Mapping Projects

Rogue River Basin, Oregon

Leveraging Esri’s data driven pages functionality with custom python scripts, we created a series of twelve maps to show the intrinsic potential of Coho salmon in the Rogue River Basin.

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10 Biogeographically Unique Regions of the World

As a companion to the book Temperate and Boreal Rainforests of the World: Ecology and Conservation, we created an interactive web mapping application to give readers a virtual tour of the ten biogeographically unique regions of the world featured in the book.

Local leaders often obtain local projections as the first step in understanding their vulnerabilities to climate change. At the Geos Institute, our staff scientists prepare local climate change projections based on the best available climate change science, presented at scales that are appropriate for local decision making.

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Cache la Poudre, Colorado

In order to assess locations that may prove beneficial for beaver introduction, we created a suitability model in GIS. The model is based on existing peer-reviewed literature on dam-building beaver requirements. The maps below represent the criteria layers that were used as model input.

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Rogue Basin, Oregon

The Geos Institute has created a series of maps for the Rogue Basin to aid aquatic biologists and land managers with restoration efforts. Click individual maps to view a larger pdf.

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