Individual parcel conservation

Identification of individual land parcels for forest protection and stewardship based on their natural resource values.

MAPPR - Mapping and Prioritizing Parcels for Resilience

MAPPR - Mapping and Prioritizing Parcels for Resilience
Developers: 

Mass Audubon, The Nature Conservancy

Year released/updated: 
2016
Summary: 

A decision support tool informing parcel based land conservation prioritization decisions in Massachusetts.

MAPPR website
Geographic scope: 
Massachusetts
Conservation tasks: 
Grants, Land (open space) protection, Landscape connectivity
Conservation phases: 
Plan, Action
Forest conservation goals
Most suitable for: 
Conservation of rare species & communities, Individual parcel conservation
Also good for: 
Landscape-scale conservation
Climate adaptation interests
Also good for: 
Connectivity, Rare & exemplary communities
Products: 

Online mapping tool.

Requirements: 

Readily usable with minimal time, knowledge or technical requirements.

Additional details: 

Mapping & Prioritizing Parcels for Resilience (MAPPR) allows land conservationists to identify the parcels within an area of interest that are the highest priorities for protection based on habitat quality, climate change resilience, water resource protection, parcel size and adjacency to existing protected parcels. MAPPR uses a variety of data sources to help prioritize parcels for conservation, including BioMap2, a precursor to Resilient & Connected Landscapes, and Critical Linkages Priorities (DSL-Conductance). There are four pre-calculated models, or a user can create a customized prioritization by selecting individual factors of importance.

 Learn more about the terms used in this tool profile from the Glossary.

Type of content: 
Management Guides
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