wildlife_mgt_areas_fl_poly

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI), Center for Spatial Analysis (CSA)
Publication_Date: 20191001
Title: wildlife_mgt_areas_fl_poly
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Online_Linkage: <http://myfwc.com/research>
Description:
Abstract:
This GIS data set represents the Wildlife Management Area system administered by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). These data are intended as a general reference map only. More information on activities permitted in individual areas can be found from the links on FWC's Web site: <http://www.myfwc.com/RECREATION/WMASites_index.htm>
Purpose:
This GIS data set was created to represent a comprehensive statewide data set of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Wildlife Management Area system.
Supplemental_Information:
Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information.
The update of these data are an ongoing process. If the ‘Last Updated Date’ fields are January 2012 or older, the boundaries may have changed. Please verify the boundaries with FWC’s Division of Habitat & Species Conservation: Wildlife & Habitat Management Section.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20090101
Ending_Date: 20191001
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: In work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.463146
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.056615
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 31.030619
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.573837
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: User
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
Theme_Keyword: bounds
Theme_Keyword: GIS
Theme_Keyword: mapping
Theme_Keyword: wildlife management area
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWRI Theme
Theme_Keyword: GIS
Theme_Keyword: mapping
Theme_Keyword: wildlife management area
Theme_Keyword: bounds
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Region
Place_Keyword: FWC Region-North Central
Place_Keyword: FWC Region-Northeast
Place_Keyword: FWC Region-Northwest
Place_Keyword: FWC Region-South
Place_Keyword: FWC Region-Southwest
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWRI Place
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: statewide
Place_Keyword: north Florida
Place_Keyword: northeast Florida
Place_Keyword: northwest Florida
Place_Keyword: east coast of Florida
Place_Keyword: west coast of Florida
Place_Keyword: south Florida
Place_Keyword: southeast Florida
Place_Keyword: southwest Florida
Place_Keyword: Florida Panhandle
Place_Keyword: Florida Peninsula
Place_Keyword: statewide
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Water Management Districts
Place_Keyword: Northwest Florida Water Management District
Place_Keyword: South Florida Water Management District
Place_Keyword: Southwest Florida Water Management District
Place_Keyword: St. Johns River Water Management District
Place_Keyword: Suwannee River Water Management District
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: GISLibrarian
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 Southeast
City: St. 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
Security_Information:
Security_Classification_System: FWRI-DC
Security_Classification: Available without restriction
Security_Handling_Description: Available without restriction

Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: These data are logically consistent.
Completeness_Report: These data are complete for the state of Florida
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Positional accuracy has not been determined and varies according to linework source. Some data have been edited to align with county parcel data, major roads and Section Township Range (STR) data.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Florida Department of Revenue
Publication_Date: 2019
Title: Florida Parcel Data
Edition: 2019
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://myfwc.com/research>
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Florida Resources & Environmental Analysis Center
Publication_Date: 2003
Title: Florida Public Land Survey System - Section Level - Statewide
Edition: 2003
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://myfwc.com/research>
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI)
Publication_Date: 200909
Title: managed_areas_fl
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: vector digital media
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: FNAI managed areas
Source_Contribution:
Some boundaries from this source were used in the final data set. Some boundaries originated from this source, but were modified by FWRI staff.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Publication_Date: Unknown
Title: 1999 USGS Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Sioux Falls, SD 57198
Publisher: USGS
Other_Citation_Details: Additional Information: 1-888-ASK-USGS
Source_Scale_Denominator: 12000
Type_of_Source_Media: Digital imagery
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19990101
Ending_Date: 20000101
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: 1999 DOQQ
Source_Contribution:
These images were used as background reference and for heads-up digitizing features.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI)
Publication_Date: 201906
Title: flma_2010906
Online_Linkage: <http://www.fnai.org/>
Type_of_Source_Media: vector digital media
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: FDEP
Title: STATE_OWNED_LAND_SP
Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000
Type_of_Source_Media: vector digital media
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Ending_Date: 20000101
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Chassahowitka WMA, Andrews WMA, Bullfrog Creek Mitigation Park WEA, Crooked Lake WEA, Lake Wales Ridge WEA and Platt Mitigation Park WEA were created by using DOR parcel data, with exceptions below. Contact the individual county property appraisers for questions on accuracy of parcel data. -Bulllfrog Creek WMA was created using parcel data, but in the Legal Description it cites the STR line, but the STR line did not exactly match with parcel data, so parcel data was used as default.
Process_Date: 20150302
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
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:
Wildlife Management Area boundaries were produced by "heads-up" digitizing from 1999 USGS infrared imagery (DOQQ). In specified cases, Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) boundaries were used and modified based on the DOQQs. All boundaries are based on information from PDF maps of the Wildlife Management Areas from the FWC Web site: <http://myfwc.com/hunting/wma-brochures>.
Process_Date: 2005
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
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: Updated data Fall 2005.
Process_Date: 2005
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
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: Updated data August 2006.
Process_Date: 200608
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
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: Updated data August 2007.
Process_Date: 2007
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
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:
Updated data August 2009. WMAs were updated from FNAI and from the Public Hunting Areas Section of the Division of Hunting and Game Management from FWC.
Process_Date: 2009
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
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: Metadata imported
Process_Date: 20110713
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
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: Added Charles H. Bronson State Forest
Process_Date: 20111012
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Rene Baumstark
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Box-R WMA, Judges Cave WEA, Hickey Creek WEA, Chinsegut WEA, Perry Oldenburg WEA, Big Bend WMA, Tenoroc FMA and Apalachee WMA were created by using DOR parcel data, with exceptions below. Contact the individual county property appraisers for questions on accuracy of parcel data. -Judges Cave was created using survey data completed in 2005 by Bannerman Surveyors. -Big Bend was created using ‘heads up’ digitizing with imagery when needed (when not using parcel data) by the Lead Biologist of the WMA. -Box-R was created using survey information done by Allen Nobles and Associates in November 2003. -Apalachee WMA was partly created with ‘heads up’ digitizing using aerial photos and using land definitions contained in lease agreement with the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Process_Date: 20150707
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
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:
Hickey Creek WEA updated to match survey done by Paul Russo in 2007. Lake Wales Ridge WEA updated to add missing parcel data and to remove TNC parcels.
Process_Date: 20150811
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
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:
Janet Butterfield WMA and Florida Keys WEA were created by using DOR parcel data, with exceptions below. Contact the individual county property appraisers for questions on accuracy of parcel data. -Florida Keys WEA new property aquistion (Johnson Tracts) was surveyed on May 6, 2015 by: Bryan Shoaf, Program Consultant, Division of State Land.
Fort McCoy WMA removed. Yellow River WMA and Escribano Point were seperated out to 2 WMAs.
TYPE_SHORT, TYPE, and NAME_SHORT were added or updated.
Process_Date: 20151006
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1697
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
John C. and Mariana Jones/Hungryland WEA was created by using DOR parcel data and the Lead areas were seperated from the Cooperative Areas. Contact the individual county property appraisers for questions on accuracy of parcel data. Escribano Point WMA was received from DEP and the FL SOLARIS data layer. <http://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/> Relay, Frog Pond, Twelve Mile and Nassau were deleted. Kicco renamed KICCO. Tates Hell renamed Tate’s Hell Lake George WMA-Mary Farms Unit renamed Lake George WMA-Dexter/Mary Farms Unit Crew renamed CREW Fitzhugh Carter Area renamed Fitzhugh Carter Tract Charles H. Bronson State Forest renamed Charles H. Bronson WMA Bond Ranch Property added to Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb WMA.
Process_Date: 20151103
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1697
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Escribano Point WMA updated using the FL SOLARIS data from FDEP (Murphy Tract added). Boundary and Mean High Water Line Survey of Escribano Point, Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, Office File No. 1547.2 Yellow River and Eglin Air Force Base lined up to match surveyed Escribano data. Babcock Webb and Bell Ridge Bell Ridge Longleaf updated using shapefile supplied from HSC (FWC_AREA_11_30_15). These boundaries may not include the newest updates and may have some inaccuracies. Fisheating Creek, Fort White, Joe Budd and Okaloacoochee updated using flma_201509 from FNAI. These boundaries may not include the newest updates and may have some inaccuracies. Joe Budd divided into Lead, Co-Lead and Cooperative. Okaloacoochee divided in to Lead and Cooperative. Dinner Island merged into one polygon. Added Carter Creek parcels to Lake Wales Ridge.
Process_Date: 20160105
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS LIbrarian
Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1697
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Beavercreek Dam, Juniper Creek, Lower Hillsborough, Marshall Swamp, Weekiwachee and Babcock Ranch Preserve (Cooperative WMAs) added from HGM.
PotashCorp WMA was deleted.
Hilochee WMA updated using FNAI managed areas shapefile (flma_201601).
Split Tates Hell WMA (and Womack Creek) into Lead and Cooperative.
Added LaFayette Forest and Bell Ridge Longleaf from DEP Bureau of Surveying and Mapping. Redefined projection created Polygons from Polylines.
Box-R updated using FNAI managed areas shapefile (flma_201601).
Process_Date: 20160405
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1697
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Merged multiple cooperative areas that were parts of the same WMA or WEA for efficiency and readability.
Updated Hungryland (removed private lands).
Metadata updated (per David Johnson) to add: The update of these data are an ongoing process. If the ‘Last Updated Date’ fields are January 2012 or older, the boundaries may have changed. Please verify the boundaries with FWC’s Division of Habitat & Species Conservation: Wildlife & Habitat Management Section to the Supplemental Information section.
Process_Date: 20160624
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1697
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Fisheating Creek updated from Glades county parcel data and Andrew West from an inherited boundary shapefile. Updated Big Pine tract of Chinsegut WEA per survey created by Bowman Consulting. Old Crystal River Road was removed from shapefile. Caravelle Ranch was updated using surveyed information from SJRWMD and DEP. In places that there were not surveys, county parcel data was used. In some cases, manual changes were made to line up certain overlapping areas. Separated out Lead and Cooperative.
Process_Date: 20161006
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
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:
J.W. Corbett WMA was updated using the combination of a boundary shapefile received from the District Biologist and Palm Beach County Parcel data.
Updated Rotenberger WMA and Holey Land WMA. Rotenberger’s southern boundary was moved to south of L4. Holey Land’s southern boundary was moved to north of L5 and the western boundary was moved to the eastern edge of the Miami Canal. The original shapefiles were received from the District Biologist and were based on the Establishment Orders.
Process_Date: 20170103
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
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:
Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area was updated by taking information from FNAI, DSL, DEP LABINS, Gulf and Franklin County Property appraisers and known surveys and creating the boundary. Rotenberger WMA was updated to better match the canals and Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area. Holey Land WMA was updated to better match the canals and Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area. Lake Wales Ridge WEA was updated by removing an incorrect parcel. Tenoroc FMA was updated using survey and county parcel data. Escribano Point WMA – Eight new parcels were added to the WMA.
Process_Date: 20170404
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
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 Everglades WMA was updated using Establishment orders with help of the District Biologist. There are currently no surveys of this area.
Process_Date: 20170630
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:
Parcel Id # C-10-36-29-010-T590-0000 was added to the Henscratch Unit of LWR WEA using Hernando County Parcel data.
Added missing parcel to Caravelle Ranch.
Added two parcels to Escribano Point using Survey information and Santa Rosa County Parcel data.
Rogers parcel added to Escribano Point and merged.
Little Gator creek updated using surveys and Pasco County Parcel data.
Out parcel in Santa Rosa County was added to the Escribano Point boundary.
Updated OK Slough using the Lead Biologist’s internal boundary between Lead and Cooperative and used Hendry county parcel data for the outside boundary.
Process_Date: 20180102
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:
Box-R: Added new aquisition parcel Branan Fields: Updated using Duval and Clay county parcel data. Fort White: Updated using Gilchrist county parcel data while leaving the shoreline as is. Joe Budd: Updated using County parcel data but did not change the shoreline. Extra area added to Co-lead. Three Lakes: Updated using FWC_AREA_2018_2 boundary and from boundaries received from local Biologist of the area. Lake Wales Ridge: Parcel #C-04-34-28-140-2870-0070, parcel #C-21-36-29-170-4100-0050 and parcel #C-21-36-29-170-4100-0050 were added. Escribano Point: Reshaped parcel # 30-1N-27-0000-01260-0000 in Escribano Point to better match the county parcel data. ARWEA: Added missing parcel Fisheating Creek: Added Parcel # S34-40-30-002-0140-0120
Process_Date: 20180403
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:
Added new parcel # 00119160-000000 to Florida Keys. Added County parcel to Aucilla WMA - Econfina Timberlands tract: 78-acres adjacent to (and to be managed as part of) the Aucilla WMA. Highlands County parcels added to Lake Wales Ridge WEA Lease #4034: C213629-06009000100 & C213629-06009200280. 0.23-acre Pittman parcel #C223730-28040900310 added to Lake Wales Ridge WEA. Privately held inholdings of Babcock/Webb (e.g., Zemel Family Ventures LLC corridor that bisects the WMA – 10 parcels, others) removed from Babcock/Webb.
Process_Date: 20180701
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1697
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Parcel ID 131109000001990000 added to the Big Bend Jena Unit Parcel ID 22-11-25-0000-0040-0000 added to Caravelle Ranch Parcel ID 31-08S-08W-0000-0030-0000 added to Box-R Parcel ID C22373021027500320 added to LWRWEA Holmes Avenue Parcel ID C22373021027500310 added to LWRWEA Holmes Avenue Parcel ID C22373021027500300 added to LWRWEA Holmes Avenue Parcel ID C22373021026500030 added to LWRWEA Holmes Avenue Parcel ID C22373026035200110 added to LWRWEA Holmes Avenue Parcel ID C22373026035300130 added to LWRWEA Holmes Avenue Parcel ID C22373028038200220 added to LWRWEA Holmes Avenue Parcel ID C33363001020400050 added to LWRWEA Holmes Avenue Parcel ID C22373029042000140 added to LWRWEA Holmes Avenue Parcel ID 2566 27 00117500000803 added the Florida Keys WEA Parcel ID 19-08S-06W-0000-0010-0010 added to the Apalachicola River WEA Salt Lake WMA updated from SJRWMD
Process_Date: 20180930
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS Librarian
Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1697
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Removed Monroe County Parcel 0967 27 00120500000000 from the FKWEA Parcel ID 01-08S-08W-0000-0010-0000 and parcel ID 07-08S-07W-0000-0010-0000 added to Apalachicola River Parcel IDs R03 421 17 0000 0010 0010, R02 421 17 0000 0010 0000, R02 421 17 0000 0010 0040, R03 421 17 0000 0010 0020, R02 421 17 0000 0010 0100, R03 421 17 0000 0010 0050, R02 421 17 0000 0010 0120, R02 421 17 0000 0010 0060, R02 421 17 0000 0010 0140, R02 421 17 0000 0010 0130 added to Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area Parcel ID C21362905022800190 added to the Leisure Lake unit of LWRWEA Parcel IDs C04342820041900370, C04342820042100040, C04342821044700090, C04342821044800260, C04342821044900320, C04342821045300100, C04342821045300030, C04342821045400060, C04342821045400080 and C04342821045400110 added to the Sun N Lake unit of LWRWEA Parcel ID 1766 29 00112730000000 added to the FKWEA Removed inholding parcels and added missing parcels. Adjusted boundary of the Yucca Pens unit to align with parcel data and aerial imagery. Adjusted Boyette and Zemel inholding boundaries to match aerial imagery. Parcel IDs 0670920002, 0670920003, 0670920003 and 0670920002 added to Guana River WMA. Parcel IDs C24352819010700090, C24352819010600200, C03362913076400000 and C03362914081200000 added to LWRWEA. Split up Salt Lake into Lead and Cooperative Parcel ID 21 3425-00-8 to Salt Lake WMA. Hilochee – Osprey Unit: Boundary adjusted to follow parcel data; point density reduced. Split Oak: Adjusted boundaries to follow parcel data; added in lake portion in the NW. Babcock/Webb: Removed inholding parcels and added missing parcels. Adjusted boundary of the Yucca Pens unit to align with parcel data and aerial imagery. Adjusted Boyette and Zemel inholding boundaries to match aerial imagery.
Process_Date: 20190118
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS LIbrarian
Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1697
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Parcel ID C24352819009500200 and C24352819011400210 added to the Orange Blossom Unit of Lake Wales Ridge. Parcel ID C03362910015400000, C03362914089000000, C03362913058800000, C03362910013300000 and C03362912056300000 was added to the Henscratch Subdivision Unit of Lake Wales Ridge. Parcel ID C24352819011200050, C24352819010800050, C24352819009700301, C243528190096-0140, C24352819009500100, C24352819011300080, C24352819009600010 and C24352819010000020 added to the Orange Blossom Unit of Lake Wales Ridge. Parcel ID C03362912053700000, C03362914079200000 and C03362911028100000 added to the Henscratch Subdivision Unit of LWRWEA. Parcel ID C183630A0000900000 and C183630A0001000000 added to the Clements Unit of LWRWEA Parcel ID 20662900113040000000 added to FKWEA Parcel ID C24352819009700140 added to the Orange Blossom Unit of Lake Wales Ridge.
Process_Date: 20190702
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person: GIS LIbrarian
Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1697
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Parcel ID C03362914080800000, C03362913059000000, C03362910006700000, C03362913065100000, C03362913062100000 and C03362913058600000 added to the Henscratch Subdivision Unit of Lake Wales Ridge. Parcel ID C24352819010200140 andC24352819010100110 added to the Orange Blossom Unit of Lake Wales Ridge. Parcel ID 1 30 44 23 A00 0001.0000, 1 30 44 24 A00 0001.0000, 1 30 44 27 A00 0001.0000, 1 30 44 26 A00 0001.0000, 1 30 44 25 A00 0001.0000, 1 30 44 34 A00 0001.0000, 1 30 44 35 A00 0001.0000, 1 30 44 36 A00 0001.0000, 1 30 45 04 A00 0004.0000, 1 30 45 03 A00 0001.0000, 1 30 45 02 A00 0001.0000, 1 30 45 01 A00 0001.0000, 1 30 45 10 A00 0001.0000 and 1 30 45 11 A00 0001.0000 added to the Lead area of Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area. Parcel ID 412405200001, 412408200001, 412416300001, 412417200002, 412428100002, 412433200001, 422404200001, 422409200001 and 422410300001 added to Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area.
Process_Date: 20191001
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

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel: 24.0
Standard_Parallel: 31.5
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.0
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.0
False_Easting: 400000.0
False_Northing: 0.0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000004429812072714868
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000004429812072714868
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: wildlife_mgt_areas_fl_poly
Entity_Type_Definition: Unknown
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Formal name of managed area
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition: Full formal name of managed area
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Formal name of managed area
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE_area
Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE_len
Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UNIT
Attribute_Definition: Name of sub-area within managed area
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Name of sub-area within managed area
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA_SQMI
Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in square miles.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Area of feature in square miles.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FWC_REGION
Attribute_Definition:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) administrative region that WMA falls within.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) administrative region that WMA falls within.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE
Attribute_Definition:
Type of managed area; possible values include:Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Wildlife and Environmental Area (WEA), Public Use Area (PUA), Small Game Area (SGA), Stormwater Treatment Area (STA), Public Waterfowl Area (PWA), National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Air Force Base (AFB), Air Force Range (AFR) or Preserve (PRSV)
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Type of managed area; possible values include:Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Wildlife and Environmental Area (WEA), Public Use Area (PUA), Small Game Area (SGA), Stormwater Treatment Area (STA), Public Waterfowl Area (PWA), National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Air Force Base (AFB), Air Force Range (AFR) or Preserve (PRSV)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: YR_LAST_UP
Attribute_Definition: Year last updated.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Year last updated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MTH_LST_UP
Attribute_Definition: Month last updated.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Month last updated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MGT_TYPE
Attribute_Definition: Defines FWC as Lead or Cooperative of the managed area.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Defines FWC as Lead or Cooperative of the managed area.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: WEBSITE
Attribute_Definition: FWC website for the managed area.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: FWC website for the managed area.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME_SHORT
Attribute_Definition: Formal name of managed area with acronynm
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Formal name of managed area with acronynm
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE_SHORT
Attribute_Definition:
managed area; possible values include:WMA, WEA, PUA, SGA, STA, PWA, NWR, AFB, AFR or PRSV
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
managed area; possible values include:WMA, WEA, PUA, SGA, STA, PWA, NWR, AFB, AFR or PRSV
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ACREAGE

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: GISLibrarian
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 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
Distribution_Liability:
This data set is in the public domain, and the recipient may not assert any proprietary rights thereto nor represent it to anyone as other than a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission produced data set; it is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The user assumes all responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of this data set for a specific application. In no event will the staff of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this data set.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: SHP
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <http://myfwc.com/research>
Fees:
None. However, persons or organizations requesting information must provide transfer media if FTP is not available and must pay express shipping costs if express shipping is required.
Ordering_Instructions:
Contact GIS Librarian by e-mail, telephone, or letter explaining which products are needed and providing a brief description of how the products will be used. Also, provide name and address of the person or organization requesting the products.
Turnaround:
Usually within 10 business days, although, complex requests may take longer
Custom_Order_Process: Contact GIS Librarian

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20191001
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: GISLibrarian
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 Southeast
City: St. 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
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Access_Constraints: No restrictions on metadata
Metadata_Use_Constraints: Metadata must be distributed with the data set.
Metadata_Security_Information:
Metadata_Security_Classification_System: FWRI-MC
Metadata_Security_Classification: Available
Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: Metadata must be distributed with the data set.

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