Watershed potential erosion rate ranking system and check-dam placement suitability data within the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative (SRLCC)

Using Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) soil databases, topographic features derived from digital elevation models, stream networks, and regional climatic patterns, I developed a ranking system for watershed potential erosion rates and suitability for check-dam placement across the SRLCC. This ranking system serves as a first step for land managers to prioritize areas for check-dam installation based on relatively static factors (soil properties, topography, and hydrology) that can contribute to rates of soil erosion by water and the stability of check-dams. Many other relatively dynamic factors over time can contribute to rates of soil erosion by water, such as recent wildfire events, changes in weather...

Tags: Arizona, Colorado, Ecology, Geography, Geomorphology, All tags... Idaho, Information Sciences, Land Use Change, Nevada, New Mexico, Soil Sciences, Southern Rockies LCC, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Utah, Water Resources, Wyoming, check-dams, conservation, environment, erosion, erosion rates, inlandWaters, ranking system, restoration, sediment catchment, soil erosion, stream restoration, suitability, watershed potential erosion rates, watershed prioritization, watersheds, Fewer tags

Spatial distribution and risk analysis data for diamond-backed terrapins relative to crab trapping, Savannah Coastal Refuge Complex, USA

There were five objects for compiling these data: 1) to conduct a systematic inventory of diamond-backed terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) using headcount surveys on four National Wildlife Refuges (Harris Neck, Blackbeard Island, Wassaw, and Wolf Island) that are a part of the greater Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex in southeast Georgia, USA; 2) to use occupancy modeling to determine detection probability and distribution of diamondback terrapins; 3) to perform risk assessments of these terrapin populations in relation to crabbing pressure; 4) to generate maps with associated GIS files of terrapin relative densities related to crabbing pressure; and 5) to provide scientific information that will allow for effective...

Tags: Aquatic Biology, Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge, Ecology, Geography, Georgia, All tags... Georgia National Wildlife Refuge, Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Information Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge, Wildlife Biology, Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge, crab trap locations, crab traps, enviornmental conditions, environmental related variables, headcount surveys, headcounts, national wildlife refuge, observer bias, observer related variables, occupancy modeling, risk assessment, survey routes, survey transects, terrapin detections, terrapin occupancy, terrapins, tidal creeks, Fewer tags