CNE Linking Colorado's Landscapes Species Movement Arrows

In a step towards implementing our Vision, SREP completed a statewide assessment of wildlife linkages in collaboration with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), the Federal Highway Administration, The Nature Conservancy, and Colorado State University, identifying and prioritizing wildlife linkages across the state of Colorado. The goal of this work is to provide transportation planners, state and federal agencies, community leaders, engineers, and conservationists with a statewide vision for reconnecting habitats that are vital for maintaining healthy populations of native species. Both the Federal Highway Administration and CDOT have begun promoting wildlife crossings in their transportation plans...

Tags: colorado, connectivity, corridor, linkage, wildlife

CNE Making Connections for Wildlife - Canada Lynx Corridors

Canada Lynx modeled corridors in Colorado by the Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project (now Center for Native Ecosystems) encompassing the most important expert and model identified corridors from the Linking Colorado's Landscapes project that cross highways. The modeled corridors represent the corridors that were modeled using the Corridor Design tool http://corridordesign.org

Tags: canada lynx, corridor, linkage, lynx

BLM REA MBR 2010 Least Cost Corridors

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) commissioned the California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project because a functional network of connected wildlands is essential to the continued support of California's diverse natural communities in the face of human development and climate change. The Essential Connectivity Map depicts large, relatively natural habitat blocks that support native biodiversity (Natural Landscape Blocks) and areas essential for ecological connectivity between them (Essential Connectivity Areas). This coarse-scale map was based primarily on the concept of ecological integrity, rather than the needs of particular species. Essential...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Connectivity, Connectivity Conservation, Corridor, All tags... DOI, Essential, Essential Connectivity Areas, Geospatial, Habitat, Land Use Planning, Least-cost Corridor, Linkage, Linkage Design, MBR 2010, Management, Mojave Basin and Range, Natural Landscape Blocks, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, biota, environment, Fewer tags

BLM REA SOD 2010 CA EssentialConnectivityAreas Poly

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) commissioned the California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project because a functional network of connected wildlands is essential to the continued support of Californias diverse natural communities in the face of human development and climate change. The Essential Connectivity Map depicts large, relatively natural habitat blocks that support native biodiversity (Natural Landscape Blocks) and areas essential for ecological connectivity between them (Essential Connectivity Areas). This coarse-scale map was based primarily on the concept of ecological integrity, rather than the needs of particular species. Essential...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, California, Connectivity, Connectivity Conservation, All tags... Corridor, DOI, Essential, Essential Connectivity Areas, Geospatial, Habitat, Least-cost Corridor, Linkage, Linkage Design, Natural Landscape Blocks, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, SOD 2010, Sonoran Desert, Wildlife, biota, Fewer tags

Utah-Wyoming Rocky Mountain Ecoregion Core Areas and Linkages

The UWRM proposal represents the uplands wildlands network in the Heart of the West Proposal. Utah-Wyoming Rocky Mountains Ecoregion (UWRM) core areas and linkages shapefile. This GIS dataset provides core areas and linkages that includes all the components of a three track approach (special elements, representation, and focal species) used during the planning process. This is the result of a study contract by The Nature Conservancy to design an ecoregional plan for Northern Utah, Western Wyoming, Southeastern Idaho, Northwest Colorado and South-central Montana. The study was developed in 2001 by Reed Noss, George Wuerthner, Ken Vance-Borland, and Carlos Carroll from Conservation Science, Inc.

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: biota, boundaries, conservation assessment, conservation plan, conservation planning, All tags... core, core areas, ecosystem, environment, landscape, landuse plan, linkage, planning cadastre, prioritization, regional conservation plan, utah, wildlands network, wildlife corridor, wyoming, Fewer tags

Essential Connectivity Areas of California (USA)

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) commissioned the California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project because a functional network of connected wildlands is essential to the continued support of California's diverse natural communities in the face of human development and climate change. The Essential Connectivity Map depicts large, relatively natural habitat blocks that support native biodiversity (Natural Landscape Blocks) and areas essential for ecological connectivity between them (Essential Connectivity Areas). This coarse-scale map was based primarily on the concept of ecological integrity, rather than the needs of particular species. Essential...

Tags: california, connectivity, connectivity conservation, corridor, essential, All tags... essential connectivity areas, habitat, least-cost corridor, linkage, linkage design, natural landscape blocks, Fewer tags

BLM REA CBR 2010 Cost Surface

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) commissioned the California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project because a functional network of connected wildlands is essential to the continued support of California's diverse natural communities in the face of human development and climate change. The Essential Connectivity Map depicts large, relatively natural habitat blocks that support native biodiversity (Natural Landscape Blocks) and areas essential for ecological connectivity between them (Essential Connectivity Areas). This coarse-scale map was based primarily on the concept of ecological integrity, rather than the needs of particular species. Essential...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, CBR 2010, California, Central Basin and Range, All tags... Connectivity, Connectivity Conservation, Corridor, DOI, Essential, Essential Connectivity Areas, Geospatial, Habitat, Land Use Planning, Least-cost Corridor, Linkage, Linkage Design, Management, Natural Landscape Blocks, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, environment, Fewer tags

American Wildlands Priority Linkage Assessment

In 2007, American Wildlands (Bozeman, MT) initiated a "Priority Linkage Assessment" (PLA) through which we have identified, cataloged and prioritized the threats to, and opportunities for, maintaining connectivity in the U.S. Northern Rockies (Montana, Idaho and Wyoming). The process involved interviewing wildlife movement and connectivity experts from state and federal agencies, and independent biologists with proven knowledge of wide-ranging wildlife. The experts were asked to use their professional and personal experience in the field (knowledge of related scientific studies and their own field research) to identify important areas of wildlife connectivity ("linkages" - defined as as a specific area through which...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Bitterroot, Cabinet, Flathead, I-90, Idaho, All tags... Montana, Purcell, Selkirk, U.S. Northern Rockies, Yak, assessment, assessment, connectivity, connectivity, expert, expert, interviews, interviews, linkage, linkage, priority, priority, Fewer tags

UWRM_Sites

The UWRM proposal represents the uplands wildlands network in the Heart of the West Proposal. Utah_Wyoming Rocky Mountains Ecoregion (UWRM) core areas and linkages shapefile. This GIS dataset provides core areas and linkages that includes all the components of a three track approach (special elements, representation, and focal species) used during the planning process. This is the result of a study contract by The Nature Conservancy to design an ecoregional plan for Northern Utah, Western Wyoming, Southeastern Idaho, Northwest Colorado and South-central Montana. The study was developed in 2001 by Reed Noss, George Wuerthner, Ken Vance-Borland, and Carlos Carroll from Conservation Science, Inc.

Tags: conservation plan, core areas, ecosystem, land use plan, landscape, All tags... linkage, regional conservation plan, wildlands network, wildlife corridor, Fewer tags

General Natural Landscape Blocks of California (USA)

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) commissioned the California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project because a functional network of connected wildlands is essential to the continued support of California's diverse natural communities in the face of human development and climate change. The Essential Connectivity Map depicts large, relatively natural habitat blocks that support native biodiversity (Natural Landscape Blocks) and areas essential for ecological connectivity between them (Essential Connectivity Areas). This coarse-scale map was based primarily on the concept of ecological integrity, rather than the needs of particular species. Essential...

Tags: california, connectivity, connectivity conservation, corridor, essential, All tags... essential connectivity areas, habitat, least-cost corridor, linkage, linkage design, natural landscape blocks, Fewer tags

Vermont Wildlife Linkage Habitat

The Wildlife Linkage Habitat Analysis uses landscape scale data to identify or predict the location of potentially significant wildlife linkage habitats (WLH) associated with state roads throughout Vermont. For purposes of this project, WLH is a term used to describe those habitats associated with Vermont roads where wildlife move, migrate, and access various other habitats and parts of their range (similar to, but broader than, wildlife corridors). This project relied on available GIS data including: (a) land use and land cover data; (b) development density data (E911 sites); and (c) contiguous or "core" habitat data from the University of Vermont. The GIS conserved lands data was also used for this project as...

Tags: biota, corridor, habitat, linkage, vermont, All tags... wildlife, wildlife linkage habitat, Fewer tags

BLM REA CBR 2010 Least Cost Corridors

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) commissioned the California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project because a functional network of connected wildlands is essential to the continued support of California's diverse natural communities in the face of human development and climate change. The Essential Connectivity Map depicts large, relatively natural habitat blocks that support native biodiversity (Natural Landscape Blocks) and areas essential for ecological connectivity between them (Essential Connectivity Areas). This coarse-scale map was based primarily on the concept of ecological integrity, rather than the needs of particular species. Essential...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, CBR 2010, Central Basin and Range, Connectivity, All tags... Connectivity Conservation, Corridor, DOI, Essential, Essential Connectivity Areas, Geospatial, Habitat, Land Use Planning, Least-cost Corridor, Linkage, Linkage Design, Management, Natural Landscape Blocks, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, biota, environment, Fewer tags

Madrean Watersheds Conservation Blueprint: Connectivity Areas

The Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Landscape Conservation Design (LCD) was developed as part of an effort initiated by the Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative (Desert LCC). The Desert LCC was a program of the Bureau of Reclamation and the US Fish and Wildlife Service to address large-scale landscape conservation in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. This collaborative effort brought together managers, stakeholders, communities, and others to work toward sustaining resilient landscapes capable of responding to environmental challenges and supporting natural and cultural values for current and future generations.The Madrean Watersheds LCD area spans the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora,...

Categories: Data; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Arizona, Complete, Connectivity, Conservation NGOs, All tags... Corridor, Data, Data.gov Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONSERVATION, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE > LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCD, Linkage, Madrean, Policy makers & regulators, Sky Islands, Sonora, State agencies, environment, Fewer tags

Small (less than 2,000 ac) Natural Areas of California (USA)

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) commissioned the California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project because a functional network of connected wildlands is essential to the continued support of California's diverse natural communities in the face of human development and climate change. The Essential Connectivity Map depicts large, relatively natural habitat blocks that support native biodiversity (Natural Landscape Blocks) and areas essential for ecological connectivity between them (Essential Connectivity Areas). This coarse-scale map was based primarily on the concept of ecological integrity, rather than the needs of particular species. Essential...

Tags: california, connectivity, connectivity conservation, corridor, essential, All tags... essential connectivity areas, habitat, landscape, least-cost corridor, linkage, linkage design, natural landscape blocks, usa, Fewer tags

BLM REA CBR 2010 GEODB.SDE.PLI CA connect corridor ECA

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) commissioned the California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project because a functional network of connected wildlands is essential to the continued support of California's diverse natural communities in the face of human development and climate change. The Essential Connectivity Map depicts large, relatively natural habitat blocks that support native biodiversity (Natural Landscape Blocks) and areas essential for ecological connectivity between them (Essential Connectivity Areas). This coarse-scale map was based primarily on the concept of ecological integrity, rather than the needs of particular species. Essential...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, CBR 2010, California, Central Basin and Range, All tags... Connectivity, Connectivity Conservation, Corridor, DOI, Essential, Essential Connectivity Areas, Geospatial, Habitat, Least-cost Corridor, Linkage, Linkage Design, Management, Natural Landscape Blocks, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, environment, Fewer tags

Natural Landscape Blocks - dissected by major and secondary roads - in California, USA

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) commissioned the California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project because a functional network of connected wildlands is essential to the continued support of California's diverse natural communities in the face of human development and climate change. The Essential Connectivity Map depicts large, relatively natural habitat blocks that support native biodiversity (Natural Landscape Blocks) and areas essential for ecological connectivity between them (Essential Connectivity Areas). This coarse-scale map was based primarily on the concept of ecological integrity, rather than the needs of particular species. Essential...

Tags: california, connectivity, connectivity conservation, corridor, essential, All tags... essential connectivity areas, habitat, least-cost corridor, linkage, linkage design, natural landscape blocks, usa, Fewer tags

BLM REA MBR 2010 Cost Surface

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) commissioned the California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project because a functional network of connected wildlands is essential to the continued support of California's diverse natural communities in the face of human development and climate change. The Essential Connectivity Map depicts large, relatively natural habitat blocks that support native biodiversity (Natural Landscape Blocks) and areas essential for ecological connectivity between them (Essential Connectivity Areas). This coarse-scale map was based primarily on the concept of ecological integrity, rather than the needs of particular species. Essential...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, California, Connectivity, Connectivity Conservation, All tags... Corridor, DOI, Essential, Essential Connectivity Areas, Geospatial, Habitat, Land Use Planning, Least-cost Corridor, Linkage, Linkage Design, MBR 2010, Management, Mojave Basin and Range, Natural Landscape Blocks, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, environment, Fewer tags

CNE Making Connections for Wildlife - Bighorn Sheep Corridors

Bighorn Sheep modeled corridors in Colorado by the Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project (now Center for Native Ecosystems) encompassing the most important expert and model identified corridors from the Linking Colorado's Landscapes project that cross highways. The modeled corridors represent the corridors that were modeled using the Corridor Design tool http://corridordesign.org

Tags: bighorn, bighorn sheep, corridor, corridor design, landscape intactness & connectivity, All tags... linkage, mammals, sheep, terrestrial, Fewer tags

CNE Making Connections for Wildlife - Black Bear Corridors

Black Bear modeled corridors in Colorado by the Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project (now Center for Native Ecosystems) encompassing the most important expert and model identified corridors from the Linking Colorado's Landscapes project that cross highways. The modeled corridors represent the corridors that were modeled using the Corridor Design tool http://corridordesign.org

Tags: bear, black bear, corridor, linkage

CNE Making Connections for Wildlife - Mule Deer Corridors

Mule Deer modeled corridors in Colorado by the Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project (now Center for Native Ecosystems) encompassing the most important expert and model identified corridors from the Linking Colorado's Landscapes project that cross highways. The modeled corridors represent the corridors that were modeled using the Corridor Design tool http://corridordesign.org

Tags: corridor, deer, linkage, mule deer