Binary classification for relative probability of Greater Sage-grouse winter occurrence within southwestern region of Wyoming, USA at the landscape scale (Filename: wysg_l_sw_winter_bool.tif).

Habitat selection studies can make important contributions to habitat prioritization efforts for species of conservation concern. We present a large-scale collaborative effort to develop habitat selection models for Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) across large landscapes (Wyoming, USA) and multiple seasons. Greater Sage-grouse are limited to western semi-arid landscapes in North America, range-wide population declines have been documented, and the species is currently listed a “warranted but precluded” from listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Wyoming is predicted to remain a stronghold for Sage-grouse populations and contains approximately 37% of the remaining birds. We developed Resource...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Centrocercus urophasianus, Greater sage-grouse, United States, WY, Wyoming, All tags... biota, distribution, ecological modeling, environment, functional response, geographic information systems, habitat, logistic regression, persistence, radiotelemetry, range contraction, resource selection function, sage-grouse core regions, sage-grouse late brood-rearing, sage-grouse nesting, sage-grouse seasonal models, sage-grouse winter, Fewer tags

Binned categories for relative probability of Greater Sage-grouse summer occurrence within statewide region of Wyoming, USA at the landscape scale (Filename: wysg_l_state_summer_bin.tif).

Habitat selection studies can make important contributions to habitat prioritization efforts for species of conservation concern. We present a large-scale collaborative effort to develop habitat selection models for Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) across large landscapes (Wyoming, USA) and multiple seasons. Greater Sage-grouse are limited to western semi-arid landscapes in North America, range-wide population declines have been documented, and the species is currently listed a “warranted but precluded” from listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Wyoming is predicted to remain a stronghold for Sage-grouse populations and contains approximately 37% of the remaining birds. We developed Resource...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Centrocercus urophasianus, Greater sage-grouse, United States, WY, Wyoming, All tags... biota, distribution, ecological modeling, environment, functional response, geographic information systems, habitat, logistic regression, persistence, radiotelemetry, range contraction, resource selection function, sage-grouse core regions, sage-grouse late brood-rearing, sage-grouse nesting, sage-grouse seasonal models, sage-grouse winter, Fewer tags

Binned categories for relative probability of Greater Sage-grouse winter occurrence within statewide region of Wyoming, USA at the landscape scale (Filename: wysg_l_state_winter_bin.tif).

Habitat selection studies can make important contributions to habitat prioritization efforts for species of conservation concern. We present a large-scale collaborative effort to develop habitat selection models for Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) across large landscapes (Wyoming, USA) and multiple seasons. Greater Sage-grouse are limited to western semi-arid landscapes in North America, range-wide population declines have been documented, and the species is currently listed a “warranted but precluded” from listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Wyoming is predicted to remain a stronghold for Sage-grouse populations and contains approximately 37% of the remaining birds. We developed Resource...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Centrocercus urophasianus, Greater sage-grouse, United States, WY, Wyoming, All tags... biota, distribution, ecological modeling, environment, functional response, geographic information systems, habitat, logistic regression, persistence, radiotelemetry, range contraction, resource selection function, sage-grouse core regions, sage-grouse late brood-rearing, sage-grouse nesting, sage-grouse seasonal models, sage-grouse winter, Fewer tags

Binary classification for relative probability of Greater Sage-grouse winter occurrence within statewide region of Wyoming, USA at the landscape scale (Filename: wysg_l_state_winter_bool.tif).

Habitat selection studies can make important contributions to habitat prioritization efforts for species of conservation concern. We present a large-scale collaborative effort to develop habitat selection models for Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) across large landscapes (Wyoming, USA) and multiple seasons. Greater Sage-grouse are limited to western semi-arid landscapes in North America, range-wide population declines have been documented, and the species is currently listed a “warranted but precluded” from listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Wyoming is predicted to remain a stronghold for Sage-grouse populations and contains approximately 37% of the remaining birds. We developed Resource...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Centrocercus urophasianus, Greater sage-grouse, United States, WY, Wyoming, All tags... biota, distribution, ecological modeling, environment, functional response, geographic information systems, habitat, logistic regression, persistence, radiotelemetry, range contraction, resource selection function, sage-grouse core regions, sage-grouse late brood-rearing, sage-grouse nesting, sage-grouse seasonal models, sage-grouse winter, Fewer tags

Binned categories for relative probability of Greater Sage-grouse nest occurrence within statewide region of Wyoming, USA at the combined landscape-patch scale (Filename: wysg_lp_state_nest_bin.tif).

Habitat selection studies can make important contributions to habitat prioritization efforts for species of conservation concern. We present a large-scale collaborative effort to develop habitat selection models for Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) across large landscapes (Wyoming, USA) and multiple seasons. Greater Sage-grouse are limited to western semi-arid landscapes in North America, range-wide population declines have been documented, and the species is currently listed a “warranted but precluded” from listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Wyoming is predicted to remain a stronghold for Sage-grouse populations and contains approximately 37% of the remaining birds. We developed Resource...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Centrocercus urophasianus, Greater sage-grouse, United States, WY, Wyoming, All tags... biota, distribution, ecological modeling, environment, functional response, geographic information systems, habitat, logistic regression, persistence, radiotelemetry, range contraction, resource selection function, sage-grouse core regions, sage-grouse late brood-rearing, sage-grouse nesting, sage-grouse seasonal models, sage-grouse winter, Fewer tags

Binned categories for relative probability of Greater Sage-grouse summer occurrence within statewide region of Wyoming, USA at the combined landscape-patch scale (Filename: wysg_lp_state_summer_bin.tif).

Habitat selection studies can make important contributions to habitat prioritization efforts for species of conservation concern. We present a large-scale collaborative effort to develop habitat selection models for Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) across large landscapes (Wyoming, USA) and multiple seasons. Greater Sage-grouse are limited to western semi-arid landscapes in North America, range-wide population declines have been documented, and the species is currently listed a “warranted but precluded” from listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. Wyoming is predicted to remain a stronghold for Sage-grouse populations and contains approximately 37% of the remaining birds. We developed Resource...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Centrocercus urophasianus, Greater sage-grouse, United States, WY, Wyoming, All tags... biota, distribution, ecological modeling, environment, functional response, geographic information systems, habitat, logistic regression, persistence, radiotelemetry, range contraction, resource selection function, sage-grouse core regions, sage-grouse late brood-rearing, sage-grouse nesting, sage-grouse seasonal models, sage-grouse winter, Fewer tags

Temperature (Mean: Annual) - 2070-2100 - RCP4.5 - Max

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Temperature (Mean: Annual) - 2020-2050 - RCP4.5 - Min

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Precipitation (Proportion May - Oct) - 2070-2100 - RCP4.5 - Max

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Precipitation (Mean: Apr - June) - 2020-2050 - RCP8.5 - Mean

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Precipitation (Mean: Apr - June) - 2020-2050 - RCP8.5 - Min

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Precipitation (Mean: Dec - Mar) - 2070-2100 - RCP4.5 - Mean

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Precipitation (Mean: Dec - Mar) - 2020-2050 - RCP8.5 - Max

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Precipitation (Proportion July - Sep) - 2020-2050 - RCP4.5 - Mean

Future climates are simulated by general circulation models (GCM) using climate change scenarios (IPCC 2014). To project climate change for the sagebrush biome, we used 11 GCMs and two climate change scenarios from the IPCC Fifth Assessment, representative concentration pathways (RCPs) 4.5 and 8.5 (Moss et al. 2010, Van Vuuren et al. 2011). RCP4.5 scenario represents a future where climate policies limit and achieve stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations to 4.5 W m-2 by 2100. RCP8.5 scenario might be called a business-as-usual scenario, where high emissions of greenhouse gases continue in the absence of climate change policies. The two selected time frames allow comparison of near-term (2020-2050) and longer-term...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Arizona, CRS, California, Climate, Colorado, All tags... Greater Sage-Grouse, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Precipitation, Resilience, Resistance, Sagebrush, Science Framework, ScienceFramework, South Dakota, Temperature, USDA, USFS, USGS, Utah, Washington, Western States, Wyoming, environment, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags

Hierarchically nested and biologically relevant monitoring frameworks for Greater Sage-grouse, 2019, Cluster Level 3 (Wyoming), Interim

wy_lvl3_moderatescale: Wyoming hierarchical cluster level 3 (moderate-scale) for Greater sage-grouse We developed a hierarchical clustering approach that identifies biologically relevant landscape units that can 1) be used as a long-term population monitoring framework, 2) be repeated across the Greater sage-grouse range, 3) be used to track the outcomes of local and regional populations by comparing population changes across scales, and 4) be used to inform where to best spatially target studies that identify the processes and mechanisms causing population trends to change among spatial scales. The spatial variability in the amount and quality of habitat resources can affect local population success and result...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Centrocercus urophasianus, Greater sage-grouse, United States, Wyoming, adaptive management, All tags... biota, boundaries, graph theory, habitat connectivity, hierarchical sampling units, population monitoring, Fewer tags

Hierarchically nested and biologically relevant monitoring frameworks for Greater Sage-grouse, 2019, Cluster Level 4 (Nevada), Interim

nv_lvl4_moderatescale: Nevada hierarchical cluster level 4 (moderate-scale) for Greater sage-grouse We developed a hierarchical clustering approach that identifies biologically relevant landscape units that can 1) be used as a long-term population monitoring framework, 2) be repeated across the Greater sage-grouse range, 3) be used to track the outcomes of local and regional populations by comparing population changes across scales, and 4) be used to inform where to best spatially target studies that identify the processes and mechanisms causing population trends to change among spatial scales. The spatial variability in the amount and quality of habitat resources can affect local population success and result in...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Centrocercus urophasianus, Greater sage-grouse, Nevada, United States, adaptive management, All tags... biota, boundaries, graph theory, habitat connectivity, hierarchical sampling units, population monitoring, Fewer tags

BLM Western U.S. GRSG ARMP and ARMPA Habitat Management Areas, October 2017 Update (Map Service)

The BLM GRSG ROD/ARMP/ARMPA habitat management areas include Priority Habitat Management Areas (PHMA), General Habitat Management Areas (GHMA), Important Habitat Management Areas (IHMA – Idaho only), Other Habitat Management Areas (OHMA – NV only), Linkage Connectivity Habitat Management Areas (LCHMAs – NWCO only), Restoration Habitat management Areas (RHMAs – Montana only), and Anthro Mountain (Utah only) from the final plan data in the western U.S. Sixteen Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) were referred to for these datasets, which were updated for UT in April of 2017 and for WY in October of 2017. These data are provided by Bureau of Land Management (BLM) “as is” and might contain errors or omissions. The...

Types: Live Data; Tags: ARMP, ARMPA, Anthro Mountain, BLM, Biota, All tags... Bureau of Land Management, EIS, Environmental Impact Statement, GHMA, GRSG, General, Greater Sage-Grouse, Habitat Management Area, IHMA, Important, LCHMA, Linkage Connectivity, MapServer, OHMA, Other, PHMA, Planning, Priority, RHMA, ROD, Restoration, Western US, Wildlife, liveData, service, Fewer tags

BLM Western U.S. GRSG ARMP and ARMPA Habitat Management Areas, October 2017 Update

October 2017 Update: WY - On October 27, 2017 the WY state director signed maintenance actions for the Wyoming Sage-Grouse ARMPA, Buffalo RMP, Cody RMP, and Worland RMP that changed WY PHMA boundaries, bringing them into consistency with the Wyoming Core Areas (version 4) from the current Governor's executive order 2015-4. The updated PHMA boundaries were also adopted by the Lander RMP.April 2017 Update: UT - The interagency team reconvened in late 2016 to review State of Utah GRSG populations and the BLM’s 2015 and 2016 wildfire data. Of the ten soft triggers and seven hard triggers evaluated, only one population soft trigger and one population hard trigger have been met, both within the Sheeprocks population area...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Anthro Mountain, BLM, Core Areas, EIS, GHMA, All tags... GRSG, Greater Sage-Grouse, IHMA, LCHMA, OHMA, PHMA, RHMA, ROD, Sage-Grouse, USFS, biota, environment, Fewer tags

BLM GRSG BER: Land Use Plan (LUP) Boundaries for GRSG National Planning Effort - Rocky Mountain Region (polygon)

Land Use Plan (LUP) boundaries for the Greater Sage-Grouse (GRSG) National Planning Effort in the Rocky Mountain Region. Modifications were incorporated (see below) based on clarification on the correct boundaries to use from BLM planners. Additionally, definitions for EISs each LUP is included in for the Sage-grouse effort were added. Acreage calculations for each LUP as well as each full EIS were provided. EIS definitions were approved by BLM Planners on 7/19/12.Note that individual RMPs that are subsets of other RMPs are designated as "part of xxxx RMP". These polygons are overlapping polygons in the dataset. Rocky Mountain answers to LUP Polygon Selection questions (6/20/12): From:Schardt, Randall D Sent:Friday,...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Authorization, BER, BLM, Baseline Environmental Report, Bureau of Land Management, All tags... GRSG, Greater Sage-Grouse, LUP, Land Use Plan, Management, Rocky Mountain Region, Vegetation, Wildlife, biota, boundaries, environment, planningCadastre, Fewer tags

Integrating Climate and Biological Data into Management Decisions for the Greater Sage-­Grouse and their Habitats

Climate affects both the demographics of the Greater sage-grouse bird and the condition and long-term viability of their habitats, including sage-steppe communities. This project builds on collaboration among federal land managers, state wildlife biologists, scientists, and other organizations to create a long-term framework for implementing adaptive management for the sage-grouse. The study examined factors that might be limiting grouse numbers and will investigate components of weather patterns in relation to projected climate change models. Precipitation and temperature, as well as variables such as evaporation and soil moisture, will be considered. Overall, the project focused on (1) providing workshops to foster...

Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, Birds, Birds, CASC, Climate change, All tags... Completed, Data Visualization & Tools, Data Visualization & Tools, Greater Sage-Grouse, Habitat vulnerability, North Central, North Central CASC, Projects by Region, Science Tools for Managers, Science Tools for Managers, Wildlife and Plants, Wildlife and Plants, adaptive management, sagebrush steppe, species vulnerability, Fewer tags