JV Breeding Waterbirds (Pxl)

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. To address Waterbird habitat limitation during the breeding period and improve population trend in our JV, we aim to maximize focal species recruitment through conservation of high quality breeding habitats. To help achieve this objective, we combined spatial datasets of eight breeding focal species (see breeding habitat density and distribution maps in Appendix A of the strategic plan) using fuzzy overlay analysis and produced a model highlighting the areas having the most important waterbird breeding habitats for retention and expansion. Finally, we converted the original raster datset of this model to TIFF format (this product) to improve data visualization, assessment, and interactivity online. The raster map was published in the JV Waterbird Habitat Conservation Strategy – 2018 Revision (Figure 10A). 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) 12 and 23, were predicted to produce the most value for the decision makers. This product can be scaled-down (i.e., stepped-down to state, watershed, county, or any smaller target area) and supplemented with additional local data for customized output maps depicting best areas for Waterbird breeding habitat restoration vs. retention vs. enhancement. See the JV website and related step-down 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) Hcs17Wb8SppBreedYs_FzyOvrlyOr_Hlshd1Sd25Gm25_021518_R1DST_Ready = albers_Jv18WbBrdYs. (ii) albers_Jv18WbBrdYs → converted to TIFF and projected on-the-fly to WGS84 → renamed to Jv18WbBrdYsR. For internal use of USFWS staff: Data Management Plan (DMP) ID = 714; Title: UMGL JV Breeding Waterbird Distribution.联合保护项目（Joint Ventures，简称JVs）是为实现《北美水禽管理计划》（North American Waterfowl Management Plan，简称NAWMP）目标而设立的鸟类保护合作机制。北美地区共设有22个鸟类栖息地联合保护项目，本项目即上密西西比河/五大湖区域联合保护项目（Upper Mississippi/Great Lakes Region Joint Venture，简称UMGL JV），地处美国中西部，位于密西西比迁徙路线的核心区位，服务于涉迁徙鸟类保护的相关工作者。本项目由多主体协作组成的区域性团队构成，涵盖政府机构、原住民部落、非营利组织、企业、高校及个人，旨在通过栖息地保护，为迁徙鸟类、其他野生生物及人类群体创造福祉。本项目的研究覆盖范围包括：明尼苏达州东部地区、威斯康星州全域、密歇根州全域、内布拉斯加州东部与堪萨斯州东部、艾奥瓦州西部、南部及东部地区、密苏里州北部、伊利诺伊州、印第安纳州以及俄亥俄州西北部。为解决本项目区域内繁殖期水鸟栖息地不足的问题，优化种群发展趋势，本项目旨在通过保护高质量繁殖栖息地，最大化目标物种的种群补充量。为达成上述目标，本研究采用模糊叠加分析法，整合了8种繁殖期目标物种的空间数据集（详见战略计划附录A中的繁殖栖息地密度与分布地图），构建了可识别对水鸟繁殖栖息地保护与扩张具有最高优先级区域的模型。最终，本研究将该模型的原始栅格数据集转换为TIFF格式（即本数据集产品），以提升数据可视化、评估效率及在线交互性。该栅格地图已收录于《联合保护项目水鸟栖息地保护战略——2018修订版》（图10A）中。本数据集产品展示了本项目区域内最具保护价值区域（像素邻域）的分布与相对密度（取值范围0至1，数值对应保护价值由低到高），可用于在地方尺度上开展所需的各类保护行动（即栖息地保留、保护及修复）的决策规划。聚合优先级区域主要集中于鸟类保护区域（Bird Conservation Region，简称BCR）12与23范围内，经预测可为决策者带来最高的保护效益。本数据集产品支持尺度下探（即可细化至州、流域、县域或任意更小的目标区域），并可补充本地化数据，生成定制化输出地图，用于标识水鸟繁殖栖息地修复、保留与强化的最优区域。详见联合保护项目官方网站及相关尺度下探类出版物以获取更多细节。相关链接如下：若需下载本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知识库中的UMGL JV在线文件夹。若需查看并浏览本TIFF数据集及相关数据，请访问UMGL JV决策支持工具在线平台。参考文献：模型代码与最终步骤（仅供UMGL JV内部员工使用）：(i) Hcs17Wb8SppBreedYs_FzyOvrlyOr_Hlshd1Sd25Gm25_021518_R1DST_Ready = albers_Jv18WbBrdYs。(ii) albers_Jv18WbBrdYs → 转换为TIFF格式并实时投影至WGS84坐标系 → 重命名为Jv18WbBrdYsR。仅供美国鱼类及野生动物管理局（USFWS）内部员工使用：数据管理计划（Data Management Plan，简称DMP）编号为714；标题：UMGL JV繁殖期水鸟分布。