1. Critical Linkages: Identifying Culvert Replacement Priorities to Maintain Connectivity of Cold Water Streams in the Face of Climate Change
Scott Jackson,
Brad Compton and
Kevin McGarigal

2. Evaluating Restoration Potential for Aquatic Barrier Removal
Habitat quality
Occupancy
Habitat suitability
Habitat condition/ecological integrity
Enhanced connectivity
Stream miles
Connectivity metric

3. Evaluating Restoration Potential for Aquatic Barrier Removal
Habitat quality
Occupancy
Habitat suitability
Habitat condition/ecological integrity
Enhanced connectivity
Stream miles
Connectivity metric

4. Conservation Assessment & Prioritization System (CAPS)
Assessing ecological integrity and supporting decision-making for land conservation, habitat management, project review & permitting to protect biodiversity
Landscape Ecology Lab 4

5. Ecological Community
Approach

6. Index of Ecological Integrity
The CAPS Analysis
Integrity metrics
Land cover map
GIS data
Index of Ecological Integrity

7. Integrated Index of Ecological Integrity (IEI)

8. CAPS Integrity Metrics
Stressor metrics
Road Traffic
Habitat loss
Microclimatic alterations
Mowing & plowing intensity
Domestic predators
Edge predators
Non-native invasive plants
Non-native invasive earthworms
Tidal restrictions
Salt marsh ditching
Coastal structures
Beach pedestrian traffic
Beach ORVs
Boat traffic intensity
Emissions intensity
Watershed-based stressor metrics
Road salt
Road sediment
Nutrient enrichment
Dam intensity
Watershed habitat loss
Imperviousness
Hydrological alterations
Impounded
Percent impounded
Altered stream geomorphology
Stream temperature alteration
Resiliency metrics
Similarity
Connectedness
Aquatic connectedness

9. Land Cover

10. Resistant Surface
Cell #1: Forest

11. Resistant Kernel

12. Resistant Surface
Cell #3: Forested Wetland

13. Resistant Kernel

14. Resistant Surface
Cell #4: River

15. Resistant Kernel

16. Connectedness

17. Aquatic Connectedness

21. Modeling crossing scores
Predictions of aquatic crossing scores from Stream Continuity Project from GIS data.

22. Δ-Aquatic Connectedness

26. Critical Linkages Top 10%

28. 18C Coldwater Streams

29. 16C Coldwater Streams

31. 20C Top 10% Crossings

32. 18C Top 10% Crossings

33. 18 & 20C Top 10% Crossings

34. 18C Top 10% Crossings in 2070

35. 20C Crossings in 2015
18C Crossings in 2015
18C Crossings in 2070

36. Top 10% Crossings All Streams
Top 10% Crossings 18C Streams

38. Critical Linkages: Coldwater Streams
Current Conditions
16C
18C
20C
Choose a Year
2015
2050
2080

39. Funding and Other Support Provided by:
The Nature Conservancy
Federal Highway Administration
MA Department of Transportation
MA Department of Environmental Protection
MA Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program
MA Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs
US Environmental Protection Agency
The Trustees of Reservations
Massachusetts Audubon Society
USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) is our federal partner, providing federal assistance and program leadership for numerous research, education, and extension activities.