Forecasting the impacts of Climate Change in the Columbia River Basin: Threats to Fish Habitat Connectivity

For the past six years, the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) has funded the USGS to study fish responses to restoration efforts and to construct a model relating stream habitat with fish population dynamics in the Methow River Basin, a tributary of the Columbia River. In the proposed study, we will use fish growth, distribution and movement (USGS data), foodweb data (Idaho State University), river flow (BOR data that we will expand) and water temperature data (from numerous agencies) to develop spatially-explicit bioenergetics models to assess effects of climate change on the viability of resident salmonid populations based on models being developed by USGS. The bioenergetics models will integrate such things as climate-change...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alberta, British Columbia, Bull Trout, Climate Change, Climate Change, All tags... Climate Change, Climate Change, Climate Change, Columbia Basin, Columbia River Basin, Federal resource managers, Fish Habitat Connectivity, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Goal 3: Maintain hydrologic regimes, ID-1, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, Idaho, Idaho, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, Montana, Montana, Montana, Montana, Montana, NV-2, NV-2, NV-2, NV-2, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-5, OR-5, OR-5, OR-5, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Private land owners, Project, Publication, Report, Riverine, Salmon, State agencies, Steelhead Trout, UT-1, UT-1, UT-1, UT-1, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WY-1, WY-1, WY-1, WY-1, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Website, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, completed, environment, Fewer tags

GNLCC Multi-dimensional Synthesis

The GNLCC Multi-dimensional Synthesis is a synthesis of existing information in four categories to promote a common understanding of situation, existing information and information gaps, as well as providing an index of programmatic, resource and other climate and landscape related information for GNLCC. The synthesis includes: the GNLCC Resource Directory (organizations and initiatives); climate and ecological response (what does existing and projected climate information say and what are expected ecological effects); and monitoring (who is monitoring what).FY2011Objectives:Provide a Framework from which to organize the various monitoring and evaluation efforts. Included are key monitoring and evaluation questions...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alberta, British Columbia, CO-2, CO-3, CO-3, All tags... CO-3, CO-3, Climate Change, Colorado, Colorado, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, GNLCC, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Goal 3: Maintain hydrologic regimes, Goal 4: Promote landscape-scale disturbances, ID-1, ID-1, ID-1, ID-1, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Interested public, LCC Network Science Catalog, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, Montana, Montana, Montana, Montana, Montana, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Project, Report, Synthesis, UT-1, UT-1, UT-1, UT-1, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WY-1, WY-1, WY-1, WY-1, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, completed, environment, Fewer tags

Understanding Observational, Proxy, and Modeled Climate Data: Outreach, Training, and Support for Managers and Scientists

We propose a collaborative project with the USGS, Wyoming State Climate Office, USFWS, USFS, and the NPS whereby we will assemble and maintain long-term records of climate from key stations in and around the Great Northern LCC and subject these records to a rigorous series of QA/QC procedures. Where appropriate we will use best available practices to infill missing data, and we will develop station histories (e.g., details of station moves, instrumentation changes, etc.) as a context for interpreting these records. We will then rigorously analyze patterns of long-term (50-100 years) variability and trends in these datasets, and provide summaries designed to meet the needs of non-climate specialists working in the...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Alberta, British Columbia, CO-2, CO-3, CO-3, All tags... CO-3, Climate Change, Colorado, Colorado, Data Acquisition and Development, Federal resource managers, GNLCC, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Goal 3: Maintain hydrologic regimes, ID-1, ID-1, ID-1, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, Montana, Montana, Montana, Montana, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Project, Report, State agencies, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Tribes, UT-1, UT-1, UT-1, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WY-1, WY-1, WY-1, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Website, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, completed, environment, Fewer tags

NPLCC Guide to Planning Tools

This project will create a targeted and easily understandable guide to tools that support landscape-level planning in the face of climate change for NPLCC partners. The guide will build on previous NPLCC research on decision support needs with an emphasis on tools currently in use in the region. A survey of NPLCC partners will discover who is currently using or planning to use tools in the region, tools they are using, how well these tools are meeting their needs, and regional and outside experts engaged in tool use. Additional tools research will provide information on tools not currently in use in the region that could also provide needed functionality.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Ak-1, Alaska, British Columbia, CA-2, All tags... California, Climate change, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Conservation planning, Decision Support, Decision Support Tools and Data, Decision support, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, Landscape, Multiple priority topics, NPLCC, OR-1, OR-3, OR-4, OR-5, Oregon, WA-1, WA-10, WA-2, WA-3, WA-6, WA-7, WA-9, Washington, adaptation planning, climate change, completed, landscape planning, planning tools, product, Fewer tags

Pacific Northwest Forest Soils: Creating a Soil Vulnerability Index to Identify Drought Sensitive Areas

This project developed a soil vulnerability index and map indicating where forest cover will be most affected by climate change. Using this map, researchers developed a greater understanding of potential changes in soil moisture and temperature regimes under future climate conditions. They then evaluated how this information could be used to improve vegetation models across the landscape. They compared the results of different modeling approaches to the soil vulnerability map, synthesized the state of knowledge and uncertainty, and introduced management implications for action.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, AK, AK, AK, AK, All tags... AK-0, AK-1, AK-1, AK-1, Academics & scientific researchers, B.C., B.C., B.C., B.C., CA, CA, CA, CA, CA-2, Ca-2, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Decision Support, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-5, OR-5, OR-5, OR-5, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, Project, Publication, Regional & county planners, Report, Science Project, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, WA, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA. OR, WA. OR, WA. OR, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, completed, product, soils, soils, vegetation model, vegetation model, vegetation model, vegetation model, Fewer tags

Gathering Our Thoughts: Tribal recommendations on a traditional knowledge management framework for the NPLCC - Tulalip Tribes of WA

This project initiated the first large-scale Tribal government discussions on the relationship of scientific research and traditional knowledge in the activities of the NPLCC. The project: 1. Reviewed existing approaches and protocols related to scientific research and traditional knowledge in the Pacific Northwest, characterized different types of traditional knowledge and the contexts in which these are encountered; 2. Initiated discussions among the 21 member Tribes of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (all other Tribes are welcome to join); 3. Reported on their views; 4. Proposed a framework for the use of TK based on discussions and presented it for a possible consensus by all participants; and 5. Conducted...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, Academics & scientific researchers, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, All tags... LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, Methodology/Protocol, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Project, Report, Science Project, TEK, TEK, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological knowledge, Tribes, WA-1, WA-1, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, adaptation strategies, adaptation strategies, adaptation strategies, adaptation strategies, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, completed, species sensitivities, species sensitivities, species sensitivities, species sensitivities, traditional ecological knowledge, vegetation changes, vegetation changes, vegetation changes, vegetation changes, Fewer tags

Using Beaver for Climate Change and Conservation Benefits

This project will provide a comprehensive synthesis of beaver recolonization science and techniques for successful reintroduction or population expansion through a thorough, in-depth, coordinated review of all North American beaver-related information, including identification of research gaps and data needs, and recommendations for project implementation. This information will be disseminated through a series of one-day workshops.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, AK-1, Alaska, Alaska, Alaska, All tags... Alaska, Beaver, Beaver, British Columbia, British Columbia, British Columbia, British Columbia, CA-2, CA-2, CA-2, California, California, California, California, Climate Change, Conservation Design, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR-1, OR-1, OR-1, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-3, OR-3, OR-3, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Priority A. Effects of hydrologic regime shifts, Private land owners, Project, Publication, Publication, Regional & county planners, Report, Report, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Training/Outreach/Workshop, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-10, WA-10, WA-10, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-7, WA-7, WA-7, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-9, WA-9, WA-9, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, climate change, climate change, climate change, climate change, completed, floodplain, floodplain, floodplain, floodplain, onGoing, restoration, restoration, restoration, restoration, wetland systesm, wetland systesm, wetland systesm, wetland systesm, Fewer tags

Decision Support Tools for Species Populations and Their Habitats Workshop: The EAGLE (Ecosystem Assessment, Geospatial Analysis, and Landscape Evaluations) System

This workshop introduced and demonstrated key concepts and a series of software tools, whichallow managers, biologists, and conservationists to efficiently evaluate predictors of wildlife space-use and generate spatial models based on that analysis.Specific content of the workshop: Access to free or low-cost remote sensing information on vegetation, climate, habitat metrics, disturbance, etc., in a useable format, including covariate datasets currently available or under development by the NASA Terrestrial Observation and Prediction System (TOPS) Explanation of how this information is derived, created, integrated, validated and matched with species data sets prior to analysis Demonstration of user-friendly computer...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Alberta, British Columbia, CO-2, CO-3, All tags... CO-3, CO-3, Climate Change, Colorado, Colorado, Data Management and Integration, Decision Support, Decision Support Tools, GNLCC, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Goal 3: Maintain hydrologic regimes, Goal 4: Promote landscape-scale disturbances, ID-1, ID-1, ID-1, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Idaho, Invasive Species, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, Montana, Montana, Montana, Montana, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Project, State agencies, Training/Outreach/Workshop, UT-1, UT-1, UT-1, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WY-1, WY-1, WY-1, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, Wyoming, completed, environment, Fewer tags

Current and Future Abundance of North Pacific Birds in the Context of Climate Change - GIS Files

This project acquired, federated and curated approximately one million new observations to the Avian Knowledge Network. These new observations, in addition to millions of existing records, were used to model the distribution and abundance of 26 species of land birds in the southern portion of the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NPLCC) region including CA, OR and WA. The models were based on climate and modeled vegetation.Using the models, maps were created showing the distribution and abundance of each species for current (late 20th century) conditions and projected the models to future conditions (2070) based on five regional climate models. The bird models were also used to create maps of conservation...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, Academics & scientific researchers, Assessenspecies migration, BIOSPHERICINDICATORS, CA-2, All tags... CA-2, California, California, Climate Change, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning, Conservation Planning and Design, Data.gov North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Decision Support, Decision Support, Decision Support Tools and Data, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NPLCC, NPLCC, NPLCC, North Pacific Birds, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR-1, OR-1, OR-3, OR-3, OR-4, OR-4, OR-5, OR-5, Oregon, Oregon, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Pre-Strategy, 2013, Science Project, State agencies, WA-1, WA-1, WA-10, WA-10, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-6, WA-6, WA-7, WA-7, WA-9, WA-9, Washington, Washington, abundance, abundance, climate models, climate models, completed, dataset, distribution, distribution, geoscientificInformation, land birds, north Pacific birds, product, Fewer tags

North Pacific Forest Landscape Corridor and Connectivity Project: Assessing Landscape and Species Vulnerability - Spatial Data

Montane Conifer Connectivity of areas of high elevation and high human footprint in the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative study area. This application provides Montane Conifer Connectivity for 2000 and 2080 (A1B).The three primary geospatial layers used in this analysis were a digital elevation model (DEM), a vegetation layer, and a human footprint layer. Due to the geographic extent of the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, digital elevation models from different sources had to be used to create one seamless DEM. The digital elevation models were obtained from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), the United States Geologic Survey, and the Government of the Yukon Territory....

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AK, AK-1, Academics & scientific researchers, B.C., CA, All tags... CA-2, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Data, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Forest, LCC Network Science Catalog, NPLCC, OR-1, OR-3, OR-4, OR-5, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-1, WA-10, WA-2, WA-3, WA-6, WA-7, WA-9, WA. OR, accepted, completed, connectivity, corridor, dispersal, genetic, product, Fewer tags

North Pacific Forest Landscape Corridor and Connectivity Project: Assessing Landscape and Species Vulnerability - Final Report

Overview Land and resource managers in the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NPLCC) currently lack conservation planning tools that can directly feed into the planning, design, delivery, and monitoring of ecosystems across all levels of biodiversity from genes to ecosystems. The North Pacific Forest Landscape Corridor and Connectivity Project utilized a landscape connectivity simulator (UNICOR) and a genetic simulation program (CDPOP) to model the functional (dispersal and genetic) connectivity in the North Pacific Landscape. The outputs from these programs indicated areas with high potential for landscape and genetic isolation and low probability of dispersal and colonization. In addition, this...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AK, AK-1, Academics & scientific researchers, B.C., CA, All tags... CA-2, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Forest, LCC Network Science Catalog, NPLCC, OR-1, OR-3, OR-4, OR-5, Pacific Northwest, Priority B. Changes in air temperature and precipitation on forests, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-1, WA-10, WA-2, WA-3, WA-6, WA-7, WA-9, WA. OR, completed, connectivity, connectivity, corridor, dispersal, genetic, habitat corridors, product, Fewer tags

Final Report Using Beaver for Climate Change and Conservation Benefits

This project will provide a comprehensive synthesis of beaver recolonization science and techniques for successful reintroduction or population expansion through a thorough, in-depth, coordinated review of all North American beaver-related information, including identification of research gaps and data needs, and recommendations for project implementation. This information will be disseminated through a series of one-day workshops.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AK-1, Alaska, Beaver, British Columbia, CA-2, All tags... California, Climate Change, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, LCC Network Science Catalog, NPLCC, OR-1, OR-2, OR-3, OR-4, Oregon, Priority A. Effects of hydrologic regime shifts, Private land owners, Regional & county planners, WA-1, WA-10, WA-2, WA-3, WA-4, WA-5, WA-6, WA-7, WA-8, WA-9, Washington, climate change, completed, floodplain, product, restoration, wetland systesm, Fewer tags

Developing resilience to natural and cultural dimensions of climate change: Tribal perspectives and applications the transboundary Cascadia landscape, and assessing contribution of eDNA to monitoring priority species

Building on currently available resources and on the prior climate adaptation experiences of our team,which includes tribal staff and a cultural anthropologist who is also an enrolled member of theConfederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, we will co-develop a guidebook for tribal adaptation. Thisguidebook will bring a tribal focus to adaptation planning and building resilience, in the context ofexisting tribal priorities, and will include traditional and local knowledge as well as western scientificresources and tools. Under the direction of an advisory group, the guidebook will be road-tested withseveral tribes, two of which have already been identified, and then revised at least once before beingreleased.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: CA-1, CA-2, California, Federal resource managers, First Nations, All tags... ID-1, Idaho, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, NV-2, Native Americans, Nevada, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR-1, OR-2, OR-3, OR-4, OR-5, Oregon, Project, Society, Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services, State agencies, TEK, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Tribes, Tribes, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-1, WA-2, WA-3, WA-4, WA-5, WA-6, WA-7, WA-8, WA-9, Washington, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags

Applying Vulnerability Assessment Tools to Plan for Climate Adaptation: Case Studies in the Great Northern LCC

This project will apply the results of an on-going climate change vulnerability assessment to the management of two complex landscapes. The vulnerability assessment project team will work with mangers, land-owners, and conservation practitioners to explore 1) how downscaled climate datasets, modeled vegetation changes, and information on estimated species sensitivities can be used to develop climate change adaptation strategies, and 2) how model results and datasets can be made more useful for informing the management of species and landscapes. To accomplish these two goals, we will prepare datasets and model outputs for two landscapespotentially, the Pioneer Mountains-Craters of the Moon region in Idaho and the...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Climate Change, Columbia Basin, Columbia Plateau, Connectivity, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, All tags... Federal resource managers, Goal 1: Maintain large, intact landscapes, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Goal 4: Promote landscape-scale disturbances, Greater Sage-Grouse, ID-1, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, Idaho, Idaho, Invasive Species, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change, Mule deer, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Pioneer Mountains-Craters of the Moon, Policy makers & regulators, Project, Pronghorn, Report, Riparian Areas, Rocky Mountain, Sage Shrub/Grassland, Sage-Steppe, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, completed, environment, Fewer tags

Strategic conservation planning for management applications in Cascadia

The Cascadia Partner Forum will complete conservation design for four Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative conservation targets with significance to the transboundary Cascadia landscape to inform sound, data-driven management planning and action. This project aims to complete conservation design at the Cascadia-wide scale for grizzly bear, salmon, aquatic, and terrestrial connectivity to contribute to the Great Northern LCC Science Plan, while providing input and integration to the coarser-scale GNLCC-wide Science Plans established objectives, threats, metrics, and conservation actions for each target. Additionally, the Forum will conduct analyses on a common Great Northern LCC landscape stressor roads...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Aquatic Connectivity, British Columbia, Bull Trout, Canada Lynx, Cascadia, All tags... Cascadia, Climate Change, Connectivity, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Planning, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, Goal 1: Maintain large, intact landscapes, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Goal 3: Maintain hydrologic regimes, Grizzly Bear, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change, OR-2, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, Oregon, Oregon, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, Salmon, State agencies, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-2, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Washington, Website, environment, onGoing, transboundary Cascadia landscape, Fewer tags

Providing High Resolution Connectivity Maps for Greater Sage-grouse in the Great Northern Landscape Using State of the Art Genomics

Greater sage-grouse genetic connectivity is essential to the species persistence across the Great Northern landscape; without such connectivity the greater sage-grouse may suffer the same fate as many other related species of grouse, which disappeared from the middle and eastern portion of the United States due to loss of habitat coupled with inbreeding depression. To prevent isolation in the face of energy development and other landscape changes it is essential that we evaluate both fine-scale connectivity and assign relative importance to different leks (breeding populations) on the landscape. This massive task cannot be accomplished with existing tools and maps; fortunately, advanced molecular genomic analyses...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, AZ-1, Academics & scientific researchers, Alberta, Arizona, All tags... Arizona, CA-1, CA-1, CA-1, CA-1, CA-4, CA-4, CA-4, CA-4, CA-8, CA-8, CA-8, CA-8, CO-2, CO-2, CO-2, CO-2, CO-3, CO-3, CO-3, CO-3, CO-4, CO-4, CO-4, CO-4, CO-5, CO-5, CO-5, CO-5, California, California, California, California, California, Climate Change, Co, Co, Co, Co, Colorado, Colorado Plateau Management Zone, Columbia Basin Management Zone, Data Acquisition and Development, FY 2012, Federal resource managers, Goal 2: Conserve landscape connectivity, Great Plains Management Zone, Greater Sage-Grouse, ID-1, ID-1, ID-1, ID-1, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, ID-2, Idaho, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC Network Science Catalog, Land Use Change, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, MT-1, Map, Methodology/Protocol, Monitoring, Montana, ND-1, ND-1, ND-1, ND-1, NE-3, NE-3, NE-3, NE-3, NM-3, NM-3, NM-3, NM-3, NV-2, NV-2, NV-2, NV-2, NV-4, NV-4, NV-4, NV-4, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Northern Great Basin Management Zone, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-2, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, OR-4, Oregon, Project, Publication, Rocky Mountain, SD-1, SD-1, SD-1, SD-1, Sage Shrub/Grassland, Sage-Steppe, Saskatchewan, Snake River Plain Management Zone, South Dakota, Southern Great Basin Management Zone, State agencies, UT-1, UT-1, UT-1, UT-1, UT-2, UT-2, UT-2, UT-2, UT-3, UT-3, UT-3, UT-3, UT-4, UT-4, UT-4, UT-4, Utah, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-5, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, WY-1, WY-1, WY-1, WY-1, Washington, Wyoming, Wyoming Basins Management Zone, completed, environment, Fewer tags

Final Report: NPLCC Data Management Platform Focus Groups and Usability Testing

A combination of focus groups and usability tests were used to explore the needs and preferences of a variety of NPLCC stakeholders as regards data management platform content, format, and features. This information was used to inform NPLCC decisions about how best to meet needs not currently met by LC MAP through adjustments or enhancements to LC MAP itself or by connecting stakeholders with other platforms or portals.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, CA-2, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Management and Integration, Data Platform, All tags... Decision Support Tools and Data, Federal resource managers, GIS, LCC Network Science Catalog, Multiple priority topics, NPLCC, Needs Assessment, North Pacific, OR-1, OR-3, OR-4, OR-5, State agencies, WA-1, WA-10, WA-2, WA-3, WA-6, WA-7, WA-9, completed, data management platform, product, Fewer tags

An Applied Case Study to Integrate Climate Change into Design and Permitting of Water Crossing Structures

We will translate existing modeled hydroclimatic data into metrics used for water crossing design and replacement. WDFW permits (Hydraulic Code Rules, Chapter 220-110 WAC) and provides technical guidance for construction of hundreds of fish passable culverts, a number which is expected to rise dramatically in response to a 2013 federal court injunction directing the state to repair thousands of culverts that inhibit salmon migration. Current WDFW design guidance does not account for changes in hydrology resulting from climate change. This project will support the development of designs that maintain desired performance (e.g. connectivity benefits to aquatic organisms) throughout water crossings expected life.This...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2014, Academics & scientific researchers, Anadromous fish, Applications and Tools, Climate Change, All tags... Climate Change, Climate Change, Climate Change, Climate change, Conservation Design, Conservation Planning, Culverts, Decision Support, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Priority A. Effects of hydrologic regime shifts, Priority D. Hydrologic regime changes on anadromous fish, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, Stream-road crossing, Training/Outreach/Workshop, WA-1, WA-10, WA-2, WA-3, WA-4, WA-5, WA-6, WA-7, WA-8, WA-9, Washington, anadromous salmonids, completed, culverts, habitat connectivity, onGoing, stream-road crossing, Fewer tags

Final Report: Assessing coastal manager science needs and disseminating science results for planning

In-person workshops will be conducted to bring the results from the USGS Program on Coastal Ecosystems Response to Climate Change’s study on projected climate change effects on coastal environments (funded by NPLCC and NW CSC) to managers in their communities. The workshops will include presenting initial results, identifying their climate science needs, and introducing a decision-support tool.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, CA-2, California, Changes in sea level and coastal storms, Climate Change, All tags... Conservation Planning, Decision Support, LCC Network Science Catalog, Monitoring, NPLCC, OR-1, OR-4, OR-5, Oregon, Padilla National Estuarine Research Reserve, Priority C. Effects of changes in sea levels, Regional & county planners, Sea level rise, Tribes, WA-3, WA-6, Washington, climate change, completed, decision support, product, Fewer tags

Western Washington Habitat Connectivity Assessment

Context and Research QuestionIn 2010, the Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WWHCWG) statewide analysis identified a need for a closer look at this landscape extending from the Southern Cascades (from approximately Mount Rainier to the Columbia River), through southwestern Washington, and into the Olympic Peninsula. Several species in this landscape have unique connectivity patterns and broad-scale data limitations which we began to explore in this analysis. Finer-scale analyses are necessary to prioritize and inform actions to maintain and restore habitat connectivity in this region.During meetings in 2016, 2017, and 2018, the WWHCG group developed a plan to model the region using Linkage Mapper...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Connectivity, Conservation Design, Conservation Planning, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, All tags... LCC Network Science Catalog, Landscape Conservation Design, Landscape Conservation Design, Landscape Conservation Design, Northwest Coast, Northwest Coast, Northwest Coast, Pacific Coastal Ecoregion, Project, Regional & county planners, State agencies, WA-1, WA-1, WA-1, WA-3, WA-3, WA-3, WA-4, WA-4, WA-4, WA-6, WA-6, WA-6, WA-8, WA-8, WA-8, Washington, Washington, Washington, completed, Fewer tags