Methodology & Schema Documentation
Reference material behind the suitability models and data schemas used across our research tools. This library is being built out — documents will appear here as they're finalized.
Riparian Buffer Design Guidelines
ArcheWild's 2022 design guidelines for riparian buffer restoration projects.
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Suitability Model Methodology
How environmental tolerance values are matched against soil and ecoregion data to produce
suitability scores.
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Data Schema Reference
Field definitions and combo_id conventions for the soil x ecoregion datasets behind the maps.
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Soil & Ecoregion Data Sources
SSURGO, EPA Level IV ecoregions, and climate data sources used in the models.
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