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- 1. 1 GIS as a Tool for Habitat Restoration Planning on an Urban Golf Course Tania Homayoun, PhD July, 2015 LostInFog, Flickr Creative Commons
- 2. 2 © Sean Fitzgerald • Ecological & geographic context: Dallas, Texas, USA • Trinity Forest Golf Course & Blackland Prairie Restoration Project • Role of GIS in this project • Thoughts and future work Overview
- 3. 3 With 12 major ecoregions, Texas is one of the most ecologically diverse states in the United States. Project Area: Texas Blackland Prairies
- 4. 4 Miguel Vieira, Flickr Creative Commons Bottomland Hardwood Forest
- 5. 5 Matthew Rutledge, Flickr Creative Commons Oak Woodlands
- 6. 6 Roy Luck, Flickr Creative Commons Tallgrass Prairie
- 7. 7 Texas Blackland Prairie Texas had 20 million acres of tallgrass prairie • Today, less than 1% remains • Tallgrass prairie is the most endangered ecosystem in North America USDA, Flickr Creative Commons
- 8. 8 Dallas, TX • 385.8 sq. miles • 1.26 million residents
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- 10. 10 Trinity Forest Golf Couse Site: 154 acres situated atop a closed municipal landfill in need of additional remediation © Tania Homayoun
- 11. 11 Directly adjacent to the Trinity River Audubon Center (103 acres) which was once an illegal dump M&R Glasgow, Flickr Creative Commons
- 12. 12 … that has been remediated and restored as a nature center, prairie, and wetland habitat © Sean Fitzgerald
- 13. 13 • Trinity Forest Golf Course project announced in late 2012 • Future home of the Byron Nelson Championship • Audubon approached course ownership about a plan for the out-of-play areas—why not use native prairie? Erik Anestad, Flickr Creative Commons HW McC, Flickr Creative Commons
- 14. 14 • Trinity Forest Golf Course project announced in late 2012 • Future home of the Byron Nelson Championship • Audubon approached course ownership about a plan for the out-of-play areas—why not use native prairie? Erik Anestad, Flickr Creative Commons HW McC, Flickr Creative Commons
- 15. 15 Objective: To integrate Blackland prairie plantings and habitats into out-of-play areas within the larger course. “This project will result in a plan for planting out-of-play areas utilizing hardy native species that will hold up under annual tournament traffic and create Blackland prairie habitat supporting native plants, wildlife, and birds as is feasible with respect to design, sustainability, and cost. This project will focus on the • Identification and prioritization of appropriate restoration sites for wildscape and/or formal plantings, • Identification and sourcing of appropriate plants and seed mixes, and • Long-term management recommendations that support this restoration project and the riparian ecosystem surrounding it.” Trinity Forest Golf Course Blackland Prairie Restoration Plan
- 16. 16 Design & Constraints • Design by Coore & Crenshaw • Links style • Former landfill • No trees • No water
- 17. 17 Design & Constraints • Design by Coore & Crenshaw • Links style • Former landfill • No trees • No water 154 acres total 83 acres in-play
- 18. 18 Restoration Areas • Anything not “in-play” • Native plants 71 acres for restoration
- 19. 19 Optimal Restoration Areas • 75 ft buffer: sparser grass subject to more disturbance • Interior Area: less disturbance, more forbs, more likely to serve as habitat 14 acres interior habitat
- 20. 20 Ecologically Sensitive Habitats • Identify adjacent assets • 100 ft best management buffer for protection • Denser plantings to anchor soil & filter runoff
- 21. 21 Planting Plan • Edge Buffer: determined by 100 ft best management zone • Foundation Grass: lower profile, sparser grasses close to greens • Interior Habitat: full Blackland Prairie mix
- 22. 22 Neville Wootton, Flickr Creative Commons In-Play Areas
- 23. 23 Native Grass Tim O’Brien, Flickr Creative Commons
- 24. 24 Blackland Prairie USFWS, Flickr Creative Commons
- 25. 25 Blackland Prairie USFWS, Flickr Creative Commons
- 26. 26 Use of GIS in this project allowed for an objective, visual, and adaptable analysis Conclusions
- 27. 27 Mapping and analysis allowed for early, targeted seeding of slopes and drainages to protect sensitive areas during the construction process. © Kasey Kauff
- 28. 28 GIS identified areas for incorporating structural diversity. © Mark Colby/Pacheco Koch
- 29. 29 GIS analyses don’t need to be complicated to be effective.
- 30. 30 Primary Tools and Analyses: Intersect Buffer Calculate Geometry Georeferencing
- 31. 31 GIS has set the spatial foundation for potential research projects studying the site’s maturation over time Conclusions © Tania Homayoun Larry Smith, Flickr Creative Commons
- 32. 32 © Kasey Kauff © Kasey Kauff • Turf installation on greens underway on roughly 65 acres (small for a golf course) • Restoration areas being hydroseeded with mix containing 41 native Texas Blackland Prairie plants • Temporary irrigation to establish native plant areas Current Work
- 33. 33 • Active play scheduled to begin late summer 2016 • Starting spring 2017—Byron Nelson Championship • “Manage down the middle” approach, with natural prairie look integral to the look and character of the course • Future partnerships opportunities between Trinity Forest Golf Course and Audubon Looking to the future… Dwight Sipler, Flickr Creative CommonsBrandon Price, Flickr Creative Commons Joshua Meyer, Flickr Creative Commons John Maffei, Flickr Creative Commons
- 34. 34 Questions? DDd, Flickr Creative Commons