives to meet the demands of today as it investigates emerging science and technology. This is best

accomplished through strong partnerships with our

customers at all levels of the organization. We are

committed to developing and maintaining these

partnerships. It is equally important that we build

and maintain a strong association with the science

providers on whom we depend, both inside and outside the Federal Government. We believe that not

only is it critical for Center staff to know where science is being produced, but also for staff to build

personal associations with scientists that will assist

our customers in meeting their needs. We will continue to build our network with the science and

technology community to serve our customers into

the future. 

As the body of science and knowledge continues to

explode, the transfer of information from the

research community to the practicing community

will be the long-term challenge. The Center continues to investigate means by which this information

transfer can be effectively accomplished—initially

through participation in collaborative efforts with

several of our science providers in government and

the academic community. It is important that the

Bureau be a key player in developing and implementing these information transfer mechanisms. 

The Center’s success will continue to be judged by

those customers and others who provide the financial resources for it to carry out its mission. The

Center staff values customer feedback, and it welcomes present and potential customers to work with

it to set an agenda for the future and to keep the

Center on a productive track. In striving to be an

important part of the solution, the Center’s motto

continues to be “Helping those who manage the

land.”

Looking Toward

the Future
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A/E–Architecture and Engineering

ACEC–Area of Critical Environmental Concern

AML–Abandoned Mine Land

ATB–air tanker base

BLM–Bureau of Land Management

BLU–BLM Library Update

CERCLA–Comprehensive Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

COR–Contracting Officer’s Representative

DOQ–digital orthophotoquads

EE/CA–Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis

EIS–Environmental Impact Statement

EOS–Electronic Online Systems

EPA–Environmental Protection Agency

ESRI–Environmental Systems Research Institute

FRCC–Fire Regime Condition Class

GABS–Grazing Authorization and Billing System 

GIS–geographic information systems

GSENM–Grand Staircase–Escalante National

Monument

HVAC–heating, ventilating, and air conditioning

IDIQ–Indefinite Delivery–Indefinite Quantity

IAP–Integrated Activity Plan

LEED–Leadership in Energy and Environmental

Design

LTVA–long-term visitor area

NAGC–National Association of Government

Communicators

NCA–National Conservation Area

NDEP–National Digital Elevation Program

NDOP–National Digital Orthophoto Program

NEPA–National Environmental Policy Act

NIFC–National Interagency Fire Center

NLCS–National Landscape Conservation System

NSTC–National Science and Technology Center

NTC–National Training Center

OHV–off-highway vehicle

PFC–proper functioning condition

PRP–potentially responsible party

RAS –Rangeland Administration System

RV–recreational vehicle

RVS–Rapid Visual Screening

URI–Universal Resource Identifier

URL–Universal Resource Locator

URN –Universal Resource Name

USDA–United States Department of Agriculture

USFS–United States Forest Service

USFWS–United States Fish and Wildlife Service

USGS–United States Geological Survey

WEPP–Water Erosion Prediction Project

WHB–Wild Horse and Burro

Acronyms
FY 2002 Annual Report 41

Appendix A.

Projects Completed in

Fiscal Year 2002

Project Name Client

Alaska

Alaska Northern Field Office Support for Mapping Hazardous Waste Sites . . . . . . . . . .Susan Flora

Site Mapping and Hazmat Support for the Umiat Well Closures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Susan Flora

Arizona

Arizona 100K Mapping (FY 2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carol Burger

Arizona West Zone Aerial Mapping Scoping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scott Debock

Emerald Isle Removal Site Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Art Smith

Florida A&M University Cooperative Project (OHV routes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Gibson

Lake Havasu Recreation Sites (Phase 4)—Deferred Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Parry

Middle Gila River OHV Route Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Gibson

San Pedro River AML Hazardous Waste Site Verifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Auby

Water Supply Wells Site Investigations—Yuma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scott Debock

Well Site Investigations for New Monuments—Arizona Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Smith

Wickenburg Fire Station Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bruce Beierle

California

California 100K Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Ming

Imperial Sand Dunes Aerial Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Neil Hamada

NIFC GISO/GIST Task Book and Red Card Design for Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Victoria Smith

North Zone Coordination Center Dispatch Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kevin Dempsey

Presentation of New Evaluation and Cleanup Technologies and Cost

Recovery Processes at the BLM California Hazardous Materials Conference . . . . . . .Dick Forester

Rand Mountain Natural Color Aerial Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Craig Beck

Spring and Wells Hydrogeologic Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Glen Yamashita

Susanville Interagency Fire Center Digital Dispatch Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charles Judd

Water Well Drilling—Cottonwood Campground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Graham

Weed Control Brochures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Lou West
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Colorado

Anasazi HVAC System Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stuart Cox

BLM Colorado State Office Watershed Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barbara Hite

BLM–USGS NLCS Science Partnership Web Site for Colorado NLCS Lands . . . . . . . .Scott Davis

Close-range Photogrammetric Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dan Grenard

FORVIS Install—Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim Cunio

Grand Junction Mancos Shale Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scott Davis

Image Processing Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ken Schauer

Kremmling—OHV Routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Arkins

Lake Fork Large Scale Mapping—Technology Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dan Grenard

Lookout Mountain—Telecom Site Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gordon Gardunio

Montrose Field Office Engineering Site Design Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gordon Gardunio

Monument Peak Telecom Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gordon Gardunio

Rocky Mountain Coordination Center GIS Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim Mathewson

Survey of Calamity Mine Historic Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carl Barna

Technical Climate and Air Quality Oversight on the Southern Ute Indian

Tribe Environmental Impact Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim Rhett

Tracer Injection Study and Audit Characterization for the Lake Fork

of the Arkansas River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dan Grenard

Transfer Trail Road Realignment Topographic Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gordon Gardunio

Ute Ulay Mill Removal Site Evaluation and Engineering

Evaluation/Cost Analysis (AML) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barbara Hite

Value Engineering Study for Grand Junction Air Tanker Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stuart Cox

Villa Grove Water Well Site Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Swinney

Wetland Delineation in the South Park and North Park Areas of Colorado

Using Landsat Satellite Imagery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roy Smith

Eastern States

Eastern States Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Peggy Riek

Eastern States Vantage Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Peggy Riek

Meadowood Farm—Water System Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charles Bush

Idaho

Burley Fire Office Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gary Stevens

Idaho Bridge Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gary Stevens

Inspection of Superstructure for Herd Creek Trail Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Frazee

Upper Snake River Color-infrared Aerial Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Deena Teel

Well Site Evaluations in Southern Idaho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Neil Norman
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Montana

Decision Point Recreation Site Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carl Patten

FORVIS Install—Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Hensley

Montana 100K Mapping (FY 2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Corla DeBar

NRDAR (Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration)

Support—Whitewood Creek Settlement Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Peter Bierbach

Nevada

Battle Mountain Value Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave Davis

Caliente Field Station Redevelopment Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Fewell

Calico I and II Overlooks Topographic Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Taylor

Coyote Valley Ground Water Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Brookes

Eagle 1 Mill Site Geophysical Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joel Mur

Las Vegas Field Office Assistance Regarding Air Quality

Associated with Lands Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rex Wells

Oliver Ranch Site Development Planning (Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area) . . . . .Bob Dunn

Osage Removal Site Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Moran

Red Rock NCA Loop Road Parking Site Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim O'Brien

Rip Van Winkel Site Evaluation and Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (AML) . . . .Deb McFarlane

Sandstone Quarry Topographic Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Taylor

Susie Creek Bridge Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Norman Rockwell

New Mexico

Farmington Field Office—Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Support . . . . . . . . . .Steve Jordan

New Mexico 100K Mapping (FY 2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Greg Homan

Public Lands Trek Presentation to the National Geographic Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave Mensing

Oregon

Accelerating Cooperative Riparian Restoration and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wayne Elmore

Cost Recovery Support for the Umpqua Mine Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eric Heenan

Glass Buttes Mercury Mine Remedial PA and Removal Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Terri Geisler

Glass Buttes Mercury Mine Removal Site Evaluation and Removal Plan . . . . . . . . . . . .Terri Geisler

Middle Deschutes–Lower Crooked River Flow Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle McSwain

Nighthawk Removal Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jake Jakabosky

Umpqua Mine (AML) Cleanup Design and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eric Heenan

Water Quality and Hydrology Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chester Novak
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Utah

Cannonville Visitor Center Construction Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Casey Matthews

Cedar City ATB Operations Building—Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eric Mullins

Crescent Wash Dam Topographic Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Lewis

Escalante Science Center—Value Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Casey Matthews

Influence of Management Activities on Two Bighorn Populations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joe Cresto

Kanab Administrative Office—Building and Site Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rex Smart

Manning Canyon AML Design—BOR Oversight (AML) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jack Brown

Sediment Dam Stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ann Marie Aubry

Tenmile Wash Topographic Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Lewis

Utah Water–Riparian GIS Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Heidi Hadley

Watershed Assessment for Community Water Well . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Phil Zieg

White House Road and Campground Site Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bryce Lloyd

Washington Office

100K Automated Mapping Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ed Harne

Abandoned Mine Lands Strategic Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .George Stone

Aerial Photo Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ed Harne

Biological Soil Crust Inventory Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Borchard

BLM Annual Performance Plan 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Janine Velasco

BLM Bridge Safety Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Linda Force

BLM Computer-aided Design Standards Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bernie Hyde

BLM NRDAR Case Screening and Initiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy Dean

BLM Volunteer Annual Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elizabeth Wooster

BLM: The Open Space Agency Brochure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Peter Mali

Bureau Climate Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim Reuwsaat

Bureau Wide Air Quality Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim Reuwsaat

Cost Recovery and Enforcement Policy Development and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy Dean

Cultural Heritage Program Strategic Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Brook

Data Management Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gary Stuckey

Discovering Dinosaurs Educator’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elizabeth Rieben

DOI Restoration Program Work Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy Dean

Ecological Site Technical Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dick Mayberry

Engineering Advisory Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bernie Hyde

Environmental Education Office Web Site Redesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Tisdale

Evaluate and Research BLM Global Fiducial Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ed Harne

Evaluation of Web-based Health and Safety Training for

Hazardous Waste Operations at Hazardous Waste Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrea McLaughlin

Federal Interagency Sedimentation Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eric Janes

Field Office and State Office Annual Health, Safety, and Awareness

Training for Hazardous Waste Site Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy Dean

FLPMA 25-Year Commemoration Poster and Publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeff Krauss

Forestry Forms Coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Stewart
FY 2002 Annual Report 45

Washington Office (continued)

FORVIS 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rick Tholen

FY 2003 Budget Focus Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Mottice

Hazmat and Environmental Contract Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy Dean

Helium Resources of the US—2001, Technical Note 408 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brent Gage

Indian Mineral Owners Quick Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Anderson

Interagency Geographic Sciences Coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ed Harne

Junior Explorers Educator’s Guide and Logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Tisdale

Management of BLM Aerial Photo Archive and Lab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ed Harne

Management of Interagency Printing Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ed Harne

Management of the BLM Satellite Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ed Harne

Map Standards Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ed Harne

Micrographic Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Don Buhler

National Digital Elevation Program Technical Subcommittee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ed Harne

National Fire Plan Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim Hartzell

National Public Lands Day Poster and Brochures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mary Tisdale

NCSS (Number Cruncher Statistical System) Technical Liaison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Borchard

NRDAR Program Coordination for BLM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy Dean

NT FORVIS User Interface Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rick Tholen

Preparation of NCP Removal Document Examples for Hazmat Web Site . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy Dean

Presentation at BLM AML Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .George Stone

Public Affairs Folder for Brochures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeff Krauss

Rangeland GIS with Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim Reuwsaat

ReGAP Cooperative Vegetation Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim Hartzell

Remote Sensing Applications for Range Health Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim Reuwsaat

Represent the BLM on IMPROVE, NADP, and WESTAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim Reuwsaat

Roads Program Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bernie Hyde

Seeds of Success Logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carol Spurrier

Seismic Safety in BLM Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Linda Force

Soil Biological Communities Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Borchard

Support the IT–RMLUP BLM Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pat Green

Sustainability Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Linda Force

Sustainable Development and Its Influence on

Mining Operations on Federal Lands Pamphlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Anderson

The BLM in Pictures: Images from the Public Lands Postcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeff Krauss

They Walked Here Long Ago Dinosaur Track Brochure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeff Krauss

Unexploded Ordnance—Handbook 1703-2 for Land Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrea McLaughlin

University of Wyoming Recreation Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Loren Cabe

Vegetation/Land Cover Mapping Coordination and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cal McCluskey

Watershed Initiatives and Salinity Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eric Janes

Watershed Modeling Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eric Janes

Wild Horse and Burro System User Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Fend

Wildlife Review and Priority Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cal McCluskey

WO-230 Technical Support and Interagency Coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Stewart
46 National Science and Technology Center

Wyoming

1991–2001 Wyoming Coal Resource Literature Search

and Abstracted Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mel Schlagel

Presentations at the Wyoming–Montana Hazardous Materials Management

Workshop: CERCLA Response Actions and Services Provided by NSTC . . . . . . . . .Ken Henke

Quartzite Mill Site Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ken Henke

Report on Techniques for Photographic and Spatial Documentation at

Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Darrell Barnes

Rock Springs Administrative Offices Construction Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim Kor

Scoping of the Hydrologic Parameterization and Modeling Project for

the Casper Field Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joe Meyer

See Big Al the Allosaurus Brochure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dale Hanson

Southpass City Ownership Survey, Marking, and GIS Mapping Support . . . . . . . . . . .Ken Henke

Standards and Guides for Electrical Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tom Enright

Workshop Course Development for Annual Wyoming

BLM GIS User Group Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gretchen Meyer

Wyoming 100K Mapping (FY 2001) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Patrick Madigan

National Business Center

BLM Annual Report 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dennis Sykes

Meadowood Farms: A Property Management Challenge Poster Session . . . . . . . . . . . .Bonnie Pomarico

National Human Resources Management Center

Strategic Business Plan for Human Resources Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Norm Duquette

National Interagency Fire Center

GeoMAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Janis Reimers

National Fire Plan Data Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roy Johnson

National Training Center

Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Enhancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Russ Krapf

Development of CERCLA Cost Recovery Training and Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Linda Costa

GIS Training Needs Assessment for Bureau Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Diane Nelson

Ground Water Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Fechner

Lands and Realty Academy Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June Bailey

Prepare and Present Training Modules for the NTC Basic Training Course

for Hazardous Materials Coordinators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Sykes

Present AML Site Characterization and Reclamation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Linda Costa

Prineville Water Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Russ Krapf

Using Aerial Photographs to Assess Proper Functioning Condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Russ Krapf

WEPP/RUSLE Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Russ Krapf
FY 2002 Annual Report 47

Appendix B.

National Science and

Technology Center

Organization
48 National Science and Technology Center

National Science

and Technology Center

(ST-100)

Lee Barkow – Director

Michael Kirby – Associate Director

Rheda Dodd – Executive Assistant

Louise Ecoff – Business Manager

Carol Giffin – USGS Employee/Liaison

Division of Architecture and

Engineering Services (ST-110)

Robert Hart – Division Chief

Deanna Miller – Secretary 

Scott Hansen – Special Projects Coordinator

Russ Virgin – Construction Manager

Branch of Building Engineering Services

(ST-111) 

Thomas Busch – Branch Chief

Frank Ciesel – Architect

John Emrick – Architect

Phillip Luu – Structural Engineer

Ernest Parrott – Architect

ChanhTran – Mechanical Engineer

Sue Weber – Engineering Technician

Young Yu – Electrical Engineer

Vacant – Engineering Technician

Vacant – Specification/IT Coordinator

Branch of Site Engineering Services (ST-112)

Patrick Fleming – Branch Chief

Keith Christiansen – Structural Engineer

Gary Fisk – Structural Engineer

Mary Anne Nelson – Civil Engineer

Mark Pritchett – Landscape Architect

Tanya Pardy – Civil Engineer

Elizabeth Smith – Structural Engineer

Vacant – Engineering Technician

Division of Geographic Sciences

(ST-120)

Fred Batson – Division Chief

Debra Kurtz – Secretary

Branch of Cartographic Applications

(ST-121) 

William Jackson – Branch Chief

Neal Anderson – Cartographic Quality Control

Faye Bogan – Cartographic Lab Specialist

Donald Decicco – Cartographer

Susan Derr – Cartographic Technician

Keith Francis – Cartographic Development 

Specialist

Mary Ann Guinea – Cartographer

Daniel Sedillo – Cartographic Technician

Chris Smith – Cartographic Development Specialist

Branch of Photogrammetric Applications

(ST-122)

Neffra Matthews – Branch Chief

Lawrence Cunningham – Aerial Photo Acquisition 

Coordinator

Paul Graves – Photogrammetrist

Russell Jackson – Photogrammetrist

David Kett – Photogrammetrist

Michael Marchase – Photogrammetrist

Tom Noble – Cartographer-Data Management

Nancy Russell – Photogrammetrist

Constance Slusser – Aerial Photo Archivist

Betty Wilson – Photo Lab Specialist
FY 2002 Annual Report 49

Division of Science (ST-130) 

Charisse Sydoriak – Division Chief 

Vida Jenkins – Secretary 

Elsie Pacheco – Secretary 

Branch of Science Investigations (ST-131)

Tom Roberts – Branch Chief 

Steven Barrell – Geologist 

Phillip Dittberner – Plant Ecologist 

Bruce Durtsche – Terrestrial Species Disease 

Specialist

Kathryn Holland – Rangeland Management 

Specialist

Victoria Josupait – Management Analyst

Brian St. George – Natural Resource Specialist

James Turner – Physical Scientist

Bruce Van Haveren – Science and Research Advisor 

Vacant – Outdoor Recreation Planner 

Vacant – Statistician 

Branch of Science Applications (ST-132) 

Daniel Muller – Branch Chief 

Jacek Blaszczynski – Terrain Modeling Specialist

James Fogg – Surface Water Modeling Specialist

Craig Nicholls – Air Modeling Specialist

Donald Prichard – PFC Fishery Biologist 

Paul Summers – Hydrogeologic Specialist

Steve Swanson – River Modeling Specialist

William Williams – FORVIS/Forest Inventory 

Specialist

Bill Ypsilantis – Soil Condition and Health 

Specialist

Vacant – Inventory and Monitoring Specialist

Branch of Environmental Compliance

(ST-133) 

David Schafersman – Branch Chief 

Scott Archer – Air Quality Specialist

William Carey – Water Quality Specialist

Karl Ford – Toxicologist 

Pamela Innis – Environmental Engineer 

Brent Lewis – Geophysical Survey Specialist

Paul Meyer – Resource Damage Specialist

Thomas Morris – Computer Specialist

Kenneth Smith - Environmental Protection Specialist

Janet Youngdahl - PRP Investigator 

Branch of Resource Systems and 

Remote Sensing/GIS Applications (ST-134)

Debra Dinville – Branch Chief

Tim Bottomley – Forestry Systems Manager

Wendy Bullock – GIS Development Specialist

Pamela Clemmer – Remote Sensing Specialist

Jerald Farringer – Wildlife Systems Manager

Don Glenn – Wild Horse and Burro Specialist

Susan Goodman – GIS Development Specialist

Dianne Osborne – GIS/Remote Sensing Specialist

Leon Pack – Grazing and Range Systems Manager

Kathy Pino – Information Systems Support

Richard Stark – Wild Horse and Burro

System Manager

Mary Beth Stulz – GIS Development Specialist

Vacant – GIS/Remote Sensing Specialist

Vacant – Project Manager

Information and Communications

Staff (ST-150)

Publishing

Peter Doran – Supervisory Information and 

Communications Specialist

Helen Sweeney – Secretary 

Ethel Coontz – Visual Information Specialist

Deborah Harris – Writer-Editor 

Randy Hayes – Webmaster 

Linda Hill – Writer-Editor 

Jennifer Kapus – Visual Information Specialist

Janine Koselak – Visual Information Specialist

Kathleen Rohling – Writer-Editor

BLM Library

Barbara Campbell – Library Director

Elizabeth Araki – Reference Librarian 

Kenneth Grace – Microform Equipment Operator 

Barbara Klassen – Catalog Librarian 

Jennifer Knudson – Intern

Nathan Matthews – Library Technician/ 

Microform Equipment 

Operator

Joan Penzien – Reference Librarian

Crystal Talavera – Library Technician 

David Woodworth – Library Technician

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The Bureau of Land Management’s National

Science and Technology Center supports

other BLM offices by providing a broad 

spectrum of services in areas such as physical,

biological, and social science assessments;

architecture and engineering support; library

assistance; mapping science; photo imaging;

geographic information systems applications;

and publications support.