U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Vector Digital Data Set (Polygon) http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/crithab/zip/FCH_Gopherus_agassizii_19940208.zip https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/100_199/ds141.zip To provide the user with a general idea of areas where final critical habitat for desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) occur based on the description provided in the Federal Register. The geographic extent includes Mohave County, Arizona ; Washington County, Utah ; Clark and Lincoln Counties, Nevada ; and Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California. Critical habitat are areas considered essential for the conservation of a listed species. These areas provide notice to the public and land managers the importance of these areas to the conservation of this species. Special protections and/or restrictions are possible in areas where federal funding, permits, licenses, authorizations, or actions occur or are required. Complete As needed -117.939140 -113.290328 37.411836 32.918737 ISO 19115 Topic Categories biota environment None U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Gopherus agassizii Final Rule critical habitat desert tortoise None CA AZ Riverside County Utah Arizona NV Lincoln County Kern County Los Angeles County Clark County San Bernardino County UT California Nevada Washington County Imperial County Mohave County None The GIS files and their associated coordinates are not the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries of species described within this dataset. 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. While the Service makes every effort to represent the critical habitat shown with this data as completely and accurately as possible (given existing time and resource constraints), the USFWS gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. In addition, the USFWS shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Graphical representations provided by the use of this data do not represent a legal description of the critical habitat boundary. The user is referred to the critical habitat textual description in the appropriate final rule for this species as published in the Federal Register. These data are to be used only in the context of the definition and purpose of critical habitat. This primarily relates to Section 7 consultation under the Endangered Species Act. These data may be used for planning and land management purposes. They are not to be used for legal survey use.Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Michael Burroughs Wildlife Biologist mailing and physical

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Las Vegas NV 89130 US 702-515-5230 702-515-5231 michael_burroughs@fws.gov 7:30 am to 5:00 pm (PT) Cathy Wilson, Cartographer, Region 8, USFWS Unclassified Environment as of Metadata Creation: Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.4.1 (Build 5686) Service Pack N/A (Build N/A) The attributes listed are believed to be accurate to their application within the data. This data is believed to be logically consistent. Because of changes in the sections and quarter quarters between when the Federal Register was written and now, some of the sections and quarter quarters do not line up with current PLSS section and quarter quarter shapefiles. When this happens, we used the data that was in effect when the Federal Register was written. Whenever the edge of the critical habitat goes across at an angle or squiggles along, it is following a road, a wash or an administrative boundary. Check the wording in the Federal Register to verify what it's following and use that as a guide. Highways, washes and administrative boundaries tend to follow different paths on different maps, but they are pretty static in the real world! Contains the critical habitat polygons as described in the Federal Register; no generalization was performed and no data was intentionally omitted. Polygon were checked by the analyst against the Federal Register and current PLSS shapefiles as well as older topographic data and BLM maps for omissions and correctness. There are some differences in sections and quarter quarters from when the Federal Register was originally written and when this data was updated. Whenever possible, the older data was used to verify and correct the shapefiles, as this was what the original authors used. A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data set has either not been conducted, or is not applicable. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 19940208 pdf hardcopy 59FR5820 Used as a reference to define boundaries of critical habitat. Metadata updated. unknown Polygon shapefiles were received from BLM offices in California, Nevada and Utah, as well as Arizona Game and Fish. These shapefiles were then merged together and attributed. 20030901 Polygons were compared by the GIS analyst and the Desert Tortoise species lead with PLSS Township, Range and Section data, old and current, and the wording and maps in the Federal Register. Polygons were adjusted where necessary. 20101123 Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 23 NAD 1983 California Teale Albers 34.0 40.5 -120.0 0.0 0.0 -4000000.0 coordinate pair 0.0001 0.0001 meter D North American 1983 GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 ds141 Final Critical Habitat for todo_SCINAME (todo_COMNAME) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. PUBDATE Federal Register publication date U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service LEADOFFICE Lead Office Cost Center Code U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service STATUS Critical Habitat Status U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service EXCLUDED Excluded (4A3 or 4B2) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service FINAL Final Critical Habitat U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service VACATED Vacated by Court Order U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service PROPOSED Proposed Critical Habitat U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service UNITNAME Critical Habitat unit name U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service SUBUNIT Critical Habitat subunit code U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service UNIT Critical habitat unit code U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service VIPCODE Unique Population Code referencing the species for the critical habitat being submitted U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service VACATEDATE Date critical habitat designation vacated U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service FEDREG Federal Register ID U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service COOPOFFICE Cooperating Office Cost Center Code U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service SCINAME Binomial or trinomial scientific name U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. COMNAME Legal common name of the species U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service SPCODE Unique Species Code referencing the species for the critical habitat being submitted U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service EFFECTDATE Effective date for critical habitat designation U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service COOPOFMORE Additional Cooperating Office Cost Center Codes U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ACCURACY Accuracy items or concerns U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Source Adjustment Source data is inconsistent or coarse U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seasonal Adjustment Data is dependent on seasonal factors U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Other Other concern U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Temporal Adjustment Data is dependent on temporal factors U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Tidal Adjustment Data is dependent on tidal fluctuations U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Historical Adjustment Reference features, streams, boundaries, etc. have changed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service SUBUNITNAM Critical Habitat subunit name U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service SHAPE_Leng Shape_Length Length of feature in internal units. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE_Area Area of feature in internal units squared. Esri Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. The entity and attribute information provided here describes the tabular data associated with the data set. Please review the detailed descriptions that are provided (the individual attribute descriptions) for information on the values that appear as fields/table entries of the data set. The entity and attribute information was generated by the individual and/or agency identified as the originator of the data set. Please review the rest of the metadata record for additional details and information. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ECOS Development Team mailing and physical

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Fort Collins CO 80525 US 970-266-2999 http://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/helpTickets/create See access and use constraints information. Web Feature Service - All Critical Habitat http://services.arcgis.com/QVENGdaPbd4LUkLV/arcgis/rest/services/USFWS_Critical_Habitat/FeatureServer None This shapefile is downloadable from the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Critical Habitat Portal. See the "Online Source" section. 20230908 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Donald P. Harper Geographer mailing and physical

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Las Vegas NV 89130 US 702-515-5230 702-515-5231 don_harper@fws.gov 7:30 am - 5:00 pm (PT) FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time