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(ECP and CTSP grantees, reports, and other sites of interest for conservation
geography, mapping and GIS. Grantees are coded by program and year of
grant at the end of their name/state, i.e. e91 means ECP grant in 1991.
c=cstp, cm=ctsp-mac, cs=ctsp-software)
RESTORE: The North Woods, cm95.
(P.O. Box 1099, Concord, MA 01742 (508)287-0320 fax (978) 287-5771
email: restore@restore.org) "a nonprofit, grassroots
organization whose purpose is to restore and preserve the ecological integrity
of the North Woods ecoregion of the U.S. and Canada through public awareness
and citizen activism." See also:
The New Hampshire Wolf Alliance was founded in 1995 for the purpose of
educating the public about wolves and wolf hybrids...The NHWA; recently
participated in a Northeast Wolf Recovery Strategy meeting, sponsored
by RESTORE: The North Woods and the Wildlands Project.
Rocky Mountain Ecosystem Coalition e94.
(Suite 921 - 610 8th Avenue, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. T2P 1G5.)
"Its mandate is to promote the principles of
ecosystem management and
the conservation of ecological integrity and biodiversity
in the Canadian Rockies, an area of over 120,000 square miles straddling
the continental divide in British Columbia and Alberta." The study
A Fish Management
Plan for Jasper National Park includes a number of ecological maps,
including. Native fish
distribution maps within Jasper National Park. Don't miss:
Maps to Slocan Valley Watersheds.
See also:Cumulative
Effect Analysis On Alberta's Southern Eastern Slopes: Grizzly Bear Pre-Berry
Season Habitat Value (GIS analysis and map generation by Ecology Center
GIS, October 1996). Their GIS methodology is well developed in: British Columbia's Level 1
Interior Watershed Assessment Procedure
as a Tool for Monitoring Potential Impacts of Development on Aquatic Ecosystems in Canada's
Rocky Mountains (by David W. Mayhood[1], Michael D. Sawyer[2] and
William Haskins[3]. Paper presented to the Science and Management of Protected
Areas Association (SAMPA III) Conference, Calgary, AB, 12-16 May 1997.
Accepted for publication in the Proceedings..) Dont miss:
How Roads Kill Streams
by David W. Mayhood "...Road networks can greatly increase erosion in drainage
basins: in fact, roads alone commonly contribute more sediment to watercourses than
all other land-use activities combined.)
Rodale Institute Experimental
Farm, Pa e98. (611 Siegfriedale Road, Kutztown, PA 19530 USA tel:610.683.1449
fax:610.683.8548 GIS Contact: Bill Heasom, email:bil88@aol.com) "Making
the vital connection between healthy soil and healthy people has been
the central thrust of The Rodale Institute for more than three generations.
The first task was finding agricultural solutions to major health and
environmental problems. The second was proving they worked. The third
is now sharing them with the world." GIS STATUS: notes from Bill Heasom:
"I am a civil engineer, surveyor, and environmentally concerned person and contribute
a substantial amount of my time to Rodale Institute Experimental Farm near Kutztown,
PA. They are a nonprofit research and teaching organization and a (501c3)
charity. They have pioneered the organic farming movement. They have done
extensive outreach in environmental education and have international programs
that reach Senegal, Guatemala, Japan, and other nations. They maintain
the oldest continuing field research trials comparing organic agricultural
management practices with conventional. My involvement relates to the
"farm regeneration initiative" which is a planning and construction program
so that the Kutztown farm (330 acres) can model and research techniques
for the farm of the future. How will farms look after fuel is no longer
cheaply available? How will we farm if global climate changes become severe?
These are questions we are trying to address in advance. After nearly
a year of work on this planning project and after visiting with Dr. Martin
(head of Geography Dept. at Kutztown University) it is clear to me that
GIS will speed our work and give a better result. Also, the Rodale Institute
has accumulated over 20 years of field data that is not being fully utilized
because the older sets are not well organized. I am sure that GIS can
mine additional data from this information as well as speeding the analysis
and display of data (soil tests, groundwater readings, plant varieties,
etc spread over a hundred individual research plots)."
Scenic America, Dc c98. (801 Pennsylvania
Ave., SE Suite 300 Washington, DC 20003 Phone (202) 543-6200 Fax (202)
543-9130. Email webmaster@scenic.org. GIS contact: Deborah Myerson
email:myerson@scenic.org) "Scenic America is a national, private,
nonprofit organization dedicated to to preserving and enhancing the scenic
character of America's communities and countryside. We were founded in
1978 to fight billboard proliferation and reform the Highway Beautification
Act. In the early 1990's we broadened our mission to embrace a broad range
of scenic conservation issues...In Scenic America's "Smart Growth / Scenic
Stewardship Initiative," we are helping communities integrate scenic conservation
principles and practices into the movement for better land-use...GIS technology
is a key opportunity to expedite the documentation of scenic and historic
resources. Scenic America will work with communities along Route 15 to
undertake GIS mapping of the scenic and historic landscape that is threatened
by current growth patterns. Mapping these historic, scenic, natural, and
cultural resources in a GIS will permit citizens and local leaders to
make educated land use choices in a regional context."
LINKS.
Seatuck Foundation, Islip, NY c95. (581-6908)
Shawangunk Ridge Biodiversity
Partnership, Ny. (c/o Mohonk Preserve, Inc. 1000 Mountain Rest Road,
Mohonk Lake, New Paltz, NY 12561 tel:(914) 255-5969 email:mpres@mhv.net
GIS contact: John E. Thompson.) "an eleven member public/private
partnership formed in 1994 to protect the Shawangunk Mountains, designated
by The Nature Conservancy as a "Last Great Place" in the western hemisphere."
Shawangunks Ecosystem Research Program: "This coordinated, six-year
program was designed to expand understanding of the maintenance of this
endangered-species-rich landscape by investigating four major areas: (1)
the description and delineation of natural communities; (2) the influence
of environmental gradients; (3) the importance of historical events; and
(4) the development of ecological models. The Partnership will use the
findings to prioritize areas for protection and design ecological management
strategies to assure the continued viability of rare species and natural
communities. A vital tool in meeting the goals of the Shawangunk Ecosystem
Research Program is a Geographic Information System. A GIS has been created
by The Nature Conservancy Eastern Regional Office incorporating: roads,
hydrography, major tract boundaries, town boundaries, New York Department
of Environmental Conservation wetlands, New York Natural Heritage Program
element occurrences, a digital elevation model, natural communities classified
and mapped by the Partnership, and digital orthophotographs produced from
NAPP color infrared aerial photographs."
Sheepscot
Valley Conservation Association, Alna ME c97 c99. (P.O. Box
125, Alna, Maine, 04535 email - svca@lincoln.midcoast.com, President Nicholas
Barth.) "The Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association (SVCA) was
created on Columbus Day in 1969...The SVCA is chartered to operate in
the Sheepscot River Watershed, which includes a drainage area approximately
228 square miles within the Mid-Coast Counties of Lincoln, Kennebec, Knox
and Waldo.. Major Current activities of the SVCA include a land trust
of Association owned properties and conservation easements, in stream
and land use water quality monitoring, and educational outreach. See:
Watershed Map.
GIS STATUS: "With the
assistance of USFWS and the local U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural
Resources Conservation Service we added geo-referenced aerial photographs.
USFWS and NRCS also collaborated to develop a coverage of farmland use
and areas lacking adequate riparian buffers. The route of a proposed natural
gas pipeline corridor was also added as a coverage. Using a GPS Datalogger,
we developed a point layer coverage showing the location of our water
quality monitoring program sites. We have paid for the digitizing of two
local communities' tax maps....Since receipt of the CTSP grant, the SVCA
has grown from an all-volunteer organization to a professional entity
with a staff of 2 ½. GIS products, primarily ArcView maps, have greatly
increased our effectiveness in acquiring easements and trust lands, made
us more effective advocates for protection of the natural resources within
the Sheepscot watershed, increased our ability to communicate effectively
with SVCA members and the public, and improved our fundraising capability.
Perhaps most importantly, it has provided access to-and the ability to
communicate-information about the watershed, land use, and natural resource
values. This has made us more professional and effective advocates for
protection of these values."
Sierra Biodiversity
Institute, Nevada City CA e89 c96.
(13920 Miller Rd, Nevada City, CA, 95959. 916-292-3625, Contact Steve Beckwitt,
Eric Beckwitt, email:sbi@oro.net.) SBI was one of the very first
nonprofit conservation groups to use GIS for science-based conservation action.
Their History
details their growth and experiences as an "early adopter" of
GIS in the nonprofit conservation arena."Sierra Biodiversity Institute
(SBI) is a small nonprofit, public interest, scientific research and
educational organization focused on biodiversity issues. Our main goal
is to aid in the protection and maintenance of biological richness through
cooperative research and information dissemination. SBI is devoted to
bringing the best of science and technology to bear in finding creative
solutions to urgent conservation issues related to natural resource use
and other land use issues. Our contributions have been disproportionate
to our size. We are recognized leaders in developing new information on
the status and health of ecosystems in California. We are leaders in developing
new tools to aid the conservation movement in our collective struggle
to protect biodiversity. ...SBI is engaged in a multi-year project to
empower local and regional environmental groups with access to environmental
GIS databases and technology. This project includes a comprehensive training
program, extensive user support, and distribution of a wide variety of
environmental data. We are currently working with numerous conservation
organizations throughout Washington, Oregon, and California."
Sierra Biodiversity Institute Maps
includes an extensive collection of ecological and
roadless analysis maps
of the Sierra Nevada and forest areas within, as well as ecological
and GIS analysis mapping work in Siberia, India, and Washington/Oregon.
Don't Miss: Scientific
Support for Biodiversity Protection in the Sierra Nevada: "In
cooperation with the Science Committee of the Sierra Nevada Forest Protection
Campaign, Sierra Biodiversity Institute is evaluating alternative map-based
strategies for the long-term protection of aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity
in the Sierra Nevada. Building on the work of the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem
Project, we are analyzing the potential role that several science based
conservation strategies could play in an overall landscape plan for sustainable
forest management and biological conservation in the Sierra."
Sierra
Club Northeast Office, Central Appalachia Ecoregion Task Force, Ny e98.
(85 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, tel: 1-518-587-9166
email: ne-ny.field@sierraclub.org) "The Central Appalachia Ecoregion
Task Force (CAER) is part of the Critical Ecoregions project - a joint
project of the Sierra Club and the Sierra Foundation, and operates as
a nonprofit group. We are a volunteer-based conservation organization.
This GIS project aims to use ArcView to collect data, perform monitoring
and analysis, and generate maps and reports to support three long-term
conservation campaigns: 1. Maintaining & restoring wildlife and biodiversity,
2. Restoring a healthy environment, with a focus on watershed quality,
and 3. Stopping suburban sprawl and creating livable cities." The
campaigns
include: Restoring And Maintaining Biodiversity, Creating Livable Cities / Challenge
To Sprawl, and Restoring A Healthy Environment.
The Siskiyou Project Or c99.
(P.O. Box 220, Cave Junction, OR 97523 tel:(541)592-4459 Kelpie Wilson.
GIS Contact, Romain Cooper email:romain@siskiyou.org) "The Siskiyou
Project works to protect the ecological integrity and biodiversity of
the Klamath- Siskiyou Bioregion...The Siskiyou Project is sponsoring the
Klamath-Siskiyou Biodiversity
Conservation Plan, research effort headed by Dr. Reed Noss. The Klamath-Siskiyou
Biodiversity Conservation Plan (K-SBCP) is a comprehensive study of the
elements of biodiversity in the Klamath-Siskiyou Bioregion. The K-SBCP
is a truly path-breaking approach that will allow conservationists to
move beyond uncoordinated and piecemeal strategies. This scientifically
based plan will help conservation groups identify priorities for protection
and help set the conservation policy agenda for the region. The K-SBCP
is the first project to gather complete computerized mapping data (GIS)
for the Klamath-Siskiyou region, but it is also innovative and fundamentally
different from other GIS mapping projects. The result is not merely a
set of maps, but a policy recommendation for the conservation of biodiversity
based on the principles of conservation biology and nature reserve design.
The plan has been accepted by The Wildlands Project as one of their six
pilot projects. The World Wildlife Fund is interested in the Ecoregion
and has recently joined us in sponsoring this work."
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