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We are requesting funding to support 2 multi-year projects for 9 months each. Both of these projects are focused on validation of models produced by the WHCWG. We will use occurrence, movement, and genetic data collected for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and mammalian carnivores to validate statewide and ecoregional connectivity models developed by the WHCWG (see the Washington Connected Landscapes Project Part I proposal submitted concurrently for details). Specifically, our project will: • Validate connectivity models developed by the WHCWG using actual movement data from greater sage-grouse. • Test predictions of connectivity models and core habitat areas developed by the WHCWG using greater...
A rapidly changing climate and expanding human footprint is driving increased rates of landscape change in the Pacific Northwest. This makes it challenging for managers to know if and to what extent recovery goals and conservation plans for at-risk species need to be modified to account for changing habitat conditions. Addressing this challenge requires accurate, up-to-date information about landscape change and how it affects the habitat and viability of at-risk species. In addition, managers need to be alerted when trends in habitat conditions approach key ecological thresholds, in order to determine if management goals and plans need to be modified in response to these changes. The goal of this project is to...
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Tags: 2019,
Birds,
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CASC,
Data Visualization & Tools,
The ability of landscapes to impede species’ movement or gene flow may be quantified by resistance models. These models form the basis of many connectivity analyses such as designing linkage networks, predicting impacts of future landscape change, and siting mitigation projects. Because empirical data is often unavailable or difficult to acquire, many resistance models are parameterized by expert opinion. Importantly, there has been little exploration of how expert parameterization of resistance models affects their ability to predict rates of movement and gene flow. Additionally, resistance models may also vary in their spatial and/or thematic resolution as well as their focus on the ecology of a particular species...
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Tags: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE,
Federal resource managers,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
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State agencies,
Categories: Project;
Tags: 2011,
Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative,
LCC,
NWCSC,
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The Washington Connected Landscapes Project will provide a framework to address the interacting impacts of habitat fragmentation and climate change on ecological systems and wildlife species within the Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GNLCC) boundary.Managing for well-connected landscapes is a key strategy to enhance resilience and ensure the long-term viability of plant and animal populations. However, conservation planning efforts have rarely included connectivity for ecological processes such as dispersal, migration, and gene flow. Connectivity conservation is particularly important in the face of climate change, because many species will require highly permeable, well-connected landscapes not...
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Tags: Alberta,
Alberta,
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British Columbia,
British Columbia,
Our 2010 statewide connectivity analysis identified broad-scale priority areas for connectivity conservation. More detailed, finer-scale analyses will give land managers the information they need to begin prioritizing and implementing conservation actions. The Columbia Plateau (Appendix A, Fig. 1) was selected for the first ecoregional-scale analysis for two reasons. First, several climate models suggest that the Columbia Plateau Ecoregion in Washington is likely to be a stronghold of shrubsteppe ecosystems under climate change. Second, despite the high level of habitat loss and fragmentation in the ecoregion, our statewide analysis identified previously undocumented patterns and opportunities for multiple-species...
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Tags: Burrowing Owl,
CA-1,
California,
California,
Climate Change,
We propose an international partnership to facilitate the identification of habitat connectivity conservation opportunities and implementation of connectivity projects in the transboundary area of Washington and British Columbia. The project will engage a transboundary subgroup of the WHCWG co-led by experts from both Washington and British Columbia to: (1) summarize and interpret our statewide and Columbia Plateau ecoregional products (see www.waconnected.org), as well as provincial products, with the objective of highlighting general connectivity patterns and to define where and how to focus our operational-scale transboundary habitat connectivity analyses; (2) establish subregional teams to collaborate on finer-scale...
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Tags: Aquatic Connectivity,
British Columbia,
Canada Lynx,
Cascade Coastal,
Cascadia,
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