Misplaced priorities; Ethanol promotion and its unintended consequences

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Ethanol, consequences, priority, promotion

Renewable Energy in the California Desert

Solar development has the potential to have widespread impacts on the California desert. Thus, it is important to have as much information as possible regarding the impacts of facilities and related infrastructure on the natural ecosystem and surrounding desert communities, how current policies are influencing development, and how the federal process is working on evaluating solar development applications. This research is detailed in this website. "Renewable Energy in the California Desert: Mechanisms for Evaluating Solar Development on Public Lands" is the result of sixteen months of research conducted by ten graduate students from the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environmen t through...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: BMP, English, GIS, Mojave Desert, OHV, All tags... US, agriculture, assessment, bird, climate, connectivity, contamination, cultural, development, economic, ecoregion, endangered, energy, erosion, fire, fish, grazing, groundwater, invasive, invertebrate, land cover, mammal, management, map, mining, model, monitoring, ownership, plan, plant, priority, program, protected area, rare, recreation, renewable, reptile, research, restoration, riparian, road, soil, spring, stream, threat, threatened, vegetation , vulnerability, water, wetland, wildlife, wind, Fewer tags

Jornada Bibliography

Chihuahuan Desert landscapes exemplify the ecological conditions, vulnerability, and management challenges in arid and semi-arid regions around the world. The goal of the Jornada Basin Long Term Ecological Research program (JRN LTER) established in 1982 is to understand and quantify the key factors and processes controlling ecosystem dynamics and patterns in Chihuahuan Desert landscapes. In collaboration with the Jornada Experimental Range (USDA ARS), studies initiated in 1915 have been incorporated into the JRN LTER program. Previous research focused on desertification, a state change from perennial grasslands to woody plant dominance that occurs globally. Based on findings from growing long-term databases, the...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: CMQ3, Chihuahuan Desert, DLCC, Desert LCC, English, All tags... Mojave Desert, New Mexico, OHV, Sonoran Desert, US, agriculture, amphibian, assessment, biodiversity, bird, climate, condition, connectivity, development, ecoregion, elevation, endangered, energy, erosion, fire, fossil fuel, geology, grassland, grazing, groundwater, invasive, inventory, invertebrate, land use, landscape, mammal, management, mining, model, monitoring, ownership, plan, plant, priority, program, protected area, recreation, reptile, research, resilience, restoration, riparian, river, road, runoff, scrub, shrubland, slope, soil, stream, target, terrestrial, threat, threatened, transportation, vegetation, vulnerability, water, watershed, wetland, wildlife, wind, Fewer tags

Arizona's Wildlife Linkages

Biologists, engineers, planners and land managers from nine public agencies have worked together since 2004 to identify large blocks of protected habitat, the potential wildlife movement corridors through and between them, the factors that could possibly disrupt these linkage zones and opportunities for conservation. Recognizing that habitat connectivity is a landscape issue involving multiple land jurisdictions, this workgroup has engaged in unprecedented cooperation and facilitated discussions and partnerships to help ensure a unified approach to wildlife linkage conservation and management. This reinforces the commitment to and efficiency of wildlife connectivity measures undertaken by all stakeholders, using...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: BMP, Chihuahuan Desert, English, Madrean, Mojave Desert, All tags... US, agriculture, condition, connectivity, contamination, development, ecoregion, endangered, energy, erosion, grassland, invasive, management, map, mining, ownership, plan, priority, protected area, recreation, restoration, riparian, river, road, scrub, shrub, stream, threat, threatened, water, watershed, wetland, wildlife, Fewer tags

Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative Conservation Planning Atlas

The Desert LCC Conservation Planning Atlas is a platform for data discovery, sharing and collaboration for stakeholders throughout the Desert LCC area. With the CPA you can search for spatial datasets, visualize LCC supported projects, and learn more about conservation science and design in the region.

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Chihuahuan Desert, DLCC, English, GIS, Mexico, All tags... Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, US, bird, development, ecoregion, energy, grassland, groundwater, land cover, map, ownership, plan, priority, protected area, rare, remote sensing, reservoir, river, road, soil, spring, stream, threat, vegetation, water, watershed, wetland, Fewer tags

Central Arizona Grassland Conservation Strategy

The Central Arizona Grassland Conservation Strategy (CAGCS) was signed (2010) by three signatory agencies to the charter with complementary roles and responsibilities in managing historic grassland ecosystems and/or the wildlife species that inhabit them. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) management emphasis within the Agua Fria National Monument (AFNM) is to conserve and restore diverse habitats, vegetative communities and corridors of connectivity to sustain a wide range of native species. The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) hold the public trust responsibility of managing the wildlife that inhabits these ecosystems. This includes but is not limited to gathering and managing wildlife data, and providing...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: connectivity, economic, grassland, grazing, mammal, All tags... management, outreach, priority, shrub/scrub, threat, Fewer tags

Sky Island Grassland Assessment

Sky Island grasslands of central and southern Arizona, southern New Mexico and northern Mexico form the “grassland seas” that surround small forested mountain ranges in the borderlands. Their unique biogeographical setting and the ecological gradients associated with “Sky Island mountains” add tremendous floral and faunal diversity to these grasslands and the region as a whole. Sky Island grasslands have undergone dramatic vegetation changes over the last 130 years including encroachment by shrubs, loss of perennial grass cover and spread of non-native species. Changes in grassland composition and structure have not occurred uniformly across the region and they are dynamic and ongoing. In 2009, The National Fish...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Madrean Archipelago, amphibian, bird, fish, grassland, All tags... invasive, mammal, map, priority, protected area, reptile, restoration, riparian, shrub/scrub, stream, wetland, Fewer tags

Assessment of Grassland Ecosystem Conditions in the Southwestern United States: Wildlife and Fish, Volume 2

This report is volume 2 of a two-volume ecological assessment of grassland ecosystems in the Southwestern United States. Broad-scale assessments are syntheses of current scientific knowledge, including a description of uncertainties and assumptions, to provide a characterization and comprehensive description of ecological, social, and economic components within an assessment area. Volume 1 of this assessment focused on the ecology, types, conditions, and management practices of Southwestern grasslands. Volume 2 (this volume) describes wildlife and fish species, their habitat requirements, and species-specific management concerns, in Southwestern grasslands. This assessment is regional in scale and pertains primarily...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: BMP, Chihuahuan Desert, English, Sonoran Desert, agriculture, All tags... amphibian, assessment, biodiversity, bird, climate, condition, connectivity, contamination, development, endangered, erosion, fire, fish, grassland, grazing, groundwater, invasive, invertebrate, land cover, mammal, management, map, mining, monitoring, ownership, plan, priority, program, protected area, rare, recreation, reptile, research, restoration, riparian, river, road, scrub, shrub, soil, spring, stream, terrestrial, threat, threatened, vegetation, vulnerability, water, watershed, wetland, wildlife, Fewer tags

Sonoran Desert Rapid Ecoregional Assessment (REA)

REAs synthesize the best available information about resource conditions and trends within an ecoregion. They highlight and map areas of high ecological value, including important wildlife habitats and corridors, and gauge their potential risks from climate change, wildfires, invasive species, energy development, and urban growth. REAs also map areas that have high energy development potential, and relatively low ecological value, which could be best-suited for siting future energy development. In addition, REAs establish landscape-scale baseline ecological data to gauge the effect and effectiveness of future management actions. The Sonoran Desert REA was initiated in July 2010. It has been completed and peer reviewed...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: English, GIS, OHV, US, agriculture, All tags... amphibian, biodiversity, bird, burro, climate, connectivity, contamination, cultural, development, ecoregion, endangered, energy, erosion, fire, grazing, groundwater, horse, invasive, invertebrate, land cover, mammal, map, mining, model, oil, plant, priority, protected area, rare, recreation, renewable, reptile, reservoir, riparian, river, road, scrub, soil, stream, threat, threatened, vegetation, water, watershed, wetland, wildlife, Fewer tags

Conservation Assessment for the Big Bend-Río Bravo Region/ Evaluación de la conservación para la región Big Bend-Río Bravo

The borderlands of the Chihuahuan Desert, in the Big Bend-Río Bravo (BBRB; the Rio Grande is known as the Río Bravo in Mexico) region, have one of the highest levels of diversity and endemic species among the world’s arid and semiarid ecosystems. This large binational area, comprised by a total of eleven protected areas in Texas, Coahuila, and Chihuahua, offers a unique opportunity for conservation because of its isolation from human settlements and the unfragmented nature of its landscape. Connectivity of habitats in these borderlands is essential to maintain and restore biodiversity, particularly in the face of a changing climate. Private land conservation efforts underway in both countries add an important dimension...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Chihuahua, Coahuila, Spanish, Texas, border, All tags... climate, contamination, economic, grassland, management, map, monitoring, policy, priority, river, water, Fewer tags

Vacíos y Omisiones en Conservación

Las áreas protegidas, se han reconocido por la importancia que tienen para la conservación de la biodiversidad. Sin embargo, en México como en muchos otros países, las primeras áreas protegidas que se decretaron con base en criterios estéticos, recreativos y de oportunidad. Actualmente, considerando que uno de los principales objetivos de estas áreas es la protección de la biodiversidad, es necesario revisar su funcionamiento, conectividad y representatividad, ya que aunque la red de áreas protegidas ha crecido en los últimos años y han aumentado las capacidades de gestión de las mismas, la pérdida de la diversidad biológica continúa. Con el objetivo de crear y mantener sistemas de áreas protegidas nacionales y...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: GIS, Mexico, Spanish, ecoregion, map, All tags... plan, priority, protected area, threat, Fewer tags

Estrategias Estatales de Biodiversidad

La planificación para la conservación y el uso sustentable de la biodiversidad es un proceso continuo y dinámico que debe reflejar los cambios en el entorno socio-ambiental. La generación de estrategias y planes de acción representan instrumentos importantes para determinar metas y objetivos básicos (a corto, mediano y largo plazo), cursos de acción y asignación de recursos necesarios para alcanzar las metas previstas. En este sentido, la Estrategia Nacional sobre Biodiversidad de México (ENBM) constituye el conjunto de líneas estratégicas y acciones de participación de los sectores de la sociedad mexicana con el propósito de dar cumplimiento a los tres objetivos establecidos en el Convenio sobre Diversidad Biológica...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Mexico, adaptation, biodiversity, climate, grassland, All tags... policy, priority, riparian, shrub/scrub, spring, stream, threat, threatened & endangered, vulnerability, Fewer tags

Chihuahuan Desert Grassland Bird Conservation Plan

North American Bird Habitat Joint Ventures are responsible for providing science-based guidance to mitigate declines in wild bird populations through habitat protection, restoration and improvement. To guide these activities, the Rio Grande Joint Venture (RGJV) commissioned the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (RMBO) to develop conservation plans for five species of grassland birds. RMBO added the collection of habitat parameters to their grassland bird surveys conducted from 2009 to 2011. The addition of these data allowed RMBO to develop habitat-specific relationships to bird density for the Grassland Priority Conservation Areas (GPCA).

Tags: Chihuahuan Desert, GIS, bird, grassland, management, All tags... model, monitoring, plan, priority, shrubland, vegetation, Fewer tags

Key Nongame Wildlife Areas for Wyoming at 1:100,000

This dataset identifies Key Nongame Wildlife Areas for avian and mammalian fauna of interest in Wyoming. This layer was developed by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Nongame Program. The 30 delineated polygons identify important areas (e.g., habitats) for Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN). We identified Key Areas by considering faunal diversity and density, uniqueness of habitat, intactness of habitat, and their importance to maintaining native SGCN fauna in Wyoming. Landownership and habitat vulnerability were only loosely considered. The attributes table of this layer contains a 4-letter species codes for avian and mammalian fauna that are expected to occur within each key area. The 4-letter species...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable; Tags: Birds, Habitat, Key, Mammals, Native Species Status (NSS), All tags... Non-Game, Priority, Species, Wildlife, Wyoming, biota, Fewer tags

Texas Conservation Action Plan

The Texas Conservation Action Plan's (TCAP) purpose is to provide a statewide "roadmap" for research, restoration, management, and recovery projects addressing Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) and important habitats. SGCN include terrestrial, freshwater, and marine birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, fishes, plants and plant communities. The goal of the plan is ultimately to conserve and improve the status of these species and, as possible, prevent listings under the Endangered Species Act. The Conservation Action Plan has elements for anyone interested in conservation in Texas.

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: agriculture, border, development, energy, invasive, All tags... mining, oil, priority, rare, road, threat, water, wildlife, Fewer tags

Assessment of Grassland Ecosystem Conditions in the Southwestern United States, Volume 1

This report is volume 1 of a two-volume ecological assessment of grassland ecosystems in the Southwestern United States. Broadscale assessments are syntheses of current scientific knowledge, including a description of uncertainties and assumptions, to provide a characterization and comprehensive description of ecological, social, and economic components within an assessment area. Volume 1 of this assessment focuses on the ecology, types, conditions, and management practices of Southwestern grasslands. The second volume, due to be published in 2005, describes wildlife and fish species, their habitat requirements, and species-specific management concerns, in Southwestern grasslands. This assessment is regional in...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: BMP, Chihuahuan Desert, English, GIS, OHV, All tags... Sonoran Desert, agriculture, amphibian, biodiversity, bird, climate, connectivity, contamination, cultural, development, endangered, energy, erosion, fire, fish, grassland, grazing, invasive, inventory, invertebrate, land cover, mammal, management, map, mining, model, monitoring, oil, ownership, plan, plant, priority, protected area, rare, recreation, reptile, research, resilience, restoration, riparian, road, scrub, shrub, soil, stream, threat, threatened, vegetation, vulnerability, water, watershed, wetland, wildlife, Fewer tags

Integrated Resource Management Applications (IRMA)

NPS is transforming the way park resource information is managed and delivered to parks, partners, and the public. IRMA (Integrated Resource Management Applications) is the name given to the project that has guided this transformation, and to the web portal that is its end result. View or download the IRMA project brief (.pdf). IRMA is a portfolio of tools and applications, and the beginnings of a "one-stop" for data and information on park-related resources. From IRMA you can search for, view, and download documents, reports, publications, data sets, and park species lists. You can get information on park visitor numbers, park projects, and apply for a park research permit. Park staff can navigate to certain internal...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Chihuahuan Desert, English, GIS, Madrean, Mojave Desert, All tags... Sonoran Desert, US, adaptation, agriculture, amphibian, assessment, biodiversity, bird, climate, connectivity, contamination, cultural, desertification, development, ecoregion, endangered, energy, fish, grazing, groundwater, invasive, inventory, invertebrate, land cover, management, map, mining, monitoring, national, oil, ownership, plan, priority, protected area, rare, recreation, remote sensing, renewable, reptile, research, reservoir, resilience, restoration, riparian, river, soil, spring, stream, threat, threatened, topography, vegetation, vegetation, vulnerability, water, watershed, wetland, Fewer tags

Atlas Nacional Interactivo de Mexico

El Atlas Nacional Interactivo de México (ANIM) es el marco para la integración y el descubrimiento del acervo de información estadística y geográfica del que México dispone. Como una expresión concreta de la Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales de México (IDEMex) en su dimensión técnica, el Atlas Nacional Interactivo de México ha sido concebido como un servicio distribuido de consulta de información geográfica en el que el usuario tiene acceso, a través de un portal web único, a servicios complementarios entre sí que encapsulan temas en capas específicas de información. Por lo que al no concentrar la información en un solo servidor, interactúa simultáneamente con los repositorios de datos de cada uno de los participantes,...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Chihuahuan Desert, GIS, Sonoran Desert, Spanish, agriculture, All tags... climate, ecoregion, energy, fire, geothermal, groundwater, map, mining, oil, priority, protected area, remote sensing, road, topography, water, wetland, wildlife, Fewer tags

AdaptWest - A Climate Adaptation Conservation Planning Database for Western North America

The Product: A Binational Database and Synthesis We are applying a comprehensive set of climate adaptation planning methods across a region encompassing the western United States and Canada, excluding Alaska. Such a binational analysis is timely because habitat required for meeting species habitat and connectivity needs, and for maintaining ecosystem processes, spans the boundary between the US and Canada. Planning efforts such as the LCCs are increasingly recognizing the binational scope on conservation challenges. The project will result in written products comparing and synthesizing methods, and mapped products integrating priorities from different methods. Mapped data will be available for download and via...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: GIS, adaptation, climate, connectivity, map, All tags... model, plan, priority, resiliency, Fewer tags

Plan de Acción para la Conservación y Uso Sustentable de los Pastizales del Estado de Chihuahua 2011-2016

Executive Summary This Action Plan offers a reference framework—developed through stakeholder consensus—to align, articulate and implement grassland sustainable use and management actions in the State of Chihuahua. The overall goal is not only to help in making more sustainable the productive activities related to grasslands, but also to maintain and/or to restore their capacity to provide the environmental services vital to the Chihuahuan society (e.g., aquifer recharge, carbon sequestration and biodiversity). This document represents a first collaborative effort at a State level among producers, researchers and students all with the same goal: to care, to restore and sustainably use grasslands. Those who participated...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico, Spanish, bird, grassland, All tags... land cover, management, plan, priority, threat, Fewer tags