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such as the Southern Appalachians. The scope should include private as well as public 

 land. There should be wide-spread interest in utilizing the information from the 

 assessment 



ISSUES ADDRESSED 



P. Question: How should the issues (or questions) be framed so that they can be 

 answered in an integrated way? 



Answer: It is important to frame questions that people in the agencies and in 

 the public have on their minds It is important to get people with relevant expertise to 

 answer the questions We think the talk about "integrated" questions and/or "integrated" 

 answers is largely "agencyspeak". 



There were some "synthesizing" analyses which were not done but would have been 

 interesting and useful, eg overlays of key wildlife habitat with roads and population 

 centers It is likely that the cause for missing some of these opportunities was uncertainty 

 about obtaining some of the data (such as TM scenes) and about methodology. 



Q. Question: How can data and information be integrated to address the issues (or 

 questions) that are raised'' 



Answer: You get competent people on the teams. You ask them to consider 

 their own key findings in light of those of others, early on, i.e., you get the teams talking 

 with one another to see if they have something to share. If they do, incorporate the 

 information/perspective At that point you can make plans to pursue synthesizing analysis. 

 If they don't have an analysis which seems productive, move on. There isn't enough time 

 to look at every theoretically possible "interface". 



QUESTIONNAIRE 



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R. Question: What are the "lessons learned" in acquiring, developing, updating the 

 data needed to conduct an assessment? 



Answer: You need good people who know the data. This assessment would 

 have been impossible without Karl Hermann, just to name one person. 



S. Question: What data and analysis tools would you consider essential to a 

 successfijl assessment? 



Answer: No single set of data or set of analysis tools is absolutely necessary. 

 However, had the SAA not been able to utilize GIS technology to display information, it 

 would have been obsolete 



