Alaska Wetlands and Hydrography. Final Report of the Alaska Wetlands GATF Project

摘要

The report focuses on procedures used by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to employ Intelligence Community (IC) National Systems imagery for inventorying wetlands, documenting wetlands trends (losses and gains), and identifying boundaries of hydrographic features. Discussion includes the findings based on the analysis of National Systems data, and the feasibility of moving beyond the Pilot Study phase to the implementation of production work on the FWS National Wetlands Inventory and BLM land management activities. Additionally, the report identifies several areas of potential applications of National Systems data that could immediately benefit the missions of the FWS, BLM, and other federal agencies.