Bamford, Danielle (2010) Limited resources? Let the habitat priority planner help! In: Shifting Shorelines: Adapting to the Future,The 22nd International Conference of The Coastal Society , June 13-16, 2010 , Wilmington, North Carolina.
Abstract
In this time of scarce resources, coastal resource managers must find ways to prioritize conservation, land use, and restoration efforts. The Habitat Priority Planner (HPP) is a free geospatial tool created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coastal Services Center that has received wide praise for its ease of use and broad applicability to conservation strategic planning, restoration, climate change scenarios, and other natural resource management actions. Not a geographic information system (GIS) user? Don’t worry―this tool was designed to be used in a team setting. One intermediate-level GIS user can push the buttons to show quick results while a roomful of resource managers and stakeholders provide input criteria that determine the results. The Habitat Priority Planner is a toolbar for ESRI’s ArcGIS platform that is composed of three modules: Habitat Classification, Habitat Analysis, and Data Explorer. The tool calculates basic ecological statistics that are used to examine how habitats function within a landscape. The tool pre‐packages several common landscape metrics into a user‐friendly interface for intermediate GIS users. In addition, HPP allows the user to build queries interactively using a graphical interface for demonstrating criteria selections quickly in a visual manner that is useful in stakeholder interactions. Tool advocates and users include land trusts, conservation alliances, nonprofit organizations, and select National Estuarine Research Reserves and refuges of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Participants in this session will learn the basic requirements for HPP use and the multiple ways the HPP has been applied to geographies nationwide. (PDF contains 5 pages)
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item |
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| Title: | Limited resources? Let the habitat priority planner help! |
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| Personal Creator/Author: | | Creators | Email |
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| Bamford, Danielle | Danielle.Bamford@noaa.gov |
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| Date: | 2010 |
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| Funders: | National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. EPA Coastal Management Branch, U.S. Geolgocial Survey, NOAA Sea Grant |
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| Event Title: | Shifting Shorelines: Adapting to the Future,The 22nd International Conference of The Coastal Society |
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| Event Type: | Conference |
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| Event Location: | Wilmington, North Carolina |
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| Event Dates: | June 13-16, 2010 |
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| Issuing Agency: | The Coastal Society |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | TCS22 |
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| Subjects: | Conservation
Information Management |
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| Item ID: | 3880 |
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| Depositing User: | Cynthia Murray |
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| Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2010 23:49 |
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| Last Modified: | 29 Sep 2011 18:46 |
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| URI: | http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/3880 |
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