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Climate Change Scenario Inundation Metrics along the Upper and Middle Mississippi and Lower Missouri Rivers Within large-river ecosystems, floodplains serve a variety of important ecological functions. A recent survey of 80 managers of floodplain conservation lands along the Upper and Middle Mississippi and Lower Missouri Rivers in the central United States found that the most critical information needed to improve floodplain management centered on metrics for characterizing depth, extent, frequency, duration, and timing of inundation. These metrics can be delivered to managers efficiently through cloud-based interactive maps. To calculate these metrics, we interpolated an existing one-dimensional HEC-RAS hydraulic model for the Lower Missouri River, which simulated water surface elevations at cross sections spaced (<1... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Iowa, Kansas, Lower Missouri, Missouri, Nebraska, All tags... Northeast CASC, Other Water, Water, Coasts and Ice, environment, floodplains, floods, inlandWaters, river systems, streamflow AND mathematical modeling, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags Conservation Priorities for Open Space Recreation Access in the Southeast United States, by Census Block Group (2018) Publicly accessible open spaces provide valuable opportunities for people to exercise, play, socialize, and build community. People are more likely to use public open spaces that are close (ideally within walking distance) to their homes. To assess the spatial distribution of access to open space for recreation in the southeastern United States, we constructed an index of open space access based on the size of the largest publicly accessible open space within 10 miles of each point on the landscape, using three distance categories to represent whether people can reach the open spaces by walking (within 0.5 mile), via a short drive (within 3 miles), or via a longer drive (within 10 miles). Using the open space access... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Data Visualization & Tools, Data and Information Sharing, Florida, All tags... Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Science Tools for Managers, South Carolina, Southeast CASC, Tennessee, Virginia, parks, recreation, Fewer tags Near-real-time cheatgrass percent cover in the northern Great Basin, USA--2015 This dataset provides an estimate of 2015 cheatgrass percent cover in the northern Great Basin at 250 meter spatial resolution. The dataset was generated by integrating eMODIS NDVI satellite data with independent variables that influence cheatgrass germination and growth into a regression-tree model. Individual pixel values range from 0 to 100 with an overall mean value of 9.85 and a standard deviation of 12.78. A mask covers areas not classified as shrub/scrub or grass/herbaceous by the 2001 National Land Cover Database. The mask also covers areas higher than 2000 meters in elevation because cheatgrass is unlikely to exist at more than 2% cover above this threshold. Cheatgrass is an invasive grass that has invaded... Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Bromus tectorum, Cheatgrass, MODIS, NDVI, Northwest CASC, All tags... Plants, Wildlife and Plants, annual grass, northern Great Basin, satellite data, Fewer tags Conservation Priorities for Recreational Birding in the Southeast United States, by County (2011) Recreational birding is a popular activity in the United States. To assess the spatial distribution of recreational birding in the southeast, we combined two data sources: eBird (Sullivan et al. 2009) and the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-associated Recreation (NSFHWAR; US Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Department of Commerce 2011). We used spatial birding data from eBird to distribute the state-level NSFHWAR birding data by county and land protection status. This information was used to identify priority counties for conservation of birding areas. These are counties with a high level of birding activity where at least 90% of birding activity takes place on unprotected... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Data Visualization & Tools, Data and Information Sharing, Florida, All tags... Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Science Tools for Managers, South Carolina, Southeast CASC, Tennessee, birds, recreation, Fewer tags Quantify Depth of Inundation for Floodplains on the Missouri River for a Calculated Return Interval of 5 Years Within large-river ecosystems, floodplains serve a variety of important ecological functions. A recent survey of 80 managers of floodplain conservation lands along the Upper and Middle Mississippi and Lower Missouri Rivers in the central United States found that the most critical information needed to improve floodplain management centered on metrics for characterizing depth, extent, frequency, duration, and timing of inundation. These metrics can be delivered to managers efficiently through cloud-based interactive maps. To calculate these metrics, we interpolated an existing one-dimensional HEC-RAS hydraulic model for the Lower Missouri River, which simulated water surface elevations at cross sections spaced (<1... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Iowa, Kansas, Lower Missouri, Missouri, Nebraska, All tags... Northeast CASC, Other Water, Water, Coasts and Ice, environment, floodplains, floods, inlandWaters, river systems, streamflow AND mathematical modeling, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags Future Spotted Owl Habitat Scenarios, Northwest Washington Study Area, 2007-2096 The following files are designed to be run using the Path Landscape Model software, version 3.0.4. Later versions of the software cannot run these files. To get a copy of this software, please contact Apex RMS at path@apexrms.com. 1) Path models MUST be run with the provided .MCM and .trd mulitplier files to apply the required transition probability adjustments for procesess such as insect outbreaks, wildfire, and climate change trends. Each Path database is set up with three folders: - The 'Common' folder contains a single Path scenario (also named 'Common'). The Transitions tab within the Common scenario contains the climate-smart STM. - The 'Multipliers' folder contains multipliers specific to each ownership-allocation... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable; Tags: Birds, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Fire, Forests, Grasslands and Plains, All tags... Landscapes, Northwest CASC, Pacific Coast, Pacific Northwest, Stream temperature, Washington, Wildlife and Plants, climate change, land management, state and transition modeling, vegetation change, vulnerability assessment, wildlife habitat, Fewer tags Baseline Inundation Metrics for the Upper and Middle Mississippi and Lower Missouri Rivers Within large-river ecosystems, floodplains serve a variety of important ecological functions. A recent survey of 80 managers of floodplain conservation lands along the Upper and Middle Mississippi and Lower Missouri Rivers in the central United States found that the most critical information needed to improve floodplain management centered on metrics for characterizing depth, extent, frequency, duration, and timing of inundation. These metrics can be delivered to managers efficiently through cloud-based interactive maps. To calculate these metrics, we interpolated an existing one-dimensional HEC-RAS hydraulic model for the Lower Missouri River, which simulated water surface elevations at cross sections spaced (<1... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Iowa, Kansas, Lower Missouri, Missouri, Nebraska, All tags... Northeast CASC, Other Water, Water, Coasts and Ice, environment, floodplains, floods, inlandWaters, river systems, streamflow AND mathematical modeling, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags Low-Resolution North Pacific Nearshore Buffer shapefile This shapefile approximates the area less than 20 km offshore of the North Pacific Coastline as defined by the "World Country Boundaries (Generalized)" shapefile distributed by ESRI as part of their Data & Maps data series. Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Asian Pacific, National CASC, North Pacific, Pacific Coast, Pacific Northwest, All tags... Pacific Ocean, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Water, Coasts and Ice, buffer, clip, coastlines, shapefile, Fewer tags Macro and micro nutrient characteristics of four biochar-amended soils from Oregon, 2018 Research has suggested that biochar soil amendments have the ability to improve soil water retention, but results have not been consistent or predictable across soil types. The objective of this project was to evaluate the potential for biochar soil amendments to mitigate agricultural drought by characterizing their impacts on soil hydraulics and plant growth across a range of agricultural soil conditions. This data set contains soil moisture retention curves and unsaturated hydraulic conductivities for four Oregon agricultural soils amended with biochar. Gasified biochars made from wheat straw (AgEnergy, Spokane, WA) and conifer wood (BioLogical, Philomath, OR) were tilled into soils at experimental stations in... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable; Tags: Drought, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Klamath Falls, Landscapes, All tags... Landscapes, Madras, Northwest CASC, Oregon, Other Landscapes, Pacific Northwest, Pendleton, Willamette, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, environment, farming, porosity, soil moisture, Fewer tags Conservation and Restoration Priorities for Wild Pollinator Habitat in the Southeast United States, by County (2011) Wild insect pollination has significant positive effects on pollinator-dependent crop production. While managed honeybees are often used to provide pollination to pollinator-dependent crops, visits by wild insect pollinators have been shown to be more effective in increasing fruit set than managed pollinators, and wild insect pollination increases fruit set even when managed pollinator visitation is high (Garibaldi et al. 2013). The total value of the pollination services provided by wild, native insects has been estimated at $3.07 billion annually (2003 dollars) in the United States (Losey & Vaughan 2006). To assess the spatial distribution of potential wild insect pollination, we mapped the supply of potential... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Data Visualization & Tools, Data and Information Sharing, Florida, All tags... Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Science Tools for Managers, South Carolina, Southeast CASC, Tennessee, agricultural sites, environment, farming, habitats, natural resource management, pollination, pollinators, remediation, Fewer tags Process-guided deep learning water temperature predictions: 1 Spatial data (GIS polygons for 68 lakes) This dataset provides shapefile of outlines of the 68 lakes where temperature was modeled as part of this study. The format is a shapefile for all lakes combined (.shp, .shx, .dbf, and .prj files). This dataset is part of a larger data release of lake temperature model inputs and outputs for 68 lakes in the U.S. states of Minnesota and Wisconsin (http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/P9AQPIVD). Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: 007, 012, Fish, MN, Minnesota, All tags... Northeast CASC, Rivers, Streams and Lakes, US, United States, WI, Water, Coasts and Ice, Wildlife and Plants, Wisconsin, climate change, deep learning, environment, hybrid modeling, inlandWaters, machine learning, modeling, reservoirs, temperate lakes, temperature, thermal profiles, water, Fewer tags Temperate Northern Pacific Nearshore Points shapefile This point shapefile approximates locations within 20 km of the North Pacific Coastline, as defined by the "World Country Boundaries (Generalized)" shapefile distributed by ESRI as part of their Data & Maps data series. They are based on raster data at 4 km resolution. Therefore there are between 3-5 points extending out from each location along the shoreline (at 4 km intervals). Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Aleutian, Asian Pacific, BC, Baja, British Columbia, All tags... CA, California, Canada, China, Gulf of Alaska, Japan, Kamchatka, Korea, Kuroshio, National CASC, North America, North Pacific, OR, Oregon, Oyashio, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, Russia, SST, Sea of Okhotsk, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Vancouver, WA, Washington, Water, Coasts and Ice, Yellow Sea, coast, coastal zone, coastline, location, oceans, points, sea surface temperature, shapefile, shore, shoreline, Fewer tags WARMER model projections of sea-level rise for eight tidal marsh study areas on coastal Oregon and Washington, 2010-2110 We used WARMER, a 1-D cohort model of wetland accretion (Swanson et al. 2014), which is based on Callaway et al. (1996), to examine SLR projections across each study site. Each cohort in the model represents the total organic and inorganic matter added to the soil column each year. WARMER calculates elevation changes relative to MSL based on projected changes in relative sea level, subsidence, inorganic sediment accumulation, aboveground and belowground organic matter productivity, compaction, and decay for a representative marsh area. Each cohort provides the mass of inorganic and organic matter accumulated at the surface in a single year as well as any subsequent belowground organic matter productivity (root growth)... Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: Bandon, Coos Bay, Grays Harbor, NWCASC, Nisqually, All tags... Northwest CASC, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Port Susan, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Siletz, Skokomish, WARMER Model, Washington, Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetland Accretion Rate Model of Ecosystem Resilience, Wetlands, Willapa, raster, sea-level rise model, Fewer tags Elevation Points for Eight Study Areas in Coastal Oregon and Washington, 2012 To assess the current topography of tidal marsh at the study sites we conducted survey-grade global positioning system (GPS) surveys between 2009 and 2014 using a Leica RX1200 Real Time Kinematic (RTK) rover (±1 cm horizontal, ±2 cm vertical accuracy; Leica Geosystems Inc., Norcross, GA; Figure 4). At sites with RTK GPS network coverage (Padilla, Port Susan, Nisqually, Siletz, Bull Island, and Bandon), rover positions were received in real time from the Leica Smartnet system via a CDMA modem (www.lecia-geosystems.com). At sites without network coverage (Skokomish, Grays Harbor, and Willapa), rover positions were received in real time from a Leica GS10 antenna base station via radio link. At sites where we used the... Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, Shapefile; Tags: Bandon, Bull Island, Coos Bay, Grays Harbor, Nisqually, All tags... Northwest CASC, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Padilla, Port Susan, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Siletz, Skokomish, Washington, Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, Willapa, elevation, salt marsh, Fewer tags Future Sage-Grouse Habitat Scenarios, Southeast Oregon Study Area, 2007-2096 The following files are designed to be run using the Path Landscape Model software, version 3.0.4. Later versions of the software cannot run these files. To get a copy of this software, please contact Apex RMS at path@apexrms.com. 1) "Path Landscape Mode" folder contains files to be run in the PLM softwarel, version 3.0.4 or later. Path models MUST be run with the provided MCM mulitplier files to apply the required transition probability adjustments for procesess such as insect outbreaks, wildfire, and climate change trends. Each Path database is set up with three folders: - The 'Common' folder contains a single Path scenario (also named 'Common'). The Transitions tab within the Common scenario contains the climate-smart... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable; Tags: Birds, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Fire, Forests, Grasslands and Plains, All tags... Great Basin, Landscapes, Northwest CASC, Pacific Northwest, Southeast Oregon, Wildlife and Plants, climate change, land management, state and transition modeling, vegetation change, vulnerability assessment, wildlife habitat, Fewer tags Conservation Priorities for Recreational Birding in the Southeast United States, by Watershed (2011) Recreational birding is a popular activity in the United States. To assess the spatial distribution of recreational birding in the southeast, we combined two data sources: eBird (Sullivan et al. 2009) and the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-associated Recreation (NSFHWAR; US Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Department of Commerce 2011). We used spatial birding data from eBird to distribute the state-level NSFHWAR birding data by watershed (HUC 8) and land protection status. This information was used to identify priority watersheds for conservation of birding areas. These are watersheds with a high level of birding activity where at least 90% of birding activity takes place... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Data Visualization & Tools, Data and Information Sharing, Florida, All tags... Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Science Tools for Managers, South Carolina, Southeast CASC, Tennessee, birds, recreation, Fewer tags Conservation Priorities for Open Space Recreation Access in the Southeast United States, by County (2018) Publicly accessible open spaces provide valuable opportunities for people to exercise, play, socialize, and build community. People are more likely to use public open spaces that are close (ideally within walking distance) to their homes. To assess the spatial distribution of access to open space for recreation in the southeastern United States, we constructed an index of open space access based on the size of the largest publicly accessible open space within 10 miles of each point on the landscape, using three distance categories to represent whether people can reach the open spaces by walking (within 0.5 mile), via a short drive (within 3 miles), or via a longer drive (within 10 miles). Using the open space access... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Data Visualization & Tools, Data and Information Sharing, Florida, All tags... Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Science Tools for Managers, South Carolina, Southeast CASC, Tennessee, Virginia, parks, recreation, Fewer tags Conservation and Restoration Priorities for Wild Pollinator Habitat in the Southeast United States, by Subwatershed (2011) Wild insect pollination has significant positive effects on pollinator-dependent crop production. While managed honeybees are often used to provide pollination to pollinator-dependent crops, visits by wild insect pollinators have been shown to be more effective in increasing fruit set than managed pollinators, and wild insect pollination increases fruit set even when managed pollinator visitation is high (Garibaldi et al. 2013). The total value of the pollination services provided by wild, native insects has been estimated at $3.07 billion annually (2003 dollars) in the United States (Losey & Vaughan 2006). To assess the spatial distribution of potential wild insect pollination, we mapped the supply of potential... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Data Visualization & Tools, Data and Information Sharing, Florida, All tags... Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Science Tools for Managers, South Carolina, Southeast CASC, Tennessee, agricultural sites, environment, farming, habitats, natural resource management, pollination, pollinators, remediation, Fewer tags Science to Inform Management of Floodplain Conservation Lands under Non-Stationary Conditions Within large-river ecosystems, floodplains serve a variety of important ecological functions. A recent survey of 80 managers of floodplain conservation lands along the Upper and Middle Mississippi and Lower Missouri Rivers in the central United States found that the most critical information needed to improve floodplain management centered on metrics for characterizing depth, extent, frequency, duration, and timing of inundation. These metrics can be delivered to managers efficiently through cloud-based interactive maps. To calculate these metrics, we interpolated an existing one-dimensional HEC-RAS hydraulic model for the Lower Missouri River, which simulated water surface elevations at cross sections spaced (<1... Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Iowa, Kansas, Lower Missouri, Missouri, Nebraska, All tags... Northeast CASC, Other Water, Water, Coasts and Ice, environment, floodplains, floods, inlandWaters, river systems, streamflow AND mathematical modeling, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags