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Deschutes Basin HCP App Feedback

After over a decade of development, the Deschutes Basin Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) was finalized and approved by FWS on December 31, 2020 and guides irrigation water management in the Deschutes River Basin in central Oregon for the next 30 years. The HCP covers the storage, release, diversion, and return of irrigation water from five major reservoirs in the basin, and includes conservation measures that adjust the timing, volume, and duration of irrigation releases to better align with wildlife needs. Spanning six counties and over 10,000 square miles, the scope of the HCP is vast and its effects to streamflows, to wildlife, and to thousands of downstream water users is complex and varied. The first year of implementation of the HCP finds central Oregon in record drought conditions, where low reservoir levels and water shortages can be felt by all who rely on the river for their livelihoods. Public interest in this HCP is high, and solid, proactive outreach from FWS on how the HCP impacts the basin – and how it benefits both people and wildlife – is imperative. The Deschutes Basin HCP Web App is a visual complement to our outreach and education efforts on the effects of the HCP. The Web App will be critical in our efforts to inform partners and the public about the various and intricate ways water management in the basin is changing under the HCP and its implications for people and for wildlife.
sp_dsk_TPRa

"This is a contour feature set depicting a surface of predicted migration intensity (Target Passage Rate, TPR) in units of targets per hour. Predictions are based on data collected from 25 Spring and 22 Fall locations throughout the Great Lakes by the US Fish and Wildlife Service Avian Radar Team. Predictions were generated by interpolating overall TPR from field sites during this time period and season, with landscape variables (% water cover, % forest cover, night light illumination, latitude, longitude, and proximity to a Great Lake) as spatial predictors of TPR. Fields Value_Min and Value_Max contain the minimum and maximum predicted TPR values for each of 20 passage rate categories. Fields SE and CoV contain the standard error and covariance of the predicted TPR for each cell. See Supplementary Information for details. The purpose of this dataset is to provide a broad view of differences in aerial migration intensity across the Upper Midwest Great Lakes region. This dataset may be used to identify general areas of greater and lesser airspace use by birds and bats. These estimates may also reflect differences in potential stopover intensity or use of terrestrial resources."
FWS_R7_Realty_USGS_Topo_Maps_feature_layer

This map service displays the extents and designated names of the 1:63,360 and 1:250,000 scale USGS topographic maps for the State of Alaska. This feature layer includes online links to the USGS map download site. The Alaska topo maps were produced by USGS in the 1950s and 1960s, with limited newer updates in selected areas, primarily in urban areas such as Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau. All Alaska topo maps, as well as topo maps of the other 49 United States, can be downloaded from the U.S. Geological Survey at [https://apps.nationalmap.gov/downloader/#/]
Deschutes Basin

The Deschutes River Basin HCP is a large-scale, collaborative plan that helps the City of Prineville and the Irrigation District members of the Deschutes Basin Board of Control meet their current and future water needs while enhancing fish and wildlife habitat. The HCP covers approximately 10,500 square miles of land in central Oregon. Bounded by the Cascades Mountains on the west, the Ochoco Mountains on the east, and the Columbia River to the north, the Deschutes River Basin includes six major tributaries above Lake Billy Chinook. The HCP delivers predictability to water managers by providing certainty on a water storage, release, diversion, and return paradigm for the next 30 years in the Deschutes Basin. It accomplishes this goal through a combination of adjusted water management practices, increased funding for conservation projects and in-stream leasing programs, more gradual ramping up and down of the irrigation season releases, support for on-farm water conservation, maintenance of fish screens, and related items — all to better align the water management operations with the life-history needs of covered species. The HCP was part of an application for an Endangered Species Act incidental take permit (ITP) that authorizes incidental take of listed species caused by covered activities. The applicants for the ITP included the City of Prineville and members of the Deschutes Basin Board of Control (i.e., Arnold, Central Oregon, North Unit, Ochoco, Swalley, Three Sisters, Tumalo, and Lone Pine Irrigation Districts in Oregon). The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) was a cooperating agency in the process. Conservation measures in the HCP are designed to minimize and mitigate impacts caused by the incidental take of covered listed species that may result from the storage, release, diversion and return of irrigation water by the Districts and the City of Prineville. The aquatic species covered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in this HCP include the [Oregon spotted frog] and [bull trout] - both federally-listed as threatened.
SHARP_patches_100m_USFWSsals_SALSvRes

Modelling the potential for alternative management strategies to improve the conservation status of saltmarsh sparrow and other tidal marsh specialist birds. Christopher Field, Department of Natural Resources Science, University of Rhode Island Chris Elphick, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut June 25, 2020 Please direct any questions to: Christopher Field christopher.field@uconn.edu Data sources Saltmarsh sparrow abundance estimates are from Wiest et al. (2018). Marsh patch boundaries follow Wiest et al. (2016), who used a 50-m buffering approach to group marshes into biologically-relevant units using the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wetlands Inventory (https://www.fws.gov/wetlands/nwi/). Forest loss is the area within 100 m of tidal marsh that experienced loss between 2000-2018 (as a proportion of the patch), from Hansen et al. (2018). Area of marsh (ha) that is behind a tidal restriction is from University of Massachusetts Landscape Ecology Lab’s Designing Sustainable Landscapes: https://jamba.provost.ads.umass.edu/web/lcc/dsl/metrics/DSL_documentation_tidal_restrictio ns.pdf. Sea-level rise rate (mm/year) is from the NOAA tide gauge that is closest to the marsh patch.
SHARP_2011_14_all_points_final_visit_counts_states

Summary of SHARP surveys - Average SALS counts per point id visit. From SHARP 2017. “Bird survey database: 2011-2014”. Saltmarsh Habitat and Avian Research Program. [https://www.tidalmarshbirds.org.] Summary of SHARP surveys - Average SALS counts per point id visit. From SHARP 2017. “Bird survey database: 2011-2014”. Saltmarsh Habitat and Avian Research Program. [https://www.tidalmarshbirds.org.] Summary of SHARP surveys - Average SALS counts per point id visit. From SHARP 2017. “Bird survey database: 2011-2014”. Saltmarsh Habitat and Avian Research Program. [https://www.tidalmarshbirds.org.] With partners in governmental agencies, conservation non-profits, academic organizations, and private citizens, we support the science behind tidal marsh bird conservation. We answer the questions needed to prevent tidal marsh birds and their wetland habitats from vanishing.
South Fork Shenandoah Watershed

Layer created by extracting South Fork Shenandoah watershed (HUC8 - 02070005) from the Watershed Boundary Dataset. More information about source data below. The Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) is a comprehensive aggregated collection of hydrologic unit data consistent with the national criteria for delineation and resolution. It defines the areal extent of surface water drainage to a point except in coastal or lake front areas where there could be multiple outlets as stated by the "Federal Standards and Procedures for the National Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD)" “Standard” (http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/11/a3/). Watershed boundaries are determined solely upon science-based hydrologic principles, not favoring any administrative boundaries or special projects, nor particular program or agency. This dataset represents the hydrologic unit boundaries to the 12-digit (6th level) for the entire United States. Some areas may also include additional subdivisions representing the 14- and 16-digit hydrologic unit (HU). At a minimum, the HUs are delineated at 1:24,000-scale in the conterminous United States, 1:25,000-scale in Hawaii, Pacific basin and the Caribbean, and 1:63,360-scale in Alaska, meeting the National Map Accuracy Standards (NMAS). Higher resolution boundaries are being developed where partners and data exist and will be incorporated back into the WBD. WBD data are delivered as a dataset of polygons and corresponding lines that define the boundary of the polygon. WBD polygon attributes include hydrologic unit codes (HUC), size (in the form of acres and square kilometers), name, downstream hydrologic unit code, type of watershed, non-contributing areas, and flow modifications. The HUC describes where the unit is in the country and the level of the unit. WBD line attributes contain the highest level of hydrologic unit for each boundary, line source information and flow modifications. The WBD complements the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and supports numerous programmatic missions and activities including: watershed management, rehabilitation and enhancement, aquatic species conservation strategies, flood plain management and flood prevention, water-quality initiatives and programs, dam safety programs, fire assessment and management, resource inventory and assessment, water data analysis and water census.
Deschutes HCP Irrigation Districts

After over a decade of development, the Deschutes Basin Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) was finalized and approved by FWS on December 31, 2020 and guides irrigation water management in the Deschutes River Basin in central Oregon for the next 30 years. The HCP covers the storage, release, diversion, and return of irrigation water from five major reservoirs in the basin, and includes conservation measures that adjust the timing, volume, and duration of irrigation releases to better align with wildlife needs. Spanning six counties and over 10,000 square miles, the scope of the HCP is vast and its effects to streamflows, to wildlife, and to thousands of downstream water users is complex and varied. The first year of implementation of the HCP finds central Oregon in record drought conditions, where low reservoir levels and water shortages can be felt by all who rely on the river for their livelihoods. Public interest in this HCP is high, and solid, proactive outreach from FWS on how the HCP impacts the basin – and how it benefits both people and wildlife – is imperative. The Deschutes Basin HCP Web App is a visual complement to our outreach and education efforts on the effects of the HCP. The Web App will be critical in our efforts to inform partners and the public about the various and intricate ways water management in the basin is changing under the HCP and its implications for people and for wildlife.
Whychus Creek

Conservation Measure WC – 1 : Whychus Creek Instream Flows Responsible Permittee: [TSID] Affected Species: bull trout, steelhead For the full term of the DBHCP, and subject to the last paragraph of this conservation measure, Three Sisters Irrigation District (TSID) will pass all water the District has converted to permanent instream water rights on Whychus Creek (currently 31.18 cfs) at its diversion. In addition, TSID will pass all water required under Oregon water law to senior water right holders downstream of the TSID diversion (currently 3 cfs), for a combined minimum flow past the TSID diversion of 34.18 cfs. All future additional conversions of senior water rights to permanent instream flow use will be added to this minimum flow as such rights are converted. TSID will monitor flow in Whychus Creek at [OWRD Gage 14076020] whenever TSID is diverting water, and will adjust its diversions as necessary to pass required minimum instream flows on an hourly basis when the flow reaching the TSID diversion is 60 cfs or less. Instream flows when TSID is diverting will be determined by using the proportionality calculator developed by TSID and the Deschutes River Conservancy in 2019. Any updates to the proportionality calculator during the term of the DBHCP that affect flow in Whychus Creek shall be approved in advance of use by the Services. For TSID irrigation rights with priority dates equal to instream rights, water will be shared proportionally between irrigation and instream rights whenever there is insufficient natural flow above the TSID diversion to meet all of the rights. However, TSID will reduce diversions disproportionately if necessary to ensure the instream flow at Gage 14076020 does not drop below 20 cfs (averaged over no more than 60 minutes) while TSID is diverting. This 20 cfs minimum does not include the 3 cfs of senior water that TSID will pass below the TSID diversion, or any future additional conversions of senior water rights to permanent instream use. To help minimize the amount of time when the flow at Gage 14076020 is less than the full instream water right, TSID will continue to manage water “on demand,” whereby TSID will only divert and deliver to its patrons when specifically requested by its patrons. Conservation Measure WC – 5: Whychus Creek Diversion Ramping Rate When the flow in Whychus Creek downstream of TSID’s diversion (measured at [OWRD Gage 14076020]) is 30 cfs or less, the amount of water being diverted will not be increased or decreased more than 5 cfs/hour. When the flow at [OWRD Gage 14076020] is between 30 and 50 cfs, the amount of water being diverted will not be increased or decreased more than 10 cfs/hour. TSID may reduce diversions faster than these rates during emergency conditions to maintain human safety and/or protect infrastructure. Wychus Creek is also affected by WC-2, 3, 4, and 7, conservation measures that are not dependent on stream gauging. Please see [DESCHUTES BASIN HCP: Conservation Measures & Monitoring Requirements] for more information.
fl_dwn_TPRa

"This is a contour feature set depicting a surface of predicted migration intensity (Target Passage Rate, TPR) in units of targets per hour. Predictions are based on data collected from 21 Spring and 24 Fall locations throughout the Great Lakes by the US Fish and Wildlife Service Avian Radar Team. Predictions were generated by interpolating overall TPR from field sites during this time period and season, with landscape variables (% water cover, % forest cover, night light illumination, latitude, longitude, and proximity to a Great Lake) as spatial predictors of TPR. Fields Value_Min and Value_Max contain the minimum and maximum predicted TPR values for each of 20 passage rate categories. Fields SE and CoV contain the standard error and covariance of the predicted TPR for each cell. See Supplementary Information for details. The purpose of this dataset is to provide a broad view of differences in aerial migration intensity across the Upper Midwest Great Lakes region. This dataset may be used to identify general areas of greater and lesser airspace use by birds and bats. These estimates may also reflect differences in potential stopover intensity or use of terrestrial resources."
Tribal_Lands

This dataset depicts feature location, selected demographics, and other associated data for American Indian Reservations, off-reservation trust lands, public domain allotments (PDAs), and Recognized State Reservations. Tribal Lands are American Indian reservation. Seminole Tribe of Florida includes Big cypress, Brighton reservations & Seminole Trust Lands, Headquarters for Seminole Tribe of Florida. Lands purchased in 1930s by bureau of Indian affairs.
GRPAreas_Eco3

Ecoregions and GRP's - Areas in Washington State as of July 2017 Includes 2015 -2017 GRP Areas (July 2017) To learn more about the Washington Office of the United Stated Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), please go to here: https://www.fws.gov/wafwo/index.cfm To learn more about the Washington Environmental Contaminants Program and related Pollution related work by the United Stated Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), please go to here: https://www.fws.gov/wafwo/promo.cfm?id=177175838 To learn more about the Washington Office of the United Stated Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), please go to here: https://www.fws.gov/wafwo/index.cfm
LCDs and Proposed LCDs of the National LCC Network

LCDs of the National LCC Network to be consumed by the "LCC-Supported Landscape Conservation Designs" story map. The Vision of the LCC Network is "Landscapes capable of sustaining natural and cultural resources for current and future generations." To proactively pursue this Vision, the LCCs develop landscape conservation designs as mechanisms for identifying, designing, and delivering (through partners) an ecologically connected network of landscapes and seascapes adaptable to global change. This mapper provides unified information about the suite of LCC-supported landscape conservation designs. Please note that boundaries are subject to change as projects are further developed. Contact Matt Heller (matthew_heller@fws.gov) Great Northern LCC/USFWS GIS Administrator for mapping questions and comments.
States within the FWS North Atlantic-Appalachian Region

Feature layer generated from running the Derive New Locations tool in ArcGIS Online, selecting Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky. Expression and source layers below: Expression [United States State Boundaries 2018] intersects North_Atlantic_Appalachian_Region (from [DOI Interior Regions / Regional Boundaries]). This layer is to be used in maps and associated StoryMaps to specifically highlight the states within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's North Atlantic-Appalachian Region and provide visual background.
GNLCC_PTS

The Great Northern LCC has funded various strategic science support projects since 2010 that are closely tied to the Great Northern LCC strategic framework. This dataset has cataloged much of the information needed to track the projects and distribute information. One layer (Projects polygon) and 12 non-spatial tables (ConsvTargets, Deliverables, Deliverables_File_Detail, EcotypicArea ,Funding_Recipients_Dispersal, Funding_Source, FundReportingInKind, Goals, PrjContacts, PrjContacts_additional_groups, Stressors, StatesProvinces) make up the dataset. This hosted feature layer provides supported science project catalog data from the GNLCC (Great Northern Landscape Conservation Cooperative) to the public. Public interested in project background, funding, deliverables/products, contacts, etc. will get use of this data. Some web tools or metadata processing programs also may utilize this spatial and not-spatial data to drive their respective processes.
FWS ACJV NFWF_CBWS_HUCS_06082018

THESE DATA ARE BEING REPLACED IN 2022. These data show the priority deficit and surplus HUC12 watersheds for wetland restoration/enhancement or protection as calculated by the American Black Duck (ABDU) decision support tool ( https://acjv.org/ABDU/abdu_cbt_finalreport_15dec2016_v5.pdf) for the Northeast. These data show the priority deficit and surplus HUC12 watersheds for wetland restoration/enhancement or protection as calculated by the American Black Duck (ABDU) decision support tool ( https://acjv.org/ABDU/abdu_cbt_finalreport_15dec2016_v5.pdf) for the Northeast. These data show the priority deficit and surplus HUC12 watersheds for wetland restoration/enhancement or protection as calculated by the American Black Duck (ABDU) decision support tool ( https://acjv.org/ABDU/abdu_cbt_finalreport_15dec2016_v5.pdf) for the Northeast.
FWS ACJV_NAWCAdata_2021

The North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) is a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) grant program that provides matching funds to organized partnerships to protect, restore, and enhance lands that benefit wetland-associated migratory birds and other wildlife. By protecting and restoring wetlands and uplands, NAWCA supports intact, functioning ecosystems, which provide many services to society such as clean drinking water and flood protection. These direct economic benefits support multi-billion dollar industries, including tourism, commercial fisheries, forestry, and agriculture. Also, many NAWCA projects provide public access and support important traditions such as hunting, fishing, birdwatching, family farming, and cattle ranching https://acjv.org/funding/the-north-american-wetlands-conservation-act/ The NAWCA program funds projects in the United States, Canada, and Mexico through competitive grants. Grant requests must be matched by partner contributions at least a 1-to-1 ratio. In the past two decades, NAWCA has provided $1.4 billion in grants to fund 2,644 projects in the United States. More than 5,600 partners have contributed another $3 billion in matching funds to conserve 33.4 million acres of habitat. In the ACJV, partners have a demonstrated success in receiving NAWCA funding. Since 1991, ACJV staff have worked with over 500 partners to protect, restore, or enhance over 2 million acres of priority habitats. Partners have received over $228 million dollars in grants which have been matched by $1.3 billion in matching funds. These grants represent almost 1/3 of the grants awarded in the United States!
FWS ACJV CBWS AGOL data

THIS IS ABOUT TO BE REPLACED BY NEW DATA These data show the priority deficit and surplus HUC12 watersheds for wetland restoration/enhancement or protection as calculated by the American Black Duck (ABDU) decision support tool ( https://acjv.org/ABDU/abdu_cbt_finalreport_15dec2016_v5.pdf) for the Northeast. These data show the priority deficit and surplus HUC12 watersheds for wetland restoration/enhancement or protection as calculated by the American Black Duck (ABDU) decision support tool ( https://acjv.org/ABDU/abdu_cbt_finalreport_15dec2016_v5.pdf) for the Northeast. THIS IS ABOUT TO BE REPLACED BY NEW DATA These data show the priority deficit and surplus HUC12 watersheds for wetland restoration/enhancement or protection as calculated by the American Black Duck (ABDU) decision support tool ( https://acjv.org/ABDU/abdu_cbt_finalreport_15dec2016_v5.pdf) for the Northeast. These data show the priority deficit and surplus HUC12 watersheds for wetland restoration/enhancement or protection as calculated by the American Black Duck (ABDU) decision support tool ( https://acjv.org/ABDU/abdu_cbt_finalreport_15dec2016_v5.pdf) for the Northeast.
Lahontan Basin LCT Management Units (USFWS)

Boundaries were created using Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) HUC 8 watersheds from NHD Plus High Resolution. The attribute table has fields denoting the perimeter length (miles), area (square miles), management unit name, subunit name if applicable, and geographic management unit (GMU). The GMUs were initially defined in the 1995 Recovery Plan for LCT, which were later separated into the ten management units by the 2019 Updated Goals and Objectives. The 2019 Updated Goals and Objectives document can be found here: [LCT UGOs_Final 05.29.19.pdf (fws.gov)] More information about LCT recovery can be found here: [Lahontan Cutthroat Trout | Reno Fish & Wildlife Office (fws.gov)]