U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) GIS Data Integration CR GIO – Sky Bristol, Rick Brown, Natalie Latysh Fort Collins Science Center – Pat Anderson, Tim Assal, Tim Kern, David Mack, Steve Tekell

WLCI Overview  Interagency Working Group (USGS, FWS, USFS, BLM, Wy F&G, Wy DEQ, Wy Ag, counties, conservation districts)  Long-term science-based effort to enhance wildlife habitats at a landscape scale  Facilitate responsible development

WLCI Study Area

Data Integration Goals  Determine primary drivers of change  Evaluate landscape stratification  Identify/characterize wildlife habitats  Evaluate landscape historical changes  Model different land-use scenarios  Tie on-the-ground activities to wildlife conservation goals

Geospatial Approach  Discovery and coordination process  Consolidate metadata (metabase)  Provide data placeholders, service registration, service harvesting  Provide multiple input options web site uploads and metadata entry harvesting metadata and data ArcGIS client access

Multiple Output Options  Formatted reports (web page) reports and tables graphs and charts spreadsheets pdfs maps (static and interactive) shapefiles  Web services (WMS, KMZ, REST)  KML and indexed items  ArcGIS client connections

Access Options

Comprehensive Science Catalog

Site Presentation Layer

Service Consumer

Data Input Option

Challenges  Problem definition  Cooperators capabilities  Poor documentation  Range  Compatibility (attributes, edges, data types, scale)  Ripeness  Data quality

Data Quality

Follow-Up Efforts  FWS Landscape Conservation Cooperative Framework Development Build on WLCI experiences Define data needs based on problem domains Feed FWS-ES data management systems via secure services Provide public access routes via unsecured services