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University of Virginia Biodiversity Analysis
City of Charlottesville, Virginia

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UVA Biodiversity Analysis
Rocky Pen Reservoir
Rappahannock Site Search

Williamsburg Environmental Group, Inc. (WEG) completed nearly 14 miles of stream and riaprian buffer assessment for NatureServe and the University of Virginia (UVA) in the summer of 2006.  WEG applied a visual-based stream and riparian habitat protocol.  The overall purpose of the project was to classify stream resources (high to low quality) which would allow NatureServe and UVA to develop long-term watershed protection and land development strategies within the Research Park and Core Grounds.  The assessment metrics included instream habitat, stream bank vegetative protection, bank erosion, floodplain connection, vegetated buffer width, floodplain vegetation, floodplain habitat, and floodplain encroachment.  WEG also assisted Nature Serve in producing a biodiversity analysis, which identified conservation opportunities and threats to significant elements on the landscape.

WEG's GIS mapping capabilities played a key role throughout the life of this project, from the field mapping to the final product.  The deliverables included two GIS shapefiles, which contained full metadata.  The first one was a stream layer that showed the location of each of the reaches.  The attributes for this file included the habitat scores (individual and total) and linear feet of each field indentified reach.  The second layer was a point file that displayed all of the photographed locations with hyperlinks to the actual photographs.  These shapefiles enabled the user to conveniently view both the reach score and photographs of the stream resourced evaluated during the study.

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