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Promoting Synergy in the Innovative Use of Environmental Data—Workshop Summary Prepared in cooperation with NatureServe Promoting Synergy in the Innovative Use of Environmental Data—Workshop Summary Open-File Report 2018–1104 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Cover. Potential distribution of 550 terrestrial ecosystem types in the conterminous United States. Map is based on LANDFIRE biophysical settings and with modifications by NatureServe ecologists Patrick Comer and Jon Hak. Used with permission. Promoting Synergy in the Innovative Use of Environmental Data—Workshop Summary By Healy Hamilton, Gerald F. Guala, and Annie Simpson Prepared in cooperation with NatureServe Open-File Report 2018–1104 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior RYAN K. ZINKE, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey James F. Reilly II, Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2018 For more information on the USGS—the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment—visit https://www.usgs.gov or call 1–888–ASK–USGS (1–888–275–8747). For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit https://store.usgs.gov. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it also may contain copyrighted materials as noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items must be secured from the copyright owner. Suggested citation: Hamilton, H., Guala, G.F., and Simpson, A., 2018, Promoting synergy in the innovative use of environmental data— Workshop summary: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1104, 52 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181104. ISSN 2331-1258 (online) iii Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank the National Science Foundation for providing funding for this workshop, the funding recipient NatureServe for organizing the logistics, and the U.S. Department of the Interior for hosting. In addition, the workshop and this report could not have been completed without the valuable contributions of all our presenters and our manuscript reviewers (Jake Weltzín and Stan Blum). v Contents Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................................................iii Abstract ...........................................................................................................................................................1 Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................2 Summary of Plenary Sessions .....................................................................................................................8 Plenary Session 1—Monitoring in Federal Resource-Management Agencies— Current Efforts and Immediate Needs .................................................................................8 Plenary Session 2—EcoINFORMA Initiatives—Current Assets and Future Directions ...........8 Plenary Session 3—Citizen Science Contributions to Biodiversity Informatics Needs ...........8 Plenary Session 4—Biospatial Data Efforts in the Nongovernmental Organization Community ................................................................................................................................8 Plenary Session 5—Bio- and Geospatial Data Efforts in the Academic Sector ......................10 Plenary Session 6—Private Sector Data Integration Initiatives ................................................10 Plenary Session 7—Data Visualization and Dissemination.........................................................10 “Take Homes” from the Breakout Sessions ............................................................................................11 Ecosystem Services and Ecological Indicators ............................................................................11 Inventory and Monitoring ..................................................................................................................12 Biogeographic Map of the Nation ...................................................................................................12 Pollinators ............................................................................................................................................13 Invasive Species .................................................................................................................................13 Remote Sensing ..................................................................................................................................14 Drivers of Agricultural Change .........................................................................................................14 Citizen Science ....................................................................................................................................16 Climate.. ................................................................................................................................................16 Hydrology and Watersheds ...............................................................................................................17 Student Projects...........................................................................................................................................17 ComFlo Invasion Model......................................................................................................................17 Mutualism Network in Space ...........................................................................................................17 Local Climate Effects: Ephemera .....................................................................................................18 Predicted Threat to North American Salamander Biodiversity from the Lethal Pathogen, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans .............................................................18 In Search of the “Common” Trees ...................................................................................................18 Summary and Conclusions .........................................................................................................................19 References Cited..........................................................................................................................................19 Appendix 1. Seven Questions for Every Breakout Session ...............................................................22 Appendix 2. Tools Café Program ............................................................................................................23 Appendix 3. List of Participants of the Biodiversity and Ecological Informatics Workshop, December 2–4, 2015 ...................................................................................................26 Appendix 4. Questionnaire Results .......................................................................................................30 Appendix 5. Social Media Posts ............................................................................................................51 vi Figures 1. Chart showing work area of participants at the biodiversity and ecological informatics workshop, December 2–4, 2015, from interactive questionnaire feedback (appendix 4) ..................................................................................................................3 2. Map of modeled greater sage grouse habitat use in the spring ..........................................9 3. A map of the locations of all Endangered Species Act consultations (2008–15) for which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recorded coordinates ....................................9 4. Geovisualization (or geographic visualization) refers to a set of tools and techniques supporting the analysis of geospatial data using interactive functionality .................................................................................................................................11 5. Many of the critical components of a national biogeographic map of the Nation were showcased during the workshop .....................................................................12 6. Native pollinators such as the swallowtail are essential to the balance of natural ecosystems ....................................................................................................................13 7. The national framework for invasive species early detection and rapid response (U.S. Department of the Interior, 2016) describes parameters for addressing the invasive species issue ...................................................................................13 8. Modern imagery provided by satellites, such as Landsat 8 and Sentinel 2, and by publicly available air photography, such as the National Agriculture Imagery Program, provide analysis tools for land use and land cover interpretation ...............................................................................................................................14 9. Maps such as this one, which displays the magnitude of spatial change over time, are part of the National Land Cover Database, a product of the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium ..............................................................15 10. Spatio-Temporal Exploratory Mapping model for Wood Thrush (Hylocichla
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