Support to Western States Crucial Habitat Assessment Tools

The SRLCC provided funds to the states of Arizona and New Mexico to support development of the states Crucial Habitat Assessment Tools (CHATs) which provide a decision support system to better incorporate wildlife values, sensitive animals and plants, and important ecosystem features into land use decision-making to reduce conflicts and surprises.Several states have released wildlife mapping tools that are the foundation for displaying crucial wildlife and corridor information. The state and regional CHATs are non-regulatory, and give project planners and the general public access to credible scientific data on a broad scale for use in project analysis, siting and planning. This includes large-scale development...

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, AZ-02, AZ-03, AZ-04, AZ-05, All tags... AZ-06, AZ-07, AZ-08, AZ-09, Applications and Tools, Arizona, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Four Corners, GIS, GIS, Green River Basin, LCC, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Mule Deer and Elk, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, Native Fish, New Mexico, Project, SRLCC, Sage-steppe, State agencies, Upper Rio Grande, Western United States, completed, crucial habitat, crucial habitat, crucial habitat assessment, decision support system, decision support system, decision support systems, development, development, development, ecosystems, ecosystems, ecosystems, sensitive animals, sensitive animals, sensitive animals, sensitive plants, sensitive plants, sensitive plants, wildlife, wildlife, wildlife, Fewer tags

Bear River Watershed Conservation Area: Conserving Wildlife Habitat on Working Landscapes

The purpose of this Agreement is to provide financial assistance to the National Wildlife Refuge Association in support of collaborative work between them and the Bear River Refuge to further the goals and accomplish objectives of the Bear River Watershed Conservation Area, and to work with the Friends of Bear River Refuge to establish an endowment fund for conservation education in the watershed. The proposed Bear River Watershed Conservation Area (BRWCA) project would work with private landowners to conserve the natural resources and working landscapes of the area by acquiring conservation easements from willing sellers, the project would help maintain important habitat for a variety of fish, mammals, and migratory...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Applications and Tools, Bear River, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Bear River Watershed, Conservation Design, All tags... Federal resource managers, ID-02, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, SRLCC, SRLCC, UT-01, Utah, Utah, WY-00, Wyoming, collaborative conservation, collaborative conservation, completed, conservation education, conservation education, conservation strategies, conservation strategies, Fewer tags

A GIS-Based Evaluation of Fremont Cottonwood Stand Dynamics in the SRLCC

In the drier, mid- and low-elevation portions of the Southern Rockies LCC, Fremont cottonwood represents the only native vegetation of tall stature, and cottonwood-dominated woodlands provide critical habitat for a large array of neotropical migratory birds and other animals. These woodlands likely dominated alluvial reaches of all streams where a snowmelt-driven spring flood was the major factor driving geomorphic and vegetation dynamics. These woodlands were also among the first habitats to undergo transformation as the regions land and water resources were developed.The PI coauthored a paper (Andersen et al. 2007) on assessing the amount of native Fremont cottonwood forest remaining on floodplains in 26 subbasins...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: GeoTIFF, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Raster; Tags: AZ-01, AZ-04, Applications and Tools, Arizona, CO-02, All tags... CO-03, CO-05, Colorado, Colorado River Basin, Conservation NGOs, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Four Corners, GIS, Green River Basin, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, Project, SRLCC, SRLCC, State agencies, Streamflows, UT-01, UT-02, UT-03, Upper Colorado River Basin, Utah, completed, cottonwood, cottonwood, floodplain, floodplain, floodplain, fremont cottonwood, fremont cottonwood, land cover, land cover, land use, land use, stand dynamics, stand dynamics, Fewer tags

Developing a Geodatabase and Geocollaborative Tools to Support Springs and Springs Dependent Species

The Museum of Northern Arizona will leverage tools previously developed through its Springs Stewardship Initiative to help resource managers in the southwestern U.S. collect, analyze, report upon, monitor and archive the complex and inter-related information associated with springs and spring-dependent species in the region. Building upon those past efforts, the project will include compilation of existing springs-related information to make the information more readily available online and further development of interactive online maps and climate change risk assessment tools of springs-dependent sensitive plant and animal species. This project builds on an effort funded in FY 2013 to complete similar work for...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AZ-01, AZ-04, Arizona, CO-02, CO-03, All tags... CO-05, Colorado, Conservation Planning, Federal resource managers, GIS, GIS, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, Project, SRLCC, SRLCC, Southwest, State agencies, Tribes, UT-01, UT-02, UT-03, Utah, climate change, climate change, completed, seeps, seeps, species of concern, species of concern, springs, springs, springs dependent species, springs dependent species, vulnerability, vulnerability, water, water, Fewer tags

Soil Vulnerability to Future Climate Change in the Southern Rockies LCC, with Implications for Vegetation Change and Water Cycle

The Conservation Biology Institute is developing a tool that managers in all watersheds of the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative can use to project the effects of climate change on soil vulnerability conditions and help resource managers develop appropriate strategies to mitigate negative climate impacts.Specifically, they will develop a spatially-explicit soil vulnerability index for the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative that can be used to forecast short-term response of plants to current drought conditions and test a vegetation model of plant response to drought.Conservation Biology Institute will use the soil vulnerability index to compare historical and future simulations...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AZ-01, AZ-04, Applications and Tools, Arizona, CO-02, All tags... CO-03, CO-05, Colorado, Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, Four Corners, GIS, GIS, Green River Basin, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, Project, SRLCC, SRLCC, State agencies, Tribes, UT-01, UT-02, UT-03, Upper Rio Grande, Utah, Vulnerability Assessment, Wyoming, climate change, climate change, completed, soil vulnerability, soil vulnerability, vegetation change, vegetation change, water cycling, water cycling, Fewer tags

The Impact of Ecosystem Water Balance on Desert Vegetation: Quantification of Historical Patterns and Projection Under Climate Change (Not listed in the LCC Science Catalog due to Desert LCC co-funding and catalog administering)

In the desert Southwest, changes in species composition, abundance, and distribution that may occur with climate change have significant implications for management of natural resources. These changes include: the extirpation or introduction of species, losses of biodiversity, shifts in structure and function of ecosystems and the services they provide, changes in wildlife habitat, invasion of non-native species, and changes in fire regimes. For planning, mitigation, and adaption, land managers would be greatly aided by knowing, in advance, which plant species, functional types, and assemblages will change in response to climate change so that monitoring and mitigation measures can focus on those resources. FY2012In...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AZ-01, AZ-04, Arizona, Arizona, CO-02, All tags... CO-03, CO-05, Colorado, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, New Mexico, Project, SRLCC, SRLCC, State agencies, Tribes, UT-01, UT-02, UT-03, Utah, climate change, climate change, completed, desert, desert, ecohydrology, ecohydrology, historic patterns, historic patterns, plants, plants, soil water, soil water, vegetation change, vegetation change, water availability, water availability, Fewer tags

Southern Rockies LCC Data Management and Geospatial Data Analysis Toolkit

This project will build an SR LCC catalog inside of the USGS-sponsored ScienceBase scientific data and information management platform, provide the ability for partner organizations to maintain and contribute to an SR LCC0specific work environment in ScienceBase, and provide stewardship and data integration coordination for the SR LCC partners.FY2012This project will build an SR LCC catalog inside of the USGS-sponsored ScienceBase scientific data and information management platform, provide the ability for partner organizations to maintain and contribute to an SR LCC0specific work environment in ScienceBase, and provide stewardship and data integration coordination for the SR LCC partners.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AZ-01, AZ-04, Applications and Tools, Arizona, CO-02, All tags... CO-03, CO-05, Colorado, Conservation NGOs, Data Management and Integration, Federal resource managers, LC MAP, LCC Network Science Catalog, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, Project, SRLCC, ScienceBase, State agencies, UT-01, UT-02, UT-03, Utah, completed, data cataloging, data integration, data stewardship, Fewer tags

Southern Rockies LCC Conservation Planning Atlas

The Conservation Biology Institute will develop a Southern Rockies LCC Conservation Planning Atlas (SRLCC CPA) powered by Data Basin that will make it easier for resource managers and other stakeholders to discover, analyze, and interpret spatial data on priority topics including aquatic resource management and climate impacts. The SRLCC CPA will facilitate conservation planning, analyses and evaluation from common datasets and provide basic mapping capability to users without desktop GIS software. The SRLCC CPA will most directly support science needs in Funding Category II, however because of the design of this flexible web-based platform, it can be used to inform management decisions spanning a wide range of...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AZ-01, AZ-04, Applications and Tools, Arizona, CO-02, All tags... CO-03, CO-05, Colorado, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, GIS, GIS, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, Project, SRLCC, SRLCC, State agencies, UT-01, UT-02, UT-03, Utah, collaboration, collaboration, completed, conservation planning, conservation planning, data discovery, data discovery, interactive, interactive, map, map, science delivery, spatial data, spatial data, visualization, visualization, Fewer tags

U.S. Geological Survey Core Science Analytics and Synthesis Collaboration with the Southern Rockies LCC

The purpose of this agreement is to initiate SRLCC-wide data discovery, cataloging, and general GIS analysis to characterize the landscape across the SRLCC geographic area. The SRLCC has identified the need for a data management activity to support all aspects of data discovery, dissemination, cataloging, and analysis. An existing agreement between FWS and the USGS provides for an SRLCC catalog inside the U.S. Geological Survey-sponsored ScienceBase scientific data and information management platform and provides the ability for partner organizations to maintain and contribute to this work environment. Initial information and data discovery process will compile existing resources in the ScienceBase SRLCC data portal...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AZ-01, AZ-04, Arizona, CO-02, CO-03, All tags... CO-05, Colorado, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, GIS, LC MAP, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, Project, SRLCC, ScienceBase, State agencies, UT-01, UT-02, UT-03, Utah, completed, data analysis, data cataloging, data discovery, data dissemination, 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

Vulnerability Assessments: Synthesis and Application for Aquatic Species and their Habitats

This project will build upon a recently completed synthesis product for the Southwest and review and analyze vulnerability assessments of aquatic species and habitats within the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative. Southwestern riparian systems support a disproportionate amount of the regional biodiversity and are likely to be strongly affected by changes in climate with a concordant disproportionate effect on surrounding landscapes and features. The SRLCC encompasses the Upper Colorado River Basin and a portions of the Lower Colorado and Rio Grande Basins. These systems represent some of the most critical water sources in the west and are likely to experience some of the most extreme changes in...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AZ-01, AZ-04, Arizona, CO-02, CO-03, All tags... CO-05, Colorado, Colorado River Basin, Conservation NGOs, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, Project, Rio Grande River Basin, SRLCC, SRLCC, State agencies, UT-01, UT-02, UT-03, Utah, Vulnerability Assessment, aquatic, aquatic, aquatic habitat, aquatic habitat;, aquatic species, aquatic species, climate change, climate change, completed, fish, fish, riparian, riparian, synthesis, synthesis, vulnerability assessment, vulnerability assessment, wildlife, wildlife, Fewer tags

National Wetland Inventory Mapping for the Colorado Portion of the SRLCC

Without reliable spatial data for wetland and riparian areas, it is impossible for land managers to accurately assess the distribution of critical aquatic habitats and model potential impacts caused by climate change. Wetlands in the Southern Rockies are particularly important for wildlife habitat, as they are often far more productive than the surrounding uplands. In addition, wetlands are an integral component of regional hydrologic cycles through their role in flood abatement, storm water retention, groundwater recharge, and water quality improvement.Colorados wetlands were mapped by the FWS early 1980 and in late 1990, and though the maps exist, they were created for print and most are not useful as digital...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Applications and Tools, CO-03, Colorado, Colorado, Conservation NGOs, All tags... Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, Four Corners, GIS, GIS, Green River Basin, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Project, SRLCC, SRLCC, State agencies, Upper Rio Grande, Western Colorado, Western Colorado, completed, national wetland inventory, national wetland inventory, riparian areas, riparian areas, water, water, wetlands, wetlands, wetlands, Fewer tags

Vulnerability and Connectivity of Natural Landscapes and Riparian Habitat in the SRLCC

Land managers have incorporated threats to biodiversity for nearly two decades, but very few efforts have included threats from future conditions and fewer still have assessed vulnerability to climate change. This project will address two themes: 1) providing foundational information about habitat fragmentation and connectivity and 2) identifying the degree of vulnerability of key habitats to climate change.For development of understanding broadextent, a landscape-level pattern of climate change is an important complement to approaches to estimate rangeshifts for certain key focal species. Ecological system types (i.e. coarsefilters) are widely used in conservation planning because they contain valuable resources...

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, AZ-04, Applications and Tools, CO-02, CO-03, All tags... CO-05, Conservation Planning, Cultural Resources, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, Four Corners, GIS, Green River Basin, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, Native Fish, Private land owners, Project, SRLCC, SRLCC, Sage-steppe, State agencies, Streamflows, UT-01, UT-02, UT-03, Upper Rio Grande, Vulnerability Assessment, climate change, climate change, completed, connectivity, connectivity, energy development, impact, impact, riparian habitat, riparian habitat, sensitivity, sensitivity, terrestrial habitat, terrestrial habitat, urban development, urban development, vulnerability, vulnerability, Fewer tags