The need for simultaneous evaluation of ecosystem services and land use change

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BLM REA YKL 2011 Parks, Preserves and Reserves in the Yukon River Lowlands - Kuskokwim Mountains - Lime Hills

Federal protected areas such as national parks and preserves and wildlife refuges cover large areas of the study area. Because of its remote location, few people visit the region for recreational use, and except for the Iditarod, activities are concentrated in the summer. Recreation in the region includes sport hunting, sport fishing, and general outdoor hiking and camping activities.

Types: Downloadable; Tags: Authorization, BLM, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, Geospatial, All tags... Management, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Recreation, YKL 2011, Yukon Kuskokwim, boundaries, federal land, land, mtrs, native land, ownership, planningCadastre, private land, state land, status, title, Fewer tags

BLM REA MBR 2010 CBR Footprint Assessment Change Agent/High Biodiversity Sites Intersect

This simple assessment raster is used to answer management questions (MQs) about where change agents (CAs) overlap with BLM high biodiversity sites (HBS) in the Central Great Basin and Range Ecoregion. This is a basic footprint assessment of anthropogenic features (urban development, roads, etc) intersect with the areas of HBS. The HBS were derived from source data characterizing locations with concentrated at-risk biodiversity or existing source data of a prioritization exercise that identified areas of high conservation significance. It does not model actual response or condition of the HBS to the CAs. The data intersects two primary classes of information: The CAs consist of 19 classes which represent different...

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BLM REA MBR 2010 Terrestrial Ecosystems Status - Fire Departure - Montane Dry Lands

Summary Indicator of Fire Regime Departure – Montane Uplands for the MBR. These data are provided by Bureau of Land Management (BLM) "as is" and may contain errors or omissions. The User assumes the entire risk associated with its use of these data and bears all responsibility in determining whether these data are fit for the User's intended use. These data may not have the accuracy, resolution, completeness, timeliness, or other characteristics appropriate for applications that potential users of the data may contemplate. The User is encouraged to carefully consider the content of the metadata file associated with these data. The BLM should be cited as the data source in any products derived from these data.

Types: Live Data; Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, Fire, Fire Departure, All tags... Geospatial, Land, MBR, MBR 2010, MapServer, Mojave Basin and Range, Montane Dry Lands, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, Upland, Uplands, biota, liveData, service, Fewer tags

BLM REA SOD 2010 USA EPA LevelIV Ecoregions Poly

Ecoregions denote areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources. They are designed to serve as a spatial framework for the research, assessment, management, and monitoring of ecosystems and ecosystem components. These general purpose regions are critical for structuring and implementing ecosystem management strategies across federal agencies, state agencies, and nongovernment organizations that are responsible for different types of resources within the same geographical areas. The approach used to compile this map is based on the premise that ecological regions can be identified through the analysis of patterns of biotic and abiotic phenomena, including...

Types: Downloadable; Tags: BLM, Biology, Bureau of Land Management, Conservation, DOI, All tags... Ecology, Ecosystem, Environment, Geospatial, II, III, Land, Management, Natural Resources, North American (CEC) Ecoregion Levels I, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, SOD 2010, Sonoran Desert, US Ecoregion Levels III and IV, biota, boundaries, environment, location, Fewer tags

BLM REA MBR 2010 Assessment Landscape Species and Wind Renewable Energy Potential Suitability

This raster is used to answer management questions (MQs) about where conservation elements (CEs) overlap with areas of high wind energy potential in the Mojave Basin and Range Ecoregion. The value indicated in the raster represents a normalized score between 0-1, the lower the value the few species and poorer modeled landscape condition (ecological integrity) expected. The higher the score, the more species and higher condition are expected. This layer seeks to address an article in the BLM Statement of Work 1.1.1 stated, Areas with High Potential for Renewable Energy Development (Required) (The Contractor shall a) locate areas identified (e.g., by DOE, USGS) as suitable for wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass...

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BLM REA MBR 2010 Footprint Assessment Change Agent/Herd Management Areas Intersect

This simple assessment raster is used to answer management questions (MQs) about where change agents (CAs) overlap with BLM Herd Management Areas (HMAs) in the Central Great Basin and Range Ecoregion. This is a basic footprint assessment of anthropogenic features (urban development, roads, etc) intersect with areas managed for wild horses and burros in the western US. It does not model actual response or condition of the HMAs to the CAs. The data intersects two primary classes of information: The CAs consist of 19 classes which represent different types of human infrastructure on the landscape. Some types are easily defined, precise footprints (pipelines, roads, energy development areas) while others are broader...

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BLM REA NWP 2011 Extent of the Northwestern Plains Ecoregion

This data set is a complete digital hydrologic unit boundary layer to the Subwatershed (12-digit) 6th level for the entire United States. This data set consists of geo-referenced digital data and associated attributes created in accordance with the "Federal Guidelines, Requirements, and Procedures for the National Watershed Boundary Dataset; Chapter 3 of Section A, Federal Standards, Book 11, Collection and Delineation of Spatial Data; Techniques and Methods 11-A3" (04/01/2009). http://www.ncgc.nrcs.usda.gov/products/datasets/watershed/index.html . Polygons are attributed with hydrologic unit codes for 4th level sub-basins, 5th level watersheds, 6th level subwatersheds, name, size, downstream hydrologic unit, type...

Types: Live Data; Tags: BLM, Boundaries, Boundary, Bureau of Land Management, DOI, All tags... Field Office, Land, Management, MapServer, NWP, NWP 2011, North Western Plains, Northwestern Plains, PLSS, Public Land Survey System, REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, SMA, State, Surface Management Agency, liveData, service, Fewer tags

BLM REA MBR 2010 REVISED MBR Mohave Desert Tortoise Habitat Connectivity Model

This data is a model of potential habitat connectivity for the Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) for the Mojave Basin and Range ecoregion. Methods for developing this data set: The connectivity modeling software Circuitscape 3.5.7 was used to develop the desert tortoise model. The two inputs needed to model tortoise habitat connectivity with this software were developed in ArcGIS 10. Habitat Input: The USGS model for desert tortoise habitat potential was used to create a series of 167 points representing tortoise habitat throughout the Mojave Basin and Range ecoregion. Areas with high habitat potential (0.7 or higher) were selected and converted to polygons. Polygons smaller than 4,000 acres were removed....

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EnviroAtlas - Clean and Plentiful Water Metrics for the Conterminous United States

This EnviroAtlas web service supports research and online mapping activities related to EnviroAtlas (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas). The Clean and Plentiful Water category in this web service includes layers illustrating the ecosystems and natural resources that filter and regulate water, the need or demand for clean and plentiful water, the impacts associated with water quality, and factors that place stress on water quality and supply. EnviroAtlas allows the user to interact with a web-based, easy-to-use, mapping application to view and analyze multiple ecosystem services for the conterminous United States. Additional descriptive information about each attribute in this web service is located within each web...

Types: Citation; Tags: 12-digit HUCs, Agriculture, Air, Alabama, Alaska, All tags... Arizona, Arkansas, Austin, TX, Biodiversity, Biology, Biophysical, Biota, Boundaries, California, Census Block Groups, Cleanup, Climate, Colorado, Communities, Compliance, Connecticut, Conservation, Contaminant, Delaware, Demand for Ecosystem Services, Demographics, Detroit, MI, Disaster, Drinking Water, Drivers of Change - Ecosystem Services, Durham, NC, Ecology, Economy, Ecosystem, Ecosystem, Ecosystem Services, Elevation, Emergency, Endangered, Energy, EnviroAtlas, Environment, Environment, Environmental Atlas, Environmental Justice, Estuary, Exposure, Facilities, Florida, Food, Fresno, CA, Georgia, Green Infrastructure, Green Space, Ground Water, Habitat, Hawaii, Hazards, Health, Human, Human Well-being, Idaho, Illinois, Impact, Imperiled, Indiana, Indicator, Indoor Air, Inspections, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Land, Land Cover, Louisiana, Maine, Management, Marine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Milwaukee, WI, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Modeling, Monitoring, Montana, Natural Resources, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Permits, Pesticides, Phoenix, AZ, Portland, ME, Portland, OR, Potential for Change - Ecosystem Services, Protected Lands, Quality, Radiation, Recreation, Regulatory, Remediation, Response, Rhode Island, Riparian, Risk, Sites, Society, Soils, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spills, Structure, Supply of Ecosystem Services, Surface Water, Sustainability, Tampa Bay, FL, Tennessee, Texas, Threatened, Toxics, Transportation, United States, Utah, Utilities, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, Waste, Water, West Virginia, Wetlands, Wisconsin, Wyoming, environment, Fewer tags

Projecting the Future Encroachment of Woody Vegetation into Grasslands of the Northern Great Plains by Simulating Climate Conditions and Possible Management Actions

Maintaining the native prairie lands of the Northern Great Plains (NGP), which provide an important habitat for declining grassland species, requires anticipating the effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations and climate change on the region’s vegetation. Specifically, climate change threatens NGP grasslands by increasing the potential encroachment of native woody species into areas where they were previously only present in minor numbers. This project used a dynamic vegetation model to simulate vegetation type (grassland, shrubland, woodland, and forest) for the NGP for a range of projected future climates and relevant management scenarios. Comparing results of these simulations illustrates...

Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, Biology, CASC, Climate change, Completed, All tags... Conservation, Conterminous United States, Ecology, Ecosystem, Fire, Grasslands and Plains, Grasslands and Plains, Great Plains, Land, Land Management, Landscapes, Landscapes, Natural Resources, North Central, North Central CASC, Projects by Region, United States, biota, boundaries, environment, grasslands, grazing, location, woody encroachment, Fewer tags

EnviroAtlas - Food, Fuel, and Materials Metrics for Conterminous United States

This EnviroAtlas web service supports research and online mapping activities related to EnviroAtlas (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas). The Food, Fuel, and Materials category in this web service includes layers illustrating the ecosystems and natural resources that provide or support the production of food, fuel, or other materials, the need or demand for these items, the impacts associated with their presence and accessibility, and factors that place stress on the natural environment's capability to provide these benefits. EnviroAtlas allows the user to interact with a web-based, easy-to-use, mapping application to view and analyze multiple ecosystem services for the conterminous United States. Additional descriptive...

Types: Citation; Tags: 12-digit HUCs, Agriculture, Air, Alabama, Alaska, All tags... Arizona, Arkansas, Austin, TX, Biodiversity, Biology, Biophysical, Biota, Boundaries, California, Census Block Groups, Cleanup, Climate, Colorado, Communities, Compliance, Connecticut, Conservation, Contaminant, Delaware, Demand for Ecosystem Services, Demographics, Detroit, MI, Disaster, Drinking Water, Drivers of Change - Ecosystem Services, Durham, NC, Ecology, Economy, Ecosystem, Ecosystem, Ecosystem Services, Elevation, Emergency, Endangered, Energy, EnviroAtlas, Environment, Environment, Environmental Atlas, Environmental Justice, Estuary, Exposure, Facilities, Florida, Food, Fresno, CA, Georgia, Green Infrastructure, Green Space, Ground Water, Habitat, Hawaii, Hazards, Health, Human, Human Well-being, Idaho, Illinois, Impact, Imperiled, Indiana, Indicator, Indoor Air, Inspections, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Land, Land Cover, Louisiana, Maine, Management, Marine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Milwaukee, WI, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Modeling, Monitoring, Montana, Natural Resources, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Permits, Pesticides, Phoenix, AZ, Portland, ME, Portland, OR, Potential for Change - Ecosystem Services, Protected Lands, Quality, Radiation, Recreation, Regulatory, Remediation, Response, Rhode Island, Riparian, Risk, Sites, Society, Soils, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spills, Structure, Supply of Ecosystem Services, Surface Water, Sustainability, Tampa Bay, FL, Tennessee, Texas, Threatened, Toxics, Transportation, United States, Utah, Utilities, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington DC, Waste, Water, West Virginia, Wetlands, Wisconsin, Wyoming, environment, Fewer tags

WATSTORE Peak flow data for peak-flow frequency analyses for selected streamgages in and near the Milk River Basin, Montana, based on data through water year 2018, Part 1

This file (wymt_ffa_2018D_WATSTORE.txt) contains peak flow data for peak-flow frequency analyses for selected streamgages in and near the Milk River Basin, Montana, based on data through water year 2018. The file is in a text format called WATSTORE (National Water Data Storage and Retrieval System) available from NWISWeb (http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/peak).

Tags: Land, Lower Milk, Middle Milk, Milk, Milk Headwaters, All tags... Montana, North America, USGS-CC Natural Hazards, United States, Upper Milk, annual exceedance probability, computational methods, floods, hazard preparedness, hazards, hydrologic processes, hydrology, inlandWaters, peak-flow frequency, statistical analysis, stream-gage measurement, streamflow, streamflow, time series analysis, watershed management, Fewer tags

WATSTORE Peak flow data for peak-flow frequency analyses for selected streamgages on tributaries of the Bighorn, Tongue, and Lower Yellowstone Rivers, based on data through water year 2021

This file (wymt_ffa_2021B_WATSTORE.txt) contains peak-flow input data for PeakFQ for peak-flow frequency analyses for selected streamgages based on data through water year 2021. The file format is called WATSTORE (National Water Data Storage and Retrieval System) available from NWISWeb (http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/peak).

Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Bighorn, Bighorn County, Land, Little Bighorn, Lower Bighorn, All tags... Lower Yellowstone, Montana, North America, Rosebud, Rosebud County, Tongue, Treasure County, USGS-CC Natural Hazards, United States, Yellowstone, Yellowstone County, annual exceedance probability, computational methods, floods, hazard preparedness, hazards, hydrologic processes, hydrology, inlandWaters, peak-flow frequency, statistical analysis, stream-gage measurement, streamflow, streamflow, time series analysis, watershed management, Fewer tags

Novel polymer membrane process for pre-combustion CO2 capture from coal-fired syngas

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Identification of early opportunities for CO sequestration?: Worldwide screening for CO-EOR and CO-ECBM projects

Some forms of renewable energy have long contributed to electricity generation, whereas others are just emerging. For example, large-scale hydropower is a mature technology generating about 16% of global electricity, and many smaller scale systems are also being installed worldwide. Future opportunities to improve the technology are limited but include upgrading of existing plants to gain greater performance efficiencies and reduced maintenance. Geothermal energy, widely used for power generation and direct heat applications, is also mature, but new technologies could improve plant designs, extend their lifetimes, and improve reliability. By contrast, ocean energy is an emerging renewable energy technology. Design,...

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Identification of environmentally vulnerable areas with priority for prevention and management of pipeline crude oil spills

Some forms of renewable energy have long contributed to electricity generation, whereas others are just emerging. For example, large-scale hydropower is a mature technology generating about 16% of global electricity, and many smaller scale systems are also being installed worldwide. Future opportunities to improve the technology are limited but include upgrading of existing plants to gain greater performance efficiencies and reduced maintenance. Geothermal energy, widely used for power generation and direct heat applications, is also mature, but new technologies could improve plant designs, extend their lifetimes, and improve reliability. By contrast, ocean energy is an emerging renewable energy technology. Design,...

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BLM REA MBR 2010 Priority Renewable Energy Zones

This layer represents areas that have been designated by the states of California and Nevada and the Arizona BLM as priority zones for development for renewable energy int the Mojave Basin and Range Ecoregion. These layers were assembled from three sources: Nevada Renewable Energy and Proposed Interconnections Map. Gov. Jim Gibbons Nevada Renewable Energy and Transmission Access Advisory Committee, Phase II Report. June 26, 2009; California Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative (RETI). Phase 2B Maps (CREZ and Transmission Line Sebments Revised to Reflect Phase 2B). April 8, 2010; AZ REDA Alternative 1 (Maximum REDA, Areas identified during the RDEP alternatives development process). Arizona BLM State Office....

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Southwest Energy Development and Drought

Ecoregions denote areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources. They are designed to serve as a spatial framework for the research, assessment, management, and monitoring of ecosystems and ecosystem components. These general purpose regions are critical for structuring and implementing ecosystem management strategies across federal agencies, state agencies, and nongovernment organizations that are responsible for different types of resources within the same geographical areas. The approach used to compile this map is based on the premise that ecological regions can be identified through the analysis of patterns of biotic and abiotic phenomena, including...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Biology, Conservation, Ecology, Ecosystem, Land, All tags... Natural Resources, United States, biota, boundaries, environment, location, Fewer tags

USGS 1:24000-scale Quadrangle for Land, AL 1974

USGS Historical Quadrangle in GeoPDF.

Tags: 7.5 x 7.5 minute, AL, Downloadable Data, GeoPDF, GeoTIFF, All tags... Historical Topographic Maps, Historical Topographic Maps 7.5 x 7.5 Minute Map Series, Land, Map, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags