An Applied Case Study to Integrate Climate Change into Design and Permitting of Water Crossing Structures

We will translate existing modeled hydroclimatic data into metrics used for water crossing design and replacement. WDFW permits (Hydraulic Code Rules, Chapter 220-110 WAC) and provides technical guidance for construction of hundreds of fish passable culverts, a number which is expected to rise dramatically in response to a 2013 federal court injunction directing the state to repair thousands of culverts that inhibit salmon migration. Current WDFW design guidance does not account for changes in hydrology resulting from climate change. This project will support the development of designs that maintain desired performance (e.g. connectivity benefits to aquatic organisms) throughout water crossings expected life.This...

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2014, Academics & scientific researchers, Anadromous fish, Applications and Tools, Climate Change, All tags... Climate Change, Climate Change, Climate Change, Climate change, Conservation Design, Conservation Planning, Culverts, Decision Support, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Priority A. Effects of hydrologic regime shifts, Priority D. Hydrologic regime changes on anadromous fish, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, Stream-road crossing, Training/Outreach/Workshop, WA-1, WA-10, WA-2, WA-3, WA-4, WA-5, WA-6, WA-7, WA-8, WA-9, Washington, anadromous salmonids, completed, culverts, habitat connectivity, onGoing, stream-road crossing, Fewer tags

“ChesBay 24k – HU": Human Related Data Summaries for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Within NHD Plus HR catchments

These tabular data are summaries of human related landscape variables within catchments of the Chesapeake Bay watershed using the Xstrm methodology at 1:24,000 scale. Variables being counted as human related include agriculture, barriers, road density and road/stream crossing data. Outputs consist of tabular comma-separated values files (CSVs) for both local catchment and network summaries linked to the National Hydrography Dataset Plus High-Resolution (NHDPlus HR) framework by NHDPlus ID. Local catchments are defined as the single catchment the data is summarized within. Network accumulation summaries were completed for each of the local catchments and their network connected upstream and/or downstream catchments....

Categories: Data; Tags: Agriculture, Aquatic Biology, Catchment, Catchments, Chesapeake, All tags... Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Dams, Delaware, Designing Sustainable Landscapes, District of Columbia, Ecology, Ecology, Environmental Health, Environmental Health, Fish Passage, Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Geography, Hydrography, Hydrologic network, Hydrology, Hydrology, Lower Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, National Hydrography Dataset Plus, National Hydrography Datasets High Resolution, New York, Pennsylvania, Roads, Soil Sciences, Soil Sciences, Stream / River, Stream-road crossing, TIGER roads, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), United States, Upper Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Water Quality, Water Quality, Water Resources, Water Resources, West Virginia, geospatial datasets, hydrographic datasets, hydrographic features, inlandWaters, transportation features, Fewer tags

Where the Stream Meets the Road: Prioritizing Culvert Replacement for Fish Passage - Thesis

Streams across the world are highly fragmented due to the presence of in-stream barriers (e.g., dams and stream-road crossings), many of which restrict or block fish passage. Retrofitting or replacing these structures is a high priority for restoring habitat connectivity for native fishes and other aquatic organisms in the Pacific Northwest. The task of restoring habitat connectivity for problematic stream-road crossings is daunting given the many thousands of barriers that are present and the massive financial investments required. Further, the potential risks to road infrastructure from flooding, debris flows, and climate change will need to be addressed to ensure the best allocation of resources. In this study,...

Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Oregon, climate change impacts, conceptual model, decision support, Climate Change, All tags... Conservation Planning, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, OR-4, Priority D. Hydrologic regime changes on anadromous fish, Regional & county planners, Siuslaw National Forest, Siuslaw National Forest, Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services, State agencies, Stream-road crossing, Stream-road crossing, completed, culvert replacement, fish passage, product, salmonids, stream connectivity, streamflow, Fewer tags

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This project builds upon existing data and collaborations to incorporate climate change and economic considerations into a decision support framework for prioritizing restoration of passage. Planned outcomes will help guide on-the-ground decisions in terms of adapting to anticipated climate effects, allocating limited resources for restoration, and providing tools that can be adapted across the NPLCC and beyond.

Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Oregon, climate change impacts, conceptual model, decision support, Climate Change, All tags... Conservation Planning, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, OR-4, Priority D. Hydrologic regime changes on anadromous fish, Regional & county planners, Siuslaw National Forest, Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services, State agencies, Stream-road crossing, completed, product, Fewer tags

Prioritizing restoration and enhancement of passage at stream-road crossings for aquatic vertebrates in the face of changing hydrologic regimes in the NPLCC

This project builds upon existing data and collaborations to incorporate climate change and economic considerations into a decision support framework for prioritizing restoration of passage. Planned outcomes will help guide on-the-ground decisions in terms of adapting to anticipated climate effects, allocating limited resources for restoration, and providing tools that can be adapted across the NPLCC and beyond.

Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, Applications and Tools, Applications and Tools, Climate Change, Conservation Planning, All tags... Conservation Planning, Decision Support, Decision Support, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LCC Network Science Catalog - LCCScienceCatalog, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, OR-4, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Oregon, Priority D. Hydrologic regime changes on anadromous fish, Project, Publication, Publication, Regional & county planners, Report, Report, Siuslaw National Forest, Siuslaw National Forest, Siuslaw National Forest, Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services, Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services, State agencies, Stream-road crossing, Stream-road crossing, climate change impacts, climate change impacts, climate change impacts, climate change impacts, conceptual model, conceptual model, conceptual model, conceptual model, decision support, decision support, decision support, decision support, onGoing, Fewer tags