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Great Lakes Shoreline Ecosystems Project Mapping the Coastal Habitats of the Great Lakes
Katie Howard, Ecosystem Biologist Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Ontario’s Commitment • Canada-Ontario Agreement on Great
Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health • Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
Develop a framework….for the collection of baseline information to guide sustainable landscape conservation, conservation of
biodiversity and to measure future progress towards a target of net habitat gain
consistent with binational efforts.
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
MNRF Mandated Responsibilities • Natural heritage planning and policy • Biodiversity assessments and monitoring • Natural resource inventories • State of resource reporting • Fish and wildlife habitat • Wetland conservation
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Challenge: Currently, there is no comprehensive inventory of shoreline
ecosystems around Ontario’s Great Lakes for planning purposes
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Great Lakes Shoreline Ecosystems Project Team
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• Science and Research Branch • Harold Lee (BAMS), Project Co-lead, Science Lead • Joel Mostoway (NRIS), Lead, Remote Sensing and Mapping • Adam Hogg (NRIS), Advisor, Standards and Wetlands • Katie Howard (BAMS), Ecosystem Biologist • Sarah Bennett (BAMS), Intern • Erin Banton (NRIS), Forest Resource Inventory Specialist
• Natural Resources Conservation Policy Branch • Julie Simard (WRS), Project Co-lead, Policy Lead Great Lakes • Regina (Gina) Varrin (NHS), Advisor, Wetland Policy
• Mapping and Information Resources Branch • Dennis Fraser (PMU), Advisor, Wetland Data
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Great Lakes Shoreline Ecosystems Project • Delineate and classify ecosystems of the
Great Lakes shoreline using the latest tools and science
• Create resources for shoreline planning, management and conservation
• Ground verification of Great Lakes shoreline ecosystems
• Align with binational initiatives pertaining to habitat inventory and monitoring
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Great Lakes Shoreline Ecosystems Project Integrate information from variety of sources
• Will not duplicate existing mapping / inventory efforts • Will emphasise collaboration (MNRF and partners)
Create a definitive resource using common standards
• Create products suitable for a variety of users • Improve existing tools and classification systems
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Project Scope
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2 km inland of Ontario’s Great Lakes shorelines
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
GLSE Project Tools
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Photo Interpretation
Ecological Land Classification
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Photo Interpretation
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GLSE Photo Interpretation Hybrid Approach: - Photo interpreters are interpreting every polygon that occurs within that 2 km boundary
Satellite Imagery interpretations – SOLRIS
Thematic Layers • soils, physiography • other mapping (CWS, CA’s)
Photo interpretation • Forest Resource Inventory spec’s • 1:10,000 Ecosite polygons • 0.5 ha Min. Mapping Unit
Field Data collation + verification • ELC, OWES, CA, NGO
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
SOLRIS: Southern Ontario Land Resource Information System
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• Top-down imagery and thematic layer interpretation
• Get as far as technology will allow – open, shrub, treed
• Implement Community Class and Series concepts in ELC: deciduous forest, conifer swamp, treed dune
• Compilation of data from many sources
• Excellent candidate for broad-scale monitoring tool – track changes over time
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
GLSE Photo Interpretation
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
GLSE Project Tools
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Photo Interpretation
Ecological Land Classification
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Ecological Land Classification
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A framework used to describe and classify ecosystems based on:
• Soil Type (S-Type)
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Ecological Land Classification
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A framework used to describe and classify ecosystems based on:
• Soil Type (S-Type) • Vegetation Type (V-Type)
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Ecological Land Classification
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A framework used to describe and classify ecosystems based on:
• Soil Type (S-Type) • Vegetation Type (V-Type)
Ecosite
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Ecological Land Classification
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Ecosite: an area of land with consistent soils and vegetation across a distinct prevailing condition
Coastal Calcareous Rock Open Active Shoreline
Great Lakes Coastal Mineral Meadow Marsh
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
DRAFT
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
DRAFT
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
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Coastal Organic Emergent Marsh
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• Interactive access to field collected data to allow use of the field collected data intuitively and easily
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
GLSE Project Deliverables
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1) Mapping Product - Attributes will include ecosite details
- Photos, prism sweep and soils data - Product will be available in Land Information Ontario (LIO)
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
GLSE Products
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1) Mapping Product - Attributes will include ecosite details
- Photos, prism sweep and soils data - Product will be available in Land Information Ontario (LIO)
2) Refinement of Great Lakes Shoreline Ecosystem Classification - GLSE specific ecosite keys and tables - Ecosite and V-type factsheets for coastal concepts - Providing information to State of the Resource report
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Mapping Progress to Date
• Stage 1: Lake Erie • Mapping completed. • QAQC in progress.
• Stage 2: Lake Ontario
• Mapping in progress.
• Stage 3: Lake Huron • Mapping to commence
after Lake Ontario completion.
• Stage 4: Northern
Georgian Bay and Lake Superior • Planning in progress.
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Science and Research Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Thank You!
Contact Information: Katie Howard (Holman)
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