Document 53-11
Filed 01/16/2008
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Shapiro, William (ENRD)
From: Sent: To: Cc: Julie Greathouse [[email protected]] Friday, January 04, 2008 9:37 AM Shapiro, William (ENRD); [email protected] [email protected]
Subject: RE: AGFC: Recent Information Bill: I disagree with your assertion that Plaintiff has delayed in responding. We communicated with the Kingwood experts regarding your comments. See explanations below. The sample point locations were set out on a mechanical grid system with the first plot location selected from some feature on a map or aerial photo. Every subsequent plot center was located relative to the first plot location with spacing (measured by pacing) along a predetermined cardinal direction (identified by a hand held compass). At the time of the cruise, each plot center was marked with plastic flagging with plot number ID marked on the flagging. The plot markers were clear and visible and easily relocated within a year or two after being set. Kingwood did not use a Geographic Positioning System to record plot locations. In time, the plastic flagging has been degraded or lost due to the influences of falling trees and limbs, sun, wind, flooding, hikers, hunters, etc. As for the correlation between the shape files and plot data, the data can be correlated to the sampled areas but the actual plot locations cannot be recreated on the shape files for the reasons set forth above. Julie
From: Shapiro, William (ENRD) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thu 1/3/2008 5:26 PM To: Julie Greathouse; [email protected] Cc: [email protected]; Shapiro, William (ENRD) Subject: Re: AGFC: Recent Information Julie -- Plaintiff's delay in getting us this information makes it impossible to make a response to these reports. If you are not able to make your experts available next week, please let me know by tomorrow so that we can determine our next step. I will be out tomorrow, but checking email. Thanks, Bill Sent Using U.S. DOJ/ENRD BES Server ----- Original Message ----From: Julie Greathouse
Exhibit 10 to United States' Motion
1/16/2008
Case 1:05-cv-00381-CFL
Cc: [email protected] Subject: AGFC: Recent Information Julie,
Document 53-11
Filed 01/16/2008
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This will confirm receipt of your letters dated December 20 and 21, 2007, and transmittal of additional data (numbered AGFC 10718-10724, AGFC 10725-10731, and the Kingwood Shape Files (which I have been able to download, but not open). Our experts have been able to open the Kingwood Shape Files, and tell me that it is impossible to understand the data without further information. For example, the maps appear to show the general location of plot lines from the first inventory completed in 2000; they do not contain information necessary to allow someone to associate the supplied individual plot data with the actual ground location of the data. In addition, the shape files appear to show areas inventoried, but there is no way to correlate the shape files to the plot data. Perhaps we can resolve these issues by talking directly to someone at Kingwood. Would you be willing to allow our experts to talk to someone at Kingwood within the next few days to try to resolve this?
Exhibit 10 to United States' Motion
1/16/2008
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