[usavian] Data sources: conservation groups, agencies, and administrative territories

[trashbirdecology]

CLICK ME for a list of identified data sources, urls, and descriptions

JLB try to check each data source or webpage as done as it is mined or is added to the data list (^) so as to make progress on this Issue and related Milestones 2 and 3.

Identify geographical boundary data layers, and confirm which are/are not in PAD-US or SFR.

Actively managed properties

Federal and state

• Dept. of defense properties (some or all are in PAD-US, need to check!)
• Fish and Wildlife Service refuges (some or all are in PAD-US, need to check!)
• Bureau of land management (some or all in PAD-US, need to check!)
• State managed lands (some may be in PAD-US)

NGO and privately owned

• TNC property
• Audubon property
• Land trusts
• Conservation easements (see next Section)

Conservation units and boundaries

• Collectives/cooperatives (e.g., GOMAMN)
• Migratory bird joint ventures
  • directory and contacts
  • map image
  • shapefiles on data.gov; alternate source for shps
• NABCI Bird conservation regions (note: PIF uses this unit)
• Fish and Wildlife Service regions
• Habitat joint ventures
• FWS administrative flyways
• Flyway initiatives (e.g. Atlantic flyway shorebird init.
• Landscape conservation cooperatives (LCC)
• Natural heritage program e.g., North Carolina's
• Conservation easements database (probably already in PAD-US; info here)

Nation-wide partnerships or plans

• US Shorebird conservation plan(by the us shorebird conservation partnership)
• Adaptive harvest management plan (FWS AHM)
• PIF partners at national and regional scales
• PIF science plans

Regional, Local partnerships or plans

• Bird Conservation Network, Chicago Area ebird webpage
• PIF partners at regional scales. Includes links to the JVs
• Prairie pothole jv plans
• PIF WWG western working group plan

Observatories

• Rocky mtn bird conservancy
• Point Blue
• Should we map the MAPS stations? Idk if they do any local conservation, but I assume conduct outreach...

Some webpages to mine for more information and potential layers

• FWS major partner list + others; make sure all partners are represented in our list
• ABC bird conservation alliance partners.
• Cornell land trust program and the associated pub
• BirdLIfe international's important bird areas and associated map
• Nature Serve
• Birdnet orgnizations list
• Birdnet observatories list
• Scrape this webpage for state agencies and other partners!
• NatureServe has a great mapping tool already--LandScope-- but unfortunately the data is not retrievable, it only produces maps. Map layers/data sources include Land Trusts, threatened spp, ecosystem/region boundaries (e.g. TNC)

[aurielfournier]

Gulf of Mexico Avian Monitoring Network Boundary.

GoMAMN_Boundary.zip

[aurielfournier]

Probably should also include Joint Venture Boundaries.

[trashbirdecology]

Indeed

[Dyounglecturer]

A.P leventis ornithological research Institute can also be of help.

[McKerrow]

Link to Joint Ventures boundaries -
https://www.fws.gov/birds/management/bird-conservation-partnership-and-initiatives/migratory-bird-joint-ventures/map-products.php
I believe PAD-US includes the National Conservation Easement Database (NCED) - here is some detail about NCED specifically (https://www.conservationeasement.us/about/faqs/)

[trashbirdecology]

Link to Joint Ventures boundaries -
https://www.fws.gov/birds/management/bird-conservation-partnership-and-initiatives/migratory-bird-joint-ventures/map-products.php
I believe PAD-US includes the National Conservation Easement Database (NCED) - here is some detail about NCED specifically (https://www.conservationeasement.us/about/faqs/)

Thanks, I added this information to the OP

Also, thanks for the link to the easements, I wouldn't have dreamed there was data for this, actually.... The UI is quite pleasant, too.