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FY2016This project will develop a strategic approach for conservation of wet meadows and riparian ecosystems and the species they support that focuses on threats caused by natural and anthropogenic disturbance. It uses information on (1) the factors that affect wet meadow and riparian ecosystem resilience to both natural and human-caused disturbances at the scale of the watershed and meadow or riparian ecosystem, and (2) the distributions and population abundances of at risk species to determine focal areas for management. Maps of the relative resilience of watersheds and wet meadows are overlaid with data on at risk species and the predominant threats to facilitate this process. Decision matrices are developed...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Conservation Design,
Conservation Planning,
Datasets/Database,
Federal resource managers,
Great Basin, All tags...
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Map,
Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection,
Project,
Report,
State agencies,
aquatic,
aquatic,
aquatic,
aquatic,
conservation,
conservation,
conservation,
conservation,
framework,
framework,
framework,
framework,
lentic,
lentic,
lentic,
lentic,
lotic,
lotic,
lotic,
lotic,
meadows,
meadows,
meadows,
meadows,
onGoing,
resilience,
restoration,
restoration,
restoration,
restoration,
riparian,
riparian,
riparian,
riparian,
wetland,
wetland,
wetland,
wetland, Fewer tags
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FY2015Collaborators are investigating the effect of low rise dams water supply, ecosystem functions and health, and habitat for a wide range of organisms, including sage grouse. They are assessing the economic cost and attitudes of ranchers and managers towards both low-rise dams and proposed re-introductions of beavers. Remote sensing is used to identify locations of incised streams across the Great Basin.
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Conservation Planning,
Federal resource managers,
Great Basin,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Monitoring, All tags...
Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection,
Project,
Publication,
Riparian,
State agencies,
aquatic,
aquatic,
aquatic,
aquatic,
climate change,
climate change,
climate change,
climate change,
management,
management,
management,
management,
onGoing,
plants,
plants,
plants,
plants,
treatment,
treatment,
treatment,
treatment,
wetland,
wetland,
wetland,
wetland, Fewer tags
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Abstract (from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425716302619): Groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs) rely on near-surface groundwater. These systems are receiving more attention with rising air temperature, prolonged drought, and where groundwater pumping captures natural groundwater discharge for anthropogenic use. Phreatophyte shrublands, meadows, and riparian areas are GDEs that provide critical habitat for many sensitive species, especially in arid and semi-arid environments. While GDEs are vital for ecosystem services and function, their long-term (i.e. ~ 30 years) spatial and temporal variability is poorly understood with respect to local and regional scale climate, groundwater, and...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Data Visualization & Tools,
Mammals,
Northwest CASC,
Remote Sensing,
Rivers, Streams and Lakes, All tags...
Science Tools For Managers,
Water,
Water, Coasts and Ice,
Wildlife and Plants, Fewer tags
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This project links climate, hydrological, and ecological changes over the next 30 years in a Great Basin watershed. In recent years, climate variability on annual and decadal time scales has been recognized as greater than commonly perceived with increasing impacts on ecosystems and available water resources. Changes in vegetation distribution, composition and productivity resulting from climate change affect plant water use, which in turn can alter stream flow, groundwater and eventually available water resources. To better understand these links, project researchers implemented two computer-based numeric models in the Cleve Creek watershed in the Schell Creek Range, east of Ely, Nevada. The application of the...
Categories: Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2013,
CASC,
Cleve Creek,
Climate,
Completed, All tags...
Drought,
Drought,
Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather,
Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather,
Federal,
Great Basin,
Landscapes,
Landscapes,
NV,
Other Landscapes,
Other Landscapes,
Pinyon/Juniper,
Plants,
Plants,
Projects by Region,
Rivers, Streams and Lakes,
Rivers, Streams and Lakes,
Southwest,
Southwest CASC,
Water, Coasts and Ice,
Water, Coasts and Ice,
Wildlife and Plants,
Wildlife and Plants,
carbon flux,
desert shrub,
downscale,
drought,
ecology,
evaporation,
gcm,
great basin,
hydrology,
lai,
maps,
model,
phenology,
plants,
pluvial,
population growth,
precipitation,
productivity,
rhessys,
sage brush,
snow,
soil moisture,
temperature,
transpiration,
vegetation,
water, Fewer tags
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This research highlights development and application of an integrated hydrologic model (GSFLOW) to a semiarid, snow-dominated watershed in the Great Basin to evaluate Pinyon-Juniper (PJ) and temperature controls on mountain meadow shallow groundwater. The work used Google Earth Engine Landsat satellite and gridded climate archives for model evaluation. Model simulations across three decades indicated that the watershed operates on a threshold response to precipitation (P) >400 mm/y to produce a positive yield (P-ET; 9%) resulting in stream discharge and a rebound in meadow groundwater levels during these wetter years. Observed and simulated meadow groundwater response to large P correlates with above average predicted...
Categories: Data,
Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Completed,
Desatoya Mountains,
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE,
Great Basin,
Great Basin, All tags...
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Landsat,
Nevada,
Pinyon‐Juniper,
Report,
biota,
climate,
environment,
groundwater dependent ecosystems,
inlandWaters,
integrated hydrologic model, Fewer tags
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