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Missouri Natural Heritage Program

Missouri Natural Heritage Program. Butler, 2005. What is Heritage?. The Nature Conservancy NatureServe Standards, methodology, software Programs: U.S., Canada, 13 other countries Purpose: Inventory biological diversity Maintain database

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Missouri Natural Heritage Program

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  1. Missouri Natural Heritage Program Butler, 2005

  2. What is Heritage? • The Nature Conservancy NatureServe • Standards, methodology, software • Programs: U.S., Canada, 13 other countries • Purpose: • Inventory biological diversity • Maintain database • Provide data for natural resource conservation

  3. What do we Track? • Species of Conservation Concern (birds within “safe dates”) • High-quality natural communities • Some exotic species • MDC-owned caves • >18,000 records; 1000/ year

  4. What Data is Included? • Species/ natural community name • Status and rank • Location • Dates • Owner • Many others!

  5. Scientific Journals County Natural Features Inventories MDC Staff Other Agencies Collector Permit Reports Museums and Herbaria Universities Conservation Groups Where Does the Data Come From? Heritage

  6. Predictive Modeling Environmental Review Planning & Land Management Species Status Assessments Range Maps Surveys & Monitoring How is the Data Used? Heritage The Mission of the Missouri Department of Conservation is to protect and manage the fish, forest and wildlife resources of the state;…

  7. The Data is Sensitive! • Collectors • Private landowners • MDC proprietary ownership • Do Not Distribute!

  8. Data-Sharing Partners • State • MO Army National Guard • MO Dept. of Natural Resources • MO Dept. of Transportation • University of Missouri-Columbia • Other • County governments • MO Resources Assessment Partnership • Regional planning organizations • The Nature Conservancy • More! • Federal • Natural Resources Conservation Service • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • U.S. Dept. of Defense • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service • U.S. Forest Service • U.S. National Park Service Heritage: single best source of SOCC data Please share your data!

  9. Where can I get Heritage Data? • Public internet: • County listshttp://www.mdc.mo.gov/cgi-bin/heritage/ • Environmental reviewhttp://mdcgis.mdc.state.mo.us/heritage/ • MDC intranethttp://mdcnathis.mdc.state.mo.us/website/ naturalhistory/viewer.htm • GIS shapefiles: Server, CD, FTP

  10. Where can I get Heritage Data? • Public internet: • County lists http://www.mdc.mo.gov/cgi-bin/heritage/ • Environmental review http://mdcgis.mdc.state.mo.us/heritage/ • MDC intranethttp://mdcnathis.mdc.state.mo.us/website/ naturalhistory/viewer.htm • GIS shapefiles: Server, CD, FTP

  11. Where can I get Heritage Data? • Public internet: • County lists http://www.mdc.mo.gov/cgi-bin/heritage/ • Environmental review http://mdcgis.mdc.state.mo.us/heritage/ • MDC intranethttp://mdcnathis.mdc.state.mo.us/website/ naturalhistory/viewer.htm • GIS shapefiles: Server, CD, FTP

  12. Where can I get Heritage Data? • Public internet: • County listshttp://www.mdc.mo.gov/cgi-bin/heritage/ • Environmental review http://mdcgis.mdc.state.mo.us/heritage/ • MDC intranethttp://mdcnathis.mdc.state.mo.us/website/ naturalhistory/viewer.htm • GIS shapefiles: Server, CD, FTP

  13. O:\GISData REGION Heritage Erpoly = Environmental review polygons Current, tracked Erpt = Environmental review points Hertpoly = All Heritage polygons All records: includes historic and delisted = All Heritage points Hertpt = Data dictionary & GIS fact sheet Docs

  14. 41 11,330 Erpt Jackson County 193 17,297 Hertpt

  15. O:\GISData REGION Heritage Erpoly = Environmental review polygons Current, tracked Erpt = Environmental review points Hertpoly = All Heritage polygons All records: includes historic and delisted = All Heritage points Hertpt = Data dictionary & GIS fact sheet Docs

  16. 41 11,330 Erpoly Jackson County 193 17,297 Hertpoly

  17. O:\GISData REGION Heritage Erpoly = Environmental review polygons Current, tracked = Environmental review points Erpt Hertpoly = All Heritage polygons All records: includes historic and delisted = All Heritage points Hertpt = Data dictionary & GIS fact sheet Docs

  18. Help Documents

  19. Fields to Know • Track: Y or N • Srank: Exotic (SE) • Eorank: Historic (H) or Destroyed (X) • Historic = approx. 25 years for animals • Historic = 25 years for vascular plants • Eosubrnk: Introduced (i) or Restored (r ) • Ludist, Lutype, Luunit

  20. Case Example: CRP • Find landowner’s property in ArcMap

  21. CRP • Add Heritage shapefile

  22. Select features CRP

  23. Data Interpretation • Survey effort • Species’ biology • “Negative” data • Point vs. polygon • Small polygons • Attributes • Locational uncertainty • Contains what we know, but we don’t know everything

  24. Interpretation: Survey Effort • Long-term, systematic • Recent Knowledge • Opportunistic

  25. Interpretation: Species Biology • Caves/ trees Nests/ overwinter • . • Den/ home range Limited knowledge • .

  26. Interpretation: Negative Data • Sampling sites where SOCC are NOT found, are not in the database

  27. Interpretation: Point vs. Polygon

  28. Interpretation: Small Polygons and Map Scale 1 erpt and 1 erpoly visible 1 erpt and 3 erpoly visible • Points are scalable: always visible (polygons are not)

  29. Interpretation: Small Polygons and Map Layers 1 erpt and 2 erpoly visible 1 erpt and 3 erpoly visible

  30. Interpretation: Attributes • Multi-value 1 (correct but random) • Text truncated

  31. Interpretation: Locational Uncertainty • Ludist: Distance (radius) of buffer • Luunit: Units (usually meters) • Lutype: Areal deliminated or estimated

  32. Case Example: Manage for Diversity • Find landowner’s property in ArcMap • Montgomery county

  33. Diversity Management • Add Hertpoly

  34. Diversity Management • Select features

  35. Summary • Sensitive, confidential, proprietary • Single best source of SOCC information • Questions? • Help documents • Heritage contacts Please contribute your data!

  36. Contacts • Heritage Coordinator: Dorothy Butler • Heritage Biologists: • Debby Fantz (Zoologist) • Tim Smith (Botanist) • Tim Nigh (Community Ecologist) • Wildlife Division Natural History Biologists EO Challenge • External requests Policy Coordination

  37. Species Specialists • Mike Arduser (Insects) • Jeff Briggler (Amphibians & Reptiles) • Bob DiStefano (Crustaceans) • Bill Elliott (Caves & Cave Life) • Debby Fantz (Mammalogist) • Andy Forbes (Birds) • Steve McMurray (Mollusks) • Tim Nigh (Natural Communities) • Tim Smith (Botanist)

  38. 2006

  39. Heritage EO Challenge

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