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Utility Guide to Rainwater/Stormwater Harvesting as an Adaptive Response to Climate Change Rainwater Harvesting and Stormwater Research is a priority research area identified by the Arizona Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Water Sustainability, which recommended that universities take the lead to identify regulatory barriers, cost and benefits, water quality issues and avenues for increasing utilization of stormwater and rainwater at the regional, community and individual property level. In an effort to address the priority research area, the University of Arizona will develop a decision support tool to be used by public utilities and agencies to evaluate suitability and cost-effectiveness of rainwater and stormwater capture at various scales for multiple benefits. Data from the City of Tucson, Arizona... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Raster, Shapefile; Tags: 2011, AZ-02, AZ-03, Applications and Tools, Arizona, All tags... Conservation Planning, Decision Support, Desert LCC Region, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT, HUMAN DIMENSIONS, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Presentation, Project, Report, Socio-economics/Ecosystem Services, State agencies, Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area, Tucson, Tuscon, United States, WATER MANAGEMENT, completed, environment, water, water harvesting, Fewer tags Soil and Low-Ionic-Strength Water Quality Laboratory The New York Water Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Troy, N.Y., operates a state-of-the-science laboratory for the chemical analysis of soil and water. For over 20 years, the laboratory has specialized in analyses used in acid rain research and other environmental studies such as soil effects on forest health and logging effects on water quality. Laboratory Information: Contact the Lab for customized schedules and fees. phone: (518) 285-5681 Water Soils Ammonium ... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Contaminants, Natural, Contaminants, Natural, Contaminants, natural, Cooperative Water Program, Laboratory, All tags... Laboratory, Micropollutants, Micropollutants, Micropollutants, NYWSC in Troy, New York, Soils, Soils, Soils, USGS New York Water Science Center, WSC, Water, Water, Water, chemical analysis, soil, water, Fewer tags Water availability for ungauged rivers: an integrative, multi-model approach to estimate water availability at ungauged rivers across the United States There has been increasing attention placed on the need for water availability information at ungauged locations, particularly related to balancing human and ecological needs for water. Critical to assessing water availability is the necessity for daily streamflow time series; however, most of the rivers in the United States are ungauged. This proposal leverages over $1M currently allocated to the USGS National Water Census Program towards developing an integrated modeling approach to estimate daily streamflow at ungauged locations, with the ultimate goal of providing daily streamflow estimates at 160,000 ungauged catchments across the United States. By assembling a diverse and prolific group of international scientists,... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: All Working Groups, Completed, Rivers, Water, Water Resources Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources: An Assessment of the Potential Effects of Shale Gas Development on Water Resources in the United States Shale gas is a key source of onshore domestic energy for the United States and production of this resource is increasing rapidly. Development and extraction of shale gas requires hydraulic fracturing, which entails horizontal drilling, perforation of steel casing and cement grout using explosive charges, and expansion of fractures using fluids under high pressure. Concern over potential environmental effects of shale gas development is growing and based on a recent review there is very little information in the scientific literature on potential environmental effects of hydraulic fracturing. We propose to conduct the first broad scale, data-based assessment of the potential effects of hydraulic fracturing on water... Categories: Project; Tags: All Working Groups, Completed, Energy and Minerals, Hydraulic Fracturing, Water, All tags... Water Resources, Fewer tags A global synthesis of land-surface fluxes under natural and human-altered watersheds using the Budyko framework Global hydroclimatic conditions have been significantly altered, over the past century, by anthropogenic influences that arise from warming global climate and also from local/regional anthropogenic disturbances. There has been never been an effort that has systematically analyzed how the spatio-temporal variability of land-surface fluxes vary in natural and human-altered watersheds globally. This synthesis study will adapt and extend the classical Budyko framework to quantify the role of drivers - changing climate and local human disturbances - in altering flow regimes and in creating urban heat island episodes over the globe. An allied goal is to develop parsimonious hydroclimatic models that explain the spatio-temporal... Categories: Project; Tags: Active, All Working Groups, Budyko Framework, Land Resources, Land Resources, All tags... Land-surface Flux, Water, Water Resources, Watersheds, Fewer tags Landscape Connectivity of Isolated Waters for Wildlife in the Sonoran Desert Texas Tech University will conduct quantitative and predictive analysis of the connectivity of isolated desert “wetlands”, that include tinajas, the name for eroded pools in bedrock, for 20 wildlife species over the Sonoran desert ecoregion. Potential loss of wetlands due to climate change will also be studied to identify high value areas that can be prioritized for future restoration efforts and targeted for better management practices.Target species for landscape connectivity analysis include:Colorado River toad ( Incilius alverius )American bullfrog ( Lithobates catesbeianus )Chiricahua leopard frog ( Lithobates chiricahuensis )Lowland leopard frog ( Lithobates yavapaiensis )Couch’s spadefoot ( Scaphiopus couchii... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, AZ-01, AZ-02, AZ-03, AZ-04, All tags... Academics & scientific researchers, Applications and Tools, Arizona, CA-36, CA-50, CA-51, California, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, Sonoran Desert, Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area, United States, Vulnerability Assessment, biota, completed, connectivity, southwestern United States, water, wetlands, wildlife, Fewer tags The Impact of Drought on Waterbirds and Their Wetland Habitats in California’s Central Valley California’s Central Valley is a nexus for water resources in the state, draining the Sacramento and San Joaquin River watersheds. Urban centers, agricultural operations, and the environment all compete for limited water, and demand is expected to only increase as the population grows and agriculture intensifies. At the same time, the water supply is projected to decrease as temperatures rise, precipitation patterns change, and the frequency of extreme droughts increases. The Central Valley also provides critical wetland habitats to migratory waterbirds, and wetland managers require information on how to best use water resources to support wildlife objectives, particularly during drought. This project seeks to... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2015, Birds, Birds, CASC, Completed, All tags... Drought, Drought, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Landscapes, Landscapes, Other Landscapes, Other Landscapes, Projects by Region, Southwest, Southwest CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, Water, Coasts and Ice, Wetlands, Wetlands, Wildlife and Plants, Wildlife and Plants, bioenergetics, drought, habitat management, water, waterfowl, wetlands, Fewer tags Environmental Characteristics of Great Basin and Mojave Desert Spring Systems FY2014This project builds upon the springs and seeps inventory funded by the Desert LCC.This project will: Fill a significant gap in aquatic habitat information for scenario planning. Create a publically available geospatial database of approximately 2,000+ known Great Basin springs. Create a summary report on the biotic and abiotic conditions of the known springs. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, California, California, California, California, All tags... Federal resource managers, Great Basin, LCC Network Science Catalog, Mojave, Mojave, Mojave, Mojave, Monitoring, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Nevada, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Report, State agencies, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, aquatic, aquatic, aquatic, aquatic, completed, freshwater, lentic, lentic, lentic, lentic, seeps, seeps, seeps, seeps, springs, springs, springs, springs, water, water, water, water, wetland, wetland, wetland, wetland, Fewer tags Shivwits Paiute Cultural Values and Important Natural Resources at Risk from Landscape Level Stressors The Shivwits Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (PITU) has recognized the need to identify and assess the potential impacts of landscape-level stressors, such as climate change and drought, on tribal and ancestral lands and resources, such as water resources and culturally significant species and the habitats and ecosystems that support them. With funding from the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the Shivwits hired Barbara Dugelby1 of Round River Conservation Studies to conduct the assessment and prepare this report. The results of this report and the assessment will be integrated into the overall landscape level assessment of SRLCC priorities. This report presents a summary of the findings... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Conservation Planning, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, Shivwits Band of Paiutes ancestral lands, Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative, All tags... Tribes, Tribes, Utah, Vulnerability Assessment, climate change, completed, cultural resources, cultural values, culturally significant ecosystems, culturally significant habitats, culturally significant species, drought, eastern NV, natural resources, southwestern Utah, stressors, vulnerability assessment, vulnerability assessments, water, western UT, Fewer tags Forecast/Nowcast annual flow estimates for unmonitored Lake Michigan streams using the Water Availability Tool for Environmental Resources (WATER) and global circulation models Description of Work USGS is creating forecasting tools for managers to determine how water withdrawals or other hydrologic or land use changes in watersheds may affect Great Lakes ecosystems. This project is determining fish distributions in Great Lakes tributaries and how changes in stream flow may affect them. This information will help guide restoration efforts to achieve maximum effectiveness and success. Estimates were produced using WATER - a TOPMODEL based tool that estimates streamflow at any point along the stream network. The pour point is selected using a point-and-click GUI that samples information about the basin using a geodatabase of topographic and soil data spatial layers. Categories: Project; Tags: GLRI, Great Lakes, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Lake, All tags... Lake, Lake:Lake Michigan, Nearshore Health, TOPMODEL, Template 134, WATER, forecast, simulation, soils, streamflow, Fewer tags Learning From Recent Snow Droughts to Improve Forecasting of Water Availability for People and Forests In the dry southwestern United States, snowmelt plays a crucial role as a water source for people, vegetation, and wildlife. However, snow droughts significantly lower snow accumulations, disrupting these critical water supplies for local communities and ecosystems. Despite its large influence on land- and water-resource management, snow drought has only recently been properly defined and its historical distribution and effects on key natural resources are essentially unknown. To remedy this serious knowledge gap, project researchers are examining the causes, effects, and forecastability of snow drought to provide needed scientific information and guidance to planners and decision makers. The central goals of... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2017, CASC, Drought, Drought, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, All tags... Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Fire, Fire, Other Water, Other Water, Projects by Region, Rivers, Streams and Lakes, Rivers, Streams and Lakes, Southwest, Southwest CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, Water, Coasts and Ice, climate change, drought, extremes, forest fire, management, snow, streamflow, water, water planning, water resources, wildland fire, Fewer tags Developing a Geodatabase and Geocollaborative Tools to Support Springs and Springs Dependent Species The Museum of Northern Arizona will leverage tools previously developed through its Springs Stewardship Initiative to help resource managers in the southwestern U.S. collect, analyze, report upon, monitor and archive the complex and inter-related information associated with springs and spring-dependent species in the region. Building upon those past efforts, the project will include compilation of existing springs-related information to make the information more readily available online and further development of interactive online maps and climate change risk assessment tools of springs-dependent sensitive plant and animal species. This project builds on an effort funded in FY 2013 to complete similar work for... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AZ-01, AZ-04, Arizona, CO-02, CO-03, All tags... CO-05, Colorado, Conservation Planning, Federal resource managers, GIS, GIS, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, Project, SRLCC, SRLCC, Southwest, State agencies, Tribes, UT-01, UT-02, UT-03, Utah, climate change, climate change, completed, seeps, seeps, species of concern, species of concern, springs, springs, springs dependent species, springs dependent species, vulnerability, vulnerability, water, water, Fewer tags Managing water and riparian habitats on the Bill Williams River with scientific benefit for other desert river systems The importance of riparian ecosystems in semiarid and arid regions has generated interest in understanding processes that drive the distribution and abundance of dominant riparian plants. Changes in streamflow patterns downstream of dams have profoundly affected riparian vegetation composition and structure. For example, in the southwestern United States, flow regulation has contributed to the replacement of many riparian forests historically dominated by the native Populus fremontii (Fremont Cottonwood) and Salix gooddingii (Goodding’s Willow) by the exotic species Tamarix spp. (Salt Cedar). The proposed project will help guide reservoir release decision making to enhance downstream recruitment of native cottonwood... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, AZ-04, Academics & scientific researchers, Alamo Dam, Arizona, All tags... Arizona, Bill Williams River, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LiDAR, Methodology/Protocol, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, United States, biota, climate change, completed, dams, remote sensing, reservoirs, riparian, rivers, southwestern United States, vegetation, water, water management, Fewer tags North American Analysis and Synthesis on the Connectivity of "Geographically Isolated Wetlands" to Downstream Waters Geographically Isolated Wetlands (GIWs) occur along gradients of hydrologic and ecological connectivity and isolation, even within wetland types (e.g., forested, emergent marshes) and functional classes (e.g., ephemeral systems, permanent systems, etc.). Within a given watershed, the relative positions of wetlands and open-waters along these gradients influence the type and magnitude of their chemical, physical, and biological effects on downgradient waters. In addition, the ways in which GIWs connect to the broader hydrological landscape, and the effects of such connectivity on downgradient waters, depends largely upon climate, geology, and relief, the heterogeneity of which expands with increasing scale. Developing... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Active, All Working Groups, Ecosystems, Geographically isolated wetlands, depressional wetlands, perimeter, Water, All tags... Water Connectivity, Water Resources, Wetlands, Fewer tags Synthesizing Multiple Long-Term Datasets to Test Flow Ecology Relationships for Fishes - Workshop River ecosystems support a wide diversity of biota, including thousands of fish species, which are variously adapted to the dynamic environments provided by flowing-water habitats. One of the primary ways that human activities diminish the biological capacity of rivers is by altering the natural hydrologic variability of river systems through regulation and diversion of streamflow for other uses. Managers may be able to avoid some of the worst effects of flow management on aquatic biota if we understand the mechanisms by which streamflow components, such as unusually high and low flow events, affect populations (e.g., by influencing recruitment and mortality). Numerous past studies have described correlative associations... Categories: Project; Tags: Active, All Working Groups, Ecosystems, Water, Water Resources Fire and Water: Assessing Springs Ecosystems and Adapting Management to Respond to Climate Change Sky Island Alliance will develop science and conservation-based guidance to assist natural resource managers in responding to expected climate change and other stressors on springs ecosystems in sky island regions of the Desert LCC. The project will result in publication of an Arizona Springs Restoration Handbook, which will aid managers in directing limited resources to preserve these key water resources and species that depend on them. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, AZ-01, AZ-02, AZ-03, Academics & scientific researchers, All tags... Arizona, Conservation NGOs, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, FLUVIAL LANDFORMS, Federal resource managers, GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, Informing Conservation Delivery, LAND SURFACE, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, SPRING, Sky Island Region, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area, United States, User Manual, Vulnerability Assessment, aquatic, biota, completed, fire, restoration, springs, water, wetlands, Fewer tags Mapping springs, seeps and aquatic habitat in the Desert LCC This project will be focused on hosting 2-3 workshops in 2013 to train people to conduct the Springs Stewardship Institute’s spring assessment protocol and promote it as a standardized method. This will facilitate standardized data collection across the landscape that can contribute to a broad-scale inventory and assessment of springs, seeps, and aquatic resources throughout the Desert LCC. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service, Shapefile; 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, Aquascalientes, Arizona, Baja California, Big Bend ‐ Río Bravo & Lower Río Conchos Pilot Area, CA-08, CA-23, CA-25, CA-27, CA-36, CA-50, CA-51, California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Management and Integration, Desert LCC (all), Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Durango, EARTH SCIENCE, FLUVIAL LANDFORMS, Federal resource managers, GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, Guanajuato, Informing Conservation Delivery, Jalisco, LAND SURFACE, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Mexico, Mojave Desert Pilot Area, NM-02, NV-01, NV-03, NV-04, Nayarit, Nevada, New Mexico, Nuevo León, Project, Querétaro, SPRING, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, TX-16, TX-23, Tamaulipas, Texas, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area, UT-02, United States, Utah, Zacatecas, accepted, aquatic, assessment, biota, completed, protocol, springs, water, Fewer tags Understanding and Projecting Changes in Climate, Hydrology, and Ecology in the Great Basin for the Next 30 Years This project links climate, hydrological, and ecological changes over the next 30 years in a Great Basin watershed. In recent years, climate variability on annual and decadal time scales has been recognized as greater than commonly perceived with increasing impacts on ecosystems and available water resources. Changes in vegetation distribution, composition and productivity resulting from climate change affect plant water use, which in turn can alter stream flow, groundwater and eventually available water resources. To better understand these links, project researchers implemented two computer-based numeric models in the Cleve Creek watershed in the Schell Creek Range, east of Ely, Nevada. The application of the... Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, CASC, Cleve Creek, Climate, Completed, All tags... Drought, Drought, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Federal, Great Basin, Landscapes, Landscapes, NV, Other Landscapes, Other Landscapes, Pinyon/Juniper, Plants, Plants, Projects by Region, Rivers, Streams and Lakes, Rivers, Streams and Lakes, Southwest, Southwest CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, Water, Coasts and Ice, Wildlife and Plants, Wildlife and Plants, carbon flux, desert shrub, downscale, drought, ecology, evaporation, gcm, great basin, hydrology, lai, maps, model, phenology, plants, pluvial, population growth, precipitation, productivity, rhessys, sage brush, snow, soil moisture, temperature, transpiration, vegetation, water, Fewer tags Analysis of Downscaled Climate Simulations and Projections and Their Use in Decision Making for the Southwest To understand potential climate change impacts on ecosystems, water resources, and numerous other natural and managed resources, climate change data and projections must be downscaled from coarse global climate models to much finer resolutions and more applicable formats. This project conducted comparative analyses to better understand the accuracy and properties of these downscaled climate simulations and climate-change projections. Interpretation, guidance and evaluation, including measures of uncertainties, strengths and weaknesses of the different methodologies for each simulation, can enable potential users with the necessary information to select and apply the models. Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, CASC, Completed, Data Visualization & Tools, Data Visualization & Tools, All tags... Downscaling, Federal, Projects by Region, Science Tools for Managers, Science Tools for Managers, Southwest, Southwest, Southwest CASC, bcsd, climate, climate change, downscale, downscaled climate projections, dynamical, ecosystem, gcm, maca, model, modeling, multiple, roms, simulation, statistical, water, wrf, Fewer tags Resource Management in a Changing Climate: Understanding the Relationships between Water Quality and Golden Alga Distribution in the Pecos River, New Mexico and Texas Our approach will include sampling a wide range of habitats and environmental conditions throughout the middle and lower Pecos River basin, across an 18 month time-span to account for seasonal and phenological events. We will utilize a suite of univariate and multivariate statistical techniques to relate occurrence and density of golden alga to environmental factors and other co-occurring organisms. The proposed research will benefit managers of the Pecos River, of its associated reservoirs and unique habitats (sinkholes on the Bottomless Lakes State Park and Bitter Lakes National Wildlife Refuge), and of its resident aquatic biota by identifying specific water quality attributes that promote golden alga bloom development... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, CONTAMINANTS, CONTAMINANTS, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, All tags... Decision Support, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, Federal resource managers, HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (HABs), HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS (HABs), LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NM-02, New Mexico, Pecos River, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Presentation, Project, Publication, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TX-23, Texas, United States, WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY, WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY, algae, biota, completed, water, Fewer tags 1 2 3 »