Final Report: Mapping and Predicting Groundwater-Mediated Hydrologic Connectivity for Great Plains Prairie Rivers and Streams

Across the western Great Plains of North America, groundwater pumping for irrigated agriculture has depleted regional aquifers that sustain stream flow for native fishes. Although declines in Great Plains stream discharge owing to groundwater pumping are widely documented, spatial and temporal patterns in stream intermittency across this broad landscape have yet to be quantified. Successful management of native Great Plains stream fishes into the future will require an explicit understanding of the distribution and abundance of habitats, as well as the connections among those habitats across the region. The goal of this study was to provide critical information and decision-support tools to enhance conservation...

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GPLCC, Great Plains, Great Plains, All tags... Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION, Habitat Modeling, Habitat Modeling, LCC Network Science Catalog, Plains Fish, Plains Fish, Prairie Rivers and Streams, Prairie Rivers and Streams, RIVERS/STREAM, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, completed, environment, inlandWaters, Fewer tags

Project Summary: Mapping and Predicting Groundwater-Mediated Hydrologic Connectivity for Great Plains Prairie Rivers and Streams

Summary of project, results, and discussion for the study completed by Joshuah S. Perkin, Keith B. Gido, Jeffrey A. Falke, Kurt D. Fausch, Harry Crockett, Eric R. Johnson, and John Sanderson. Summary written by the Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GP LCC).

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GPLCC, Great Plains, Great Plains, All tags... Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION, Habitat Modeling, Habitat Modeling, Plains Fish, Plains Fish, Prairie Rivers and Streams, Prairie Rivers and Streams, RIVERS/STREAM, Regional & county planners, Report, ScienceBase Great Plains LCC, State agencies, completed, environment, inlandWaters, Fewer tags