Assessments of Habitat Condition, Connectivity, Suitability
Analyses of habitat condition, connectivity, or suitability can combine field data with remotely sensed datasets to create wall to wall assessments.
We worked with the Hudson River Estuary Program to update a dataset of forest patches throughout New York and assess patch condition in the Hudson Valley (completed 12-2019). The patches can be viewed using the Hudson Valley Natural Resource Mapper and the final report is available at the Hudson Valley Forest Patch Update and Assessment project page.
The PATHWAYS project assessed habitat connectivity for 25 Species of Greatest Conservation Need in the Hudson Valley (completed 2012).
For our Freshwater Blueprint, we developed GIS datasets to help identify locations and status of critical freshwater targets in New York (completed 2011).
Our Biodiversity Index combines an analysis of habitat condition with rare species richness to highlight the areas of the state that of highest importance for rare and significant biodiversity.
For the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission, we created a high-resolution land cover classification and used this classification to map natural communities (completed 2018).