National Mapping Division
State Liaison
Sherry Durst is the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS), National Mapping Division (NMD)
Liaison to the State of Colorado.
The NMD State Liaison coordinates a broad range of
USGS cartographic and geographic
products and manages USGS mapping activities within
state and region. The State
Liaison supports the USGS' mission to increase multi-partner
agreements in an effort
to eliminate duplication of effort, reduce cost to each partner,
and share data collection
and maintenance expenses. The NMD Liaisons in all states work
to establish and maintain
long-term partnerships and inform and involve partners of changes
in programs and products
that may affect them and their area of responsibility.
Partnerships & Programs
in Colorado
Partnership
Mechanisms
As the largest producer
of geospatial data products in the Nation, the USGS has a
commitment to establish standards,
coordinate mapping, and produce data. In an effort to
leverage funds appropriated for map and
data production, the USGS encourages cooperation with a variety of partners
where the participants share the cost and/or
production work of preparing
multipurpose standard geospatial products. The benefits
for the USGS are realized in the
ability to produce more data covering more areas
throughout the Nation. The benefit
for the cooperator includes cost savings, data standardization, and data availability.
Partnerships in Colorado include:
The Colorado National
Hydrography Dataset Densification Project is
an Innovative
Partnership between the
Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) and the USGS. CDOW
will digitize 1:24,000 scale
DLG-F hydrography and USGS will incorporate the data into
the National Hydrography
Dataset. The hydrography data source is the map separates from
the USGS topographic quadrangles
and U.S. Forest Service digital Cartographic Feature
Files (CFFs). Approximately
1525 quadrangles covering Colorado will be completed
by the end of 2001.
Front Range Infrastructure Resources Project
will develop databases on mineral,
water, and energy resources and demonstrate methods
for the application of these data to
local land-use decisions that could help sustain
our infrastructure. Resource databases,
including geographic, geologic, and hydrologic information,
will be integrated with land use
data in a Geographic Information System (GIS). The project currently
consists of 45
1:24,000-scale quadrangles covering the Denver metropolitan area north to
Fort Collins and Greeley.
The Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative will
provide technical assistance in support of
Federal Land Management Agency
(FLMA) actions to remediate contamination associated
with abandoned hardrock
mining activities. This initiative is part of a larger strategy by the
U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture
to coordinate
activities for the cleanup of federal lands affected by abandoned
mine lands. The strategy
will employ a watershed approach, in which contaminated
sites are identified and
remediated based on their effect on the water
and ecosystem quality of a targeted
watershed. Rocky Mountain Mapping Center’s
role focuses on the collection and integration of base cartographic data
and scientific information into a Geographical Information System
(GIS)
that in total will represent a knowledge base for sound decision making.
The initiative will be implemented on a pilot scale in two watersheds,
the Boulder River basin in southwestern Montana, and the Upper Animas River
basin in southwestern Colorado.
Coordinating Organizations
in Colorado
*
Federal GIS Coordination Committee of Colorado
* Colorado
Ecosystem Partnership
* Geographic Information Systems of Colorado
Additional Information
The
National
Mapping Program
information page has information on USGS programs and products. For additional information
on Colorado and National Mapping Division activities in the state, please
contact: