Preserving Intact Habitat on US Native Lands

In this interactive storymap, we walk through the importance of habitat connectivity for Native lands in the United States, approaches to promoting habitat connectivity provided by Esri, and how different data tools — one of which being our very own intact habitat layer — may be used for further tribal protection of their homelands and non-human relatives.

Intact Habitat on US Native Lands

This layer represents modeled Intact Habitat Cores, or minimally disturbed natural areas at least 100 acres in size and greater than 200 meters wide.

Intact Habitat Selector Tool

Explore and filter a national database of intact landscape cores to identify important habitat your tribe seeks to protect based on species richness, water availability, landscape variability, soils, etc.

ESRI Landsat Explorer

Esri Landsat Explorer app provides the power of Landsat satellites, which gather data beyond what the eye can see. Use this app to draw on Landsat’s different bands to better explore the planet’s geology, vegetation, agriculture, and cities. Additionally, access Landsat imagery from the last forty years to visualize how the Earth’s surface has changed over time.

Key Biodiversity Areas: A Tool for Tribal Climate Planning?

By Aude K. Chesnais “At a time where climate planning becomes urgent and global attention is increasing on the ecological value of land, Native Peoples’ land stewardship practices may well gain in recognition, which could strengthen tribal sovereignty in the US” Today, Indigenous peoples manage 80% of the world’s biodiversity, yet they receive only 0.74% […]