AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Great Dismal Swamp NWR Focus Area

This area has 60+ priority migratory bird species, several fisheries species of conservation concern, and 1 federally listed species. The area is an important part of the headwaters of the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds and is a state-designated exceptional water, meaning new or increased point source discharges to the waterbody are prohibited. Initial work is being conducted under the Service’s Northeast Region Strategic Plan Fiscal Year 2007-2011, Partners for Fish and Wildlife/Coastal Program. Our goals are to assess the risk level of atmospheric deposition of mercury to trust resources to inform NWR management practices and to protect/restore habitat for the red-cockaded woodpecker and priority migratory birds. Our next steps towards these goals are to restore hydrology to 6,000 acres of forested wetlands in the NWR, and evaluate the impact of several major fires on mercury levels in the NWR, including biota and sediment.
fl_WPRa

This is a contour feature set depicting a surface of predicted migration intensity (Window Passage Rate, WPR) in units of targets per square km per hour. Predictions are based on data collected from 23 spring and 22 fall locations throughout the Great Lakes by the US Fish and Wildlife Service Avian Radar Team. Predictions were generated by sampling targets from 11 areas ("windows") of radar return arrayed altitudinally with consistently low interference (radar "clutter"). This method allowed for greater comparability among sites as it helps control for site effects in radar returns due to clutter. Window data were further corrected for level of effort (e.g. time radar on, precipitation interference) for each site. Predictions were generated by interpolating overall WPA during this season with landscape variables (% water cover, % forest cover, night light illumination, latitude, longitude, and proximity to a Great Lake) as spatial predictors of WPR. Fields Value_Min and Value_Max contain the minimum and maximum predicted WPR values for each of 20 passage rate categories. Fields SE and CoV contain the standard error and covariance of the predicted WPR 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.
Roanoke Logperch Focus Area

This federally listed endangered species’ extant range is Virginia and North Carolina with the majority occurring in Virginia. Our goal is to recover the species by working with our partners to protect/restore habitat, evaluate reintroduction/augmentation, and accomplish other recovery actions. We will work with our partners to engage in outreach and support survey efforts for Roanoke logperch as well as projects that enhance habitat and water quality such as barrier removal (restore connectivity), implementing agricultural BMPs (e.g., excluding livestock from streams), and stream and riparian restoration. We will support life history studies that inform recovery efforts and modeling projects that refine potential habitat for this species. The boundaries for this focal area were defined by the intersection of the 8-digit HUCs and the counties where the species is known to occur; VDGIF and DCR-DNH databases were used to delineate known species occurrences.
sp_WPRa_lo

This is a contour feature set depicting a surface of predicted migration intensity (Window Passage Rate, WPR) in units of targets per square km per hour. Predictions are based on data collected from 23 spring and 22 fall locations throughout the Great Lakes by the US Fish and Wildlife Service Avian Radar Team. Predictions were generated by sampling targets from the lowest 4 of 11 areas ("windows") of radar return arrayed altitudinally with consistently low interference (radar "clutter"). This method allowed for greater comparability among sites as it helps control for site effects in radar returns due to clutter. Window data were further corrected for level of effort (e.g. time radar on, precipitation interference) for each site. Predictions were generated by interpolating overall WPA during this season with landscape variables (% water cover, % forest cover, night light illumination, latitude, longitude, and proximity to a Great Lake) as spatial predictors of WPR. Fields Value_Min and Value_Max contain the minimum and maximum predicted WPR values for each of 20 passage rate categories. Fields SE and CoV contain the standard error and covariance of the predicted WPR 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.
Nottoway Watershed Focus Area

This watershed contains 50+ priority migratory bird species, several fisheries species of conservation concern, 6 federally listed species, and several species of concern. It is an important headwater to the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds and is uniquely pristine. The Nottoway River has been identified as a priority Roanoke logperch recovery area in the species’ recovery plan (Service 1992). Our goal is to pursue funding to restore 100 acres of longleaf pine habitat for the red-cockaded woodpecker and priority migratory birds in coordination with our partners. The boundaries were defined by the extent of HUC 03010201.
Blackwater River Watershed Focus Area

This watershed contains 80+ priority migratory bird species, several fisheries species of conservation concern, 1 listed species, and several species of concern. It is an important headwater to the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. Initial work is being conducted under the Service’s Northeast Region Strategic Plan Fiscal Year 2007-2011, Partners for Fish and Wildlife/Coastal Program. Our goal is to restore 100 acres of longleaf pine habitat for the federally listed red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) and priority migratory birds in coordination with over 20 partners in America’s Longleaf: A Restoration Initiative for the Southern Longleaf Pine Ecosystem and the Rangewide Conservation Plan for Longleaf Pine (Regional Working Group for America’s Longleaf 2009). The boundaries were defined by the extent of HUC 03010202.
Blackwater and Nottoway Watersheds

The watershed is an important headwater to the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, is uniquely pristine, and is a recognized North American Coastal Plain global biodiversity hotspot. This area historically supported longleaf pine dominated ecosystems and their unique community of species, including the red-cockaded woodpecker. We will pursue funding to restore longleaf pine habitat for the red-cockaded woodpecker and priority migratory birds in coordination with partners, such as the Virginia Longleaf Pine Cooperators local implementation team (Regional Working Group for America’s Longleaf 2009). We will also support projects that restore or enhance habitat and water quality to promote conservation of Atlantic slope mussels (e.g., dwarf wedgemussel, Atlantic pigtoe). The watershed hosts multiple fisheries species of conservation concern and priority migratory bird species (see Service Trust Resources section). Roanoke logperch (see Roanoke Logperch Priority Area information below) also occurs in the Nottoway River drainage and we will work with our partners to engage in outreach and support survey efforts for Roanoke logperch as well as projects that enhance habitat and water quality such as barrier removal (restore connectivity), implementing agricultural BMPs (e.g., excluding livestock from streams), and stream and riparian restoration.
sp_WPRa_hi

This is a contour feature set depicting a surface of predicted migration intensity (Window Passage Rate, WPR) in units of targets per square km per hour. Predictions are based on data collected from 23 spring and 22 fall locations throughout the Great Lakes by the US Fish and Wildlife Service Avian Radar Team. Predictions were generated by sampling targets from the highest 2 of 11 areas ("windows") of radar return arrayed altitudinally with consistently low interference (radar "clutter"). This method allowed for greater comparability among sites as it helps control for site effects in radar returns due to clutter. Window data were further corrected for level of effort (e.g. time radar on, precipitation interference) for each site. Predictions were generated by interpolating overall WPA during this season with landscape variables (% water cover, % forest cover, night light illumination, latitude, longitude, and proximity to a Great Lake) as spatial predictors of WPR. Fields Value_Min and Value_Max contain the minimum and maximum predicted WPR values for each of 20 passage rate categories. Fields SE and CoV contain the standard error and covariance of the predicted WPR 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.
sp_WPRa

This is a contour feature set depicting a surface of predicted migration intensity (Window Passage Rate, WPR) in units of targets per square km per hour. Predictions are based on data collected from 23 spring and 22 fall locations throughout the Great Lakes by the US Fish and Wildlife Service Avian Radar Team. Predictions were generated by sampling targets from 11 areas ("windows") of radar return arrayed altitudinally with consistently low interference (radar "clutter"). This method allowed for greater comparability among sites as it helps control for site effects in radar returns due to clutter. Window data were further corrected for level of effort (e.g. time radar on, precipitation interference) for each site. Predictions were generated by interpolating overall WPA during this season with landscape variables (% water cover, % forest cover, night light illumination, latitude, longitude, and proximity to a Great Lake) as spatial predictors of WPR. Fields Value_Min and Value_Max contain the minimum and maximum predicted WPR values for each of 20 passage rate categories. Fields SE and CoV contain the standard error and covariance of the predicted WPR 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.
fl_day_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."
Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle Focus Area

This federally listed threatened species range encompasses the coast of the northeastern U.S., with the majority of the species extant range occurring along the beaches of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. Our goal is to develop and implement a multi-faceted, multi-partner, long-term recovery strategy for the species. We will work with project proponents to define future project areas and proactively target areas of current or potential tiger beetle habitat for restoration or habitat improvement. We will foster improved shoreline management efforts on a scale to benefit property residents and the tiger beetle and its habitat. We will focus our work based on project requests and areas that provide an opportunity for proactive improvement or restoration of connectivity between populations. The boundaries are based on surveys, observations, and preliminary modeling; delineated areas are a 75-meter buffer surrounding shoreline areas known to have habitat that supports or may support the beetle. The boundaries also include adjacent shorelines where most shoreline stabilization projects, if undertaken, may result in a negative impact to the adjacent areas used by the beetle.
fl_nit_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."
fl_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."
sp_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 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."
Madison Cave Isopod Focus Area

This federally listed threatened species is a Virginia and West Virginia endemic. Our goal is to further recovery of this species through development of BMPs for landowners/project proponents and implementation by working with localities. To better understand historic connectivity between locations where this species occurs, we will continue to support genetic studies of isopods captured at different locations throughout the species range. We are working with partners to better characterize and understand the physiochemical characteristics of the groundwater habitat, determine variability in site occupancy and abundance, and collect genetic material for future analysis. The boundaries were defined by areas with a high/medium probability of species occurrence based upon a distribution model created by VDCR-DNH. As a karst aquifer species, it is difficult or even impossible to survey all locations; therefore, mapping known locations would have greatly underestimated the range of the species.
sp_day_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."
Holston River Watershed Focus Area

The Virginia portion of this watershed has more than 30 federally listed threatened and endangered species, the majority of which are freshwater fishes and mussels, and designated critical habitat for some of the species. The watershed also hosts several fisheries species of conservation concern and more than 20 priority migratory bird species (see Service Trust Resources section). This watershed is an important headwater area of the Tennessee River system and is a globally significant area of biodiversity. Our goal is to protect and recover these imperiled aquatic species and maintain and restore the habitats upon which they depend. In accordance with the Imperiled Aquatic Species Conservation Strategy for the Upper Tennessee River Basin (Service 2014), our next steps towards this goal are to propagate and release listed fish and mussel species. We are focusing on reintroducing the yellowfin madtom in the North Fork Holston River reach designated for establishment of a non-essential experimental population; ensuring water quality protections are in place through the review of federally funded and permitted activities, and continuing case work for the Saltville NRDAR. We will continue efforts to collaborate with Service’s Fish and Aquatic Conservation Division to remove fish passage barriers in the Middle Fork Holston watershed, and partner with local conservation organizations to implement streambank stabilization and riparian buffers in the Holston River watershed. The boundaries defined by the extent of HUCs 06010101 and 06010102; includes the North Fork, South Fork, and Middle Fork Holston River HUCs.
Eastern Shore Focus Area

There are at least 10 federally listed threatened and endangered species, the majority of which rely on the coastal environments common on this Virginia peninsula and its many offshore islands. The area also hosts multiple fisheries species of conservation concern and important migratory bird stopover habitat. It supports 4 NWRs and TNC’s Virginia Coast Reserve, has been designated a United Nations Biosphere Reserve ([http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?mode=all&code=USA+31]), and is included in the North American Coastal Plain global biodiversity hotspot ([http://www.cepf.net/news/top_stories/Pages/Announcing-the-Worlds-36th-Biodiversity-Hotspot.aspx]). Our goal is to restore/protect upland, wetland, and coastal habitat for listed species, priority migratory birds, and fisheries species of conservation concern on state, Federal, and private lands. The boundaries were defined by the extent of HUCs 02080109 and 02080110; includes the Eastern and Western Lower Delmarva HUCs.
outreach_pop_up_events

Outreach pop up events. Programs are held by Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge's Community Outreach and Engagement Team and community/non-profit partners. All programs hosted by Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge's Community Outreach and Engagement Team are completely free for all community members to enjoy. Programs can be advertised on our Facebook or official website. The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge's Community Outreach and Engagement Team may even do free programming as a pop-up event in a local park or lake! Not everyone may be able to come to the refuge, so this is one way the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge's Community Outreach and Engagement Team is able to reach into the community in their own neighborhood.
River Kilometer Delineations

Transects beginning at the mouth of the designated rivers (primarily tributaries of Lake Erie) were delineated moving upstream. Layers were created by tracing the ArtificalPath, found in the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD), maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (NHD). For each tributary in this dataset 500m and 1000m long transects were created. These transects are used to delineate sampling locations when working in these systems. Questions about these layers can be directed to Jesse McCarter ([jesse_mccarter@fws.gov])