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Seeing the Forest through the TreesTim Howard, Tim Tear, and Brad Stratton

Conceptual model

Bird & bat movement and migration

Factors influencing mortality at turbines

Large forest areas and connectivity

Wind speed/power

Road infrastructure

Electrical infrastructure

Market  considerations

Biodiversity components

Wind development components

Biodiversity  priorities

Wind priorities

Rare species distributions  Decision‐making support

• Useful metrics• Spatial representation• Online access

What Are Matrix Forest Blocks?

• Large, unfragmented patches of forest

• Representative of all landscape types

• Resistant, resilient, and persistent over time

Questions for Discussion

• Do you understand the value of large, 

relatively unbroken, blocks of forest to nature 

and people?

• Do you understand how they were selected?

• Is it clear why connectivity among these 

blocks is important to nature and people?

Large, unfragmented patches of forest

What Are Matrix Forest Blocks?

• Resistant, resilient, and persistent over time

• Large enough to withstand disturbance events

• Large enough to support breeding populations

• Multiple examples within each ecoregion

Large enough to withstand disturbance events

Big enough to support breeding populations

Resistent, Resilient, and Persistent

Representative of all landscape types

Great Lakes Ecoregion – Missing from the Northeast

National Land Cover Data ‐ 2006

Natural land cover and fragmenting features

1st cut at candidate matrix forest blocks

Experts meeting

Refined set of matrix blocks ‐

based on expert review and abiotic features

Final selection of matrix blocks

Matrix blocks and Landscape Connectivity

Landscape Connectivity and natural land cover

Thank You!

Questions?

Questions for Discussion

• Do you understand the value of large, 

relatively unbroken, blocks of forest to nature 

and people?

• Do you understand how they were selected?

• Is it clear why connectivity among these 

blocks is important to nature and people?

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