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We propose to use GPLCC capacity funds to help create The Nebraska Conservation Science Partnership (NCSP), a cooperative effort among the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the Rainwater Basin Joint Venture (RWBJV), and the Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (NCFWRU). This partnership will provide capacity to analyze climate data relative to impacts on fish and wildlife within the Great Plains LCC, integrate existing habitat assessments, model species-habitat relations, and evaluate the potential impacts of land use change management activities, initially focusing primarily on wetland habitats. The funding requested from the GPLCC will be leveraged with funds from the RWBJV and the USGS Climate...
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The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) contracted the Rainwater Basin Joint Venture (RWBJV) to conduct a black-tail prairie dog colony inventory of Nebraska using 1-meter National Agriculture Imagery Program ( 2010) aerial imagery. We estimated the extent of each colony by placing polygon vertices on the furthest visible burrows. Burrows were then re-evaluated using sub-meter resolution imagery. Burrow delineations within 3 kilometers of one another were combined and considered a single colony resulting in 669 distinct colonies totaling 97,438 acres across the state of Nebraska.
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus),
Data,
GRASSLANDS,
Nebraska,
RODENTS, All tags...
biota,
black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus),
completed, Fewer tags
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Land-use change, invasive species, and climate change have dramatically impaired ecosystem function worldwide. Understanding how changes to ecosystems impact species of conservation concern is essential for effective conservation delivery. Of particular importance are environments that provide disproportionate ecosystem services. Throughout the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, playas provide disproportionate ecological services, including essential stopover habitat for migratory waterbirds. Anthropogenic change to playa distribution, abundance, and function may impact the ecosystem services provided, with demographic consequences for priority species. We will address partner needs by developing a...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Tags: 2013,
BIRDS,
CO-01,
CO-02,
CO-03, All tags...
CO-04,
CO-05,
CO-06,
CO-07,
Colorado,
Conservation NGOs,
Datasets/Database,
FY 2013,
FY 2013,
Federal resource managers,
GPLCC,
GPLCC,
Great Plains,
Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative,
Informing Conservation Delivery,
KS-01,
KS-02,
KS-04,
Kansas,
LCC,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Map,
Migratory Birds,
Migratory Birds,
NE-01,
NE-03,
NM-02,
NM-03,
Nebraska,
New Mexico,
OK-03,
OK-04,
OK-05,
Oklahoma,
Playas,
Playas,
Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection,
Project,
Report,
SD-00,
Shorebirds,
Shorebirds,
State agencies,
TX-11,
TX-13,
TX-19,
TX-23,
Texas,
WETLANDS,
WY-00,
Waterfowl,
Waterfowl,
Wetlands,
Wetlands,
Wildlife Management,
Wildlife Management,
Wyoming,
biota,
environment,
inlandWaters,
onGoing, Fewer tags
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Mapping ecological systems of Kansas and Nebraska expands upon previous work completed for Texas and Oklahoma and advances the desire of regional and state partners to have a consistently mapped seamless land cover for the Great Plains region. Land cover provides the framework to inform wildlife management and conservation decisions by identifying the current landscape configuration. Quantify the amount and types of habitat, by location, currently available is critical to determining where conservation and management resources should be allocated.
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2017,
Academics & scientific researchers,
Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative,
Informing Conservation Delivery,
LCC, All tags...
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Map,
Project,
Regional & county planners,
State agencies,
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS,
biota,
environment,
onGoing, Fewer tags
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Grassland habitat losses to woody encroachment iswidespread and ongoing intheSandhills.Many grassland-obligate bird species are not able to use encroached areas, although exact tolerance levels are not known. Long-and short-term effects of woody encroachment removal and control have not yet been determined. More information about the interactions between breeding birds and woody encroachment can help our partnership be more efficient and effective when taking actions intendedto benefit declining species.
Categories: Data,
Project;
Tags: Academics & scientific researchers,
Federal resource managers,
Grasslands,
Project,
Regional & county planners, All tags...
SA Science Catalog,
Strategic Science - SSP,
USFWS Science Applications Science Catalog,
environment,
grassland,
grassland,
grassland nesting birds,
onGoing,
strategic habitat conservation,
strategic habitat conservation,
wood encroachment,
wood encroachment, Fewer tags
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