Grassland Decision Support Tool

Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative partners need new computer models to help address threats to grassland habitats, such as land conversion and habitat fragmentation, affecting LCC focal species such as the northern bobwhite and eastern meadowlark. These tools will help partners determine the best places to invest limited resources in conserving and restoring grasslands to support self-sustaining wildlife populations.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2014, 2015, 2016, Academics & scientific researchers, Applications and Tools, All tags... Conservation NGOs, Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION, Grassland habitats, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, KS-04, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Louisiana, OK-01, OK-02, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Oklahoma, Project, Report, South-central United States, State agencies, TX-03, TX-04, TX-05, TX-06, TX-08, TX-10, TX-11, TX-12, TX-13, TX-17, TX-19, TX-20, TX-21, TX-23, TX-24, TX-25, TX-26, TX-27, TX-28, TX-30, TX-31, TX-32, TX-33, TX-34, TX-35, Texas, completed, environment, Fewer tags

Provision and inventory of diverse aquatic ecosystem-related resources for the GPLCC

The basic task of inventorying biodiversity has actually been under way for many years. Existing natural history museum collections, like those in which we work, can provide major contributions to such inventories in the form of valuable historic organism occurrence records, and their specimens can be used in many ways for basic research and applied conservation planning. Unfortunately, much of the wealth of information stored in natural history collections requires substantial investment to be made accessible and useful to natural resource managers and researchers. We were charged by the GPLCC with providing some of the inventory data that will be required, and to assess what other data may be available and what...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2010, CO-03, CO-04, Climate Change, Colorado, All tags... ConsNet, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Management and Integration, Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, Datasets/Database, FY 2010, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, Final Report, GPLCC, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Habitat Modeling, KS-01, KS-04, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Map, NE-03, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, OK-01, OK-02, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Oklahoma, Plains Fish, Policy makers & regulators, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Praire Rivers and Streams, Project, RIVERS/STREAM, Report, Report, State agencies, State agencies, TX-01, TX-02, TX-03, TX-04, TX-05, TX-06, TX-07, TX-08, TX-09, TX-10, TX-11, TX-12, TX-13, TX-14, TX-15, TX-16, TX-17, TX-18, TX-19, TX-20, TX-21, TX-22, TX-23, TX-24, TX-25, TX-26, TX-27, TX-28, TX-29, TX-30, TX-31, TX-32, TX-33, TX-34, TX-35, TX-36, Texas, WY-00, amphibians, aquatic reptiles, biota, cave invertebrates, completed, fish occurrence, freshwater mussels, inlandWaters, Fewer tags

Evaluating the Long-term Impacts of Land Cover, Climate, and Buffer Condition Change on Sediment Delivery and Playa Storage Volume

Playa wetlands are critical resources of the Great Plains, providing a range of ecological functions such as groundwater recharge, surface water storage, wetland habitat, and sediment filtering. As land cover has been converted from native grassland to cropland, playa ecological functions appear to have been dramatically impacted due to increased sediment delivery. This project will incorporate historical data to establish long-term trends in climate (primarily precipitation), watershed and playa land cover, buffer conditions, and playa sedimentation patterns. Previous studies have relied on relatively low-resolution spatial data and have focused primarily on contemporary land cover to establish spatial patterns...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, CO-01, CO-02, CO-03, CO-04, All tags... CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, Colorado, Colorado, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, FY 2013, FY 2013, Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GPLCC, Great Plains, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Habitat Management, Habitat Management, Informing Conservation Delivery, KS-01, KS-02, KS-04, Kansas, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NE-01, NE-03, NM-02, NM-03, Nebraska, Nebraska, New Mexico, New Mexico, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Playas, Playas, Policy makers & regulators, Project, Report, SD-00, SEDIMENTATION, Sediment Accumulation, Sediment Accumulation, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, TX-23, Texas, Texas, WETLANDS, WY-00, Wetlands, Wetlands, Wyoming, Wyoming, completed, environment, environment, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags

Spatial and Temporal Habitat Suitability of Ephemeral Playas for Migratory Waterbirds

Land-use change, invasive species, and climate change have dramatically impaired ecosystem function worldwide. Understanding how changes to ecosystems impact species of conservation concern is essential for effective conservation delivery. Of particular importance are environments that provide disproportionate ecosystem services. Throughout the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, playas provide disproportionate ecological services, including essential stopover habitat for migratory waterbirds. Anthropogenic change to playa distribution, abundance, and function may impact the ecosystem services provided, with demographic consequences for priority species. We will address partner needs by developing a...

Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2013, BIRDS, CO-01, CO-02, CO-03, All tags... CO-04, CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, Colorado, Conservation NGOs, Datasets/Database, FY 2013, FY 2013, Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GPLCC, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Informing Conservation Delivery, KS-01, KS-02, KS-04, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Migratory Birds, Migratory Birds, NE-01, NE-03, NM-02, NM-03, Nebraska, New Mexico, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Oklahoma, Playas, Playas, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Report, SD-00, Shorebirds, Shorebirds, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, TX-23, Texas, WETLANDS, WY-00, Waterfowl, Waterfowl, Wetlands, Wetlands, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Management, Wyoming, biota, environment, inlandWaters, onGoing, Fewer tags

Current and Future Projected Distributions of Wetland-Dependent Birds Across the Great Plains in Response to Climate Change

Playas and other wetlands within the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GPLCC) provide essential habitat for many wetland-dependent vertebrate species and are especially important as migration and wintering areas for waterfowl and shorebirds. Playas in the GPLCC are at risk of unsustainable sediment accumulation, reduced inundation frequency, and declining hydroperiods due to agricultural intensification and a changing climate with expected decreases in annual precipitation, changing precipitation patterns, and higher summer temperatures. We propose to project distribution shifts and/or range reductions of several focal migrating shorebird, waterfowl, and waterbird species in response to climate change,...

Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2013, BIRDS, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS, CO-01, CO-02, All tags... CO-03, CO-04, CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, Climate Change, Climate Change, Colorado, Colorado, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, FY 2013, FY 2013, Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GPLCC, Great Plains, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, KS-01, KS-02, KS-04, Kansas, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Migratory Birds, Migratory Birds, NE-01, NE-03, NM-02, NM-03, Nebraska, Nebraska, New Mexico, New Mexico, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Playas, Playas, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Report, SD-00, Shorebirds, Shorebirds, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, TX-23, Texas, Texas, WETLANDS, WY-00, Waterbirds, Waterbirds, Waterfowl, Waterfowl, Wetlands, Wetlands, Wyoming, Wyoming, biota, environment, inlandWaters, onGoing, Fewer tags

Mapping and Predicting Groundwater-Mediated Hydrologic Connectivity for Great Plains Prairie Rivers and Streams

Groundwater pumping for irrigated agriculture has depleted regional aquifers that sustain habitat for native fishes in the western Great Plains of North America. Depleted surface stream flow is implicated in the decline of 69% of endemic Great Plains fishes, including conservation priority species such as the Arkansas River shiner Notropis girardi. Species declines are likely to continue as water demands increase. Knowledge of spatial patterns of hydrologic connectivity and rates and magnitude of fragmentation through time will help prioritize areas for native fish conservation. We propose to use groundwater-surface water models to document and map the spatiotemporal distribution of flowing and intermittent stream...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, CO-01, CO-02, CO-03, CO-04, All tags... CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, Datasets/Database, FY 2013, FY 2013, Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GPLCC, Great Plains, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION, Habitat Modeling, Habitat Modeling, KS-01, KS-02, KS-04, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NE-01, NE-03, NM-02, NM-03, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Plains Fish, Plains Fish, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Prairie Rivers and Streams, Prairie Rivers and Streams, Project, RIVERS/STREAM, Report, SD-00, ScienceBase Great Plains LCC, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, TX-23, WY-00, completed, environment, inlandWaters, Fewer tags

Support for monitoring and evaluation of grassland birds, habitat, and management practices for focal species in Oklahoma

A decline in habitat quality and quantity in the southern Great Plains is a driving factor in population declines of endemic grassland birds, insects, and native plants. Native grassland species face habitat loss and fragmentation, as well as habitat degradation from pesticide use, invasive species, woody encroachment, disease, and climate change. Few baseline datasets exist to compare long term change over time from both local and landscape (ecoregion) levels. These datasets could then be used in conjunction with conservation decisions by local entities as well as training datasets for future modeling efforts.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2017, 2018, Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, All tags... Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, GRASSLANDS, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Hunters & anglers, Interested public, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, OK-01, OK-02, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Oklahoma, Policy makers & regulators, Private land owners, Project, Regional & county planners, State agencies, completed, environment, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags

Implications for Connectivity and Movement of Lotic Great Plains Fishes in the Face of Climate Change.

The potential implications of climate change to fishes in Great Plains rivers and streams could range from drastic shifts in distribution to extirpation. Many lotic systems in the Great Plains are not well suited for direct escape routes for fish to move to more suitable habitats at other latitudes due to the west-east direction of flows rather than north-south. Therefore, we might expect additional climate related stress on fish communities in the Great Plains compared to other regions of North America. Therefore, we will 1) simulate potential water temperature and flow changes within the Great Plains based on extant regional climate models, 2) assess stream connectivity to potential refugia, 3) develop a database...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: 2013, CATFISHES/MINNOWS, CO-01, CO-02, CO-03, All tags... CO-04, CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, Climate Change, Climate Change, Colorado, Colorado, FISH, FY 2013, FY 2013, Federal resource managers, Fragmentation Habitat Management, Fragmentation Habitat Management, GPLCC, GPLCC, Great Plains, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, KS-01, KS-02, KS-04, Kansas, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NE-01, NE-03, NM-02, NM-03, Nebraska, Nebraska, New Mexico, New Mexico, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Plains Fish, Plains Fish, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Prairie Rivers and Streams, Prairie Rivers and Streams, Project, RIVERS/STREAM, Report, SD-00, ScienceBase Great Plains LCC, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, TX-23, Texas, Texas, WY-00, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Management, Wyoming, Wyoming, biota, completed, environment, inlandWaters, Fewer tags

Integrated monitoring within BCR’s: Creating a wildlife monitoring grid for the GPLCC

We used the United States National Grid to develop a sampling grid for monitoring programs in the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, delineated by Bird Conservation Regions 18 and 19. Landscape Conservation Cooperatives are science based partnerships with the goal to inform and guide conservation at regional landscape levels. Developing a standardized sampling grid for a LCC is a new endeavor and is designed to reduce program costs, avoid repetition in sampling, and increase efficiency in monitoring programs. This is possible because the grid’s nationwide coverage, uniform starting point, and scalability allow researchers to expand their monitoring programs from a small, local level to a regional or...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2010, Academics & scientific researchers, BIRDS, CO-01, CO-02, All tags... CO-03, CO-04, CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, Colorado, FY 2010, FY 2010, Final Report, Final Report, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, GPLCC, GPLCC, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Habitat Modeling, Habitat Modeling, KS-01, KS-02, KS-04, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Methodology/Protocol, Monitoring, NE-01, NE-03, NM-02, NM-03, Nebraska, New Mexico, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Oklahoma, Project, Report, SD-00, STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS, South Dakota, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, TX-23, Texas, WY-00, Wildlife Monitoring, Wildlife Monitoring, Wyoming, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags