Rio Grande Valley Broadband • Entered by Susan Ostlie on March 31, 2022
Landscape Level Wetland Assessment and Classification Schemes
February 24, 2022 – March 2, 2022
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 5 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 5 |
Key Issue: Oil, Gas, or Mineral Development
Activity Type: Trainings (WALTS, CAREs/GLOWs, research, conferences, workshops, etc.)
Key Partners: NM Environment Dept., Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, US Fish & Wildlife Services
Short Description of Activity
Eastern Plains and Permian Basin Mapping areas
TRAINING FOCUS: Overview, Landscape Level Wetland Assessment and Classification Schemes,
1 – Mapping Results from Eastern Plains and Permian Basin Mapping Areas AND Hydrogeomorphic Classification System (HGM) & Landscape Position, Landform, Waterflow Path, and Waterbody (LLWW) Training – Setting the Stage for Wetland Functional Assessment.
2 – Bootheel Mapping Area – Overview, Landscape Level Wetland Assessment and Classification Schemes, Mapping Results from Bootheel Project Area AND Wetland Functional Assessment Training – Correlating Wetland Types to Function and Ways to Use the Wetlands Mapping Data.
The New Mexico Wetlands Mapping and Classification effort is being implemented by the NMED Surface Water Quality Bureau Wetlands Program, in cooperation with Geospatial Services of Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. This project is a landscape level GIS-based wetland mapping and assessment using aerial photography and other geospatial data. Mapping and classification will follow the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) standards as they relate to the US Fish & Wildlife Service National Wetland Inventory. The wetlands will further be classified with the Landscape Position, Landform, Water Flow Path, and Waterbody Type (LLWW) classification system, and hydrogeomorphic (HGM) wetland subclasses for the area will be identified (see attached). The NWI and LLWW classifications will allow the modeling of a landscape level functional assessment for these data. The Mapping and Classification workshop will give you more information about these classifications, how they are mapped and how they can be used.
These maps will soon be available for the Santa Fe NF and the Carson NF.
Reflection/Evaluation
These workshops were definitely over my head, but it’s interesting to see what the professionals in the NMED are working on to preserve wetlands statewide.
Good examples of uses for these data can be viewed at these sites:
NMED Interactive Wetlands Map
New Mexico Wetlands Functions
Carson National Forest Wetland Jewels
Santa Fe National Forest Wetland Jewels