Identifying refuge streams and lakes for Rio Grande cutthroat trout in a changing climate

Cutthroat trout (CT; Oncorhynchus clarki ssp.) are extremely imperiled owing to a variety of stressors. Changing climate is adding to these stressors that have already relegated CT in the Southern Rocky Mountains to less than 35% of their native habitat. The Rio Grande CT (O. c. virginalis) occupies 12% of its native range and is currently under review for ESA listing as federally threatened. Changing thermal regimes, hydroclimate, and disturbance regimes will continue to alter the remaining habitat of Rio Grande CT. An understanding the status and trends of Rio Grande CT thermal habitats and the vulnerability of these habitats to climate driven changes in temperature and stochastic disturbance regimes would enable...

Categories: Map, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Colorado, GIS, New Mexico, Rio Grande cutthroat trout, SRLCC, All tags... climate chage, cutthroat trout, disturbance, fish, habitat, native fish, native trout, refugia, upper rio grande basin, vulnerability, water temperature, Fewer tags

Erosion and Sediment Analysis in the Upper Green River Basin

Information on the sources of sediment production and amount is necessary to better understand the relationship between landscape-scale ecosystem drivers (fire, large-scale invasive species removal, recreation, oil and gas development, and grazing) and sediment loading in rivers, streams, and reservoirs. An improved understanding of the sources of sediment production and the contribution of each source to total sediment load would enable resource managers to better locate and design conservation strategies to reduce sediment loading, and improve water quality, native fish habitats, and upland vegetation cover.This project will conduct an erosion and sediment supply analysis in a portion of the Upper Green River...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: CO-03, Colorado, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, All tags... Federal resource managers, Green River Basin, Green River Basin, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Native Fish, Project, SRLCC, Southern Rockies LCC, State agencies, Streamflows, Tribes, UT-01, Upper Green River Basin, Utah, WY-00, Wyoming, Wyoming, completed, ecosystem drivers, ecosystem drivers, erosion, erosion, erosion, fire, fire, fire, green river basin, invasive species removal, invasive species removal, invasive species removal, oil and gas development, oil and gas development, oil and gas development, recreation, recreation, recreation, sediment, sediment, sediment, sediment loading, sediment loading, sediment loading, upper green river basin, Fewer tags