Description: <p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><u>NGPJV
Tillage – Enhance (management)</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; text-indent:.5in;">These
are areas of recently converted land now in perennial cover (includes CRP, in
part). The counties on this map with the largest circles indicate those in
greater need of enhancement types of conservation actions. Conservation
attention should be focused on those soils most likely to be re-planted to
crops. Conservation options include replanting native vegetation and adding (or
improving infrastructure) to encourage use as managed grazing land. <span style> </span>Prescribed fire may also be appropriate. Clicking
on a circle in a county in this layer will display details about the county; of
particular importance are the acres shown as “Enhance.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><o:p> </o:p><u>NGPJV
Tillage – Restore</u></p><p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; text-indent:.5in;">These
are areas exhibiting cultivated cropland on less productive soils. The counties
on this map with the largest circles indicate those in greater need of
restoration types of conservation actions. Conservation attention should focus
on restoring the native plant community and installing infrastructure that
facilitates managed grazing systems. Clicking on a circle in a county in this
layer will display details about the county; of particular importance are the
acres shown as “Restore.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><o:p> </o:p><u>NGPJV
Tillage – Protect</u></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in; text-indent:.5in;">These
are areas exhibiting at risk yet intact grasslands. The counties on this map
with the largest circles indicate those in greatest need of protection types of
conservation actions. Untilled land on more productive soils adjacent to
cultivated cropland should receive the most attentions. Conservation attention
should focus on long-term protection strategies like easements, long-term
contracts, CCAAs (where available) and other measures that keep the land in
native vegetation and ranching. Of course, measures that encourage managed
grazing are also important. Clicking on a circle in a county on this layer will
display details about the county; of particular importance are the acres shown
as “Protect.”<o:p></o:p></p>
Description: <font size="2"><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent:48px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures:none !important;">This layer depicts the relative density of cropland, which may also help to illuminate </span><span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); text-indent:48px; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures:none !important;">practices that may be needed for conservation actions. </span>Darker colored
counties have more cropland. The layer may also be used to convey that certain counties
in highly fragmented landscapes may be of high value for conservation due to
their relative rarity and/or vulnerability to conversion. If you click on a
county you will display a lot of information about various crops and other
cover types in the county. A pie chart at the bottom of the pop-up will show
the acres in terms of medium and low intensity development and open space.</font><p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><o:p></o:p></p>
Description: <p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><font size="2">This layer
depicts the relative amount of privately owned lands in the county. The darker the
polygon, the greater proportion of private lands. The pop-up shows more detail
about land ownership and a pie chart provides a snapshot of the proportions of private,
state, and federal land ownership in the county.</font><o:p></o:p></p>
Other_State_Agency (type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: Other State Agency, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true)
South_Dakota_Game_Fish_and_Park (type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: South Dakota Game Fish and Parks, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true)
State_of_Wyoming (type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: State of Wyoming, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true)
Description: <p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><font size="2">This layer is
simply the human population by county. Darker means more people. Human
populations are important in conservation because more people bring more
pressures on the land yet potentially more resources for conservation.</font></p>
Description: <p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><font size="2">This layer
displays the relative number of acres enrolled in CRP in 2020 by county. The
pop-up provides a lot more information about the amount of CRP enrolled as of
2020 and how it declines through 2030 (which may be impacted by new enrollments
at some point). The line graph at the bottom of the pop-up shows how each
county will decline and how urgent it is to do something about the loss of
these grassland acres.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
Description: <p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><font size="2">This layer
shows the relative wetland acres by county. For the map depiction, we
removed lake data because including them makes the map tells more about where
the major rivers/reservoirs are and less about the abundance of other wetland types. When
you click on a county, the pop-up will provide a lot more detail about each
wetland type, including lakes. The pie chart at the bottom offers another quick
snapshot of these data. This layer does not yet include Montana, but we are
working to add those data. Not surprisingly, the NGPJV doesn’t have a lot of
wetland resources and many are associated with riparian areas. Wetlands are
both scarce and vital.</font></p>
Description: <font size="3">This layer provides a measure of importance of five priority grassland bird species relative to other counties in the JV (Baird's sparrow, chestnut-collared longspur, thick-billed longspur, Sprague's pipit, and lark bunting). It depicts the relative importance of these five JV priority species for
the given county based on a combined rank at the entire JV level. In other
words, each species was ranked based on its occurrence in a county and then scores
for the five priority species were amalgamated into a single county score.
The idea is to display the relative importance of counties for a combination of
the five species. State ranking followed the same process but considers the
relative importance of a county for the five species only within the state. If you click on a county, more information is
displayed about the state and JV ranks for each species. You should see a
pop-up like this. A score of “99” means
the species is not considered present in that county.</font>
Description: <p style="margin-bottom:0in;"><font size="2">This layer shows
the priority counties that have been identified for the Northern Grassland
Restoration Incentives Program (N-GRIP) managed by the NGPJV. The green
counties have been identified as our highest priority for conservation through N-GRIP and the yellow counties are of medium priority.</font><o:p></o:p></p>