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Alabama Natural Heritage Program: Inventorying and Mapping Alabama’s Biodiversity

Alabama Natural Heritage Program: Inventorying and Mapping Alabama’s Biodiversity. Michael S. Barbour GIS/Database Manager. BS – Biology & Wildlife Management MS – Wildlife Ecology PhD – Zoology (Wildlife Management Emphasis). ALNHP Mission Statement.

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Alabama Natural Heritage Program: Inventorying and Mapping Alabama’s Biodiversity

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  1. Alabama Natural Heritage Program: Inventorying and Mapping Alabama’s Biodiversity Michael S. Barbour GIS/Database Manager

  2. BS – Biology & Wildlife Management • MS – Wildlife Ecology • PhD – Zoology (Wildlife Management Emphasis)

  3. ALNHP Mission Statement To provide the best available scientific information on the biological diversity of Alabama to guide conservation action and promote sound stewardship practices.

  4. Natural Heritage Network Canada (11) U.S. (52) Latin America & Caribbean (18)

  5. Natural Heritage Program Functions • collect information on the status, distribution, and stewardship of species and natural communities • manage this information in a standard way • disseminate this information to a wide array of users

  6. Natural Heritage Positions • Zoologist • Botanist • Community Ecologist • Applied Conservation Ecologist • Database Manager • GIS Manager/Analyst/Specialist • Conservation Planner • Director/Coordinator

  7. Biotics Database • ArcViewMapper • Oracle TablesTracker

  8. What Is GIS? • Geographic Information System • An organized assembly of people, data, techniques, hardware, and software for acquiring, analyzing, storing, retrieving, manipulating, and displaying geographically referenced information about the real world. • Has become a standard tool for spatial data handling and manipulation

  9. What Information Do We Manage? • Information Source • EO • Biotics Database • Element • Managed Areaor Site

  10. available on our website: www.alnhp.org

  11. Conservation Status Definitions • X - Extinct • H - Historic (not verified for >20 years) • 1 - Critically imperiled • 2 - Imperiled • 3 - Rare but not imperiled • 4 - Uncommon but secure • 5 - Common and secure

  12. Heritage Methodology Rank Criteria • total number and condition of occurrences (sightings/records) of that species • population size • range extent and area of occupancy • short and long-term trends in the first 3 factors • threats to the element • fragility of the element

  13. Number of Rare Elements Tracked by ALNHP • 1,470 Elements Tracked

  14. Percentage of total EORS in Bioticsby major taxonomic group.

  15. EORs Documented in Alabama • 8,990 EORs currently in Biotics

  16. Sources of Data Field Surveys

  17. Sources of Data Publications or Submitted Data

  18. Types of Projects Status Surveys

  19. Types of Projects Cahaba River NWR Magnolia Branch Survey of an Area

  20. Types of Projects Natural Community Assessment

  21. Survey and Restoration Support Map Production Crestless Eulophia (Pteroglossaspis ecristata) Distribution

  22. Survey Support Identify areas to search • Historical locations • Landowner specific locations • Potential habitat identified from GIS data • Spatial data gaps

  23. Types of Projects Species Re-introduction

  24. Types of Projects Conservation Planning Red Hills SalamanderHabitat Restoration Recommendations

  25. Types of Projects Data Requests

  26. Types of Projects Data Management & Improvement

  27. Black Belt Prairie Assessment

  28. Black Belt Prairie Assessment • Soil Data - 436,936 ac

  29. Black Belt Prairie Assessment • Landsat Data

  30. Black Belt Prairie Assessment • AL GAP Ecologic Systems Map

  31. Black Belt Prairie Assessment • AL GAP Ecologic Systems Map - Prairies

  32. Black Belt Prairie Assessment • Interpretation of Aerial Images

  33. Black Belt Prairie Assessment

  34. Black Belt Prairie Assessment • Parcel Data

  35. Black Belt Prairie Assessment 14,710 ac Prairie

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