Conservation Science Partners Inc

A SPATIALLY EXPLICIT POPULATION MODEL FOR THE DESERT TORTOISE IN THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT

PROGRAMMING SUPPORTS A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF COOPERATIVE STUDY UNITS TO FACILITATECOOPERATIVE RESEARCH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING TO INFORM SCIENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT OFTHE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. THE STUDY UNITS FACILITATE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SCIENCE AND INTEGRATED INFORMATIONPRODUCTS ACROSS MULTIPLE GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO EVALUATE AND ASSESS THE NATURAL RESOURCE CONDITION IN NATIONAL PARKS. THIS WORK WILL INCLUDE WRITING ONE OR MORE NATURAL RESOURCE CONDITION ASSESSMENT REPORTS, ASSISTING WITH RESOURCE EVALUATIONS AND RANKING, SUMMARIZING DATA AND INFORMATION, GENERATING NEW SCIENCE THROUGH ANALYSIS AND MODELING, AND OTHER SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL ANALYSES THAT WILL ASSIST PARK MANAGERS AND THE PUBLIC WITH A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF NATURAL RESOURCE CONDITIONS.. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, FEDERALLY RECOGNIZEDINDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHEREDUCATION, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC).

THE INVENTORY AND MONITORING PROGRAM I M PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE OVERALL CONDITION OF PARK NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE LONGTERM EFFECTIVENESS OF MANAGEMENT REGIMES BASED ON CHANGES IN THE STATUS AND TREND OF SELECTED PARK RESOURCES. OVER THE LONG TERM CONSISTENTLY COLLECTED MONITORING DATA WILL PROVIDE PARK MANAGERS WITH INFORMATION DESCRIBING THE STATUS AND LONGTERM TRENDS IN RESOURCE CONDITION. THIS INFORMATION IS FUNDAMENTAL TO NATURAL RESOURCES STEWARDSHIP BECAUSE IT PROVIDES THE CONTEXT FOR INTERPRETING OBSERVED CHANGES AND MAY PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR MODIFYING OR INITIATING NEW MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. THE I M DATA WILL ALSO HAVE BROAD REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC UTILITY BECAUSE NPS LANDS OFTEN PROVIDE THE CLOSEST APPROXIMATION OF UNDISTURBED REFERENCE CONDITIONS AS A POINT OF COMPARISON FOR AREAS THAT ARE MORE IMPACTED BY HUMAN USE. I M NETWORKS INCLUDE SEVERAL ECOLOGISTS WITH SOLID QUANTITATIVE SKILLS BUT HEAVY WORKLOADS. A CRUCIAL COMPONENT OF THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WILL BE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERS CSP STATISTICIANS AND OUR NETWORK ECOLOGISTS TO WORK TOGETHER TO DETERMINE THE MOST APPROPRIATE ANALYTIC APPROACHES AND WORK THROUGH THE ANALYSIS PROCESS TOGETHER. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE REQUIRE THE DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS TO CONDUCT FUTURE ANALYSES INDEPENDENTLY. WE WILL COLLABORATE WITH THE COOPERATOR USING THE EXISTING AQUATIC DATA SETS FROM ACROSS THE INVENTORY AND MONITORING DIVISION I M TO INTEGRATE I M DATA WITH CLIMATE DATA AND INVESTIGATE TREND OVER CLIMATE AND TREND OVER TIME. THIS PROJECT WILL INTEGRATE TEMPORAL TRENDS FROM REPEATED VISITS WITH ESTIMATING SENSITIVITY TO TIMEVARYING CLIMATE AND OTHER COVARIATES. TO GET VALID ESTIMATES OF TRENDS AND CLIMATE RESPONSES WE MUST ACCOUNT FOR YEARTOYEAR FLUCTUATIONS IN CLIMATE CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONCORDANT ACROSS ALL SITES. SUMMARY OF PROJECT SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES:THE QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGIST WILL WORK WITH I M ECOLOGISTS TO ANSWER COMPLEX ECOLOGICAL AND QUANTITATIVE QUESTIONS THAT ARE RELEVANT FOR MANAGERS. PROJECT MAY INCLUDE BUT IS NOT LIMITED TOASSESS TRENDS AND DRIVERS OF CLIMATE IMPACTS TO STREAM TEMPERATURES IN PARK UNITS ESTIMATE THERMAL SENSITIVITY ACROSS A RANGE OF WADABLE STREAMS AND EVALUATE OCCURRENCE OF COLDWATER OBLIGATE BENTHIC TAXA AND FISH SPECIES STUDY CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS ON STREAM TEMPS FOR NATIVE FISH SPECIES FOR FISH RESTORATION STUDY THE PROS AND CONS OF GLACIER RETREAT IN AK PARKLANDS UNDERSTANDING TIDAL MARSH VULNERABILITY BY PRECISELY DETERMINING THE ELEVATION OF MARSHES WITH RESPECT TO SEA LEVEL THE TIDAL RANGE MODELLING FUTURE WATER AVAILABILITY AT LOGAN PASS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NETWORK TO PROTECT ENDANGERED STONEFLIES IN LOGAN CREEK SYNTHESIZE GROUNDWATER ANCHIALINE POOL AND MARINE NEARSHORE WATER QUALITY TO INTEGRATE ACROSS THE COMPLEX HYDROLOGIC SYSTEM ON HAWAII ISLAND THREE PROTOCOLS AND FOUR PARKSALKA PUHE KAHO PUHO WITH REGARD TO THE CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS OF SEALEVEL RISE SHORELINE ALTERATION AND ANCHIALINE POOL DESTRUCTION AND CREATION AND CONDUCT REGIONAL OR NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS OF WATER QUALITY OR QUANTITY AND RIPARIAN VEGETATION.THE ANALYSES OF LONGTERM DATA SETS WILL HELP A QUANTITATIVE ECOLOGIST DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE RESEARCH STRATEGIES EVALUATION SKILLS CRITICAL THINKING PROBLEM SOLVING AND PARTICIPATE IN NETWORKED CONVERSATIONS. I M WITH THE COOPERATOR WILL WORK TOGETHER TO INCREASE AND DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE LONGTERM POPULATION STATUS AND TREND INFORMATION FOR AQUATIC DATA SETS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BENEFICIARIES:CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERS NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GENERAL PUBLIC

VISUALIZING ECOLOGICAL DROUGHT IMPACTS, VULNERABILITIES, AND DRIVERS TO INFORM DELIBERATE DECISION-MAKING

DEVELOP METHODS TO ESTIMATE U.S. FERAL SWINE POPULATIONS

THE ROSES A.41 SOLICITATION HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED WITHIN THE EARTH SCIENCE COMMUNITY TO DEVELOP A "MORE COMPLETE AND MORE ACCURATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL BEHAVIOR OF PLANT AND ANIMALS SPECIES." IT SPECIFICALLY CALLS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF "TIME SERIES MEASUREMENTS OF KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS WITH THE SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANISMAL POPULATIONS COMMUNITIES AND SPECIES FOR IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE." PHENOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS (THE STUDY OF CYCLIC AND SEASONAL NATURAL PHENOMENA ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO CLIMATE AND PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE) ARE HIGHLY RELEVANT TO THESE NEEDS. THERE ARE EXTENSIVE EXISTING EFFORTS TO COLLECT PHENOLOGICALLY-RELEVANT INFORMATION INCLUDING A RANGE OF DATA FROM IN SITU TO NEAR-SURFACE CAMERAS AND FLUX TOWERS TO AIRBORNE DATA TO POLAR ORBITING AND GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES. THERE ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO PROVIDE GRIDDED HISTORICAL AND PROJECTED CLIMATE DATA. HOWEVER THERE IS NO CONSOLIDATED EFFORT TO COMPILE SPATIALLY-ASSOCIATED PHENO-CLIMATIC INFORMATION INTO A DATA FRAMEWORK THAT WOULD IMPROVE INFORMATION COMPARISON AND REUSE FACILITATE COLLABORATION WITHIN THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY AND INCREASE THE SPEED OF PRODUCTION AND PUBLICATION OF RESULTS RELATED TO THE NEEDS IDENTIFIED IN THE SOLICITATION. HERE OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP AN ADVANCED PHENO-CLIMATIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (APIS). THE SYSTEM WILL INCORPORATE TOOLS WORKFLOWS AND SOFTWARE FOR BRINGING PHENOLOGICAL AND CLIMATE DATA TOGETHER. APIS WILL BE DESIGNED TO LEVERAGE EXISTING EXPERTISE TECHNIQUES AND NETWORKS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THE PRIMARY BENEFIT OF THIS EFFORT IS THAT IT WILL FOCUS ON PROVIDING PHENO-CLIMATIC DATA IN WAY THAT WOULD ALLOW THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TO TEST FAMILIES OF HYPOTHESES GENERATED FROM THE SEED HYPOTHESIS THAT CL MATE CHANGE IS INFLUENCING THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR OF KEY POPULATIONS OF ORGANISMS COMMUNITIES AND SPECIES.

GEOSPATIAL ANALYSES, SPECIES MODELING, AND INTERACTIVE WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT SAGEBRUSH BIOME ASSESSMENT AND INFORM CONSERVATION DESIGN

A CO-PRODUCED SCIENCE SYNTHESIS FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL DROUGHT

DEVELOPING AND DEPLOYING A LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION DESIGN FOR THE GREEN RIVER BASIN

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TO DEVELOP ANALYTICAL ESTIMATES ON FERAL SWINE POPULATIONS, DISTRIBUTION, INVASIVE POTENTIAL, AND MOVEMENT.

NC CASC-CPS-ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATI

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTE WITH CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERS, INC.

DECISION SUPPORT FOR MEADOW CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION IN THE SIERRA NEVADA ECOREGION

TO PROVIDE FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO DEVELOP ANALYTICAL ESTIMATES ON FERAL SWINE POPULATIONS, DISTRIBUTION, INVASIVE POTENTIAL, AND MOVEMENT.

SCC-PG: CO-DESIGNING AI-DRIVEN FIRE PREPAREDNESS ASSESSMENT TOOLS TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS IN THE WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE.

15.945: COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM CESU NETWORKSAM.GOV LINK: CLICK HERE FOR THE SAM.GOV ASSISTANCE LISTING PROGRAMMING SUPPORTS A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF COOPERATIVE STUDY UNITS TO FACILITATECOOPERATIVE RESEARCH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING TO INFORM SCIENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. THE STUDY UNITS FACILITATE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SCIENCE AND INTEGRATED INFORMATION PRODUCTS ACROSS MULTIPLE GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM. CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERS WILL PRODUCE A BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOR FIRE MANAGEMENT ACTIONS FOR THREATENED, ENDANGERED, AND CANDIDATE SPECIES AT BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, AMISTAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, FORT DAVIS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, AND GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK. THIS WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR THE US FISH WILDLIFE SERVICE TO PROVIDE A BIOLOGICAL OPINION FOR THE FIRE AND FUELS PROGRAMS UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AND THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC).

ACTIONABLE PHENOLOGICAL SCIENCE FOR THE WATER-LIMITED SOUTHWEST

STATISTICAL SUPPORT FOR LONG-TERM MONITORING IN FIVE IMR I&M NETWORKS

RANGEWIDE MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE ACTION PLAN

THE RECIPIENT WILL ENHANCE MILITARY READINESS BY PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS 51 INSTALLATION IN THE ARID WEST BY MITIGATING ACTION THAT CONTRIBUT

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KNA 2019 FA KENAI DROUGHT PROJECT

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO STRENGTHEN THE EAST PACIFIC LEATHERBACK CONSERVATION PROGRAM THROUGHOUT ITS RANGE. THE EAST PACIFIC LEATHERBACK NESTS IN MEXICO, COSTA RICA AND NICARAGUA AND MIGRATES AND FORAGES ALONG THE EAST PACIFIC FROM MEXICO SOUTH TO CHILE. THE NESTING POPULATION WAS ONCE THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD, WITH OVER 150,000 NESTS ESTIMATED IN THE EARLY 1980⿿S. THIS HAS PLUMMETED TO FEWER THAN 1500 NESTS ANNUALLY. THE INTENT OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE EP LEATHERBACK CONSERVATION NETWORK (LAUD OPO) IN ITS EFFORTS TO IMPROVE NESTING BEACH AND BYCATCH REDUCTION PROJECTS AND TO SUPPORT THE SECRETARIAT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN SEA TURTLE CONVENTION (IAC) IN MEETINGS WITH HIGH LEVEL GOVERNMENT DECISION MAKERS TO ADDRESS BYCATCH REDUCTION MEASURES IN RANGE STATE COUNTRIES. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) ENSURE REGIONAL DATABASE, WEBSITE AND ONLINE LIBRARY OF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IS MAINTAINED FOR THE EP LEATHERBACK NETWORK; (2) FACILITATE ALIGNMENT OF IAC LEATHERBACK TASKFORCE PRIORITIES WITH EP LEATHERBACK NETWORK AS CHAIR OF THE IAC LEATHERBACK TASK FORCE: (3) ACCOMPANY IAC SECRETARIAT AS TECHNICAL EXPERT TO MEETINGS WITH HIGH LEVEL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS EP LEATHERBACK CONSERVATION ISSUES AND POLICY ISSUES TO ADDRESS LEATHERBACK FISHERIES BYCATCH; AND (4) COORDINATE ONE EP LEATHERBACK NETWORK WORKSHOP ANNUALLY TO REVIEW ONGOING PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES AND CONSULT ABOUT PROBLEMS AND NEEDS.

ESTIMATING LONG-TERM TRENDS IN AMPHIBIAN OCCUPANCY AND ABUNDANCE IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK

EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO MAP CURRENT MESIC RESOURCES AND QUANTIFY PAST CHANGES IN MESIC RESOURCE AVAILABILITY IN THE SAGEBRUSH BIOME, YET NO DATA PRODUCTS EXIST PROJECTING FUTURE MESIC RESOURCE VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE, DROUGHT, AND LAND USE CHANGE AT THE BIOME SCALE, PARTICULARLY ACROSS MULTIPLE FACETS OF VULNERABILITY I.E., EXPOSURE, SENSITIVITY, AND ADAPTIVE CAPACITY. SUCH PROJECTIONS WILL BE CRITICAL TO IDENTIFY HOTSPOTS OF VULNERABILITY, AREAS OF RESILIENCE, AND TO GUIDE CONSERVATION INVESTMENTS FOR MESIC RESOURCES. TARGETED AND INFORMED CONSERVATION WILL BE KEY TO STOPPING, AND EVEN REVERSING, THE LOSS OF IMPORTANT MESIC AREAS THROUGHOUT THE SAGEBRUSH BIOME. TO ADDRESS THIS, CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERS WILL PROJECT THE VULNERABILITY OF MESIC RESOURCES TO CLIMATE CHANGE, DROUGHT, AND LAND USE CHANGE UNDER A SUITE OF FUTURE SCENARIOS USING A NOVEL VULNERABILITY INDEX DEVELOPED JOINTLY WITH STAKEHOLDERS, GENERATING MAPS OF FUTURE VULNERABILITY HOTSPOTS AND RESILIENT MESIC AREAS AND COPRODUCING A GUIDANCE DOCUMENT OF TARGETED MANAGEMENT APPROACHES TO INFORM MESIC CONSERVATION IN THE BIOME. CRITICALLY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS GUIDANCE DOCUMENT WILL SUMMARIZE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING EACH LEVEL OF VULNERABILITY ACROSS SAGEBRUSH CONSERVATION DESIGN CATEGORIES CORE, GROWTH, AND OTHER, HELPING TO GUIDE TARGETED CONSERVATION INVESTMENTS AND ULTIMATELY SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BIOMEWIDE STRATEGY FOR MESIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. DELIVERABLES INCLUDE A MAP OF MESIC RESOURCE VULNERABILITY ACROSS THE BIOME FOR TWO DIFFERENT CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS, A CONSERVATION STEPDOWN DOCUMENT, AN ANNUAL REPORT, AND TECHNICAL TRANSFER PRODUCTS INCLUDING A WEBINAR. IF TIME AND FUNDS ALLOW, AND MANUSCRIPT DESCRIBING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDEX WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPED. EXPECTED OUTCOMES INCLUDE A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF FUTURE MESIC RESOURCE VULNERABILITY TO GLOBAL CHANGE IN THE BIOME AND ENHANCED COORDINATION ACROSS AGENCIES AND ENDUSERS ENGAGED IN MESIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. ENDUSERS WILL BE FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING MESIC CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT IN THE SAGEBRUSH BIOME.

AFTER COMPLETING MODERATE TO LARGESCALE TREATMENTS, MANAGERS MAY LOOK AT THE SAGEBRUSH CONSERVATION DESIGN SCD AND THE NEWLY DEVELOPED WEB APP TO ASSESS IF THEIR TREATMENTS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN OVERALL SAGEBRUSH ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY SEI AND HELPED TO DEFEND OR GROW THE CORE IN THEIR AREA. WHEN THOSE DIFFERENCES ARE NOT OBSERVED, MANAGERS MAY QUESTION THE ACCURACY OR APPLICABILITY OF THE SCD WITHOUT IMPORTANT CONTEXT ABOUT THE SCALE OF TREATMENTS COMPARED TO THE RESOLUTION OF SCD DATA, THE 2KM SMOOTHING RADIUS THAT WAS APPLIED TO SEI VALUES, AND THE ABILITY OF OTHER THREATS TO DAMPEN ANY SEI CHANGES IF NOT JOINTLY ADDRESSED. CONSERVATION SCIENCE PARTNERS AIM WITH THIS PROJECT IS TO BOTH FILL A KNOWLEDGE GAP AND PROVIDE A TECHNICAL TRANSFER DOCUMENT WITH GUIDANCE TO MANAGERS ABOUT WHEN AND WHY THEY MAY EXPECT TO SEE OUTCOMES OF THEIR EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS REFLECTED IN DIFFERENT LAYERS OF THE SCD E.G., SCALE OF TREATMENT, WHETHER SINGLE OR MULTIPLE THREATS DRIVE DECLINES IN SEI, TIME SINCE TREATMENT, ETC.. TO DO SO, WE WILL IDENTIFY THE SCALE AND THREAT CONTEXT AT WHICH CONSERVATION TREATMENTS RESULT IN DETECTABLE DIFFERENCES IN SCD DATA LAYERS I.E., Q VALUES, SEI, AND CORE SAGEBRUSH AREA GROWTH OPPORTUNITY AREA OTHER RANGELAND AREA DESIGNATIONS AND CREATE A GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR MANAGERS. THIS DOCUMENT WILL PROVIDE INSIGHTS ON WHEN TREATMENT EFFECTS WOULD BE EXPECTED TO INFLUENCE SCD DATA LAYERS AND WILL SUPPORT LANDOWNERS IN INTERPRETING AND RECONCILING DIFFERENCES IN LOCALSCALE TREATMENTS COMPARED TO TREATMENT RESPONSES REFLECTED IN THE SCD. DELIVERABLES INCLUDE 1 A DOCUMENT DESIGNED TO BE SHARED WITH MANAGERS THAT PROVIDES CONTEXT ON WHY THEIR EFFECTIVE TREATMENT PROJECT MAY OR MAY NOT SHOW UP AT VARIOUS SCALES IN THE SCD DATA E.G., INFLUENCE OF TREATMENT SCALE, MULTIPLE THREATS, TIME SINCE TREATMENT APPLICATION, ETC. 2 WEBINAR, VIRTUAL PRESENTATION AT A WORKSHOP PLANNED BY ONE OF THE REGIONAL SAGEBRUSH CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS, OR A MINI TRAINING MODULE FOR CONSERVATION PRACTITIONERS EXPLAINING OUR FINDINGS AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL USES OF THE GUIDANCE DOCUMENT AND 3 IF TIME AND FUNDING ALLOW, A MANUSCRIPT TO BE PUBLISHED IN A PEERREVIEWED JOURNAL THAT EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN APPLIED TREATMENTS AND OUR ABILITY TO DETECT POSTTREATMENT EFFECTS IN SEI AND OTHER SCD DATA. EXPECTED OUTCOMES INCLUDE ENHANCED CLARITY SURROUNDING APPROPRIATE USES AND INTERPRETATIONS OF OF THE SCD WEB APP AND A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE LANDSCAPE TREATMENT RESPONSES AT SCALE FOR CONSERVATION PRACTITIONERS AND LAND MANAGERS OWNERS ACROSS THE SAGEBRUSH BIOME. ENDUSERS INCLUDE FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND LAND OWNERS ENGAGED IN INVASIVE ANNUAL GRASS AND CONIFER REMOVAL TREATMENTS AND HABITAT RESTORATION IN THE BIOME.

PROJECT PERIOD: 5 27 24-5 26 25PROJECT TITLE: SYNTHESIZING SPECIES RANGE SHIFT IN A CHANGING CLIMATE AT A NATIONAL SCALEPROJECT SUMMARY:(1) PURPOSE: THIS PROJECT WILL SYNTHESIZE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART ON CLIMATE-MEDIATED SPECIES MOVEMENT TO ADVANCE ACTIONABLE KNOWLEDGE ON NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND DECISION MAKING UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE.(2) ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) WILL LEAD THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL SYNTHESIS RESEARCH EFFORT FOCUSED ON SPECIES RANGE SHIFTS AT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SCALES AND IDENTIFY RESEARCH PRIORITIES TO INFORM ACTIONABLE SCIENCE.(3) DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: A STATE OF THE SCIENCE REPORT WILL BE DEVELOPED AND PUBLISHED. THIS EFFORT WILL BENEFIT FROM EXPERTISE FROM WITHIN THE CLIMATE ADAPTATION SCIENCE CENTER NETWORK AND WILL DELIVER RIGOROUS AND ACTIONABLE SCIENCE ON THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE ON SPECIES RANGE SHIFTS. IN ADDITION, THE PI WILL DEVELOP A FINAL PROJECT REPORT THAT SUMMARIZES THE PROCESSES AND FINDINGS OF THE RESEARCH.(4) INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES): THE TARGET AUDIENCE ARE RESEARCHERS IN THE FIELD OF SPECIES RANGE SHIFT ECOLOGY AS WELL AS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGERS AND OTHER RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS.

GREATER GRAND CANYON LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT SPATIAL ANALYSIS

MAPPING CORE HABITATS AND HABITAT LINKAGES FOR DESERT PRONGHORN

FUNDS UNDER THIS AWARD ARE TO BE USED TO: VALIDATE AND IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY MODELS FOR PRONGHORN IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES.

ESTIMATING TRENDS IN HIGH-ELEVATION AMPHIBIAN STATUS IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK WITH RESPECT TO CLIMATE AND VISITOR USE

ASSESSING MULTI-TEMPORAL CLIMATE AND VEGETATION MONITORING DATA TO ESTIMATE CLIMATE SENSITIVITY OF MOUNTAIN MEADOWS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA ECOREGION

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