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Utility Guide to Rainwater/Stormwater Harvesting as an Adaptive Response to Climate Change Rainwater Harvesting and Stormwater Research is a priority research area identified by the Arizona Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Water Sustainability, which recommended that universities take the lead to identify regulatory barriers, cost and benefits, water quality issues and avenues for increasing utilization of stormwater and rainwater at the regional, community and individual property level. In an effort to address the priority research area, the University of Arizona will develop a decision support tool to be used by public utilities and agencies to evaluate suitability and cost-effectiveness of rainwater and stormwater capture at various scales for multiple benefits. Data from the City of Tucson, Arizona... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Raster, Shapefile; Tags: 2011, AZ-02, AZ-03, Applications and Tools, Arizona, All tags... Conservation Planning, Decision Support, Desert LCC Region, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT, HUMAN DIMENSIONS, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Presentation, Project, Report, Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services, State agencies, Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area, Tucson, Tuscon, United States, WATER MANAGEMENT, completed, environment, water, water harvesting, Fewer tags Using light-level geolocators to measure breeding propensity of mottled ducks in the Western Gulf Coast Of the vital rates that determine recruitment, breeding propensity (i.e., the proportion of females that lay at least one egg) and nest success appear to have the greatest influence, but breeding propensity remains poorly studied. The few studies that have been conducted reveal it to be highly variable among years (15–77%), likely in response to environmental conditions (e.g., precipitation and wetland availability), and lower than estimates from other dabbling ducks. Thus, quantifying breeding propensity across the mottled duck range in the WGC and identifying factors responsible for its variation remain high priorities for future investigation. Breeding propensity is also among the most difficult vital rates to... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2017, Anas fulvigula, BIOSPHERE, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, All tags... EARTH SCIENCE, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, Federal resource managers, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, LA-01, LA-02, LA-03, LA-05, LA-06, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Louisiana, MS-04, POPULATION DYNAMICS, Project, Report, SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS, State agencies, TX-02, TX-07, TX-08, TX-09, TX-10, TX-14, TX-15, TX-18, TX-22, TX-25, TX-27, TX-29, Texas, biota, biota, coastal Louisiana, coastal Texas, completed, mottled duck, Fewer tags Effects of Bio-Control and Restoration on Wildlife in Southwestern Riparian Habitats Our proposal addresses Funding Category Ill by evaluating natural resource management practices and adaptation opportunities. More specifically, our project addresses Science Need #6 to improve monitoring and inventory of watersheds and ecosystems (including invasive species). Our proposed study will occur within the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) (upper Virgin River, UT) and the Desert LCC (lower Virgin River, AZ and NVL and therefore will be submitting to both cooperatives. Invasive saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) is the third most abundant tree in Southwestern riparian systems (Friedman et al. 2005). Resource managers must often balance the management goals of protecting wildlife species and... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, AZ-01, AZ-02, AZ-03, AZ-04, All tags... AZ-05, AZ-06, AZ-07, AZ-08, AZ-09, Academics & scientific researchers, Applications and Tools, Arizona, Arizona, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, CA-08, CA-36, CA-51, COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, Conservation NGOs, Datasets/Database, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, Federal resource managers, INVASIVE SPECIES, INVASIVE SPECIES, INVASIVE SPECIES, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Lower Colorado River Basin, NM-02, NM-03, NV-04, Nevada, Nevada, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, UT-02, United States, Utah, Utah, Virgin River, Vulnerability Assessment, amphibians, biocontrol, biota, birds, completed, invasive species, reptiles, riparian, tamarisk, tamarisk beetle, Fewer tags A Study of Climate Change Impacts on Water Quality and Internal Nutrient Recycling in Lake Mead, Arizona-Nevada Southern Nevada Water Authority will add new modeling and analytical capabilities to tools developed as part of a previous WaterSMART Climate Analysis Tools Grant that assessed impacts of climate change on water quality and sediment transport in Lake Mead. Project results are intended to increase an understanding of how water quality characteristics and nutrient levels in Lake Mead may be affected by climate change. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: 2014, AZ-04, Applications and Tools, Arizona, Decision Support, All tags... Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Lake Mead, Mojave Desert Pilot Area, NUTRIENTS, NV-04, Nevada, Presentation, Project, Report, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, United States, Vulnerability Assessment, WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY, climate change, completed, inlandWaters, modeling, nutrient cycles, sediment transport, tools, water quality, Fewer tags Spatially-Explicit Decision Support Tool for Guiding Habitat Conservation for Western Gulf Coast Mottled Ducks The mottled duck, a focal species for the Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, is one of only a few duck species adapted to breeding in southern marshes. A major part of its population spends its entire life cycle within a relatively small coastal area in eastern Texas and western Louisiana. This is a thriving part of the Mississippi and Central Flyways, two of four major waterfowl migration routes in North America. In recent years, the mottled duck’s habitat and surrounding areas have been compromised by urbanization, agricultural development, and changes to the area’s hydrology affecting coastal wetlands. The latter threat includes the ramifications of climate change, such as sea level rise and... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, 2013, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, All tags... ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, Academics & scientific researchers, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS, Federal resource managers, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, LA-01, LA-02, LA-03, LA-04, LA-06, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Mottled Duck, Policy makers & regulators, Private land owners, Project, Publication, Regional & county planners, Report, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER FEATURES, SURFACE WATER FEATURES, SURFACE WATER FEATURES, SURFACE WATER FEATURES, State agencies, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TX-02, TX-07, TX-09, TX-10, TX-14, TX-18, TX-27, TX-29, TX-34, TX-36, WETLANDS, WETLANDS, WETLANDS, WETLANDS, Western Gulf Coast, biota, brood-rearing habitat, completed, grasslands, habitat, nesting, wetlands, 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 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 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 Employing the Conservation Design Approach on Sea-Level Rise Impacts on Coastal Avian Habitats along the Central Texas Coast Sea level rise caused by climate change is an ongoing phenomenon and a concern both locally and worldwide. Low-lying coastal areas are particularly at risk to flooding and inundation, affecting a large proportion of the human population concentrated in these areas as well as natural communities-particularly animal species that depend on these habitats as a key component of their life cycle. While more local, state, and federal governments have become concerned with the potential effects that predicted sea levels will have on their communities and coastal landscapes, more information is needed on the potential effects that changes in sea level will have on coastal habitats and species. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, 2013, 2014, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, All tags... ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, Academics & scientific researchers, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, CRANES AND ALLIES, CRANES AND ALLIES, CRANES AND ALLIES, Coastal Region, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SEA LEVEL RISE, Federal resource managers, Grus americana, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Mid-Texas Coast, Policy makers & regulators, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, TX-27, Texas, avian habitat, biota, coastal habitat, completed, environment, sea-level rise, whooping crane, Fewer tags Red River Basin Stakeholder Engagement The Red River Stakeholder Engagement project’s primary objective was to uncover areas of concern for stakeholders who live, work, and play along the Red River Basin. It examined the complexity of the cultural-geographic landscape across the Red River Basin. By focusing on both the geographic and the cultural, we gain a better understanding of how individuals, communities, and organizations interact with the basin and with one another, how they are currently experiencing changes, and what they perceive a changing climate means for them. This cultural-geographic approach recognizes that stakeholders’ concerns, priorities, and actions likely vary across space-and also vary in their cultural significance. For example,... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2016, Applications and Tools, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, EARTH SCIENCE, All tags... EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS > RIVERS/STREAM, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS, Federal resource managers, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Policy makers & regulators, Project, RIVERS/STREAMS, Regional & county planners, Report, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER FEATURES, State agencies, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, completed, environment, Fewer tags Assessing Evapotranspiration Rate Changes for Proposed Restoration of the Forested Uplands of the DLCC Accurate estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) is essential for assessments of water balance and hydrologic responses to forest restoration treatments in uplands adjacent to the Desert LCC. As part of the Four Forests Restoration Initiative, a new paired watershed study is being planned to assess the hydrologic effects of mechanically thinning and restoring a more frequent fire regime to the ponderosa pine forests of Arizona. Water and energy balances will be measured and modeled in these paired watersheds to help inform and better plan for the hydrologic responses of future forest restoration actions. Researchers at Northern Arizona University have collected six years of eddy covariance measurements of ET in the... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, ATMOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR, ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR, All tags... AZ-01, Applications and Tools, Arizona, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Northern Arizona, Project, Publication, United States, WATER VAPOR PROCESSES, WATER VAPOR PROCESSES, adaptation, best management practice (BMP), biota, climate change, completed, drought, ecosystem services, fire, forest, groundwater, hydrology, land cover, management, model, native, plant, remote sensing, resilience, restoration, snow, soil, topography, vegetation, water availability, water budget, watershed, Fewer tags Fire and Water: Assessing Springs Ecosystems and Adapting Management to Respond to Climate Change Sky Island Alliance will develop science and conservation-based guidance to assist natural resource managers in responding to expected climate change and other stressors on springs ecosystems in sky island regions of the Desert LCC. The project will result in publication of an Arizona Springs Restoration Handbook, which will aid managers in directing limited resources to preserve these key water resources and species that depend on them. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, AZ-01, AZ-02, AZ-03, Academics & scientific researchers, All tags... Arizona, Conservation NGOs, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, FLUVIAL LANDFORMS, Federal resource managers, GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, Informing Conservation Delivery, LAND SURFACE, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, SPRING, Sky Island Region, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area, United States, User Manual, Vulnerability Assessment, aquatic, biota, completed, fire, restoration, springs, water, wetlands, Fewer tags Mapping springs, seeps and aquatic habitat in the Desert LCC This project will be focused on hosting 2-3 workshops in 2013 to train people to conduct the Springs Stewardship Institute’s spring assessment protocol and promote it as a standardized method. This will facilitate standardized data collection across the landscape that can contribute to a broad-scale inventory and assessment of springs, seeps, and aquatic resources throughout the Desert LCC. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; Tags: 2012, AZ-01, AZ-02, AZ-03, AZ-04, All tags... AZ-05, AZ-06, AZ-07, AZ-08, AZ-09, Academics & scientific researchers, Aquascalientes, Arizona, Baja California, Big Bend ‐ Río Bravo & Lower Río Conchos Pilot Area, CA-08, CA-23, CA-25, CA-27, CA-36, CA-50, CA-51, California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Management and Integration, Desert LCC (all), Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Durango, EARTH SCIENCE, FLUVIAL LANDFORMS, Federal resource managers, GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, Guanajuato, Informing Conservation Delivery, Jalisco, LAND SURFACE, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Mexico, Mojave Desert Pilot Area, NM-02, NV-01, NV-03, NV-04, Nayarit, Nevada, New Mexico, Nuevo León, Project, Querétaro, SPRING, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, TX-16, TX-23, Tamaulipas, Texas, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area, UT-02, United States, Utah, Zacatecas, accepted, aquatic, assessment, biota, completed, protocol, springs, water, Fewer tags Connecting Advanced Land Cover for Improved Biological Planning and Conservation Design We will work with Landscape Conservation Cooperative partners to (1) edge match the Oklahoma and Texas Ecological Systems (ECS) data sets, (2) complete an enduring features (ecological site type; geophysical setting) data set for Oklahoma, (3) create a process for up-dating the ECS data set by detecting land cover change and modeling the revised ECS types, and (4) collect field data to characterize grassland composition in the Texas panhandle and adjacent Oklahoma. MoRAP staff will complete the first three tasks by leveraging knowledge, skills, and data on-hand from earlier work on the statewide ECS data sets. Staff from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2016, 2017, 2018, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, All tags... Datasets/Database, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, Federal resource managers, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, LAND SURFACE, LAND SURFACE, LAND SURFACE, LAND SURFACE, LAND USE/LAND COVER, LAND USE/LAND COVER, LAND USE/LAND COVER, LAND USE/LAND COVER, LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION, LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION, LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Oklahoma, Project, Report, State agencies, Texas, completed, environment, Fewer tags Resource Management in a Changing Climate: Understanding the Relationships between Water Quality and Golden Alga Distribution in the Pecos River, New Mexico and Texas Our approach will include sampling a wide range of habitats and environmental conditions throughout the middle and lower Pecos River basin, across an 18 month time-span to account for seasonal and phenological events. We will utilize a suite of univariate and multivariate statistical techniques to relate occurrence and density of golden alga to environmental factors and other co-occurring organisms. The proposed research will benefit managers of the Pecos River, of its associated reservoirs and unique habitats (sinkholes on the Bottomless Lakes State Park and Bitter Lakes National Wildlife Refuge), and of its resident aquatic biota by identifying specific water quality attributes that promote golden alga bloom development... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, CONTAMINANTS, CONTAMINANTS, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, All tags... Decision Support, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, Federal resource managers, HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (HABs), HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (HABs), LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NM-02, New Mexico, Pecos River, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, Publication, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TX-23, Texas, United States, WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY, WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY, algae, biota, completed, water, Fewer tags Improvement of the National Hydrography Dataset for parts of the Lower Colorado River Region and additional areas of importance to the Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative The Desert LCC will provide the 50% of the Federal component of funds, and the work designed will support the science objectives for the Desert LCC and its partners as well as provide needed improvements to the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) in the Lower Colorado River Region, and beyond. Basic improvement of the NHD at the 1:24,000 scale will provide an important framework basis for the development of hydrologic models required to address effects of climate change. An accurate surface water map will support the following specific DLCC objectives and needs: Hydrologic and biological modeling Accurate determination of perennial and intermittent classification Impacts on flow due to storms (particularly in the... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2015, Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation NGOs, Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, All tags... Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Monitoring, Project, RIVERS/STREAMS, RIVERS/STREAMS, Report, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER FEATURES, SURFACE WATER FEATURES, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, Training/Outreach/Workshop, completed, inlandWaters, Fewer tags From Genotype to River Basin: The combined impacts of climate change on bio-control on a dominant riparian invasive tree/shrub (Tamarisk spp.) Delivering adequate water supplies to support expanding human enterprise while maintaining the necessary flow regimes to support desired riparian ecosystems and formally protected wildlife species that depend upon them is increasingly difficult in the arid western United States. Many riparian systems have undergone dramatic alteration over the last 50 - 100 years, exacerbating the conflicts between resource use and biodiversity protection. One of the most visible changes that is in part due to altered flow regimes is the establishment of invasive plant species in riparian ecosystems. The highest priority invasive riparian plant is the Eurasian tree/shrub, tamarisk (or saltcedar, Tamarix spp.) the third most abundant... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, AZ-01, AZ-02, AZ-03, AZ-04, All tags... AZ-05, AZ-06, AZ-07, AZ-08, AZ-09, Arizona, BIOSPHERE, CA-08, CA-36, CA-51, COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, Federal resource managers, INVASIVE SPECIES, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Lower Colorado River Basin, Map, Methodology/Protocol, Mojave Desert Pilot Area, NM-02, NM-03, NV-04, Nevada, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, State agencies, UT-02, United States, Utah, Virgin River watershed, Vulnerability Assessment, biota, climate change, completed, drought, genetics, invasive species, phenology, riparian, stream flow, tamarisk, tamarisk leaf beetles, water supply, woody plants, Fewer tags Using genetic monitoring tools for conservation management and recovery support of two threatened riparian gartersnakes (Thamnophis eques and T. rufipunctatus) The goals of this study are to: (1) generate a genetic toolset (80-90 microsatellite loci per species) for long term genetic monitoring of both wild and captive populations of each threatened gartersnake species (THEQ & THRU) that inhabit Arizona and New Mexico; (2) conduct field surveys at Saliz Creek to assess the genetic, demographic, and life history effects of a 2012 wild translocation event for THRU to better assess the strategies of genetic management and success of translocations; (3) conduct targeted surveys for both species at key sites to collect additional samples from geographic gaps and increase sample sizes at previously sampled sites to further evaluate connectivity and genetic diversity of these... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONSERVATION, LIZARDS/SNAKES, All tags... Project, REPTILES, accepted, biota, Fewer tags 1 2 3 »