Glacial Movement Among the Ages

My project is coming along good so far, here is what I have...... I will be adding more description to the end, more species in the middle, and more imagery in between. I may compare and contrast a few species, but I am not sure yet.

Anna Kuhne Dr. M Advanced GIS I will be changing the plan for my course project. The software to get to ArcGIS Desktop from the Siena computers is just too slow on my Mac so I will be completing a Storymap. The Storymap will be about invasive species in New York, specifically in the Adirondack State Park. This is along the same lines as my original project which was looking at areas at risk of a creeping jenny invasion in the Adirondack State Park.

Anna Kuhne Dr. M Advanced GIS March 4th, 2020 Below is an image of the first model I have made. I have downloaded the shapefiles for each watershed in the Adirondacks. I will be intersecting the watershed shapefiles with the river buffers layer that I made. This is the first model that I have made.  Below is the intersected area of the Ausable watershed with the river buffers layer. I will do this for each watershed to create a map of the areas most at risk. Creeping Jenny grows at almost every altitude present int eh Adirondack State Park so that calculation will not be done. The areas of most risk are wetland areas with moist soil on river banks. These calculations will help develop a map of areas at risk. 

Anna Kuhne Dr. Meierdiercks Advanced GIS February 24th, 2020 For the Adirondack region (map 1) I have the data for the blue line, the river and stream systems, and a few data points of creeping jenny plants from the 1990's. These points are outdated, while I have not decided if I want to include these points in my analysis, they will be helpful when drawing conclusions and writing recommendations. For the Catskill region (map 2), I have included a map of New York state for perspective since there is less data on the boundaries of the Catskills than of the Adirondack region. Included are the individual data points of creeping jenny plants for the Catskill region which will be used for a density analysis. Research on the preferred growing conditions of creeping jenny will be conducted in order to use model builder to perform a risk assessment of creeping jenny in the Adirondack region. For further assessment, if deemed necessary once the analysis is conducted, individu...

Proposal Draft February 10th, 2020 Prevalence of Creeping Jenny Lysimachia nummularia  Anna Kuhne Siena College Loudonville, NY Introduction: Invasive species are non-native species, both plant and animal, that have entered a region. Specifically, invasive species cause harm to the ecosystem, human health, and economic industries. These plants and animals are introduced to different regions and ecosystems through means such as transportation like boats and trailers which could have been both intentional and unintentional. Many plants and animals were intentionally brought to different regions for ornamental purposes. After being introduced, these species have been known to be spotted outside of their region of original introduction where they out compete native species for resources.  Anthropogenic global climate change, the changes of earth’s climate over time due to human activities, has many indicators. These indicators include rising se...

I think this is it... I got the kernel density tool to work, I broke my maps up into four different maps to avoid the clutter, and added the frequency distribution tables for the audience to be able to see more information. My final objectives are as follows: to allow the audience to draw conclusions about what it means for the glaciers to be located in the areas of the world that may or may not have a high yearly temperature and/or high concentrations of CO2 emissions. The information on the poster combined with the maps and frequency tables should help pose questions such as - how will the area of glaciers at lower elevations potentially be affected by a high yearly temperature and/or high concentrations of CO2 emissions?