Mojave Desert Conservation Value - The Nature Conservancy

This dataset characterizes the Mojave Desert Ecoregion and the California portion of the Sonoran Desert into 4 classes: (A) Ecologically Core: Land with high landscape integrity which support conservation targets and whose protection is critical for the long-term conservation of the ecoregion's biological diversity. (B) Ecologically Intact: Land which has high landscape integrity or support conservation targets and which requires a level of protection that will enable it to continue to support ecological processes and provide connectivity. (C) Moderately Degraded: Lands fragmented by roads, off-road-vehicle trails or in close proximity to urban, agricultural and other developments. (D) Highly Converted: Land in urban and agricultural areas that is fragmented and most impacted by human uses.