Proposed Specialty Preserve Areas

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Title: Proposed Specialty Preserve Areas

Abstract: Natural lands targeted for protection as specialty preserves.

Supplemental_Information:

Public and conservation lands should be adaptively managed to maximize their potential to support listed and sensitive species. Private lands should be protected through conservation or management agreements, acquisition, easements or other mechanisms, then adaptively managed. Management plans should be developed for all protected areas.

1. How should this data set be cited?

   Endangered Species Recovery Program, 1999, Proposed Specialty Preserve Areas: Endangered Species Recovery Program, Fresno, CA, US.

   Online Links:

   • <http://arnica.csustan.edu/esrpp>

   Other_Citation_Details:

   U.S. FWS, 1998 Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley, California.

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.837

   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -118.324

   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.6919

   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.7831

3. What does it look like?

   spec_pres.jpg (JPEG)

   Graphic of theme spec_pres

4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

   Calendar_Date: 1996

   Currentness_Reference: ground condition

5. What is the general form of this data set?

   Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
   1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set.

   2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

      Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

      UTM_Zone_Number: 10

      Transverse_Mercator:

      Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996

      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -123

      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0

      False_Easting: 500000

      False_Northing: 0

      Planar coordinates are encoded using Coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 1
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 1
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1927.
      The ellipsoid used is Clark 1866.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378206.4.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/294.98.
      

7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

   Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

   The attributes are taken from Table 8. of the SJV recovery plan. The rows of data from the table were related to polygon locations.

   Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: ESRP, 1999

1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
   • Endangered Species Recovery Program

2. Who also contributed to the data set?

   Ellen A. Cypher Daniel F. Williams Patrick A. Kelly Nancy Norvell Scott E. Phillips

3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

   Endangered Species Recovery Program
   GIS Analyst
   
   
   US
   

   (voice)
   559 453 1227 (FAX)
   gis@esrp.org
   

   Contact_Instructions: Contact by electronic or postal mail

To illustrate the general locations of lands targeted for specialty preserves listed in Table 8 of the SJV Recovery Plan.

1. Where did the data come from?

   ESRPOCC (source 1 of 1)

   Endangered Species Recovery Program, 1996, Threatened and Endangered Species Occurrences: Endangered Species Recovery Program, Fresno, CA, US.

   Online Links:

   • <http://arnica.csustan.edu/esrpp>

   Other_Citation_Details:

   Used data from: the California Natural Diversity Database, "Rare Plant Locations" produced by Dames and Moore for Kern County HCP, and maps of plant locations maintained by the Bakersfield, CA office of the Bureau of Land Management.

   Type_of_Source_Media: paper

   Source_Contribution:

   Endangered species occurrence information from various sources was compiled to show geographic distributions of endangered and threatened plants.

2. What changes have been made?

   Date: 1996 (change 1 of 1)

   The locations of recommended specialty preserves were identified by Ellen Cypher of ESRP with assistance from the following: Mary Ann Showers (Cordylanthus palmatus), Kern County Valley Floor HCP Botanical Worgroup consiting of Jan Knight, Sandra Morey, Gene Cooley, Rhonda Reed, Scott Wilson and Ellen Cypher (Kern County Plants), and the Specialty Preserve subcommittee of the San Joaquin Valley Biological Technical Committee. The locations of plant species featured in the SJV Recovery Plan were used to identify areas in need of preserves. Specialty preserves were also chosen to represent the range of ecological conditions under which each species occurred (e.g., latitude/longitude, elevation, plant community, soils).

   Person responsible for change:
   

   Endangered Species Recovery Program
   GIS Analyst
   
   
   US
   

   (voice)
   559 453 1227 (FAX)
   gis@esrp.org
   

   Contact_Instructions: Contact by electronic or postal mail

1. How well have the observations been checked?

   The attributes assigned were taken from Table 8. of the SJV Recovery plan and are assumed to be as accurate as the table in the plan.

2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

   The data represents general geograpic locations and is not accurate to the parcel level.

3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

   The locations of plant species featured in the SJV Recovery Plan were used to identify areas in need of preserves. Specialty preserves were also chosen to represent the range of ecological conditions under which each species occurred (e.g., latitude/longitude, elevation, plant community, soils).

5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

   Arcs connect to each other at nodes. Arcs have direction and left and right sides. Arcs that connect to surround an area define a polygon.

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints:

None. Acknowledgement of the Endangered Species Recovery Program would be appreciated in products derived from this data.

1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

   Endangered Species Recovery Program
   GIS Analyst
   
   
   US
   

   (voice)
   559 453 1227 (FAX)
   gis@esrp.org
   

   Contact_Instructions: Contact by electronic or postal mail

2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

   Arc Export file of spec_pres

3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

   No warranty, expressed or implied is made by the ESRP regarding the utility of the data, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. These data are geographic illustrations and do not represent legal boundaries.

4. How can I download or order the data?
   • Availability in digital form:

     Data format:	ARCE (version 7.2.1) no compression
     Network links:	<http://www.esrp.org/gis/>

   • Cost to order the data: Data may be accessed online without charge.

5. What hardware or software do I need in order to use the data set?

   computer with software to import ARC/INFO GIS data

Dates:

Last modified: 01-Jul-1999

Metadata author:

Endangered Species Recovery Program
GIS Analyst


US

(voice)
559 453 1227 (FAX)
gis@esrp.org

Contact_Instructions: Contact by electronic or postal mail

Metadata standard:

FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)