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Existing Networks - Examples and Links
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The Southeastern Ecological Framework Project
The Southeastern Ecological Framework Project identifies ecologically
significant areas and connectivity across eight southeastern states (Florida,
Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
and Mississippi.) The network map consists of ecological hubs and linkages
and includes 43% of the land within the eight state region.
Massachusetts BioMap
The goal of BioMap is to promote strategic land protection by producing
a map of areas that, if protected, would provide suitable habitat over
the long term for the maximum number of terrestrial and wetland species
and natural communities. BioMap utilizes state rare species and exemplary
natural communities data to identify core habitats and supporting natural
landscapes across the state.
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The
Oregon Biodiversity Project
The Oregon Biodiversity Project identifies 42 conservation opportunity
areas (about 18% of Oregon's land area) as high priorities for landscape-scale
conservation efforts. The areas were selected according to both desired
ecological attributes and practical prospects (social, economic, political)
for successful conservation.
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Florida's Closing the Gaps Project
The Florida Closing the Gaps Project includes an assessment of whether
or not public lands adequately protect select species and natural communities
that are representative of most of Florida's biodiversity. The result
was a map of strategic habitats (13% of the privately-owned lands in the
state) that need further protection to ensure the long-term persistence
of the majority of Florida's biodiversity.
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Florida Ecological Network Project
The Ecological Network Project consists of evaluating, identifying, and
integrating large areas of high ecological value and landscape linkages
to create a map of connected lands and waters of statewide importance.
The ecological network includes nearly 57.5% of the state, of which about
27.5% of the state needs added protection. The Ecological Network Project
is a major component of the Florida Statewide Greenways Planning Project
, a broader
effort that also included a recreation element.
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Maryland's Green Infrastructure
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is working to identify and
protect those undeveloped lands most critical to the state's long-term
ecological health. The department conducted a Green Infrastructure Assessment
that identifies a network of contiguous blocks of natural lands and landscape
linkages and prioritizes areas of high ecological importance and those
at greatest risk of loss to development.
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Willamette Basin Habitat Conservation Priorities
Through an alternative futures landscape modeling project, the Pacific
Northwest Ecosystem Research Consortium produced a map of priority conservation
and restoration habitat sites for the Willamette Basin. Even with a projected
doubling of the region's population by 2050, a team of 40 scientists concluded
that habitat and environmental quality could actually improve over the
coming decades if appropriate decisions concerning land use and management
were made and implemented.
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The Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan
The Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan seeks to protect lands of biological
and cultural value while arresting urban sprawl in Pima County, Arizona-one
of the fastest growing counties in the U.S. The plan received the American
Planning Association's 2002 Outstanding Planning Award.
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Metro's (Portland, Oregon) Fish and Wildlife Habitat
Protection Plan
Through the implementation of one of 19 statewide planning goals, Metro
inventoried and evaluated regionally significant fish and wildlife habitat
in the Portland metropolitan area. Metro, after analyzing the economic,
social, environmental, and energy impacts, will develop a program to protect
the habitat.
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