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Land Fragmentation

Land Fragmentation. Beck Sinclair, Jessie MacQueen, Courtney Phillips. "Habitat reduced from its original extent to a series of smaller patches or fragments" (Glennon and Kretser, 2005). Background. Can occur via geological processes or human practices.

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Land Fragmentation

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  1. Land Fragmentation Beck Sinclair, Jessie MacQueen, Courtney Phillips

  2. "Habitat reduced from its original extent to a series of smaller patches or fragments" (Glennon and Kretser, 2005) Background • Can occur via geological processes or human practices

  3. Differences in the environmental and biotic conditions between edge and interior habitats Edge Effects

  4. Development • Roads • Agriculture • Timber Harvest Major Human Causes Burlington Free Press: Beaver Patrol

  5. To determine the risk of land fragmentation within the watersheds of the Lake Champlain Basin. Purpose Statement

  6. Effects Filter

  7. Agriculture • Roads • Urban • Industrial Sources with Known Effect

  8. Waste Water Treatment Plants • Dams Sources with Unsure Effect

  9. Marinas • Fisheries Sources with No Effect

  10. Impacts Filter

  11. Wetlands • Forest • Agriculture • Herbaceous Impacted Habitats

  12. Other lakes/ponds • Rivers/Streams • Developed Area Unsure Impacted Habitats

  13. Non-impacted Habitats • Lake Champlain <6ft • Lake Champlain >6ft

  14. Focus on aquatic habitats • Economic values effecting importance filter • Break up developed/urban source into more specific categories • Research zoning laws – is protection enough? Future Recommendations

  15. Bill Gill - Bailey-Howe Map Room • Dan Levy • Brian Voigt - Gund Institute • Pamela Johnson & Pooja Kanwar  • Breck Bowden & ENSC 202 Class Acknowledgments

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