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Managing instream flows of the SALCC The Southeast Aquatic Resource Partnership will direct development of science-based instream flow information for water resource managers and policy makers of the SALCC. The outcome of this project will help inform water resource managers and policy makers about flow requirements of streams, rivers, and estuaries of the SALCC region. It will also identify critical information gaps that must be filled to reduce the uncertainty of streamflow requirements for aquatic ecosystems used by state and federal agencies to protect water resources. Further, the results of this project will include assessments of the likely impacts of climate change to the region’s aquatic resources. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, 2012, 2013, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, Academics & scientific researchers, All tags... Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, MODELS, Policy makers & regulators, Project, South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, State agencies, biota, biota, completed, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Regional Priorities for Focusing Freshwater Mussel Conservation in Streams While wildlife species do not respect political boundaries, conservation planning and implementation is often restricted by them. Thus, regionally rare species can be placed in the unenviable position of not being prioritized by any jurisdiction that they inhabit due to competition for scarce conservation resources. A regional conservation framework will enable states to cooperate toward common goals and share the costs and accomplishments of regionally conserving at risk species. However, the development of a regional conservation framework is inhibited by patchy species occurrence data. These data gaps can be informed by species distribution models. This project will compile available mussel data, develop species... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, Midwest R3 Science Applications, Project, accepted, environment Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey Alaska-Yukon The Waterfowl Breeding Population & Habitat Survey (WBPHS) has been conducted annually since 1955 (1957 in Alaska) by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and Canadian Wildlife Service to estimate the spring abundance of targeted waterfowl species in their principal breeding areas of North America. The survey results are used to establish annual hunting regulations in the United States and Canada, monitor population trends, and inform various conservation and management decisions at the state, flyway, and continental levels.The Waterfowl Program in the FWS Division of Migratory Bird Management-Alaska Region (MBM-Alaska) is responsible for surveying strata 1–12 of the WBPHS during May to June of each year (i.e.,... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, All tags... ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, CRANES AND ALLIES, CRANES AND ALLIES, CRANES AND ALLIES, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, Datasets/Database, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > LOONS, Monitoring, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Report, biota, onGoing, Fewer tags Assessing the taxonomic status of the red wolf and the Mexican Gray wolf As part of the March 29, 2018 appropriations bills, Congress directed the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to obtain an independent assessment on the taxonomic status of the red wolf, Canis rufus, and the Mexican gray wolf, Canis lupus baileyi. Currently, the FWS considers the red wolf a valid taxonomic species and the Mexican gray wolf a valid taxonomic subspecies. Both the red wolf and the Mexican gray wolf are listed as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA; United States Public Law No. 93-205; United States Code Title 16 Section 1531 et seq.). However, there is ongoing debate about their taxonomic status.Major barriers to the capability of FWS to re-establish healthy populations of wild wolves... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Decision support, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, Project, Publication, Science Applications, All tags... completed, environment, Fewer tags The impacts of storm surges on breeding waterbirds on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska: past effects and future projected impacts This project evaluated the potential impacts of storm surges and relative sea level rise on nesting geese and eider species that commonly breed on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (Y-K Delta). Habitat suitability maps for breeding waterbirds were developed to identify current waterbird breeding habitat and distributions. Short-term climate change impacts were assessed by comparing nest densities in relation to magnitude of storms that occurred in the prior fall from 2000-2013. Additionally, nest densities were modeled using random forests in relation to the time-integrated flood index (e.g., a storm specific measure accounting for both water depth and duration of flooding) for four modeled storms (2005, 2006, 2009, and... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: DELTAS, DELTAS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, Decision Support, All tags... ENDANGERED SPECIES, ENDANGERED SPECIES, EROSION, EROSION, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, ESTUARINE WETLANDS, FLOODS, FLOODS, Federal resource managers, INUNDATION, INUNDATION, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, Publication, Report, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SALTWATER INTRUSION, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, SEDIMENTATION, SEDIMENTATION, SEVERE STORMS, SEVERE STORMS, SPECIES LIFE HISTORY, SPECIES LIFE HISTORY, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, Tribes, USE/FEEDING HABITATS, USE/FEEDING HABITATS, Vulnerability Assessment, WETLANDS, WETLANDS, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags Modeling Barrier Island Lagoon System Response to Projected Arctic Warming Arey Lagoon and Island, situated on the Beaufort Sea coast just west of Barter Island and within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), was selected as a focus site for an in-depth study of coastal processes on a regional to local scale. Arey Lagoon and adjacent areas encompass a barrier island chain, a glacially fed river and delta (Hulahula and Ogpilak Rivers) from the Brooks Range watershed, low-lying tundra with coastal wet sedge, and thermokarst lakes that all may be vulnerable to the effects of changing storm patterns in response to climate change.Analysis of historical maps and imagery showed that Arey Lagoon mainland coast, partially protected by Arey Island from the direct attack of ocean waves, was... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: BARRIER ISLANDS, BARRIER ISLANDS, COASTAL ELEVATION, COASTAL ELEVATION, COASTAL PROCESSES, All tags... COASTAL PROCESSES, Federal resource managers, Interested public, LAGOONS, LAGOONS, LCC Network Science Catalog, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Regional & county planners, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, Vulnerability Assessment, environment, environment, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, onGoing, Fewer tags Climate change and connectivity: Assessing landscape and species vulnerability Habitat loss and fragmentation are widely recognized as among the most important threats to global biodiversity. New analytical approaches are providing improved ability to predict the effects of landscape change on population connectivity at vast spatial extents. This paper presents an analysis of population connectivity for three species of conservation concern [swift fox (Vulpes velox); lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus); massasuaga (Sistrurus catenatus)] across the American Great Plains region. We used factorial least-cost path and resistant kernel analyses to predict effects of landscape conditions on corridor network connectivity. Our predictions of population connectivity provide testable... Categories: Data, Project, Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2010, CO-01, CO-02, CO-03, CO-04, All tags... CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, Climate Change, Decision Support, Decision support, FY 2010, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GRASSLANDS, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, KS-01, KS-02, KS-04, LCC, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Map, NE-01, NE-03, NM-02, NM-03, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Policy makers & regulators, Policy makers & regulators, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, Publication, Report, SAVANNA, SD-00, State agencies, State agencies, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, TX-23, Vulnerability Assessment, WY-00, biota, completed, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags Impacts of Habitat Fragmentation on Northern Bobwhites in the Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative Habitat fragmentation is considered to be a leading cause that is responsible for the long-term population declines of Northern Bobwhites. There are numerous factors responsible for habitat fragmentation such as expanding suburbanization, intensification of agricultural and forestry practices, and invasions of exotic plants; the unifying theme is how people use land for settlement and the production of food and fiber. As patches of habitat become smaller and more isolated, populations experience a lower probability of persistence that results in local extinctions, which can lead to larger, and perhaps even regional extinctions. However, we lack a strong empirical and quantified basis that describes the numerical... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2015, 2016, Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, All tags... EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION, Federal resource managers, Fragmentation, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Informing Conservation Delivery, KS-04, LA-01, LA-02, LA-03, LA-04, LA-05, LA-06, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Louisiana, Louisiana, MS-04, Map, Northern Bobwhite, OK-01, OK-02, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Policy makers & regulators, Private land owners, Project, Publication, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, TX-02, TX-03, TX-04, TX-05, TX-06, TX-07, TX-08, TX-09, TX-10, TX-11, TX-12, TX-13, TX-14, TX-15, TX-17, TX-18, TX-19, TX-20, TX-21, TX-22, TX-23, TX-24, TX-25, TX-26, TX-27, TX-28, TX-29, TX-30, TX-31, TX-32, Tennessee, Texas, biota, completed, onGoing, Fewer tags Developing Regional Partnerships for the Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative - Urban Monarch Technicians Sampling Grassland habitats in Urban, Suburban and Rural areas of Central Texas using a modified GMIT protocol and Data Recorder Protocol provided a baseline of operations and tested various techniques and equipment prior to large-scale implementation. This 6-month effort combined the Urban Monarch project with testing field data collections techniques with those used by several partners (TPWD protocol) interested in determining best practices, tools and methodologies for evaluating and monitoring habitat for monarchs, other pollinators and grassland birds. Tablet data recorders were far superior that other recorders tested, and also were superior to cell phone applications. Several milk weed planted areas were... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, All tags... Datasets/Database, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, POLLINATOR SPECIES, Policy makers & regulators, Project, Regional & county planners, SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS, SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS, State agencies, Texas, biota, completed, Fewer tags Western Gulf Coast Population of Mottled Duck Banding Needs Assessment The primary objective is to provide guidance to conservation agencies and programs such as Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Louisiana Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 and 4 National Wildlife Refuges, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Migratory Bird Office Region 2 to focus banding activities (i.e., where and when) and minimum sample sizes necessary to meet harvest management objectives for mottled ducks. A secondary objective is to investigate alternate marking techniques (e.g., PIT tags, NANO tags) to supplement or replace assessments derived from band recoveries. The banding needs assessment will be a two part analysis. The first part will use multi-state simulation... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIRDS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, EARTH SCIENCE, All tags... EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONSERVATION, Project, accepted, biota, Fewer tags Understanding the current population genetic structure and levels of genetic diversity within populations of Potamilus metnecktayi (Salina mucket), Truncilla cognata (Mexican Fawnsfoot), and Truncilla macrodon (Texas Fawnsfoot). In Texas, the USFWS is currently reviewing 11 mussel species for ESA protection and several of these species (e.g., Cyclonaias petrina, Texas Pimpleback, and Lampsilis bracteata, Texas Fatmucket) have been the primary focus of controlled propagation by several federal hatcheries. To date, information on genetic diversity within and across known populations for these species is incomplete and so the justification for their controlled propagation is unclear, and a genetic management plan to guide propagation activities does not exist. These unknowns raise serious questions about whether any of the 11 proposed species are truly in need of and would benefit from controlled propagation. The overall goal of this project... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOSPHERE, BIVALVES, EARTH SCIENCE, All tags... ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, MOLLUSKS, MUSSELS, POPULATION DYNAMICS, Project, SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS, accepted, biota, Fewer tags Alaska Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Aerial Breeding Pair Survey The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (YKD) Aerial Breeding Pair Survey provides data on the spring abundance of targeted waterfowl species nesting on the YKD coastal zone in western Alaska. This region supports millions of waterbirds that comprise one of the largest and most important waterfowl breeding grounds in North America, including species of concern such as the red-throated loon (Gavia stellata), emperor goose (Chen canagica), Pacific black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans), common eider (Somateria mollissima), black scoter (Melanitta nigra), long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis), and the threatened spectacled eider (Somateria fischeri). The YKD goose, swan, and crane survey was first implemented in 1985 to monitor... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, All tags... ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, CRANES AND ALLIES, CRANES AND ALLIES, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, Datasets/Database, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > GREBES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS > LOONS, Monitoring, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Report, WADERS/GULLS/AUKS AND ALLIES, WADERS/GULLS/AUKS AND ALLIES, biota, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Ecological Assessments of the Gulf Coastal Plains & Ozarks geography/Landscape Conservation Design This project will support the hiring of a detail position to work with the Geomatics Coordinator to complete current assessments of terrestrial systems focusing on landscape endpoints as described in the GCPO LCC’s Integrated Science Agenda, then begin the process of applying species endpoints to these landscapes through a Landscape Conservation Design process for the entire GCPO geography. This rapid ecological assessment will seek to answer the following questions: (1) How much habitat is in a desired ecological state, as defined by the Integrated Science Agenda? (2) How much more habitat is needed? (3) Where is habitat that is in the desired ecological state? (4) Where are opportunities to manage improved or... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Conservation planning, Datasets/Database, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LAND USE/LAND COVER, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, All tags... Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Report, biota, completed, environment, planningCadastre, Fewer tags Demographic and Reproductive Analysis of Beardless Chinchweed (Pectis imberbis A. Gray) Pectis imberbis A. Gray is an endemic plant species native to southern Arizona with fewer than 400 known individuals in existence. A total of 6 putative populations, each consisting of between ca. 10 and 180 individuals, occur at elevations of 1100-1700 m in a variety of habitats, including oak woodlands, desert grasslands, oak savannas, and disturbed areas in Arizona (road cuts, arroyos) (USFWS 2012). In the past, populations were also identified in Mexico (Keil 1978, USFWS 2012); however, Mexican populations have not been relocated in recent years (Keil 1982, Falk and Warren 1994, Sanchez-Escalante 2018a, 2018b). Resurveys of known P. imberbis sites suggest significant decline in abundance over the last two decades... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS), BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONSERVATION, PLANTS, All tags... Project, accepted, biota, Fewer tags Watershed-Based Conservation Planning to Inform Restoration and Recovery of Texas Threatened and Endangered Freshwater Fishes This is a grant to support the continuation of the Fishes of Texas Program. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and their recipient, University of Texas at Austin, manage the Fishes of Texas program and the Native Fish Conservation Network (NFCN). This funding will support staff (i.e., research associate) operations that are required for continued stewardship of these important resources that are utilized by state and federal agencies as well as private and academic institutions. This effort has five main Objectives:For Objective 1, the research associate will compile and collate all research, monitoring, and restoration projects conducted within the 20 Texas Native Fish Conservation Areas (NFCAs) since the... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING > ARCHIVING, Project, SA Science Catalog, Southwest LR2 Science Applications, data.gov, All tags... funded, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Springs and Seeps Inventory, Assessment, and Management Planning Project A combination of citizen science inventories and expert assessments will be used to collect critical baseline information on known spring and seep resources using the Spring Ecosystem Inventory and Assessment Protocols and adapting them as needed for the unique arid Sky Island ecosystems. The assessment will collect information on channel morphology, riparian and wetland vegetation, water quality, aquatic macroinvertebrates, and wildlife. This information will be combined with historic data from cooperating agencies (Pima County, Santa Cruz County, USFS, NPA, USGS, USFWS, BLM, and AGFD) in a regional, on-line database to provide a landscape level context for managing resources, which was previously unavailable due... Categories: Data, Project; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, AZ-02, AZ-03, Arizona, Arizona, All tags... Conservation NGOs, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Planning, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, FLUVIAL LANDFORMS, FLUVIAL LANDFORMS, Federal resource managers, GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, LAND SURFACE, LAND SURFACE, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Pima County, Policy makers & regulators, Project, Regional & county planners, SPRING, SPRING, Santa Cruz County, Sky Island Region, Sky Islands Region, Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area, United States, assessments, biota, completed, management, seeps and springs, volunteers, Fewer tags Aquatic Integrity and Invasives: Shared Landscape Outcomes In May 2014, the GNLCC Steering Committee approved two pilot projects explore approaches to landscape-scale coordination to enhance science-based management across the GNLCC. The two ‘Shared Landscape Outcomes’ pilots were designed to assess and focus on specific pairs of a GNLCC Goal and a priority landscape stressor as defined in the Strategic Conservation Framework and focus the approach at the entire GNLCC scale. The two pilot projects focused on (1) the Aquatic Integrity goal and Invasives stressor (described here) and (2) the Connectivity goal and Land Use Change stressor (see: https://www.fws.gov/science/catalog)AIS Pilot:The challenge of managing for invasive species creates an opportunity for the GNLCC... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alpine Lakes, Aquatic Connectivity, Cascadia, Columbia Basin, Decision Support, All tags... EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, Federal resource managers, Goal 3: Maintain hydrologic regimes, Informing Conservation Delivery, Invasive Species, LCC Network Science Catalog, Monitoring, Project, Report, Riverine, Rivers & Riparian Corridors, Rocky Mountain, Sage-Steppe, State agencies, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Wetlands, completed, environment, Fewer tags Identifying and prioritizing key habitat connectivity areas for the South Atlantic region The project objectives are as follows: To map out current and future levels of habitat connectivity in the South Atlantic region, from the standpoint of multiple groups of terrestrial wildlife species; 2. To prioritize key corridors and linkage areas based on their relative importance and centrality within the overall habitat network and their relative influence on the viability of target wildlife populations; 3. To publish data layers representing the outcomes from the first two objectives, in such a way as to significantly improve conservation decision-making across the South Atlantic LCC region Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, 2012, 2013, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, All tags... Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, MODELS, Map, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Private land owners, Project, Regional & county planners, South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, State agencies, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, biota, biota, completed, transportation, transportation, Fewer tags ShoreZone Mapping of St. Lawrence Island ​This project takes advantage of an existing helicopter platform on St. Lawrence that will be used to collect ShoreZone imagery of the island. This project is leveraging contributions by the Oil Spill Recovery Institute, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, and NOAA Fisheries to collect imagery in the summer of 2013. The ABSI LCC will provided $10K to map the highest priority section of the St. Lawrence Island coastline.The ShoreZone mapping system has been in use since the early 1980s and has been applied to more than 40,000 km of shoreline in Washington and British Columbia. Through partnerships with other agencies and organizations, portions of southeastern... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL ELEVATION, COASTAL ELEVATION, COASTAL HABITAT, All tags... COASTAL HABITAT, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, COASTAL PROCESSES, COASTAL PROCESSES, Datasets/Database, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, biota, biota, underDevelopment, Fewer tags ShoreZone Program on the North Slope of Alaska The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is supporting a field effort in support of a ShoreZone mapping project along the Chukchi and Beaufort coasts. Funds from the LCC will allow for the inclusion of three additional ShoreStations. Researchers will conduct ground surveys to get detailed physical and biological measurements throughout the various and often unique Chukchi and Beaufort coastal habitats. Sediment samples will be archived from each shore station for hydrocarbon analyses in the event of a local or regional oil spill. The Arctic ShoreZone Shore Stations will be added to the statewide database and made available online to the public NOAA website. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: BARRIER ISLANDS, BARRIER ISLANDS, BEACHES, BEACHES, COASTAL LANDFORMS, All tags... COASTAL LANDFORMS, Conservation Planning, DELTAS, DELTAS, Data Acquisition and Development, Federal resource managers, Interested public, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY, SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY, SEDIMENT COMPOSITION, SEDIMENT COMPOSITION, SEDIMENTARY TEXTURES, SEDIMENTARY TEXTURES, SHORELINES, SHORELINES, State agencies, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags « 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 24 »