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Browsing by Author "Knight, Joe"

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    Conservation applications of LiDAR data: Wetland mapping
    (2012-07) Knight, Joe; Rampi, Lian
    These slides were developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. The training modules for this workshop are: Basics of using LiDAR data, Terrain Analysis, Hydrologic Applications, Engineering Applications, Wetland Mapping, and Forest and Ecological Applications.
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    Economic and Environmental Costs and Benefits of Living Snow Fences: Safety, Mobility, and Transportation Authority Benefits, Farmer Costs, and Carbon Impacts
    (Minnesota Department of Transportation, 2012-02) Wyatt, Gary; Zamora, Diomy; Smith, David; Schroeder, Sierra; Paudel, Dinesh; Knight, Joe; Kilberg, Don; Current, Dean; Gullickson, Dan; Taff, Steve
    Blowing and drifting snow on Minnesota's roadways is a transportation efficiency and safety concern. Establishing standing corn rows and living snow fences improves driver visibility, road surface conditions, and has the potential to lower costs of road maintenance as well as accidents attributed to blowing and drifting snow. It also has the potential to sequester carbon and avoid the carbon emissions of snow removal operations. In recent years the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has paid farmers to leave standing corn rows to protect identified snow problem roadways. They have paid farmers $1.50 per bushel above market price. With increasing demand for corn to fuel the ethanol industry, paying $1.50 per bushel above market price may not be sufficient incentive for leaving standing corn rows. Also, with MnDOT’s memorandum of understanding with USDA to plant living snow fences through the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), now is an opportune time to review MnDOT’s annual payment structure to farmers and prepare a new one. This project has: 1) developed a calculator to estimate payments for farmers that includes consideration of safety and snow removal cost savings; 2) estimated potential income from carbon payments; 3) worked closely with MnDOT engineers and plow operators, estimated the safety and snow removal costs and carbon emissions avoided by MnDOT through establishing living snow fences; and 4) evaluated farmers’ willingness to establish living snow fences and identified farmers/landowners’ constraints to adoption. Data is provided to MnDOT to assist staff in its decision making related to their Living Snow Fence Program.
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