JV Breeding X Non-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 and non-breeding periods and improve population trend in our JV, we aim to maximize focal species recruitment through conservation of high quality breeding and non-breeding habitats. To help achieve this objective, we used the spatial datasets of breeding and non-breeding periods (see strategic plan) in a fuzzy overlay product analysis and produced a model highlighting the areas with mutual importance for breeding and non-breeding periods 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 10C). 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. 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 and non-breeding habitat restoration vs. retention vs. enhancement. See the JV website and related step-down publications for details. Links: Coming Soon: 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) AgsJvwWbBrdYsNo_FzyOvrlyProduct_Hlshd1Sd25Gam25_021518 = albers_Jv18WbBrdYsNoFzX. (ii) albers_Jv18WbBrdYsNoFzX → converted to TIFF and projected on-the-fly to WGS84 → renamed to Jv18WbBrdYsNoFzXR. Coming Soon: For internal use of USFWS staff: Data Management Plan (DMP) ID = 000; Title: UMGL JV Breeding and Non-Breeding Waterbird Distribution: Areas of Mutual Importance.联合保护伙伴（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组织。北美地区共设有22个鸟类栖息地联合保护伙伴，其中我们的密西西比河上游/五大湖地区联合保护伙伴（Upper Mississippi/Great Lakes Region Joint Venture, UMGL JV）坐落于中西部，地处密西西比迁徙路线（Mississippi Flyway）的关键区位，服务于涉迁飞鸟类保护的相关工作者。本组织是由政府机构、原住民部落、非营利组织、企业、高校及个人组成的区域性协作团体，致力于保护栖息地，以惠及迁飞鸟类、其他野生动物及人类社会。本组织的覆盖区域包括明尼苏达州东部、威斯康星州全境、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、南部及东部、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。为解决本组织辖区内水禽在繁殖期与非繁殖期的栖息地匮乏问题，并改善种群发展趋势，本组织拟通过保护高质量的繁殖与非繁殖栖息地，最大化目标物种的种群补充量。为达成该目标，我们采用繁殖期与非繁殖期的空间数据集（详见战略规划文档）开展模糊叠加分析，构建了可识别繁殖期与非繁殖期兼具重要性的区域的模型，用于栖息地留存与扩张工作。最终，我们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），以提升数据在线可视化、评估与交互性。该栅格地图已刊载于《UMGL JV水禽栖息地保护战略——2018修订版》（图10C）。本数据集产品展示了本组织辖区内所有高价值区域（像素邻域）的分布与相对密度（取值范围0~1，数值越高代表重要性越强），可用于在地方尺度开展所需的各类保护行动——包括栖息地留存、保护及修复等。综合优先区域主要集中于鸟类保护区域（Bird Conservation Region, BCR）22与23范围内，经预测可为决策者带来最高的保护效益。本数据集支持尺度缩减（即向下细化至州域、流域、县域或任意更小的目标区域），并可补充额外的本地数据，生成定制化输出地图，用于标注水禽繁殖与非繁殖栖息地的最优修复、留存及增强区域。详细信息请参阅本组织官网及相关细化出版物。相关链接即将上线：如需下载本TIFF数据集及相关数据、元数据与文档，请浏览美国地质调查局（U.S. Geological Survey）ScienceBase知识库中的UMGL JV在线文件夹。如需查看并探索本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) AgsJvwWbBrdYsNo_FzyOvrlyProduct_Hlshd1Sd25Gam25_021518 = albers_Jv18WbBrdYsNoFzX。(ii) albers_Jv18WbBrdYsNoFzX → 转换为TIFF格式并实时投影至WGS84坐标系 → 重命名为Jv18WbBrdYsNoFzXR。相关信息即将上线：仅供美国鱼类及野生动物管理局（U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USFWS）内部人员使用：数据管理计划（Data Management Plan, DMP）编号：000；标题：UMGL JV繁殖期与非繁殖期水禽分布：兼具双重重要性的区域。