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One of the greatest challenges facing the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) in the 21st century will be our ability to maintain sustainable fish and wildlife populations and meet the expectations and desire of our citizens. We approach habitat conservation and management on a landscape/watershed scale based on the needs of all fish and wildlife and citizens who either enjoy and/or depend on wildlife, and the land and water resources of the State. This requires a great deal of teamwork and a broader view of our responsibilities. Addressing habitat needs and issues that seek to maintain open spaces, non-fragmented, quality habitats and the ability of fish and wildlife to utilize these areas provides an opportunity...
This data set was created to facilitate the BLM Greater Sage-Grouse Land Use Planning Strategy in the Utah Sub-Region. This data was developed and addressed, and used during preparation of an environmental impact statement to consider amendments to 14 BLM land use plans throughout the State of Utah, as well as 6 Forest Service land use plans. This planning process was initiated through issuance of a Notice of Intent published on December 6, 2011. This dataset is associated with the Final Environmental Impact Statement, released to the public via a Notice of Availability on May 29, 2015. The purpose of the planning process is to address protection of greater sage-grouse, in partial response to a March 2010 decision...
This ScienceBase space provides an array of USGS Series publications, journal articles, and other published references for the Gap Analysis Project (GAP). Information on GAP-related publications can also be found at: https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/science-analytics-and-synthesis/gap/publications
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The data set includes delineation of sampling strata for the six study reaches of the UMRR Program’s LTRM element. Separate strata coverages exist for each of the three monitoring components (fish, vegetation, and water quality) to meet the differing sampling needs among components. Generally, the sampling strata consist of main channel, side channel, backwater, and impounded areas. The fish component further delineates a “shoreline” portion of the strata to be used for sampling gears deployed only along the shoreline. The data are raster in origin, with the center of each pixel representing the sampling location. Cell size is typically 50 meters, although several water quality strata are at 200 meter cell size.
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Weed shiners are listed as endangered in Iowa. In the spring of 1990, one weed shiner (Notropis texanus) was collected from the Crooked Slough Complex, Pool 13 (river mile 554.3) of the Upper Mississippi River System. Prior to this study, there is no record of weed shiners collected in Pool 13. After the initial collection, a follow-up search for weed shiners was undertaken during fall 1990, and during late summer and fall 1991, to estimate relative abundance at this site. The Crooked Slough collection site was seined on three separate occasions, and 1,840 fish were collected. No additional weed shiners were captured. Therefore, the collection efforts do not support the hypothesis that the Crooked Slough collection...
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The annual variability in mayflies (Ephemeroptera), fingernail clams (Sphaeriidae), and midges (Chironomidae) in six study areas of the Upper Mississippi River System from 1992 to 1995 was examined. Spatial distribution is also discussed for these organisms along with the Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea) and the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha). Sample allocation within each reach was based on a stratified random design where strata were aquatic areas. No significant linear trends across years were found in estimated reachwide mean number of organisms. However, the overall test for differences in intercepts among study areas was statistically significant (P < 0.05) for mayflies, fingernail clams, and midges....
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Satellite images offer an alternative to aerial photography in mapping applications where large area coverage at brief time intervals is required. Their digital format allows either visual or automated interpretation, with immediate incorporation into a geographic information system. Their primary disadvantage is a coarser spatial resolution. This study combined the benefits of (1) the 10-m spatial resolution of SPOT panchromatic (PAN) images, (2) the added spectral information of Landsat Thematic Mapper's (TM) mid-infrared bands, and (3) digital classifications to map terrestrial and aquatic cover types in the Mississippi and Illinois River floodplains. The PAN and the six non-thermal TM bands were combined using...
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A depth-integrated finite-element model (RMA-2V) was applied on a section of the Upper Mississippi River to study the hydraulic characteristics of the floodplain-river system. The area that has been modeled is called "Montrose Flats." Aquatic vegetation is abundant at this location, and the flow structure needs to be evaluated in order to study the nutrient transport conditions within this area. The present study focused on a large oval eddy that was observed to form in this area near the downstream end of the Devil's Creek delta. Causative factors for this eddy were examined by using this numerical model. Results indicate that the eddy can be simulated by this model and that numerical study is a feasible way to...
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Macrophyte populations have recently decreased in the Upper Mississippi River (UMR). This decline may be due to abiotic factors, such as a reduction in nutrients; however, biotic factors are also suspect. The common carp Cyprinus carpio has been reported to affect submerged macrophyte populations in other systems but not in the UMR. This study was conducted to determine if common carp can directly or indirectly reduce submerged macrophyte biomass. Twelve enclosures (25 m2) and four reference sites were constructed in Lawrence Lake, a backwater in the UMR, and stocked with one of three densities (0, 1, 10) of common carp. High densities of common carp (10/enclosure or approximately 7000 kg/ha) significantly reduced...
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Since 1988, the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) has performed basic limnological field measurements in the Upper Mississippi River System. The period of this report (1993 96) includes a major revision of the LTRMP sampling design in 1993 that added randomization, broader spatial coverage, and increased monitoring of tributaries and locations that allow monitoring of material transport. Monitoring by the Lake City Field Station reported here shows water quality differences among the tributaries to Pools 4 and 5, spatial and temporal patterns within these pools, and the sediment and nutrient trapping effects of Lake Pepin, a natural impoundment of the Mississippi River.
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This tutorial was prepared for field personnel in the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) for the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) and other river managers who use Environmental Planning and Programming Language version 7 (EPPL7). The data sets included in the tutorial are from the LTRMP geographic information system (GIS) data base, and the exercises cover frequently used GIS procedures.
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The Aquatic Habitat Analysis and Visualization Tool is a program and interface that allows users to view and create habitat models using the pre-improvement water quality data collected for the Finger Lakes Habitat Rehabilitation Project (HREP). The Finger Lakes HREP is a hydrologic modification of a backwater lake complex in upper Pool 5 of the Mississippi River. The program and interface were implemented using Arc Macro Language and require the workstation version of ARC/INFO geographic information system software (ESRI, Redlands, CA).
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This chapter describes the procedures for digital data entry to be used by the staff at the Environmental Management Technical Center. Included are procedures for creating a coverage, registering a base map, digitizing with an automated program (Production ARCEDIT), generating topology for a coverage, and attributing. The two main issues during this procedure are digitizing error and quality control. The Appendixes contain forms and other information needed for the digital data entry procedure.


map background search result map search result map Publications of the Gap Analysis Project Strategic Habitat Plan Annual Report - 2007 Two-dimensional hydrodynamic modeling of a reach of the Mississippi River in Pool 19 to GIS - Using EPPL7 on a microcomputer The status of the weed shiner (Notropis texanus) in Pool 13 of the Upper Mississippi River Geospatial application:  Aquatic habitat analysis and visualization tool Geospatial application:  Assessment of merged Landsat TM and SPOT panchromatic data for Pool 26, Upper Mississippi River System Long Term Resource Monitoring Program standard operating procedures:  Production ARCEDIT digitizing Effects of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) on submerged macrophytes and water quality in a backwater lake on the Upper Mississippi River Temporal analyses of select macroinvertebrates in the Upper Mississippi River System, 1992-1995 Unusual coloration in a red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans Limnological monitoring on the Upper  Mississippi River System, 1993 1996: Lake City Field Station Recent observations of the distribution and status of freckled madtom and first record of spotted gar In Iowa Long Term Resource Monitoring Program Procedures: Water quality monitoring Modeling fingernail clam (Family: Sphaeriidae) abundance-habitat associations at two spatial scales using hierarchical count models Comparing the effects of local, landscape, and temporal factors on forest bird nest survival using logistic-exposure models The long-term resource monitoring program: insights into the Asian carp invasion of the Illinois River, Illinois, USA Basement domain map of the conterminous United States and Alaska (COPY07) LTRM Water Quality Sampling Strata BLM UT Preliminary Disturbance Inventory Polygon Geospatial application:  Assessment of merged Landsat TM and SPOT panchromatic data for Pool 26, Upper Mississippi River System The status of the weed shiner (Notropis texanus) in Pool 13 of the Upper Mississippi River Limnological monitoring on the Upper  Mississippi River System, 1993 1996: Lake City Field Station Two-dimensional hydrodynamic modeling of a reach of the Mississippi River in Pool 19 Recent observations of the distribution and status of freckled madtom and first record of spotted gar In Iowa The long-term resource monitoring program: insights into the Asian carp invasion of the Illinois River, Illinois, USA BLM UT Preliminary Disturbance Inventory Polygon LTRM Water Quality Sampling Strata Strategic Habitat Plan Annual Report - 2007 to GIS - Using EPPL7 on a microcomputer Geospatial application:  Aquatic habitat analysis and visualization tool Long Term Resource Monitoring Program standard operating procedures:  Production ARCEDIT digitizing Effects of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) on submerged macrophytes and water quality in a backwater lake on the Upper Mississippi River Temporal analyses of select macroinvertebrates in the Upper Mississippi River System, 1992-1995 Unusual coloration in a red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans Long Term Resource Monitoring Program Procedures: Water quality monitoring Modeling fingernail clam (Family: Sphaeriidae) abundance-habitat associations at two spatial scales using hierarchical count models Comparing the effects of local, landscape, and temporal factors on forest bird nest survival using logistic-exposure models Publications of the Gap Analysis Project Basement domain map of the conterminous United States and Alaska (COPY07)