2016 CEAP Workshop Day 1 Presentation Part A · 1.Potential operator identified and agrees to screening. 2.All efforts to identify or contact the operator were unsuccessful 3.Operator

2016 National Resources Inventory

Conservation Effects Assessment ProjectU.S. Department of AgricultureNational Agricultural Statistics Service Natural Resources Conservation Service

2016NRI-CEAP



Phase I: Locating the

NRI Point, Field and Operator

U.S. Department of AgricultureNational Agricultural Statistics Service Natural Resources Conservation Service


OBJECTIVES

At the end of the training, you will know:

•How to Locate NRI Points

•How to Locate the Farm Operator

•How to Identify the Area of Interest



Who is the “target” of the NRI-CEAP survey?



Since NRI-CEAP is an Area-based survey, the field surrounding the sample point is the “target” of the CEAP data collection. In order to collect information about the field, you must determine the current operator of the field.



What Resources are Provided?



County Maps

• Large map for each county in a state is available in the Screener App.

• All NRI points sampled in the county will be indicated on this map.

Note: State FIPS (SS) and County FIPS (CCC)


County Maps with Identified NRI Points



FSA Name and Address Sheets

• NRI label information also displayed here

• Multiple Names Identified

• Y indicates “Best Guess” Operator

We don’t know if this is the current operator. It’s a best guess at this time.




• Unknown contact information with FSA farm Information.

• Possible your FSA office may still be able to provide a name.

• Database was limited to 2014 and 2015 for overlay data.




Unknown FSA contact information

Unknown FSA Farm Information



Point Location Map

•Point located

•County, State

•Each sampled point will have an aerial photo like this.

•Label at top includes State, County and Point number.

•This aerial photo will be used to determine the area of interest with the producer.


Area of Interest



What is your most important

resource?




Using the iPad CEAP Screener



CEAP Screener Overview

Four Main Functions in Support of CEAP Survey:

• Verify operator who makes day to day operational

decisions for the field.

• Delineate the field border, including associated

conservation areas.

• Determine eligibility for the operator survey.

• Identify operators who have multiple fields in the

CEAP survey.



CEAP Screener Overview

•Screener is designed to function for screening without a wireless connection in the field, if the point has been previously checked out to the iPad.

•Wireless signal is needed:

• to check out points

• to save collected data to the server

• to return points



CEAP Screener OverviewSuggested Plan of Operation

•Before leaving for the field• Find a location where you have a wireless internet connection

• Check out all points you plan to screen during the day

•After returning from the field• Find a location where you have a wireless internet connection

• Open each “Not saved” point to ensure it saves to the server

• Return all points screened during the day, if not already returned in the field



CEAP Screener Training Site

Used ONLY for Training and Practice!

Do Not Use the Live Instrument Until You Start

Interviewing



My Points Screen

(Click on the NRI point id on the My Points screen to open the survey

form for a sample point.)



The Survey Form Screen

• Point automatically opens to the

survey screen when checked out

• Click on the “Close Point” button

to return to the checkout screen



The Screener Questions

•Three significant changes in the Screener questions for 2016.

•The prescreening question choices have changed.

•A comment is now required for all prescreening choices except “agrees to screening”.

•The first eligibility question has changed slightly.



Prescreening Operator Identification Status

1.Potential operator identified and agrees to screening.

2.All efforts to identify or contact the operator were

unsuccessful

3.Operator identified but refused screening.

4.Site changed since photograph was taken – point now falls on

urban developed land.

5.Some other issue prevented screening.

Prescreening Question



Operator Refusal, Point Not Eligible(Point can now be closed and returned)


Drawing the Field Border



Field Border is Drawn



Managed Grassland

• For 2016 CEAP, the term “pasture” has been replaced with “managed grassland” in the first eligibility question.

• The purpose of this change was to broaden the scope of grassland points that are eligible for CEAP operator survey data collection. The eligible grass points should not be limited to obvious agricultural pasture.

• For CEAP, managed grassland includes land that has a dominant vegetative cover of grasses, legumes, and/or forbs and receives some level of management, regardless of whether or not it is being grazed by livestock,.

• Management includes grazing, mowing, fertilization, brush control, weed control, or other management practices.

• Determination of managed grassland should be done via operator interview, not as a pre-screening enumerator decision.



Assign Unique Operator Number

•Continuing this process for 2016 CEAP survey. •New operator number cards will be provided for 2016 CEAP

•Purpose:•To accurately and quickly identify operators with more than one sample point, after screening phase is complete•To reduce the sample to one eligible point per operator, before operator survey data collection begins



Screening for this Point Is Complete(Point can now be closed and returned)


Returning the Point

Points can be returned from either the “point survey screen” or from the

“checkout/my points screen”. Returning a point removes it from your iPad

and unlocks the point.

A wireless signal must be available to return points.

Point Survey Screen

Checkout/My Points Screen


Returning the Point

Points can be returned from either the “point survey screen” or from the

“checkout/my points screen”. Returning a point removes it from your iPad

and unlocks the point.

A wireless signal must be available to return points.



Example CEAP Points

• The following slides show examples of several points from the 2015 CEAP that were marked “Point is clearly not eligible for CEAP data collection”.

• All of these example points should be screened with an operator interview, except those showing urban development.

• Some points may be difficult to determine and fall into a somewhat “gray” area. Operator interview should make the determination.



Screening example:

CEAP NAIP image

More current Google Earth image

• NRI records this as cropland in 2014

• CEAP NAIP image shows cropland, but more current

Google Earth image shows urban development

• Point can be prescreened as urban developed land



• NRI records this as grassland in 2001

• CEAP NAIP image shows the start of urban development with grading for

streets apparent

• Point can be prescreened as urban developed land – “point now falls on urban

developed land”

Screening example:



• NRI records this as grass not grazed in 2012

• CEAP NAIP image shows a grass area surrounding airport runway

• Point can be prescreened as urban developed land

Screening example:




• CEAP NAIP image shows a large grass lot between two houses

• Point can be prescreened as urban developed land, but try to verify with owner/operator

Screening example:



• NRI records this as grassland not grazed in 2010

• CEAP NAIP image shows a grass field behind houses and near a stream or wooded waterway

• Point should be screened with the operator to determine eligibility

Screening example:



• NRI records this as grassland grazed in 2014

• CEAP NAIP image shows a grassland field near a stream and wet area

• Google Earth image is similar


Screening example:



• NRI records this as hayland in 2010

• CEAP NAIP image shows a hay or grassland field

• Google Earth image is similar


Screening example:



• NRI records this as vineyard in 2014

• NAIP image shows a field with faint rows

• Google Earth image shows the rows more distinctly


CEAP NAIP image Google Earth image

Screening example:




• CEAP NAIP image shows a grass powerline corridor 150 feet wide

• Probably mowed and managed for brush


• Operator might be the power company

Screening example:



• NRI records this as grass grazed in 2012

• CEAP NAIP image shows a grass field with many shrubs or small trees with dense wooded area just to the east

• Point should be screened with the operator to determine field delineation and management

Screening example:



• NRI records this as CRP in 2011.

• CEAP NAIP image shows a grassland field, looks low management.

• Point should be screened with the operator to determine eligibility.

Screening example:



• NRI records this as cropland in 2010

• CEAP NAIP image shows a cropland field surrounded by urban

• 2015 Google Earth image still shows cropland


Screening example:



Summary of these examples

•Screen all points with the operator, except for urban developed land

•Orchards, both fruit and nut, are eligible

•Vineyards are eligible

•CRP trees are eligible

•CRP grass fields are eligible

•Marginal looking grass areas may be eligible



Screener Help Resources

•CEAP Screener Users Guide

•Review these slides

•Practice with the Screener Training version

•Common Screening Errors on the NASS website

•Ask questions: NASS Regions, NASS HQ, CSSM



Questions?

Demonstration

Documents

2016 CEAP Workshop Day 1 Presentation Part A · 1.Potential operator identified and agrees to screening. 2.All efforts to identify or contact the operator were unsuccessful 3.Operator