Chapter 11 Landscape Survey
The Landscape Survey Collection refers to quantitative metrics that describe features on the landscape that could affect risk of CWD introduction and spread. The Collection allows for several possible metrics aggregated by sub-administrative area. The Hazard Model 2.0 requires many of these metrics, so it is strongly suggested that managers input data for every metric relevant in each administrative area of interest.
Landscape Features
The Landscape Survey Collection allows for the following metrics to be entered per sub-administrative area.
| Metric | Definition |
|---|---|
| Number of natural mineral licks | Number of natural mineral licks (that congregate cervids) in the sub-administrative area in the Season-year |
| Number of feedgrounds | Number of feedgrounds (that congregate cervids) in the sub-administrative area in the Season-year |
| Number of guzzlers or watering tanks | Number of human-placed drinking feature (that congregate cervids) in the sub-administrative area in the Season-year |
| Number of baiting stations | Number of human-placed baiting features (that congregate cervids) in the sub-administrative area in the Season-year |
| Number of rendering facilities | Number of facilities that take cervid carcasses for disposal (rendering) in the Season-year |
| Number of incineration facilities | Number of facilities that take cervid carcasses for disposal (incineration) in the Season-year |
| Number of landfills | Number of facilities that take cervid carcasses for disposal in the Season-year |
| Number of food banks | Number of facilities that take cervid meat for distribution in the Season-year |
| Number of dumped carcass dump sites | Number of carcasses disposed at large in the environment in the Season-year |
| Number of shed antler collection areas | Number of areas where the community hunts for shed antlers in the Season-year |
| Number of local practices | Number of areas where risky local practices take place in the Season-year |
| Number of agricultural | Number of areas where risky agricultural practices take place in the Season-year |
| Number of roadkill | Number of roadkill of CWD-susceptible or diseased cervids in the Season-year |
| Number of cervid rehabilitators | Number of facilities that rehabilitate live cervids with the intent to release back to the wild |
11.2 Properties
An asterisk (*) denotes a required field.
| Field name | Definition |
|---|---|
| Season-year* | The Season-year of the metric |
| Metric* | The metric that will be represented |
| Sub-administrative area | The value of the metric for the given sub-administrative area. Note: At least one sub-admin area must contain data. |