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Statistical Analysis Of Land Cover Conversion Trends In Northwest Ohio, Chaska Mcgowan
Statistical Analysis Of Land Cover Conversion Trends In Northwest Ohio, Chaska Mcgowan
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Agricultural land in the U.S. is abundant but not infinite. Change in cropland impacts national and local economies and the natural environment. The Black Swamp Conservancy (BSC), a non-profit land trust in Perrysburg, Ohio, is committed to preserving agricultural and natural lands in the Northwest Ohio region for future generations. This project was designed in collaboration with the BSC to illustrate the spatial distribution of land cover change within their sixteen-county service area in Northwest Ohio and to find a list of factors associated with land cover change in the region. The primary data source was the National Land Cover …