Specifications include, but are not limited to: Task 1.1 Develop a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP), a requirement when federal dollars are used for data management and analysis, in consultation with the State and the Lake Champlain Basin Program. • Task 1.1 Deliverable: Approved QAPP. Task 1.2 Framework to Identify Critical Source Areas Develop a framework to field verify and calibrate the SAL model’s identification of erosion features in critical source areas (CSAs) on forested lands. 1. Create a methodology to identify likely sources of error in the model. Modeling work should focus on the identification of additional LiDAR-derived topographic variables that refine feature discrimination and importance ranking. Evaluate the SAL’s model accuracy in identifying erosion features on forested lands and refine the model to address likely sources of error in the model so that this model can support forestland restoration project prioritization for implementation. Modeling work should focus on the identification of additional LiDAR-derived topographic variables that refine feature discrimination and importance ranking. a. Use the new methodology to ground truth a sample of 15-20 parcels and 80-100 features within those parcels to verify and calibrate the SAL model’s accuracy in identifying erosion features on forested lands (see SAL final report1 ).
