1. 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

2. 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

3. WLCI Study Area

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Access Options

8. Comprehensive Science Catalog

9. Site Presentation Layer

10. Service Consumer

11. Data Input Option

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

13. Data Quality

14. 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