Grassland birds are among the most imperiled bird guilds in North America. Scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) are a semi-arid grassland bird whose populations have declined over the past half century.
Some of the YKL rasters intentionally do not align or have the same extent. These rasters were not snapped to a common raster per the authors’ discretion.
The landscape condition model evaluates the degree of human impact on the landscape. Changes in land use including infrastructure, transportation, and natural resource development can result in partial or complete loss of suitable riparian habitat.
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) are an anadromous fish species that migrate through, feed in, and spawn in the Yukon River Lowlands – Kuskokwim Mountains – Lime Hills.