NFHP Science and Data Committee Report

Gary E. WhelanAnd

Andrea C. OstroffNFHP Science and Data Committee Co-Chairs

October 2013

2013 Science and Data Committee Priorities and

Progress • Refine committee membership – Complete in October 2013

• Catalog and review FHP assessments– Completed in June 2013– Science and Data Committee Meeting – 2014

• Develop data transfer methods and begin to embed detailed FHP data– In progress at USGS

2013 Science and Data Committee Priorities and

Progress• Develop SOPs for data management and curation using cataloged FHP information– Completed – USGS Funded

• Improve and upgrade the support data system and viewer– New version is now available and work continues – USGS

Funded• Continue refining inland assessment following

core plan– In progress – USFWS and USGS Funded

• Continue refining marine assessment following core plan– In progress – NOAA funded

2014 Science and Data Committee Priorities

• Inland Core Plan– Refine and update 2010 Assessment– Add new national connectivity analysis– Demonstration projects to bring in

process data– Add lakes and reservoirs to Assessment

2015 Inland Assessment Strategy

• Core Plan– Refine and update 2010 Assessment– Add new national connectivity analysis– Demonstration projects to bring in

process data– Add lakes and reservoirs to Assessment

Inland Assessment Progress• Lower 48

– Continuing to add fish and mussel datasets from underrepresented regions

– Added estimates of atmospheric deposition of pollutants

– Added nutrient loading estimates for lower 48 states

– Examining new ways to determine thresholds– Developing greatly improve resolution

fragmentation and connectivity analysis

Assessment Progress• Inland

– Lower 48 • Adding new coal and uranium mining

information• Developing Section 303d data layer• Added new riparian zone land use layer• Incorporating lakes and lakesheds into

assessment

Assessment Progress• Inland

– AK• Delineated watersheds and sub-catchments

in SE AK• Attributing disturbance and fish data in SE

AK – HI

• Data characterizing stream fish assemblages has been attributed

• Refining assessment analysis

2015 Marine Assessment Strategy

• Core Plan– Complete fish/invertebrate stressor

analysis• Bring coastal analysis to same level as

inland– Add new spatial framework for coastal

AK analysis– Add new spatial framework for coastal

HI analysis

Assessment Progress• Marine

– Final stages of refined Gulf of Mexico estuaries assessment• New spatial system developed

– nested geospatial framework consisting of estuary, shoreline, estuarine drainage area, and basin units

• 30+ years of trawl data attributed• Stressor data - land use/land cover,

population density, nutrients, pollution, river flow, estuary eutrophication, and estuary hydrogeomorphic class

Assessment Progress• Marine

– Final stages of refined Gulf of Mexico estuaries assessment• Local habitat disturbance data

– depth, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, Secchi depth, turbidity, and pH.

– Developed a new analytical approach– Started on data acquisition for Atlantic

and Pacific Coasts

Assessment Progress• Marine

– Great Lakes Assessment – UM/MI DNR• Moving independently forward with funding

from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust and GLBFHP

• Geospatial system nearly complete– Rectified US and Canada watershed systems– Developing habitat classification system at this

time

DATA SYSTEM PHASE 2+ Resources: • FY13 USGS Core Science Analytics &

Synthesis providing system architect and developer

• FY13 USGS Core Science Analytics & Synthesis providing data repository manager to work with FHPs for the next 7 months

NFHP Data System Update• Newest version (and *process*) was released

in September 2013• Introduces second viewer for visualizing

priority data themes – Fish data– Connectivity– Projects

The Process: Providing Guidance to Implement Data Management Best Practices

• Standard Operating Procedures which provide step by step guidance for partners.

• NFHP Data Management Team is providing additional help to FHPs and other partners.

• Supports preservation for authoritative sources of NFHP data.

Currently working on the next priority theme: Connectivity – to disseminate data distribution of fish passage barriers.

Data Theme Viewer visualizes available fish data summarized at the HUC12 scale

Priority Data Theme: Connectivity

• Working with FHPs to determine their data needs for determining stream connectivity

• Combined data needs of FHPs and assessment teams will guide how these data are collected and presented via the NFHP Data System

Priority Data Theme: Projects • PSMFC has developed an interim online

project tracking tool to facilitate uniform NFHP project data

• PSMFC is populating the tool with existing information collected from FHPs and USFWS FIS

• Disseminated via NFHP Data System Data Theme Viewer in near future release

PROJECT EFFECTIVENESS MEASURES WORKGROUP

2013 Outcomes: • Consultation with AFWA – Wildlife

Diversity Director• Agreement secured with Foundations

of Success• Work will soon be initiated with

workgroup

2014 Science and Data Priorities• Examine, review and incorporate

Assessment activities underway by FHPs, LCCs, and the National Assessment Teams.– Requesting $20,000 for a Science and Data

Committee Meeting– Requesting $70,000 for GIS support and new FHP

data products• Board Science and Data outreach efforts

– Requesting $12,000 for Science Co-chair travel support

2014 Science and Data Priorities

• Continue development of attributed socioeconomic datasets along with a limited set of analytical tools.– Requesting $35,000 for contracted services

• Continued development of a standardized set of project effectiveness tools– Needed resources being determined at this time

2014 Science and Data Priorities• Continued development of the 2015 inland

assessment– $151,000 for MSU staff – USFWS– $42,300 for data support - USGS, Core Science

Analytics & Synthesis for FY2014• Continued development of the 2015 marine

assessment– $220,000 NOAA in-kind services

2014 Science and Data Priorities – Without Resources

• Full incorporation of process level data (connectivity and hydrology) and biological data into the Inland Assessment for whole US– Need $300,000 for 2 FTEs and multiple workshops to

craft work• Full incorporation of process level data

(connectivity and hydrology) and biological data along with new analytical approaches into the Marine Assessment for whole US– Need $150,000 for 2.0 FTEs

• Development of a coastal AK and HI geospatial framework– Need $180,000 for 1.5 FTEs GIS support

2014 Science and Data Priorities – Without Resources

• Development of standardized effectiveness measures for FHP connectivity projects including incorporating fine-scale FHP data– Need $206,000 for 2 FTEs

• Development and attribution of socioeconomics data and tools into the Assessment– Need $100,000 for contracted staff time

Thank You!

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Gary E. Whelan

Michigan DNR

whelang@michigan.gov

517-373-6948

Andrea C. Ostroff

USGS

aostroff@usgs.gov

703-648-4070