{"id":149,"date":"2018-01-31T23:56:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T23:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/forestplanning\/?p=149"},"modified":"2022-10-20T20:16:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T20:16:22","slug":"oregon-forest-biodiversity-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/forestplanning\/2018\/01\/31\/oregon-forest-biodiversity-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon Biodiversity Map Viewer"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is it?<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Oregon Biodiversity map viewer provides data on species occurrences and\/or modeled distributions for Oregon’s important forest species and habitats. The data is aggregated and available for download at the 6th field watershed scale. The data can be accessed through the Oregon Department of Forestry’s\u00a0Oregon Biodiversity Map Viewer<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Why?<\/span><\/h2>\n

To provide convenient public access to information about Oregon\u2019s important forest species and vegetative habitats based on spatial geographic information systems (GIS) data compiled by The Nature Conservancy \u2013 for Oregon’s Statewide Forest Assessment and Resource Strategy. The data serves as an authoritative database on the distribution of threatened, endangered, sensitive, rare and other important species as well as forest vegetative habitats of high conservation value.<\/p>\n

Access to the Data<\/span><\/h2>\n

Launch the Oregon Biodiversity Map Viewer<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for direct access to the data.<\/p>\n

Use of the Data<\/span><\/h2>\n

The data is designed to give forest landowners the opportunity to achieve forest certification and state and federal natural resource agency requirements for considering important forest species and habitats in their forest management plans consistent with their goals, objectives and regulatory obligations.<\/p>\n

Being assembled by 6th<\/sup>\u00a0field watersheds, the data is at a geographic scale (10,000 \u2013 30,000 acres) that is proximately meaningful to small forest ownerships.\u00a0The Relative Abundance attribute for each species or habitat present in a watershed provides a measure of the watershed\u2019s relative importance to the overall distribution of the species or habitat in Oregon. Important forest species that are threatened or endangered, rare, sensitive or otherwise unique with respect to conservation priority are identified based on well accepted classifications. The data is designed to get private forest landowners to think about what could be on their property \u2013 either the possibility that an important forest species or habitat is present and they should look for it; or the possibility they could manage habitat in the hopes that the species can be supported.<\/p>\n

The idea is, by knowing what is in the 6th<\/sup>\u00a0field forest watershed(s) that contains their land \u2013 landowners can investigate further the habitat needs\/requirements of the species and see if there is a fit with their property consistent with their management goals and objectives.<\/p>\n

Limitations<\/span><\/h2>\n

Presence of an important forest species or habitat in the 6th<\/sup>\u00a0field watershed(s) containing a forest property does not mean the important forest species or habitat is actually located on the property.<\/em>\u00a0 Further, the data is only available for those watersheds that contain at least 40% forest cover. Data is provided only for informational purposes.<\/p>\n

Where to Get Help<\/span><\/h2>\n

For information about the Oregon Latitude and Longitude Locator, LocatOR \u2013 contact GISonline@Oregon.Gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To Learn More about Important Forest Species in Your Watershed:<\/span><\/h2>\n