seeing the through the trees€¦ · seeing the forest through the trees tim howard, tim tear, and...

21
Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton

Upload: others

Post on 11-Aug-2020

3 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Seeing the Forest through the TreesTim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton

Page 2: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Conceptual model

Bird & bat movement and migration

Factors influencing mortality at turbines

Large forest areas and connectivity

Wind speed/power

Road infrastructure

Electrical infrastructure

Market  considerations

Biodiversity components

Wind development components

Biodiversity  priorities

Wind priorities

Rare species distributions  Decision‐making support

• Useful metrics• Spatial representation• Online access

Page 3: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

What Are Matrix Forest Blocks?

• Large, unfragmented patches of forest

• Representative of all landscape types

• Resistant, resilient, and persistent over time

Page 4: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Questions for Discussion

• Do you understand the value of large, 

relatively unbroken, blocks of forest to nature 

and people?

• Do you understand how they were selected?

• Is it clear why connectivity among these 

blocks is important to nature and people?

Page 5: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Large, unfragmented patches of forest

Page 6: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

What Are Matrix Forest Blocks?

• Resistant, resilient, and persistent over time

• Large enough to withstand disturbance events

• Large enough to support breeding populations

• Multiple examples within each ecoregion

Page 7: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Large enough to withstand disturbance events

Page 8: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Big enough to support breeding populations

Page 9: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Resistent, Resilient, and Persistent

Page 10: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Representative of all landscape types

Page 11: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Great Lakes Ecoregion – Missing from the Northeast

Page 12: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

National Land Cover Data ‐ 2006

Page 13: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Natural land cover and fragmenting features

Page 14: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

1st cut at candidate matrix forest blocks

Page 15: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Experts meeting

Page 16: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Refined set of matrix blocks ‐

based on expert review and abiotic features

Page 17: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Final selection of matrix blocks

Page 18: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Matrix blocks and Landscape Connectivity

Page 19: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Landscape Connectivity and natural land cover

Page 20: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Thank You!

Questions?

Page 21: Seeing the through the Trees€¦ · Seeing the Forest through the Trees Tim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton. Conceptual model Bird & bat movement and migration Factors influencing

Questions for Discussion

• Do you understand the value of large, 

relatively unbroken, blocks of forest to nature 

and people?

• Do you understand how they were selected?

• Is it clear why connectivity among these 

blocks is important to nature and people?