Northeast Regional Wildlife Conservation Project Summaries
Landscape Scale Habitat RCN2007-02: Northeast Aquatic Connectivity
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Landscape Scale HabitatRCN2007-02: Northeast Aquatic Connectivity
Summary The Northeast Aquatic Connectivity Project (NAC) provides natural resource agencies with regional tools and data for strategically reconnecting fragmented aquatic habitats by targeting key barriers to fish passage for removal or bypass. It produced the first unified, error-checked database of dams, impassable waterfalls, and anadromous fish habitat across the Northeast region. This information enables state agencies and partners to move from opportunistic project selection to a more “ecological-benefits” approach to dam removal and fish passage improvement. The project developed a tool that allows managers to re-rank dams at multiple scales (state, HUC, etc), to use attribute filters (river size class, dam type, etc), and to evaluate 72 ecologically-relevant metrics linked to dam locations. It also delivered two sets of consensus-based results which capture the priorities of the 40-person Northeast Aquatic Connectivity Workgroup. These results characterize the Workgroup’s fish passage objectives for both anadromous and resident fish and provide a screening-level resource for planning, fund raising, and communication. RCN Topic: Landscape Scale Habitat Related Projects: Northeast Aquatic Habitat Classification System (NEAHCS), A Guide to the Aquatic Habitat Map (RCN2011-06), Conservation Status of Brook Floater Mussel (RCN2012-02) States - ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, DC, WV, VA Species- SWAP Element 1-Aquatic SGCN Habitats- SWAP Element 2-Aquatic Habitat: Streams and Rivers Threats- SWAP Element 3
Actions-SWAP Element 4
Monitoring-SWAP Element 5-None Regional Review and Coordination (Elements 6-8)- This project recommends annual meetings of Northeast Aquatic Connectivity Working Group to review and coordinate the proper use of the NCAT, updates to the database, application of new decision support tools, and potential collaborations and partnerships. Project Tools
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