TEM

Question 1

What are TEM goals?

Answer 1

Ecosystem basis for management

Landscape level planning

Predicting site index for old growth

Silviculture treatment response

Question 2

How is TEM done?

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Answer 2

• Aerial Photo Interpretation
• Build a “model” of vegetation and topographic features - (site series)
• Field verify a % of polygons
• Collect plot data
• Update polygons and create GIS map

Question 3

What are the TEM standards that we will work by?

Answer 3

1:20,000
RISC standards
Survey intensity level 4
Ground checking (15-20%)
Accuracy expectation = 70%+
ARC/INFO Products

Question 4

What is RISC?

Answer 4

Resource inventory standards comittee

Question 5

What are some applications of TEM?

Answer 5

• Representation for biodiversity
• Reserve design (OGMA’s)
• Red and Blue listed Ecosystems
• Wildlife habitat suitability and modelling
• Fertilization priorities
• Site productivity estimate, site selection

Question 6

What is an SEI?

Answer 6

Sensitive Ecosystem Inventory

Question 7

What is SIBEC?

Answer 7

A government classification system that relates site index to site series.

Question 8

Are red and blue listed communities legally binding?

Answer 8

Only if they are included in your management plan.

Question 9

What type of tenures is TEM most useful for?

Answer 9

Area based tenures

Question 10

Where does most TEM mapping occur?

Answer 10

On the coast with large private companies.

Question 11

What are the typical scales for TEM?

Answer 11

A map of site series
typically 1:20,000 scale

-Range 1:10,000 - 1:50,000