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Activity

Definition

A task completed as part of a project, stand-alone task, or unplanned task. An activity must always have a spatial definition (point or polygon) depending on the activity category and type.

Activity Examples:

  • Activities related to a Plan or Project (e.g., treatment for an SFA WUI grant Project, completion of a management plan, etc.)

  • Assessments 

  • Collaboratives 

  • Community Assists 

  • Employee Training

  • Landowner Assists (e.g., site visits)

  • Outreach Programs (e.g., education program)

  • Recognition Programs

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Add a new Activity to a DPA Plan

Add a new Activity to a DPA Plan

Overview Information:

Activity Name (e.g., Unit 2)

DPA Plan: Select the appropriate DPA plan (e.g., Northwest Area FY 2023)

Project: Select the appropriate Project

Category: Select One

  • Assessments

  • Collaboratives

  • Community Assists

  • Employee Training

  • Forest Management Treatments

    • Unique ID: see naming conventions below

      • Private Land Treatments: Use NA

        • Example: (NA)

      • State Land Board Property Treatments: Use Asset ID number located on the CSFS State Trust Land Lease spreadsheet located at \\csfsso.acns.colostate.edu\AgencySharedFolder\Forest Planning and Implementation\State Lands\State Trust Land Leases

        • SLB Example: (FAM007660)

      • Public Utilities Treatments: Use contract or agreement number from relevant Service Agreement provided on final agreement or by Program Specialist

        • Denver Water Example: (503316)

      • Colorado Parks and Wildlife Treatments: Use CMS Number from relevant Interagency Agreement (IAA) provided on final agreement or by Program Specialist

        • CPW Example: (168869)

        • CDNR (COSWAP $) on State Park Example: (174131)

      • Federal Land Treatments: Use the applicable Agreement of Supplemental Project Agreement (SPA) Number provided on final agreement or by Program Specialist

        • USFS GNA SPA Example: (22-GN-11021200-065)

        • BLM Agreement Example: (L19AC00327)

      • *In the event that there are multiple agreements that apply to a single Forest Management Treatment, use the primary landowner agreement number.

        • Example: A forest management treatment on USFS lands that has funding from a GNA SPA and an NFF agreement to cover staffing should have the GNA SPA agreement number listed for the unique ID.

  • Landowner Assists

  • Outreach Programs

  • Plans

    • All plans must include a unique Plan ID that is entered in the details tab in GeoTracks Web or Mobile applications. (see GEOTRACKS Activity Business Practices for examples)

  • Recognition Programs

UAS flight

Type: Select One

  • Selection options will be based on Category

  • See Activity Business Practices for definitions

Unit of Measure: type in or use dropdown

  • Acres

  • Each

  • Hours

  • Miles

  • Number of Attendees

  • Number of Landowner

  • Seedlings

  • Trees

Comments: Enter comments specific to the activity if desired/applicable

 Status/ Dates:

  • Planned:

    • Date: Based on kick-off meetings for grants. The forester responsible will enter this information after the kick-off meeting.

    • UOM Value: Enter planned unit of measure (UOM) Value for activity (e.g., 20)

  • In Progress: Enter this in GeoTracks when Activity is in Progress

  • Completed: Enter this in GeoTracks when Activity is completed

Location

  • User may select “Use Project Location” if activity is associated with a project, otherwise, the address of activity location can be typed in or a point can be dropped on the map

  • Priority Analysis Tool – an optional planning tool to evaluate the maximum values from the 2020 Colorado Forest Action Plan composite priority, forest conditions, watershed protection, and living with wildfire maps for a project or activity.

    • Note: uploading spatial data does not tie spatial data to the Activity or Project

 Funding

  • User will select “Add Source” and then select from the dropdown “Funding Source”

    • If known, user should select appropriate account and/or subaccounts from dropdown options

Funding Source: Required field, user must select from available dropdowns

Select “Add Source” to add multiple funding sources (if applicable) Funding Source

Options:

  • 22 Fund Management Projects (e.g., management plans, planting projects, projects with service agreements, etc.)

  • 29 Fund Seedling Trees

  • 39 Fund Service Fees (e.g., Forest Ag inspections, TSP activities, landowner assists where CSFS service fee is charged)

  • Adjacent Lands Grant

  • CAFA

  • Colorado Parks & Wildlife

  • Colorado Springs Utilities

  • Congressional Directed Spending

  • Conservation Reserve Program

  • COSWAP

  • Denver Water

  • Disaster Recovery Funding

  • Forest Health Management (e.g., Aerial surveys, forest health monitoring/trapping, etc.)

  • Forest Inventory & Analysis

  • Forest Legacy Program

  • Forest Stewardship (e.g., Tree Farm activities, landowner contacts, tree seedling workshops)

  • FRWRM

  • General Operations (e.g., activities that don’t have a specific funding source such as BMP training, etc.)

  • Good Neighbor Authority

  • Healthy Forests & Vibrant Communities (e.g., CWPP assistance activities, HIZ assessments, wildfire and forestry presentations and workshops, state land pile burning, grant development and assistance, grants identified as HFVC funding, aerial survey activities, Forest Health report activities, state funded GNA projects, GIS support and training, Forest Atlas support, CO-WRA activities, etc.)

  • Landscape Scale Restoration

  • Project Learning Tree

  • Publications/Volunteer Program

  • State Trust Lands (e.g., activities or projects on state trust lands)

  • Stand Alone Grants

  • State Fire Assistance (e.g., CWPP assistance activities, HIZ assessments, Land Use Plan reviews, Firewise USA activities, wildfire presentations and workshops, collaborative participation with focus on National Cohesive Strategy elements such as watershed collaboratives, wildfire councils, Firewise committees, grant development, outreach and publications related to wildfire risk)

  • Urban & Community Forestry (e.g., UCF inventories and management plans, UCF assists and education events, UCF tree planting, Tree City USA recognition and Arbor Day events, CTC participation, etc.)

  • Utilization and Marketing

  • Western Bark Beetle Program

  • WUI Competitive Grants

Account Number – if the account number is known, such as a competitive grant account, select from available dropdowns

Subaccount Number – if subaccount number is known, select from available dropdowns

  • Example:

    • Select both “Healthy Forests &Vibrant Communities” and “State Fire Assistance” funding sources for a completed CWPP.

    • Select “Colorado Parks & Wildlife” and “WUI Competitive Grants” for a forest management treatment that included funding from CPW via an Interagency Agreement and received a WUI competitive grant.

  • If there are multiple funding sources for one Project, the user should select “Add Source” again and continue to select dropdown options for other funding sources and accounts

Landowner:

  • Landowner(s) can be selected from an existing list that has previously been entered or added in the Planner. Add one or more landowners to the associated activity.

 Personnel Information:

  • Assign one or more staff who will be working on the activity. This information is needed to allow staff to query activities assigned to them vs. having to sort through a list of all activities.

  • Staff Responsible: Name of the individual who is the primary point of contact for the Project.

          *Note: Once you begin typing names will auto-populate a list to select from

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