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JV Waterfowl & People DST Mix (Zones) [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]

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JV Waterfowl & People DST Mix (Zones) [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
Description
Joint Ventures (JVs) are bird conservation partnerships, established to achieve the goals of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP). There are 22 bird habitat JVs in North America, and our JV, the Upper Mississippi/Great Lakes Region Joint Venture (UMGL JV) is located in the Midwest, in a pivotal location in the Mississippi Flyway , for people involved in migratory bird conservation. We are a collaborative, regional group of government agencies, tribes, nonprofit organizations, corporations, universities, and individuals that conserve habitat for the benefit of migratory birds, other wildlife, and people. Our landscape includes eastern Minnesota; all of Wisconsin and Michigan; eastern Nebraska and Kansas; western, southern and eastern Iowa; northern Missouri, Illinois and Indiana; and northwestern Ohio. Targeting conservation to achieve biological objectives for Waterfowl and social objectives for People is a priority for JVs. We produced a Decision Support Tool (DST) for our JV region to help achieve this goal, and this dataset is the polygon version of the original raster of the mixed-model of the DST. The raster map was published in the JV Waterfowl Habitat Conservation Strategy - 2017 Revision (Figure 18). It was also the main layer in Figure 5 in JV"s technical report 2017-1 entitled: Targeting Conservation for Waterfowl and People: A Decision Support Tool. Starting with a matrix of six relevant objectives, we transformed related biological and social data into a family of six spatially explicit model-based maps designed to achieve individual objectives. Output maps were weighted based on discussion with regional decision makers (JV Management board) and then combined, resulting in a raster dataset, which is an aggregate mixed-model of the DST to target conservation for the benefit of Waterfowl and People in the JV region (mixing biological and social objectives). The raster was finally classified (using geometric intervals) and transformed to polygon dataset (this product) to delineate the zones of conservation and improve data visualization, assessment, and interactivity online. This product comes with 40 relative density classes (zones) spreading on a scale of 0 - 1 (values of low - high). The upper percentiles show the distribution of the most valuable zones across the JV region, to acquire or manage whatever the required conservation action is (i.e., retention, protection, and or restoration). They were mainly prioritized using relative density of breeding and or non-breeding habitats for Waterfowl. They were then ‘customized' by gaining low - high values depending on the relative density of current and potential social demand. Additional customization was achieved by adding relative density of development and agricultural, as a proxy for social need to restore ecological goods and services and Waterfowl need to decrease habitat threats. In summary, these hotspots represent the availability of objective-targeting-areas in high data densities, high objective overlap, and/or high objective weights. We designed a flexible and adaptable analysis framework, so objectives and objective weights can be easily adjusted to address shifts in regional stakeholder priorities and compare outcomes with varied emphasis on biological vs. social values. All of our products (including this one) can be modified accordingly. They can also be scaled-down (i.e., stepped-down to state, watershed, county, or any smaller target area) and supplemented with additional local data such as soil types, current land use, hydrologic aspects, and other environmental priorities for customized output maps depicting best areas for Waterfowl habitat restoration vs. retention vs. enhancement. See the JV website and publications for details. Links: To download this polygon feature class and related data, metadata, and documentation, please browse the UMGL JV online folder in the U.S. Geological Survey's ScienceBase repository . To view and explore this polygon feature class and related data, please visit the online experience of the UMGL JV Decision Support Tools . References: Model codes and final steps (for internal use of UMGLJV staff): (i) AgsJvwDstV3_03_03_01_01_01_01_Hlshd1StD25_TitleUpdate_MixedModel_Ready___Final = albers_Jv17WfDstMx. (ii) albers_Jv17WfDstMx → albers_Jv17WfDstMx_41GeomsRstr → albers_Jv17WfDstMx_41GeomsRstr_SmplMltiprtPlgn → imported to final GDB and projected on-the-fly to WGS84 → renamed to Jv17WfDstMx. For internal use of USFWS staff: Data Management Plan (DMP) ID = 675; Title: UMGL JV Waterfowl & People Decision Support Tool (Mixed-Model).
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Temporal Coverage
Last Modified: 2025-07-24
Date Issued
2025-07-24
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.
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Public
Format
ArcGIS FeatureLayer
Language
English
Date Added
August 10, 2025
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open Data on 2025-08-24.

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    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2025). JV Waterfowl & People DST Mix (Zones) [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]. . https://gis-fws.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/fws::jv-waterfowl-people-dst-mix-zones (web service)
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