High resolution landcover for the Western Gulf Coastal Plain of Louisiana

Publication Date

2017-06-01

Start Date

2015-06-01

End Date

2015-08-01

Hartley, S.B., Baldwin, H.Q., and Allain, L.K., 2017, High resolution landcover for the Western Gulf Coastal Plain of Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7QN658M.

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Collaborative landscape conservation planning is largely limited by the quality of spatial data which can be applied to decision support tools to inform conservation decisions. Conservation entities across the Western Gulf Coastal Plain are taking a collaborative, strategic, landscape scale approach to conservation planning. This effort encourages communication and implementation of restoration and habitat enhancement actions within water sheds. Land cover datasets available within this geography hinder the efficiency of such efforts due to low resolution quality and limited details associated with land use categories. This product is a refined version of land cover data across the Western Gulf Coastal Plain which includes additional land use categories at a higher resolution (10m). This work was conducted in collaboration with the TPWD, and the Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative.

ArcGIS Mapping Service

WMS Service

• Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative
• LC MAP - Landscape Conservation Management and Analysis Portal

Data source

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