GIS technology and sage scrub habitat
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) play a major role in the assessment of long-term conservation potential of coastal sage scrub (CSS) along the Pacific coast of North America. This 6,000-square-mile area comes under the Natural Communities Conservation Planning (NCCP) program, and constitutes wide varieties of flora and fauna. The GIS help in determining and identifying higher potential CSS habitat and other native habitats in close proximity to core CSS. It also identifies the links between blocks of habitat.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1996
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The mysteries of a prairie orchid
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The Sheyenne National Grassland in southeastern North Dakota is one of only two areas of the US where the western prairie fringed orchid can be found. The species, listed as threatened in 1989, is difficult to propagate and little is known about its germination ecology. Consequently, the Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Research Station is undertaking research aimed at developing a model that can be used by wildlife managers to identify suitable sites for the orchid's reintroduction.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1997
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Habitat model identifies potential orchid sites
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A computerized habitat model, using a geographical information system, led to the discovery of nine previously unknown populations of the small whorled pogonia in 1993. The pogonia is the rarest orchid in eastern North America and the habitat of 26 populations was studied to develop the model. The discovery of the new populations has led the Fish and Wildlife Service to propose that the pogonia be classified as threatened instead of endangered.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1995
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