[PCA] WEBINAR: Using Decision Tools to Design the Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge; November 21 at 3 pm ET (registration required)

[De Angelis, Patricia]

What will you learn?
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) Everglades Headwaters National
Wildlife Refuge (EHNWR) is strategically located in Florida to protect
upland and wetland habitats. The location of the new refuge was targeted
to: address pressures from urbanization and climate change, provide
improved quality of water flowing southward to the Greater Everglades, and
protect habitat for species of concern (e.g., Florida panther, Florida
grasshopper sparrow, Everglades snail kite). Acquiring land for a large
protected area such as the EHNWR comes with challenges because it typically
takes many years to gather the funds to purchase all necessary parcels of
land and could be complicated by future conditions such as climate and
urbanization changes across the landscape. To meet the FWS-defined
objectives for the EHNWR, including the protection of five target habitats,
Southeast CASC supported researchers used Marxan with Zones as a decision
tool to select configurations of parcels under different scenarios of
urbanization and protection. The designs researchers generated met FWS
habitat goals within fee and easement zone restrictions, and they found
refuge configurations that fell well below the mandated size limit.

Register for the webinar here
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More about the webinar:
https://www.usgs.gov/centers/climate-adaptation-science-centers/science/upcoming-webinar-using-decision-tools-design?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects


More about this project:
https://cascprojects.org/#/project/4f8c6557e4b0546c0c397b4c/5224d342e4b0e4746d62af4e


Brought to you by: USGS Climate Adaptation Science Centers
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