JV Breeding and or 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 or non-breeding periods and improve population trend in our JV, we aim to maximize focal species recruitment through conservation of high quality breeding and or 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 Gamma analysis and produced a model highlighting the areas with importance for breeding and or non-breeding periods for retention and expansion. This analysis blends Fuzzy Product and Sum functions and provides a finer level of control to tune the sensitivity of the outcome model. For this model, we used a Gamma value of 0.5 to balance out high and low values of breeding and non-breeding fuzzy membership data. 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 10D). 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, 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 or non-breeding habitat restoration vs. retention vs. enhancement. See the JV website and related step-down publications for details. Links: Coming Soon (please contact us): 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_FzyOvrlyGam05_Hlshd1Sd25Gam25_021518 = albers_Jv18WbBrdYsNoFzG. (ii) albers_Jv18WbBrdYsNoFzG → converted to TIFF and projected on-the-fly to WGS84 → renamed to Jv18WbBrdYsNoFzGR. For internal use of USFWS staff: Data Management Plan (DMP) ID = 750; Title: UMGL JV Breeding and or Non-Breeding Waterbird Distribution.联合保护项目（Joint Ventures, JVs）是鸟类保护合作伙伴关系，旨在实现北美水禽管理计划（North American Waterfowl Management Plan, NAWMP）的既定目标。北美地区共设有22个鸟类栖息地联合保护项目，本项目为上密西西比河/五大湖地区联合保护项目（Upper Mississippi/Great Lakes Region Joint Venture, UMGL JV），坐落于中西部地区，处于密西西比迁徙路线的核心区位，服务于候鸟保护相关从业者。本团队为协作性区域联合体，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，致力于开展栖息地保护工作，以惠及候鸟、其他野生动植物及人类。本项目研究覆盖区域包括：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、爱荷华州西部、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。 为解决水鸟在繁殖期及（或）非繁殖期的栖息地限制问题，改善本项目区域内的水鸟种群趋势，我们旨在通过保护高质量的繁殖及（或）非繁殖栖息地，最大化重点物种的种群补充量。为实现该目标，我们采用繁殖期与非繁殖期空间数据集（详见战略规划）开展模糊叠加伽马（Fuzzy Overlay Gamma）分析，生成了可凸显繁殖及（或）非繁殖期重要区域的模型，用于指导栖息地保留与扩张工作。该分析结合了模糊乘积与模糊求和函数，能够实现更精细的参数调控，以调整结果模型的灵敏度。本模型将伽马值设为0.5，以平衡繁殖期与非繁殖期模糊隶属度数据的高低取值。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），以提升在线数据可视化、评估及交互性。该栅格地图已发表于《2018年修订版UMGL JV水鸟栖息地保护战略》（图10D）。 本产品展示了本联合保护项目区域内最具价值区域（像元邻域）的分布与相对密度（取值范围为0至1，数值越低代表重要性越低，数值越高代表重要性越高），以便在地方尺度开展所需的保护行动（即栖息地保留、保护及（或）修复）。主要集中于鸟类保护区域（Bird Conservation Region, BCR）12、22和23的综合优先区域，经预测可为决策者带来最高的保护效益。本产品可进行尺度缩减（即逐级细化至州、流域、县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，用以展示水鸟繁殖及（或）非繁殖栖息地修复、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及相关逐级细化出版物。 链接：即将上线（请联系我们）：若要下载本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（USGS）ScienceBase数据库中的UMGL JV在线文件夹。若要查看并探索本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： 模型代码与最终操作步骤（仅供UMGL JV内部人员使用）：(i) AgsJvwWbBrdYsNo_FzyOvrlyGam05_Hlshd1Sd25Gam25_021518 = albers_Jv18WbBrdYsNoFzG。(ii) albers_Jv18WbBrdYsNoFzG → 转换为TIFF格式并实时投影至WGS84坐标系 → 重命名为Jv18WbBrdYsNoFzGR。 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：750；标题：UMGL JV繁殖及（或）非繁殖期水鸟分布。