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Presentations
from the
8th Annual Meeting of the Organization of
Fish and Wildlife Information Managers
Rapid City, South Dakota
September 25th-29th, 2003
SESSION 1 - Afternoon Presentations
Thursday - September 25, 2003
Presentations at the OFWIM - 2003
Annual Meeting were presented in PowerPoint (Microsoft) format. We've asked
participants at the Annual Meeting for permission to post their presentation at the OFWIM Web Site.
The presentations from the First Day - Afternoon Session (on Thursday, September 25, 2003) are presented here.
Those presentations include:
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A Process for Selecting Species of Greatest Conservation Need
(Shelly Miller and Adam Phelps)
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A Method for Digital Submission of Scientific Collection Permit Reports
(Daniel Vichitbandha)
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Strategic Habitats for Biodiversity Conservation in Florida
(Beth Stys)
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Estimating the Population Range of Minnesota's Wolves
(Steve Benson)
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GIS Algorithms Useful for Producing "Fuzzy" Rare Species Locations
(Greg Krakow)
- SESSION 1 - Morning
OFWIM 2003 Presentations - Morning Session - Thursday - September 25th
- SESSION 2 - Morning
OFWIM 2003 Presentations - Morning Session - Friday - September 26th
- SESSION 2 - Afternoon
OFWIM 2003 Presentations - Afternoon Session - Friday - September 26th
- SESSION 3 - Morning
OFWIM 2003 Presentations - Morning Session - Sunday - September 28th
- SESSION 3 - Afternoon
OFWIM 2003 Presentations - Afternoon Session - Sunday - September 28th
A Process for Selecting Species of Greatest Conservation Need
(Shelly Miller and Adam Phelps)
 The State Wildlife Grant and Wildlife Conservation and Restoration programs require Virginia to develop a Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan by October 2005. One of the first steps in this process is the selection of species of greatest conservation need. Due to the limited time availability, we decided to draw upon a wide range of existing conservation assessments to develop a relatively objective measure of conservation need. We selected existing lists of rare, imperiled, or endangered species that met certain criteria, including geographic scope, integration of unique information relative to other lists, and use of a thorough and widely accepted methodology. Species ranks assigned by each conservation assessment were assigned a score ranging from 4 to 10 (least to most need). The intent was to create scores that were consistent across lists and provided information about the relative rank of each species within each list. A total score for a species was calculated by summing all the scores derived
from all conservation lists on which the species appears. Some species groups (such as birds) have had multiple conservation assessments. Therefore, in order to normalize scores across species, we developed a potential score for each species group. The total score was divided by the potential score to produce an index of imperilment for each species. Within each species group, species were divided into four tiers of imperilment using their index scores. We are currently incorporating expert review to this
process.
This presentation available as:
PowerPoint presentation: (Miller1_OFWIM_2003.ppt):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PPT/Miller1_OFWIM_2003.ppt
Adobe Acrobat Reader file: (Miller1_OFWIM_2003.pdf):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PDF/Miller1_OFWIM_2003.pdf
A Method for Digital Submission of Scientific Collection Reports
(Daniel Vichitbandha)
Scientific collection permit reports provide vital information on species distribution in Kentucky. Extracting species names and their location from paper reports is a time-consuming task even when the data is submitted in a digital file such as Excel via email. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
(KDFWR) is developing a web application for users to submit scientific collection report data. Criteria needed to create a successful application include: (1) the to access a secure site via the Internet; (2) a user-friendly interface; (3) a non-proprietary data format; (4) validation of taxonomy and coordinates; and (5) verification of rare observations.
This presentation available as:
PowerPoint presentation: (Vichitbandha_OFWIM_2003.ppt):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PPT/Vichitbandha_OFWIM_2003.ppt
Adobe Acrobat Reader file: (Vichitbandha_OFWIM_2003.pdf):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PDF/Vichitbandha_OFWIM_2003.pdf
Strategic Habitats for Biodiversity Conservation in Florida
(Beth Stys)
Privately owned lands support a large portion of the biodiversity in some areas, but procedures for identifying those private lands critical to the maintenance of biodiversity vary tremendously. Drawing from techniques recently developed in the fields of wildlife management and conservation biology, the Geographic Information System was used to assess the degree of security provided to rare species by the current system of conservation lands and to identify important habitat areas not currently protected.
We used habitat-based distribution maps in combination with population conservation goals to help identify strategic habitats on private lands in Florida. We used a vegetation map, occurrence data, and published life-history information to create habitat-based distribution maps for 179 rare
taxa. The security of 130 of the taxa was estimated by overlaying public land boundaries on habitat maps and then estimating whether conservation lands satisfied a population goal of supporting at least 10 populations of approximately 200 breeding adults. The remaining taxa were evaluated in terms of number of occurrence records on conservation lands. Of the 179 taxa evaluated, existing conservation lands did not adequately protect 56.
This presentation available as:
PowerPoint presentation: (Stys_OFWIM_2003.ppt):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PPT/Stys_OFWIM_2003.ppt
Adobe Acrobat Reader file: (Stys_OFWIM_2003.pdf):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PDF/Stys_OFWIM_2003.pdf
Estimating the Population and Range of Minnesota's Wolves
(Steve Benson and Bill Berg)
During winter 1997-98, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) completed its comprehensive gray wolf
(Canis lupus) population and distribution survey. The survey's objectives were to delineate changes in wolf range and population in preparation for delisting from the Federal Endangered Species Act and eventual management by MN
DNR. In 1979, there was no digital analysis, and all calculations were done by hand. In 1989, data entry was digital and some GIS analyses were done for road and human density, cover type, and ownership, but much of the analyses were still done manually. During the 1998 survey, data entry and analyses were facilitated by ArcView and ARC/INFO software. The data consisted of 3,451 wolf and wolf sign observations.
Investigation compared road and human density, land use, ownership, ecoregion, and wolf management zones. Analyses showed that the wolf population of 2,450, residing in an expanded wolf range of 88,325 sq. km., was the highest ever for Minnesota. Wolves that now reside in areas identified by GIS 10 years ago as having too many roads and humans to support wolves attest to the specie's adaptability. GIS identified areas that may be colonized by wolf packs in the future.
This presentation available as:
PowerPoint presentation: (Benson_OFWIM_2003.ppt):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PPT/Benson_OFWIM_2003.ppt
Adobe Acrobat Reader file: (Benson_OFWIM_2003.pdf):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PDF/Benson_OFWIM_2003.pdf
GIS Algorithms Useful for Producing "Fuzzy" Rare Species Locations
(Greg Krakow)
The Georgia Natural Heritage Program (GNHP) of Georgia DNR?s Wildlife Resources Division is responsible for helping to conserve Georgia's natural diversity of animals, plants and habitats. Part of this responsibility involves presenting information on rare species and significant natural communities in such a way that it can be used effectively for natural resources management. Because of data sensitivity issues, GNHP often provides the data with less locational precision than in its databases. To facilitate data conversions, a number of GIS scripts and extensions have been produced using the ArcView 3.x Avenue scripting language.
This presentation available as:
PowerPoint presentation: (Krakow_OFWIM_2003.ppt):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PPT/Krakow_OFWIM_2003.ppt
Adobe Acrobat Reader file: (Krakow_OFWIM_2003.pdf):
http://www.ofwim.org/docs/2003/PDF/Krakow_OFWIM_2003.pdf
Other presentations from the OFWIM - 2003 Annual Meeting are to be found by "Session"
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