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Strategic Habitat Conservation

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Are you involved with Conservation Design?   (spatially explicit integration of biological objectives)

Developmental training for Conservation Design -

• Develop Species Habitat Decision Support Tools -  A decision support tool combines geospatial data, biological information, and the results of ecological models into a format that helps managers decide which conservation actions to apply to a given landscape. Decision support tools should be linked to specific treatments that target a population response. The decision support tool arranges available information relevant to the decision into a single format, allowing the manager to view the compilation of the data, information, and models in a simple form.
  • TEC7112 GIS Introduction
  • TEC7113 GIS Use for Wildlife Habitat Management
  • TEC7123 GIS Use for Aquatic Resource Management (Intermediate)
  • TEC7114 GIS Design for Natural Resource Lands Management
  • TEC7124 GIS Design for Fisheries Management
  • TEC7134 GIS Vegetative Cover Mapping
  • FIS4300 Data Analysis II; ECS3149 Principles of Modeling
  • ECS3159 FWS/USGS Structured Decision Making Workshops (Rapid Prototyping);
  • CSP3171 Structured Decision Making
• Designate Priority Areas -   Most of the time, decisions about where to protect or restore a particular habitat type or where to deliver a particular program are based on the potential of each landscape to provide desired benefits. Desired benefits might be as narrowly defined as the potential to support multiple species of ducks (as in the FWS’s Waterfowl Production Area program), to as broadly defined as wildlife, clean water, and soil retention (as in USDA’s Wetland Reserve Program).
  • ECS3142 Principles of Habitat Assessment
  • ECS3105 Wetland Restoration and Enhancement
  • ECS3117 Habitat Conservation Planning
  • WLD2126 Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Planning
  • WLD2125 Habitat Management Planning
  • ECS3149 Principles of Modeling
  • ECS3159 FWS/USGS Structured Decision Making Workshops (Rapid Prototyping)
  • CSP3171 Structured Decision Making
  • TEC7112 GIS Introduction
  • TEC7113 GIS Use for Wildlife Habitat Management
  • TEC7123 GIS Use for Aquatic Resource Management (Intermediate)
  • TEC7115 GIS Design and Use for ES Field Stations
  • TEC7118 GIS Cartographic Design
  • TEC7135 GIS Remote Sensing Technology
• Formulate Habitat Objectives -  Models and priority areas can help estimate the amount of habitat of each type required to attain population objectives. This information enables us to establish habitat objectives that directly relate to achieving our population objectives. Relative conservation efficiency (e.g., biological benefits/acre) varies across landscapes. Thus, the actual amount of habitat required to attain our population objectives depends on where we deliver our programs.
  • ECS3142 Principles of Habitat Assessment
  • ECS3105 Wetland Restoration and Enhancement
  • ECS3117 Habitat Conservation Planning
  • WLD2126 Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Planning
  • WLD2125 Habitat Management Planning
  • ECS3149 Principles of Modeling
  • ECS3159 FWS/USGS Structured Decision Making Workshops (Rapid Prototyping)
  • CSP3171 Structured Decision Making
  • TEC7179 Rights-of-Way Habitat Management (self study)
  • TEC7189 Innovative Approaches to Wildlife/Highway Interactions