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Restoration and Conservation Opportunity Maps for the conterminous U.S. (CONUS)

Dates

Publication Date
Time Period
2023-04-06

Citation

Woltz, V.L., Zhu, Z., Sleeter, B.M., Hawbaker, T.J., Pindilli, E.J., Kroeger, K.D., and Huang, C., 2023, Restoration and Conservation Opportunity Maps for the conterminous U.S. (CONUS): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9EG3U87.

Summary

Nature-based solutions is a leading policy option for mitigating climate change. We mapped areas of potential restoration and conservation opportunities in the conterminous U.S. (CONUS). The potential for five scenarios were examined: increasing forest cover in urban centers, restoring historically forested areas that have been converted to grasslands, conserving pristine grasslands, rewetting peatlands, and conserving vulnerable tidal wetlands.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Victoria L Woltz
Originator :
Victoria L Woltz, Zhiliang Zhu, Benjamin M Sleeter, Todd J Hawbaker, Emily J Pindilli, Kevin D Kroeger, Chengquan Huang
Metadata Contact :
Victoria L Woltz
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Opportunity Maps Metadata.xml
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View 		6.66 KB application/fgdc+xml
Peatland Rewetting Opportunities in the conterminous U.S. (CONUS).zip 15.24 MB application/zip
Potential Reforestation of Grasslands in the conterminous U.S. (CONUS).zip 5.52 MB application/zip
Potential Urban Planting Areas in the conterminous U.S. (CONUS).zip 1.2 MB application/zip
Pristine Grasslands in the conterminous U.S. (CONUS).zip 11.36 MB application/zip
Vulnerable Tidal Wetlands in the conterminous U.S. (CONUS).zip 23.12 MB application/zip

Purpose

The maps show areas of potential restoration and conservation opportunities in CONUS.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9EG3U87

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