Recipient Organization
STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK
(N/A)
SYRACUSE,NY 13210
Performing Department
Natural Heritage Program
Non Technical Summary
Ta8k 1: Slll'vey lat1ds mam1ged by tbe Division of Lands and Fo1·estsThe State Lands Assessment Project is ao ambitious effort to inventory and maintain currentrecords for all state lands for rare species, rate natural communities, and the state's best examples ofcommon communities. The first phase was initiated by the Division of Fish, Wildlife, & MarineResources in partnership with the NY Naturnl Heritage Program in the early 1990s, and thtough itNY Natural Heritage surveyed all state Wildlife Management Areas (Novak 1998). The secondphase, which was completed in 2004, was an inventoJ..')' all of New York's State I)arks conducted byNY Natural Heritage in collaboration with the 0 fficc of Parks, Recreation, and HistoricPreservation.' The th.itd phase, which was completed in 2009, was an invento1y-of State Forests a11dForest Preserve lands. This project was developed jointly by the Division of Lnnds &.Forests (DLF)and NY Natural Heritage and by March 2009 \Ve had assessed approximately 723,000 acres of StateForest Land and 277,000 actes of Forest Preserve. The ecsults of this project to date include thediscovery and update of neady 2000, rare species and significant natural community occurtences onappwximately 500,000 acres of State Parks and Wildlife Management Areas across New York andover 650 rare species and sigmficant natural communities on roughly 1,000,000 acres of StateForests and Forest Preserve. '111cse .findings are supporting land-management decisions on statelands and are enhancing informed consetvation decisions on private lands throughout the state.In this project we propose to conduct Heritage inventories on three properties managed by theDLF totaling 7,424 acres that have been acquired since 2009 or were not surveyed during the earlierinventoty phases: Hemlock-Canadice State Forest, Long Island Pine Barrens Unique Acen., andJunius Ponds Unique i\rea. We will also conduct additional inventory on high priority p!:opcrtics inproximity to these three propetties as time and funding pe11nits. Tnus, we will suJ:vey fot rare plants,rate a11in1a1s, and significant nnturnl communities on a.11 state properties shown in Table 1 and on asubset of those presented in Table 2.Sw:veys will follow standard protocols used by NYNHP, and will be informed by existinginformation (local experts, reports, NYNHP database records) and J:cmote sensing tools (speciesdistribution models, digital photoimagcty). \Y/e will sutvey known locations of mre species to assesscurrent status, and will search for new locations of rare species and foJ: significant naturalcommunities in areas with potential appropriate habitat. We will also collect data on invasive plantsconsistent with the tmckcd species list in New Yotk's invasive species database, i.Mapinvasives(i.Mapinvasives.org). New infom:iation collected by NYNHP will be entetcd into Heritage databasesthat document sutvey results and retain locations of ra.re species ru1d natural communities andinvasive species state.wide. Ihtabase t:ecords entered \Vill identi~r ecologically significant habitatswith tespect to the locations of rare plants, i:are animals, and significant·nati.11'al communities. \Vewill n.lso include information on tht:ents to populations and habitat, including invasive species:, andprovide recommendations to facilitate proactive management and conservation.Task 2: Updates P1·edicted Ricb11ess Overl.'lys (PRO)This project will allow us to. update Predicted Richness Q,rerlays for species on state forests withany newly available data, expand the use of PR Os to statewide, and refine the PR Os to teducc thenumber of false positive predictions. i\s patt of our initial work on state forests, we created SpeciesFadlitati11g Col/scm1tioJt ef Nc111 Yod~ '.r Biodiuersi!JDistribution j'vfodels (SDM) for the rare plant and animnl species known or expected to occur onstnte forest lands. \Y./e hnve been creating and using SDIVIs for many of our recent ptojccts and wenow have about 350 SDiVIs statewide, including updates to many of the SD Ms originally crcnted forthe state forest inventory that concluded in 2009. \Y/e also have many more users of om modelsstatewide and \Venlth of user input that can be used to help improve the tools we.have created fron1the SD1VIs, like the PROs. After surveying the various state forests and Unique AJ:eas (Tables 1&2),we will update eXisting SDMs and build any additional models that are needed based on new finds.We ~vill then re-run the PROs for species fomid on state forests to create :t statewide coverage thatcan be used in Unit Management Planning and project implemcntatfon.Awarded Start Date: 10/1/13End Date: 6/30/16 (as of 9/1/16)Sponsor: NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Animal Health Component
50%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
50%
Applied
50%
Developmental
(N/A)
Goals / Objectives
Ta8k 1: Slll'vey lat1ds mam1ged by tbe Division of Lands and Fo1·estsThe State Lands Assessment Project is ao ambitious effort to inventory and maintain currentrecords for all state lands for rare species, rate natural communities, and the state's best examples ofcommon communities. The first phase was initiated by the Division of Fish, Wildlife, & MarineResources in partnership with the NY Naturnl Heritage Program in the early 1990s, and thtough itNY Natural Heritage surveyed all state Wildlife Management Areas (Novak 1998). The secondphase, which was completed in 2004, was an inventoJ..')' all of New York's State I)arks conducted byNY Natural Heritage in collaboration with the 0 fficc of Parks, Recreation, and HistoricPreservation.' The th.itd phase, which was completed in 2009, was an invento1y-of State Forests a11dForest Preserve lands. This project was developed jointly by the Division of Lnnds &.Forests (DLF)and NY Natural Heritage and by March 2009 \Ve had assessed approximately 723,000 acres of StateForest Land and 277,000 actes of Forest Preserve. The ecsults of this project to date include thediscovery and update of neady 2000, rare species and significant natural community occurtences onappwximately 500,000 acres of State Parks and Wildlife Management Areas across New York andover 650 rare species and sigmficant natural communities on roughly 1,000,000 acres of StateForests and Forest Preserve. '111cse .findings are supporting land-management decisions on statelands and are enhancing informed consetvation decisions on private lands throughout the state.In this project we propose to conduct Heritage inventories on three properties managed by theDLF totaling 7,424 acres that have been acquired since 2009 or were not surveyed during the earlierinventoty phases: Hemlock-Canadice State Forest, Long Island Pine Barrens Unique Acen., andJunius Ponds Unique i\rea. We will also conduct additional inventory on high priority p!:opcrtics inproximity to these three propetties as time and funding pe11nits. Tnus, we will suJ:vey fot rare plants,rate a11in1a1s, and significant nnturnl communities on a.11 state properties shown in Table 1 and on asubset of those presented in Table 2.Sw:veys will follow standard protocols used by NYNHP, and will be informed by existinginformation (local experts, reports, NYNHP database records) and J:cmote sensing tools (speciesdistribution models, digital photoimagcty). \Y/e will sutvey known locations of mre species to assesscurrent status, and will search for new locations of rare species and foJ: significant naturalcommunities in areas with potential appropriate habitat. We will also collect data on invasive plantsconsistent with the tmckcd species list in New Yotk's invasive species database, i.Mapinvasives(i.Mapinvasives.org). New infom:iation collected by NYNHP will be entetcd into Heritage databasesthat document sutvey results and retain locations of ra.re species ru1d natural communities andinvasive species state.wide. Ihtabase t:ecords entered \Vill identi~r ecologically significant habitatswith tespect to the locations of rare plants, i:are animals, and significant·nati.11'al communities. \Vewill n.lso include information on tht:ents to populations and habitat, including invasive species:, andprovide recommendations to facilitate proactive management and conservation.Task 2: Updates P1·edicted Ricb11ess Overl.'lys (PRO)This project will allow us to. update Predicted Richness Q,rerlays for species on state forests withany newly available data, expand the use of PR Os to statewide, and refine the PR Os to teducc thenumber of false positive predictions. i\s patt of our initial work on state forests, we created SpeciesFadlitati11g Col/scm1tioJt ef Nc111 Yod~ '.r Biodiuersi!JDistribution j'vfodels (SDM) for the rare plant and animnl species known or expected to occur onstnte forest lands. \Y./e hnve been creating and using SDIVIs for many of our recent ptojccts and wenow have about 350 SDiVIs statewide, including updates to many of the SD Ms originally crcnted forthe state forest inventory that concluded in 2009. \Y/e also have many more users of om modelsstatewide and \Venlth of user input that can be used to help improve the tools we.have created fron1the SD1VIs, like the PROs. After surveying the various state forests and Unique AJ:eas (Tables 1&2),we will update eXisting SDMs and build any additional models that are needed based on new finds.We ~vill then re-run the PROs for species fomid on state forests to create :t statewide coverage thatcan be used in Unit Management Planning and project implemcntatfon.
Project Methods
Ta8k 1: Slll'vey lat1ds mam1ged by tbe Division of Lands and Fo1·estsThe State Lands Assessment Project is ao ambitious effort to inventory and maintain currentrecords for all state lands for rare species, rate natural communities, and the state's best examples ofcommon communities. The first phase was initiated by the Division of Fish, Wildlife, & MarineResources in partnership with the NY Naturnl Heritage Program in the early 1990s, and thtough itNY Natural Heritage surveyed all state Wildlife Management Areas (Novak 1998). The secondphase, which was completed in 2004, was an inventoJ..')' all of New York's State I)arks conducted byNY Natural Heritage in collaboration with the 0 fficc of Parks, Recreation, and HistoricPreservation.' The th.itd phase, which was completed in 2009, was an invento1y-of State Forests a11dForest Preserve lands. This project was developed jointly by the Division of Lnnds &.Forests (DLF)and NY Natural Heritage and by March 2009 \Ve had assessed approximately 723,000 acres of StateForest Land and 277,000 actes of Forest Preserve. The ecsults of this project to date include thediscovery and update of neady 2000, rare species and significant natural community occurtences onappwximately 500,000 acres of State Parks and Wildlife Management Areas across New York andover 650 rare species and sigmficant natural communities on roughly 1,000,000 acres of StateForests and Forest Preserve. '111cse .findings are supporting land-management decisions on statelands and are enhancing informed consetvation decisions on private lands throughout the state.In this project we propose to conduct Heritage inventories on three properties managed by theDLF totaling 7,424 acres that have been acquired since 2009 or were not surveyed during the earlierinventoty phases: Hemlock-Canadice State Forest, Long Island Pine Barrens Unique Acen., andJunius Ponds Unique i\rea. We will also conduct additional inventory on high priority p!:opcrtics inproximity to these three propetties as time and funding pe11nits. Tnus, we will suJ:vey fot rare plants,rate a11in1a1s, and significant nnturnl communities on a.11 state properties shown in Table 1 and on asubset of those presented in Table 2.Sw:veys will follow standard protocols used by NYNHP, and will be informed by existinginformation (local experts, reports, NYNHP database records) and J:cmote sensing tools (speciesdistribution models, digital photoimagcty). \Y/e will sutvey known locations of mre species to assesscurrent status, and will search for new locations of rare species and foJ: significant naturalcommunities in areas with potential appropriate habitat. We will also collect data on invasive plantsconsistent with the tmckcd species list in New Yotk's invasive species database, i.Mapinvasives(i.Mapinvasives.org). New infom:iation collected by NYNHP will be entetcd into Heritage databasesthat document sutvey results and retain locations of ra.re species ru1d natural communities andinvasive species state.wide. Ihtabase t:ecords entered \Vill identi~r ecologically significant habitatswith tespect to the locations of rare plants, i:are animals, and significant·nati.11'al communities. \Vewill n.lso include information on tht:ents to populations and habitat, including invasive species:, andprovide recommendations to facilitate proactive management and conservation.Task 2: Updates P1·edicted Ricb11ess Overl.'lys (PRO)This project will allow us to. update Predicted Richness Q,rerlays for species on state forests withany newly available data, expand the use of PR Os to statewide, and refine the PR Os to teducc thenumber of false positive predictions. i\s patt of our initial work on state forests, we created SpeciesFadlitati11g Col/scm1tioJt ef Nc111 Yod~ '.r Biodiuersi!JDistribution j'vfodels (SDM) for the rare plant and animnl species known or expected to occur onstnte forest lands. \Y./e hnve been creating and using SDIVIs for many of our recent ptojccts and wenow have about 350 SDiVIs statewide, including updates to many of the SD Ms originally crcnted forthe state forest inventory that concluded in 2009. \Y/e also have many more users of om modelsstatewide and \Venlth of user input that can be used to help improve the tools we.have created fron1the SD1VIs, like the PROs. After surveying the various state forests and Unique AJ:eas (Tables 1&2),we will update eXisting SDMs and build any additional models that are needed based on new finds.We ~vill then re-run the PROs for species fomid on state forests to create :t statewide coverage thatcan be used in Unit Management Planning and project implemcntatfon.