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NFHP Science and Data Committee Report
Gary E. Whelan (MI DNR)and
Andrea C. Ostroff (USGS)NFHP Science & Data Committee Co-Chairs
June 2013
2013 Committee Workplan• Refine committee membership• Catalog and review FHP assessments• Implement approved strategy to refine the
2010 National Fish Habitat Assessment (Assessment) for 2015 and beyond.
• Develop standard effectiveness measures for conservation actions used to address nationwide fish habitat focus areas.
• Status of Updated Data System
National Summary Map
Key Processes for All Systems• Hydrology
• Connectivity• Material Transport• Water Quality• Bottom Form and Living Habitat• Energy Flow
Committee Membership• Focus committee• Membership review completed• Key interests and skills considered
• Coverage from all regions of U.S.• Expertise needed for priority Committee
tasks and meeting 2015 assessment objectives
• Agency and FHP recommendations
Committee Membership• New members will provide :
• Additional modeling review abilities• More coastal and marine representation• Expertise in lake systems• Specific experience with tracking project
data• Southeast expertise for the next 2-years
to gain momentum with specific FHP advances
• Awaiting cooperator agency input to fully complete task
FHP Assessment Questionnaire
• March 8 - Sent to all FHPs
• April 15 – Initial Due Date – Response rate = 55.5%
• June 3 - Response rate = 88.8%– 2 FHPs have not responded
Questionnaire Summary ResultsQuestion Response
FHP Data Contacts 100%; 94% secondary; 19% secondary +
Completed and planned FHP Assessments
64 datasets/assessments completed
Peer reviews and publications
26 publications completed
Data acquisition challenges and barriers
48 challenges reported
Needed FHP data from 2015 Assessment
Missing National datasets
Regional datasets
Wide variation in responses and needs paving the way for future collaboration
Closer Look at ChallengesChallenge Number of Responses
Data access and availability 20
Data format 7
Data storage for partner access
6
Varied sampling methodology
7
Resources to conduct data work
5
FHP Assessment Survey Results
• Data will allow us to determine how to help FHPs overcome key challenges
• Initial information to assist FHPs with NFHP data inventory
• Key insights on available process level data from FHPs
National Inland Assessment Progress (MSU)
• Lower 48 Inland Assessment– Incorporating new datasets
• Fish and mussel data• USEPA – Section 303d, TMDL and NARS datasets• USFS – Watershed Condition Framework• Hydrology and Mining
– Improvement 2010 Assessment framework– Refining approaches with Committee review in
Aug.• Improving AK and HI assessments• Developing lakesheds in preparation for
initial lake assessment
National Marine Assessment Progress (NOAA)
• Significant refinement of methodology– Gulf of Mexico estuary focus– Upgrading assessment to include fish and
shellfish datasets– Refining geospatial framework
• Review process– Regional stakeholder webinar in late July– Science and Data Committee in August
• Pacific estuaries next area of emphasis - PMEP
Standard Effectiveness Measures
• Pending contract with Foundations of Success for facilitation
• Work will “step-down” 6 high-level conservation actions to finer levels of granularity to expose feasible indicators
• Design pilot-test for implementation
NFHP Data System Update• To be released July 2013• Introduces second viewer for visualizing
priority data themes • Dataset profile pages open within the NFHP
Data System for streamlined user experience• Ability to consume and disseminate ArcGIS
services• Supports preservation for authoritative
sources of NFHP data
Version 3.0 will introduce a secondary viewer to visualize available data by priority theme – to be released July 2013
Next priority theme will be Connectivity and will disseminate data on fish passage barriers.
Version 3.0 Data Theme Viewer will visualize available fish data summarized at the HUC12 scale
Next priority theme will be Connectivity and will disseminate data on fish passage barriers.
Version 3.0 Data Theme Viewer will visualize available fish data summarized at the HUC12 scale
Web map services or ArcGIS services are available in dataset profile pages
Dataset profile pages are auto-generated more user- friendly and don’t send user outside of the NFHP Data System to view
DRAFT
Consolidated Services and Data Management Best Practices
in Action
• Partnership uploads data• FHP receives guidance to help
support creating metadata• releases data• Authoritative NFHP dataset
profile is auto-generated• Web services can be
disseminated in multiple places including FHP web pages
Thank You!
Visit www.fishhabitat.org for more information
Gary E. Whelan
Michigan DNR
whelang@michigan.gov
517-373-6948
Andrea C. Ostroff
US Geological Survey
aostroff@usgs.gov
703-648-4070
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