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Riparian grasslands dominated by big sacaton (Sporobolus wrightii) once covered floodplains across the southwest, but have been reduced to some 5% of their historical extent. Sacaton stands that remain provide key resources for watershed function, wildlife, and livestock—yet may need special management to sustain these benefits. This report describes mapping methods and management recommendations that can be applied to riparian grasslands throughout the region. By examining sacaton grasslands in the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, this project also refines methods for evaluating ecological condition, and provides managers at this site with detailed maps of both high-quality habitat and restoration needs.
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation,
Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: English,
Madrean,
US,
agriculture,
assessment, All tags...
bird,
erosion,
fire,
grassland,
grazing,
invasive,
inventory,
land cover,
management,
map,
model,
monitoring,
plant,
remote sensing,
research,
resilience,
restoration,
riparian,
river,
soil,
stream,
threat,
vegetation,
water,
watershed,
wetland,
wildlife, Fewer tags
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TNC developed a digital version for the whole of David E. Brown and Charles H. Lowe’s 1981 map. Previously, GIS representations of this map were only available for its Arizona and New Mexico portions. Users: please note the relatively coarse source scale of the paper map (1:1,000,000) when using this digital version for analyses. A layer file (.lyr) which mimics the familiar color scheme of the paper map is also available.
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Chihuahuan Desert,
English,
GIS,
Madrean,
Mexico, All tags...
Mojave Desert,
Sonoran Desert,
US,
ecoregion,
grassland,
land cover,
map,
reservoir,
river,
scrub,
shrub,
vegetation,
water, Fewer tags
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