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Home on the Range

Where might the secondary and primary

ranges be updated?

Ashley Romanosky Spring 2012

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Data Use Carcass & Capture

only, for current Primary and Secondary range Public reportscall

data have not been explored Could hold

important information

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Data Use Cont. 2001-2010 Bear Call Data

Cut down the amount of years included Originally 1980-2010

Downloaded from SharePoint Started with data joined by someone else

Florida grid map Great infusion of public reports with

current knowledge of bear locations

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Initial Set-Up Data was "Joined” in ArcGIS to the FL

grid Assigned numerical Grid ID More information in one attribute table

Handled one BMU at a time(Bear Management Unit)

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Call Filter Criteria “Grid of Interest” MUST have at least 2 calls

(points) Multiple point grids were investigated further

Levels of Exclusion: 2, 3, and 4 calls Across 10 Years 2006-2010

See what grids get dropped from the map Calls must be spread over different years

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Red= Not ReliableYellow= Calls spread over 2 yearsGreen= Calls spread over 3+ years

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Data Issues Ocala/ St. Johns BMU data improperly joined

Downloaded/Re-join Re-checked grids in ALL BMUs

Some points were added in areas

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Primary Range Project

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Data Used Bear Call Data Areas to be explored further for females

Searched for female/cub related terms Identified calls in “Grids of Interest”

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17Thank You, FWC!