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Understanding Climate Impacts on Native and Invasive Fish for Conservation, Management, and Economic Goals in the Northern Rockies As the origin of three major basins that drain the Columbia, Missouri, and Saskatchewan rivers, Montana is the hydrologic apex for North America. The Northern Rocky Mountain region is home to some of the last remaining interconnected habitats for many native fishes, including the threatened bull trout and native westslope cutthroat trout. The Northern Rockies are also experiencing rapidly changing climate conditions, with temperatures rising at twice the global average. These changes are having a range of impacts on aquatic ecosystems, including warming stream temperatures and changing streamflow regimes. This region is also experiencing a rise in the expansion of alien invasive fish species, which further threaten... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2018, CASC, Completed, Fish, Fish, All tags... Invasive species, National CASC, National CASC, Projects by Region, Wildlife and Plants, Wildlife and Plants, aquatic communities, climate change, ecosystem services, Fewer tags Using seismic water guns for Asian Carp control efforts Description of Work Water guns are being placed in backwater habitats where bighead carp and silver carp currently are to see if they can be used to deny fish access to these preferred off-channel habitats or trap them in areas where they can be captured and removed. The energy emitted from water guns is being measured to determine the risk associated with water gun operation near navigation structures. These research topics are being investigated under laboratory (USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, La Crosse, WI) and field conditions (for example, a backwater area of the Illinois River near Morris, IL). Relevance & Impact If water guns alter the behavior of bighead carp or silver carp then they... Categories: Project; Tags: Asian Carp, GLRI, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Invasive Species, All tags... Template 66, Template 673, Fewer tags Outdoor mesocosm test tanks used to determine the impacts of Zequanox exposure on nontarget animals. Description of Work The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is continuing to develop and evaluate existing and new dreissenid mussel control tools for use in an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program for dreissenid mussels. Information developed will help guide the management and control of dreissenid mussels in open water environments and it will determine how restoration efforts may be implemented after dreissenid mussel infestations occur. The USGS has conducted a rigorous evaluation of Zequanox for dreissenid mussel control including recent work to evaluate the non-target animal impacts to the critical Great Lakes fish species, lake trout and lake sturgeon. Additional work has been completed to evaluate the effects... Categories: Project; Tags: Dreissenid Mussels, GLRI, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Integrated Pest Management, Invasive Mussel Collaborative, All tags... Invasive Species, Template 674, Zebra mussels, Zequanox, Fewer tags Exploring nearshore-offshore linkages in energy transfer within Great Lakes food webs: implications for fish production in Lake Michigan in support of CSMI 2015 Description of Work Since the early 2000s, the LaMP has proposed adding nutrients (specifically phosphorus) to its “pollutant of concern” list, given that excessive nutrients were believed to cause impairments in the nearshore waters. Since that time, scientists have highlighted the “shunting” of nutrients to the nearshore, owing to the ability of invasive dreissenid mussels to capture some portion of allochthanous phosphorus that enters the lake through tributaries. These changes are believed to underlie a series of changes in the nearshore, including increased biomass of cladophora and hypothesized increases in benthic and pelagic biomass, including zooplankton and fish. As an extension, this model proposes the... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Accountability, CSMI, Ecosystem health, GLRI, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, All tags... Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Invasive species, Lake, Lake:Lake Michigan, Template 52, Template 74, Trend analysis, Watershed, Watershed:Lake Michigan Basin, bethos, dreissenid mussels, fish production, nearshore, phosphorus, size spectrum, zooplankton, Fewer tags Forecasting Potential Phragmites Coastal Invasion Corridors Description of Work U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will use remote sensing data to establish a baseline understanding of current distributions of invasive wetland plants and then forecast potential invasion corridors. Alterations to the Great Lakes shoreline or water-level patterns associated with global climate change could have significant impacts on the extent and composition of coastal habitat. Low lake levels can expose fertile wetland bottomlands to invasive species such as common reed ( Phragmites). Goals & Objectives Goals: Identify current Phragmites distribution in the Great Lakes coastal zone, detect potential areas vulnerable to invasion due to influences such as altered water levels, nutrient and... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Accountability, Areas of concern, Climate change, GLRI, Governmental, All tags... Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Invasive Species, Lake, Lake:Lake Erie, Lake:Lake Huron, Lake:Lake Michigan, Lake:Lake Ontario, Lake:Lake St. Clair, Lake:Lake Superior, Priority watersheds, Reconnaissance/occurrence survey, Regional, Research, Template 588, Template 67, Template 68, Uploaded in Batch, Whole-lake, coastal corridors, forecasting, highlight, invasive Phragmites, mapping, wetlands ecology, Fewer tags Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Strategies for Focal Resources of the Sierra Nevada This project supports a collaborative, multi-stakeholder effort led by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to develop a largescale vulnerability assessment and associated adaptation strategies for focal resources of the Sierra Nevada. The purpose of this effort is to provide information and tools for Forest Planning and management (e.g., NEPA analyses, Forest Plan revisions, Climate Scorecard) and other natural resource management (e.g., SWAP) and conservation efforts to prepare for climate change impacts in the Sierra Nevada. Specifically, our objectives are to: (1) assess the vulnerability of focal resources to climate change, (2) use spatial analysis and expert input to prioritize conservation areas or actions, and... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2012, 2013, Applications and Tools, CA, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, All tags... Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Decision Support, Decision support, Federal, Federal resource managers, Forest, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Private land owners, Project, Science Project, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, adaptation, assessment, assessment, assessment, assessment, briefing, completed, connectivity, conservation, database, environment, fire, invasive species, map, multiple, outreach, refugia, snowpack, stakeholder, tool, training, trees, usfs, vertebrates, vulnerability, workshop, Fewer tags Targeted Delivery of Control Agents to Bigheaded Carps Description of Work Studies assessing seasonal and spatial changes in digestive enzymes and gill raker morphology in bigheaded carps and native planktivorous fishes have been completed. Results indicate that bigheaded carps feed earlier in the year than native filter-feeding fishes and that certain digestive enzymes present in bigheaded carps are either not present in some native fishes or are much less active in the native species than in bigheaded carps. Results also indicate that the gill raker morphology of bigheaded carps is relatively constant with minimal seasonally or spatially relevant changes unlike that of the native gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) which had both seasonal and spatially correlated changes... Categories: Project; Tags: Asian Carp, GLRI, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, All tags... Invasive Species, Template 66, Template 673, Fewer tags Crown of the Continent Landscapes Analysis/Ecological Indicators Project Funding supports a multiyear initiative entitled Crown of the Continent Landscapes Analysis/Ecological Indicators Project. The work is designed to focus on issues on transboundary data integration and synthesis, habitatconnectivity analysis for grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) and other key wildlife species, and outreach programs aimed at disseminating knowledge, information products, and geospatial tools arising out of this work to the extensive network of Crown Managers Partnership (CMP) and GNLCC collaborators.FY2010Objectives: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... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alberta, Alberta, British Columbia, British Columbia, Bull Trout, All tags... Bull Trout, Climate Change, Climate Change, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Crown of the Continent Ecosystm, Crown of the Continent Ecosystm, Cutthroat Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, Goal 1: Maintain large, intact landscapes, Goal 1: Maintain large, intact landscapes, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Goal 3: Maintain hydrologic regimes, Goal 3: Maintain hydrologic regimes, Goal 4: Promote landscape-scale disturbances, Goal 4: Promote landscape-scale disturbances, Grizzly Bear, Grizzly Bear, Invasive Species, Invasive Species, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change, Land Use Change, MT-1, MT-1, Methodology/Protocol, Methodology/Protocol, Montana, Montana, Montana, Montana, Project, Regional & county planners, Regional & county planners, Rivers & Riparian Corridors, Rivers & Riparian Corridors, Rocky Mountain, Rocky Mountain, State agencies, State agencies, Sub-Alpine, Sub-Alpine, Website, Website, Whitebark Pine, Whitebark Pine, Wolverine, Wolverine, Woodland, Woodland, environment, environment, environment, onGoing, project, Fewer tags Integrating ecological forecasting methods to improve applications for natural resource management: An invasive species example Projecting the effects of climate change on plant and animal species distributions and abundance is critical to successful long‐term conservation and restoration efforts. There have been significant recent advances made in the areas of: (1) climate forecasts; (2) habitat niche modeling; (3) mechanistic modeling; and (4) observation techniques and networks. However, projections of biological change are fundamentally limited by a lack of integration and inter‐comparison between these various forecasting approaches. The proposed working group will focus on integrating ecological forecasting methods for two well studied invasive species: cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar). Our goal is to... Categories: Project; Tags: All Working Groups, Completed, Ecosystems, Ecosystems, Invasive Species, All tags... Land Resources, ecological forecasting, Fewer tags Predicting Future Forage Conditions for Elk and Mule Deer in Montana and Wyoming Improving the quality of habitat for western big-game species, such as elk and mule deer, was identified as a priority by the Department of the Interior in 2018. Maintaining healthy herds not only supports the ecosystems where these species are found, but also the hunting and wildlife watching communities. For example, in Wyoming, big game hunting contributed over $300 million to the state’s economy in 2015. Yet as climate conditions change, the quantity, quality, and timing of vegetation available to mule deer, elk, and other ungulates, known as forage, could shift. It’s possible that these changes could have cascading impacts on the behavior and population sizes of many species. A key strategy used by managers... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2018, CASC, Completed, EVI, IRG, All tags... Mammals, Mammals, NDVI, NPP, North Central, North Central CASC, Projects by Region, Wildlife and Plants, Wildlife and Plants, aspen, calving, cheatgrass, die-off, drought, elk, extreme events, fawning, forage, green-up structured decision, greenscape, habitat quality, habitat treatment, habitat use, invasive species, migration, mule deer, phenology, prescribed fire, remote sensing, sagebrush, seasonal range, shrub, start of spring, ungulate, variability, vulnerability, Fewer tags GLRI Edge of Field Watershed Monitoring Project Problem: The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) was established to accelerate ecosystem restoration in the Great Lakes by confronting the most serious treats to the region, such as nonpoint source pollution, toxic sediments, and invasive species. Much of the effort associated with GLRI is being placed near the most impacted areas in the Great Lakes Basin. Priority Watersheds have been targeted by the Regional Working Group’s Phosphorus Reduction Work Group. These Priority Watersheds (Fox/Green Bay, Saginaw, Genessee, and Maumee) are characterized by having a high density of agricultural land use and have ecosystem impairments that have been clearly identified. The outlet of each of the Priority Watersheds... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts, Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts, Ecological Assessment of Human and Natural Impacts, Ecosystem Health, Ecosystem Health, All tags... Genessee, Great Lakes Basin, Invasive Species, Land Use Effects, Land Use Effects, Land use effects, New York, SW Model, SW Model, SW model, Sediment, Sediment, Sediment, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water quality, Fewer tags Long-term Changes in Environmental Characteristics Required by Sage-grouse Predicted under Climate Change Sagebrush (Artemisia spp.)-dominated shrublands are one of the most widespread ecosystems in western North America but also among the most imperiled due to interactions among land use, fire, and exotic plants. Global climate change models predict an accelerated loss of sagebrush due to synergistic feedbacks among disturbance patterns and vegetation response; only 20% would remain under the most extreme scenario of >6 C increase by the end of this century (Fig. 1). Much of the current sagebrush distribution within the Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GNLCC) would be lost. The conservation status of Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), the most visible of >350 plant and wildlife species... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: CO-3, Climate Change, Colorado, Colorado, Columbia Basin, All tags... Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, 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-1, ID-1, ID-1, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Invasive Species, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, Montana, Montana, Montana, Montana, Montana, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Report, Sage Shrub/Grassland, Sage Steppe Areas, Sage-Steppe, State agencies, UT-1, UT-1, UT-1, UT-1, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, 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, WY-1, WY-1, WY-1, WY-1, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, completed, environment, Fewer tags Relocating Plants for Conservation and Restoration: Developing a Risk Assessment Framework There is growing interest in the facilitated movement of plants as a means of conserving or restoring species and habitats, as climate conditions and management goals change. For example, plants might be relocated to support pollinator conservation or the restoration of prairies. Some land managers, in an effort to be proactive in the face of changing environmental conditions, are also considering relocating plants to sites that are considered more similar to anticipated future conditions. However, moving plants can be ecologically and economically risky. It’s possible that pests, pathogens, or contaminant weeds can be inadvertently moved along with the target plant material. In 2016, the noxious weed Palmer amaranth... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2018, CASC, Completed, Grasslands and Plains, Grasslands and Plains, All tags... Landscapes, Landscapes, Northeast, Northeast CASC, Plants, Plants, Projects by Region, Wildlife and Plants, Wildlife and Plants, conservation planting, herbaceous, invasive species, pathogens, prairie, prairie restoration, risk analysis, weeds, Fewer tags « 1 2 3 4 5