Interactions of Consolidation Drainage and Climate on Water-Level Dynamics, Wetland Productivity, and Waterbirds

In the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) wetland plant, invertebrate, and waterbird productivity are primarily driven by water-level dynamics in response to climate cycles. Large proportions of wetlands in the PPR have been drained, often consolidating water from smaller to larger-interconnected wetlands. This project will examine whether large basins that receive inflow from consolidation drainage have reduced water-level dynamics in response to climate cycles than those in undrained landscapes, resulting in relatively stable wetlands that have lower densities of invertebrate forage for ducks and shorebirds. We will also include a sample of wetland historically used by piping plovers to assess the threat of consolidation...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Conservation NGOs, Consevation design, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, Federal resource managers, Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, All tags... Monitoring, Plains and Prairie Potholes, Private land owners, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, Waterbirds, climate change, consolidated drainage, environment, environment, piping plover, plains and prairie potholes landscape conservation cooperative, project, wetlands, Fewer tags