issued March 1, 2005Report issued on: March 1, 2005INHS Technical Report prepared for unspecified recipien

Cordle, Liane

Cummings, Kevin S.

Epifanio, John M.

Holtrop, Ann Marie

Phillips, Christopher A.

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ILLINOI SUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGNPRODUCTION NOTEUniversity of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign LibraryLarge-scale Digitization Project, 2007./CCi13 25 (0 1)IllinoisNatural History SurveyDevelopment and Expansion of the Natural Resource Dataand Information Systems in Support of the IllinoisComprehensive Wildlife Conservation PlanAnnual Segment Report 2005Liane Cordle, Kevin Cummings, Ann Holtrop, Chris Phillips, and John EpifanioSubmitted toIllinois Department of Natural ResourcesOne Natural Resources WaySpringfield, Illinois 62702Illinois Natural History Survey607 East Peabody DriveChampaign, Illinois 61820March 2005lilinois Natural History Survey Technical Re t rop 05/01Crc5lS C~zdŽK- %WE %F v.. . . . .0C1-WI IIllinois Natural History Survey Technical Report 05/01IllinoisNatural History SurveyDevelopment and Expansion of the Natural Resource Dataand Information Systems in Support of the IllinoisComprehensive Wildlife Conservation PlanAnnual Segment Report 2005Liane Cordle, Kevin Cummings, Ann Holtrop, Chris Phillips, and John EpifanioSubmitted toIllinois Department of Natural ResourcesOne Natural Resources WaySpringfield, Illinois 62702Illinois Natural History Survey607 East Peabody DriveChampaign, Illinois 61820March 2005Illinois Natural History SurveyCenter for Aquatic Ecology and Conservation, Center forBiodiversity, Center for Wildlife and Plant Ecology(February 4, 2004 - February 4, 2005)Development and Expansion of the Natural Resource Dataand Information Systems in Support of the IllinoisComprehensive Wildlife Conservation PlanAnnual Segment Report 2005Liane Cordle, Kevin Cummings, Ann Holtrop, Chris Phillips, and John EpifanioSubmitted toIllinois Department of Natural ResourcesOne Natural Resources WaySpringfield, Illinois 62702Illinois Natural History Survey607 East Peabody DriveChampaign, Illinois 61820March 2005Illinois Natural History Survey Technical Report 05/01Development and Expansion of the Natural Resource Dataand Information Systems in Support of the IllinoisComprehensive Wildlife Conservation PlanProject: T-03-P-001Annual Report, Segment 14 February 2004 to 3 February 2005Liane Cordle, Kevin Cummings, Ann Holtrop, Chris Phillips, and John EpifanioIllinois Natural History Survey607 East Peabody DriveChampaign, Illinois 61820March 2005IDr. David Thomas,ChiefIllinois Natural History Survey~1~34 A74af orAnnual Performance Report(February 4, 2004-February 3, 2005)PROJECT NUMBER: T-03-P-001PROJECT TITLE: State Wildlife Conservation Plan/Strategy Data SystemJOB 1: Conservation Mapping in Support of the Comprehensive Wildlife ConservationPlan and Wildlife Conservation StrategiesWork Plan Task 1.2 Map all IDNR sites purchased with federal and special funds includingthe Habitat, Pheasant, Migratory Waterfowl Stamp, and Furbearer Funds.Work Plan Task 1.3 Develop initial phase of a complete GIS dataset of state owned andleased properties.The development of a spatial database of conservation-related lands owned, managed, or leased(OMLP) by IDNR is the focus of this job. This job addresses Elements 2 and 4 in CWCP byproviding accurate boundary information and current conservation and management practicesand activities on IDNR lands, many of which contain key habitats and community types. Many ofthe aspects of developing the spatial database apply to Tasks 1 and 2, i.e. establishing a researchprotocol, developing digitizing standards and metadata, incorporating the necessary descriptivefields, and developing a structure to incorporate site reporting and evaluation. A geodatabasewas created in the form of a parcel-based mapping system. Facilities for mapping outer extentproperty boundaries as well as corer monument markers, interior parcel lines, right-of-way andeasement extents, and historical boundary change information have been built into the OMLPGIS data management system. A large portion of the mapping project involves thorough researchof existing paper and database records for relevant and critical historical information for eachproperty. Personnel are familiar with the organization and format of the property documents. Aprocedure for accurately and consistently digitizing aspects of each property has been developedand implemented. Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) compliant metadata has beencreated for the GIS data layers and will be updated as necessary. A quality assurance, qualitycontrol (QA/QC) methodology was developed to insure the data created meets the accuracystandards defined in the OMLP project data input methodology. A prioritized list of IDNRproperties to be included in the OMLP database has been developed. An initial ArclMS interfacehas also been created to provide IDNR staff with access to the information.Task 1 focuses on the subset of IDNR OMLP properties purchased with federal or special funds;these sites were assigned first priority for inclusion in the database. A total of 48 federal andspecial interest sites have been completely researched and digitally mapped, and research of thepaper records at IDNR has been completed for the remaining 21 federal and special fund sites.Of the sites not yet digitally mapped, most currently have incomplete paper records and threesites are pending acquisition by IDNR. Most of the remaining sites contain a portion of land thatis leased from a either a private company or other agency (i.e. Army Corps of Engineers, CentralIllinois Public Service, Illinois Power Company) and managed by IDNR. The legal descriptionsfor these sites (which can be difficult to obtain for some of the older sites) need to be obtainedfrom the leasing agency in order to complete the paper records and digitize the site (work onthese sites is being continued in the next phase of the project). QA/QC has been completed for 4sites. Due to staffing shortages since July 2004, efforts have focused on trying to complete thedigital mapping of each site and thus there has been a delay in the QA/QC evaluations.Expected Results, Benefits, and Deliverables:An accurate, centralized spatial database of property boundaries and descriptive information forconservation-related properties that IDNR owns, manages, or leases was designed and developedin this phase; additional properties are to be added in subsequent phases. The spatial capabilitiesof the GIS database will provide information such as location, size, proximity to other features,etc. that can be used in mapping and analysis. This database will provide important informationto assist in planning future management of IDNR lands and of the state's natural resources as awhole.Estimated expenses for Work Plan Tasks 1.2 and 1.3 through December 31, 2004:Work Plan Task 1.3 Original *Category On-campus (598177) Off-campus (598176)Allocation Expenses Balance Allocation Expenses BalancePersonnel 43,636 71,287 -27,651 43,636 43,935 -299Salary and WagesBenefits 12,528 22,157 -9,629 12,528 8,250 4,278Travel 1,000 605 395 1,000 0 1,000CommoditiesEquipmentContractual - - - 4 -4Direct Costs 57,164 94,049 -36,885 57,164 52,189 4,975Indirect Costs 11,433 18,810 -7,337 11,433 10,438 995TOTAL (Direct + 68,597 112,859 -44,262 68,597 62,627 5,970Indirect)*A budget revision was approved by IDNR in January 2005 transferring funds from the off-campus to the on-campus account. This adjustment and pending earnings transfers for salarieshave corrected the deficits shown on 12/31/04._____Work Plan Task 1.3 SupplementalCategory On-campus (C-FOAPAL # Off-campus (C-FOAPAL597652) #597651)Allocation Expenses Balance Allocation Expenses BalancePersonnel 13,262 11,617 1,645 15,000 13,224 1,776Salary and WagesBenefits 3,916 437 3,479 1,155 3,944 -2,789Travel - - -Commodities----EquipmentContractual - - - -Direct Costs 17,178 12,054 5,124 16,155 17,168 -1,013Indirect Costs 3,436 2,411 1,025 3,231 3,434 -203TOTAL (Direct + 20,614 14,465 6,149 19,386 20,602 -1,216Indirect)JOB 2: Ecological Classification of Rivers for EnvironmentalAssessment andManagement: Stream Attribution and Model PreparationWork Plan Task 2.1 Describe stream reaches and catchmentsWork Plan Task 2.2 Create datasets for input into stream modeling analysisThe purpose of this job is to build statistical models for predicting riverine site habitats and biotafrom mapped landscape and local variables. The outcome of this work will be a set of modelsthat can be used to predict biological and habitat conditions for all river segments, includingsampled and unsampled reaches. Job 2.1 of T-3-P provided a large data set of attributesdescribing stream channels, riparian zones, and watersheds to use in developing the biologicaland habitat models. Further, Job 2.2 of T-3-P provided additional data to support developmentof fish, macroinvertebrate, flow, and water temperature models. To date, work on this job(which began in December 2005) has focused on developing the fish and water temperaturemodels.Two variables needed for the fish model, water temperature (i.e., field measurements) and streamlength, were not included in Job 2.2 of T-3-P. Therefore, we contacted staff at the IllinoisEnvironmental Protection Agency and requested water temperatures collected near the time ofeach fish sample. Of the 444 sites that had fish data, 391 also had water temperature data. Staffwill be contacting two IEPA field offices in attempts to uncover data for the remaining 53 sites.The next step in developing the fish model is to standardize fish abundance data to catch per uniteffort (CPUE). For this job, CPUE is defined as the natural log (catch of each species per 100 mof stream length sampled +1). Before CPUE can be calculated, the length of stream sampled hadto be extracted from the IDNR's Fisheries Analysis System (FAS) database. Many fish sampleswere missing stream lengths in the database, thereby requiring staff to review field sheets fromeach sample and/or to contact IDNR stream biologists to fill in missing data. As of February 1,stream lengths for all but 49 fish samples have been recorded. During the next few months,additional attempts will be made to uncover missing length data.Initial efforts in developing the flow model have centered on editing and formatting datacollected by temperature loggers in 2003-2004. Data collected by the temperature loggers wasexported and formatted to work with various statistical software packages. After reviewing thedownloaded data, we observed several data points that appeared erroneous. One possibleexplanation for poor data is that as water levels dropped in late summer, the loggers becameexposed and collected air rather than water temperature. During this reporting period, effortsbegan to edit erroneous data points. These efforts, along with efforts to summarize hourlytemperature readings into daily mean, daily maximum, and daily minimum, will continue in thenext few months. Data collected by loggers in 2004-2005 have not yet been downloaded.Similar to the 2003-2004 data, these data will be edited and formatted after they are downloaded.Finally, a job announcement to fill a vacant position that will support this Job 2.1 and Job 2.2was posted from January 14 - January 31. Search committee members are reviewing applicationsand expect to have an additional staff member working on these jobs by mid- to late February.Expected Results, Benefits, and Deliverables:Primary products for this project are attached and described as Appendix 1 to this report. Thiswill be delivered to Illinois Department of Natural Resources separately as an INHS - CAECTechnical Report 2005/04 by Holtrop et al. (March 2005)Final expenses for Work Plan Tasks 2.1 and 2.2 through December 31, 2004:Category Off-campus 2.1 & 2.2Allocation Expenses BalancePersonnel - 70,932 75,694 -4,762Salary and WagesBenefits 20,401 20,139 262Travel 5,000 3,103 1,897Commodities 7,000 4,640 2,360Equipment -- ----Contractual 900 660 240Direct Costs 104,233 104,236 -3Indirect Costs 20,851 20,847 3TOTAL (Direct + 125,084 125,084 --Indirect)JOB 3: Enhance and Integration of Resource Information Systems to Support WildlifePlanningWork Plan Task 3.3 Develop the mussel database as part of the Fisheries Analysis System(FAS) and link to existing INHS museum collectionsOne of the first tasks in developing the comprehensive wildlife plan/strategy is to identify thedistribution and abundance of key wildlife species and to document the extent and condition oftheir habitats. One of the wildlife groups requiring protection are freshwater mussels. Freshwatermussels are possibly the most endangered aquatic biota in the U.S. Thus, increasing ourunderstanding of these organisms is essential for their protection and management. Thedevelopment of a web-based freshwater mussels database for use by IDNR field staff is the focusof this job. We have developed a database and interface for web-based access to abundance anddistribution data on Illinois freshwater mussels. We have also: (1) developed appropriate datatables on sampling methods, mussel data, a mussel species list, basic habitat data and similarinformation, (2) Coordinated sampling location information with the INHS Mollusk Collectiondatabase to ensure linkage and compatibility and (3) Added, edited, and verified, samplinglocation information in the "Stations" Table (contains sampling location data) for mussels. Weare in the process of Beta testing the database and related applications with field staff and otherappropriate personnel. We have also met and worked with the IDNR Ad Hoc Mussel committeeto initiate development of standard sampling protocols as a prerequisite for developing a "MusselIndex of Biotic Integrity".Expected Results, Benefits, and Deliverables:A web-based mussel database for use by IDNR field staff. We have linked this database toexisting INHS museum collections database currently in ARC-IMS. We have developed and arebeta testing data entry and report capabilities for IDNR field staff.This database can be queried on a variety of fields and output results include the raw data andspecies distribution maps. This database is now up and running on-line at:http://spatial.inhs.uiuc.edu/maps/working/viewer.htmUser name: musselPassword: ill*mollEstimated expenses for Work Plan Tasks 3.3 through December 31, 2004:Work Plan Task 3.3Category On-campus 3.3Allocation Expenses BalancePersonnel- 25,000 23,578 1,422Salary and Wages__Benefits 7,178 6,918 260Travel 500 500Commodities 823 553 270Equipment 6,000 2,716 3,284Contractual* 5,500 1,882 3,618Direct Costs 45,001 35,365 9,636Indirect Costs 9,000 7,073 1,927TOTAL (Direct + 54,001 42,438 11,563Indirect)*A budget revision was approved by IDNR in February 2005 transferring funds fromcommodities to contractual services.JOB 4: Re-evaluation of Historical Illinois Threatened and Endangered SpeciesOccurrences and Illinois Natural Areas Inventory Habitat SitesWork Plan Task 4.1 Update and Locate New Threatened and Endangered Faunal SpeciesRecordsApproximately half of the Element Occurrence Records have been field surveyed and allbut the bat results have been entered in an Excel spreadsheet and a FileMaker Prodatabase at INHS (see Table). The data will be sent to Springfield as soon as we havehired the new data entry positions on T-02 funding. Search is nearing completion.Group Original Number Number Number Number Number .Number Records Records of Supp. Supp. Sitesof Surveyed Verified records to Sites Verified inRecords in 2003-4 in 2003-4 Survey in Surveyed 2003-4to Survey 2005 in 2003-4InvertebratesCrayfish 21 0 21Isopods 14 4 0 10Snails 1 1 0 0Insects 40 14 5 26Mussels 120 55 5 65Fish 141 96 47 45Amphibians 46 12 10 34 22 15Reptiles 130 35 2 95 18 0Birds 572 350 8 222 167 47MammalsBats 52 30 ?* 22Other 45 0 45Mammals__Totals 1182 597 77* 585 352 62* bat data not yet received from surveyorsWork Plan Task 4.3 Data Entry and Product DevelopmentTwo Data Entry Technicians continued to log, enter, and map T&E species data,including a backlog of T&E species data that existed within the Illinois NaturalHeritage Database Program in addition to some data collected under Task 4.1 of thisjob. To date, over 1,600 records have been entered on both new T&E populations andupdates to existing T&E populations.Estimated Expenses for Work Plan Tasks 4.1 and 4.3 through December 31, 2005:Work Plan Task 4.1 and 4.3Category On-campus 4.1 Off-campus 4.3Allocation Expenses Balance Allocation Expenses BalancePersonnel - 40,000 40,000 0 42,000 41,720 280Salary and Wages__Benefits 3,064 3,064 0 3,217 3,031 186Travel 57,446 57,446 0 0 0 0Commodities 5,400 5,400 0 0 0 0Equipment 3,600 3,600 0 0 0 0Contractual 67,647 67,647 0 0 0 0Direct Costs 177,157 177,157 0 45,217 44,751 466Indirect Costs 35,431 35,431 0 9,044 8,950 94TOTAL (Direct + 212,588 212,588 0 54,261 53,702 559Indirect)

Development and Expansion of the Natural Resource Data and Information Systems in
            Support of the Illinois Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan. Annual Segment Report,
            2005

Development and Expansion of the Natural Resource Data and Information Systems in Support of the Illinois Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan. Annual Segment Report, 2005

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