Aquatic Connectivity in the Pacific Northwest - Taylor Frazier

This map has multiple layers that show priority areas for the Pacific Northwest to conserve areas that are critical to aquatic connectivity. The first layer shows the conversion threat index, or those areas that are at lowest/highest risk for being converted for anthropogenic uses. Additionally there is a layer that shows the protected areas around Washington State. I added two layers that shows the potential stream barriers that are shown by the green dots and the anadromous fish distribution in the Pacific Northwest shown by the various colored lines. The areas that I thought were of highest priority, shown by the pink polygons), were areas that had anadromous fish distributed along with many potential stream barriers in areas that were unprotected and at high risk for anthropogenic conversion (red/yellow areas). These tended to be along major roads such as Highway 2. I made the areas connect from the protected areas to major bodies of water like the puget sound to show that the entire water network must be preserved in order to conserve aquatic connectivity.