Information Systems & Services Update

Scott Blum

December 1, 2016

Braden Burkholder Martin Miller

Karen ColemanDave Ratz

mtnhp.org

• Established by Legislature in 1983 • Part of the Montana State Library’s

Natural Resource Information System • Operated under contract with the

University of Montana• Under MCA 90-15-102, "Natural heritage

program" means a program of information acquisition, storage, and retrieval for data relating to the flora, fauna, and biological community types of Montana.

• Part of the Nature Heritage Network -- NatureServe

27 (35%)16 (21%)8 (10%)12 (15%)15 (19%)

Institutional Housingof Heritage Programs

Annual Program Funding• 57 of 78 programs responded to some extent• Mean annual funding for 54 programs = $1,296,214• Median annual funding for 54 = $712,500• Range in annual funding (N = 54) = $4,000 to $9,500,000• Total annual funding for 54 programs = $69,995,594

Gray = No Response

Montana

Percentage of Programs with Position Filled (Yes)

Percentage of Programs Managing Information (Yes)

Percentage of Programs with Web Delivery (Yes)

mtnhp.org

Species SnapshotCustom Species Lists and Field Guides

Spatial Filters Taxonomic Filters Status Filter

Custom Field Guides

Natural Heritage MapViewer

General Public

Agency-LevelPassword Access Only

http://mtnhp.org/mapviewer/

Single Species Overview – Pygmy Rabbit

Observations = Brown SquaresSurveys = Gray CirclesLow Suitability Habitat = Yellow HexagonsModerate Suitability Habitat = Orange Hexagons

* Recent models available for all Animal Species of Concern

* Hexagons are 1 square mile in area and approximately 1 kilometer on a side

Single Species Overview – Whitebark Pine

Species Occurrences = Green CirclesLow Suitability Habitat = Yellow HexagonsModerate Suitability Habitat = Orange HexagonsHigh Suitability Habitat = Red Hexagons

*Right now plant models only available for 3 x T & E• Whitebark Pine• Ute Ladies Tresses• Spaulding’s Catchfly

Environmental Assessement ReportSpecies observations, Surveys, Land Cover, Wetland & Riparian Mapping, Land

Management & Biological Reports summarized across all hexagons in user defined polygon

Documented and Potential Species ListDocumented Species in dark shading, Potential Species in light shading

Links to Observations, Range Maps, Predictive Models, & Associated Habitats

Structured Surveys PerformedSurveys following a structured protocol performed in the

delineated polygon

Land Cover Summary

Summarized by acreage and percent of area delimited by

user

Wetland & Riparian Mapping Summary

Summarized by acreageof area delimited by user

Land Management

SummarySummarized by acreage and

percent of area delimited by user

Biological ReportsReports associated with observations in the user defined polygon

New Standard For Heritage Reports

Example Templated Hierarchical

Environmental Summary

A Vision for Viewing Data Regionally & Hemispherically

Use Hexagons to Cross Observation Types and Protect

Sensitivity of Data

Future Data Gathering

For Public

Future Data GatheringFor Agencies

Survey123 for ArcGIS

Other Focal Efforts• Continue enhanced outreach (webinars, trainings)

• Format all MTNHP web pages for mobile access• Predictive models for all species• Range maps for plants• Automated review of observations

(appropriate range, date, & habitat, not a duplicate record, and not a first record in a QLL)…focus manual review effort

• Data exchanges with partners• Data exchange MOU update with FWP• Additional data use tracking tools