20200116 15330500 1.0 TRUE Created by the Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture partnership – 2019.The MAV Forest Protection model prioritizes sites for conservation protection within the Mississippi Alluvial Valley based on benefits to forest bird conservation afforded by forest patch area, geographic location, and hydrologic condition. The conservation–protection priorities described fill an unmet need for land trusts and other conservation partners pursuing strategic forest protection in support of established bird conservation objectives.<div><p>FOR non-AGOL ACCOUNT HOLDERS, DOWNLOAD THIS GEOSPATIAL DATA HERE: </p><p>https://gis-fws.opendata.arcgis.com/search?tags=lmvjv</p></div><font size='3'><font color='#000000' face='futura-pt'><span style='letter-spacing:1.32px;'><div><span style='letter-spacing:1.32px;'>We assessed the conservation–protection status of land within the Mississippi Alluvial Valley because without protection, existing forests are subject to conversion to other uses. We found that only 10% of total land area was currently protected, although 28% of extant forest was in the current conservation estate. For forest patches, we prioritized their need for additional conservation–protection based on benefits to forest bird conservation afforded by forest patch area, geographic location, and hydrologic condition. Based on these criteria, we found that 4712 forest patches warranted conservation–protection, but only 109 of these forest patches met our desired conservation threshold of &gt;2000 ha of core forest that was &gt;250 m from an edge. Overall, 35% of the area of forest patches warranting conservation–protection was protected within the conservation estate. Even so, for those forest patches identified as most in need of conservation–protection, less than 10% of their area was currently protected.</span><br /></div></span></font></font>The data contained herein were developed solely for regional conservation planning purposes. All data are assumed correct and accurate at time of creation. Any use of data is done so at the risk and responsibility of the user and the creator bears no liability for its misuse or misinterpretation. Proper credit and citation should be given with any use, display, distribution or inclusion of this data with any other data set and the Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture should be given full credit as the principal source of the data. Contact the LMVJV for more information - www.lmvjv.org.Mississippi Alluvial ValleyMAVLMAVLMVJVLower Mississippi Valley Joint VentureForest ProtectionExtant ForestFWSUSFWSU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceSoutheast RegionManagementConservation 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