WGCP bcr Albers [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] {2010} Full Details

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WGCP bcr Albers [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] {2010}

Description:

FOR non-AGOL ACCOUNT HOLDERS, DOWNLOAD THIS GEOSPATIAL DATA HERE:https://gis-fws.opendata.arcgis.com/search?tags=lmvjvBird Conservation Regions (BCRs) are geographic designations that have similar land-cover types, bird communities, and resource conservation issues. They are the fundamental biological units through which the NABCI promotes delivery of landscape-scale bird conservation. BCRs provide a consistent spatial framework for evaluation, planning, and in some instances implementation. By employing broad units that are ecologically meaningful to bird populations, conservation efforts can be tailored to support groups of species throughout their range. Land-cover composition, combined with soil characteristics, water chemistry, and wetland hydrology result in functional differences among BCRs that influence distribution and abundance of wetland birds. Understanding these functional differences and trends in key cover types across the JV region is important to making effective conservation decisions.BCRs were created by aggregating CEC level II, III, and IV ecoregions in combinations that reflect current understanding of bird species distribution and life history requirements. The map was presented to and approved by the US NABCI Committee during its November 1999, with the LMVJV last updates occurring in 2010.The Mississippi Alluvial Valley BCR is NABCI BCR 26 and the West Gulf Coastal Plain & Ouachitas is considered to be NABCI BCR 25.Established in 1999, the U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) Committee is a coalition of state and federal government agencies, private organizations, and bird initiatives in the United States working to ensure the long-term health of North America's native bird populations. The U.S. NABCI Committee creates a unique forum for federal and state agencies and non-governmental organizations to address shared bird conservation challenges and priorities.

Creator:

Department of the Interior

Provider:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open Data

Resource Class:

Datasets and Web services

Temporal Coverage:

2010

Date Issued:

2024-08-15

Place:

United States

Rights:

This spatial data layer is intended for use by our partners in conservation planning. Permitted uses include conservation planning, research analysis, and educational purposes. Partners may incorporate the data into their own mapping and analysis tools, provided they acknowledge the source. The data must not be used for commercial purposes or redistributed to third parties without explicit permission. Alteration of the data is allowed only for the purposes of conservation planning and should not misrepresent the original dataset. The data contained herein were developed solely for regional conservation planning purposes. All data are assumed correct and accurate at time of creation. Any use of data is done so at the risk and responsibility of the user and the creator bears no liability for its misuse or misinterpretation. Proper credit and citation should be given with any use, display, distribution or inclusion of this data with any other data set and the Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture should be given full credit as the principal source of the data. Contact the LMVJV for more information - www.lmvjv.org.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

Language:

English

Date Added:

2024-09-19