JV Waterfowl & People DST Mix (Pixels)

Joint Ventures (JVs) are bird conservation partnerships, established to achieve the goals of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP). There are 22 bird habitat JVs in North America, and our JV, the Upper Mississippi/Great Lakes Region Joint Venture (UMGL JV) is located in the Midwest, in a pivotal location in the Mississippi Flyway, for people involved in migratory bird conservation. We are a collaborative, regional group of government agencies, tribes, nonprofit organizations, corporations, universities, and individuals that conserve habitat for the benefit of migratory birds, other wildlife, and people. Our landscape includes eastern Minnesota; all of Wisconsin and Michigan; eastern Nebraska and Kansas; western, southern and eastern Iowa; northern Missouri, Illinois and Indiana; and northwestern Ohio. Targeting conservation to achieve biological objectives for Waterfowl and social objectives for People is a priority for JVs. We produced a Decision Support Tool (DST) for our JV region to help achieve this goal, and this dataset is the TIFF version of the original raster of the mixed-model of the DST. The raster map was published in the JV Waterfowl Habitat Conservation Strategy – 2017 Revision (Figure 18). It was also the main layer in Figure 5 in JV"s technical report 2017-1 entitled: Targeting Conservation for Waterfowl and People: A Decision Support Tool. Starting with a matrix of six relevant objectives, we transformed related biological and social data into a family of six spatially explicit model-based maps designed to achieve individual objectives. Output maps were weighted based on discussion with regional decision makers (JV Management board) and then combined, resulting in a raster dataset, which is an aggregate mixed-model of the DST to target conservation for the benefit of Waterfowl and People in the JV region (mixing biological and social objectives). The raster was finally converted to TIFF format (this product) to improve data visualization, assessment, and interactivity online. This product shows the distribution and relative density (scale of 0 – 1; values of low – high) of the most valuable areas (pixel neighborhoods) across the JV region, to acquire or manage whatever the required conservation action at the local scale is (i.e., retention, protection, and or restoration). Aggregate-priority-areas, emphasized mostly across Bird Conservation Region (BCR) 22 and 23, were predicted to produce the most value for the decision makers. These hotspots were mainly prioritized using relative density of breeding and or non-breeding habitats for waterfowl. They were then ‘customized’ by gaining low – high values depending on the relative density of current and potential social demand. Additional customization was achieved by adding relative density of development and agricultural, as a proxy for social need to restore ecological goods and services and Waterfowl need to decrease habitat threats. Areas other than the hotspots represents the availability of objective-targeting-areas in lower data densities, lower objective overlap, and/or lower objective weights. We designed a flexible and adaptable analysis framework, so objectives and objective weights can be easily adjusted to address shifts in regional stakeholder priorities and compare outcomes with varied emphasis on biological vs. social values. All of our products (including this one) can be modified accordingly. They can also be scaled-down (i.e., stepped-down to state, watershed, county, or any smaller target area) and supplemented with additional local data such as soil types, current land use, hydrologic aspects, and other environmental priorities for customized output maps depicting best areas for Waterfowl habitat restoration vs. retention vs. enhancement. See the JV website and publications for details. Links: To download this TIFF dataset and related data, metadata, and documentation, please browse the UMGL JV online folder in the U.S. Geological Survey's ScienceBase repository. To view and explore this TIFF dataset and related data, please visit the online experience of the UMGL JV Decision Support Tools. References: Model codes and final steps (for internal use of UMGLJV staff): (i) AgsJvwDstV3_03_03_01_01_01_01_Hlshd1StD25_TitleUpdate_MixedModel_Ready___Final = albers_Jv17WfDstMx. (ii) albers_Jv17WfDstMx → converted to TIFF and projected on-the-fly to WGS84 → renamed to Jv17WfDstMxR. For internal use of USFWS staff: Data Management Plan (DMP) ID = 675; Title: UMGL JV Waterfowl & People Decision Support Tool (Mixed-Model).联合保护项目（Joint Ventures, JVs）是为实现《北美水禽管理计划》（North American Waterfowl Management Plan, NAWMP）目标而设立的鸟类保护合作机制。北美共计设有22个鸟类栖息地联合保护项目，本次涉及的上密西西比河/五大湖区域联合保护项目（Upper Mississippi/Great Lakes Region Joint Venture, UMGL JV）坐落于美国中西部，处于密西西比迁徙路线的关键区位，对从事迁徙鸟类保护工作的人员而言具有核心战略意义。 本团队是一个协作性的区域性组织，成员涵盖政府机构、原住民部落、非营利组织、企业、高校及个人，致力于通过栖息地保护，为迁徙鸟类、其他野生生物及人类社会谋取福祉。我们的保护范围包括明尼苏达州东部地区、威斯康星州全境与密歇根州全境、内布拉斯加州东部与堪萨斯州东部、艾奥瓦州西部、南部与东部区域、密苏里州北部、伊利诺伊州与印第安纳州北部，以及俄亥俄州西北部。 以兼顾水禽保护生物学目标与人类社会发展目标为核心，是联合保护项目的优先工作方向。我们为本区域开发了一款决策支持工具（Decision Support Tool, DST）以助力该目标的达成，本数据集即该工具混合模型原始栅格数据的TIFF格式版本。该栅格地图刊载于《联合保护项目水禽栖息地保护战略——2017年修订版》（图18），同时也是2017年编号为2017-1的联合保护项目技术报告中图5的核心图层，该报告标题为《靶向水禽与人类的保护行动：一款决策支持工具》。 研究初始以六项相关目标为基础矩阵，将相关生物学与社会学数据转化为六套空间显式的基于模型的地图，以分别实现各单一目标。产出的地图经与区域决策者（本项目管理委员会）研讨后赋予权重，随后进行融合，最终得到本栅格数据集——即本区域兼顾水禽与人类福祉的保护行动靶向混合模型，整合了生物学与社会学目标。为提升数据可视化效果、在线评估能力与交互性，该栅格数据最终被转换为TIFF格式，即本数据集。 本产品展示了本区域内最具保护价值的区域（像元邻域）的分布与相对密度，取值范围为0至1，对应保护价值从低到高，以支撑本地尺度下的各类保护行动，包括栖息地保留、保护与/或修复。综合优先级区域主要集中分布于鸟类保护区域（Bird Conservation Region, BCR）22与23，据预测可为决策者带来最高的保护价值。这些热点区域的优先排序主要基于水禽繁殖与/或非繁殖栖息地的相对密度，随后结合当前与潜在社会需求的相对密度进行“定制化”调整；此外还通过加入开发与农业活动的相对密度作为代理指标，进一步实现定制化——该指标既反映了社会对修复生态产品与服务的需求，也对应了水禽栖息地威胁降低的需求。热点区域以外的区域则代表保护目标匹配度较低、目标重叠度较低或/和目标权重较低的区域。 我们设计了一套灵活可适配的分析框架，可轻松调整目标与目标权重，以响应区域利益相关者优先级的变化，并对比不同生物学与社会学价值侧重下的分析结果。本产品及所有相关成果均可据此进行修改，也可进行尺度缩减，例如下推至州、流域、郡县或其他更小的目标区域，并补充土壤类型、当前土地利用、水文条件及其他环境优先级等本地数据，以生成定制化的输出地图，分别标注水禽栖息地修复、保留与增强的最优区域。详细信息请参阅本联合保护项目官网与相关出版物。 ### 下载与浏览链接 下载本TIFF数据集及相关数据、元数据与文档，请访问美国地质调查局ScienceBase仓库中的UMGL JV在线文件夹。浏览并探索本TIFF数据集及相关数据，请访问UMGL JV决策支持工具在线体验平台。 ### 参考文献 模型代码与最终步骤（仅供UMGL JV内部人员使用）： (i) AgsJvwDstV3_03_03_01_01_01_01_Hlshd1StD25_TitleUpdate_MixedModel_Ready___Final = albers_Jv17WfDstMx。 (ii) albers_Jv17WfDstMx → 转换为TIFF格式并实时投影至WGS84坐标系 → 重命名为Jv17WfDstMxR。 仅供美国鱼类及野生动物管理局（USFWS）内部人员使用：数据管理计划（Data Management Plan, DMP）编号=675；标题：UMGL JV水禽与人类决策支持工具（混合模型）。