Possible Cattle Access Points on Streams within the USGS Showcase Watersheds Derived from 2018 and 2019 NAIP Imagery

This data release contains one point shapefile describing cattle access to streams for three USGS showcase watersheds: Smith Creek, Conewago Creek, and Upper Chester River. This data release identifies areas where cattle were able to access the stream, as well as possible cattle access areas. Streams were defined using a combination of geospatial data and aerial imagery and cattle access points were determined by locating cattle paths adjacent to stream morphology.

Tags: Conewago Watershed, Environmental Health, Geomorphology, Land Use Change, Maryland, All tags... Pennsylvania, Smith Creek, Smith Creek Watershed, USA, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS-CC Chesapeake Bay, Upper Chester Watershed, Virginia, Water Quality, Water Resources, Wildlife Disease, accessibility, agriculture, best management practices, cattle, cattle access, density, farming, inlandWaters, remote sensing, river reaches, streams, surface water quality, u.s. geological survey, usgs, watershed management, Fewer tags

Possible Cattle Access Points on Select Streams within the Shenandoah Watershed Derived from 2018 NAIP Imagery

This data release contains one shapefile describing cattle access to a total of 36 different sub basins within the Shenandoah Watershed located in Virginia and West Virginia. This data release identifies areas in satellite imagery where cattle were observed to have access to the stream (confirmed access), areas where cattle exist, and are not fenced off from the stream (unrestricted access), and areas where cattle do not have access to the stream (restricted access) at the time of imagery capture. Streams were defined using a combination of geospatial data and visually assessing channel morphology in aerial imagery. Cattle access points were determined by visually assessing satellite imagery for barren or disturbed...

Tags: Maryland, Shenandoah, Shenandoah Watershed, USA, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... USGS-CC Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, West Virginia, accessibility, agriculture, best management practices, cattle, cattle access, density, farming, inlandWaters, remote sensing, river reaches, streams, surface water quality, u.s. geological survey, usgs, watershed management, Fewer tags

Rangeland Ecosystem Data, Grand Canyon - Parashant National Monument, AZ, USA

These data were compiled for an assessment of rangeland ecosystem conditions of the Grand Canyon - Parashant National Monument. The approximately one-million-acre Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument (PARA) is located in the northwest corner of Arizona and co-managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and National Park Service (NPS). This report is focused on the ca. 200,000 acres of NPS administered lands—one of the largest NPS units where livestock grazing is a permitted land-use activity. Many ecosystems in PARA are characterized by a low degree of resilience to improper grazing due to low and variable precipitation. PARA is marked by an extremely high degree of environmental heterogeneity, including...

Tags: Arizona, BLM, Botany, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Plateau, All tags... Ecology, Geography, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Information Sciences, Mojave, NPS, National Park Service, Parashant National Monument, Soil Sciences, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), biota, cattle, cattle grazing, ecological sites, ecological states, environmental heterogeneity, grazing, livestock, natural resource assessment, plant cover, plot sampling, rangeland ecosystem conditions, rangeland ecosystems, rangeland health, rangelands, soil aggregate stability, soil cover, soil geomorphic setting descriptions, soil resources, vital signs, Fewer tags