Project Highlights
Some of our past project highlights, visit us often for updates
Canyons of the Ancients Management Plan — Bureau of Land Management
ACT2 Enterprise Unit assisted the BLM San Juan
Public Lands Center/Canyons of the Ancients National
Monument with the completion of the Canyons of the
Ancients National Monument Resource Management
Plan and subsequent Record of Decision. ACT2
prepared draft and print-ready versions of the EIS and
ROD, and managed content analysis for the project.
“We have enjoyed working with such professional individuals and together we developed a
quality product. I will not hesitate to work with ACT2 in the future and have already highly
recommended them on several occasions... I really feel that ACT2 is my partner in completing
this Resource Management Plan. We joke, but it is true, some of the idiosyncrasies of the
document are best known (and controlled) by ACT2!” Heather Musclow, BLM Planner,
Dolores, CO
Bedrock Geology GIS Compilation Mapping- Forest Service Region 5
ACT2 Enterprise Unit compiled a geodatabase
containing bedrock geologic mapping for Forest Service
lands within Region 5 (California). The compilation
mapping covers the eighteen National Forests, comprising
the Pacific Southwest Region, and will serve as a core
layer that provides geologic information to inform
resource managers. The geodatabase contains geologic
map units, contacts and faults, and other structural
information. This digital map database was compiled
from previously published and unpublished geologic
mapping. Much of the source data was itself compilation
mapping. This coverage represents the best available
geologic mapping at largest scale possible. All
compilation work was done in accordance with Bedrock
Geology - Standards and Guidelines for GIS Compilation
Mapping: Pacific Southwest Region (November 2004).
This mapping was the result of collaborative effort among
the USDA Forest Service, California Geological Survey
and the U.S. Geological Survey.
“It's a great pleasure to work with ACT2 geosciences experts. My closest working relationship is
with Geologist and GIS expert Don Elder. His leadership in database and GIS design over the
past three years has been instrumental in Region 5 having excellent GIS-based geologic
information. In the past year alone, Don has produced Geology and Geomorphology geodatabases
for Region 5, and he's compiled a seamless bedrock geology geodatabase for national
forests in California. These geo-databases have received high praise from other agencies and are
being considered for broader adoption in the US Forest Service. John Chatoian, R5 Regional
Geologist, Vallejo, CA
Calawah OHV Inventory – Olympic National Forest
ACT2 completed an inventory of about 40 miles of abandoned roads and user-created trails that recreational OHV riders have used on the Pacific Ranger District of the Olympic National Forest. Data collected during the field inventory were used to characterize and quantify sediment sources and sediment delivery to streams for each route. Route and erosion site locations were logged with GPS and incorporated into Forest road and trail GIS data. ACT2 provided a report, maps and data with prioritized routes for erosion treatment and recommendations for an OHV trail network that could be managed with minimal impacts to aquatic resources in the Calawah watershed while meeting demands for OHV recreation.
"I got the info in time to include in the grant and I think it will help us be very competitive. .. I really appreciated the insights our poorly abandoned roads are a higher risk than some of the trails themselves. ...[The Forest Aquatics Program Manager] was pleasantly surprised at the detail. Our Fisheries bio was very pleased with the maps. It will help with the rest of our resource process on the Calawah Focus project." Molly Erickson, Public Service, Recreation, Heritage, Special Forest Products - Olympic National Forest, Pacific Ranger District
BMP Workshops — US Fish and Wildlife Service
 ACT 2 Enterprise Unit partnered with AMSET Enterprise
Unit, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to present a
series of three workshops in California, focused on helping
Fire Safe Councils (FSC) navigate the complexities of
environmental regulations. ACT2 and AMSET collaborated
to help ensure that fire safety doesn’t preclude environmental
protection. The units developed and presented pilot
workshops on environmental compliance requirements for
fire safety projects.
In addition to the workshops, the Enterprise partners developed local Best Management Practices
(BMPs) for implementing fire safety projects that avoid or minimize resource impacts. ACT2 lead
the effort to develop Best Management Practices for fuels treatment projects, focused on regionally
specific Threatened and Endangered species. The work performed by the Enterprise Units provides
a template that could be easily adapted to address the specific needs of other counties or FSCs in
California.
“I would like to thank you on behalf of the US Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region
Fire Program for the great job that you've done under our interagency agreement to develop best
management practice (BMP) workshops and guides for fire safe councils and community wildfire
protection plan projects. This project was a priority education effort for the CA Fire Alliance and
was approved and funded directly by Congress (2008 DOI supplemental). This has been an amazing
partnership and project that will benefit not only the county-wide fire safe council groups but many
others throughout the state! Your group has carried the majority of workload for implementing the
workshops and developing materials for San Diego, LA/Ventura, and Butte County. The workshops
and products have been embraced by the local groups and will serve as template for groups
throughout the country trying to better plan and implement private land fuel reduction projects”.
Doug Waggoner, USFWS, Regional Fire Management Coordinator
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