U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceYearly trend Landscape condition decreased by about 0.02% per year from 2011-2021. All states had statistically significant declines except Oklahoma and Mississippi. These two states had declines that were not statistically significant. On track to meet SECAS goal No. The decline of about 0.08% every 4 years is not enough to reach the SECAS goal of a 1% increase every 4 years. Data source National Land Cover Database (NLCD) Confidence in trend Medium. The trend is statistically significant, but yearly weather changes can have a major impact on classification accuracy. NLCD is also not good at separating pasture from more natural grassland. That means this indicator is likely underestimating landscape condition improvements resulting from grassland restoration. Interpretation This is an indicator of landscape condition at multiple scales relevant to species and ecosystems. It looks at naturalness of land cover within 0.22 acres (one 30 m pixel) , 10 acres, 100 acres, 1,000 acres, and 10,000 acres. While there are some issues with classification accuracy, the overall declines in landscape condition likely reflect ongoing issues with habitat fragmentation and alteration throughout the Southeast. The overall declines in this indicator, however, are overestimated in areas with significant grassland restoration because the indicator often misclassifies natural grasslands as pasture. Other information available A table of state-level summaries is available in Appendix I of the pdf report: https://secassoutheast.org/pdf/SECAS-goal-report-2024.pdf .ArcGIS FeatureLayerhttps://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/c4b4405912f64de5a77f71a2cce9cbe6_9engU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open DataPublicLandscape Condition (SECAS Goal Trends) [United States]Web servicesUnited StatesLast Modified: 2023-09-01