Hi, Kurt. I reached out to the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (http://lccnetwork.org), which are a spectacular go-to source for decision support, data and habitat conservation planning tools.
Deanne DiPietro with the California Landscape Conservation Cooperative provided the following information: -------- Here are some resources of potential use in your project from the Climate Commons - http://climate.calcommons.org. Bird Distribution Responses to Climate Change - http://climate.calcommons.org/dataset/14 http://data.prbo.org/apps/ecn/index.php?page=where-will-the-birds-be An online map tool that lets you look at maps of current distribution and project future distributions of bird species. The California gnatcatcher, Willow flycatcher, and Bell¹s vireo are in there. Your bird species are also in these maps: Conservation Prioritization for California Landbirds - http://climate.calcommons.org/dataset/conservation-prioritization-californi a-landbirds This CA LCC project included the California gnatcatcher. Here is the data and see also the links to the publications: Projected climate change and urbanization impacts on the distribution of five Southern California species - http://climate.calcommons.org/dataset/projected-climate-change-and-urbaniza tion-impacts-distribution-five-southern-california Another CA LCC-funded project conducted a vulnerability assessment on the willow flycatcher: Vulnerability Analysis Reports for Focal Resources of the Sierra Nevada - http://climate.calcommons.org/article/sierra-nevada-VA-reports Climate change projection data: The Basin Characterization Model (BCM) (http://climate.calcommons.org/article/featured-dataset-california-basin-ch aracterization-model) datasets provide historical and projected climate and hydrology data at a 270 meter resolution. These data have formed the basis for multiple research projects and vulnerability assessments applying climate change projections to conservation decision-making. Let me know if you¹d like to talk about how to apply this data to your HCP; there are many ways it can be used to explore climate change projections and impacts. Additional resourcesŠ You might further check out this search on Southern California - http://climate.calcommons.org/geographic-keywords/southern-california and one on the keyword birds - http://climate.calcommons.org/subject/birds. Maybe also useful is this library of materials for doing Species Distribution Modeling - http://climate.calcommons.org/article/species-distribution-modeling Also potentially useful are the California Wildlife Habitat Relationships Database and the California Natural Diversity Database, both managed by the CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife; see https://www.dfg.ca.gov/biogeodata/. Good luck! Let us know how things progress! Deanne Deanne DiPietro Data Manager, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative 3820 Cypress Drive, Suite 11, Petaluma, CA 94954 707-781-2555 ext. 310 http://californialcc.org http://climate.calcommons.org ‹‹‹‹‹‹ Jon Marshall Media Arts and Sciences Director DJ Case & Associates 317 E Jefferson Blvd. Mishawaka, Indiana 46545 Direct line - 574-258-1893 Email [email protected] http://DJCase.com Conservation Through Communication On 5/4/15, 1:04 PM, "Kurt Broz" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello all, > >I am creating a Habitat Conservation Plan for a tribe in Southern >California and am seeking some habitat data anyone might have so we can >best place our conservation lands. Does anyone have habitat modeling / >data / mapping info in Southern California (we are in San Diego along the >San Luis Rey) for: > >-coastal California gnatcatcher >-least Bell's vireo >-southwestern willow flycatcher >-arroyo toad > >Any info or suggestions on who to talk with would be great appreciated! >We >are hoping to create maps detailing critical habitat, probably habitat, >actual habitat, etc. compared to proposed conservation lands. > >--Kurt
