Louisiana Waterthrush WGCPO HSI – Local Scale

<div><div><font color='#000000' face='Times New Roman' size='3'>FOR non-AGOL ACCOUNT HOLDERS, DOWNLOAD THIS GEOSPATIAL DATA HERE: </font></div><div><font color='#000000' face='Times New Roman' size='3'><br /></font></div><div><font color='#000000' face='Times New Roman' size='3'>https://gis-fws.opendata.arcgis.com/search?tags=lmvjv</font></div></div><div><font color='#000000' face='Times New Roman' size='3'><br /></font></div><span style='color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size:medium;'>The &quot;Louisiana Waterthrush WGCPO HSI - Local Scale&quot; spatial layer quantifies habitat suitability for the Louisiana Waterthrush at the local scale in the West Gulf Coastal Plain and Ouachitas (WGCPO) Bird Conservation Region (BCR 25). This model represents the synthesis of two modeling approaches - geometric mean of suitability indices and species distribution modeling (SDM) - and was informed by seven predictive covariates (forest cover and patch size, canopy cover, distances to streams and disturbance, watershed integrity, and catchment gradient) as well as U.S. Forest Service survey data ranging from 2000 to 2020. The purpose of this HSI is to guide conservation planning in the WGCPO at a local scale by highlighting stream segments predicted to provide optimal breeding habitat for the Louisiana Waterthrush.</span>