U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceFOR non-AGOL ACCOUNT HOLDERS, DOWNLOAD THIS GEOSPATIAL DATA HERE: https://gis-fws.opendata.arcgis.com/search?tags=lmvjv We assessed the conservation-protection status of land within the Mississippi Alluvial Valley because without protection, existing forests are subject to conversion to other uses. We found that only 10% of total land area was currently protected, although 28% of extant forest was in the current conservation estate. For forest patches, we prioritized their need for additional conservation-protection based on benefits to forest bird conservation afforded by forest patch area, geographic location, and hydrologic condition. Based on these criteria, we found that 4712 forest patches warranted conservation-protection, but only 109 of these forest patches met our desired conservation threshold of >2000 ha of core forest that was >250 m from an edge. Overall, 35% of the area of forest patches warranting conservation-protection was protected within the conservation estate. Even so, for those forest patches identified as most in need of conservation-protection, less than 10% of their area was currently protected.ArcGIS FeatureLayerhttps://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/f88d8beff7e04799856d5a75e0f31006_0engU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open DataPublicMAV Forest Protection Model [United States]Web servicesUnited StatesLast Modified: 2024-09-13