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NPScape:Analysis of Park Landscape

Dynamics

RIMC BriefingApril, 2010

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Objectives

• Relevance of project• Current status of NPScape

(Landscape Dynamics) Project• Examples of data and products• Upcoming efforts• Questions

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Relevance of Project: Key Themes

• Putting science (landscape-level data/analyses) into hands of park managers and planners – signficant role in GMP and other planning activites (e.g., BITH)

• IMD’s role and involvement in multi-agency climate change response – applicable to vulnerability assessments and subsequent adaptability / mitigation efforts

• Acknowledge influence of external changes to internal resource dynamics

• Take a common, systemic approach to high-priority vital sign for most, if not all, Networks

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NPScape Products & Deliverables

• Development of Measures and respective Metrics

• For initial effort activities were focused on six measures:– Conservation Status– Housing– Landcover– Pattern– Population– Roads

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Current MetricsMeasure - MetricConservation Status – Area ProtectedConservation Status – Ownership Area / CategoryConservation Status – OwnershipHousing – Current Density Housing – Recent Change (1990-2000) in DensityHousing – Historic Density (100m cells)Housing – Projected Density (100m cells)Landcover – Percent Natural vs. ConvertedLandcover – Change in Natural vs. ConvertedLandcover – Area / CategoryLandcover – Percent ImperviousPattern– grassland morphology; # = edge width scalePattern – forest morphology; # = edge width scalePattern – patch size (grassland); # = edge width scalePattern – patch size (forest); # = edge width scalePattern – grassland density; # = moving window sizePattern – forest density; # = moving window sizePopulation –Total; # = 1990, 2000 Population – Density; # = 1990, 2000Population – Recent Change 1990-2000 (% total and density)

Population – Historic Change, by County Population – Projected Change, by County (% total and density)

Roads – Road DensityRoads – Distance from RoadsRoads – Area without Roads

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NPScape Products & Deliverables

• For each Measure, created a Measure Development Summary (MDS)

• MDS is fashioned after Protocol Development Summary (PDS)

• Disclaimer: Not a single new source data set was created or harmed in completion of this project!!!

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NPScape Products & Deliverables

• Documented procedures for data processing and metric calculation (SOPs)

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NPScape Products & Deliverables

• Geoprocessing tools and scripts

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NPScape Products & Deliverables

• Procedures replicated for two distinct geographies, i.e., 30 KM, and USFWS National Geographic Areas

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NPScape Products & Deliverables

DOI Geographic Frameworks

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NPScape Products & Deliverables

• Output products, including MXDs, MXTs, geo-enabled PDFs, PNGs, KMLs, etc.

Greater range of usage for non-GIS community

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NPScape Products & Deliverables

• Sampler of FLFO 30 KM Area of Analysis

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NPScape Products & Deliverables

• Interpretive Guide: describes the scientific underpinning of NPScape measures and provides literature summaries, citations, and examples to put results in broader context

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NPScape Products & Deliverables

• Interpretive Guide and accompanying Appendix allows for comparison of metrics by National Geographic Framework

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NPScape Products & Deliverables

• Interpretive Guide and accompanying Appendix also allows for comparison of metrics by Region

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December, 2009 Delivery• External drives shipped to Networks

(parks in Network and associated National Geographic Areas)

• External drives or flash drives shipped to parks (Park 30KM AOA) either directly or through Network

• Posted metadata to Data Store for access through IRMA

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Future Steps – CY 2010• Addendum to data and final clean-

up of initial delivery (May)• Access to data through IRMA• Peer review of Interpretive Guide• Tighter integration of tools into

ArcGIS• Increased flexibility of tools• Additional metrics• Synthetic products

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Example synthesis of NPScape metrics

• Introduce algorithms like Marxan to synthesize NPScape products

• Help answer important questions like:• How important are

parks for habitat in the region?

• Which neighboring landowners might help increase habitat resilience inside park boundaries?

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Information and Updates

• Intranet sitehttp://www1.nrintra.nps.gov/im/monitor/npscape/index.cfm

• Natural Resource Information Portalhttp://nrinfo

• Legacy NPS Data Storehttp://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata

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Questions / Comments?

•We are interested in examples of how you may have used initial NPScape products.•Similarly, hope you will feedback on problems with using data or tools.