Incorporating the geography of climate change into conservation planning

This project is analyzing downscaled climate model data to assess the geography of climate change at scales relevant to actual conservation actions. This work analyzes the California Essential Habitat Connectivity products to determine which protected lands are most vulnerable and which of the proposed corridors would partially mitigate climate change threats.

Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2010, Applications and Tools, CA, CA-wide, California, All tags... California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Conservation planning, Decision Support, Decision support, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Multiple, Project, Publication, Science Project, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, california essential habitat connectivity, cehc, completed, conservation planning, corridor, downscale, environment, model, multiple, vulnerability, Fewer tags

Mapping Pacific Northwest Riparian Areas: Measuring Current Condition And Prioritizing For Climate Change Adaptation

This project produced a base layer of riparian area and condition prioritized riparian areas likely to increase biological resilience to climate change. This project acted as a pilot for developing riparian area data layers for the WGA Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, Academics & scientific researchers, Climate Change, Conservation Planning, Data Acquisition and Development, All tags... Federal resource managers, Hydrologic regime shift, LCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Oregon, Oregon, Priority A. Effects of hydrologic regime shifts, Project, Science Project, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-1, WA-1, WA-2, WA-2, WA-6, WA-6, Washington, Washington, adaptation strategies, adaptation strategies, climate change, climate change, completed, riparian areas, riparian areas, species sensitivities, species sensitivities, vegetation changes, vegetation changes, Fewer tags

North Pacific Forest Landscape Corridor and Connectivity Project: Assessing Landscape and Species Vulnerability

The North Pacific Forest Landscape Corridor and Connectivity Project utilized a landscape connectivity simulator (UNICOR) and a genetic simulation program (CDPOP) to model the functional (dispersal and genetic) connectivity in the North Pacific Landscape. The outputs from these programs indicated areas with high potential for landscape and genetic isolation and low probability of dispersal and colonization. In addition, this project was designed to provide spatially-explicit predictions of current and potential future patterns of fragmentation, prioritization of keystone corridors for protection and enhancement, and identification of places that may require habitat restoration or assisted migration to maintain viability....

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: 2011, AK, AK, AK, AK, All tags... AK-0, AK-1, AK-1, AK-1, Academics & scientific researchers, B.C., B.C., B.C., B.C., CA, CA, CA, CA, CA-2, CA-2, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Decision Support, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Forest, Forest, Forest, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-5, OR-5, OR-5, OR-5, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, Project, Report, Science Project, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, WA, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA. OR, WA. OR, WA. OR, Website, completed, connectivity, connectivity, connectivity, connectivity, corridor, corridor, corridor, corridor, dispersal, dispersal, dispersal, dispersal, forest, genetic, genetic, Fewer tags

Modeling Climate Impacts on the Hydrology of Pacific Northwest Montane Wetland Ecosystems

This project developed hydrologic projections for diverse wetland habitats (e.g. forest wetlands, wet meadows, small ponds, and riparian wetlands) in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) for the 2020s, 2040s, and 2080s, which can be used to support ecological and landscape-based vulnerability assessments and climate change adaptation planning. The project leveraged existing downscaled climate model scenarios and associated hydrologic datasets developed under separate funding and extended them to examine changes in aquatic habitat.Products developed in this research include new hydroclimatic datasets for assessing changes in the hydroperiod of PNW wetlands. These products are useful to land managers in forecasting ecosystem...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, All tags... Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, Hydrologic projections, Hydrologic projections, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Pre-Strategy, 2013, Project, Report, Science Project, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-1, WA-1, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, completed, wetland habitats, wetland habitats, wetland habitats, wetland habitats, wetland habitats, wetland habitats, wetland habitats, Fewer tags

WLCI management needs identified by partners

The foundation for USGS WLCI science and technical assistance: (1) identify the key drivers of change; (2) identify the condition and distribution of key wildlife species, habitat, and species’ habitat requirements; (3) evaluate wildlife and livestock responses to development; (4) identify the most effective and needed restoration, reclamation, and mitigation activities, as well as locations where conservation benefits may be maximized; (5) develop an integrated inventory and monitoring strategy; and (6) develop a data clearinghouse and information-management framework.

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Long-term Monitoring - Remote Sensing for Vegetation Inventory and Monitoring Products

Work Accomplished in FY2009 and Findings Eight Landsat- and eight AWiFS-based habitat-component models were completed for the WLCI area, including estimates of cover percentage for shrub, herbs, litter, sagebrush, big 48 sagebrush, Wyoming sagebrush, and bare ground, and for shrub height. According to an independent accuracy assessment, primary root mean square error (RMSE) values for habitat components based on QuickBird (2.4-m resolution) ranged from 4.90 to 10.16; those based on Landsat (30-m resolution) ranged from 6.04 to 15.85; and those based on AWiFS (56-m resolution) ranged from 6.97 to 16.14. The models improved the state-wide characterization of categorical landcover classes by 8 percent over the National...

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