Depressional wetland classification and ecosystem service predictive models for the Integrative Landscape Modeling partnership

D epressional wetlands in the Great Plains are experiencing watershed alterations that impact the provisioning of important ecosystem services, which are unmonitored on a large scale (Smith et al. 2011). The Natural Resources Conservation Service's (NRCS) Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) determines the effects of conservation programs on ecosystem service provisioning across the nation (Tomer et al. 2014). CEAP–Wetlands has focused on the effects of conservation programs and land use on ecosystem service provisioning in areas dominated by different wetland types. The High Plains region (HPR) primarily contains playa wetlands. The dominant land uses are native grassland, cropland, and conservation program…