Problem Statement What is the habitat status of the endangered Bay Checkerspot Butterfly in the Bay...

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Problem Statement What is the habitat status of the endang Checkerspot Butterfly in the Bay Area?

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Problem Statement

What is the habitat status of the endangered Bay Checkerspot Butterfly in the Bay Area?

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Questions To Be Examined

Where do Bay Checkerspots live?

Is any of their habitat protected?

Might highway pollution effect their habitat?

What pressure do they face from human habitation?

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Butterfly dataParks Roads Census Data

Spatial Query

Parks that intersect

butterfly habitat

1500m highwaypollution bufferaround habitat

Major highways Population of census blocks touching habitat

Spatial Query

Attribute Query

Spatial Query

Project Flow Chart

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Further Study

Pollution levels vs. grassland health and butterfly population levels (over time)

Detailed land use status of habitat areas

Are there other similar serpentine grasslands around the Bay Area? Status?

Do any other endangered species depend on the serpentine grasslands?