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Data format: File Geodatabase Raster Dataset File or table name: LandCoverLandUse Coordinate system: Albers Conical Equal Area Theme keywords: land cover, land use |
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Abstract:
This GIS dataset is part of a suite of wildlife habitat connectivity data produced by the Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG). The WHCWG is a voluntary public-private partnership between state and federal agencies, universities, tribes, and non-governmental organizations. The WHCWG is co-led by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT). The statewide analysis quantifies current connectivity patterns for Washington State and adjacent areas in British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon and a small portion of Montana. Available WHCWG raster data include model base layers, resistance, cost-weighted distance, landscape integrity networks, focal species networks, and focal species guild networks. Grid cell size is 100meters x 100meters. Habitat concentration areas, landscape integrity core areas, and linkage maps reside in raster and vector format.
Project background can be found in the report:
Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG). 2010. Washington Connected Landscapes Project: Statewide Analysis. Washington Departments of Fish and Wildlife, and Transportation, Olympia, WA. Online linkage: http://www.waconnected.org |
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This GIS dataset is part of a suite of wildlife habitat connectivity data produced by the Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG). The WHCWG is a voluntary public-private partnership between state and federal agencies, universities, tribes, and non-governmental organizations. The WHCWG is co-led by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT). The statewide analysis quantifies current connectivity patterns for Washington State and adjacent areas in British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon and a small portion of Montana. Available WHCWG raster data include model base layers, resistance, cost-weighted distance, landscape integrity networks, focal species networks, and focal species guild networks. Grid cell size is 100meters x 100meters. Habitat concentration areas, landscape integrity core areas, and linkage maps reside in raster and vector format. Project background can be found in the report: Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG). 2010. Washington Connected Landscapes Project: Statewide Analysis. Washington Departments of Fish and Wildlife, and Transportation, Olympia, WA. Online linkage: http://www.waconnected.org
This WHCWG base layer contains 11 land cover / land-use categories. The raster was used in focal species and landscape integrity resistance surface development.
LAND COVER/LAND-USE BASE LAYER DATA SOURCES See WHCWG (2010) report Appendix C for data development information. USA Theme: Gap Analysis Program National Land Cover Source: Gap Analysis Program Format: raster Cell size: 30 meters Publication date: 2009/2010 Landsat acquisition period: 1999 - 2001 On line linkages: http://gap.uidaho.edu/index.php/gap-home/Northwest-GAP/landcover/download-data-by-state http://www.gap.uidaho.edu/landcoverviewer.html Theme: Potential Ecological System Modifiers in Mapping Zone 1 (Modifier Map) Source: Gap Analysis Program Format: raster Cell size: 30 meters Publication date: 2007 Landsat acquisition period: 1970s, 1990s, and the year 2000. On line linkage: unknown. Available from Northwest GAP Office, Moscow, Idaho. Theme: Existing Vegetation Type Source: Landfire (Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Project) Format: raster Cell size: 30 meters Publication date: 2006 Landsat acquisition period: 2000 - 2003 On line linkage: http://www.landfire.gov/NationalProductDescriptions21.php BRITISH COLUMBIA Theme: Biogeoclimatic Subzones/Variant Version 7 Source: BC Ministry of Forests and Range, Research Branch Format: vector polygons Publication date: 2008 Scale of mapping online link: ftp://ftp.for.gov.bc.ca/HRE/external/!publish/becmaps/PaperMaps/BGC_ScaleOfMapping.pdf Online linkage: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hre/becweb/resources/maps/gis_products.html Theme: Baseline Thematic Mapping Present Land Use Source: BC Integrated Land Mgt. Bureau, Crown Registry and Geographic Base Branch Format: vector polygons Publication date: Version 1 1995 / Limited updates to Version 2 circa 2000 Scale of mapping: 1:250,000 Online linkages: https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/geometadata/metadataDetail.do?recordUID=43171&recordSet=ISO19115 http://archive.ilmb.gov.bc.ca/cis/initiatives/ias/btm/index.html Theme: Vegetation Resource Inventory Forest Vegetation Composite Polygons and Rank 1 Layer (VRI) Source: BC Ministry of Forests and Range, Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch Format: vector polygon Scale of mapping: 1:20,000 Publication date: 2006/ ongoing Online linkages: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hts/vri/intro/index.html https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/geometadata/metadataDetail.do?recordUID=47574&recordSet=ISO19115 Theme: Earth Observation for Sustainable Development of Forests Source: Canadian Forest Service Format: raster Cell size: 25 meters Publication date: 2006 Landsat acquisition period: circa 2000 Online linkages: http://www4.saforah.org/eosdlcp/nts_prov.html http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/subsite/eosd/home Theme: Freshwater Atlas Wetlands Source: BC Integrated Land Mgt. Bureau, Crown Registry and Geographic Base Branch Format: vector polygon Publication date: 2006 / 2008 revisions Scale of mapping: 1:20,000 Online linkage: http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/geobc/FWA https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/geometadata/metadataDetail.do?from=search&edit=true&showall=showall&recordSet=ISO19115&recordUID=50653
See WHCWG (2010) report Appendix C
The Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG) produced these data which represent a regional analysis that portrays conditions at a regional scale. Applying these data at finer, more local scales is likely to increase uncertainty in terms of accuracy and applicability for local land use decisions. However, for the scale at which they were developed, these products are state-of-the-art, peer-reviewed representations of landscape variables and connected habitat networks. Despite this, the WHCWG makes no guarantee concerning the content, accuracy, completeness, or the results obtained from queries or use of WHCWG data, other than those for which the data was developed and its intended use. The WHCWG shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. The WHCWG model input data were obtained from a wide range of state and federal jurisdictions in the USA, as well as from Canadian federal and provincial levels of government. The WHCWG expended great effort to compile the best GIS data within constraints imposed by data development costs, available compilation sources, and available staff resources. Inherent in any data set used to develop graphical representations, are limitations of accuracy as determined by, among others, the source, scale and resolution of the data. The products and data from this statewide analysis convey a wealth of information relevant to conservation of Washington's wildlife and though they represent the state of the art, they rely on imperfect data, knowledge, and assumptions. We strongly suggest that readers thoroughly understand our methods and the limitations of those methods prior to applying our results. The data user should note Chapters 2 and 4 and appendices in the WHCWG December 2010 final report for further details. Online linkage to final report: http://www.waconnected.org
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Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (WHCWG)
See WHCWG (2010) final report Appendix C for details. Online linkage: http://www.waconnected.org
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Agriculture
Urban/Developed
Water
Sparsely Vegetated
Alpine
Riparian
Wetland
Grass-dominated
Shrub-dominated
Dry Forest
Wet Forest
See Use Constraints
Downloadable data. http://www.waconnected.org
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