Landscape Conservation Forecasting unified ecological departure data merge
This report and addendum describe the application of Landscape Conservation Forecasting that merges maps for Hamlin Valley and Pine Valley in the Cedar City Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management. Departure from reference and desired management conditions was estimated. This work was done for the Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative of the State of Utah.
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Subject Tags
- Land management
- Conservation Planning
- Ecosystem management
Description
This report describes Landscape Conservation Forecasting applied to assist with federal and state management of vegetation and wildlife in Utah. The project objectives were to a) merge the 2013 map of Hamlin Valley with the 2019 map for the Indian Peak Range-Pine-Valley-Mountain Home Range and b) estimate departure from reference and desired management conditions (Unified Ecological Departure) and identify vegetation classes that were sources of ecological system departure. The project was also able to update rasters that may be used in future spatial state-and-transition simulation models that are presented in the addendum.
Citation
Provencher L, Byer S, York E. 2022. CCFO Landscape Conservation Forecasting Unified Ecological Departure Data Merge with Addendum. Final Report to the Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative, State of Utah. Award WRI #5815. The Nature Conservancy.
TNC Authors
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Louis Provencher
Nevada Director of Science
The Nature Conservancy -
Sarah Byer
Nevada Spatial / GIS Analyst
The Nature Conservancy
Email: sarah.byer@tnc.org -
Elaine York
Utah West Desert Regional Director
The Nature Conservancy
Email: eyork@tnc.org