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To provide a spatially detailed national assessment of the wildland-urban interface (WUI) and WUI change between 1990 and 2020 across the coterminous U.S. to support wildland fire research, policy and management, and inquiries into the effects of housing growth on the environment.

Man-made barriers such as roads, urban areas, utility-scale solar projects, and railroads can affect each of these movement patterns and may pose a threat to the long-term persistence of wildlife populations. ... maps generated from the digitized stakeholder data that depict the general locations of wildlife linkages important to wildlife ...

The Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) is the area where urban development occurs near wildland vegetation. SILVIS Lab generated this global WUI map using a globally consistent method based on remote sensing-derived built-up area and wildland vegetation datasets.

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Every urban region is different, and each has its own unique suite of wildlife. The Urban Wildlife Institute (UWI) at Lincoln Park Zoo formed to conduct the science needed to ensure that humans and wildlife can co-exist in urban areas, and that cities can contribute to biodiversity conservation around the world. UWI pioneered new strategies for long-term data collection on urban species and ...

The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is the area where urban development occurs in close proximity to wildland vegetation. WUI maps for the conterminous U.S. were generated using building point locations, offering higher spatial resolution compared to previously developed WUI maps based on U.S. Census Bureau housing density data (Radeloff et al., 2017). Building point locations were obtained from a

This dataset features a global, 10 m resolution map of the wildland-urban interface, representative for ca. 2020. ... Dept of Forest & Wildlife Ecology Russell Laboratories 1630 Linden Drive Madison, WI 53706; Map. Email: helmers@wisc.edu; Phone: (608) 265-9219;

Worldwide – on land, air, and water – species are in a state of perilous decline. Changes caused by human activity, including urbanization, climate change, and the conversion of forests to cropland, mean there are fewer habitats to support plants and animals. Creating and supporting native habitats in urban areas – in public spaces and your own yard – is essential to combatting ...

The Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) is the area where houses meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland vegetation. This makes the WUI a focal area for human-environment conflicts such as wildland fires, habitat fragmentation, invasive species, and biodiversity decline.

This article discusses how people can help monitor wildlife in cities through citizen science projects. It explains how these projects gather data and raise awareness about urban wildlife. How does this specific source contribute to my research? What did I learn from it? It showed me how regular people can get involved in helping wildlife.

The field of urban wildlife is full of both biological and cultural diversity. The different species that live alongside us have their own unique behaviors and lives—their stories, so to speak. Similarly, the communities that urban wildlife inhabit have their own stories that include significant cultural events and history. ... Express Map ...

Many were in places where development intertwines with more rural and wild spaces. These areas are known as the wildland-urban interface (WUI). This interactive map from Esri documents WUI on a global scale. Built on data from the SILVIS Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, it shows where development intersects with forests, shrubs ...

In 2008, we created a statewide map and dataset of Arizona’s natural infrastructure by integrating 12 statewide and regional information sources. Arizona’s natural infrastructure includes: sensitive biological lands and waters : areas supporting core habitat or providing corridors for wildlife as identified by 5 scientific studies

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Using geographic information systems (GIS), the research team integrated U.S. Census and USGS National Land Cover Data to map the wildland-urban interface (WUI) for the conterminous United States from 1990-2020. They used the definition of WUI from the Federal Register (Federal Register 66:751, 2001).

WUI maps are intended to illustrate where the WUI was located in 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020. We map two types of WUI: intermix and interface. ... WUI GIS data were designed to provide a spatially detailed national assessment of the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) across the conterminous U.S. to support inquiries into the effects of housing ...

The wildland-urban interface (WUI) is the focus of many important land management issues, such as wildfire, habitat fragmentation, invasive species, and human-wildlife conflicts. Wildfire is an especially critical issue, because housing growth in the WUI increases wildfire ignitions and the number of homes at risk. Identifying the WUI is important for assessing and mitigating impacts of developmen

Urban structures serve as perfect nesting spots—from balconies to telephone poles. Despite the city’s frantic pace, these gentle birds maintain an air of calm resilience, cooing softly through the chaos. Their success story showcases how subtle behavioral tweaks can ensure survival even in noisy, bustling urban landscapes. 8. Red-tailed Hawks

In September, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in collaboration with the Santa Cruz River Refuge coalition developed a landscape conservation design to start the process of proposing an "urban ...