NFHP Science and Data Committee Report Gary E. Whelan (MI DNR) and Andrea C. Ostroff (USGS) NFHP Science & Data Committee Co-Chairs June 2013.

NFHP Science and Data Committee Report

Gary E. Whelan (MI DNR)and

Andrea C. Ostroff (USGS)NFHP Science & Data Committee Co-Chairs

June 2013

2013 Committee Workplan• Refine committee membership• Catalog and review FHP assessments• Implement approved strategy to refine the

2010 National Fish Habitat Assessment (Assessment) for 2015 and beyond.

• Develop standard effectiveness measures for conservation actions used to address nationwide fish habitat focus areas.

• Status of Updated Data System

National Summary Map

Key Processes for All Systems• Hydrology

• Connectivity• Material Transport• Water Quality• Bottom Form and Living Habitat• Energy Flow

Committee Membership• Focus committee• Membership review completed• Key interests and skills considered

• Coverage from all regions of U.S.• Expertise needed for priority Committee

tasks and meeting 2015 assessment objectives

• Agency and FHP recommendations

Committee Membership• New members will provide :

• Additional modeling review abilities• More coastal and marine representation• Expertise in lake systems• Specific experience with tracking project

data• Southeast expertise for the next 2-years

to gain momentum with specific FHP advances

• Awaiting cooperator agency input to fully complete task

FHP Assessment Questionnaire

• March 8 - Sent to all FHPs

• April 15 – Initial Due Date – Response rate = 55.5%

• June 3 - Response rate = 88.8%– 2 FHPs have not responded

Questionnaire Summary ResultsQuestion Response

FHP Data Contacts 100%; 94% secondary; 19% secondary +

Completed and planned FHP Assessments

64 datasets/assessments completed

Peer reviews and publications

26 publications completed

Data acquisition challenges and barriers

48 challenges reported

Needed FHP data from 2015 Assessment

Missing National datasets

Regional datasets

Wide variation in responses and needs paving the way for future collaboration

Closer Look at ChallengesChallenge Number of Responses

Data access and availability 20

Data format 7

Data storage for partner access

6

Varied sampling methodology

7

Resources to conduct data work

5

FHP Assessment Survey Results

• Data will allow us to determine how to help FHPs overcome key challenges

• Initial information to assist FHPs with NFHP data inventory

• Key insights on available process level data from FHPs

National Inland Assessment Progress (MSU)

• Lower 48 Inland Assessment– Incorporating new datasets

• Fish and mussel data• USEPA – Section 303d, TMDL and NARS datasets• USFS – Watershed Condition Framework• Hydrology and Mining

– Improvement 2010 Assessment framework– Refining approaches with Committee review in

Aug.• Improving AK and HI assessments• Developing lakesheds in preparation for

initial lake assessment

National Marine Assessment Progress (NOAA)

• Significant refinement of methodology– Gulf of Mexico estuary focus– Upgrading assessment to include fish and

shellfish datasets– Refining geospatial framework

• Review process– Regional stakeholder webinar in late July– Science and Data Committee in August

• Pacific estuaries next area of emphasis - PMEP

Standard Effectiveness Measures

• Pending contract with Foundations of Success for facilitation

• Work will “step-down” 6 high-level conservation actions to finer levels of granularity to expose feasible indicators

• Design pilot-test for implementation

NFHP Data System Update• To be released July 2013• Introduces second viewer for visualizing

priority data themes • Dataset profile pages open within the NFHP

Data System for streamlined user experience• Ability to consume and disseminate ArcGIS

services• Supports preservation for authoritative

sources of NFHP data

Version 3.0 will introduce a secondary viewer to visualize available data by priority theme – to be released July 2013

Next priority theme will be Connectivity and will disseminate data on fish passage barriers.

Version 3.0 Data Theme Viewer will visualize available fish data summarized at the HUC12 scale

Next priority theme will be Connectivity and will disseminate data on fish passage barriers.

Version 3.0 Data Theme Viewer will visualize available fish data summarized at the HUC12 scale

Web map services or ArcGIS services are available in dataset profile pages

Dataset profile pages are auto-generated more user- friendly and don’t send user outside of the NFHP Data System to view

DRAFT

Consolidated Services and Data Management Best Practices

in Action

• Partnership uploads data• FHP receives guidance to help

support creating metadata• releases data• Authoritative NFHP dataset

profile is auto-generated• Web services can be

disseminated in multiple places including FHP web pages

Thank You!

Visit www.fishhabitat.org for more information

Gary E. Whelan

Michigan DNR

[email protected]

517-373-6948

Andrea C. Ostroff

US Geological Survey

[email protected]

703-648-4070