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Applying Vulnerability Assessment Tools to Plan for Climate Adaptation: Case Studies in the North Pacific LCC - Final Report The central objective of this project was to answer two questions: 1) how downscaled climate datasets, modeled vegetation changes, and information on estimated species sensitivities can be used to develop climate change adaptation strategies, and 2) how model results and datasets can be made more useful for informing the management of species and landscapes. To answer these questions, we identified enthusiastic partners working in two very different complex landscapes within the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NPLCC): 1) the British Columbia Park system, specifically the midcoast region, and 2) the National Wildlife Refuge system in the Willamette Valley, OR. The issues and concerns of each group... Categories: Data; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, B.C., BC Provincial parks, British Columbia, Conservation Planning, All tags... Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, Multiple priority topics, NPLCC, OR, OR-4, Oregon, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, Willamette Basin, Willamette Valley, adaptation strategies, climate adaptation, climate change, climate change, completed, downscaled climate projections, landscape assessment, product, species sensitivities, vegetation changes, vegetation modeling, vulnerability assessment, Fewer tags South Atlantic aquatic connectivity assessment and tool The Nature Conservancy (TNC) recently completed an unprecedented assessment of almost 14,000 dams in the Northeastern United States. The Northeast Aquatic Connectivity (NAC) project allows fisheries managers and other interested parties to assess dams at multiple scales based on their potential to benefit anadromous and resident fish species if removed or bypassed. This work has continued, with support from NOAA and USFWS, in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, where data refinements and further analysis have produced a web map and tool that allow users to interactively prioritize dams for mitigation at multiple scales and with varying criteria.The Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership (SARP) has recently completed... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, All tags... Academics & scientific researchers, Applications and Tools, Conservation NGOs, Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, MODELS, Policy makers & regulators, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, State agencies, Tribes, biota, biota, completed, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Future Energy Development Tool Public The Appalachians are a landscape filled with globally-significant biological diversity and cultural resources that provides essential benefits to large cities and surrounding human communities. The region is also rich in energy resources that meet national and regional demands for energy. As wind, natural gas, and oil energy development expand along with traditional coal, there is an increasing need for research to inform discussions on how to meet immediate and future energy needs while sustaining the health of natural systems. To help address this need, the Appalachian LCC awarded a grant to The Nature Conservancy to assess current and future energy development across the entire region. Assessing Future Energy... Categories: Data; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, AppLCC, Appalachian, Conservation NGOs, Data, All tags... Data.gov Appalachian Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, Hunters & anglers, Interested public, Policy makers & regulators, Private land owners, Regional & county planners, State agencies, Tribes, biota, coal, completed, economy, energy, environment, forest core, gas, geoscientificInformation, probabilities, shale, tool, vulnerability assessment, watershed, well, wind, Fewer tags TNC Land Facets for the ALI analysis area These data represent a land facet classification created for the Pacific Northwest Duke Landscape Resilience project. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ALI, Arid Lands Initiative, California, Data, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, All tags... Eastern Washington, Elevation, Federal resource managers, GNLCC, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land facets, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Pacific Northwest Duke Landscape Resilience project area, Regional & county planners, Slope, Soil Orders, State agencies, TNC, Washington, completed, elevation, elevation, environment, Fewer tags Applying Vulnerability Assessment Tools to Plan for Climate Adaptation: Case Studies in the Great Northern LCC This project will apply the results of an on-going climate change vulnerability assessment to the management of two complex landscapes. The vulnerability assessment project team will work with mangers, land-owners, and conservation practitioners to explore 1) how downscaled climate datasets, modeled vegetation changes, and information on estimated species sensitivities can be used to develop climate change adaptation strategies, and 2) how model results and datasets can be made more useful for informing the management of species and landscapes. To accomplish these two goals, we will prepare datasets and model outputs for two landscapespotentially, the Pioneer Mountains-Craters of the Moon region in Idaho and the... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Climate Change, Columbia Basin, Columbia Plateau, Connectivity, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, All tags... Federal resource managers, Goal 1: Maintain large, intact landscapes, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Goal 4: Promote landscape-scale disturbances, Greater Sage-Grouse, ID-1, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, Idaho, Idaho, Invasive Species, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change, Mule deer, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Pioneer Mountains-Craters of the Moon, Policy makers & regulators, Project, Pronghorn, Report, Riparian Areas, Rocky Mountain, Sage Shrub/Grassland, Sage-Steppe, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, completed, environment, Fewer tags Northwest Basin and Range Synthesis Project FY2015The Northwestern Great Basin ecoregion is one of the most intact ecosystems in the west. It is also a biological hotspot for migratory birds, greater sage-grouse and a stronghold for pronghorn antelope. However, altered fire regimes, invasive species, water scarcity, development, and climate change threaten the integrity of this landscape. Several efforts are ongoing for individual species, specific threats or sub-geographies, and over 60 existing plans and assessments have been identified for the region. This project will pull the pieces together to create a holistic view of shared priorities on the landscape. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alford Desert, Alford Desert, Alford Desert, Alford Desert, Applications and Tools, All tags... California, California, California, California, Conservation Design, Conservation Planning, Federal resource managers, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, Great Basin, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Oregon, Owyhee, Owyhee, Owyhee, Owyhee, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, Sheldon-Hart NWR, Sheldon-Hart NWR, Sheldon-Hart NWR, Sheldon-Hart NWR, State agencies, Steens Mountain, Steens Mountain, Steens Mountain, Steens Mountain, collaborative planning, conservation, conservation, conservation, conservation, miradi, miradi, miradi, miradi, onGoing, open standards for conservation, open standards for conservation, open standards for conservation, open standards for conservation, scenario planning, scenario planning, scenario planning, scenario planning, spatial analysis, spatial analysis, spatial analysis, spatial analysis, Fewer tags Applying Vulnerability Assessment Tools to Plan for Climate Adaptation: Case Studies in the North Pacific LCC This project applied the results of an on-going climate change vulnerability assessment to the management of two complex landscapes. The vulnerability assessment project team worked with managers, land-owners, and conservation practitioners to explore 1) how downscaled climate datasets, modeled vegetation changes, and information on estimated species sensitivities could be used to develop climate change adaptation strategies, and 2) how model results and datasets could be made more useful for informing the management of species and landscapes. To accomplish these two goals, datasets and model outputs for two landscapes were prepared, 1) the British Columbia Park system, specifically the midcoast region, and 2) the... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, Academics & scientific researchers, B.C., B.C., Conservation Planning, All tags... Conservation Planning, Decision Support, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LCC, Multiple priority topics, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR, OR, OR-4, OR-4, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, Project, Science Project, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, Willamette Basin, Willamette Basin, adaptation strategies, adaptation strategies, climate change, climate change, completed, species sensitivities, species sensitivities, vegetation changes, vegetation changes, Fewer tags Identification of Fire Refugia in Rocky Mountain Ecosystems of the U.S. and Canada: Development and Application of the Refugium Concept for Biodiversity Conservation over Large Spatial and Temporal Scales We will develop an approach to identify fire refugia in Rocky Mountain ecosystems of the U.S. and Canada then test the function of refugia for biodiversity conservation under current and future climate/fire scenarios. Our products will be designed to inform decision-making in land/easement acquisition, identification of critical areas for maintaining landscape and process connectivity/permeability, and extension of the temporal context for spatial conservation decision making. The approach will be testable for transferability to other locations and ecosystems.FY2013Objectives:The proposed project will provide a science application for focused resource conservation by developing and testing the concept of refugia... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alberta, British Columbia, Canada Lynx, Canadian Rockies, Canadian Rockies Greater Ecosystem, All tags... Climate Change, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Data Acquisition and Development, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Goal 4: Promote landscape-scale disturbances, Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Greater Salmon-Selway Ecosystem, ID-1, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, Idaho, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, Map, Montana, Montana, Montana, Montana, Montana, Natural Fire Regimes, Project, Report, Rocky Mountain, Salmon-Selway Ecosystem, State agencies, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, climate refugia, completed, conservation of species and habitats, environment, fire refugia, Fewer tags SageSTEP Longterm Ecological Monitoring Network Proposed work will monitor for five years vegetation, fuels, wildlife, insects, and weather at 10 Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project (SageSTEP) sites, all of which have been treated to reduce either juniper encroachment (woodland sites) or cheatgrass invasion (sagebrush/cheatgrass sites). Monitoring of treatment response over the long term will lead to a better understanding of the extent to which managers can manipulate vegetation, fuels, and wildlife habitat in the context of climate change.FY2010Objectives:1) assess longterm trajectories in populations of key plant and animal species, and link these trajectories to management restoration treatments and to climate change; 2) measure total ecosystem... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Columbia Basin, Ecological Monitoring, Federal resource managers, Goal 4: Promote landscape-scale disturbances, All tags... Invasive Species, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change, Monitoring, OR-2, Oregon, Oregon, Project, Report, Sage Shrub/Grassland, Sage Step Bridge Creek 5mi Buffer, Sage Step Devine Rdge 5mi Buffer, Sage Step Moses Coulee 5mi Buffer, Sage Step Saddle Mtn 5mi Buffer, Sage-Steppe, SageSTEP, Training/Outreach/Workshop, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Website, completed, environment, Fewer tags Washington Connectivity: Statewide 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... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alberta, Alberta, Applications and Tools, British Columbia, British Columbia, All tags... British Columbia, British Columbia, Burrowing Owl, Climate Change, Columbia Basin, Connectivity, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Goal 1: Maintain large, intact landscapes, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Greater Sage-Grouse, ID-1, Idaho, Idaho, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, Montana, Montana, Montana, Montana, Montana, Mule deer, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Portions of Washington, Project, Regional & county planners, Riparian Areas, Sage Shrub/Grassland, Sage-Steppe, State agencies, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Website, and British Columbia, completed, environment, Fewer tags The Washington Connected Landscapes Project: Providing Analysis Tools for Regional Connectivity and Climate Adaptation Planning The Washington Connected Landscapes Project is a highly leveraged effort to provide scientific analyses and tools necessary to conserve wildlife habitat connectivity. In support of the project, we 1) developed tools necessary to reliably identify and prioritize areas important for connectivity conservation and restoration under current conditions and for allowing species range shifts under climate change; 2) tested and refined these tools by applying them in a Great Northern LCC (GNLCC)-funded effort to identify essential habitats and linkages for the Columbia Plateau Ecoregion where the WHCWG is currently engaged (connectivity and climate tools) and across Washington State (climate tools); and 3) released these... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, Academics & scientific researchers, Applications and Tools, Change in air temperature and precipitation, Conservation NGOs, All tags... Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Decision Support, Decision Support, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change (including energy development), NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, Project, Publication, Report, Science Project, Tribes, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-1, WA-1, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, climate adaptation, climate adaptation, climate adaptation, climate adaptation, climate adaptation, climate adaptation, climate adaptation, climate adaptation, climate adaptation, completed, habitat connectivity, habitat connectivity, mapping tools, mapping tools, mapping tools, mapping tools, mapping tools, mapping tools, mapping tools, mapping tools, mapping tools, Fewer tags Data Integration Workshop in Support of the Coastal Temperate Rainforest of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia Final Report The Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center (ACRC) lead a second workshop to develop cross-boundary geospatial and climate data sets in support of regional conservation applications in the coastal temperate rainforest zone of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AK-0, Academics & scientific researchers, Alaska and B.C., Change in air temperature and precipitation, Climate Change, All tags... Climate adaptation, Climate projections, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Data Management and Integration, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, NPLCC, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, climate modeling, completed, data integration, forest ecosystems, product, Fewer tags Washington Connectivity: Columbia Basin 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... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Burrowing Owl, CA-1, California, California, Climate Change, All tags... Columbia Basin, Columbia Plateau Ecoregion, Connectivity, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, Federal resource managers, Goal 1: Maintain large, intact landscapes, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Greater Sage-Grouse, ID-1, ID-1, ID-1, ID-1, ID-1, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change, Map, Mule deer, NV-2, NV-2, NV-2, NV-2, NV-2, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Project, Report, Riparian Areas, Sage Shrub/Grassland, Sage-Grouse, Sage-Steppe, State agencies, UT-1, UT-1, UT-1, UT-1, UT-1, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WY-1, WY-1, WY-1, WY-1, WY-1, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Watershed Uplands, Wetlands, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, completed, environment, Fewer tags Development of a Rapid Assessment Protocol for Aquatic Passability of Tidally Influenced Road-Stream Crossings With support from the North Atlantic LCC and Hurricane Sandy Disaster Mitigation funds the North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative (www.streamcontinuity.org) has developed a regional crossing assessment protocol and database, scoring systems for aquatic organism passage, and hydraulic risk of failure assessments based on future storm discharge levels. The existing NAACC protocol was developed primarily for freshwater streams and the suite of organisms that occur in these systems. There is strong interest among conservation practitioners to have a method to assess tidally influenced crossings for their potential as barriers to aquatic organism passage. Protocols designed for freshwater streams will not... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2015, Academics & scientific researchers, Applications and Tools, Applications and Tools, Aquatic Connectivity groups, All tags... Aquatic Connectivity groups, Conservation NGOs, Conservation design, Conservation planning, Data Acquisition and Development, Decision support, Emergency management community, Emergency management community, FWS R5 SA Project, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, Infrastructure managers, Infrastructure managers, Interested public, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Methodology/Protocol, NALCC, North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Pilot/Case Study, Presentation, Private land owners, Project, Report, Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services, environment, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags A Regional Model for Building Resilience to Climate Change: Development and Demonstration in Colorado The Gunnison Climate Working Group is a chartered partnership of 14 public and private organizations in Colorados Upper Gunnison Basin. The Southern Rockies LCC (SRLCC) funded The Nature Conservancy to complete a comprehensive vulnerability assessment identifying species and ecosystems most at risk from climate change. The assessment included a set of habitat adaptation strategies for priority species, such as the Gunnison sage-grouse. As a final product, local demonstration projects were designed and installed.The financial support and partnership provided by the SRLCC was critical to the Gunnison Climate Working Groups success and progress towards addressing climate change. As a direct result of the SRLCC involvement,... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Applications and Tools, CO-03, Colorado, Colorado, Gunnison Basin, All tags... Gunnison Basin, Gunnison sage-grouse, Gunnison sage-grouse, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Native Fish, Private land owners, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, SRLCC, Sage-steppe, Southern Rockies LCC, State agencies, Streamflows, Vulnerability Assessment, adaption strategies, adaption strategies, brooding habitat, brooding habitat, climate change, climate change, completed, vulnerability, vulnerability, wet meadows, wet meadows, Fewer tags Final NPLCC Project Report - NPLCC Cross-Border Final Report & Appendices 2014 The Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center (ACRC) lead a second workshop to develop cross-boundary geospatial and climate data sets in support of regional conservation applications in the coastal temperate rainforest zone of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia. Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AK-0, Academics & scientific researchers, Alaska and B.C., Change in air temperature and precipitation, Climate Change, All tags... Climate adaptation, Climate projections, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Data Management and Integration, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, NPLCC, NPLCC, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, climate modeling, completed, data integration, forest ecosystems, product, Fewer tags Transboundary Connectivity: Washington & British Columbia 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... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Connectivity, British Columbia, Canada Lynx, Cascade Coastal, Cascadia, All tags... Climate Change, Columbia Basin, Columbia Plateau, Columbia Selkirk, Connectivity, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Grizzly Bear, ID-1, Idaho, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, Monitoring, Montana, Montana, Montana, Montana, Montana, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, Okanagan Kettle, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Policy makers & regulators, Project, Report, Rocky Mountain, State agencies, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Wolverine, completed, environment, Fewer tags Modeling Low Stream Flows and Assessing the Ecological Impacts of Potential Stream Drying under Climate Change in the Upper Colorado River Basin Streamflows in late spring and summer have declined over the last century in the western U.S. and mean annual streamflow is projected to decrease by six to 25% over the next 100 years. In arid and semi-arid regions of the western US, it is likely that some perennial streams will shift to intermittent flow regimes in response to climate-driven changes in timing and magnitude of precipitation, runoff, and evaporation. The project will address the following two research question: how will small stream (1st-3rd order) low flow hydrology be impacted by predicted longer, drier summers in the Upper Colorado River Basin under climate change and in turn, what will be the resulting impacts on riparian plant communities?... Categories: Data, Project; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AZ-01, Applications and Tools, Arizona, CO-03, Colorado, All tags... Colorado Plateau, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Four Corners, GIS, GIS, Green River Basin, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NM-03, Native Fish, New Mexico, Project, SRLCC, SRLCC, SRLCC boundary, Southern Rocky Mountains, State agencies, Streamflows, UT-01, UT-02, UT-03, Upper Colorado River Basin, Upper Colorado River Basin, Upper Colorado River Basin, Upper Rio Grande, Utah, Vulnerability Assessment, WY-00, Wasatch and Uinta Mountains, Wyoming, climate change, climate change, completed, low flow hydrology, low flow hydrology, riparian, riparian, riparian vegetation, riparian vegetation, small streams, small streams, stream drying, stream drying, stream drying, stream flows, streamflows, streamflows, upper colorado river basin, Fewer tags The Environmental Change Network This project developed a foundation for monitoring environmental change by identifying where and what to monitor in order to evaluate climate-change impacts. Phase 1 focused on landbirds, however a framework will be developed that recommends standardized monitoring for other taxa and environmental attributes. Phase II Deliverables produced as part of this proposed work include a Business Plan that 1) refines site selection by developing a decision model in combination with analyses of sites (or clusters of sites) arrayed by climate space, 2) works with the LCC science committee, Joint Ventures, and other partners to choose a manageable number of core monitoring variables, 3) develops and/or adopting existing protocols... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2010, 2011, CA, CA-wide, California, All tags... California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Planning, Conservation planning, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Federal, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Monitoring, Monitoring, Multiple, Project, Science Project, State agencies, Website, birds, birds, completed, connectivity, conservation, data management, environment, fish, invertebrates, model, monitor, multiple, on-line, Fewer tags Science-Based Riparian Restoration Planning on the Colorado and Dolores Rivers: A Decision Support Tool and Investigation of Habitat Complexity at Tributary Junctions Stream flow in the Colorado River and Dolores River corridors has been significantly modified by water management, and continued flow alteration is anticipated in future decades with projected increases in human water demand. Bottomland vegetation has been altered as well, with invasion of non-native species, increases in wildfire and human disturbance, and currently, rapid shifts in riparian communities due to biological and mechanical tamarisk control efforts. In light of these conditions, land managers are in need of scientific information to support management of vegetation communities for values such as healthy populations of sensitive fish and wildlife species and human recreation. We propose to address these... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Raster; Tags: CO-03, Colorado, Colorado River, Conservation NGOs, Decision Support, All tags... Dolores River, Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Native Fish, Project, SRLCC, State agencies, Streamflows, UT-03, Upper Colorado River Basin, Utah, Utah, aquatic, aquatic, completed, decision support tool, decision support tool, native species, native species, non-native species, non-native species, riparian, riparian, riparian habitat, riparian habitat, riparian restoration, riparian restoration, streamflows, streamflows, Fewer tags 1 2 »