Wildlife Management/Corridors

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1 Goals
2 Mapping
3 Data Sets and Reports
4 Contact

Goals

Gather and develop maps with information about wildlife populations and densities in JCC.
Combine and integrate maps containing information about legally protected lands and private property with protected land.
Integrate protected land maps and wildlife maps.
Develop plan to create new wildlife corridors or migratory paths for wildlife in JCC.
Develop ideals to protect animals as they travel from on area to another, and through protected areas on map.

After researching the area, and what would be feasible given the time frame and resources, focusing on the protection of a specific animal seems the most realistic. After further research, focusing on the Northern Diamond-backed Terrapin seems the most worthwhile pursuit.

Northern Diamond-backed Terrapin

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Mapping

Using data gathered by the GAP program I will compare the areas of habitat in which the Terrapin is most likely to reside, and will overlay this information with various different forms of protected areas in JCC. These protected areas will include conservation easements, national and state parks, non-developable lands, and water buffer zones. This will establish protected habitat for Terrapins, proceeding from there I will examine areas of habitat without protection, as well as, attempting to join protected areas together.

Using the map, I have ranked the importance of parcels which potentially have Terrapin populations based on their proximity to water, and to other protected lands. This ranking system establishes the importance of each parcel in terms of Terrapin protection.

Protected Area in JCC
- Key
  - Light Blue = Protected Parcels
Habitat overlay with Protected Area
- Key
  - Light Blue = Protected Parcels
  - Orange = Terrapin Habitat
Overlay with Colored Schema
- Key
  - Light Blue = Protected Parcels
  - Orange = High Preservation Need
  - Red = Low Preservation Need

Map Page

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Data Sets and Reports

The three following data sets include parcel ids for the three criteria the parcels were ranked in. Already Protected Parcels have a form of protection on them which does not require any further protection. High Preservation Need parcels either border or link existing protected area. Protecting these parcels first should be first priority as terrapins are most likely to travel or live in these areas. Low Preservation Need parcels do not border any protected area or link any protected area, they are still potential habitat for the terrapins, but the likely hood of a terrapin entering or living in these areas is extremely low.

These data sets were created by using the create report function based on the three data sets used to create the final map.

The following is a summary of the project.