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Missouri Natural Heritage Program. Butler, 2005. What is Heritage?. The Nature Conservancy NatureServe Standards, methodology, software Programs: U.S., Canada, 13 other countries Purpose: Inventory biological diversity Maintain database
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Missouri Natural Heritage Program Butler, 2005
What is Heritage? • The Nature Conservancy NatureServe • Standards, methodology, software • Programs: U.S., Canada, 13 other countries • Purpose: • Inventory biological diversity • Maintain database • Provide data for natural resource conservation
What do we Track? • Species of Conservation Concern (birds within “safe dates”) • High-quality natural communities • Some exotic species • MDC-owned caves • >18,000 records; 1000/ year
What Data is Included? • Species/ natural community name • Status and rank • Location • Dates • Owner • Many others!
Scientific Journals County Natural Features Inventories MDC Staff Other Agencies Collector Permit Reports Museums and Herbaria Universities Conservation Groups Where Does the Data Come From? Heritage
Predictive Modeling Environmental Review Planning & Land Management Species Status Assessments Range Maps Surveys & Monitoring How is the Data Used? Heritage The Mission of the Missouri Department of Conservation is to protect and manage the fish, forest and wildlife resources of the state;…
The Data is Sensitive! • Collectors • Private landowners • MDC proprietary ownership • Do Not Distribute!
Data-Sharing Partners • State • MO Army National Guard • MO Dept. of Natural Resources • MO Dept. of Transportation • University of Missouri-Columbia • Other • County governments • MO Resources Assessment Partnership • Regional planning organizations • The Nature Conservancy • More! • Federal • Natural Resources Conservation Service • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers • U.S. Dept. of Defense • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service • U.S. Forest Service • U.S. National Park Service Heritage: single best source of SOCC data Please share your data!
Where can I get Heritage Data? • Public internet: • County listshttp://www.mdc.mo.gov/cgi-bin/heritage/ • Environmental reviewhttp://mdcgis.mdc.state.mo.us/heritage/ • MDC intranethttp://mdcnathis.mdc.state.mo.us/website/ naturalhistory/viewer.htm • GIS shapefiles: Server, CD, FTP
Where can I get Heritage Data? • Public internet: • County lists http://www.mdc.mo.gov/cgi-bin/heritage/ • Environmental review http://mdcgis.mdc.state.mo.us/heritage/ • MDC intranethttp://mdcnathis.mdc.state.mo.us/website/ naturalhistory/viewer.htm • GIS shapefiles: Server, CD, FTP
Where can I get Heritage Data? • Public internet: • County lists http://www.mdc.mo.gov/cgi-bin/heritage/ • Environmental review http://mdcgis.mdc.state.mo.us/heritage/ • MDC intranethttp://mdcnathis.mdc.state.mo.us/website/ naturalhistory/viewer.htm • GIS shapefiles: Server, CD, FTP
Where can I get Heritage Data? • Public internet: • County listshttp://www.mdc.mo.gov/cgi-bin/heritage/ • Environmental review http://mdcgis.mdc.state.mo.us/heritage/ • MDC intranethttp://mdcnathis.mdc.state.mo.us/website/ naturalhistory/viewer.htm • GIS shapefiles: Server, CD, FTP
O:\GISData REGION Heritage Erpoly = Environmental review polygons Current, tracked Erpt = Environmental review points Hertpoly = All Heritage polygons All records: includes historic and delisted = All Heritage points Hertpt = Data dictionary & GIS fact sheet Docs
41 11,330 Erpt Jackson County 193 17,297 Hertpt
O:\GISData REGION Heritage Erpoly = Environmental review polygons Current, tracked Erpt = Environmental review points Hertpoly = All Heritage polygons All records: includes historic and delisted = All Heritage points Hertpt = Data dictionary & GIS fact sheet Docs
41 11,330 Erpoly Jackson County 193 17,297 Hertpoly
O:\GISData REGION Heritage Erpoly = Environmental review polygons Current, tracked = Environmental review points Erpt Hertpoly = All Heritage polygons All records: includes historic and delisted = All Heritage points Hertpt = Data dictionary & GIS fact sheet Docs
Fields to Know • Track: Y or N • Srank: Exotic (SE) • Eorank: Historic (H) or Destroyed (X) • Historic = approx. 25 years for animals • Historic = 25 years for vascular plants • Eosubrnk: Introduced (i) or Restored (r ) • Ludist, Lutype, Luunit
Case Example: CRP • Find landowner’s property in ArcMap
CRP • Add Heritage shapefile
Select features CRP
Data Interpretation • Survey effort • Species’ biology • “Negative” data • Point vs. polygon • Small polygons • Attributes • Locational uncertainty • Contains what we know, but we don’t know everything
Interpretation: Survey Effort • Long-term, systematic • Recent Knowledge • Opportunistic
Interpretation: Species Biology • Caves/ trees Nests/ overwinter • . • Den/ home range Limited knowledge • .
Interpretation: Negative Data • Sampling sites where SOCC are NOT found, are not in the database
Interpretation: Small Polygons and Map Scale 1 erpt and 1 erpoly visible 1 erpt and 3 erpoly visible • Points are scalable: always visible (polygons are not)
Interpretation: Small Polygons and Map Layers 1 erpt and 2 erpoly visible 1 erpt and 3 erpoly visible
Interpretation: Attributes • Multi-value 1 (correct but random) • Text truncated
Interpretation: Locational Uncertainty • Ludist: Distance (radius) of buffer • Luunit: Units (usually meters) • Lutype: Areal deliminated or estimated
Case Example: Manage for Diversity • Find landowner’s property in ArcMap • Montgomery county
Diversity Management • Add Hertpoly
Diversity Management • Select features
Summary • Sensitive, confidential, proprietary • Single best source of SOCC information • Questions? • Help documents • Heritage contacts Please contribute your data!
Contacts • Heritage Coordinator: Dorothy Butler • Heritage Biologists: • Debby Fantz (Zoologist) • Tim Smith (Botanist) • Tim Nigh (Community Ecologist) • Wildlife Division Natural History Biologists EO Challenge • External requests Policy Coordination
Species Specialists • Mike Arduser (Insects) • Jeff Briggler (Amphibians & Reptiles) • Bob DiStefano (Crustaceans) • Bill Elliott (Caves & Cave Life) • Debby Fantz (Mammalogist) • Andy Forbes (Birds) • Steve McMurray (Mollusks) • Tim Nigh (Natural Communities) • Tim Smith (Botanist)