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EM: ESII (Ecosystem Services Identification and Inventory) Tool, Michigan, USA (EM-713)
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EM Identity and Description
EM Identification
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EM ID
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EM-713 |
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EM Short Name
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ESII Tool, Michigan, USA |
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EM Full Name
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ESII (Ecosystem Services Identification and Inventory) Tool, Michigan, USA |
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EM Source or Collection
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None |
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EM Source Document ID
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392 ?Comment:Document 391 is an additional source for this EM. |
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Document Author
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Guertin, F., K. Halsey, T. Polzin, M. Rogers, and B. Witt |
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Document Year
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2019 |
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Document Title
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From ash pond to riverside wetlands: Making the business case for engineered natural technologies |
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Document Status
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Peer reviewed and published |
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Comments on Status
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Published journal manuscript |
Software and Access
| https://www.esiitool.com/ | |
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Contact Name
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Not reported |
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Contact Address
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Not reported |
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Contact Email
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Not reported |
EM Description
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Summary Description
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ABSTRACT: "The 2015 announcement of The Dow Chemical Company's (Dow) Valuing Nature Goal, which aims to identify $1 billion in business value from projects that are better for nature, gives nature a spot at the project design table. To support this goal, Dow and The Nature Conservancy have extended their long-standing collaboration and are now working to develop a defensible methodology to support the implementation of the goal. This paper reviews the nature valuation methodology framework developed by the Collaboration in support of the goal. The nature valuation methodology is a three-step process that engages Dow project managers at multiple stages in the project design and capital allocation processes. The three-step process identifies projects that may have a large impact on nature and then promotes the use of ecosystem service tools, such as the Ecosystem Services Identification and Inventory Tool, to enhance the project design so that it better supports ecosystem health. After reviewing the nature valuation methodology, we describe the results from a case study of redevelopment plans for a 23-acre site adjacent to Dow's Michigan Operations plant along the Tittabawassee River." AUTHOR'S DESCRIPTION: "The ESII Tool measures the environmental impact or proposed land changes through eight specific ecosystem services: (i) water provisioning, (ii) air quality control (nitrogen and particulate removal), (iii) climate regulation (carbon uptake and localized air temperature regulation), (iv) erosion regulation, (v) water quality control (nitrogen and filtration), (vi) water temperature regulation, (vii) water quantity control, and (viii) aesthetics (noise and visual). The ESII Tool allows for direct comparison of the performance of these eight ecosystem services both across project sites and across project design proposals within a site." "The team was also asked to use an iterative design process using the ESII Tool to create alternative restoration scenarios…The project team developed three alternative restoration designs: i) standard brownfield restoration (i.e., cap and plant grass) on the ash pond and 4-D property (referred to as SBR); ii) ecological restoration (i.e., excavate ash and associated soil for secured disposal in approved landfill and restore historic forest, prairie, wetland) of the ash pond only, with SBR on the 4-D property (referred to as ER); and iii) ecological restoration on the ash pond and 4- D property (referred to as ER+)." |
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Specific Policy or Decision Context Cited
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Use ESII to answer the following business decision question: how can Dow close the ash pond while enhancing ecosystem services to Dow and the community and creating local habitat, for a lesser overall cost to Dow than the option currently defined? |
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Biophysical Context
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No additional description provided |
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EM Scenario Drivers
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Alternative restoration designs |
EM Relationship to Other EMs or Applications
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Method Only, Application of Method or Model Run
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Method + Application (multiple runs exist) View EM Runs |
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New or Pre-existing EM?
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Application of existing model |
Related EMs (for example, other versions or derivations of this EM) described in ESML
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Document ID for related EM
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Doc-391 |
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EM ID for related EM
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EM-712 |
EM Modeling Approach
EM Relationship to Time
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EM Temporal Extent
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Not reported |
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EM Time Dependence
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time-stationary |
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EM Time Reference (Future/Past)
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Not applicable |
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EM Time Continuity
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Not applicable |
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EM Temporal Grain Size Value
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Not applicable |
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EM Temporal Grain Size Unit
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Not applicable |
EM Spatial Extent
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Bounding Type
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Physiographic or ecological |
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Spatial Extent Name
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Dow Midland Operations facility ash pond and Posey Riverside (4-D property) |
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Spatial Extent Area (Magnitude)
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10-100 ha |
Spatial Distribution of Computations
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EM Spatial Distribution
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spatially distributed (in at least some cases) |
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Spatial Grain Type
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other (specify), for irregular (e.g., stream reach, lake basin) |
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Spatial Grain Size
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map unit |
EM Structure and Computation Approach
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EM Computational Approach
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Analytic |
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EM Determinism
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deterministic |
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Statistical Estimation of EM
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Model Checking Procedures Used
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Model Calibration Reported?
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Unclear |
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Model Goodness of Fit Reported?
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No |
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Goodness of Fit (metric| value | unit)
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None |
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Model Operational Validation Reported?
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Unclear |
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Model Uncertainty Analysis Reported?
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No |
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Model Sensitivity Analysis Reported?
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No |
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Model Sensitivity Analysis Include Interactions?
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Not applicable |
EM Locations, Environments, Ecology
Location of EM Application
Terrestrial location (Classification hierarchy: Continent > Country > U.S. State [United States only])
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Marine location (Classification hierarchy: Realm > Region > Province > Ecoregion)
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Centroid Lat/Long (Decimal Degree)
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Centroid Latitude
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43.6 |
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Centroid Longitude
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-84.24 |
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Centroid Datum
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WGS84 |
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Centroid Coordinates Status
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Estimated |
Environments and Scales Modeled
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EM Environmental Sub-Class
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Rivers and Streams | Inland Wetlands | Lakes and Ponds | Terrestrial Environment (sub-classes not fully specified) |
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Specific Environment Type
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Ash pond and surrounding environment |
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EM Ecological Scale
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Ecological scale corresponds to the Environmental Sub-class |
Scale and taxa of organisms modeled
Scale of differentiation of organisms modeled
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EM Organismal Scale
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Not applicable |
Taxonomic level and name of organisms or groups identified
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EnviroAtlas URL
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| GAP Ecological Systems, The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD), Average Annual Precipitation, Stream Length, Waterbody area, Agricultural water use (million gallons/day) |
EM Ecosystem Goods and Services (EGS) potentially modeled, by classification system
CICES v 4.3 - Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services (Section > Division > Group > Class)
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(Environmental Subclass > Ecological End-Product (EEP) > EEP Subclass > EEP Modifier)
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EM Variable Names (and Units)
Predictor
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Intermediate
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Intermediate (Computed) Variables (and Units)
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None |
Response
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