Data release for the Land Change Causes for the United States Interior Highlands (2001 to 2006 and 2006 to 2011 time intervals)

These data were created to describe the causes of land cover change that occurred in the Interior Highland region of the United States for the time intervals of 2001 to 2006 and 2006 to 2011. This region, which covers approximately 17.5 million hectares, includes portions of the U.S. states of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Most of the area is covered by gently rolling hills of forests and pastureland. Two raster maps were created at a 30-meter resolution showing the causes of land change using automated and manual photo interpretation techniques. There were 30 categories of land change causes (i.e., forest harvest or surficial mining) discovered over the Interior Highlands. These categories can be used...

Tags: Ecology, Geography, Interior Highlands, Land Use Change, Ozarks, All tags... Remote Sensing, Springfield, Missouri, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), ecoregion 36, ecoregion 37, ecoregion 38, ecoregion 39, historical land change, land change causes, land cover, land cover change, land transformations, land use, land use change, northern Arkansas, south central United States, southeast Oklahoma, southern Missouri, urban land change, Fewer tags

Managing Instream Flows and Developing Hydrologic Information for the Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative

The Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership, a partner in the Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, is advancing instream flow science by developing basic information necessary to support flow standards and water management recommendations for waterways throughout the region. Helping resource managers prepare for future population growth and climate change-associated flow alterations at regional and local scales will enable state and federal agencies to focus regulatory and management efforts on habitats most vulnerable to altered flow. They will be able to develop more effective management strategies to minimize impacts to fish and wildlife and better inform policy-makers on conservation needs.

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