Midwest Forests [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] Full Details

Full Details

Title:

Midwest Forests [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]

Description:

DefinitionThis indicator identifies forest condition regarding the availability and risk of mortality of forested stands within the Midwest Landscape. It prioritizes areas based on locations of forested stands and risks from major forest insects and diseases. Pixels can take the following values:0 - Not a forest pixel1 - Forest pixels at risk for mortality loss2 - Previously considered at risk but likely no longer at risk3 - Forest pixels not modeled as at riskSelectionThis indicator was chosen as a targetable, important feature of the MLI goals that will be used to track conditions over time and prioritize areas for conservation. Indicators were defined through elicitation and prioritization exercises with federal and state participants. Criteria for the indicators includes 1) actionable, 2) measurable, 3) relevant to multiple groups across the region, and/or 4) representative of other social and/or environmental values.Input Data & Mapping StepsThis indicator originates from the U.S. Forest Service National Insect and Disease Risk Map and the National Land Cover Database (NLCD). To create this layer, MLI partners, members, and staff completed the following mapping steps: projected all input data to NAD83 (2011) UTM Zone 15N, resampled the Forest layer to a 30m raster, and reclassed the raster into the following 3 classes: 1 - Pixels at hazard for mortality losses exceeding 25% of their 2012 basal area over the 2013-2027 time frame, 2 - Pixels considered at risk in the NIDRM_2012 assessment, but that are likely no longer at risk, 3 - Treed areas, but not modeled as "At Risk". Due to the low resolution of the Forest data, many pixels located in open water are incorrectly classified as treed stands. To correct the issue, pixels classified by NLCD as "open water" were removed from the Forest data. Finally, we removed highly altered areas from this layer using our Highly Altered Areas mask.For full mapping details, please refer to theMidwest Conservation Blueprint 2023 Development Process. For a complete download of all Blueprint input and output data, visit theMidwest Conservation Blueprint 2023 Data Download.

Creator:

Department of the Interior

Provider:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open Data

Resource Class:

Imagery and Web services

Temporal Coverage:

Last modified 2023-12-06

Date Issued:

2023-08-11

Place:

United States

Rights:

​​​​​​​The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. While the Service makes every reasonable effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of data provided for distribution, it may not have the necessary accuracy or completeness required for every possible intended use. The Service recommends that data users consult the associated metadata record to understand the quality and possible limitations of the data. The Service creates metadata records in accordance with the standards endorsed by the Federal Geographic Data Committee.As a result of the above considerations, the Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the data. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data in a manner consistent with the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the Service, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This applies to the use of the data both alone and in aggregate with other data and information.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Imagery

Language:

English

Date Added:

2023-12-20