Alexander H. Kiser
Benjamin P. Gressler
A.K. Leight
John A. Young
Hannah Nisonson
2024
<div id="n-FnuKIf" class="jsx-4167959043 layout-wrapper" data-blockid="n-FnuKIf"><div class="jsx-3605377714 grid-item-lite"><div class="jsx-1126442361 text-container"><div class="jsx-4111219268 text-viewer"><p id=":r2e:" class="jsx-2249581867 heading responsive jsx-1695375730" data-testid="Heading">This story map will take you through the process of exploring and testing methods necessary for a higher resolution, seamless fish habitat assessment across both inland and estuarine waters through the lens of our joint pilot assessment</p></div></div></div></div><div id="n-0tbsYh" class="jsx-881100355 layout-wrapper" data-blockid="n-0tbsYh"><div class="jsx-3605377714 grid-item-lite"><div class="jsx-4111219268 text-viewer"><p class="jsx-369084708 jsx-516103972 medium responsive" data-testid="Paragraph">Fish habitat assessments attempt to relate past, current, or future landscape conditions to the state of fish species occurrence, distribution, abundance, or community and habitat condition in streams, rivers, or estuaries. Previous fish habitat assessments, such as the National Fish Habitat Assessment, conducted separate and disconnected assessments for inland waters and estuaries. In this project, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (<span class="jsx-1f24ab0bc0e7a45f"> </span>NOAA<span class="jsx-1f24ab0bc0e7a45f"> </span>) and U.S. Geological Survey (<span class="jsx-1f24ab0bc0e7a45f"> </span>USGS<span class="jsx-1f24ab0bc0e7a45f"> </span>) researchers created a seamless spatial framework to allow assessments that integrate influences on fish habitat from headwaters to the estuary. This effort began when the Chesapeake Bay Program Fish Habitat Action Team expressed interest in a Baywide fish habitat assessment spanning tidal salt, tidal fresh, warm non-tidal, and cold non-tidal waters. However, the complexity of the myriad of implementation details to consider when developing such an assessment necessitated the need for a tributary-specific pilot assessment. To conduct this pilot assessment, a NOAA/USGS joint partnership was formed with cooperation and support from the Chesapeake Bay Agreement and Chesapeake Bay Fish Habitat Action Team (FHAT).</p></div></div></div>
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