Forest Canopy Gaps in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Derived from 2018 NAIP Imagery

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO) in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is home to many wildlife species that depend on forest canopy connectivity to thrive. Park biologists are interested to learn how forest loss in the late 2000s and early 2010s caused by beech bark disease (BBD) is affecting these wildlife species.Biologists need to know where forest canopy gaps exist and identify where the greatest canopy connectivity loss has occurred prior to research observing and collecting data on wildlife species. This dataset will show biologists where canopy gaps in present times after BBD infection occurred at PIRO as derived from object-based image analysis and National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Great Lakes Network, Michigan, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, aerial imagery, beech bark disease, All tags... biota, forest canopy gaps, forest connectivity, Fewer tags

Total Mercury Concentrations in Dragonfly Larvae from U.S. National Parks (ver. 8.0, December 2022)

Comma-separated values (.csv) file containing data related to mercury concentrations in dragonfly samples from U.S. National Parks collected as part of the Dragonfly Mercury Project (DMP). This data release supersedes Eagles-Smith, C.A., Nelson, S.J., Flanagan-Pritz, C.M., Willacker Jr., J.J., and Klemmer, A.J., 2018, Total Mercury Concentrations in Dragonfly Larvae from U.S. National Parks (ver. 7.0, October 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9TK6NPT. Please contact fresc_outreach@usgs.gov for access.

Categories: Data, Data Release - Revised; Tags: Acadia National Park, Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Amistad National Recreation Area, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, All tags... Aquatic Biology, Assateague Island National Seashore, Battle Creek Cypress Swamp, Bear Creek Lake Park, Bear Meadows Natural Area, Big Bend National Park, Big Cypress National Preserve, Big Thicket National Preserve, Buffalo National River, Cape Cod National Seashore, Capitol Reef National Park, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Channel Islands National Park, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Chickasaw National Recreation Area, City of Rocks National Reserve, Colorado National Monument, Congaree National Park, Crater Lake National Park, Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Death Valley National Park, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Denali National Park and Preserve, Devils Tower National Monument, East Inlet Natural Area-Connecticut Lakes Nature Preserve, Ecology, Ell Pond Preserve, Everglades National Park, Fort Larned National Historic Site, Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge National Natural Landmark, Gateway National Recreation Area, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve, Glacier National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Portage National Monument, Grand Teton National Park, Great Basin National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Homestead National Monument, Horseshoe Bend National Military Park, Hot Springs National Park, Indiana Dunes National Park, Isle Royale National Park, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Joshua Tree National Park, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenai Fjords National Park, Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Lilley Cornett Woods, Mammoth Cave National Park, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park, Maurice National Wild and Scenic River, Minute Man National Historical Park, Mississippi National River & Recreation Area, Monocacy National Battlefield, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Mount Rainier National Park, Natchez Trace Parkway and National Scenic Trail, New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, Niobrara National Scenic River, North Cascades National Park, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, Olympic National Park, Oregon Caves National Monument, Ozark National Scenic Riverway, Padre Island National Seashore, Petersburg National Battlefield, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Pinnacles National Park, Pipestone National Monument, Prince William Forest Park, Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Redwood National Park, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Rio Grande Wild & Scenic River, Rock Creek Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Saguaro National Park, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, San Juan Island National Historical Park, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Shenandoah National Park, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Sudbury, Assabet & Concord Wild & Scenic Rivers, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Timucuan Ecological Historic Preserve, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Tuzigoot National Monument, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Voyageurs National Park, Water Quality, Weir Farm National Historical Park, Wekiva Wild & Scenic River, White Mountain National Forest, Wildlife Biology, Wind Cave National Park, Women’s Rights National Historical Park, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Zion National Park, biota, environment, mercury contamination, Fewer tags

Forest Canopy Gaps in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Derived from 2005 Aerial Imagery

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO), located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, is home to many wildlife species that depend on forest canopy connectivity to thrive. Park biologists are interested to learn how forest loss in the late 2000s and early 2010s caused by beech bark disease (BBD) is affecting these wildlife species. Biologists need to know where forest canopy gaps exist and identify where the greatest canopy connectivity loss has occurred prior to research observing and collecting data on wildlife species. This dataset will show biologists where canopy gaps existed shortly after BBD infection as derived from object-based image analysis and aerial imagery acquired in 2005.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Great Lakes Network, Michigan, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, aerial imagery, beech bark disease, All tags... biota, forest canopy gaps, forest connectivity, Fewer tags

Mercury Bioaccumulation in US National Parks Using Dragonfly Larvae as Biosentinels, 2009-2018

Comma-separated values (.csv) files containing data related to a National-scale assessment of mercury bioaccumulation in the US National Parks using dragonfly larvae as biosentinels through a citizen science framework.

Categories: Data; Tags: Acadia National Park, Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Aquatic Biology, All tags... Battle Creek Cypress Swamp, Bear Creek Lake Park, Bear Meadows Natural Area, Big Bend National Park, Big Cypress National Park, Big Thicket National Preserve, Buffalo National River, Cape Cod National Seashore, Capitol Reef National Park, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, Channel Islands National Park, Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Colorado National Monument, Congaree National Park, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Death Valley National Park, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Denali National Park and Preserve, Devils Tower National Monument, East Inlet Natural Area-Connecticut Lakes Nature Preserve, Ecology, Environmental Health, Everglades National Park, Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge National Natural Landmark, Gateway National Recreation Area, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve, Glacier National Park, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Portage National Monument, Grand Teton National Park, Great Basin National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Homestead National Historic Site, Hot Springs National Park, Indiana Dunes National Park, Isle Royale National Park, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Lake Clark National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Mammoth Cave National Park, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park, Maurice National Wild & Scenic River, Minute Man National Historical Park, Mississippi National River & Recreation Area, Monocacy National Battlefield, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Mount Rainier National Park, Natchez Trace Parkway and National Scenic Trail, Niobrara National Scenic River, North Cascades National Park, Olympic National Park, Oregon Caves National Monument, Ozark National Scenic Riverway, Padre Island National Seashore, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Pinnacles National Park, Pipestone National Monument, Prince William Forest Park, Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Redwood National Park, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Rock Creek Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Saguaro National Park, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, San Juan Island National Historical Park, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Shenandoah National Park, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Timucuan Ecological Historic Preserve, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Tuzigoot National Monument, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River, Valles Caldera National Preserve, Voyageurs National Park, Water Quality, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wildlife Biology, Wind Cave National Park, Women’s Rights National Historical Park, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Zion National Park, biota, environment, mercury contamination, Fewer tags

Forest Connectivity in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Derived from 2005 Aerial Imagery

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO) in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is home to many wildlife species that depend on forest canopy connectivity to thrive. Park biologists are interested to learn how forest loss in the late 2000s and early 2010s caused by beech bark disease (BBD) is affecting these wildlife species. Biologists need to know where forest canopy gaps exist and identify where the greatest canopy connectivity loss has occurred prior to research observing and collecting data on wildlife species.This dataset will show biologists forest connectivity shortly after BBD infection occurred at PIRO as derived from object-based image analysis and aerial imagery acquired in 2005.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Great Lakes Network, Michigan, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, aerial imagery, beech bark disease, All tags... biota, forest canopy gaps, forest connectivity, Fewer tags

Mercury and biogeochemical parameters in surface water and sediment from U.S. National Parks, 2014-2015

Comma-separated values (.csv) file containing data related to mercury and biogeochemical parameters in surface water and aquatic sediment collected from U.S. National Parks in 2014-2015.

Categories: Data; Tags: Acadia National Park, Big Bend National Park, Big Cypress National Park, Big Thicket National Preserve, Cape Cod National Seashore, All tags... Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Denali National Park and Preserve, Environmental Health, Geochemistry, Glacier National Park, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Indiana Dunes National Park, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Mammoth Cave National Park, Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Mount Rainier National Park, Niobrara National Scenic River, Olympic National Park, Ozark National Scenic Riverway, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Pipestone National Monument, Redwood National Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, Saguaro National Park, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Sedimentology, Shenandoah National Park, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Tuzigoot National Monument, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Valles Caldera National Preserve, Voyageurs National Park, Water Quality, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, environment, inlandWaters, mercury contamination, Fewer tags

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Vegetation Mapping Project - Spatial Vegetation Data

The geographic information system (GIS) format spatial data set of vegetation for Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO) was created by the National Park Service (NPS) Vegetation Inventory Program (VIP). The PIRO covers an area of approximately 36,046 ha (89,072 acres). The map classification scheme used to create the vegetation data set is designed to represent local vegetation types at the finest level possible using the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) Standard (Vr 2). Physiognomic information was also recorded, including height (woody vegetation), canopy density, and coverage patterns. The vegetation data set was developed by interpreting aerial photographs collected in 2005 and extensive field surveys....

Tags: Alger County, Biology, Land Cover, Land Use, Land Use / Cover, All tags... Michigan, NPS Vegetation Inventory Program, NVC, NVCS, National Lakeshore, National Park Service, National Vegetation Classification Standard, National Vegetation Classification System, PIRO, PIRO, PIRO, Photo Interpretation, Photointerpretation, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Resource Management, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. National Vegetation Classification, USNVC, United States, Vegetation Map, Vegetation Mapping, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, Fewer tags

Vegetation classification crosswalk database for use in GIS to synchronize vegetation map layers of the NPS Great Lakes Network to the U.S. National Vegetation Classification

The geodatabase contains 13 relate tables that together provide updated and synchronized classifications to an existing vegetation map layer for each of the nine park units in the Great Lakes Network (GLKN) of the National Park Service (NPS) Natural Resource Inventory and Monitoring Program. The classifications include 1) vegetation types at every hierarchical level in the 2015 version of the U.S. National Vegetation Classification (USNVC) and 2) map classes that represent vegetation and land cover in the vegetation map layers. Furthermore, the tables provide a crosswalk between the two classifications (vegetation and map). Each park unit in GLKN has received, at different times over several years, vegetation data...

Categories: Data; Tags: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Grand Portage National Monument, Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Isle Royale National Park, All tags... Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, National Park Service, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Vegetation Mapping Inventory Program, Voyageurs National Park, environment, inlandWaters, Fewer tags

Fish assemblage data collected within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan

Freshwater lake and stream fish data were collected as part of cooperative project between the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. National Park Service which began in 2021. Data was primarily collected from 22 sites within the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. The number of sites sampled each year as well as the types of data collected and sampling methods varied during each visit. This data release includes data collected between 2021 and 2022. Please review the associated metadata file(s) before using these data.

Categories: Data; Tags: Aquatic Biology, Ecology, Michigan, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), All tags... United States, aquatic biology, aquatic biology, aquatic ecosystems, biota, community biology, ecology, ecology, lakes, rivers, surface water (non-marine), Fewer tags

Forest Connectivity and Canopy Gaps at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, 2018

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO), located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, is home to many wildlife species that depend on forest canopy connectivity to thrive. Park biologists are interested to learn how forest loss in the late 2000s and early 2010s caused by beech bark disease (BBD) is affecting these wildlife species. Biologists need to know where forest canopy gaps exist and identify where the greatest canopy connectivity loss has occurred prior to research observing and collecting data on wildlife species. This data set will show biologists where canopy gaps existed shortly after BBD infection occurred at PIRO, as derived using object-based image analysis and National Agriculture Imagery Program...

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Great Lakes Network, Michigan, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, aerial imagery, beech bark disease, All tags... biota, forest canopy gaps, forest connectivity, time change analysis, Fewer tags

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO): Effects of beech bark disease on forest connectivity in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore from 2005 to 2018

These data sets were developed for Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO) in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to identify the effects of beech bark disease on the forest connectivity and assist park staff in answering different wildlife management questions.

Tags: Great Lakes Network, Michigan, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), aerial imagery, All tags... beech bark disease, biota, forest canopy gaps, forest connectivity, Fewer tags

Forest Connectivity and Canopy Gaps at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, 2005

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO), located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, is home to many wildlife species that depend on forest canopy connectivity to thrive. Park biologists are interested to learn how forest loss in the late 2000s and early 2010s caused by beech bark disease (BBD) is affecting these wildlife species. Biologists need to know where forest canopy gaps exist and identify where the greatest canopy connectivity loss has occurred prior to research observing and collecting data on wildlife species. This dataset will show biologists where canopy gaps existed shortly after BBD infection occurred at PIRO, as derived using object-based image analysis and aerial imagery acquired in 2005.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Great Lakes Network, Michigan, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, aerial imagery, beech bark disease, All tags... biota, forest canopy gaps, forest connectivity, time change analysis, Fewer tags

Time Change Analysis on Forest Connectivity at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO), located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, is home to many wildlife species that depend on forest canopy connectivity to thrive. Park biologists are interested to learn how forest loss in the late 2000s and early 2010s caused by beech bark disease (BBD) is affecting these wildlife species. Biologists need to know where forest canopy gaps exist and identify where the greatest canopy connectivity loss has occurred prior to research observing and collecting data on wildlife species.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Great Lakes Network, Michigan, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, aerial imagery, beech bark disease, All tags... biota, forest canopy gaps, forest connectivity, time change analysis, Fewer tags

Forest Connectivity in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Derived from 2018 NAIP Aerial Imagery

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (PIRO) in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is home to many wildlife species that depend on forest canopy connectivity to thrive. Park biologists are interested to learn how forest loss in the late 2000s and early 2010s caused by beech bark disease (BBD) is affecting these wildlife species. Biologists need to know where forest canopy gaps exist and identify where the greatest canopy connectivity loss has occurred prior to research observing and collecting data on wildlife species. This dataset will show biologists forest connectivity in present time (2018) as derived using object-based image analysis and National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) imagery acquired in 2018.

Categories: Data; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Great Lakes Network, Michigan, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, aerial imagery, beech bark disease, All tags... biota, forest canopy gaps, forest connectivity, Fewer tags