LandCAN Toolbox

GCPO LCC Conservation Planning Atlas
The Conservation Planning Atlas (CPA) is a science-based mapping platform where conservation managers and LCC members can go to view, retrieve, and perform analyses on spatial information with specific conservation goals in mind. Three portals have been created for the LCC network:
the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks LCC (GCPO LCC)
the South Atlantic LCC (SA LCC)
the Southeastern U.S.
Spatially explicit datasets, galleries, and maps are available in a hierarchical system:
GCPO LCC specific datasets
SA LCC specific datasets
Southeastern datasets
the entire Databasin archive
Data can be searched, viewed, and used in analyses. Additionally, you can upload your own data to your account to be used in conjunction with these datasets.

The CPA provides a platform for LCCs to create galleries to showcase a cohesive collection of spatial information and supporting documentation. Several galleries are being showcased at each portal.

The CPA also allows its users to create groups of members from several organizations who may have the same conservation goals. Within a group, you can perform analyses, upload data, and share information for other group members to use.

The CPA was created in an effort to fulfill the mission of the GCPO LCC: to create a shared vision for sustainable natural and cultural resources in the face of a changing climate and other threats, and to foster the achievement of that vision with evaluation and refinement over time.

Geospatial Data Gateway
The Geospatial Data Gateway (GDG) provides access to a map library of over 100 high resolution vector and raster layers in the Geospatial Data Warehouse. It is the One Stop Source for environmental and natural resources data, at any time, from anywhere, to anyone. It allows you to choose your area of interest, browse and select data, customize the format, then review and download.

This service is made available through a close partnership between the three Service Center Agencies (SCA); Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Rural Development (RD).

Get Up-to-Date Tax Information on Forestland and Timber Issues
The National Timber Tax website was developed to be used by timberland owners, as well as a reference source for accountants, attorneys, consulting foresters and other professionals who work with timberland owners by answering specific questions regarding the tax treatment of timber related activities. Click Here!

Other forestland and timber resouces include:
TimberTax.com hosted by the National Woodlot Owners Association, which provides a current list of tax preparers with training in timber tax issues.

goCrop
Take farming further with goCrop™

goCrop uses integrated web and mobile applications to help farmers plan, analyze and report nutrient management practices with streamlined speed. Designed by farmers who understand the virtue of efficiency, goCrop keeps you focused on farming.

The app is available for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Learn more

got LAND?
>Thinking about purchasing land?

This app is a support tool that assists potential or new landowners during the initial stages of acquiring or owning property by providing management information and resources based on property goals selected.

Grassfed Beef Financial Calculators
How much can be earned from grass-fed beef? Use the following financial calculators to customize an estimate.

Grass-fed Beef Decision Calculator - This is a comprehensive, interactive Excel spreadsheet that allows you to examine the costs of various beef cattle enterprises and make informed financial decisions. Download the calculator here. An explanation of how to use the calculator can be found here.

A Comparison of Rental Rates for Landowners - This is a simple model for landowners providing comparative rents from leasing to grass-fed beef operations versus corn producers. Download the spreadsheet here.

All files are Excel spreadsheets.

Grasslands Beneficial Management Practices Tool
Commission for Environmental Cooperation tool with 100 beneficial management practices identified through a meta-analysis of publications, reports, and documents regarding grassland stewardship from ranchers, ranching associations, conservation organizations, government programs and academic institutions published between 1993 and 2013. Practices range from the use of effective rest periods after grazing to participation in apprenticeship programs, and all offer tangible strategies to sustain healthy grasslands, ranching communities and local economies. The beneficial management practices are organized into eight management categories:

Community Management

Ecosystem Management

Grass/Pasture Management

Grazing Management

Invasive Species and Pest Management

Sustainable Economic Management

Sustainable Energy Management

Water Resource Management

Grassroots Guide to Federal Farm and Food Programs
Welcome to the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition's (NSAC) Grassroots Guide to Federal Farm and Food Programs! This guide does as its title suggests: it walks you through dozens of the federal programs and policies most important to sustainable agriculture and how they can be used by farmers, ranchers, and grassroots organizations nationwide. Click here to view the guide.

Grazing Calculator
This calculator provides a simple and prompt means of analyzing your grazing program as your work your way through the grazing season. It will make management decisions much easier and give you confidence that you are on track with your grazing plan. Click here to download calculator for free.

Grazing Management for the Future
For BLM field staff, building and maintaining long-term relationships is a key ingredient when collaborating with operators to renew their grazing authorizations. This video features the voices of BLM employees speaking to their experiences working with Outcome-Based Grazing Authorizations, which enable ranch managers to respond to changing conditions, as needed.

Green Energy Maine website
GreenEnergyMaine.com is an online resource for consumers, businesses, municipalities, students, educators and job seekers who want to shift to a clean and sustainable energy economy. Use our community pages to find and share information on specific energy topics.

Greenbook Plant Protection Product Search
Greenbook.net has an extensive database of chemical product information that you can use to help control unwanted plants. You can search by plant name and the database will list what chemicals you could use. If you need to know more about a specific chemical, you can type it in and search for product info. You need to register with the site to get the detailed information. Some chemicals require a pesticide license.

Habi-Tally App Offers New, Interactive Opportunity to Assist Monarch Recovery
HabiTally, a free mobile app developed by The Climate Corporation and Bayer and donated to Iowa State University (ISU), is available in the Apple app store and enables users to enter data about their monarch habitat conservation efforts. The information is shared by ISU to the USFWS and contributes to their understanding of restoration projects taking place across the nation.

Habitat for Wildlife
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries wants to help you help wildlife on your property. The Habitat Partners program encourages corporate landowners, private landowners, schools, and homeowners to improve habitat in their community that will benefit Virginia’s songbirds, mammals, amphibians and other wildlife.

Habitat refers to the essential elements that all wildlife species need to survive: adequate food, water, and shelter in an appropriate arrangement. A diverse habitat is one that has a wide range of plant types, layers, and edges that provide cover from weather and predators, nectar sources for insects, nuts and berries for birds and mammals, and places to raise young. The more diverse the habitat features, the greater the diversity of wildlife that can live there.

The face of our landscape is constantly changing, and with increasing urbanization and development comes fragmentation and loss of critical habitats. Habitat loss is the greatest single factor adversely affecting wildlife populations today.

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Habitat Tip: Encouraging Wildflower Diversity by Controlling Grasses
Conservation Blueprint's Peter Berthelsen explains how to manage grasses within your pollinator habitat to encourage wildflower growth and habitat diversity, in this Habitat Tip.

Harvest To Hand
Are you looking for a local harvest festival, farmers market, pick-your-own, locally made products or family-friendly farms? Harvest to Hand is a smartphone app here to help promote a sustainable way of life for local agriculture across the United States (available for iPhone® and Android™ mobile devices). Consumers have easy access to fresh farm products, events and home-spun goods right at their fingertips through our free Harvest to Hand app. Click here to explore the app online.

Idaho AgBiz
Idaho AgBiz is your resource for Idaho crop and livestock budgets, regionally specific market information, publications and decision aids. Idaho AgBiz concentrates on Idaho specific agribusiness and farm management information

Idaho Hunt Planner
Plan your next hunt.

The Idaho Hunt Planner is an interactive search and mapping engine for Idaho Hunting Regulations. Filter by game, take method, location and more to find the hunt you desire.

Idaho Hunting Seasons and Rules
Seasons and rules booklets and brochures for hunting and fishing in Idaho can be found free of charge at local vendors and Fish and Game offices.

Idaho Wildlife Management Areas Interactive Maps
Thirty-two Wildlife Management Areas located in six Fish and Game regions have been established to protect wildlife habitat and are available for hunting, fishing and other public enjoyment of wildlife. Varying from 275 to 85,000 acres, each area is dedicated to primary purposes such as big game, waterfowl and upland game.

The lands encompassed by the WMAs vary from backcountry forested habitats for big game animals to agricultural areas with important pheasant and waterfowl habitat. Thousands of big game animals winter on some WMAs and tens of thousands of waterfowl winter on others. Nongame wildlife use all the WMAs. These lands are diverse and critical habitats that provide great opportunities to enjoy both game and nongame wildlife.