Land Use Workgroup Interim Conference Call, August 21, 2017
This meeting is open to the public. It may be recorded for internal use only.
Date and Time
Monday, August 21, 2017 from 10:00am - 11:00am
Purpose
Interim conference call for the LUWG. Materials will be posted when they become available. Contact Lindsey Gordon (gordon.lindsey@epa.gov) with questions. Conference line: 866-299-3188 Code: 2675715# Adobe Connect: https://epawebconferencing.acms.com/luwg LUWG Call Topic: Minimizing Over-classification of Turf Grass Mis-labelling and/or mis-interpretation of local land use data have caused the misclassification of herbaceous lands within some large parcels as 100% turf grass. Rules agreed to by the LUWG, Federal Facilities Team, and WQGIT for large federal lands and parks (>1000 acres) have also caused the classification of large extents of herbaceous lands as 30% turf grass (50% turf grass on federal lands and parks between 10-1000 acres) which jurisdictions have raised concerns about. Overall, the classification of herbaceous lands as part turf grass on federal lands and parks only represents less than 1% of all turf lands (~200,000 acres / 3.2 million acres). During this call, Peter Claggett will present an approach that will minimize the misclassification of herbaceous lands as turf grass, classifying them instead as either cropland, pasture, or mixed open. The method involves imposing different reclassification rules on contiguous patches of turf grass within and outside Census Urban Areas & Urban Clusters. The LUWG will be asked to decide if the new methodology should be implemented as proposed, implemented with changes, or not implemented.Location
Conference CallRelated Files
Meeting materials will be posted as they become available.