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Patterns of greenness (NDVI) in the Southern Great Plains and their influence on the habitat quality and reproduction of a declining prairie grouse To better inform conservation efforts targeted at reversing grassland bird declines and ensure self-sustaining populations of at-risk species such as the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), a better understanding of broad-scale habitat availability for grassland birds is needed. his project will evaluate the utility of NDVI and phenology-based metrics in estimating lesser prairie-chicken reproductive habitat quality remotely over broad spatial scales.1. Evaluate the influence of grazing, fire, and precipitation on NDVI-related metrics in the Central and Southern Great Plains.2. Identify NDVI-related metrics that best distinguish lesser prairie-chicken reproductive habitat from non-habitat. 3. Relate... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Grasslands, Project, SA Science Catalog, Strategic Science - 1410, USFWS Science Applications Science Catalog, All tags... completed, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Evaluating patterns of long-term system change and demographic response for grassland nesting ducks in the US Prairie Pothole Region The US Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) has experienced some of the highest rates of grassland loss in North America over a time that coincides with dramatic declines in grassland songbird populations yet increasing abundance of most grassland-nesting duck species except for northern pintail. To provide more insight into this contradiction, we propose to capitalize on long-term databases to evaluate how a key population driver nest survival for North American ducks has responded to system changes in the region including landscape and climatic factors. Outcomes of these analyses will contribute to testing primary conservation planning assumptions for the PPJV a vital component of the PPJV Strategic Habitat Conservation... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Federal resource managers, Grasslands, Project, SA Science Catalog, All tags... Strategic Science - 1420, USFWS Science Applications Science Catalog, duck, duck, environment, nest survival, nest survival, nesting, nesting, onGoing, prairie pothole, Fewer tags Assessing Traditional and Emerging Grazing Strategies for Creating a Mosaic of Diverse Habitat Patches for Grassland- and Sagebrush Associated Birds Using a solutions-oriented, multi-agency collaboration, we propose to pilot a large-scale assessment of an alternative (herding, electric- and virtual-fence) grazing strategy designed to mimic pre-colonial grazing patterns by bison, to ascertain their value for local- and regional-scale assemblages ofsagebrush- and grassland-associated birds in Montana. A fundamental goal of most wildlife-based grazing programs is to foster a mosaic of patches that represent the broadest possible spectrum of habitat types that benefits different sagebrush- and grassland-associated birds in different parts of the landscape (for example, western meadowlarks, vesper sparrows, and thick-billed longspur in open, heavily grazed areas;... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Federal resource managers, Grasslands, Project, SA Science Catalog, Sagebrush, All tags... Strategic Science - 1420, Strategic Science - BIL, USFWS Science Applications Science Catalog, abundance, abundance, abundance, abundance, abundance, alternative grazing, environment, onGoing, passive, passive, passive, passive, passive, Fewer tags Projecting the Future Encroachment of Woody Vegetation into Grasslands of the Northern Great Plains by Simulating Climate Conditions and Possible Management Actions Maintaining the native prairie lands of the Northern Great Plains (NGP), which provide an important habitat for declining grassland species, requires anticipating the effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations and climate change on the region’s vegetation. Specifically, climate change threatens NGP grasslands by increasing the potential encroachment of native woody species into areas where they were previously only present in minor numbers. This project used a dynamic vegetation model to simulate vegetation type (grassland, shrubland, woodland, and forest) for the NGP for a range of projected future climates and relevant management scenarios. Comparing results of these simulations illustrates... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, Biology, CASC, Climate change, Completed, All tags... Conservation, Conterminous United States, Ecology, Ecosystem, Fire, Grasslands and Plains, Grasslands and Plains, Great Plains, Land, Land Management, Landscapes, Landscapes, Natural Resources, North Central, North Central CASC, Projects by Region, United States, biota, boundaries, environment, grasslands, grazing, location, woody encroachment, Fewer tags Spatially-Explicit Decision Support Tool for Guiding Habitat Conservation for Western Gulf Coast Mottled Ducks The mottled duck, a focal species for the Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, is one of only a few duck species adapted to breeding in southern marshes. A major part of its population spends its entire life cycle within a relatively small coastal area in eastern Texas and western Louisiana. This is a thriving part of the Mississippi and Central Flyways, two of four major waterfowl migration routes in North America. In recent years, the mottled duck’s habitat and surrounding areas have been compromised by urbanization, agricultural development, and changes to the area’s hydrology affecting coastal wetlands. The latter threat includes the ramifications of climate change, such as sea level rise and... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, 2013, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, All tags... ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, Academics & scientific researchers, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS, Federal resource managers, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, LA-01, LA-02, LA-03, LA-04, LA-06, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Mottled Duck, Policy makers & regulators, Private land owners, Project, Publication, Regional & county planners, Report, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER FEATURES, SURFACE WATER FEATURES, SURFACE WATER FEATURES, SURFACE WATER FEATURES, State agencies, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TX-02, TX-07, TX-09, TX-10, TX-14, TX-18, TX-27, TX-29, TX-34, TX-36, WETLANDS, WETLANDS, WETLANDS, WETLANDS, Western Gulf Coast, biota, brood-rearing habitat, completed, grasslands, habitat, nesting, wetlands, Fewer tags Climate change and connectivity: Assessing landscape and species vulnerability Habitat loss and fragmentation are widely recognized as among the most important threats to global biodiversity. New analytical approaches are providing improved ability to predict the effects of landscape change on population connectivity at vast spatial extents. This paper presents an analysis of population connectivity for three species of conservation concern [swift fox (Vulpes velox); lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus); massasuaga (Sistrurus catenatus)] across the American Great Plains region. We used factorial least-cost path and resistant kernel analyses to predict effects of landscape conditions on corridor network connectivity. Our predictions of population connectivity provide testable... Categories: Data, Project, Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2010, CO-01, CO-02, CO-03, CO-04, All tags... CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, Climate Change, Decision Support, Decision support, FY 2010, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GRASSLANDS, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, KS-01, KS-02, KS-04, LCC, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Map, NE-01, NE-03, NM-02, NM-03, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Policy makers & regulators, Policy makers & regulators, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, Publication, Report, SAVANNA, SD-00, State agencies, State agencies, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, TX-23, Vulnerability Assessment, WY-00, biota, completed, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags Informing Multi-scale Strategic Habitat Conservation for Priority Grassland Birds in the Northern Great Plains Grassland birds have declined more rapidly than any other group of land birds in North America in the last 50 years, with populations of Spragues Pipit, Chestnut-collared and Thick-billed Longspur, and Bairds Sparrow having declined 65-94% during this period. Developing strategic conservation plans for grassland birds requires an understanding of their individual population ecology, along with their community dynamics amongst species. Few studies have focused on understanding how adult density during the breeding season relates to nesting performance (e.g., nest density and nest success) and how abiotic and biotic factors influence these individual demographics. This proposed work complements concurrent studies... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Federal resource managers, Grasslands, Project, SA Science Catalog, All tags... State agencies, Strategic Science - DSR, USFWS Science Applications Science Catalog, breeding, breeding, density, density, environment, grassland birds, nesting performance, nesting performance, onGoing, Fewer tags Range-wide Lesser Prairie-Chicken Management Plan Development The range-wide plan (RWP) has been developed in response to concerns about lesser prairie-chicken (LPC) habitat threats which may be impacting LPC populations, and the proposed listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Along with the existing conservation efforts already being implemented, as described in the RWP, the supporting WAFWA Conservation Agreement (WCA) represents another mechanism to implement conservation to benefit LPC. The WCP represents an opportunity to enroll participants who agree to avoid, minimize and mitigate actions which may be detrimental to LPC. Landowners may enroll properties to be managed for the benefit of LPC. Properties may generate credits for mitigation. When complete avoidance... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, BIRDS, CO-04, Colorado, Conservation Planning, All tags... FY 2012, FY 2012, Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GPLCC, GRASSLANDS, Grassland Conservation, Grassland Conservation, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Informing Conservation Delivery, KS-01, KS-04, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, OK-03, OK-04, Oklahoma, Policy makers & regulators, Project, Report, SAVANNAS, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, Texas, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Management, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags Implications of climate change for avian conservation in Great Plains landscapes Funded project resulted in 6 publications covering various aspects related to shorebird/grassland bird migration, climate and nesting success in the great plains region. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2010, Avian, Avian, BIRDS, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS, All tags... CO-01, CO-02, CO-03, CO-04, CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, Climate Change, Climate Change, Climatic Change, Climatic Change, Colorado, Conservation Planning, FY 2010, FY 2010, Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GPLCC, GRASSLANDS, Grassland Birds, Grassland Birds, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Habitat Models, Habitat Models, KS-01, KS-02, KS-04, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus), Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus), NE-01, NE-03, NM-02, NM-03, Native Grassland, Native Grassland, Nebraska, New Mexico, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Oklahoma, Playas, Playas, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, Report, SD-00, Sedimentation, Sedimentation, Shorebirds, Shorebirds, South Dakota, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, TX-23, Texas, WETLANDS, WY-00, Wetlands, Wetlands, Wyoming, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags Developing a Decision Support System for the Pallid Sturgeon Recovery Program Recovery of the endangered pallid sturgeon is comprised of interrelated programs (including, Conservation Propagation and Stocking Program (CPSP), and Pallid Sturgeon Population Assessment Program (PSPAP) with numerous contributing agencies. These programs are in need of improved database architecture to integrate and share the capture, tagging, propagation, stocking, genetics, and other critical data to meet program and population monitoring requirements and to measure progress toward recovery. A range-wide relational database architecture or decision support system is needed to manage and integrate the large amounts of data collected by numerous partners and programs in order to evaluate progress toward downlisting... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Grasslands, Project, SA Science Catalog, Strategic Science - 1420, USFWS Science Applications Science Catalog, All tags... completed, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Expansion of the Motus network Grassland birds have declined more rapidly than any other group of land birds in North America in the last 50 years with populations of Spragues Pipit, Chestnut-collared and Thick-billed Longspur, and Bairds Sparrow having declined 65-94% during this period. This cross-programmatic collaborative project will expand on a growing network of Motus automated receivers (stations) to provide the first fine-scale quantitative assessment of the migratory period for regional priority grassland songbirds which will inform key knowledge gaps about migration routes and stopover locations. Data collected via Motus automated telemetry tracking will allow the FWS and partners to inform full-life cycle models to reveal limiting... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Grasslands, Grasslands, Project, SA Science Catalog, Strategic Science - 1420, All tags... USFWS Science Applications Science Catalog, environment, environment, environment, onGoing, project, Fewer tags Motus network development on National Wildlife Refuges for tracking declining grassland songbirds Grassland birds have declined more rapidly than any other group of land birds in North America in the last 50 years, with populations of Spragues Pipit, Chestnut-collared and Thick-billed Longspur, and Bairds Sparrow having declined 65-94% during this period. This proposed cross-programmatic collaborative project between Migratory Birds and Refuges will expand on a growing network of Motus automated radio telemetry receivers (stations) to provide the first fine-scale quantitative assessment of the migratory period for regional priority grassland songbirds, which will inform key knowledge gaps about migration routes and stopover locations. Data collected via Motus automated telemetry tracking will allow the FWS and... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Federal resource managers, Grasslands, Project, SA Science Catalog, All tags... State agencies, Strategic Science - 1420, USFWS Science Applications Science Catalog, environment, grassland birds, migration, migration, motus, motus, onGoing, telemtry, telemtry, Fewer tags Forecasting Resource Availability for Wildlife Populations in Desert Grasslands under Future Climate Extremes The desert grasslands of the southwestern United States support many wildlife species of management concern and economic value. The American pronghorn, for example, is a game species that contributes to local and state economies. Climate extremes, including severe droughts, heat waves, and atmospheric river events, are expected to occur more frequently in the Southwest. These extremes can affect the availability of food and water needed by wildlife. Wildlife management agencies and conservation organizations need information on resource availability for wildlife under future climate scenarios to design effective management strategies to sustain wildlife populations. Project scientists are working with the Arizona... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2017, Birds, Birds, CASC, Grasslands and Plains, All tags... Grasslands and Plains, Landscapes, Landscapes, Mammals, Mammals, Other Landscapes, Other Landscapes, Projects by Region, Southwest, Southwest CASC, Wildlife and Plants, Wildlife and Plants, grasslands, phenology, wildlife, Fewer tags Black-tailed Prairie Dog Habitat Suitability Modeling for the Southern Great Plains: Cross-scale Analysis of Soils, Topography and Climate We developed multi-scale habitat suitability models for black-tailed prairie dogs (BTPD) in the southwestern Great Plains, corresponding to the western region of the Great Plains LCC. We used long-term (10-yr), high-resolution datasets on BTPD colony boundary locations collected at 7 study areas distributed across the region to develop resource selection functions based on colony locations and expansion patterns. Models are based on (1) soil maps and associated Ecological Sites (NRCS SSURGO database), (2) a topographic wetness index based upon water runoff and solar insolation patterns (TWIsi) that tests a priori hypotheses for topographic controls on BTPD, and (3) broad climatic gradients in temperature and mean... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, BTPD, BTPD, CO-04, Climate Change, All tags... Climate Change, Colorado, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, FY 2011, FY 2011, Federal resource managers, Final Report, Final Report, GPLCC, GPLCC, GRASSLANDS, Grassland Conservation, Grassland Conservation, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Habitat Modeling, Habitat Modeling, KS-01, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NE-03, NM-03, New Mexico, OK-03, Oklahoma, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, RODENTS, Report, SAVANNA, State agencies, TX-13, Texas, biota, black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), completed, environment, Fewer tags Climate change planning for the Great Plains: Wildlife vulnerability assessment and potential for mitigation with grazing management While we assessed the vulnerability of a number of different wildlife and plant species to climate change, none of those species exhibited high vulnerability to changes projected for the region and there was limited differentiation in vulnerability between the individual species. Given this shared level of vulnerability to climate change, we chose to focus our adaptation planning on grassland birds as they represent a large group with a diversity of habitat needs. These birds are obligate grassland wildlife species which have great potential to act as indicators for habitat quality since different species have distinct habitat structure needs. Participants in the adaptation planning workshop agreed that if the GP... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2010, Animal Agriculture, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS, CO-01, CO-02, All tags... CO-03, CO-04, CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, Climate Change, FY 2010, Federal resource managers, Final Report, GPLCC, GRASSLANDS, Grassland Birds, Grassland Conservation, Grassland Management, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Informing Conservation Delivery, 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, Policy makers & regulators, Private land owners, Project, Ranching, Report, SD-00, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, TX-23, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Vulnerability Assessment, WY-00, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags Regional Landscape-scale Prioritization and Decision Tool for Aquatic Habitat Restoration and Conservation Opportunity in LR6 Grassland Ecosystem Pilot Aquatic Grassland Prioritization Tool Focused on Topeka Shiner and Cogeners. Objectives: 1) Identify data sets and develop methodology building on existing analyses of priority watersheds and fish habitat selection criteria across grassland ecosystem 2) Assess need and feasibility to develop decision tool for strategically addressing measureable, cross-programmatic conservation aquatic grassland benefits. Programs (Fish Habitat, Fish Passage, Partners and FAC, ES and NWR) and partners (Midwest Landscape Initiative and Great Plains FHP) can use this tool to support decisions for committing resources within and across grassland ecosystems to priority areas with multi-species benefits (initial focus on Topeka... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Grasslands, Project, SA Science Catalog, Strategic Science - 1420, USFWS Science Applications Science Catalog, All tags... completed, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Expansion of pollinator surveys in grassland states Pollinator surveys are currently being conducted in North Dakota, but we are lacking data in other areas. Given likely petitions on the horizon, having baseline data for pollinators will be essential for an informed response. Additionally, these data will be important for habitat prioritization. Given the complexity and difficulty for comprehensive identification of all key pollinators and the urgency of threatened petitions, initial projects should likely focus on bees and butterflies. Results of these surveys will also help guide where and how to sample several at risk species in different habitat types across several states. Ultimately this information could inform a national pollinator survey database development.PI:... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Grasslands, ND, Project, SA Science Catalog, SD, All tags... SD, SD, SD, SD, SD, SD, SD, SD, SD, Strategic Science - 1420, USFWS Science Applications Science Catalog, completed, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags An Adaptive Management Approach to Assessing Water as a Critical Habitat Need for Lesser Prairie-Chicken Reproduction Man-made water sources have been used as a management tool for wildlife, especially in arid regions, but the value of these water sources for wildlife populations is not well understood. In particular, the value of water as a conservation tool for Lesser Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) is unknown. However, this is a relevant issue due to a heightened conservation concern for the species and its occupancy of an arid landscape anticipated to experience warmer, drier springs and winters. We assessed if Lesser Prairie-Chickens would use commercially available wildlife water guzzlers and if there was any apparent selection between two design types. We confirmed that Lesser Prairie-Chickens would use bird... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, BIRDS, Conservation NGOs, FY 2011, FY 2011, All tags... Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GPLCC, GRASSLANDS, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LEPC, LEPC, Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), Private land owners, Project, Publication, State agencies, TX-19, Texas, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Management, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags Compilation, synthesis, and analysis of extant sickelfin and sturgeon chub distribution, population, and habitat data to inform species status assessments and 12-month finding and support pallid sturgeon recovery Identify, gather, and combine available data sets throughout the MR, Mississippi River, and their tributaries to develop a range-wide species status assessments to support USFWS 12 month findings for Sicklefin and Sturgeon Chub. Evaluate and analyze the combined data sets for potential relationships between system drivers (e.g., chub populations and annual hydrologic and water temperature changes, presence of low-head dams, point and non-point source water quality, dredging, water intakes, etc.). Initial analyses will include single-factor analyses for each environmental driver at spatial scales deemed appropriate based on identified, potentially isolated, populations. These analyses will then be conducted at the... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Grasslands, Project, SA Science Catalog, Strategic Science - 1410, USFWS Science Applications Science Catalog, All tags... environment, onGoing, Fewer tags River Conditions Tool (RCT) Geographic Expansion FY2023R6 SA (Science Applications), in cooperation with project collaborators and watershed stakeholders (watershed coordinators, Montana State University, MTDRC, EPA, conservation districts, TU) created the River Conditions Tool (RCT) to drive conservation actions via real-time stream gage data with predetermined aquatic, riverine, drought management science. Many watersheds Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado are in need of the various conservation science benefits this RCT expansion provides.Continuing this project in new watersheds would be an opportunity to create relationships with new partners and help underserved communities by providing landowners, land/watershed managers, scientists, and recreationalists... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Contractual Document, Grasslands, MT, Project, Rocky Mountain, All tags... SA Science Catalog, Sage-Steppe, Sagebrush, Strategic Science - 1420, USFWS Science Applications Science Catalog, WY, WY, WY, WY, WY, WY, WY, WY, WY, WY, WY, WY, WY, WY, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags 1 2 »