This simple assessment raster is used to answer management questions (MQs) about which herd management areas (HMAs) will experience significant climate change in the near future scenario in the Mojave Basin and Range Ecoregion. This is a basic intersect of areas that will likely experience significant climate change effects with the areas of public land that managed for wild herds of horses and/or burros. It does not model actual response or condition of the HMAs to climate change. Nearly all HMAs in the ecoregion will experience significant effects according to the criteria that were selected. The climate space trends data layer was used to ascertain areas of significant climate changes. Cells that represent Near Term (2025) variance [...]
