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If you manage to haul a frozen, skinned beaver carcass up a remote mountain pass in the middle of winter, then nail it about two metres up a tree, you might just be lucky enough to attract a wolverine.That’s what researchers have been trying to do for the past few years as part of a multi-year study to learn more about these elusive predators, and how they move and survive throughout the mountainous terrain of southern Alberta and British Columbia.Led by Tony Clevenger, a biologist at Montana State University’s Western Transportation Institute, the research team tracks wolverines using non-invasive methods, such as cameras and hair traps (and, yes, skinned beavers on trees) with hopes of learning how these high-elevation...
We have completed an array of high-resolution simulations of present and future climate over Western North America (WNA) and Eastern North America (ENA) by dynamically downscaling global climate simulations using a regional climate model, RegCM3. The simulations are intended to provide long time series of internally consistent surface and atmospheric variables for use in climate-related research. In addition to providing high-resolution weather and climate data for the past, present, and future, we have developed an integrated data flow and methodology for processing, summarizing, viewing, and delivering the climate datasets to a wide range of potential users. Our simulations were run over 50- and 15-kilometer model...
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Interest in using environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling to monitor aquatic species is exploding. This technique makes it possible to conduct rapid and cost-effective broad-scale species assessment and monitoring, particularly when informed by robust species distribution models. Here, we provide preliminary results from an effort to identify habitats occupied by juvenile bull trout in all 4th-code basins constituting their historical U.S. range.We developed a sampling template based on 1) the probability of habitat occupancy by juvenile bull trout from the Climate Shield model and 2) simulated and empirically tested probabilities of eDNA-based detection of stream-dwelling salmonids. A cadre of state, tribal, federal,...
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The purpose of this project was to develop a spatially explicit occupancy model for grizzly bears across the full extent of the CCE. The landscape occupancy model was created using ecological variables compiled for the CCE by the CMP and grizzly bear detection data provided by our partners in Alberta, British Columbia, and Montana. Our work identifies landscape-scale factors that influence grizzly bear occupancy and compliments other fine-scale modeling activities occurring elsewhere in the CCE.
The Crown Managers Partnership is developing a monitoring program that is intended to support the long-term health of the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem (CCE) and provide a scientifically credible foundation for managers to engage in natural resource protection activities. The monitoring strategy will focus on the development and acquisition of geospatial datasets from remote sensing and other GIS sources designed to track changes in habitats and human footprint consistently and reliably across the CCE. This information can then: be evaluated against the range of climate scenarios for the CCE monitor impacts and vulnerabilities in the face of climate change and assist managers with determining and implementing...
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This dataset was developed by the Crown Managers Partnership, as part of a transboundary collaborative management initiative for the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, based on commonly identified management priorities that are relevant at the landscape scale. The CMP is collaborative group of land managers, scientists, and stakeholder in the CCE. For more information on the CMP and its collaborators, programs, and projects please visit: http://crownmanagers.org/This geodatabase contains all freely available spatial information on trails accessible by All-Terrain-Vehicles (ATV’s) as well as utility and logging cutlines in the Crown of the Continent area. Due to the free nature of the data, it is of mixed quality...
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Active coal mine operations in the East Kootenay region of SE British Columbia. This dataset was compiled from Teck Resources and ESRI google Earth 2013 imagery. This dataset was developed as part of the Crown Managers Partnership on going effort to develop seamless transboundary datasets across the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem.
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Our primary goal for this dataset was to obtain the population and number of dwellings at the finest common scale possible. Because the Canadian government first began to collect the pertinent census information at our desired scale in 2006, we used 2006 as the baseline for this product on the Canadian CCE. However, because (1) U.S. Census takes place every 10 years, and (2) our desired baseline date for the protocol was 2000, the census 2000 blocks were used on the U.S. CCE. This dataset was developed by the Crown Managers Partnership, as part of a transboundary collaborative management initiative for the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, based on commonly identified management priorities that are relevant at the...
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British Columbia, Alberta and Montana land ownership data.This polygon dataset represents an up-to-date picture of land management and ownership across the crown of the continent ecosystem. This dataset represents the federal, provincial/state, and local government agencies responsible for managing land. This dataset also shows the private land, private conservation lands, and land held by Plum Creek Timber.The Alberta Data was acquired from AltaLIS for parks and protected area data, and Alberta Sustainable Resource Development for the remaining public and private lands. The Reservations in Alberta were derived from a map created by the Miistakis institute. The BC data was provided by the BC Ministry of Forests,...
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This layer respresents First Nations Reservations that occupy area in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem or occupy area within a 50 kilometer buffer surrounding the border. The data is derived from Alberta and British Columbia data from GeoGratis, which was created in 2003 and revised in 2015; and Montana data from the US Bureau of Land Management (BMSC).
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Climate change is having significant effects on organisms and ecosystems worldwide, but changes in the western nited States have been particularly rapid over the last 30 years. Resource managers in the West are being asked o manage for ecological responses to climate, but they have limited access to regional or local information on he observed and projected effects of climate change. In this report we synthesize information on the observed and projected responses of selected ecosystem properties and processes, organisms, and communities within the Rocky Mountains and Upper Columbia Basin (ROCO). As defined by climate and geopolitical boundaries, this region Encompasses the Greater Yellowstone Area, the Crown...
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These data are an appended version of the Landscape Integrity Core Areas vector map developed as part of the Washington Habitat Connectivity Working Group (2010) landscape integrity analysis. The average mean annual temperature, standard deviation of mean annual temperature, and additional statistics were calculated for the pixels in each core area and appended to the core area attribute table.Mean annual temperature statistics were appended to the Landscape Integrity Core Areas map as part of climate connectivity analyses produced by Tristan Nuñez for a Master’s thesis (Nuñez 2011) while a student at the School of Forest Resources at the University of Washington. The dataset was produced in part to assist the Climate...
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Roads are often identified as sources of ecological process disruption. Roads can damage aquatic ecosystems by altering hydrologic, wood, and sediment regimes, degrade water quality, and reduce habitat suitability for aquatic biota. Often sedimentation is singled out as a premiere contributor to degradation. Over the past half century, thousands of miles of roads have been built across federal lands for a variety of purposes. In response to climate change, road restoration is considered a high priority as a means to reduce factors limiting natural processes and native species, particularly as a potential adaptation strategy to assist cold-water fish species. With an extensive road network and limited funding, managers...
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In 2014 and 2015, the Arid Lands Initiative developed “Conservation Scorecards” for their Priority Core Areas (PCAs) and Priority Linkage Areas (PLAs). To create the scorecards, we collected numerous existing geospatial datasets that could help provide decision support for ALI land managers, then summarized them to the geometry of PCAs and PLAs (e.g., took the spatial mean of a Landscape Condition Model). To better understand the analysis, please read the report, “Assessing the Condition and Resilience of Collaborative Conservation Priority Areas in the Columbia Plateau Ecoregion,” available here. The PCA scorecards pdfs are attached to the main report as an appendix, and the PLA scorecards are included in a short...
map background search result map search result map ALI Conservation Scorecards Input Data Layers Elk Valley Coal Mines in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem Cutlines and OHV Trails in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem Census 2000/2006 Crown of the Continent Ecosystem First Nations and Indian Reservations in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem Jurisdictions in the Crown of the Continent c2012 Large Scale Drought Resiliency in the Missouri Headwaters Basin Success Measurement Summary Completing the loop: Combining occupancy modeling, crowd-sourcing, and eDNA sampling to inventory bull trout across their U.S. range Ecological Minimums Required by Greater Sage-grouse Metadata Webpage Project Website: SageStep Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation SageStep Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project May 17-18,2011 Workshop Webpage Core Areas for Climate Gradient Corridors - Mean annual temperature Quantifying the effects of roads and the benefits of watershed restoration in the face of climate change Mapping the Wolverine Way Observed and Projected Ecological Response to Climate Change in the Rocky Mountains and Upper Columbia Basin A Synthesis of Current Scientific Literature Ecological Minimums Required by Greater Sage-grouse Metadata Webpage Completing the loop: Combining occupancy modeling, crowd-sourcing, and eDNA sampling to inventory bull trout across their U.S. range Project Website: SageStep Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation SageStep Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project May 17-18,2011 Workshop Webpage Elk Valley Coal Mines in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem Mapping the Wolverine Way Quantifying the effects of roads and the benefits of watershed restoration in the face of climate change Large Scale Drought Resiliency in the Missouri Headwaters Basin Success Measurement Summary First Nations and Indian Reservations in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem Jurisdictions in the Crown of the Continent c2012 ALI Conservation Scorecards Input Data Layers Census 2000/2006 Crown of the Continent Ecosystem Core Areas for Climate Gradient Corridors - Mean annual temperature Cutlines and OHV Trails in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem Observed and Projected Ecological Response to Climate Change in the Rocky Mountains and Upper Columbia Basin A Synthesis of Current Scientific Literature