U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey

Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI)

GIS Data Integration

CR GIO – Sky Bristol, Rick Brown, Natalie LatyshFort 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 itemsArcGIS client connections

Access Options

Comprehensive Science Catalog

Site Presentation Layer

Service Consumer

Data Input Option

Challenges

Problem definitionCooperators capabilitiesPoor documentationRangeCompatibility (attributes, edges, data

types, scale)RipenessData 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