Ruffed Grouse Habitat

The map shows Cloquet Forestry Center with areas of high potential for ruffed grouse habitat identification. The size of prime ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) habitat is estimated.

Raster Analyses

The road construction cost in an area is identified by calculating the cost surface based on raster and vector data layers. Cost surface is calculated depending upon the slope and distance to the existing roads. Spatial Analyst extension (Raster analyses) is used in the process.

Cartographic Modeling

This map uses overlay union on the the road and water layers (buffer layers created in the previous map)for identifying potential campgrounds sites for the Desota National Park.



Here buffering operation of cartographic modeling is applied. Fixed distance buffer is used for the roads and variable distance buffer is used for water. Buffering operations are created for Desota National Park in Southwest Perry County. It is using Arctoolbox, analysis tool, proximity.