Chapter 14 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 in each season-year. The Collection allows for several possible metrics aggregated by sub-administrative area (county or equivalent). 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.
14.1 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 salt licks | Number of human-placed salt 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 water 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 carcasses into the environment | 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 |