Name: Protect natural lands along rivers, streams, arroyos, drains and acequias
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Description: This raster layer represents priority area for protecting natural lands along rivers, streams and arroyos, drains and acequias.
Goal: Protect Water Quality in Rivers and Streams Criteria: Protecting natural lands along rivers, streams and arroyos, drains and acequiasWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 40%Methodology:1. Created 300 ft buffer around larger rivers (rio grande and rio puerco)2. Created 300 ft buffer around perennial NHD waterlines3. Created 100 buffer around intermittant/ephemeral NHD lines with names, ditches, drains, acequias, arroyos (removed abandoned MRGCD facilities)4. All buffers merged together5. NLCD reclassifed to pull out natural land cover types 6. Natural lands raster clipped by buffersRaster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Name: Protect permeable soils on non-impervious surfaces
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Description: This raster layer represents priority area for protecting permeable soils on non-impervious surfaces.
Goal: Protect Water Quality in Rivers and Streams Criteria: Protect permeable soils on non-impervious surfacesWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 20%Methodology:1. Join the soil data with a pre-fab table of soil permeability averages for each map unit, (k_sat represents amount of water that would move vertically through a unit area of saturated soil)2. Select all values > -9999 to remove records with no data 3. Reclassify NLCD impervious surface based on % of impervious surface per pixel. Natural breaks with 5 classes, with 100 being given value of NoData so it would be excluded from analysis4. Added soil and impvervious rasters together; higher values mean more impermeable and less impervious5. Reclassify on 0-5 scale.Raster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for protecting lands in aquifer recharge zones.
Goal: Protect Water Quality in Rivers and Streams Criteria: Protect permeable soils on non-impervious surfacesWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 20%Methodology:1. Join the soil data with a pre-fab table of soil permeability averages for each map unit, (k_sat represents amount of water that would move vertically through a unit area of saturated soil)2. Select all values > -9999 to remove records with no data 3. Reclassify NLCD impervious surface based on % of impervious surface per pixel. Natural breaks with 5 classes, with 100 being given value of NoData so it would be excluded from analysis4. Added soil and impvervious rasters together; higher values mean more impermeable and less impervious5. Reclassify on 0-5 scale.Raster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Name: Goal result: Protect water quality in rivers and streams
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Description: This raster layer represents the overall priority areas for protecting water quality in rivers and streams.
Goal: Protect Water Quality in Rivers and Streams Criteria: Protect permeable soils on non-impervious surfacesWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 20%Methodology:1. Join the soil data with a pre-fab table of soil permeability averages for each map unit, (k_sat represents amount of water that would move vertically through a unit area of saturated soil)2. Select all values > -9999 to remove records with no data 3. Reclassify NLCD impervious surface based on % of impervious surface per pixel. Natural breaks with 5 classes, with 100 being given value of NoData so it would be excluded from analysis4. Added soil and impvervious rasters together; higher values mean more impermeable and less impervious5. Reclassify on 0-5 scale.Raster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for preserving irrigable agricultural land.
Goal: Preserve Local Agriculture and Food ProductionCriteria: Preserve irrigable agricultural landWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 40%Methodology:1. Buffer acequias/ditches, channel, feeder, lateral, main canals by 0.25 mi2. Select any type of agricuture from land use layer3. Select parcels known to be ag, from BernCo Cultural Report4. Select cropland that is within 0.25 mi of an acequia/ditch5. Reclassify all areas that meet this criteria to 5, all else 0Raster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 5 are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Name: Preserve vacant lots in urban food deserts for community gardens
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Description: This raster layer represents priority area for preserving vacant lots in urban food deserts for community gardens
Goal: Preserve Local Agriculture and Food ProductionCriteria: Preserve vacant lots in urban food deserts for community gardensWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 25%Methodology:1. Joined USDA food access table to Bernalillo County Census Tracts2. Selected urban tracts that were low income with limited access to food3. Selected vacant Bernalillo County parcels that were within the low income/low access to food urban tracts4. Removed parcels on state trust land, or those that were within 0.25 mi from highway5. Reclassify all tracts that meet this criteria to 5; all else 0Raster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 5 are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for new opportunities for agriculture.
Goal: Preserve Local Agriculture and Food ProductionCriteria: New Opportunities for AgricultureWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 30%Methodology:1. Soils joined with muaggat table, soils with high capacity class when irrigated were selected (no prime farmlands in county), converted to raster and given value of 52. Ditch types appropriate for ag were selected and given a buffer of 0.25 miles, converted to raster and given a value of 53. Vacant parcels were selected, converted to raster, given value of 54. Datasets added together and reclassified so 15 = 5 (all criteria are met); 4 if two criteria are met; 2 of 1 criteria is met plus vacant; 1 if one criteria is met.5. Lands classified as Agriculture in the land use dataset were removed6. Selected historical ag areas from 1935 land use. If was ag, still is ag = 0; if was ag, now vacant or parks = 5; if was ag, now developed = 37. NLCD reclassified to find areas NOT appropriate for ag (water, developed, current ag, wetlands). This dataset was also subtracted from the result to get suitable areasRaster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for protecting grasslands on ranch land.
Goal: Preserve Local Agriculture and Food ProductionCriteria: Grasslands on RanchlandWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 5%Methodology:1. Selected ranch lands as parcels with ag value >0 and >25 acres2. extracted grasslands from landfire existing vegetation type database. Wetland grasslands = 4; all other grasslands = 53. Combined datasets to find grasslands on ranchlandRaster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 5 are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Name: Goal result: Preserve local agriculture and food production
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Description: This raster layer represents the overall priority areas for preserving local agriculture and food production.
Goal: Preserve Local Agriculture and Food ProductionCriteria and weights:40% - lf01: Preserve irrigable agricultural land25% - lf02: Preserve vacant lots in urban food deserts for community gardens30% - lf03: New opportunities for agriculture5% - lf04: Grasslands on ranch landRaster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for preserving urban tree canopy.
Goal: Protect Wildlife HabitatCriteria: Preserve urban tree canopyWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 10%Methodology:1. Use census tract information to determine which tracts are urban (>2500 people)2 Select tree canopy from landfire existing vegetation file, given value = 53. Raster calculator to find tree canopy in urban tracts4. Removed forst service land since although in urban tracts, the area is not urban5. Removed areas such as airport, miliary base, other areas known to be non-urbanRaster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 5 are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for protecting wildlife movement corridors.
Goal: Protect Wildlife HabitatCriteria: Protect wildlife movement corridorsWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 30%Methodology:1. Cougar corridors from Meinke study given value of 52. Rivers buffered by 300 feet, given value of 53. AMAFCA drainage buffered by category so natural arroyo = 100ft; hard side channels = 300 ft; soft side channels = 200 ft. 4. Reclassify drainage so natural = 5; soft channel = 4, hard channel = 35. Combine all data with cell stats maxRaster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for preserving wetlands.
Goal: Protect Wildlife HabitatCriteria: Preserve wetlandsWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 10%Methodology:1. Select wetland/riparian areas from CHAT Assessment, given value =52. NWI wetlands given value of 53. Datasets combined with cell stats maxRaster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 5 are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for protecting priority wildlife and bird habitat.
Goal: Protect Wildlife HabitatCriteria: Protect priority wildlife and bird habitatWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 40%Methodology:1. Riparian habitat selected from USFS ecological response units2. Final CHAT score reclassified on scale 0-5 so 1 (best score) = 5 and 6 (worse score) = 0. 3. USFS Critical habitat given value of 54. GAP distribution data for Spotted Bat, Gray Vireo, Bald Eagle, tawny bellied coton rat given value of 5 (key species)5. Megan Friggens data USFS for SW Willow Flycatcher and Yellow Billed Cuckoo given value of 5 (key species)6. All combined with cell statistics sum7. Results sliced into 0-5 based on natural breaksRaster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents the overall priority areas for protecting wildlife habitat.
Goal: Protect Wildlife HabitatCriteria and weights:10% - wh01: Preserve urban tree canopy30% - wh02: Protect wildlife movement corridors10% - wh03: Preserve wetlands40% - wh04: Priority wildlife and bird habitat 10% - wh05: Protect areas with known locations of threatened/endangered species(Note, the result for wh05: Protect areas with known locations of threatened/endangered cannot be shared due to a data license agreement with NM Natural Heritage Program)Raster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for preserving land along historic corridors.
Goal: Protect Important Cultural and Historical SitesCriteria: Preserve lands along historic corridorsWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 10%Methodology:1. El Camnio Real buffered 250 feet2. Historic Route 66 buffered 250 feet3. Data combined with cell stats max, reclassified to have value of 5Raster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 5 are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for preserving identified cultural landscapes
Goal: Protect Important Cultural and Historical SitesCriteria: Preserve identified cultural landscapesWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 25%Methodology:1. HPD historic districts given value of 52. CABQ Historic Zones given value of 53. South Valley historic architecture buffered by 0.25 mi, given value of 54. HPD Historic places, including archeology buffered 0.25 mi, given value of 55. CABQ Registered historic places buffered 0.25 mi, given value of 5 6. Layers combined with cell stats maxRaster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 5 are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for preserving acequias and adjacent land.
Goal: Protect Important Cultural and Historical SitesCriteria: Preserve acequias and adjacent landWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 25%Methodology:1. Select MRGCD main canals and drains, buffer 100' and give value of 52. Select MRGCD other facilities, buffer 50' and give value of 53. Sandia GPS Ditches buffered 50' and gtiven value of 54. All features combinedRaster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 5 are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for preserving lands with traditional views.
Goal: Protect Important Cultural and Historical SitesCriteria: Preserve lands with traditional viewsWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 10%Methodology:1. Calculted viewshed for the following features: Tramway Blvd (1km spaced points to represent foothills); Rio Grande (1km spaced points);irrigable agriculture lands (centroid of parcels); Calabacillas Arroyo (1km spaced points); Tijeras Canyon (1km spaced points); Rio Puerco (1km spaced poitns); Volcanoes (highest points); Sandia Crest (highest piont)2. Reclassify viewshed so 0 = not visible and 1 = visible3. Determined areas where the following to-from were visible: from foothills to sandia crest; from rio grande to calabacillas arroyo; from foothills to rio grande valley; from rio grande to volcanoes; from rio grande to tijeras arroyo; from rio grande to rio grande valley; from ag lands to rio grande valley; from volcanoes to rio grande valley; from tijeras arroyo to I25; from ag lands to west mesa; from rio puerco to west mesa; from volcanoes to west mesa; from volcanoes to foothills/sandia4. The above to-from each reclassified to value of 5 for the visible areas5. The above to-from combined with cell statistics Sum6. Result reclassified so areas with more to-froms visible are a higher priorityRaster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for preserving historical agricultural landscapes.
Goal: Protect Important Cultural and Historical SitesCriteria: Preserve historical agricultural landscapesWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 15%Methodology:1. Determine the change in ag land use from 1935 to current.2. If was ag, is now vacant, given value of 33. If was ag, is now single family, given value of 14. Select all parcels with ag value >05. If was ag, is ag now, given value of 55. All data combined with cell stats maxRaster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for preserving tribal and land grant land.
Goal: Protect Important Cultural and Historical SitesCriteria: Preserve tribal and land grant landsWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 5%Methodology:1. Land grants reclasified and given value of 5Raster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 5 are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Name: Preserve landscapes that support creative asset clusters
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Description: This raster layer represents priority area for preserving landscapes that support creative asset clusters.
Goal: Protect Important Cultural and Historical SitesCriteria: Preserve landscapes that support creative asset clustersWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 10%Methodology:1. Because the vector clusters were operlapping, some data manipulation cleaned the data so values would no longer overlap2. Cluster value of 2 (lowest of hot spots), given value of 2; cluster value of 4 given value of 3; cluster value of 6 given value of 4; cluster value of 8 (center of hot spot) given value of 5.Raster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Name: Goal result: Protect important cultural & historical sites
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Type: Raster Layer
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Description: This raster layer represents the overall priority areas for protecting cultural and historical sites.
Goal: Protect Cultural and Historical SitesCriteria and weights:10% - ch01: Preserve lands along historic corridors25% - ch02: Preserve identified cultural landscapes25% - ch03: Preserve acequias and adjacent land10% - ch04: Preserve lands with traditional views15% - ch05: Preserve historical agricultural landscapes5% - ch06: Preserve tribal and land grant lands10% - ch07: Preserve landscapes that support creative asset clustersRaster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Name: Preserve open space lands in or near low income urban neighborhoods
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Type: Raster Layer
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Description: This raster layer represents priority area for providing open space lands in or near low income urban neighborhoods.
Goal: Provide Public Access to Healthy Outdoor RecreationCriteria: Provide open space lands in or near low income urban neighborhoodsWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 35%Methodology:1. TPL ParkScore Analysis run on all urban area in study area. This includes determining 10 minute walk areas to parks, then prioritizing lack of service area based on demograhpics.2. Income weighted higher than kid density or pop density, so areas of low income are weighted more heavily in result.Raster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Name: Preserve land that could connect gaps in existing trail network
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Type: Raster Layer
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Description: This raster layer represents priority area for preserving land that could connect gaps in existing trail network.
Goal: Provide Public Access to Healthy Outdoor RecreationCriteria: Preserve land that could connect gaps in existing trail networkWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 20%Methodology:1. Based on conversations with Richard Meadows, BernCo Public Works, pulled out trails that are high priority to build2. Pulled out gaps in 50 mi proposed loop3. Pulled out high priority critical links from CABQ trails report4. Pulled out tarils part of MRCOG long range transportation plan 20405. Digitized connection between PETR and Rio Puerco (info provided by Attila Bality, NPS)5. Buffered these all 250' and given value of 56. Pulled out remainder of proposed trails, buffered 250 feet and gave value of 3.7. Data combined with cell stats maxRaster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Name: Opportunities for bird and wildlife watching
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Type: Raster Layer
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Description: This raster layer represents priority area for opportunities for bird and wildlife watching.
Goal: Provide Public Access to Healthy Outdoor RecreationCriteria: Provide opportunities for bird and wildlife watchingWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 10%Methodology:1. Download and processed data observations from Audubon E-bird 2010 - 20162. Convert XY data to poins on map3. Found sum of observations at each observation point4. Run point density with1/8 mi neighborhood circle5. Reclassify, remove 0 from classification so the data is not heavily skewed towards 0. 6. Scale 0-5 with 5 being areas with most bird observationsRaster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for providing open space to improve public health.
Goal: Provide Public Access to Healthy Outdoor RecreationCriteria: Provide open space to improve public healthWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 35%Methodology:1. TPL ParkScore Analysis run for whole study area (10 minute walk park service area analysis with subsequent lack of access evaluation)2. Population density heavily weighted during PS analysis (based on convervation with Tom Scharmen). Income and kid density were not factored in.3. Public Health datasets were reclassified 1-5 using natural breaks so the lowest health outcomes = 5 and best = 1. Datasets are: APS elementary school obesity; no leisure time activity > 18 yrs old; children 10-17yrs obese; adult chronic disease deaths4. Added together the reclassified results of these datasets such that a higher number means worse health outcomes.5. Data reclassified to scale of 0-5 where 5 = worst health outcomes6. Added health outcomes with results of park score analysis; areas with highest value are low access to parks, high popultion density and poor public health outcomes7. Final result sliced on scale 1-5Raster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.
Name: Goal result: Provide public access to healthy outdoor recreation
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Type: Raster Layer
Geometry Type: null
Description: This raster layer represents priority area for providing open space to improve public health.
Goal: Provide Public Access to Healthy Outdoor RecreationCriteria: Provide open space to improve public healthWeight given to criteria in goal calculation: 35%Methodology:1. TPL ParkScore Analysis run for whole study area (10 minute walk park service area analysis with subsequent lack of access evaluation)2. Population density heavily weighted during PS analysis (based on convervation with Tom Scharmen). Income and kid density were not factored in.3. Public Health datasets were reclassified 1-5 using natural breaks so the lowest health outcomes = 5 and best = 1. Datasets are: APS elementary school obesity; no leisure time activity > 18 yrs old; children 10-17yrs obese; adult chronic disease deaths4. Added together the reclassified results of these datasets such that a higher number means worse health outcomes.5. Data reclassified to scale of 0-5 where 5 = worst health outcomes6. Added health outcomes with results of park score analysis; areas with highest value are low access to parks, high popultion density and poor public health outcomes7. Final result sliced on scale 1-5Raster Priority Value Key:0 = Not a Priority1 = Very Low Priority2 = Low Priority3 = Moderate Priority4 = High Priority5 = Very High PriorityAll areas with score of 3 or higher are considered places to consider land conservation action to preserve that resource.