Defenders' Experts
Virginia: Resources for Integrating Transportation and Conservation Planning
Use this page to find information for integrating transportation and conservation planning in Virginia.
Contact Information
Need to contact someone about transportation planning issues?
Try contacting your:
State Wildlife Action Plan
A State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) provides a framework for gathering information to make sound management decisions and taking action to protect a state's fish and wildlife and the lands and waters on which they depend for survival.
Virginia State
Wildlife Action Plan
Transportation Plans
State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)
Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP): Contact the Department of Transportation
Other State Resources
Virginia Natural Landscape Assessment
The Virginia Natural Landscape Assessment is a landscape-scale GIS analysis for identifying, prioritizing, and linking natural habitats in Virginia . Using land cover data derived from satellite imagery, the VANLA identifies unfragmented natural habitats called cores.
Use of a GIS-Based Model of Habitat Cores and Landscape Corridors for the Virginia Department of Transportation's Project Planning and Environmental Scoping
Analyzes the benefits of the Virginia Natural Landscape Assessment (VANLA).
NatureServe State Heritage Programs
NatureServe represents an international network of biological
inventories—known as natural heritage programs or conservation data
centers—operating in all 50
U.S. states,
Canada,
Latin America and the
Caribbean.
The
GAP Analysis Program
The goal of the GAP
Analysis Program is to keep common species common by identifying those species
and plant communities that are not adequately represented in existing
conservation lands.
Green
Infrastructure
Green Infrastructure is designed for land conservation
professionals and their partners to undertake strategic conservation activities
that are proactive, systematic, well integrated and applied at multiple
scales.
Something missing?
Email Patricia White at trisha.white@defenders.org to nominate any transportation or conservation plans, case studies, or programs for inclusion on this site.
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