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Tidal Marsh Bird Population and Habitat Assessment This project assessed the potential effects of climate change on tidal marsh habitats and bird populations, identified priority sites for tidal marsh conservation and restoration, and developed a web-based mapping tool for managers to interactively display and query results. Project results can be found at PRBO’s San Francisco Bay Sea-Level Rise Website Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2010, 2013, Applications and Tools, CA, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, All tags... Conservation NGOs, Decision Support, Decision support, Estuarine, Federal, Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Marine, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Private land owners, Project, SF Bay/Delta, San Francisco Bay, Science Project, Tidal, Training/Outreach/Workshop, adaptation, birds, completed, conservation, decision support tool, environment, gis, levee, management, mapping, on-line, restoration, salinity, scenario planning, scenarios, sea level rise, sediment, shorebirds, slr, south bay salt ponds, tidal marsh, wetlands, Fewer tags San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals This project completed a Conservation Lands Network for biodiversity preservation which includes an on-line decision support tool, a GIS database, a computer software for finer scale planning, and a report card template. Project results may be found at The Conservation Lands Network website. Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2010, Applications and Tools, CA, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation NGOs, All tags... Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Planning, Conservation planning, Consevation design, Data Management and Integration, Data Management and Integration, Decision Support, Estuarine, Federal, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Private land owners, Project, SF Bay/Delta, San Francisco Bay Area, Science Project, State agencies, Terrestrial, Upland, acquisition, biodiversity, completed, connectivity, conservation, environment, gis database, on-line tool, plants, Fewer tags A Monitoring Protocol to Assess Wintering Shorebird Population Trends Phase 1 & 2 (2010, 2012): This project developed a sampling design and monitoring protocol for wintering shorebirds in the Central Valley and in the San Francisco Bay Estuary and develop an LCC-specific online shorebird monitoring portal publicly available at the California Avian Data Center. The three objectives in Phase II of this project are: 1) Complete the shorebird monitoring plan for the CA LCC by developing a sampling design and monitoring protocol for wintering shorebirds in coastal southern California and northern Mexico. 2) Develop models to evaluate the influence of habitat factors from multiple spatial scales on shorebird use of San Francisco Bay and managed wetlands in the Sacramento Valley, as a model... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2010, 2011, 2013, Academics & scientific researchers, Academics & scientific researchers, All tags... CA, CA Central Valley, California Central Valley, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation NGOs, Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, Estuarine, Federal, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Methodology/Protocol, Methodology/Protocol, Monitoring, Monitoring, Monitoring, Project, Publication, SF Bay/Delta, Science Project, Southwest CSC, Tidal, Wetland, birds, cadc, california avian data center, completed, conservation, environment, fish, habitat, information exchange, invertebrates, land use, management, map, model, monitoring, multiple, on-line, pacific flyway, rice, santa monica nra, scenarios, sdm, shorebirds, wetland, wintering shorebirds, Fewer tags Vulnerability Analysis and Monitoring Program for Detecting Changes in San Francisco Bay Tidal Marsh Bird Populations This project designed a monitoring program and protocol to detect the effects of climate change on tidal marsh bird population abundance and distribution. It is a companion to “Tidal Marsh Bird Population and Habitat Assessment for San Francisco Bay under Future Climate Change Conditions” and will build on its products, enabling evaluation of the long-term viability of four tidal-marsh bird species threatened by impacts of climate change: Clapper Rail, Black Rail, Common Yellowthroat, and Song Sparrow (three endemic subspecies: San Pablo, Suisun, and Alameda). Information is available through the California Avian Data Center. See also: http://data.prbo.org/apps/sfbslr/index.php?page=lcc-page Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2010, CA, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation NGOs, Datasets/Database, All tags... Estuarine, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Marine, Monitoring, Monitoring, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, SF Bay/Delta, San Francisco Bay, Science Project, State agencies, Tidal, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, Wetland, bird, birds, completed, conservation, environment, marsh, model, monitor, monitoring, tidal, vulnerability, wetland, Fewer tags Mapping Fresh, Intermediate, Brackish and Saline Marshes in the North Central Gulf of Mexico Coast to Inform Future Projections Spatial data depicting marsh types (e.g. fresh, intermediate, brackish and saline) for the north-central Gulf of Mexico coast are inconsistent across the region, limiting the ability of conservation planners to model the current and future capacity of the coast to sustain priority species. The goal of this study was to (1) update the resolution of coastal Texas vegetation data to match that of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and (2) update vegetation maps for the Texas through Alabama region using current Landsat Imagery. Creating consistent regional vegetation maps will enable scientists to model vegetation response to and potential impacts of future climate change. Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, CASC, Completed, LIDAR, Landsat 5 TM, All tags... Marsh, NWI, Projects by Region, SPOT, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, South Central, South Central CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, Wetlands, conservation, vegetation, Fewer tags Understanding the Interactions Between Human Health, Environment, and Climate in Salish Sea Communities The overarching project goal was to develop overlapping conceptual models of environmental and community health indicators in reference to climate forecasts. The sensitivity of species and habitats to climate was cross-walked with recently developed Coast Salish community health indicators (e.g., ceremonial use, knowledge exchange, and physiological well-being) in order to demonstrate how Indigenous Knowledge can be used in conjunction with established landscape-level conservation indicators (e.g., shellfish and water-quality) and employed to identify resource management priorities. Project products included: (1) maps and models that highlight potential impacts in regard to Swinomish first foods and cultural sites;... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, CASC, Completed, Data Visualization & Tools, Data Visualization & Tools, All tags... Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Peoples, Northwest, Northwest, Northwest, Northwest CASC, Projects by Region, Salish Sea, Science Tools for Managers, Science Tools for Managers, Swinomish Tribe, TEK, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Tribes and Tribal Organizations, Tribes and Tribal Organizations, Washington, climate change, conservation, human health, Fewer tags Effects of Sea-Level Rise and Extreme Storms on California Coastal Habitats: Part 1 In California, the near-shore area where the ocean meets the land is a highly productive yet sensitive region that supports a wealth of wildlife, including several native bird species. These saltmarshes, mudflats, and shallow bays are not only critical for wildlife, but they also provide economic and recreational benefits to local communities. Today, sea-level rise, more frequent and stronger storms, saltwater intrusion, and warming water temperatures are among the threats that are altering these important habitats. To support future planning and conservation of California’s near-shore habitats, researchers examined current weather patterns, elevations, tides, and sediments at these sites to see how they affect... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, Bolinas Lagoon, CA, CASC, California, All tags... Coastal, Coastal Habitats, Completed, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Extreme Weather, Extreme Weather, Federal, Humboldt Bay, Morro Bay, Newport Bay, Projects by Region, Pt. Mugu, SF Bay/Delta, San Pablo Bay, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Southwest, Southwest CASC, Tijuana River, Water, Coasts and Ice, Water, Coasts and Ice, animals, assessment, birds, climate change, coastal, conservation, dem, downscale, dynamical, gcm, geomorphology, gis, hydrology, intertidal, management, marsh, model, multiple, nearshore, plants, sea level rise, sediment, sf bay, shoals, slr, storm, tidal, vegetation, vulnerability, wrf, Fewer tags Ecologically Relevant Pacific Coastal Fog Datasets The goal of this project is to create critically needed coastal fog datasets. Anticipated products from the collaboration between on-the-ground natural resource managers and a multidisciplinary coalition of physical scientists are: 1) a compilation of existing fog related data from multiple sources: satellite (AVHRR, GOES, Modis, Landsat), NOAA buoy , and airport and meteorological stations, 2) USGS Open File report documenting the results of a multiday working session with climatologists, remote sensing specialists, fog modelers, statisticians, and natural resource managers, convened to review the data, examine and assess the correlations between data streams and models, specify initial parameters to be extracted... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2011, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, California coast, Coastal, Coastal, All tags... Conservation NGOs, Data Management and Integration, Data Management and Integration, Decision Support, Decision support, Federal, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, Science Project, Southwest CSC, State agencies, Training/Outreach/Workshop, acquisition, cloud, coast, completed, conservation, endemic, environment, evapotranspiration, fog, gis, grassland, humidity, hydrology, management, marine layer, meteorology, model, multiple, redwoods, redwoods, restoration, risk, satellite, shrub, stream, temperature, vulnerability, weather, Fewer tags Sea-level rise modeling across the California salt marsh gradient This project uses bottom-up modeling at a parcel scale to measure the effects of sea-level rise (SLR) on coastal ecosystems and tidal salt marshes. At selected tidal marshes, the project team will measure several parameters that will be incorporated into ArcGIS models creating comparable datasets across the Pacific coast tidal gradient with a focus on 2-4 sites in the California LCC (e.g. San Diego, San Francisco Bay Refuges). The ultimate goal is to provide science support tools for local adaptation planning from the bottom-up that may be implemented under a structured decision-making framework.Science Delivery Phase (2013): The objectives are to: (1) Disseminate site-specific baseline data and modeling results,... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2011, 2013, Applications and Tools, CA, CA-Northern, All tags... CA-Southern, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, California coast, Coastal, Conservation NGOs, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Decision support, Estuarine, Federal, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Marsh, OR, OR-Northern, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, SF Bay/Delta, Science Project, Tidal, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, WA, WA-Southern, birds, communication, completed, conservation, decision support tool, dem, elevation, environment, gps, invertebrates, lidar, management, marsh, microclimate, model, monitoring, multiple, nerr, nplcc, outreach, risk, rtk, sea level rise, sediment cores, stakeholder, structured decision making, subtidal, tidal, vertebrates, vulnerability, workshop, Fewer tags Assessing climate change vulnerability and developing a climate change adaptation strategy for Sierra Nevada birds This project used the NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index tool to assess vulnerability of 140 bird species that breed in the Sierra Nevada and will develop a peer-reviewed Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for Sierra Nevada bird species that are most vulnerable to climate change. The Strategy provides recommendations for actions that managers can take now and in the future to bolster resilience to climate change. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, Applications and Tools, CA, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation NGOs, All tags... Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Planning, Conservation planning, Datasets/Database, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS, Federal, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Multiple, Project, Science Project, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, adaptation, birds, birds, birds, completed, conservation, environment, gcm, sierra nevada, uncertainty, vulnerability, Fewer tags Assessing climate change vulnerability and developing a climate change adaptation strategy for Sierra Nevada birds This project used the NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index tool to assess vulnerability of 140 bird species that breed in the Sierra Nevada and will develop a peer-reviewed Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for Sierra Nevada bird species that are most vulnerable to climate change. The Strategy provides recommendations for actions that managers can take now and in the future to bolster resilience to climate change. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, Applications and Tools, CA, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation NGOs, All tags... Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Planning, Conservation planning, Datasets/Database, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS, Federal, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Multiple, Project, Science Project, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, adaptation, birds, birds, birds, completed, conservation, environment, gcm, sierra nevada, uncertainty, vulnerability, Fewer tags Maximizing evolutionary potential under climate change in southern California protected areas. The project objective is to transfer to California a previously developed prioritization framework that combines intraspecific genetic and morphological variation with traditionally used indices of biodiversity, and test its general utility for conservation prioritization. This project will integrate existing data on intraspecific variation of multiple species in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area with climate data and space-borne measurements of the environment to identify areas with high intraspecific variation. Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2012, Applications and Tools, CA, CA-Southern, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, All tags... Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Conservation planning, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Decision support, Federal, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Multiple, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Santa Monica Mountains, Science Project, Southern California, adaptation, biodiversity, birds, completed, conservation, environment, evolution, genetic, map, reptiles, spatially explicit model, Fewer tags A Conservation Priorities Tool for the North Pacific LCC A conservation and restoration priorities tool was developed that provides online access to regional information including: climate change projections, watershed condition, freshwater and terrestrial species, forest ecosystem information and invasive species information. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, AK, AK, AK, AK, All tags... AK-0, AK-1, AK-1, AK-1, Applications and Tools, Applications and Tools, B.C., B.C., B.C., B.C., CA, CA, CA, CA, CA-2, CA-2, Climate Change, Climate Change, Conservation, Conservation NGOs, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Conservation design, Data.gov North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Decision Support, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, Freshwater ecosystem, 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, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Pre-Strategy, 2013, Project, Report, Report, Science Project, State agencies, State agencies, 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, climate change, climate change, climate change, completed, dataset, decision support, forest ecosystem, forest ecosystem, forest ecosystem, forest ecosystem, freshwater ecosystem, freshwater ecosystem, freshwater ecosystem, geoscientificInformation, prioritization tool, prioritization tool, product, Fewer tags Effects of Climate Change on Inland Fishes of California California’s native fishes are mostly endemic, with no place to go as climate change increases water temperatures and alters stream flows. Many of the alien fishes, however, are likely to benefit from the effects of climate change. The goal of this project is to synthesize life history traits, population trends, status, and threats, including climate change, for all fishes in the state. We have found that 25% of the endemic fishes are now in danger of extinction. Climate change in conjunction with alien species, agriculture, and dams pose the greatest threat to native fishes. Preliminary results from two regional analyses suggest that native fishes in the Sierra Nevada are slightly less (74%) vulnerable to climate... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2011, Academics & scientific researchers, CA, CA-wide, California, All tags... California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation planning, Consevation design, Data Management and Integration, Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Decision support, Federal, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Multiple, Project, Science Project, Southwest CSC, State agencies, Stream, alien, completed, conservation, endemic, environment, fish, fish, gis, inland, management, native, policy, precipitation, risk, stream, temperature, vulnerability, Fewer tags The Environmental Change Network This project developed a foundation for monitoring environmental change by identifying where and what to monitor in order to evaluate climate-change impacts. Phase 1 focused on landbirds, however a framework will be developed that recommends standardized monitoring for other taxa and environmental attributes. Phase II Deliverables produced as part of this proposed work include a Business Plan that 1) refines site selection by developing a decision model in combination with analyses of sites (or clusters of sites) arrayed by climate space, 2) works with the LCC science committee, Joint Ventures, and other partners to choose a manageable number of core monitoring variables, 3) develops and/or adopting existing protocols... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2010, 2011, CA, CA-wide, California, All tags... California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Planning, Conservation planning, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Federal, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Monitoring, Monitoring, Multiple, Project, Science Project, State agencies, Website, birds, birds, completed, connectivity, conservation, data management, environment, fish, invertebrates, model, monitor, multiple, on-line, Fewer tags The California Climate Commons Project In its first funded year this project created an online environment in which land managers and their technical support staff can quickly find the climate adaptation information they need and communicate with the researchers producing the data. Phase 2 of the project focused on reaching out to the user community to get them engaged in the Climate Commons, and continuing development of the site. In year 3 and beyond, the Climate Commons became the CA LCC’s project data management platform as well as a digital library offering a starting place to find climate change science relevant to conservation decision-making. http://climate.calcommons.org. Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2011, 2012, Academics & scientific researchers, Applications and Tools, CA, All tags... California, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Conservation planning, Decision Support, Decision support, Federal, Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, Informing Conservation Delivery, Interested public, K-12 students & teachers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Multiple, Multiple, Policy makers & regulators, Private land owners, Project, Regional & county planners, Science Project, Southwest CSC, State agencies, Tribes, Website, catalog, clearing house, communication, completed, conservation, data, database, environment, hosting, information exchange, management, managers, multiple, on-line, outreach, repository, research, visualization, webinar, website, Fewer tags Sagebrush Ecosystems in a Changing Climate Climate responses of sagebrush are needed to inform land managers of the stability and restoration of sagebrush ecosystems, which are an important but threatened habitat type. We evaluated climate responses of sagebrush using two approaches: (1) experimental manipulations of temperature and precipitation for natural plants in the field, and (2) assessment of how climate adaptation and weather have affected sagebrush seeding efforts on nearly 25 large-scale sagebrush seeding projects done over the past several decades. Experimental warming increased growth of sagebrush in high-elevation meadows in the Teton Mountains, but had marginal or no effect at lower elevations sites (near Twin Falls and Boise, Idaho, respectively).... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, CASC, Completed, Grasslands and Plains, Grasslands and Plains, All tags... Landscapes, Landscapes, Northwest, Northwest, Northwest, Northwest CASC, Projects by Region, climate change, conservation, restoration, sagebrush, vulnerability assessment, Fewer tags Tracking Landscape Change in the Central Valley This project helps the Central Valley Joint Venture (CVJV) track gains and losses of key bird and waterfowl habitats at a landscape scale. This will allow the CVJV to effectively monitor and evaluate habitats essential to conservation planning for wildlife species. This work is important for identifying, assembling, and analyzing data for key habitats of concern and will provide a foundation for future monitoring. Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2010, Agricultural, CA, CA Central Valley, California Central Valley, All tags... California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Consevation design, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Management and Integration, Data Management and Integration, Federal, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Methodology/Protocol, Private land owners, Project, Rice Field, Science Project, Wetland, birds, completed, conservation, environment, evapotranspiration, modeling, pacific flyway, precipitation, scenarios, shorebird, temperature, truemet, water deficit, waterfowl, Fewer tags Structured decision making for climate change adaptation to conserve San Francisco Bay tidal marsh ecosystems This project brought together natural resource managers, conservation coordinators and planners, and scientists working at multiple scales within the San Francisco Bay to develop a spatially-explicit decision framework that cuts across jurisdictional boundaries while accounting for uncertainties about climate change. In particular, the SDM framework allows managers within the Bay to identify a recommended strategy among a set of alternative strategies that may vary among its subregions (e.g. North Bay, South Bay, East Bay). Management priorities will be those that yield the greatest expected conservation benefits across the Bay considering multiple objectives including endangered species recovery (e.g. California... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2013, CA, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, All tags... Decision support, Estuarine, Federal, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, Publication, Report, SF Bay/Delta, State agencies, Tidal, Training/Outreach/Workshop, communication, completed, conservation, environment, management, multiple, sdm, structured decision making, tidal marsh, training, webinar, workshop, Fewer tags Climate Change/Land Use Change Scenarios for Habitat Threat Assessments on California Rangelands Why Rangelands: The Central Valley of California, the surrounding foothills and the interior Coast Range include over 18 million acres of grassland. Most of this land is privately owned and managed for livestock production. Because grasslands are found in some of California’s fastest-growing counties, they are severely threatened by land conversion and development. In addition climate change stresses grasslands by potentially changing water availability and species distributions.Maintaining a ranching landscape can greatly support biodiversity conservation in the California Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) region. In addition ranches generate multiple ecosystem services—defined as human benefits provided... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2011, 2012, 2013, Applications and Tools, CA, All tags... CA Central Valley, California Central Valley, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Coastal, Conservation NGOs, Decision Support, Decision support, Federal, Grassland, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Multiple, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Private land owners, Project, Rangeland, Science Project, Shrubland, Southwest CSC, State agencies, Training/Outreach/Workshop, acquisition, bcm, birds, c sequestration, carbon, chaparral, completed, conservation, corridor, decision support, downscale, economic, education, environment, fish, fore-sce, fragmentation, grazing, hotspots, invertebrates, land use change, landuse, livestock, management, map, model, multiple, oak woodland, oaks, on-line, on-line tool, outreach, rangelands, scenario, scenarios, stakeholder, stream, urbanization, water, web-based, workshop, Fewer tags 1 2 »