The District, the Water Agency and their partners developed a classification of the county's vegetation types and physical features, analyzed the LiDAR data and high resolution aerial imagery using human interpreters and computer algorithms, and verified vegetation characteristics in the field. For more information on the NASA grant, see our press release. The core funding for the LiDAR data products comes from a NASA grant to the University of Maryland.
State and federal partners are responsible for funding approximately 58% of the program, with the remaining 42% coming from Sonoma County partners. The District, the Water Agency, and their partners have worked together to procure the necessary funding for all program elements including the vegetation and habitat map, LiDAR data, and a suite of additional next-generation data products collected in fall, 2013 including high resolution topography, building outlines, roads, and high resolution aerial photography. These data are also critical to assessing climate mitigation and adaptation strategies and benefits provided by the landscape, such as the amount of carbon sequestration in forests or the degree to which riparian areas, floodplains, and coastal habitats may buffer extreme weather events. These foundational data sets are key to facilitating good planning and management for watershed protection, flood control, fire and fuels management and wildlife habitat conservation.
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The publicly available datasets produced by this program (see full list here) – including countywide LiDAR data and a fine scale vegetation and habitat map – provide an accurate, up-to-date inventory of the county's landscape features, ecological communities and habitats. The program has produced a suite of fine scale data products including countywide LiDAR data (click here for a description of LiDAR) orthophotography and vegetation, which are now freely available. Contributing partners include the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the United States Geological Survey, the Sonoma County Information Systems Department, the Sonoma County Transportation and Public Works Department, The Nature Conservancy, the City of Petaluma, NASA, and the University of Maryland. It is a joint program of the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District and the Sonoma County Water Agency. Sonoma Veg Map is a 5-year program to map Sonoma County's topography, physical and biotic features, and diverse plant communities and habitats.
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