Cami Dixon

Adaptive management in native grasslands managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Implications for grassland birds, 2011-2013 data release

This database contains records of grassland bird abundance and vegetation structure on tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Specifically, under the adaptive-management decision framework (Native Prairie Adaptive Management [NPAM] intiative), we surveyed breeding birds and sampled vegetation on 89 native prairie NPAM units managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, including 55 units in 2011, 87 units in 2012, and 87 units in 2013. The NPAM units occurred in 19 USFWS refuge complexes and wetland management districts, including 14 complexes in USFWS Region 6 (North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana) and five complexes in USFWS Region 3 (Minnesota).

Categories: Data; Tags: Ecology, Minnesota, Montana, National Wildlife Refuge, North Dakota, All tags... Prairie Pothole Region, South Dakota, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Wetland Management District, Wildlife Biology, biota, birds, environment, grassland ecosystems, population and community ecology, Fewer tags

One of the biggest challenges facing resource managers today is not knowing exactly when, where, and how climate change effects will unfold. While models can be used to predict the types of impacts that climate change might have on a landscape, uncertainty remains surrounding factors such as how quickly changes will occur and how specific resources will respond. In order to plan for this uncertain future, managers have begun to use a tool known as scenario planning. In this approach, a subset of global climate model projections are selected that represent a range of plausible future climate scenarios for a particular area. Through a series of facilitated workshops, managers can then explore different management...

Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2015, CASC, Completed, Grasslands and Plains, Grasslands and Plains, All tags... Landscapes, Landscapes, North Central, North Central CASC, Plants, Plants, Projects by Region, Science Tools for Managers, Wildlife and Plants, Wildlife and Plants, northern Great Plains, scenario planning, simulation modeling, Fewer tags