EcoAtlas: Enhancing Regional Capacity for Habitat Restoration Project Tracking, Assessment and Reporting

This project consolidates information from a variety of existing datasets to signicantLly expand the project tracking functionality in EcoAtlas to include hundreds of habitat protection, enhancement, and restoration projects throughout the Central Valley and San Francisco Bay-Delta regions.

The Project Tracker database has been redesigned to better accommodate detailed project information such as acres of distinct habitat types, species benefitted, progress and status, and funding sources. Additional functionality was added to enhance visual displays and queries of the tabular and spatial project data. As new projects are developed and existing projects enter new phases, information can be expanded and updated through the new online data entry forms. Additional spatial data layers such as “Modern Delta Habitat Types” allow users to evaluate projects within the context of existing ecological resources and other landscape characteristics and uses. Additional data, querying and mapping functionality will allow for improved analyses of changes in habitat extent, landscape-scale conservation planning, evaluation of progress towards meeting conservation objectives, and partnership building.

By providing the tools needed to track and analyze landscape change, we will improve our ability to strategically conserve important habitats in the future.