Wild Areas of the Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion - attibuted by GAP status to give an indication of the protection status of these wild lands

The Wild Areas of the Northern Appalachian/Acadian ecoregion are those areas with a Human Footprint score equal to or less that 10 (HF <= 10). These are the 10% wildest, or least human influenced places in the ecoregion. The Human Footprint (HF) of the Northern Appalachian/Acadian ecoregion measures the extent and relative intensity of human influence on terrestrial ecosystems at a resolution of 90 m using best available data sets on human settlement (population density, dwelling density, urban areas), access (roads, rail lines), landscape transformation (landuse/landcover, dams, mines, watersheds), and electrical power infrastructure (utility corridors). The Human Footprint is calculated by assigning Human Influence...

Tags: Northern Appalachians, human footprint, human impact, human influence, protected

BLM REA MBR 2010 Places

This map shows all the places conservation elements. Some of the places included exhibit high biodiversity or ecological and cultural value. This map also shows other managed areas from the Protected Areas Database, as well as those that are excluded. Associated input datasets are also included; they relate to biodiversity, special areas, and development. These data are provided by Bureau of Land Management (BLM) "as is" and may contain errors or omissions. The User assumes the entire risk associated with its use of these data and bears all responsibility in determining whether these data are fit for the User's intended use. These data may not have the accuracy, resolution, completeness, timeliness, or other characteristics...

Types: Live Data; Tags: Anthropology, Area, BLM, Biodiversity, Bureau of Land Management, All tags... Connectivity, Critical, Current, DOI, Designated, Development, Excluded, Footprint, Future, Geospatial, Habitat, Historic, Important, MBR, MBR 2010, Managed, MapServer, Mojave Basin and Range, Near, Protected, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, River, Scenic, Trail, Wild, liveData, service, society, Fewer tags

Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Florida Keys 1998

The purpose of the Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (CREMP) is to monitor the status and trends of selected reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary(FKNMS). CREMP assessments have been conducted annually at fixed sites since 1996 and data collected provides information on the temporal changes in benthic cover and diversity of stony corals and associated marine flora and fauna. The core field methods continue to be underwater videography and timed coral species inventories. Findings presented in this report include data from 109 stations at 37 sites sampled from 1996 through 2008 in the Florida Keys and 1999 through 2008 in the Dry Tortugas. The report describes the annual differences (between...

Categories: Data; Types: NetCDF OPeNDAP Service; Tags: Florida Keys Coral Reef Monitoring Project1998, absence, aphia, area, array, All tags... array-data, authorship, basis, basisOfRecord, biology, body, bottom, bottomType, calculated, celsius, class, code, common, comprehensive, coral, coral monitoring, country, cover, coverage, data, data_set_ID, database, dataset, datasetID, date, datum, dep, depth, dry, dry tortugas, dynamic, dynamicProperties, ecological, event, eventDate, eventDateRemarks, eventDateTimeZone, eventdate, eventdateremarks, eventdatetimezone, family, first, firstYear, first_year_of_observation, fish, florida, florida keys, fwri, genus, geodetic, geodeticDatum, geoscientificInformation, gulf of mexico, habitat, hierarchy, higher, higherInstitutionCode, identification, information, institude, institution, institutionCode, itis, keys, kingdom, large, lastYear, lastt, lastt_year_of_observation, latitude, locality, longitude, max, max_depth, maximum, maximumDepthInMeters, meters, method, min, min_depth, minimum, minimumDepthInMeters, monitoring, name, north, not, notsampled, number, observation, observed, occurence, order, owner, ownerInstitutionCode, park, phylum, presence, project, properties, protected, protection, province, quantification, quantificationMethod, quantificationName, quantificationStatus, quantificationValue, rank, record, recorded, recordedBy, reef, remarks, research, reserve, sample, sampleAreaInSquareMeters, samples, sampling, scientific, scientificNameAuthorship, scientificNameIDITIS, scientificNameIDWoRMS, scientificname, sea, seawater, serial, service, set, spatial, species, specificEpithet, square, state, stateProvince, station, status, stewardship, strata, system, taxon, taxonRank, taxonomic, temperature, time, tner, tortuga, transect, type, vernacularName, vertical, verticalDatum, verticaldatum, video, water, waterBody, waterTemperatureInCelsius, wildlife, worms, year, zone, Fewer tags

The role of science in balancing the needs of protected species: A historical perspective

Offshore exploration and production of oil and gas have increased significantly in the last decade. Computer models are used in emergency response, contingency planning, and impact assessment to simulate the behavior of oil and gas if accidentally released from a well, pipeline, or ship. There are two types of models used for this purpose-models that have both plume dynamics stage and the advection diffusion stage and models that are of simplified nature that has only the advection diffusion stage. This paper compares both types of models and shows what information are similar and what are different and under what conditions. The paper also examines in detail about different criteria that can be used as the transition...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: balancing, historical, perspective, protected, role, All tags... science, species, Fewer tags

Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project Florida Keys 2002

The purpose of the Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project (CREMP) is to monitor the status and trends of selected reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary(FKNMS). CREMP assessments have been conducted annually at fixed sites since 1996 and data collected provides information on the temporal changes in benthic cover and diversity of stony corals and associated marine flora and fauna. The core field methods continue to be underwater videography and timed coral species inventories. Findings presented in this report include data from 109 stations at 37 sites sampled from 1996 through 2008 in the Florida Keys and 1999 through 2008 in the Dry Tortugas. The report describes the annual differences (between...

Categories: Data; Tags: Florida Keys Coral Reef Monitoring Project2002, absence, aphia, area, array, All tags... array-data, authorship, basis, basisOfRecord, biology, body, bottom, bottomType, calculated, celsius, class, code, common, comprehensive, coral, coral monitoring, country, cover, coverage, data, data_set_ID, database, dataset, datasetID, date, datum, dep, depth, dry, dry tortugas, dynamic, dynamicProperties, ecological, event, eventDate, eventDateRemarks, eventDateTimeZone, eventdate, eventdateremarks, eventdatetimezone, family, first, firstYear, first_year_of_observation, fish, florida, florida keys, fwri, genus, geodetic, geodeticDatum, geoscientificInformation, gulf of mexico, habitat, hierarchy, higher, higherInstitutionCode, identification, information, institude, institution, institutionCode, itis, keys, kingdom, large, lastYear, lastt, lastt_year_of_observation, latitude, locality, longitude, max, max_depth, maximum, maximumDepthInMeters, meters, method, min, min_depth, minimum, minimumDepthInMeters, monitoring, name, north, not, notsampled, number, observation, observed, occurence, order, owner, ownerInstitutionCode, park, phylum, presence, project, properties, protected, protection, province, quantification, quantificationMethod, quantificationName, quantificationStatus, quantificationValue, rank, record, recorded, recordedBy, reef, remarks, research, reserve, sample, sampleAreaInSquareMeters, samples, sampling, scientific, scientificNameAuthorship, scientificNameIDITIS, scientificNameIDWoRMS, scientificname, sea, seawater, serial, service, set, spatial, species, specificEpithet, square, state, stateProvince, station, status, stewardship, strata, system, taxon, taxonRank, taxonomic, temperature, time, tner, tortuga, transect, type, vernacularName, vertical, verticalDatum, verticaldatum, video, water, waterBody, waterTemperatureInCelsius, wildlife, worms, year, zone, Fewer tags

Conservation Easements for Wyoming

This database is a compilation database of all available land trust and TNC conservation data

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable; Tags: Areas, Conservation, Easements, Land Trust, Preservation, All tags... Preserve, Preserves, Protect, Protected, State Lands, TNC, The Nature Conservancy, Wyoming, Fewer tags

Dry Tortugas Reef Visual Census 2016

In 1998, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) Fisheries Independent Monitoring (FIM) program began a long-term monitoring effort of key reef fish populations in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. This effort was aimed at evaluating the relative abundance, size structure, and habitat utilization of specific reef fish species that are targeted by commercial and recreational fisheries.; Smith,S.G., et al. 2011,Multispecies survey design for assessing reef-fish stocks, spatially explicit management performance, and ecosystem condition. Fisheries Research 109(2011)25-41; Brandt,M.E., et. al. 2009,A Cooperative Multi-agency Reef Fish Monitoring Protocol for the Florida Keys Coral Reef...

Categories: Data; Types: NetCDF OPeNDAP Service; Tags: Atmosphere > Air Quality > Visibility, Dry Tortugas Reef Visual Census 2016, absence, air, aphia, All tags... area, array, array-data, atmosphere, authorship, basis, basisOfRecord, biodiversity, biology, body, bottom, bottomType, buddy, calculated, celsius, census, class, code, collection, common, comprehensive, country, data, data_set_ID, data_set_name, database, dataset, dataset, datasetID, datasetName, date, datum, dep, depth, dry, dry tortugas, dynamic, dynamicProperties, ecological, event, eventDate, eventDateRemarks, eventDateTimeZone, eventdate, eventdateremarks, eventdatetimezone, family, fish, fish sampling, florida keys, fork, genus, geodetic, geodeticDatum, geoscientificInformation, grid, gulf of mexico, habitat, hierarchy, higher, higherInstitutionCode, identification, information, institution, institutionCode, itis, kingdom, large, latitude, length, locality, longitude, map, mapGridNumber, mapNumber, marine, material, materialSampleID, max, max_depth, maximum, maximumDepthInMeters, mean, meter, meters, method, min, min_depth, minimum, minimumDepthInMeters, minutes, name, network, north, not, num, number, observation, observed, observedMeanLengthInCm, occurrence, order, owner, ownerInstitutionCode, pair, park, per, phylum, presence, primary, primarySamplingUnit, properties, protected, protection, province, quality, quantification, quantificationMethod, quantificationName, quantificationStatus, quantificationUnit, quantificationValue, radius, rank, record, recorded, recordedBy, reef, remarks, reserve, sample, sampleRadiusInMeters, samples, sampling, scientific, scientificNameAuthorship, scientificNameIDITIS, scientificNameIDWoRMS, scientificname, sea, seawater, secondary, serial, service, set, species, specificEpithet, state, stateProvince, station, status, stewardship, strata, subregion, system, taxon, taxonRank, taxonomic, temperature, time, timeUncertainty, timeuncertainty, tner, tortuga, tortugas, type, uncertainty, under, underwaterVisibilityInMeters, unit, units, value, vernacularName, vertical, verticalDatum, verticaldatum, visibility, visibility_in_air, visual, water, waterBody, waterTemperatureInCelsius, worms, zone, Fewer tags

Secured Lands by GAP Status, 2012, Northeast

A spatial dataset of public and private lands and waters secured by a conservation situation that includes an explicit level of security from future conversion and current incompatible uses.For more information on TNC's Secured Lands project visit: www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationByGeography/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/edc/reportsdata/terrestrial/secured/Pages/default.aspx The list of sources for this dataset can be found in the attached word document. The full report on the status and condition of the northeastern natural landscapes, under all levels of protection: https://www.conservationgateway.org/ConservationByGeography/NorthAmerica/UnitedStates/edc/Documents/Conservation-Status-of-Fish-Wildlife-and-Natural-Habitats.pdf...

Categories: Data, Publication; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Citation, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: TNC, areas, easements, gap, land, All tags... lands, protected, protection, secured, Fewer tags

Forests to Faucets: Percent Protected Forest

The Forests to Faucets project uses a GIS to model and map the land areas across the United States that are most important to surface drinking water sources, as well as to identify forested areas important to the protection of drinking water and areas where drinking water supplies might be threatened by development, insects and diseases, and wildland fire. The results of this assessment provide information that can identify areas of interest for protecting surface drinking water quality. The spatial dataset can be incorporated into broad-scale planning and can help identify areas for further local analysis. In addition it can be incorporated into existing decision support tools that currently lack spatial data on...

Categories: Data; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: forests, forests to faucets, protected, protected forest, water

Wind power: Impacts on wildlife and government responsibilities for regulating development and protecting wildlife

The purpose of the pilot project is to trial different methods and vendors of wind power forecasting to determine the best approach to forecasting wind power in Alberta in the future. Three vendors were chosen with global forecasting experience; AWS Truewind (New York), energy & meteo systems (Germany), and WEPROG (Denmark). Each vendor will forecast for 12 geographically dispersed wind power facilities for a year (May 07 to May 08) providing a forecast covering the next 48 hours refreshed hourly. ORTECH Power was chosen to perform the quantitative analysis of the results analyzing methods, timeframes and geographical locations. Phoenix Engineering was chosen to collect all the necessary meteorological data required...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Impacts, Wind power, development, government, protected, All tags... regulation, responsibility, wildlife, wildlife, Fewer tags

Wildlife Habitat Management Areas for Wyoming at 1:24,000

This data set represents the Wildlife Habitat Management Area boundaries. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department, under the direction of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, administers lands and public easement areas that are home to vast numbers of fish and wildlife. The department maintains approximately 413,000 acres of land under deed, lease or by agreement and continually strives to acquire new access areas. These areas include access to nearly 225 miles of streams, over 21,000 lake surface areas, and more than 148 miles of road right-of-ways. Management of these lands demonstrates our state's commitment to its precious wildlife heritage and those people who seek to enjoy our wildlife and wild lands. Wyoming's...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable; Tags: Area, Areas, Boundary, Crucial, Game, All tags... Management, Protected, Restricted, WGFD, WHMA, WHMAs, Wildlife Habitat Management Area, Winter, Wyoming, biota, Fewer tags

Provincial Parks and Protected Areas

contains Parks and protected areas managed for important conservation values and are dedicated for the preservation of their natural environments for the inspiration, use and enjoyment of the public. Places of special ecological importance are designated as ecological reserves for scientific research and educational purposes. date of data creation: 2008update Cycle: Daily Downloaded: Jan 2012 Metadata: http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/geometadata/metadataDetail.do?recordUID=61319&recordSet=ISO19115

Tags: areas, parks, protected

BLM REA CBR 2010 Places

This map shows all the places conservation elements. Some of the places included exhibit high biodiversity or ecological and cultural value. This map also shows other managed areas from the Protected Areas Database, as well as those that are excluded. Associated input datasets are also included; they relate to biodiversity, special areas, and development. These data are provided by Bureau of Land Management (BLM) "as is" and may contain errors or omissions. The User assumes the entire risk associated with its use of these data and bears all responsibility in determining whether these data are fit for the User's intended use. These data may not have the accuracy, resolution, completeness, timeliness, or other characteristics...

Types: Live Data; Tags: Anthropology, Area, BLM, Biodiversity, Bureau of Land Management, All tags... CBR, CBR 2010, Central Basin and Range, Connectivity, Critical, Current, DOI, Designated, Development, Excluded, Footprint, Future, Geospatial, Habitat, Historic, Important, Managed, MapServer, Near, Protected, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, River, Scenic, Trail, Wild, liveData, service, society, Fewer tags

Wind powering America: FY09 activities summary

The purpose of the pilot project is to trial different methods and vendors of wind power forecasting to determine the best approach to forecasting wind power in Alberta in the future. Three vendors were chosen with global forecasting experience; AWS Truewind (New York), energy & meteo systems (Germany), and WEPROG (Denmark). Each vendor will forecast for 12 geographically dispersed wind power facilities for a year (May 07 to May 08) providing a forecast covering the next 48 hours refreshed hourly. ORTECH Power was chosen to perform the quantitative analysis of the results analyzing methods, timeframes and geographical locations. Phoenix Engineering was chosen to collect all the necessary meteorological data required...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Impacts, Wind power, development, government, protected, All tags... regulation, responsibility, wildlife, wildlife, Fewer tags