mapping the human footprint in the american west
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Much of the American West is nominally protected, but maps of the human footprint from the U.S. Geological Survey illustrate that our imprint in the region is already deep and indelible.TRANSCRIPT
- The human footprintin the American West 1/20/13
Nearly half of the West is federal land 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% Other National Wildlife Refuges 50% National Parks Bureau of Land Management 40% Forest Service 30% 20%10%0%11 Western States Alaska Other 38 StatesTotal U.S. Source: Bureau of Land Management2/8/2013 2 Urbanized areas Urbanized areas Source: Protected Area Database, Conservation Biology Institute 2/8/2013 3 Federal land Federal Tribal State Local/regional Private conservation Joint/unknown Urbanized areasSource: Protected Area Database, Conservation Biology Institute 2/8/2013 4 Percent of land protected by ecoregionSource: The Nature Conservancy 2/8/2013 5 The human footprint in the American WestSource: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 6 The human footprint in the American WestSource: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 7 The human footprint in the American WestSource: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 8 The human footprint in the American WestSource: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 9 Population density Source: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 10 Population density plus agriculture Source: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 11 Add highways Source: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 12 Add highways, railroads, Source: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 13 Add highways, railroads, powerlines, Source: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 14 Add highways, railroads, powerlines, canals Source: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 15 Landfills and waste transfer stations Source: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 16 Human-caused wildfires: 1986-2001Source: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 17 Human-caused fire densitySource: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 18 Oil and gas well density Source: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 19 Exotic plant invasion riskSource: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 20 Probability of feral cat presenceSource: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 21 Probability of feral dog presence Source: U.S. Geological Survey 2/8/2013 22 The human footprint in the American West Glacier NPNorth Cascades NP Great Bear, Bob Marshall and Scapegoat wilderness Olympic NP Bitterroot Range Yellowstone NP Mt. Rainier NP Wind River Range Trinity AlpsUintaGreat SaltMountainsLake/DesertDesolationYosemite NP Canyon WSASequoia/Kings Canyon NPCanyonlands NP/Glen Canyon NRADeath Valley NP Grand Canyon NP Nevada Test SiteCabeza Prieta NWR/Source: U.S. Geological Survey Goldwater Range Gila Wilderness2/8/201323 Download more slides and other resourcesecowest.org Contact us by e-mailing [email protected] 2/8/2013 24