Projects developed at smaller scales than the Mississippi Basin using the conceptual framework and/or data layers from the Gulf Hypoxia Initiative. These projects are managed by a range of agencies and organizations. As of Summer 2017, the following organizations have used the Blueprint: 1) Decatur County (IN) Comprehensive Plan Revision - cartographic illustrations to provide zoning protection for key areas in the county for prairie, wetland and forest conservation. 2) FishTail: Stream Vulnerability Assessment – Provided input on development of a decision support tool for assessing climate vulnerability, land use impacts and conservation status of stream fish communities in the Northeast Climate Science Center region [...]
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Projects developed at smaller scales than the Mississippi Basin using the conceptual framework and/or data layers from the Gulf Hypoxia Initiative. These projects are managed by a range of agencies and organizations. As of Summer 2017, the following organizations have used the Blueprint:
1) Decatur County (IN) Comprehensive Plan Revision - cartographic illustrations to provide zoning protection for key areas in the county for prairie, wetland and forest conservation.
2) FishTail: Stream Vulnerability Assessment – Provided input on development of a decision support tool for assessing climate vulnerability, land use impacts and conservation status of stream fish communities in the Northeast Climate Science Center region with PIs from Michigan State University, University of Missouri and USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center.
3) Lower Wabash River Floodplains (IN) – Spatial analysis and data layers to support stakeholder-driven strategic conservation planning and delivery in floodplain and headwater habitats from Terre Haute (IN) to the confluence with the Ohio River with leadership from FWS Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge, The Nature Conservancy, IN & IL DNRs, IDEM, SWCDs and NRCS.
4) Openlands - Delivered Corn/Soybeans and Grazing Opportunities datasets to a conservation organization operating in the Greater Chicago region.
5) Resilient Rivers Land Trust Coalition - Provided technical assistance regarding identification of wetland restoration opportunities as well as guidance on data sources and geospatial analyses. This coalition is developing a "Conservation Framework for Land Trusts Engaging in Nutrient Reduction Strategies in the Upper Mississippi River Basin" to help land trusts determine when and where to engage in watershed planning projects that result in wetland and floodplain restoration projects that can reduce nutrients in tributaries of the Mississippi River and enhance water quality benefits of the restoration projects.
6) TNC Climate Resilient Sites - Provided historic vegetation data; grassland cores and corridors; sources for other data; and analytical recommendations for Conserving Nature’s Stage in the Great Plains and Upper Mississippi/Great Lakes.
7) TNC Upper Mississippi Floodplains – The Nature Conservancy incorporated data layers into a tool for prioritizing floodplains for nutrients & risk reduction as a pilot mapping and spatial analysis along the Upper Mississippi and Lower Illinois Rivers.
8) Transforming Drainage - After discussing potential suitability criteria for saturated buffers, a map package pertaining to geophysical factors related to drainage water management and saturated buffers were delivered to a large university and industry consortium hosted by Purdue University. Tallgrass Prairie LCC staff participate in the advisory team for the consortium.
9) Upper Mississippi River & Great Lakes Region Joint Venture - used portions of the Blueprint to develop a decision support map to target waterfowl habitat conservation based on biological (breeding and non-breeding waterfowl habitat) and social (waterfowl supporters and ecological goods and services) parameters weighted by regional waterfowl stakeholders.
Soulliere, G. J., and M. A. Al-Saffar. 2017. Targeting Conservation for Waterfowl and People in the Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Joint Venture Region. Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Region Joint Venture Technical Report No. 2017-1, Bloomington, Minnesota, USA.
10) WRESTORE Agricultural Watershed Planning Tools - Wetland restoration and Wabash River basin riparian opportunities datasets were delivered to the WRESTORE project developed jointly by human dimensions faculty at Purdue University and modelers at Oregon State University.
11) Yazoo River Basin (MS) - Riparian opportunities were identified from data and map package uploaded to project websites.
