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Conservation Easements Along the Housatonic River Using funds from an NRDAR settlement, FWS obligated $557,810 ($2011) to TNC of Massachusetts for the purchase of permanent conservation easements on approximately 200 acres of riparian lands along the Housatonic River in Salisbury, Connecticut. Conservation of riparian habitat will help to (1) protect water quality; (2) protect nesting habitat for migratory songbirds and other wildlife, including several rare and endangered plants, turtles, salamanders and dragonflies; and (3) maintain the scenic, agrarian character of the region. These efforts provide a beneficial tradeoff from the harm to the river and associated wildlife caused by historical polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) contamination. Economic Impacts of... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Amphibians, Bank stabilization/erosion control, Birds, Connecticut, Farmland Preservation, All tags... Federally threatened or endangered species, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Habitat-based, Natural processes and hazards, Perennial stream/river, Reptiles, Riparian restoration, Species protection, The Nature Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fewer tags Toxicity in Stream-Dwelling Amphibians Description of Work USEPA Region 5 previously funded a study in 2011 evaluating the toxicity of nitrogen compounds to a select number of pond-dwelling amphibians. The objective of this new study will be to determine the toxicity of nitrogen compounds to stream-dwelling amphibians. Nitrogen contamination in aquatic systems results from the decomposition of organic matter, as well as through agricultural inputs, sewage effluents and industrial activities. Nitrogen in its various forms is of ecological concern because of its ubiquitous distribution and toxicity to aquatic life. Nitrogen compounds pose a hazard to aquatic larval stages of amphibians, affecting survival and development, and inducing deformities and behavioral... Categories: Project; Tags: Amphibians, GLRI, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Major ion, All tags... Template 147, Toxic Substances, Toxicity, Uploaded in Batch, Fewer tags Elucidating mechanisms underlying amphibian declines in North America using hierarchical spatial models Amphibian populations are declining globally at unprecedented rates but statistically rigorous identification of mechanisms is lacking. Identification of reasons underlying large-scale declines is imperative to plan and implement effective conservation efforts. Most research on amphibian population decline has focused on local populations and local factors. However, the ubiquity of declines across species and landscapes suggests that causal factors at a broader scale are also important. Elucidation of the mechanisms driving population change has lagged, mainly because data have been unavailable at continental scales. We propose to address this need by assembling data to answer questions about broad-scale drivers... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Active, All Working Groups, Amphibians, Ecosystems, Land Resources, All tags... animals, Fewer tags Effects of Bio-Control and Restoration on Wildlife in Southwestern Riparian Habitats Our proposal addresses Funding Category Ill by evaluating natural resource management practices and adaptation opportunities. More specifically, our project addresses Science Need #6 to improve monitoring and inventory of watersheds and ecosystems (including invasive species). Our proposed study will occur within the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) (upper Virgin River, UT) and the Desert LCC (lower Virgin River, AZ and NVL and therefore will be submitting to both cooperatives. Invasive saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) is the third most abundant tree in Southwestern riparian systems (Friedman et al. 2005). Resource managers must often balance the management goals of protecting wildlife species and... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, AZ-01, AZ-02, AZ-03, AZ-04, All tags... AZ-05, AZ-06, AZ-07, AZ-08, AZ-09, Academics & scientific researchers, Applications and Tools, Arizona, Arizona, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, BIOSPHERE, CA-08, CA-36, CA-51, COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, COMMUNITY DYNAMICS, Conservation NGOs, Datasets/Database, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS, Federal resource managers, INVASIVE SPECIES, INVASIVE SPECIES, INVASIVE SPECIES, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Lower Colorado River Basin, NM-02, NM-03, NV-04, Nevada, Nevada, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, UT-02, United States, Utah, Utah, Virgin River, Vulnerability Assessment, amphibians, biocontrol, biota, birds, completed, invasive species, reptiles, riparian, tamarisk, tamarisk beetle, Fewer tags Watts Branch Urban Stream Restoration The Anacostia Watershed lies within the Chesapeake Bay drainage basin, and is one of the most urban watersheds within the basin. According to the Fish and Wildlife Service, the watershed spans over 175 square miles between Maryland and the District of Columbia and is considered by many to be one of the most degraded waterways in the United States. Watts Branch is a tributary stream of the Anacostia River, and flows into the Potomac River which eventually empties into the Chesapeake Bay. In 2010, several partnerships were formed to restore a section of the Watts Branch stream and riparian area. The restoration efforts were focused on a highly polluted 1.8 mile stretch of the stream, running from the border of Prince... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Amphibians, Bank stabilization/erosion control, Birds, Channelization, D.C. Water and Sewer Authority, All tags... District Department of the Environment, Enhancement of existing (improve baseline conditions), Environmental Protection Agency, Erosion control, Federally threatened or endangered species, Fish, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Habitat-based, In-stream restoration, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Natural processes and hazards, Perennial stream/river, Planting, Riparian restoration, Sediment removal, Shoreline restoration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C., Waste/impaired for organismal life, Fewer tags California Gulch NRDAR Arkansas River In-Stream Habitat Restoration Background information. Settlement funds from the California Gulch Superfund site have been used to improve instream aquatic habitat and increase brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations in the Arkansas River. The upper Arkansas River Basin is a high-elevation mountain river that supports trout populations. Historically characterized by a relatively narrow channel with fast moving water, recent degradation of the upper Arkansas River due to historic land-use practices have contributed to an altered river channel and a decrease in important habitat features for trout, such as deep-water pools. This restoration project was designed to address three major issues: bank erosion, altered river channel morphology, and degraded... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Amphibians, Aquatic, Bank stabilization/erosion control, Colorado, Colorado Mountain College, All tags... Colorado Mountain College, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Enhancement of existing (improve baseline conditions), Erosion control, Habitat-based, Hazardous substances (CERCLA) and hazardous materials (RCRA), In-stream restoration, Invasive species control, Invertebrates, Lake County Conservation District, Lake County Conservation District, Local land (e.g., county or city), Perennial stream/river, Planting, Private land, Riverine (non-tidal), Seeding, Shoreline restoration, State land, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fewer tags Determination of the Sensitivity of Two Species of Amphibians to Toxicity From Nitrate, Nitrite and Ammonia Description of Work Determine the relative sensitivity of two species of amphibians (i.e. Wood Frogs Rana sylvatica, Cricket Frogs Acris crepitans blanchardi, American Toad Bufo americana) to exposure to acute and chronic levels of nitrate, nitrite and ammonia. This data will be used to evaluate the current ammonia criteria and for possible inclusion in the development of criteria for nitrite and nitrate. Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Amphibians, GLRI, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Lake, All tags... Lake:Lake Erie, Lake:Lake Huron, Lake:Lake Michigan, Lake:Lake Ontario, Lake:Lake St. Clair, Lake:Lake Superior, Template 147, Toxic Substances, Uploaded in Batch, aquatic invertebrates, freshwater mussels, nitrogenous compounds, salts, toxicity, water quality criteria, Fewer tags Amphibian response to climate change Categories: Project; Tags: 2009, NWCSC, Other, Other Project, USFS PNW Station, All tags... amphibians, vulnerability assessment, Fewer tags Toxicity Testing for Stream Dwelling Amphibians, Mussels, and Mayflies Description of Work The work completed for this template will provide the following information: 1) Generate acute and chronic toxicity data for freshwater mussels and snails to enhance the protection of listed/endangered species in the GL basin; 2) Refine methods and conduct acute and chronic toxicity tests on amphibians; 3) Develop and test methods for conducting chronic toxicity tests for mayflies. Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Amphibians, GLRI, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Lake, All tags... Lake:Lake Erie, Lake:Lake Huron, Lake:Lake Michigan, Lake:Lake Ontario, Lake:Lake St. Clair, Lake:Lake Superior, Template 147, Toxic Substances, Uploaded in Batch, aquatic invertebrates, chloride, nitrogenous substances, salts, sulfate, water quality criteria, Fewer tags Effects of Bio-control and Restoration on Wildlife in Southwestern Riparian Habitats (Not listed in the LCC Science Catalog due to Desert LCC co-funding and catalog administering) Resource managers must often balance the management goals of protecting wildlife species and habitats with control of non-native and invasive plants. This project will determine if the introduction of the biocontrol agent (tamarisk leaf beetle, Diorhabda spp.) as an insect consumer and defoliator of saltcedar influences wildlife populations and communities via alterations to food resources and/or habitat. By taking advantage of an unprecedented natural experiment and two years of pre-biocontrol monitoring, the researchers will track changes in amphibian and reptile (herpetofauna), and avian communities as biocontrol enters a system dominated by a non-native plant species. The investigators predict that the introduction... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AZ-04, Arizona, Arizona, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, All tags... Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, NV-04, Nevada, Nevada, Project, SRLCC, Southwest Riparian, State agencies, Tribes, Utah, Virgin River, amphibians, amphibians, birds, birds, completed, invasive species, invasive species, reptiles, reptiles, riparian, riparian, tamarisk, tamarisk, tamarisk beetle, tamarisk beetle, Fewer tags Provision and inventory of diverse aquatic ecosystem-related resources for the GPLCC The basic task of inventorying biodiversity has actually been under way for many years. Existing natural history museum collections, like those in which we work, can provide major contributions to such inventories in the form of valuable historic organism occurrence records, and their specimens can be used in many ways for basic research and applied conservation planning. Unfortunately, much of the wealth of information stored in natural history collections requires substantial investment to be made accessible and useful to natural resource managers and researchers. We were charged by the GPLCC with providing some of the inventory data that will be required, and to assess what other data may be available and what... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2010, CO-03, CO-04, Climate Change, Colorado, All tags... ConsNet, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Management and Integration, Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, Datasets/Database, FY 2010, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, Final Report, GPLCC, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Habitat Modeling, KS-01, KS-04, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Map, NE-03, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, OK-01, OK-02, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Oklahoma, Plains Fish, Policy makers & regulators, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Praire Rivers and Streams, Project, RIVERS/STREAM, Report, Report, State agencies, State agencies, TX-01, TX-02, TX-03, TX-04, TX-05, TX-06, TX-07, TX-08, TX-09, TX-10, TX-11, TX-12, TX-13, TX-14, TX-15, TX-16, TX-17, TX-18, TX-19, TX-20, TX-21, TX-22, TX-23, TX-24, TX-25, TX-26, TX-27, TX-28, TX-29, TX-30, TX-31, TX-32, TX-33, TX-34, TX-35, TX-36, Texas, WY-00, amphibians, aquatic reptiles, biota, cave invertebrates, completed, fish occurrence, freshwater mussels, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Determining Priority Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Areas in the South Atlantic landscape, and assessing their efficacy for cross-taxa conservation The proposed project focuses upon two major goals:1. Designate Priority Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Areas (PARCAs) in the South Atlantic Landscape, and develop an adaptive management plan for those areas.2. Determine whether PARCAs provide an effective strategy for integrated, long-term conservation of biodiversity and cultural resources in the South Atlantic Landscape; and develop a comprehensive biodiversity protection plan for the SALCC.To achieve these goals, we have identified the following objectives:Objective 1. Identify areas within the SALCC that are vitally important to preserving the rich diversity of amphibians and reptiles in the region, focusing upon rare species distribution, diversity, and... Categories: Data, Project; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, ArcGIS Service Definition, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, 2012, 2013, ANTHROPOGENIC/HUMAN INFLUENCED ECOSYSTEMS, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, All tags... Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, MODELS, Map, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, State agencies, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, amphibians, biota, biota, completed, herps, reptiles, Fewer tags Assessing Priority Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Areas (PARCAs) and Vulnerability to Climate Change in the North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative Amphibians and reptiles are experiencing severe habitat loss throughout North America; however, this threat to biodiversity can be mitigated by identifying and managing areas that serve a disproportionate role in sustaining herpetofauna. Identification of such areas must take into consideration the dynamic nature of habitat suitability. As climate rapidly changes it is possible that areas currently deemed suitable may no longer be so in the future. To address these needs, we are proposing to generate spatially-explicit data that will (1) identify Priority Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Areas (PARCAs) – those discrete areas most vital to maintaining reptile and amphibian diversity, (2) project regions of current... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2011, AMPHIBIANS, Academics & scientific researchers, Applications and Tools, Applications and Tools, All tags... CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation planning, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Decision support, FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, FWS R5 SA Project, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, Industry, Industry, Industry, Industry, Industry, Industry, Industry, Industry, Industry, Industry, Industry, Industry, LAND MANAGEMENT, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, NALCC, North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Other, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Private land owners, Project, Report, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, WETLANDS, biota, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, environment, environment, herpetofaunal enthusiasts, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, onGoing, planningCadastre, planningCadastre, Fewer tags Ni-les'tun Tidal Marsh Restoration Migrating shorebirds and waterfowl are so dependent on the food supply and stopover estuary habitat in the lower Coquille River that Congress established Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge (OR) in 1983. Through congressionally approved expansion, acquisition, and donation, the Refuge now encompasses 889 acres and is composed of two units: Bandon Marsh and Ni-les'tun (named by the Coquille Tribe and pronounced NYE-les-ton, which means People by the small fish dam). Historically, Ni-les’tun was a diverse tidal wetland like Bandon Marsh but was diked and drained for agricultural purposes beginning in the mid to late 1800s. Restoring 418 acres of the tidal marsh has required FWS and its many partners to collaborate... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Amphibians, Aquatic, Birds, Built/replaced/repaired (e.g., buildings, boat ramps, trails), Channelization, All tags... Creation/conversion of existing (change baseline conditions), Ducks Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited, Federally threatened or endangered species, Fish, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Habitat-based, Human-built, temporary or permanent structures (such as roads, dams, buildings,, Marsh creation, Oregon, Removal (e.g., dam, building, road), Tidal Marsh Restoration, Tidally influenced/coastal/beach, Tribal land, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of the Interior land, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wetland, Wetland creation, Fewer tags