AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
California Pronghorn Lassen Migration Stopovers

The Lassen herd winters in lower elevations in the Secret Valley, Bull Flat, and the Five Springs Wilderness Study Area north of the Skedaddle Mountains and east of Shaffer Mountain, as well as in the Dry Valley Rim Wilderness Study Area. Summer ranges are spread out, with some individuals migrating north to the Madeline Plains and others heading west to Willow Creek Valley, Grasshopper Valley, and Eagle Lake (fig. XXX). An unknown portion of the herd are better characterized as residents. The primary threat to pronghorn in the Lassen herd is the conversion of perennial shrublands to exotic annual grasslands following wildfires. The 2012 Rush Fire burned 271,911 acres in Lassen County within the boundary of the Lassen herd, expanding invasive annual grasslands with altered fire regimes which increase fire frequency and promote the further expansion of exotic grasses. Overabundant free-roaming equids, feral horses and burros, regularly exceed the appropriate management level of the Twin Peaks Herd Management Area, thereby reducing forage and water available for pronghorn. The expansion of juniper into the shrub steppe limits the amount of forage available for pronghorn while increasing the risk of mountain lion predation. The population has been stable to slightly increasing since the 1992-1993 winter die off in northeast California, averaging 974 animals counted during aerial winter surveys (B. Ehler, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, written commun., 2023). CDFW is planning to mark 35 pronghorn with GPS collars in winter 2024 to estimate the population using mark resight surveys.
These mapping layers show the location of the migration stopovers for pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in the Lassen population in California. They were developed from 14 migration sequences collected from a sample size of 7 animals comprising GPS locations collected every 1-6 hours.

Tags: animal-behavior, biota, california, migration-organisms, migratory-species, united-states, usgs-6584b4b4d34eff134d42d9d5, wendel
Organization: Department of the Interior
California Pronghorn Lassen Migration Routes

The Lassen herd winters in lower elevations in the Secret Valley, Bull Flat, and the Five Springs Wilderness Study Area north of the Skedaddle Mountains and east of Shaffer Mountain, as well as in the Dry Valley Rim Wilderness Study Area. Summer ranges are spread out, with some individuals migrating north to the Madeline Plains and others heading west to Willow Creek Valley, Grasshopper Valley, and Eagle Lake (fig. XXX). An unknown portion of the herd are better characterized as residents. The primary threat to pronghorn in the Lassen herd is the conversion of perennial shrublands to exotic annual grasslands following wildfires. The 2012 Rush Fire burned 271,911 acres in Lassen County within the boundary of the Lassen herd, expanding invasive annual grasslands with altered fire regimes which increase fire frequency and promote the further expansion of exotic grasses. Overabundant free-roaming equids, feral horses and burros, regularly exceed the appropriate management level of the Twin Peaks Herd Management Area, thereby reducing forage and water available for pronghorn. The expansion of juniper into the shrub steppe limits the amount of forage available for pronghorn while increasing the risk of mountain lion predation. The population has been stable to slightly increasing since the 1992-1993 winter die off in northeast California, averaging 974 animals counted during aerial winter surveys (B. Ehler, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, written commun., 2023). CDFW is planning to mark 35 pronghorn with GPS collars in winter 2024 to estimate the population using mark resight surveys.
These mapping layers show the location of the migration routes for pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in the Lassen population in California. They were developed from 14 migration sequences collected from a sample size of 7 animals comprising GPS locations collected every 1-6 hours.

Tags: animal-behavior, biota, california, migration-organisms, migratory-species, united-states, usgs-6584b4afd34eff134d42d9d3, wendel
Organization: Department of the Interior
California Pronghorn Clear Lake Annual Range

The Clear Lake herd contains migrants, but this herd does not migrate between traditional summer and winter seasonal ranges. Instead, much of the herd displays a nomadic tendency, slowly migrating north, east, or south for the summer using various high use areas as they move. Therefore, annual ranges were modeled using year-round data to demarcate high use areas in lieu of modeling specific winter ranges. The areas adjacent to Clear Lake Reservoir were heavily used during winter by many of the collared animals. A few collared individuals persisted west of State Route 139 year-round, seemingly separated from the rest of the herd due to this highway barrier. However, some pronghorn cross this road near Cornell and join this subgroup. Summer ranges are spread out, with many individuals moving southeast through protected forests or over the state border into Oregon. A few outliers in the herd moved long distances south, crossing State Route 139 to Oak Ridge, or east into Likely Tables pronghorn herd areas. Drought, increasing fire frequency, invasive annual grasses, and juniper encroachment negatively affect pronghorn habitat. Recent population surveys indicate a declining population (Trausch and others, 2020). Juniper removal on public and private lands has potential to improve habitat quality and potentially reduce predation (Ewanyk, 2020).
These mapping layers show the location of the annual range for pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in the Clear Lake population in California. They were developed from 47 migration sequences collected from a sample size of 24 animals comprising GPS locations collected every 1-6 hours.

Tags: animal-behavior, biota, california, cornell, migration-organisms, migratory-species, united-states, usgs-6584b49bd34eff134d42d9c8
Organization: Department of the Interior
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2021 Site 0556 land-water matrix

Wetland restoration efforts conducted by the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in Louisiana rely on monitoring to determine the efficacy of these projects. The Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) was developed to assist in a multiple-reference approach that uses aspects of hydrogeomorphic functional assessments and probabilistic sampling for monitoring. The CRMS program includes a suite of approximately 390 sites that encompass the range of hydrological and ecological conditions for each stratum. As part of CRMS, land and water classifications are created from Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles (DOQQs) approximately every three years at all CRMS sites. This dataset consists of a matrix of six land-water products (2005, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2021).  The resulting matrix has 64 possible classes defined by the combination of land and water categories on those six dates.

Tags: alteration-of-wetland-habitats, cartography, coastal, coastal-louisiana, crms, doqq, emergent-wetland, forested-wetland, geographic-information-system, imagerybasemapsearthcover, land-water, louisiana, mapping, marsh, protection, restoration, scrub-shrub-wetland, state-of-louisiana, usgs-6569feedd34e6dde1a4ae29b, wetland, wetland-ecosystems, wetland-restoration
Organization: Department of the Interior
Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2021 Site 0571 land-water matrix

Wetland restoration efforts conducted by the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in Louisiana rely on monitoring to determine the efficacy of these projects. The Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) was developed to assist in a multiple-reference approach that uses aspects of hydrogeomorphic functional assessments and probabilistic sampling for monitoring. The CRMS program includes a suite of approximately 390 sites that encompass the range of hydrological and ecological conditions for each stratum. As part of CRMS, land and water classifications are created from Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles (DOQQs) approximately every three years at all CRMS sites. This dataset consists of a matrix of six land-water products (2005, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2021).  The resulting matrix has 64 possible classes defined by the combination of land and water categories on those six dates.

Tags: alteration-of-wetland-habitats, cartography, coastal, coastal-louisiana, crms, doqq, emergent-wetland, forested-wetland, geographic-information-system, imagerybasemapsearthcover, land-water, louisiana, mapping, marsh, protection, restoration, scrub-shrub-wetland, state-of-louisiana, usgs-6569ff0dd34e6dde1a4ae2ac, wetland, wetland-ecosystems, wetland-restoration
Organization: Department of the Interior
California Mule Deer Mendocino Migration Stopovers

The Mendocino mule deer herd complex is comprised of three overlapping black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) administrative herds, including Mendocino, Clear Lake, and Alder Springs. Mendocino black-tailed deer exhibit variable movement patterns and strategies, including traditional seasonal migrants, full-time residents, and multi-range migrants. Migrants move between seasonal ranges from a multitude of lower elevation areas within the North Coast Range in winter to higher elevation summer ranges (fig. XXX). Local biologists predict high-use winter ranges throughout both foothill slopes and valley bottoms. Female deer of the Mendocino herd complex exhibit both short-term (seasonal/annual) and long-term (multi-generational) fidelity to their summer ranges (Bose and others, 2017). Population density estimates in 2011 and 2012 based on fecal DNA pellets indicated exceptionally high deer densities on productive summer ranges (50.75 deer/km2; Lounsberry and others, 2015). However, the population was declining strongly at the time of study due to low adult survival, including of prime-aged females (Marescot and others, 2015). Survival rates were lower than typically observed for mule deer populations across their range (Forrester and Wittmer, 2013). Predation from black bears (Ursus americanus) and coyotes (Canis latrans) was the primary cause for low annual survival of fawns (Forrester and Wittmer, 2019) while predation from pumas (Puma concolor) was the foremost cause of adult female mortality (Marescot and others, 2015), often in areas deemed less familiar to the individual mule deer (Forrester and others, 2015). Puma kill rates of mule deer in the study area were the highest reported across their range (Cristescu and others, 2022), likely due to high rates of kleptoparasitism from black bears (Elbroch and others, 2015; Allen and others, 2021). More recent research from CDFW was directed at the collection of DNA from fecal pellets to update population density estimates (CDFW, 2015) and to determine population response to catastrophic wildfire (CDFW, 2019; CAL FIRE, 2021). Habitat use of mule deer (Bose and others, 2018) and their predators (Cristescu and others, 2019) in the area is well understood and most of the habitats occupied by the Mendocino herd complex are protected and not at risk of development or fragmentation. However, the risk of catastrophic wildfire and climate changed induced landscape scale changes exist with the consequences unknown. 
These mapping layers show the location of the Migration stopovers for mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in the Mendocino population in California. They were developed from 125 migration sequences collected from a sample size of 50 animals comprising GPS locations collected every 1-13 hours.

Tags: animal-behavior, biota, california, mendocino, migration-organisms, migratory-species, united-states, usgs-6584b493d34eff134d42d9c4
Organization: Department of the Interior
California Mule Deer Mendocino Migration Routes

The Mendocino mule deer herd complex is comprised of three overlapping black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) administrative herds, including Mendocino, Clear Lake, and Alder Springs. Mendocino black-tailed deer exhibit variable movement patterns and strategies, including traditional seasonal migrants, full-time residents, and multi-range migrants. Migrants move between seasonal ranges from a multitude of lower elevation areas within the North Coast Range in winter to higher elevation summer ranges (fig. XXX). Local biologists predict high-use winter ranges throughout both foothill slopes and valley bottoms. Female deer of the Mendocino herd complex exhibit both short-term (seasonal/annual) and long-term (multi-generational) fidelity to their summer ranges (Bose and others, 2017). Population density estimates in 2011 and 2012 based on fecal DNA pellets indicated exceptionally high deer densities on productive summer ranges (50.75 deer/km2; Lounsberry and others, 2015). However, the population was declining strongly at the time of study due to low adult survival, including of prime-aged females (Marescot and others, 2015). Survival rates were lower than typically observed for mule deer populations across their range (Forrester and Wittmer, 2013). Predation from black bears (Ursus americanus) and coyotes (Canis latrans) was the primary cause for low annual survival of fawns (Forrester and Wittmer, 2019) while predation from pumas (Puma concolor) was the foremost cause of adult female mortality (Marescot and others, 2015), often in areas deemed less familiar to the individual mule deer (Forrester and others, 2015). Puma kill rates of mule deer in the study area were the highest reported across their range (Cristescu and others, 2022), likely due to high rates of kleptoparasitism from black bears (Elbroch and others, 2015; Allen and others, 2021). More recent research from CDFW was directed at the collection of DNA from fecal pellets to update population density estimates (CDFW, 2015) and to determine population response to catastrophic wildfire (CDFW, 2019; CAL FIRE, 2021). Habitat use of mule deer (Bose and others, 2018) and their predators (Cristescu and others, 2019) in the area is well understood and most of the habitats occupied by the Mendocino herd complex are protected and not at risk of development or fragmentation. However, the risk of catastrophic wildfire and climate changed induced landscape scale changes exist with the consequences unknown. 
These mapping layers show the location of the migration routes for mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in the Mendocino population in California. They were developed from 65 migration sequences collected from a sample size of 50 animals comprising GPS locations collected every 1-13 hours.

Tags: animal-behavior, biota, california, mendocino, migration-organisms, migratory-species, united-states, usgs-6584b48fd34eff134d42d9c2
Organization: Department of the Interior
California Mule Deer Mendocino Migration Corridors

The Mendocino mule deer herd complex is comprised of three overlapping black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus columbianus) administrative herds, including Mendocino, Clear Lake, and Alder Springs. Mendocino black-tailed deer exhibit variable movement patterns and strategies, including traditional seasonal migrants, full-time residents, and multi-range migrants. Migrants move between seasonal ranges from a multitude of lower elevation areas within the North Coast Range in winter to higher elevation summer ranges (fig. XXX). Local biologists predict high-use winter ranges throughout both foothill slopes and valley bottoms. Female deer of the Mendocino herd complex exhibit both short-term (seasonal/annual) and long-term (multi-generational) fidelity to their summer ranges (Bose and others, 2017). Population density estimates in 2011 and 2012 based on fecal DNA pellets indicated exceptionally high deer densities on productive summer ranges (50.75 deer/km2; Lounsberry and others, 2015). However, the population was declining strongly at the time of study due to low adult survival, including of prime-aged females (Marescot and others, 2015). Survival rates were lower than typically observed for mule deer populations across their range (Forrester and Wittmer, 2013). Predation from black bears (Ursus americanus) and coyotes (Canis latrans) was the primary cause for low annual survival of fawns (Forrester and Wittmer, 2019) while predation from pumas (Puma concolor) was the foremost cause of adult female mortality (Marescot and others, 2015), often in areas deemed less familiar to the individual mule deer (Forrester and others, 2015). Puma kill rates of mule deer in the study area were the highest reported across their range (Cristescu and others, 2022), likely due to high rates of kleptoparasitism from black bears (Elbroch and others, 2015; Allen and others, 2021). More recent research from CDFW was directed at the collection of DNA from fecal pellets to update population density estimates (CDFW, 2015) and to determine population response to catastrophic wildfire (CDFW, 2019; CAL FIRE, 2021). Habitat use of mule deer (Bose and others, 2018) and their predators (Cristescu and others, 2019) in the area is well understood and most of the habitats occupied by the Mendocino herd complex are protected and not at risk of development or fragmentation. However, the risk of catastrophic wildfire and climate changed induced landscape scale changes exist with the consequences unknown. 
These mapping layers show the location of the Migration corridors for mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in the Mendocino population in California. They were developed from 125 migration sequences collected from a sample size of 50 animals comprising GPS locations collected every 1-13 hours.

Tags: animal-behavior, biota, california, mendocino, migration-organisms, migratory-species, united-states, usgs-6584b489d34eff134d42d9c0
Organization: Department of the Interior
Wyoming Wind River Reservation Elk Wind River Routes

The eastern slope of the Wind River Range provides habitat to approximately 4,000–5,000 migratory elk. The Wind River Elk herd winters on the Wind River Reservation managed under the sovereignty of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming (fig. 37). In spring, the herd migrates up in elevation to a roadless area established by the Tribes in the late 1930s—decades before The Wilderness Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-577, 16 U.S.C. 1131-1136) —or to adjacent FS lands. Many of the migration routes are along waterways with significant cultural heritage, including petroglyphs in the Dinwoody-style and areas connected to stories of sacred figures and occurrences (Wind River Visitors Council, 2022). Elk are a prominent part of ongoing Tribal cultural and language revitalization efforts. Collared elk migrate through areas on Arrow Mountain and cross historical hunting pits and drive lines used by Native peoples thousands of years ago and still exist today. The herd is actively hunted by Tribal members per a harvest regulation code (Nickerson, 2019; Public Law 86-634m 86th Congress, H.R. 4386). The terrain ranges from 6,000 ft (1,829 m) to 12,000 ft (3,658 m), but most elk summer at elevations below 11,000 ft (3,353 m). Foothill habitats include grass and sage, whereas the rocky Wind River Range contains alpine, lodgepole pine forests, mixed grass-conifer basins and ridges, and Salix spp. (willow)-lined creeks. The foothills have minimal development, except for irrigation infrastructure at Bull Lake and Washakie Reservoir and fenced ranches near Crowheart. Elk routinely winter in the remote foothills of the Wind River Range and near the more developed areas of Boulder Flats, Fort Washakie, and Lander. However, near Crowheart Butte and Bighorn Flat, groups of elk sometimes cross U.S. Highways 26 and 287 to the north or east, putting them at risk for wildlife-vehicle mortality.
These mapping layers show the location of the migration routes for Elk (Cervus canadensis) in the Wind River population in the Wind River Reservation. They were developed from 140 migration sequences collected from a sample size of 30 animals comprising GPS locations collected approximately every 1 hour.

Tags: animal-behavior, biota, crowheart, migration-organisms, migratory-species, united-states, usgs-6584b473d34eff134d42d9b9, wyoming
Organization: Department of the Interior
Captures and trapping effort for deer mice (Peromyscus sonoriensis) at Point Reyes National Seashore, California, USA from 2021 to 2022

These data represent trapping effort and captures of deer mice at Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California. Deer mice were captured and marked with ear tags to allow identification of individuals. The location of captures can be used in a spatially explicit capture recapture model to estimate density of mice and how mouse density varies by site and habitat type.

Tags: biota, california, ecology, mammals, marin-county, modeling, point-reyes-national-seashore, population-and-community-ecology, restoration, usgs-6584b080d34eff134d42d9a4
Organization: Department of the Interior
Imputedsalt_RookB

The dataset entitled “imputedsalt_RookB” holds data structures to be relayed to statistical modeling of salinity in near-coastal environments of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. The content therein is created by the ‘covardr2formodel.R’ script that represents terminal decisions on variable setup and transformations). The design ideal is that the content of this directory would be copied to some path of “input” within a model building repository. The table in this directory would be especially suitable for both (1) formal data releases supporting as needed interpretive publications and (2) simultaneous long-term storage as copies within a model building repository in some specific terminal decisions (variable transforms or even dropping of whole data classes by switches in ‘covardr2formodel.R) are reflected in these data and they are a step removed as it were from the “raw” data in the ‘covardr/’ directory.

Tags: estuary, gulf-of-mexico, modeling, rookery-bay, salinity, usgs-65848ce6d34eff134d42bcaf
Organization: Department of the Interior