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Aging infrastructure is creating a pressing national need to align priorities between civil engineering and other interests. Restoring ecological connectivity of river networks that are fragmented by dams and road crossings has become a prominent objective for environmental managers across the country. A mature decision-support framework and newly available data on the condition of dams throughout the Lake Michigan basin offer unique opportunities to test for potential cost-efficiency gains from sharing the costs of removing decrepit dams between environmental and engineering organizations. At sites where these interests align, genuine win-win scenarios could advance both ecological connectivity and infrastructure...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Academics & scientific researchers,
Applications and Tools,
Conservation NGOs,
Consevation design,
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, All tags...
Federal resource managers,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Lake Michigan,
Project,
State agencies,
Tribes,
dams,
environment,
environment,
onGoing, Fewer tags
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Control of invasive sea lamprey recruitment from tributary streams is a major management objective in the Great Lakes, and benefits from barriers that prevent access to spawning habitat. As society moves toward removal of more tributary barriers due to concerns about native migratory fishes, aging infrastructure, and vulnerability to climate-driven flooding, it is important to assess the costs of alternative options for sea lamprey control. This project is integrating cost estimates for application of a lamprey-specific pesticide into cost-benefit optimization models used to support decisions about barrier removals that maximize restoration of habitat for native species. By integrating lamprey control options...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2015,
Applications and Tools,
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE,
Federal resource managers,
Great Lakes, All tags...
Informing Conservation Delivery,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Project,
Sea lamprey,
State agencies,
aquatic connectivity,
culvert replacement,
culverts,
dam,
decision support,
environment,
environment,
fragmentation,
invasive species,
onGoing,
optimization, Fewer tags
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