Critical Wildlife Area Locations in Florida

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Publication_Date: 20180327

Title: Critical Wildlife Area Locations in Florida

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher:: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Online_Linkage: <http://myfwc.com/conservation/terrestrial/cwa/>

Description:

Abstract:: Critical Wildlife Areas (CWAs) are established by the FWC under a Florida Administration Code rule to protect important wildlife concentrations from human disturbance during critical periods of their life cycles, such as nesting or migration. For each CWA, the boundaries and periods of time when portions of the area may be posted are defined in the CWA establishment order. Public access is prohibited within CWAs if posted, “Closed to public access.” Dogs, vehicles and vessels are also prohibited from posted areas. The boundary may be larger than the posted area due to the dynamic nature of habitat structure and use. Thus, the area closed each year may change.
Purpose: To depict the central location of Critical Wildlife Areas.
Supplemental_Information:: Because of the number of caves includes in the Withlacoochee Caves CWA and the sensitivity of the cave sites, the Withlacoochee Caves CWA is represented by one point located at the center of the polygon representing a portion of the Withlacoochee State Forest where the caves are located, not individual cave mouths.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20180327

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -85.586819
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.930311
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.544717
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.467704

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: User
Theme_Keyword: critical wildlife area
Theme_Keyword: GIS

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: statewide

Access_Constraints:

These data are unrestricted. Where possible, always acquire this dataset directly from FWC as other sources may have altered the original data.

Use_Constraints:

Users are encouraged to read and fully comprehend the metadata record prior to using these data. Please acknowledge the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) as the data source for any products developed from these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection techniques, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
Contact_Organization:: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southease
City: Saint Petersburg
State_or_Province: Florida
Postal_Code: 33701

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Data_Set_Credit: CWA Coordinator

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: FWRI-DC
Security_Classification: Available without restriction
Security_Handling_Description: Available without restriction

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:: Quality checked visually for attribute accuracy and consistency.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Logically consistent. All attribute values fall within defined values.

Completeness_Report:

These data are complete as of the data available to FWRI in March 2018.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: CWA Coordinator
Publication_Date: 20161123
Title: CriticalWildlifeAreas_poly.xlsx

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20180327

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: CWA Excel

Source_Contribution: attributional information for CWA feature class

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: KMLs were provided for 17 areas and 1 shapefile for one area by the CWA Coordinator. The KMLs were converted to shapefile using the KML to Layer conversion tool in ArcMap 10.2.2. This shapefile was merged with the provided shapefile. Then projected into the current coordinate system using the Project data management tool with the WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983_HARN transformation.
Process_Date: 20150219

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Attribute fields were matched between the polygon and point datasets representing FWC's CWAs. Any missing attributes were created and copied over from companion dataset.

Process_Date: 20160614

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: Florida
Postal_Code: 33701

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1697

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

KMLs were provided for 14 areas by the CWA Coordinator. The KMLs were converted to shapefile using the KML to Layer conversion tool in ArcMap 10.4.1 and then merged and projected to NAD83(2011)_FloridaGDL_Albers. This shapefile was appended to the previous version of the CWAs. Attributes were populated using an excel sheet provided by the CWA Coordinator. CWA_desc field was added to facilitate more accurate mapping. These attributes were filled using information gained from the individual CWA establishment orders. The centroids of the polygonal data were calculated using XTools "Shapes to Centroids" tool. The Acres and Class fields were deleted from the fields inherited from polygon dataset. Finally the centroid of the Withlacoochee State Forest was appended to represent the Withlacoochee Caves location. Metadata were updated.

Process_Date: 20161123

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: Florida
Postal_Code: 33701

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1697

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Process_Step:

Process_Description:: The shapefile was updates with the below information: 1) Useppa Oyster Bar Critical Wildlife Area (Lee County) was re-established and retained as is. 2) Port Orange Critical Wildlife Area (Volusia County) was established and digitized according to the coordinates included in the establishement order CWA 17-19 3) The Withlacoochee Caves Critical Wildlife Area is represented by the portion of the Withlacoochee State Forest where the included caves are located. This is to geographically represent a point feature in a polygon dataset and to generalize the cave locations to protect the sensitive resource. Note that the CWA protection does not apply to the whole polygon, only the caves listed in the establishment order are protected as described. 4) Tyndall Critical Wildlife Area boundaries have been updated and refined according to a land title search completed on December 15, 2017. After dissolving the originating polygons by the CWA Name and Establishment Order number, the centroids of the resulting polygons were used as this dataset
Process_Date: 20180327

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.0001
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.0001

Planar_Distance_Units: meter

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D NAD 1983 2011
Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: Critical_Wildlife_Areas_fl_pnt
Entity_Type_Definition: Critical Wildlife Area Locations in Florida
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri