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

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...

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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...

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Sky Island Alliance

Our Mission & History Volunteers in the Tumacacoris. Photo by Trevor Hare Sky Island Alliance is a science-based conservation organization. We are dedicated to the protection and restoration of the rich natural heritage of native species and habitats in the Sky Island region of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. We work with volunteers, scientists, land owners, public officials, and government agencies to establish protected areas, restore healthy landscapes, and promote public appreciation of the region's unique biological diversity. Sky Island Alliance pioneered landscape-level conservation planning by integrating the science of conservation biology with grassroots organizing and on-the-ground...

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: English, Madrean, Mexico, OHV, US, All tags... adaptation, agency, agriculture, amphibian, assessment, biodiversity, bird, climate, connectivity, contamination, development, ecoregion, endangered, erosion, fish, grassland, grazing, groundwater, invasive, inventory, mammal, management, map, mining, monitoring, ownership, plan, plant, program, protected area, rare, recreation, reptile, research, resilience, restoration, riparian, river, road, soil, spring, stream, threat, threatened, water, wetland, wildlife, Fewer tags

Cambio Climático en México

En este sitio podrás: Conocer los efectos e impactos del cambio climático Revisar las acciones que México ha realizado a nivel nacional e internacional en materia de cambio climático Consultar las condiciones atmosféricas del territorio nacional y los pronósticos del clima en el corto plazo Visualizar y descargar las proyecciones de los escenarios de cambio climático Conocer más sobre las condiciones de vulnerabilidad de la población atribuibles al cambio climático Consultar el atlas de riesgos nacional y los atlas estatales y municipales Revisar el inventario nacional y los inventarios estatales y el registro nacional de emisiones para conocer las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero Conocer las medidas de...

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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

America's Grasslands: Status, Threats, and Opportunities

It was just over a year ago that National Wildlife Federation, South Dakota State University’s Department of Natural Resource Management, and the North Central Sun Grant Center started talking about putting on a conference that would address the growing concerns surrounding the preservation of America’s grasslands – one of the most threatened ecosystems in the world. It is estimated that tallgrass prairies and savannas of the mid-western states have declined by as much as 99% as a result of habitat fragmentation, conversion to cropland, and undesirable habitat changes due to fire exclusion, improper grazing management, and use and spread of invasive and non-native plants, among other factors. The ecological and...

Tags: North America, agriculture, best management practice (BMP), climate, energy, All tags... grassland, grazing, management, restoration, threat, vegetation, wetland, wildlife, Fewer tags

America's Grasslands Conference: Partnerships for Grassland Conservation

In early fall of 2015, the National Wildlife Federation hosted the third America’s Grasslands Conference – in Fort Collins, Colorado in partnership with Colorado State University and the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies. As a harbinger of conservation successes and lessons learnt, one of the field trips was to the Soapstone Natural Area where a few weeks later, a herd of Bison charged in to the public grassland for the first time in a century and a half. The conference centered on promising partnerships for grassland conservation and was attended by over 230 participants with diverse backgrounds from researchers and conservationists to producers and policymakers. The conference ran from September 29th to October...

Tags: North America, agriculture, climate, energy, grassland, All tags... grazing, management, outreach, restoration, threat, wildlife, Fewer tags

Value, Condition, and Alternatives for Improvement of Grasslands in Mexico/ Valor, Condición y Alternativas de Mejora de los Pastizales en México

Currently in Mexican arid regions, high pressure is applied to natural resources for their utilization, principally in the form of: uncontrolled grazing omnipresent in every corner accessible to cattle, opening high risk lands up for crop production, overexploitation of aquifers, discharge of contaminated waters, riparian areas drying up, exploration and uncontrolled exploitation of natural goods: flora, fauna, oil, gas, etc., without promotion of participatory activities for resource conservation and improvement among users, which results in a poor understanding of the precarious condition of the grassland environment. Se ejerce actualmente en México, una elevada presión de uso de los recursos naturales de estas...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Mexico, Spanish, climate, desertification, grassland, All tags... grazing, outreach, ownership, policy, restoration, social, soil, threat, vegetation, water, Fewer tags

Inclusion / Exclusion for Off-Highway Vehicle Use

This dataset contains values that specify different types of exclusion/inclusion for OHV use. This was generated by attaching an attribute to the CBI PAD-US v1.1.

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: English, GIS, US, map, national, All tags... recreation, threat, Fewer tags

NFHP 2010 National Estuary Assessment Results

The NFHAP Coastal Spatial Framework and Indicator Datasets consist of a geospatial base layer developed in ArcGIS, and associated data fields joined to the spatial framework. The Coastal Spatial Framework is a layer of 612 distinct polygons covering coastal areas of the Continental U.S. Polygons represent either coastal watersheds (land) or coastal waters (estuaries, inshore marine, offshore marine),and are classified into six regions and 22 nested subregions. Each polygon is assigned a unique code (UniqueID) to provide location reference for indicator data, and enable joins to separate data tables.s for information recorded in the Bibliography and Assessment tables. Key indicator data fields attributed to each...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: 2010 National Assessment, 2010 National Assessment, ACFHP, Alabama, Assessment, All tags... Atlantic Coast, Atlantic Coast, Biogeography, California, Carolinian Province, Coastal, Connecticut, Conservation, Delaware, District of Columbia, East Coast, East Coast, Estuaries, Estuary, Fish Habitat, Florida, Georgia, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Indicator, Inshore, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mid-Atlantic, Mississippi, NFHAP, NFHP Cooperator, National Fish Habitat Action Plan, Nearshore, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Atlantic, North Carolina, Oregon, Pacific Coast, Pacific Coast, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Atlantic, South Carolina, Spatial Data, Texas, Threat, United States, United States, Virginia, Virginian Province, Visual, Washington, Watershed, West Coast, West Coast, Fewer tags

BLM REA MIR 2011 Middle Rockies Temperature May - June

This map document was created for use in the BLM MIR Rapid Ecoregional Assessment. This map contains the data layers and layout for the change in temperature (May-June) due to climate change. This dataset was developed by the USGS for use in regional climate simulation analyses. These data were applied in the BLM REA analysis for the MIR ecoregion. For more information pertaining to these data and climate modeling, please refer to http://regclim.coas.oregonstate.edu/. 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...

Types: Live Data; Tags: Aquatic, Assessment, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Climate Change, All tags... Ecological, Geospatial, HUC, Land Cover, MIR 2011, MapServer, Middle Rockies, REA, REA_MIR, Rapid Ecological Assessment, Riparian, Temperature, Threat, liveData, service, Fewer tags

Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático

Acerca del INECC Misión Generar e integrar conocimiento técnico y científico e incrementar el capital humano calificado para la formulación, conducción y evaluación de políticas públicas que conlleven a la protección del medio ambiente, preservación y restauración ecológica, crecimiento verde, así como la mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático en el país. Visión Consolidar el liderazgo del Instituto en la generación e integración de conocimiento científico y tecnológico, como referente nacional e internacional, que contribuye a la toma de decisiones, formulación, conducción y evaluación de políticas públicas en las materias de ecología y cambio climático.

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Mexico, Spanish, adaptation, climate, contamination, All tags... development, map, research, threat, 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

SIMEC: Sistema de Información, Monitoreo y Evaluación para la Conservación

La complejidad de los procesos sobre los cuales incide la CONANP ha requerido del desarrollo de las capacidades de seguimiento y evaluación, para conocer el grado de efectividad de las acciones en el cumplimiento de su misión. Es por ello que, en el año 2002 inició el diseño del Sistema de Información, Monitoreo y Evaluación para la Conservación (SIMEC) en la Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas (CONANP) con el objetivo principal de "Contar con un sistema que incorpore Indicadores Biológicos, Geográficos y Sociales, que permita dar a conocer los resultados sobre la efectividad e impacto en la aplicación de políticas públicas en las Áreas Naturales Protegidas de ámbito federal y otras modalidades de conservación"....

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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

Aquatic Vulnerability to Development, CT River Watershed

This dataset is a component of a complete package of products from the Connect the Connecticut project. Connect the Connecticut is a collaborative effort to identify shared priorities for conserving the Connecticut River Watershed for future generations, considering the value of fish and wildlife species and the natural ecosystems they inhabit. Click here to download the full data package, including all documentation.This dataset represents the aquatic vulnerability to development index, which reflects the likelihood of development occurring in places in the uplands that are likely to impact the aquatic cores. Specifically, aquatic vulnerability is the product of the aquatic buffers, which represent the areas estimated...

Categories: Data, Publication; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Citation, Downloadable, Map Service; Tags: CT, CT, Connecticut, Connecticut, Data, All tags... LCC Network Science Catalog, North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative Data.gov, completed, connect, connect, design, design, lakes, lakes, landscape, landscape, ponds, ponds, rivers, rivers, streams, streams, threat, threat, Fewer tags