Transcript Section 7 Presentation

USING GIS
FOR
ENDANGERED
SPECIES ANALYSIS
USING GIS FOR ENDANGERED
SPECIES ANALYSIS
» Federal TES (threatened and endangered
species) in Indiana
» Need for Analysis
» Data sources
» Analysis Tools
» Analysis Examples
» Communicating Results
Federally Threatened
and Endangered
Species in Indiana
Federally Listed
Birds
Interior Least Tern
Piping Plover
Bald Eagle -- Delisted
Federally Listed Insects
Karner Blue
Butterfly
Mitchell’s
Satyr Butterfly
Wild Blue Lupine
Fen
American
Burying Beetle
Hine’s Emerald
Green Dragonfly
Federally Listed Bats
Gray Bat
Indiana Bat
Indiana Bat Habitat
Federally Listed
Mussels
Federally Listed Reptiles
Copperbelly
Water Snake
Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
Federally Listed Plants
Dune (Pitcher’s)
Thistle
Lesquereux’s Mustard
(Short’s Bladderpod)
cliffs, calcareous rock
Great Lake Dunes
Running
Buffalo Clover
Prairie Whitefringed Orchid
woodlots, parks, trails
prairies and fens
Mead’s Milkweed
tall grass prairie or
glade
Short’s
Goldenrod
glades, wood edges
Need for Analysis
» Research
» Section 7 Consultation
(Federally listed only)
» Planning and Management of
Development and/or Mitigation in
Natural Areas
Data Sources
Data: Locating Species
» Indiana Natural Heritage Database
(IDNR, Division of Nature Preserves)
» USFWS, Field Office
» Investigators from universities or agencies listed in
research literature
» Local/Regional biologists, naturalists, and land
managers
» Suitable habitat (land cover layers, aerial photographs)
» Field survey in coordination with USFWS
Data: Field Survey
» GPS
 Sampling locations
 Digital photograph locations
 Telemetry
» GIS
 survey planning
 Random sample points
 Results analysis
» Accuracy Assessment
Data: Digital Base Layers
Indiana GIS Atlas – (INDOT, BLA, IGS)
Data: Digital Base Layers
Indiana Spatial Data – (IU)
Data: Digital Base Layers
Indiana View – (GloVis)
Data: Digital Base Layers
County/City Online Maps and Data – (IGIC)
Data: Digital Base Layers
Geospatial Data Clearinghouses
Forest Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Fish and Wildlife Service
National Hydrography Dataset
Information Data
Agriculture Statistics
Demographic Statistics
Creating Spatial Data
» GPS Data Collection
» Digitizing Hardcopy
» Summarizing Tabular Information with
a spatial component
» Creating data from coordinates
Creating Spatial Data
» Interpolating Grids from Sample Points
» Photo Interpreting Aerial Photography
» Remote Sensing
» METADATA, METADATA, METADATA!!!!!
Analysis Software
and Tools
Landscape Analysis
Movement Analysis
& Home Range
» Animal Movement
Analysis
 Home Range,
Path Analysis,
Location Analysis
» Spatial Tools
» Population Viability
Analysis
 creates life tables and evaluates the probability of extinction in the face of
variation.
» Oceanographic Analyst
Point Data Analysis
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Stratified Interpolation
Generates Reference Map
Analysis of Map Similarity
Capture Point Value
Generate Random Points
Other Tools
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Alternate animal movement routes
Nearest Features
Matched Features Distance/Azimuth
Random points
Weighted Means
Convex Hulls
Grid, Surface Area, Slope Tools
Mahalanobis Distances
Wildlife Corridors
» Corridor Design [ArcCatalog]
 HSI, Corridor Models, DEMs to slope position raster
» Corridor Evaluation [ArcMap]
 Compares widths and bottlenecks, distance between patches, statistics
Landscape Habitat Suitability
Models for 21 Species
Ovenbird
Prairie warbler
Henslow’s sparrow
Hooded warbler
Cerulean warbler
Yellow-breasted chat
Pine warbler
Worm-eating warbler
Wood thrush
Wild turkey
Ruffed grouse
American woodcock
Northern bobwhite
Gray squirrel
Black bear
Bobcat
Red bat
Northern long-eared bat
Indiana bat
Red backed salamander
Timber rattlesnake
USFS – Northern Research Station
http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/1865
Journal of Wildlife Management. 2007. 71(2): 668-670
» Functional Linkage of Watersheds and Streams
(FLoWS)
 aquatic and terrestrial landscapes are hydrologically-linked
» Functional Connectivity Tools (FunnConn)
 landscape connectivity is examined from a functional perspective
» Spatially balanced sampling
 provides environmental managers a practical, useful GIS tool to
generate simple, efficient, and robust survey designs for natural
resource applications
» R is a free software environment for statistical computing
and graphics
Species Probability
Distributions
» Biomapper
 Performs Ecological Niche Factor
Analysis and outputs a habitat
suitability model
» GARP
 Predict and analysis species distributions
» openModeller
 creates a fundamental niche model and
projects the model into an environmental
scenario
Analysis Examples
Biological Reach
» Biological reach vs.
Project Footprint
» How far away will
impacts from the
project effect the
species of interest
both directly and
indirectly?
Data Collection
» DNR Databases
» USFWS Recent Records
» Field Data Collection
» Small Scale Land Cover
» Large Scale Land Cover
» Photo Interpretation
» Habitat Line Transects
1990 30m LULC
2003 5m Tree cover
Travel Distance Analysis
Patch Analysis
Core Area Analysis
Proximity Analysis
Using GIS to
Facilitate
Communication
Discuss Analysis
Early and Often
» Frequent, informal communication
» GIS creates images for discussion
» GIS quickly runs different tolerances to
determine methods
Sharing Data
» Email
» ArcExplorer
» METADATA – no data leaves home
without it.
Confidentiality Issues
» Digital data is easily shared
» Use restricted folders
» Place lots of notices in metadata
» Use “confidential” in the filename
» Work with regulatory agencies on the best
ways to protect confidential hardcopy
documents.
File Management
» Detailed file management is a MUST
» Archive old versions of maps and data
» Fully describe methods in metadata or
other documents.
Contact Information
Cinda Bonds
Wildlife Biologist
Bernardin, Lochmueller & Associates
[email protected]
Evansville, Indiana
812-479-6200
Indianapolis, Indiana
317-222-3880
Data References
INDIANA ATLAS
http://129.79.145.7/arcims/statewide_mxd/index.html
INDIANA SPATIAL DATA PORTAL
http://www.indiana.edu/~gisdata/index.html
INDIANA COUNTIES / CITIES
http://www.in.gov/igic/maps/index.html
INDIANA VIEW
http://www.indianaview.org/objectives.cfm
FOREST SERVICE GEODATA CLEARINGHOUSE
http://svinetfc4.fs.fed.us/clearinghouse/index.html
FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS DATA
http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/
Data References
USDA SPATIAL DATA GATEWAY
http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/NextPage.aspx
FWS GEOSPATIAL DATA INVENTORY
http://www.fws.gov/data/datafws.html
GEODATA.GOV
http://www.fws.gov/data/datafws.html
INDIANA AGRICULTURE STATISTICS
http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Indiana/index.asp
INDIANA DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS
http://www.stats.indiana.edu/
http://www.zipskinny.com/
NATIONAL HYDROGRAPHY DATASET
http://nhd.usgs.gov/index.html
Software References
CLEARINGHOUSE FOR ECOLOGY SOFTWARE – IL NATL HISTORY SURVEY
http://nhsbig.inhs.uiuc.edu/
JENNESS ENTERPRISES
http://www.jennessent.com/arcview/arcview_extensions.htm
OPEN MODELLER
http://openmodeller.sourceforge.net/
DESKTOP GARP
http://www.nhm.ku.edu/desktopgarp/
BIOMAPPER
http://www2.unil.ch/biomapper/
DUKE GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS PROGRAM
http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/geospatial/software/
Software References
STARMAP
http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/projects/starmap/
R PROJECT STATISTICS
http://www.r-project.org/index.html
PATCH ANALYST
http://glash.lakeheadu.ca/~rrempel/patch/
FRAGSTATS
http://www.umass.edu/landeco/research/fragstats/fragstats.html
ANIMAL MOVEMENT / SPATIAL TOOLS / POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS
http://www.absc.usgs.gov/glba/gistools/index.htm
CORRIDOR DESIGNER
http://www.corridordesign.org/
LANDSCAPE HSIMODELS
http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/1865