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Engaging Indigenous Communities to Co-Design a Web Application to Protect Everglades Tree Islands
The USGS collaborated with the Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes to co-design a dashboard mock-up for a real-time web application that monitors tree island health in the Everglades.
Git/Software-Release Workshop for USGS Open Science
Train USGS staff to effectively use Git, GitLab, Python and R within the USGS environment
Beginners Git, GitLab & Software Release Carpentries-like Training for USGS Personnel to Facilitate Open Science
Teach USGS personnel Git within code.usgs.gov to develop, track, share, and publish their code.
Comparing EverForecast to the South Florida Water Management District’s Position Analysis
USGS will compare the EverForecast hydrologic forecast, the South Florida Water Management District's Position Analysis, and observed water level recordings from gages located across the Everglades landscape to examine which forecast performs better during the wet and dry seasons; wet, dry, or average years; or in different areas of the Everglades.
Engaging Indigenous Communities to Co-Design a Real-time Monitoring Application to Protect their Socio-Cultural and Ecological Areas
Everglades tree islands are traditional homes of the Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes and contain their ancestral remains, but no monitoring tool exists for water managers to protect sites from destructive flooding. We propose stakeholder workshops to codesign a monitoring application with the Tribes.
Knowledge Synthesis of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Science
WARC researchers have developed a literature review of science on the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow focused on topics relevant to upcoming management decisions.
Ecological Modeling in Support of the Lake Okeechobee Water Management
The Joint Ecosystem Modeling team will be running a suite of ecological models to evaluate scenarios and provide insight into how alternative restorations plans compare, indicate whether alternatives could lead to unintended consequences, and determine effects of alternatives that could conflict with other goals.
Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN)
In the early 2000s, USGS developed the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) to provide water-level data for scientists, decision-makers, and managers to help monitor and assess Everglades restoration. EDEN is a real-time integrated network of 275 water-level gages, water-surface models, and applications that provides 400 x 400 meter gridded daily water-level data across the freshwater part...
NexView: Empowering decision makers to assess the impacts of development on social-ecological systems in the Lower Mekong River Basin by increasing access with integrated and visualized data, models, and decision making tools
The NexView integrated decision framework will facilitate informed discussions and decisions by enabling policy makers to manipulate and explore multiple decision scenarios and understand the impacts of these decision alternatives before decisions are made.
Modeling Conservation Targets for the Peninsular Florida Landscape Conservation Cooperative
The USGS is working with the Peninsular Florida Landscape Conservation Cooperative to develop forecast models that integrate potential impacts from external drivers for selected conservation targets and priority resources.
Multispecies Operational Forecasting in the Florida Everglades
A USGS forecasting tool helps Everglades natural resource managers identify management actions that can benefit one or more species while quantifying the potential costs to others.
Modeling Spatial Habitat Quality for the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow
The Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) team will develop species distribution models that incorporate hydrologic and habitat variables known to influence Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow occurrence.
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Gaging station coordinates and subareas for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network Gaging station coordinates and subareas for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network
The Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) provides water-level data for scientists, decision-makers, and managers to help monitor and assess Everglades restoration. EDEN is an integrated network of over 300 water-level gages, water-surface models, and ecological applications that provides data for interpolated water-level and water-depth surfaces across the freshwater part of the...
Data and Supplemental Plots for Trends in Sub-Daily to Daily Rainfall Data in Florida, 1990–2022 Data and Supplemental Plots for Trends in Sub-Daily to Daily Rainfall Data in Florida, 1990–2022
Rainfall data from 23 weather stations in Florida, sourced from the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), Northwest Florida Water Management District (NWFWMD), Global Historical Climatology Network-Hourly (GHCNh), and Remote Automatic Weather Stations (RAWS), were used to examine temporal trends over the period 1990–2022 of events with durations of 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, and 24 hours...
RECOVER indicator regions in the Everglades Depth Estimation Network RECOVER indicator regions in the Everglades Depth Estimation Network
The Restoration, Coordination, and Verification (RECOVER) program is a collaboration among federal and state agencies, Tribes, and other institutions that conduct and guide scientific research for Everglades restoration in southern Florida. RECOVER members evaluate restoration plans and designs and assess real-world environmental conditions. One of the tools used by the RECOVER program...
CONUS404 PGW climate forcing variable subset for hydrologic models, 1979-2024: downscaled to 1 km and bias-adjusted for precipitation and temperature CONUS404 PGW climate forcing variable subset for hydrologic models, 1979-2024: downscaled to 1 km and bias-adjusted for precipitation and temperature
Overview This metadata record serves as documentation for the bias adjusted (BA) version of the CONUS404 pseudo-global warming (PGW) atmospheric forcing dataset at 1-kilometer grid spacing (for the original PGW dataset, see Xue and others, 2024). This dataset covers a future-perturbed 45-year period (water years 1980-2024, October 1, 1979-September 30, 2024) and has sufficient temporal...
Ecological model support for the Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Restoration (BBSEER) Project, 2025: Tentatively Selected Plan, ALT32R Ecological model support for the Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Restoration (BBSEER) Project, 2025: Tentatively Selected Plan, ALT32R
Ecological models facilitate evaluation of alternative approaches to restore the Greater Everglades ecosystem. However, the provision of useful and accessible models is a challenge because there is often a disconnect between model output and its use by decision makers. Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) meets this challenge by providing ecological model output tailored to management...
Integrated Population Model & Population Viability Analysis of the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (CSSS, Ammospiza maritima mirabilis) Integrated Population Model & Population Viability Analysis of the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (CSSS, Ammospiza maritima mirabilis)
This software release contains the R code to jointly run an integrated population model (IPM) and Bayesian population viability analysis (BPVA) for the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (CSSS; Ammospiza maritima mirabilis). The CSSS is a federally endangered bird endemic to a small part of the Everglades in southern Florida, USA. The IPM-BPVA synthesizes thirty years (1992-2021) of range-wide...
Digital elevation models for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network with elevation uncertainty treatment (ver. 2.0, March 2025) Digital elevation models for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network with elevation uncertainty treatment (ver. 2.0, March 2025)
The Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) produces daily depth estimates for the Greater Everglades. This data release includes geospatial data to produce depth estimates for the EDEN from updated digital elevation models. The data release includes three main types of data: 1) 10-m digital elevation models (DEMs) with elevation uncertainty treatment; 2) 50-m DEMs with elevation...
Ground-surface elevation, vegetation, and land type within approximately 10 and 400 meters of 176 water-level gaging stations in the Greater Everglades, Florida 2005-10 Ground-surface elevation, vegetation, and land type within approximately 10 and 400 meters of 176 water-level gaging stations in the Greater Everglades, Florida 2005-10
The Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) is an integrated network of water-level gages, interpolation models, web applications, and decision support tools that generates daily water-level data and derived hydrologic data across the freshwater part of south Florida's Greater Everglades. EDEN provides continuous daily water-level and depth surfaces on a 400-meter grid using an...
Ecological model support for the Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Restoration (BBSEER) Project, Round 3 Ecological model support for the Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Restoration (BBSEER) Project, Round 3
Ecological models facilitate evaluation of alternative approaches to restore the Greater Everglades ecosystem. However, the provision of useful and accessible models is a challenge because there is often a disconnect between model output and its use by decision makers. Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) meets this challenge by providing ecological model output tailored to management...
Ecological Model Support for the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP) Round Five, 2023 Ecological Model Support for the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP) Round Five, 2023
Ecological models facilitate evaluation of alternative approaches to restore the Greater Everglades ecosystem. However, the provision of useful and accessible models is a challenge because there is often a disconnect between model output and its use by decision makers. Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) meets this challenge by providing ecological model output tailored to management...
Socioeconomic and water needs indicators along the Cambodia and Vietnam border, within the Mekong River Delta Socioeconomic and water needs indicators along the Cambodia and Vietnam border, within the Mekong River Delta
This data release documents socioeconomic and water demand indicators for the Mekong River delta region. The Mekong River provides many valuable benefits to the 60 million Southeast Asian residents living in its Basin. Maintaining adequate supplies of water in the Mekong River Basin is vital for food security. However, the Mekong River Basin is increasingly stressed by infrastructure...
Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) Restoration Runs R Library Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) Restoration Runs R Library
restoration_runs is a library of R-language scripts used to summarize/post-process output of Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM; https://jem.gov/) models used in Everglades restoration planning for projects such as the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM) and the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP). The scripts summarize model output and create graphs and maps for each...
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Trends in subdaily to daily rainfall in Florida, 1990–2022 Trends in subdaily to daily rainfall in Florida, 1990–2022
Changing rainfall patterns and intensifying rainfall extremes affect urban infrastructure and can increase flash-flood risk. Understanding how climate change has altered rainfall can support state and local agencies as they adapt and build resiliency. In this study, rainfall data from 23 weather stations in Florida were used to examine temporal and spatial trends over the period 1990...
Authors
Saira Haider, Michelle M. Irizarry-Ortiz, Jayantha T. Obeysekera, Ana C. Maran, Tarana Solaiman, Brett D. Johnston
A tool to monitor hydrologic conditions on tree islands in the Everglades A tool to monitor hydrologic conditions on tree islands in the Everglades
Tree islands are patchy upland forested habitats in Florida's Everglades that face degradation and disappearance due to altered hydrologic patterns. The U.S. Geological Survey coordinated with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida to co-develop a decision-support tool based on tree-island hydrologic conditions. Everglades managers can use this tool...
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Saira M. Haider, Craig van der Heiden, Marcel Bozas, Stephanie S. Romañach
Forecasting water levels using the ConvLSTM algorithm in the Everglades, USA Forecasting water levels using the ConvLSTM algorithm in the Everglades, USA
Forecasting water levels in complex ecosystems like wetlands can support effective water resource management, ecological conservation, and understanding surface and groundwater hydrology. Predictive models can be used to simulate the complex interactions among natural processes, hydrometeorological factors, and human activities. The Greater Everglades in the USA is a well-known example...
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Raidan Bassah, Gerald A. Corzo Perez, Biswa Bhattacharya, Saira M. Haider, Eric D. Swain, Nicholas Aumen
A gender and social vulnerability assessment approach A gender and social vulnerability assessment approach
The report on an approach for gender and social vulnerability assessment is a supporting tool – or a guiding note – to assist the MRC to conduct the gender and vulnerability assessment in the Lower Mekong Basin. While the approach focuses on floods, droughts, and extreme storm events for the MRC’s future application, the overall gender and vulnerability framework described in this report...
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Saira Haider, Kathryn Powlen, Nina Burkardt, Matthew E. Andersen
An integrated framework for examining groundwater vulnerability in the Mekong River Delta region An integrated framework for examining groundwater vulnerability in the Mekong River Delta region
The Mekong River provides water, food security, and many other valuable benefits to the more than 60 million Southeast Asian residents living within its basin. However, the Mekong River Basin is increasingly stressed by changes in climate, land cover, and infrastructure. These changes can affect water quantity and quality and exacerbate related hazards such as land subsidence and...
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Kathryn Powlen, Saira M. Haider, Kyle W. Davis, Nina Burkardt, Sachin D. Shah, Stephanie Romanach, Matthew E. Andersen
The Everglades vulnerability analysis: Linking ecological models to support ecosystem restoration The Everglades vulnerability analysis: Linking ecological models to support ecosystem restoration
Understanding of the Everglades’ ecological vulnerabilities and restoration needs has advanced over the past decade but has not been applied in an integrated manner. To address this need, we developed the Everglades Vulnerability Analysis (EVA), a decision support tool that uses modular Bayesian networks to predict the ecological outcomes of a subset of the ecosystem’s health indicators...
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Laura D’Acunto, Leonard G. Pearlstine, Saira M. Haider, Caitlin E. Hackett, Dilip Shinde, Stephanie Romanach
Nest-site selection model for endangered Everglade snail kites to inform ecosystem restoration Nest-site selection model for endangered Everglade snail kites to inform ecosystem restoration
dictors of nesting for snail kites in south Florida. The results of our modeling indicate that hydrology, percent canopy cover, and proximity to recently burned areas were the most important factors associated with nest-site selection for snail kites. Water depths between 75 and 100 cm, water recession rates between 0 and 1.25 cm/day, percent canopy covers
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Allison Benscoter, Laura D’Acunto, Saira M. Haider, Robert J. Fletcher, Stephanie Romanach
Sea level rise may pose conservation challenges for the endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow Sea level rise may pose conservation challenges for the endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow
Biodiversity conservation under a changing climate is a challenging endeavor. Landscapes are shifting as a result of climate change and sea level rise but plant communities in particular may not keep up with the pace of change. Predictive ecological models can help decision makers understand how species are likely to respond to change and then adjust management actions to align with...
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Stephanie Romanach, Saira M. Haider, Allison Benscoter
Managing multiple species with conflicting needs in the Greater Everglades Managing multiple species with conflicting needs in the Greater Everglades
Given limited funding, natural resources decision making is riddled with tradeoffs, including which species or landscapes to prioritize for management action. Florida’s Everglades wetland is home to numerous indicator species, some of which are endangered. But with a multitude of species comes differing hydrologic requirements to yield appropriate foraging and breeding conditions for...
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Stephanie Romanach, Saira M. Haider, Caitlin E. Hackett, Mark McKelvy, Leonard G. Pearlstine
Landscape-scale drivers of endangered Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima mirabilis) presence using an ensemble modeling approach Landscape-scale drivers of endangered Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima mirabilis) presence using an ensemble modeling approach
The Florida Everglades is a vast and iconic wetland ecosystem in the southern United States that has undergone dramatic changes from habitat degradation, development encroachment, and water impoundment. Starting in the past few decades, large restoration projects have been undertaken to restore the landscape, including improving conditions for threatened and imperiled taxa. One focus of
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Saira M. Haider, Allison Benscoter, Leonard G. Pearlstine, Laura D’Acunto, Stephanie Romanach
The Everglades vulnerability analysis—Integrating ecological models and addressing uncertainty The Everglades vulnerability analysis—Integrating ecological models and addressing uncertainty
The Everglades vulnerability analysis (EVA) is a project led by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the National Park Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to accomplish one of the science goals of Restoration Coordination & Verification (RECOVER), a multiagency group responsible for providing scientific and technical evaluations and assessments for improving the ability of...
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Laura E. D’Acunto, Stephanie S. Romanach, Saira M. Haider, Caitlin E. Hackett, Jennifer H. Nestler, Dilip Shinde, Leonard G. Pearlstine
Knowledge synthesis of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow science Knowledge synthesis of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow science
This report represents a literature review of science conducted on the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima mirabilis, hereafter “CSSS” or “spar-row”). This information can be used as a foundation for the upcoming Species Status Assessment and for updating the CSSS Recovery Plan. This report focuses on areas of interest relative to CSSS management such as habitat, hydrology...
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Allison Benscoter, Saira M. Haider, Kelly G. Guilbeau, Stephanie Romanach
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Kitenest Kitenest
This repository provides a workflow to run the Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) tool KiteNest. KiteNest is a spatially explicit model that predicts the daily probability of Everglade snail kite (SNKI; Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) nest-site selection across the southern Everglades (Water Conservation Areas 1, 2, and 3 in addition to Everglades National Park). The repository takes the...
eversparrow eversparrow
EverSparrow is a spatially explicit Bayesian model of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (CSSS; Ammospiza maritima mirabilis) presence that quantifies the relationships between environmental factors and CSSS presence. Using hydrologic variables such as mean 4-year hydroperiod and maximum depth, fire history, and woody vegetation across the range of the CSSS, EverSparrow provides weekly...
Everglades Vulnerability Analysis Model (EVA) Everglades Vulnerability Analysis Model (EVA)
The Everglades Vulnerability Analysis (EVA) is a series of connected Bayesian networks that model the landscape-scale response of indicators of Everglades ecosystem health to changes in hydrology, salinity, and temperature on the landscape. The modeling framework currently predicts the probability of vegetation types, wading bird regional nest abundance, freshwater prey fish biomass...
Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) EverWaders species distribution model Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) EverWaders species distribution model
This repository provides a workflow to run the Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) tool EverWaders. The repository takes the published model (D'Acunto et al. 2021) and allows a user to generate hydrometrics and model predictions from daily water depth data derived from the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) or the Regional Simulation Model (RSM).
EDEN Tools: A User Guide to Calculating Hydrologic Metrics with EDEN Data EDEN Tools: A User Guide to Calculating Hydrologic Metrics with EDEN Data
The Everglades Depth Estimation Network ([EDEN](https://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/)) provides water-level data for scientists, decision-makers, and managers to help monitor and assess Everglades restoration. EDEN is an integrated network of over 300 water-level gages, water-surface models, and ecological applications that provides continuous data for interpolated water-level and water-depth...
Days Since Dry (DSD) Days Since Dry (DSD)
This repository contains code to run the Days Since Dry (DSD) model. DSD is defined as the number of days since a cell had less than 5cm of water depth (Trexler et al. 2010). The maximum value of DSD is 1181 days.
Code Repository for Trends in Sub-Daily to Daily Rainfall Data in Florida, 1990–2022 Code Repository for Trends in Sub-Daily to Daily Rainfall Data in Florida, 1990–2022
This project contains scripts used to examine trends in historical sub-daily and daily rainfall in the State of Florida over the period 1990–2022. This project is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and South Florida Water Management District.
Alligator Production Suitability Index (APSI) in R Alligator Production Suitability Index (APSI) in R
This repository contains code to run the Alligator Production Suitability Index (APSI), a Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) hosted model developed by the National Park Service. The model has been refactored in R from Java to facilitate further model development, updates, and collaboration with Everglades partners. The R version has been modified slightly from the original Java version to...
USGS Git and Software Release Course USGS Git and Software Release Course
An introduction to version control for novices using Git and a guide for publishing USGS code. Please see https://cdi.code-pages.usgs.gov/usgs-git-and-software-release-course/ for a rendered version of this material.
EDEN: Everglades Depth Estimation Network Water Level And Depth Surfaces version 3.4.0 EDEN: Everglades Depth Estimation Network Water Level And Depth Surfaces version 3.4.0
This package provides a set of functions for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN). EDEN is an integrated network of water-level gages, interpolation models that estimate daily water-level data at ungaged locations, and applications that generate derived hydrologic data across the freshwater part of the Greater Everglades landscape. This package contains the scripts that run the
ever4cast ever4cast
The Everglades Forecasting application (EverForecast) is a hydrologic and multi-species management tool. Designed to support natural resource managers, the tool simulates near future water levels across the Florida Everglades and models the likely impacts on the habitats and populations of numerous species. EverForecast is part of the Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) suite of tools. The...
Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) Restoration Runs R Library Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) Restoration Runs R Library
restoration_runs is a library of R-language scripts used to summarize/post-process output of Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM; https://jem.gov/) models used in Everglades restoration planning for projects such as the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM) and the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP). The scripts summarize model output and create graphs and maps for each...
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Engaging Indigenous Communities to Co-Design a Web Application to Protect Everglades Tree Islands
The USGS collaborated with the Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes to co-design a dashboard mock-up for a real-time web application that monitors tree island health in the Everglades.
Git/Software-Release Workshop for USGS Open Science
Train USGS staff to effectively use Git, GitLab, Python and R within the USGS environment
Beginners Git, GitLab & Software Release Carpentries-like Training for USGS Personnel to Facilitate Open Science
Teach USGS personnel Git within code.usgs.gov to develop, track, share, and publish their code.
Comparing EverForecast to the South Florida Water Management District’s Position Analysis
USGS will compare the EverForecast hydrologic forecast, the South Florida Water Management District's Position Analysis, and observed water level recordings from gages located across the Everglades landscape to examine which forecast performs better during the wet and dry seasons; wet, dry, or average years; or in different areas of the Everglades.
Engaging Indigenous Communities to Co-Design a Real-time Monitoring Application to Protect their Socio-Cultural and Ecological Areas
Everglades tree islands are traditional homes of the Miccosukee and Seminole Tribes and contain their ancestral remains, but no monitoring tool exists for water managers to protect sites from destructive flooding. We propose stakeholder workshops to codesign a monitoring application with the Tribes.
Knowledge Synthesis of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Science
WARC researchers have developed a literature review of science on the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow focused on topics relevant to upcoming management decisions.
Ecological Modeling in Support of the Lake Okeechobee Water Management
The Joint Ecosystem Modeling team will be running a suite of ecological models to evaluate scenarios and provide insight into how alternative restorations plans compare, indicate whether alternatives could lead to unintended consequences, and determine effects of alternatives that could conflict with other goals.
Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN)
In the early 2000s, USGS developed the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) to provide water-level data for scientists, decision-makers, and managers to help monitor and assess Everglades restoration. EDEN is a real-time integrated network of 275 water-level gages, water-surface models, and applications that provides 400 x 400 meter gridded daily water-level data across the freshwater part...
NexView: Empowering decision makers to assess the impacts of development on social-ecological systems in the Lower Mekong River Basin by increasing access with integrated and visualized data, models, and decision making tools
The NexView integrated decision framework will facilitate informed discussions and decisions by enabling policy makers to manipulate and explore multiple decision scenarios and understand the impacts of these decision alternatives before decisions are made.
Modeling Conservation Targets for the Peninsular Florida Landscape Conservation Cooperative
The USGS is working with the Peninsular Florida Landscape Conservation Cooperative to develop forecast models that integrate potential impacts from external drivers for selected conservation targets and priority resources.
Multispecies Operational Forecasting in the Florida Everglades
A USGS forecasting tool helps Everglades natural resource managers identify management actions that can benefit one or more species while quantifying the potential costs to others.
Modeling Spatial Habitat Quality for the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow
The Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) team will develop species distribution models that incorporate hydrologic and habitat variables known to influence Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow occurrence.
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Gaging station coordinates and subareas for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network Gaging station coordinates and subareas for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network
The Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) provides water-level data for scientists, decision-makers, and managers to help monitor and assess Everglades restoration. EDEN is an integrated network of over 300 water-level gages, water-surface models, and ecological applications that provides data for interpolated water-level and water-depth surfaces across the freshwater part of the...
Data and Supplemental Plots for Trends in Sub-Daily to Daily Rainfall Data in Florida, 1990–2022 Data and Supplemental Plots for Trends in Sub-Daily to Daily Rainfall Data in Florida, 1990–2022
Rainfall data from 23 weather stations in Florida, sourced from the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), Northwest Florida Water Management District (NWFWMD), Global Historical Climatology Network-Hourly (GHCNh), and Remote Automatic Weather Stations (RAWS), were used to examine temporal trends over the period 1990–2022 of events with durations of 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, and 24 hours...
RECOVER indicator regions in the Everglades Depth Estimation Network RECOVER indicator regions in the Everglades Depth Estimation Network
The Restoration, Coordination, and Verification (RECOVER) program is a collaboration among federal and state agencies, Tribes, and other institutions that conduct and guide scientific research for Everglades restoration in southern Florida. RECOVER members evaluate restoration plans and designs and assess real-world environmental conditions. One of the tools used by the RECOVER program...
CONUS404 PGW climate forcing variable subset for hydrologic models, 1979-2024: downscaled to 1 km and bias-adjusted for precipitation and temperature CONUS404 PGW climate forcing variable subset for hydrologic models, 1979-2024: downscaled to 1 km and bias-adjusted for precipitation and temperature
Overview This metadata record serves as documentation for the bias adjusted (BA) version of the CONUS404 pseudo-global warming (PGW) atmospheric forcing dataset at 1-kilometer grid spacing (for the original PGW dataset, see Xue and others, 2024). This dataset covers a future-perturbed 45-year period (water years 1980-2024, October 1, 1979-September 30, 2024) and has sufficient temporal...
Ecological model support for the Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Restoration (BBSEER) Project, 2025: Tentatively Selected Plan, ALT32R Ecological model support for the Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Restoration (BBSEER) Project, 2025: Tentatively Selected Plan, ALT32R
Ecological models facilitate evaluation of alternative approaches to restore the Greater Everglades ecosystem. However, the provision of useful and accessible models is a challenge because there is often a disconnect between model output and its use by decision makers. Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) meets this challenge by providing ecological model output tailored to management...
Integrated Population Model & Population Viability Analysis of the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (CSSS, Ammospiza maritima mirabilis) Integrated Population Model & Population Viability Analysis of the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (CSSS, Ammospiza maritima mirabilis)
This software release contains the R code to jointly run an integrated population model (IPM) and Bayesian population viability analysis (BPVA) for the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (CSSS; Ammospiza maritima mirabilis). The CSSS is a federally endangered bird endemic to a small part of the Everglades in southern Florida, USA. The IPM-BPVA synthesizes thirty years (1992-2021) of range-wide...
Digital elevation models for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network with elevation uncertainty treatment (ver. 2.0, March 2025) Digital elevation models for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network with elevation uncertainty treatment (ver. 2.0, March 2025)
The Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) produces daily depth estimates for the Greater Everglades. This data release includes geospatial data to produce depth estimates for the EDEN from updated digital elevation models. The data release includes three main types of data: 1) 10-m digital elevation models (DEMs) with elevation uncertainty treatment; 2) 50-m DEMs with elevation...
Ground-surface elevation, vegetation, and land type within approximately 10 and 400 meters of 176 water-level gaging stations in the Greater Everglades, Florida 2005-10 Ground-surface elevation, vegetation, and land type within approximately 10 and 400 meters of 176 water-level gaging stations in the Greater Everglades, Florida 2005-10
The Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) is an integrated network of water-level gages, interpolation models, web applications, and decision support tools that generates daily water-level data and derived hydrologic data across the freshwater part of south Florida's Greater Everglades. EDEN provides continuous daily water-level and depth surfaces on a 400-meter grid using an...
Ecological model support for the Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Restoration (BBSEER) Project, Round 3 Ecological model support for the Biscayne Bay and Southeastern Everglades Restoration (BBSEER) Project, Round 3
Ecological models facilitate evaluation of alternative approaches to restore the Greater Everglades ecosystem. However, the provision of useful and accessible models is a challenge because there is often a disconnect between model output and its use by decision makers. Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) meets this challenge by providing ecological model output tailored to management...
Ecological Model Support for the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP) Round Five, 2023 Ecological Model Support for the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP) Round Five, 2023
Ecological models facilitate evaluation of alternative approaches to restore the Greater Everglades ecosystem. However, the provision of useful and accessible models is a challenge because there is often a disconnect between model output and its use by decision makers. Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) meets this challenge by providing ecological model output tailored to management...
Socioeconomic and water needs indicators along the Cambodia and Vietnam border, within the Mekong River Delta Socioeconomic and water needs indicators along the Cambodia and Vietnam border, within the Mekong River Delta
This data release documents socioeconomic and water demand indicators for the Mekong River delta region. The Mekong River provides many valuable benefits to the 60 million Southeast Asian residents living in its Basin. Maintaining adequate supplies of water in the Mekong River Basin is vital for food security. However, the Mekong River Basin is increasingly stressed by infrastructure...
Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) Restoration Runs R Library Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) Restoration Runs R Library
restoration_runs is a library of R-language scripts used to summarize/post-process output of Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM; https://jem.gov/) models used in Everglades restoration planning for projects such as the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM) and the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP). The scripts summarize model output and create graphs and maps for each...
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Trends in subdaily to daily rainfall in Florida, 1990–2022 Trends in subdaily to daily rainfall in Florida, 1990–2022
Changing rainfall patterns and intensifying rainfall extremes affect urban infrastructure and can increase flash-flood risk. Understanding how climate change has altered rainfall can support state and local agencies as they adapt and build resiliency. In this study, rainfall data from 23 weather stations in Florida were used to examine temporal and spatial trends over the period 1990...
Authors
Saira Haider, Michelle M. Irizarry-Ortiz, Jayantha T. Obeysekera, Ana C. Maran, Tarana Solaiman, Brett D. Johnston
A tool to monitor hydrologic conditions on tree islands in the Everglades A tool to monitor hydrologic conditions on tree islands in the Everglades
Tree islands are patchy upland forested habitats in Florida's Everglades that face degradation and disappearance due to altered hydrologic patterns. The U.S. Geological Survey coordinated with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida to co-develop a decision-support tool based on tree-island hydrologic conditions. Everglades managers can use this tool...
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Saira M. Haider, Craig van der Heiden, Marcel Bozas, Stephanie S. Romañach
Forecasting water levels using the ConvLSTM algorithm in the Everglades, USA Forecasting water levels using the ConvLSTM algorithm in the Everglades, USA
Forecasting water levels in complex ecosystems like wetlands can support effective water resource management, ecological conservation, and understanding surface and groundwater hydrology. Predictive models can be used to simulate the complex interactions among natural processes, hydrometeorological factors, and human activities. The Greater Everglades in the USA is a well-known example...
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Raidan Bassah, Gerald A. Corzo Perez, Biswa Bhattacharya, Saira M. Haider, Eric D. Swain, Nicholas Aumen
A gender and social vulnerability assessment approach A gender and social vulnerability assessment approach
The report on an approach for gender and social vulnerability assessment is a supporting tool – or a guiding note – to assist the MRC to conduct the gender and vulnerability assessment in the Lower Mekong Basin. While the approach focuses on floods, droughts, and extreme storm events for the MRC’s future application, the overall gender and vulnerability framework described in this report...
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Saira Haider, Kathryn Powlen, Nina Burkardt, Matthew E. Andersen
An integrated framework for examining groundwater vulnerability in the Mekong River Delta region An integrated framework for examining groundwater vulnerability in the Mekong River Delta region
The Mekong River provides water, food security, and many other valuable benefits to the more than 60 million Southeast Asian residents living within its basin. However, the Mekong River Basin is increasingly stressed by changes in climate, land cover, and infrastructure. These changes can affect water quantity and quality and exacerbate related hazards such as land subsidence and...
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Kathryn Powlen, Saira M. Haider, Kyle W. Davis, Nina Burkardt, Sachin D. Shah, Stephanie Romanach, Matthew E. Andersen
The Everglades vulnerability analysis: Linking ecological models to support ecosystem restoration The Everglades vulnerability analysis: Linking ecological models to support ecosystem restoration
Understanding of the Everglades’ ecological vulnerabilities and restoration needs has advanced over the past decade but has not been applied in an integrated manner. To address this need, we developed the Everglades Vulnerability Analysis (EVA), a decision support tool that uses modular Bayesian networks to predict the ecological outcomes of a subset of the ecosystem’s health indicators...
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Laura D’Acunto, Leonard G. Pearlstine, Saira M. Haider, Caitlin E. Hackett, Dilip Shinde, Stephanie Romanach
Nest-site selection model for endangered Everglade snail kites to inform ecosystem restoration Nest-site selection model for endangered Everglade snail kites to inform ecosystem restoration
dictors of nesting for snail kites in south Florida. The results of our modeling indicate that hydrology, percent canopy cover, and proximity to recently burned areas were the most important factors associated with nest-site selection for snail kites. Water depths between 75 and 100 cm, water recession rates between 0 and 1.25 cm/day, percent canopy covers
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Allison Benscoter, Laura D’Acunto, Saira M. Haider, Robert J. Fletcher, Stephanie Romanach
Sea level rise may pose conservation challenges for the endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow Sea level rise may pose conservation challenges for the endangered Cape Sable seaside sparrow
Biodiversity conservation under a changing climate is a challenging endeavor. Landscapes are shifting as a result of climate change and sea level rise but plant communities in particular may not keep up with the pace of change. Predictive ecological models can help decision makers understand how species are likely to respond to change and then adjust management actions to align with...
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Stephanie Romanach, Saira M. Haider, Allison Benscoter
Managing multiple species with conflicting needs in the Greater Everglades Managing multiple species with conflicting needs in the Greater Everglades
Given limited funding, natural resources decision making is riddled with tradeoffs, including which species or landscapes to prioritize for management action. Florida’s Everglades wetland is home to numerous indicator species, some of which are endangered. But with a multitude of species comes differing hydrologic requirements to yield appropriate foraging and breeding conditions for...
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Stephanie Romanach, Saira M. Haider, Caitlin E. Hackett, Mark McKelvy, Leonard G. Pearlstine
Landscape-scale drivers of endangered Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima mirabilis) presence using an ensemble modeling approach Landscape-scale drivers of endangered Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima mirabilis) presence using an ensemble modeling approach
The Florida Everglades is a vast and iconic wetland ecosystem in the southern United States that has undergone dramatic changes from habitat degradation, development encroachment, and water impoundment. Starting in the past few decades, large restoration projects have been undertaken to restore the landscape, including improving conditions for threatened and imperiled taxa. One focus of
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Saira M. Haider, Allison Benscoter, Leonard G. Pearlstine, Laura D’Acunto, Stephanie Romanach
The Everglades vulnerability analysis—Integrating ecological models and addressing uncertainty The Everglades vulnerability analysis—Integrating ecological models and addressing uncertainty
The Everglades vulnerability analysis (EVA) is a project led by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the National Park Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to accomplish one of the science goals of Restoration Coordination & Verification (RECOVER), a multiagency group responsible for providing scientific and technical evaluations and assessments for improving the ability of...
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Laura E. D’Acunto, Stephanie S. Romanach, Saira M. Haider, Caitlin E. Hackett, Jennifer H. Nestler, Dilip Shinde, Leonard G. Pearlstine
Knowledge synthesis of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow science Knowledge synthesis of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow science
This report represents a literature review of science conducted on the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (Ammospiza maritima mirabilis, hereafter “CSSS” or “spar-row”). This information can be used as a foundation for the upcoming Species Status Assessment and for updating the CSSS Recovery Plan. This report focuses on areas of interest relative to CSSS management such as habitat, hydrology...
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Allison Benscoter, Saira M. Haider, Kelly G. Guilbeau, Stephanie Romanach
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Kitenest Kitenest
This repository provides a workflow to run the Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) tool KiteNest. KiteNest is a spatially explicit model that predicts the daily probability of Everglade snail kite (SNKI; Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) nest-site selection across the southern Everglades (Water Conservation Areas 1, 2, and 3 in addition to Everglades National Park). The repository takes the...
eversparrow eversparrow
EverSparrow is a spatially explicit Bayesian model of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (CSSS; Ammospiza maritima mirabilis) presence that quantifies the relationships between environmental factors and CSSS presence. Using hydrologic variables such as mean 4-year hydroperiod and maximum depth, fire history, and woody vegetation across the range of the CSSS, EverSparrow provides weekly...
Everglades Vulnerability Analysis Model (EVA) Everglades Vulnerability Analysis Model (EVA)
The Everglades Vulnerability Analysis (EVA) is a series of connected Bayesian networks that model the landscape-scale response of indicators of Everglades ecosystem health to changes in hydrology, salinity, and temperature on the landscape. The modeling framework currently predicts the probability of vegetation types, wading bird regional nest abundance, freshwater prey fish biomass...
Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) EverWaders species distribution model Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) EverWaders species distribution model
This repository provides a workflow to run the Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) tool EverWaders. The repository takes the published model (D'Acunto et al. 2021) and allows a user to generate hydrometrics and model predictions from daily water depth data derived from the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN) or the Regional Simulation Model (RSM).
EDEN Tools: A User Guide to Calculating Hydrologic Metrics with EDEN Data EDEN Tools: A User Guide to Calculating Hydrologic Metrics with EDEN Data
The Everglades Depth Estimation Network ([EDEN](https://sofia.usgs.gov/eden/)) provides water-level data for scientists, decision-makers, and managers to help monitor and assess Everglades restoration. EDEN is an integrated network of over 300 water-level gages, water-surface models, and ecological applications that provides continuous data for interpolated water-level and water-depth...
Days Since Dry (DSD) Days Since Dry (DSD)
This repository contains code to run the Days Since Dry (DSD) model. DSD is defined as the number of days since a cell had less than 5cm of water depth (Trexler et al. 2010). The maximum value of DSD is 1181 days.
Code Repository for Trends in Sub-Daily to Daily Rainfall Data in Florida, 1990–2022 Code Repository for Trends in Sub-Daily to Daily Rainfall Data in Florida, 1990–2022
This project contains scripts used to examine trends in historical sub-daily and daily rainfall in the State of Florida over the period 1990–2022. This project is a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and South Florida Water Management District.
Alligator Production Suitability Index (APSI) in R Alligator Production Suitability Index (APSI) in R
This repository contains code to run the Alligator Production Suitability Index (APSI), a Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) hosted model developed by the National Park Service. The model has been refactored in R from Java to facilitate further model development, updates, and collaboration with Everglades partners. The R version has been modified slightly from the original Java version to...
USGS Git and Software Release Course USGS Git and Software Release Course
An introduction to version control for novices using Git and a guide for publishing USGS code. Please see https://cdi.code-pages.usgs.gov/usgs-git-and-software-release-course/ for a rendered version of this material.
EDEN: Everglades Depth Estimation Network Water Level And Depth Surfaces version 3.4.0 EDEN: Everglades Depth Estimation Network Water Level And Depth Surfaces version 3.4.0
This package provides a set of functions for the Everglades Depth Estimation Network (EDEN). EDEN is an integrated network of water-level gages, interpolation models that estimate daily water-level data at ungaged locations, and applications that generate derived hydrologic data across the freshwater part of the Greater Everglades landscape. This package contains the scripts that run the
ever4cast ever4cast
The Everglades Forecasting application (EverForecast) is a hydrologic and multi-species management tool. Designed to support natural resource managers, the tool simulates near future water levels across the Florida Everglades and models the likely impacts on the habitats and populations of numerous species. EverForecast is part of the Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) suite of tools. The...
Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) Restoration Runs R Library Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM) Restoration Runs R Library
restoration_runs is a library of R-language scripts used to summarize/post-process output of Joint Ecosystem Modeling (JEM; https://jem.gov/) models used in Everglades restoration planning for projects such as the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM) and the Western Everglades Restoration Project (WERP). The scripts summarize model output and create graphs and maps for each...