Conservation–Protection of Forests for Wildlife in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data Sources
- Protected Areas Database of the United States 2.0, 2018: From the U.S. Geological Survey Gap Analysis Project, this database included public and non-profit lands and waters. Most were public lands owned in fee title, but the database also contained long-term easements, leases, agreements, and congressional (e.g., Wilderness Area), executive (e.g., National Monument), and administrative (e.g., Area of Critical Environmental Concern) designations as documented in agency management plans (https://doi.org/10.5066/P955KPLE).
- National Conservation Easement Data, 2018: A public–private partnership database of locations for more than 150,000 conservation easements and land trusts throughout the United States (https://www.conservationeasement.us/).
- Ducks Unlimited Conservation Easements, 2017: Locations for lands under conservation easement with Ducks Unlimited, Inc., a non-governmental conservation organization (https://gisweb.ducks.org/arcgis/rest/services/LMVJV_Parcel/Parcel_Private/MapServer/1).
- Wetlands Reserve Program, 2016: Location information for lands under federal conservation easements with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These conservation easements included the Wetland Reserve Program, Wetland Reserve Enhancement Program, and Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership. These data are not publicly accessible.
- State Wildlife Management Areas, 2015: A Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture compiled database of locations for state-owned or managed wildlife conservation areas as provided by the conservation agencies of their state partners (https://gisweb.ducks.org/arcgis/rest/services/SRO/WildlifeManagementArea/MapServer/0)
- National Wildlife Refuge System, 2015: Locations of existing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Wildlife Refuges as well as designated “areas of interest” for potential future acquisition by the National Wildlife Refuge system (https://gis.fws.gov/arcgis/rest/services/FWSCadastral_Internet/MapServer/2).
- The Nature Conservancy, Louisiana Lands, 2018: Locations of lands owned or managed by the non-governmental conservation organization, The Nature Conservancy in Louisiana. These data are not publicly accessible.
2.3. Forest Patches
2.4. Conservation–Protection
2.5. Location
2.6. Hydrology
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Disclaimer
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Area (ha) | Percent of Original Core Area Conservation–Protection Value | Reforestation Zone Addition | Hydrology Addition |
---|---|---|---|
≥2000 | 100% | 40% | 20% of dryness coefficient |
1600–2000 | 50% | 20% | 20% of dryness coefficient |
<1600 | 0% | 20% | 20% of dryness coefficient |
Conservation–Protection Need | Total Area (ha) | Area (ha) in Conservation Estate | Proportion of Area in Conservation Estate | Cumulative Area (ha) to Provide Complete Conservation–Protection (From Most in Need) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 371 | 311 | 0.84 | 1,323,272 |
3 | 160 | 136 | 0.85 | 1,323,212 |
4 | 15,465 | 14,072 | 0.91 | 1,323,188 |
6 | 10,106 | 9404 | 0.93 | 1,321,795 |
7 | 5838 | 5596 | 0.96 | 1,321,093 |
8 | 1011 | 953 | 0.94 | 1,320,851 |
9 | 14,693 | 12,529 | 0.85 | 1,320,793 |
10 | 7962 | 6769 | 0.85 | 1,318,629 |
11 | 3094 | 2057 | 0.66 | 1,317,436 |
12 | 8628 | 5585 | 0.65 | 1,316,399 |
13 | 535 | 454 | 0.85 | 1,313,356 |
14 | 12,758 | 8750 | 0.69 | 1,313,275 |
15 | 12,480 | 6789 | 0.54 | 1,309,267 |
16 | 8820 | 6071 | 0.69 | 1,303,576 |
18 | 22,296 | 14,965 | 0.67 | 1,300,827 |
19 | 87,473 | 8542 | 0.10 | 1,293,496 |
20 | 13,482 | 9525 | 0.71 | 1,214,565 |
21 | 3693 | 2316 | 0.63 | 1,210,608 |
22 | 11,732 | 8201 | 0.70 | 1,209,231 |
24 | 47,806 | 39,724 | 0.83 | 1,205,700 |
25 | 5302 | 4448 | 0.84 | 1,197,618 |
26 | 17,206 | 10,723 | 0.62 | 1,196,764 |
27 | 13,019 | 9855 | 0.76 | 1,190,281 |
30 | 4013 | 3083 | 0.77 | 1,187,117 |
31 | 18,136 | 12,754 | 0.70 | 1,186,187 |
32 | 8274 | 5511 | 0.67 | 1,180,805 |
33 | 10,425 | 6993 | 0.67 | 1,178,042 |
34 | 1682 | 833 | 0.50 | 1,174,610 |
35 | 31,466 | 19,432 | 0.62 | 1,173,761 |
36 | 58,741 | 41,255 | 0.70 | 1,161,727 |
37 | 96,216 | 66,954 | 0.70 | 1,144,241 |
39 | 8771 | 5819 | 0.66 | 1,114,979 |
41 | 5200 | 2379 | 0.46 | 1,112,027 |
43 | 82,826 | 49,515 | 0.60 | 1,109,206 |
44 | 22,468 | 12,558 | 0.56 | 1,075,895 |
45 | 5391 | 2455 | 0.46 | 1,065,985 |
46 | 14,053 | 8578 | 0.61 | 1,063,049 |
48 | 1447 | 117 | 0.08 | 1,057,574 |
49 | 5471 | 1 | 0.00 | 1,056,244 |
50 | 34,401 | 17,404 | 0.51 | 1,050,774 |
51 | 191,264 | 97,227 | 0.51 | 1,033,777 |
52 | 4484 | 1333 | 0.30 | 939,740 |
53 | 6467 | 2815 | 0.44 | 936,589 |
54 | 1824 | 5 | 0.00 | 932,937 |
56 | 41,907 | 17,458 | 0.42 | 931,118 |
58 | 6333 | 2330 | 0.37 | 906,669 |
60 | 9265 | 2859 | 0.31 | 902,666 |
61 | 12,571 | 4879 | 0.39 | 896,260 |
62 | 9355 | 428 | 0.05 | 888,568 |
63 | 34,378 | 13,383 | 0.39 | 879,641 |
64 | 19,885 | 6786 | 0.34 | 858,646 |
65 | 5251 | 1995 | 0.38 | 845,547 |
66 | 3038 | 887 | 0.29 | 842,291 |
68 | 54,873 | 16,071 | 0.29 | 840,140 |
69 | 1859 | 574 | 0.31 | 801,338 |
70 | 2308 | 665 | 0.29 | 800,053 |
71 | 2341 | 692 | 0.30 | 798,410 |
74 | 50,496 | 11,598 | 0.23 | 796,761 |
75 | 15,667 | 3548 | 0.23 | 757,863 |
77 | 15,841 | 3106 | 0.20 | 745,744 |
80 | 456,125 | 69,700 | 0.15 | 733,009 |
82 | 5031 | 868 | 0.17 | 346,584 |
84 | 8256 | 793 | 0.10 | 342,421 |
85 | 15,084 | 1822 | 0.12 | 334,958 |
86 | 90,798 | 693 | 0.01 | 321,696 |
87 | 1559 | 73 | 0.05 | 231,591 |
88 | 25,155 | 1852 | 0.07 | 230,105 |
89 | 18,785 | 384 | 0.02 | 206,802 |
90 | 41,379 | 5281 | 0.13 | 188,401 |
91 | 22,839 | 804 | 0.04 | 152,303 |
92 | 9867 | 134 | 0.01 | 130,268 |
93 | 34,567 | 906 | 0.03 | 120,535 |
94 | 61,553 | 0 | 0.00 | 86,874 |
95 | 4170 | 164 | 0.04 | 25,321 |
97 | 13,472 | 445 | 0.03 | 21,315 |
100 | 8297 | 9 | 0.00 | 8288 |
Total | 2,039,255 | 715,983 |
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Elliott, A.B.; Mini, A.E.; McKnight, S.K.; Twedt, D.J. Conservation–Protection of Forests for Wildlife in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Forests 2020, 11, 75. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11010075
Elliott AB, Mini AE, McKnight SK, Twedt DJ. Conservation–Protection of Forests for Wildlife in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Forests. 2020; 11(1):75. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11010075
Chicago/Turabian StyleElliott, A. Blaine, Anne E. Mini, S. Keith McKnight, and Daniel J. Twedt. 2020. "Conservation–Protection of Forests for Wildlife in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley" Forests 11, no. 1: 75. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11010075
APA StyleElliott, A. B., Mini, A. E., McKnight, S. K., & Twedt, D. J. (2020). Conservation–Protection of Forests for Wildlife in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Forests, 11(1), 75. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11010075