1. Desert LCC Annual Planning Meeting: Steering Committee August 29, 2014 Geospatial Information and Data Management: Achieving the Vision SALLY HOLL DESERT LCC DATA COORDINATOR

2. “Nuestra herramienta mas importante es la buena voluntad y la cooperación.” - Miguel Pavón, TNRIS “Our most important tool is goodwill and cooperation.” - Miguel Pavón, TNRIS

3. Outline GIS Working Group Outcomes FY14 Accomplishments  Collaboration & Partnerships  Data & Product Delivery  Data Production & GIS Support  Streamlining Business Processes  Education/ Outreach FY 15 Plans  Conservation Planning Atlas  ScienceBase Tools  DLCC Vegetation Map  Landscape Conservation Design Project  DLCC Data Management Resource Needs

4. GIS Working Group Meeting Conservation Planning Atlas  Defining Audience  Menu design  Coordination with GCPLCC ScienceBase Tools  Re-scoping proposal – adding education + data.gov DLCC Vegetation Map  Scoping Tasks Landscape Conservation Design Project  Recommendations DLCC Data Management  Specific data format guidelines  Templates  Terms of Use document

5. FY14: Accomplishments Implementing Data Management Recommendations Collaboration & Partnerships: DLCC Working Groups GIS Working Group Mexico Meeting / INEGI Visit Sonoran Desert GIS Group LCC Network NCCWSC / CSC Data & Product Delivery: Desert LCC Website ScienceBase Project Catalog Conservation Planning Atlas Data Production & GIS Support: Map Series Project Metadata & Products Proposal figures Geospatial analysis Business Processes: Webinar request system RFP Manager Education / Outreach: Public Webinar Series Association of Partners for Public Lands Mojave REA Training

6. Desert LCC GIS Working Group 28 members: US Fish & Wildlife Service US Geological Survey International Boundary & Water Commission Western Regional Partnership Texas Parks & Wildlife Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory EROS Data Center Mojave Desert Ecosystem Program US Bureau of Reclamation Arizona Game & Fish Department New Mexico State University Sky Island Alliance Texas Borderlands Information Center (TNRIS/TWDB) Trust for Public Land US Air Force

7. Mexico Meeting INEGI Visit

9. Desert LCC Map Series Now: http://www.sciencebase.gov Future: Desert LCC Website

10. Desert LCC Geography Elevation: Min: -69 m (Salton Sea) Max: 3852 m (Humphreys Peak) Area: USA (40%): 560,023 km 2 Mexico (60%):830,690 km 2 DLCC: 1,390,713 km 2

11. DLCC GIS Support: Tribes Acres 26 Tribes8,264,537- 2.4% Total343,652,717

12. DLCC Data Support: Downscaled Climate Data

14. Science Data Management & Delivery

16. Example: Desert LCC Fish Biodiversity 2011 Project Final report Nov 2013 24,000 text files –.csv tables of fish species + distribution model output Data files to be made available at  UT Library Digital Repository UT Library Digital Repository  http://www.fishesoftexas.org How do we share this data?  Project Profile Pages  Web Services

17. The Vision: Data Management & Sharing Objectives: 1. Data management guidance 2. Workflows for project metadata harvesting and delivery 3. Tools and training for GIS data storage, viewing, manipulation, & collaboration 4. Infrastructure for delivery of Desert LCC information products

18. Science Data Management & Delivery Science Base Science Base Desert LCC Perfiles de Proyectos RFP & Deliverable Submission Processes Proposals and Project Deliverables Desert LCC Project Catalog

19. Data Management: “Data Life Cycle” How will Desert LCC research data be collected, documented, preserved, shared, and integrated? Image credit: DataONE

20. Vision: Data Sharing & Management Science Base Science Base Web Project Profile Pages DataBasin: GIS Data Portal Web Services, Data.gov, etc. Web Services, Data.gov, etc. RFP Manager Data Mgmt Plan Editor Project Profile Manager GIS & Data Coordinator Data Stewards, Programmers, Translators, GISWG

21. Desert LCC Master Data Catalog: Projects

22. Web Services: ScienceBase

23. DLCC Science Product Delivery http://www.usbr.gov/ dlcc

24. DLCC Science Data Management Needs Data management & synthesis needs presented by CMQs in December 2013

25. Web Maps: Conservation Planning Atlas (CPA) http://dlcc.databasin.org

27. Document generated by Sally Holl on Aug. 29, 2014 Legend Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCC) Proposed Study area

28. 15 Webinars, >500 Attendees YouTube Channel Webinar Requests

29. Webinar Request & Tracking https://my.usgs.gov/confluence/display/DLCC/Webinars

30. FY15: Looking forward Projects: Landscape Conservation Design Project Tools: Conservation Planning Atlas (CPA) Proposal Process Tools (RFP Manager) GIS Request Tracking Data: DLCC Vegetation Data Map Series Education: Webinar Series Collaboration: GIS Working Group Desert LCC Working Groups Language Translation LCC Network Coordination Regional GIS Groups Planning / Action: DLCC Data Management

31. FY15 Resource Needs Close captioning for Webinars – past and future Translation support for website, documentation and meetings Website support Participation Support for CPA Design Process Partner Support for CPA Data Stewardship, especially for REA data

32. FY15 Resource Needs

33. Recap GIS Working Group Outcomes FY14 Accomplishments  Collaboration & Partnerships  Data & Product Delivery  Data Production & GIS Support  Streamlining Business Processes  Education/ Outreach FY 15 Plans  Conservation Planning Atlas  ScienceBase Tools  DLCC Vegetation Map  Landscape Conservation Design Project  DLCC Data Management Resource Needs

34. Gracias Sally Holl, GIS & Data Coordinator sholl@usgs.gov “Nuestra herramienta mas importante es la buena voluntad y la cooperación.” - Miguel Pavón, TNRIS “ Our most important tool is goodwill and cooperation.” - Miguel Pavón, TNRIS