California Department of FIsh and WIldlife 20160914 raster digital data Citation for the CWHR System is as follows: California Department of Fish and Wildlife California Interagency Wildlife Task Group. [DATE downloaded]. CWHR version [insert version number X.X] personal computer program. Sacramento, CA. https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS ftp://ftp.wildlife.ca.gov/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/2000_2099/ds2010.zip https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/CWHR The datasets used in the creation of the predicted Habitat Suitability models includes the CWHR range maps of California's regularly-occurring vertebrates which were digitized as GIS layers to support the predictions of the CWHR System software. These vector datasets of CWHR range maps are one component of California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR), a comprehensive information system and predictive model for California's wildlife. The CWHR System was developed to support habitat conservation and management, land use planning, impact assessment, education, and research involving terrestrial vertebrates in California. CWHR contains information on life history, management status, geographic distribution, and habitat relationships for wildlife species known to occur regularly in California. Range maps represent the maximum, current geographic extent of each species within California. They were originally delineated at a scale of 1:5,000,000 by species-level experts and have gradually been revised at a scale of 1:1,000,000. For more information about CWHR, visit the CWHR webpage (https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/CWHR). The webpage provides links to download CWHR data and user documents such as a look up table of available range maps including species code, species name, and range map revision history; a full set of CWHR GIS data; .pdf files of each range map or species life history accounts; and a User Guide.The models also used the CALFIRE-FRAP compiled "best available" land cover data known as Fveg. This compilation dataset was created as a single data layer, to support the various analyses required for the Forest and Rangeland Assessment, a legislatively mandated function. These data are being updated to support on-going analyses and to prepare for the next FRAP assessment in 2015. An accurate depiction of the spatial distribution of habitat types within California is required for a variety of legislatively-mandated government functions. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's CALFIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP), in cooperation with California Department of Fish and Wildlife VegCamp program and extensive use of USDA Forest Service Region 5 Remote Sensing Laboratory (RSL) data, has compiled the "best available" land cover data available for California into a single comprehensive statewide data set. The data span a period from approximately 1990 to 2014. Typically the most current, detailed and consistent data were collected for various regions of the state. Decision rules were developed that controlled which layers were given priority in areas of overlap. Cross-walks were used to compile the various sources into the common classification scheme, the California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR) system.CWHR range data was used together with the FVEG vegetation maps and CWHR habitat suitability ranks to create Predicted Habitat Suitability maps for species. The Predicted Habitat Suitability maps show the mean habitat suitability score for the species, as defined in CWHR. CWHR defines habitat suitability as NO SUITABILITY (0), LOW (0.33), MEDIUM (0.66), or HIGH (1) for reproduction, cover, and feeding for each species in each habitat stage (habitat type, size, and density combination). The mean is the average of the reproduction, cover, and feeding scores, and can be interpreted as LOW (less than 0.34), MEDIUM (0.34-0.66), and HIGH (greater than 0.66) suitability. Note that habitat suitability ranks were developed based on habitat patch sizes >40 acres in size, and are best interpreted for habitat patches >200 acres in size. The CWHR Predicted Habitat Suitability rasters are named according to the 4 digit alpha-numeric species CWHR ID code. The CWHR Species Lookup Table contains a record for each species including its CWHR ID, scientific name, common name, and range map revision history (available for download at https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/CWHR). CWHR Predicted Habitat Suitability. This dataset represents areas of suitable habitat within the species ranges based on California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR 2016) and a statewide best-available vegetation map (FVEG2015, FRAP 2015). Habitat suitability ranks of Low (less than 0.34), Medium (0.34-0.66), and High (greater than 0.66) suitability are based on the mean expert opinion suitability value for each habitat type for breeding, foraging, and cover. Please note that the data is represented in raster format with a pixel size of 30 meters. In the case of species that rely on habitat types that are difficult to map at this scale, such as riparian or wetland habitat types, the amount of representative habitat may be underestimated or inaccurately mapped due to aggregation into pixels with a majority type not used by the species. Unknown -119.086697 -116.386521 37.063930 33.626962 None biota, habitat, natural resources, wildlife, species, environment, amphibians ISO 19115 Topic Categories biota environment None California The State of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and California Department of Fish and Wildlife make no representation or warranties regarding the accuracy of the data or maps. The user will not seek to hold the State or the Department liable under any circumstances for any damages with respect to any claim by the user or any third party on account of or arising from the use of data or maps. The Predicted Habitat Suitability model results are limited by the accuracy and scale of the input data. Please note that the data is represented in raster format with a pixel size of 30 meters. In the case of species that rely on habitat types that are difficult to map at this scale, such as riparian or wetland habitat types, the amount of representative habitat may be underestimated or inacurately mapped due to aggregation into pixels with a majority type not used by the species. California Department of Fish and Wildlife Melanie Gogol-Prokurat Conservation Analysis Unit Coordinator (916) 324-9265 melanie.gogol-prokurat@wildlife.ca.gov http://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/CWHR/ http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/rsl/projects/mapping/ http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fia/ http://www.frap.cdf.ca.gov/ http://www.dfg.ca.gov/biogeodata/vegcamp/ Unclassified Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333 Raster Grid Cell NAD 1983 California Teale Albers 34.0 40.5 -120.0 0.0 0.0 -4000000.0 coordinate pair 0.000000003754707655900803 0.000000003754707655900803 meter D North American 1983 GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 VAT_ds2010 CALFIRE-FRAP OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. VALUE COUNT Whrall WHRALL - Unique habitat data label. Concatenated from separate habitat attributes WHRtype, WHRsize and WHRdensity. CALFIRE FRAP ADSXD Alpine-Dwarf Shrub, size "X", density "D" ADSXM Alpine-Dwarf Shrub; Size "X"; Density "M" ADSXP Alpine-Dwarf Shrub; Size "X"; Density "P" ADSXS Alpine-Dwarf Shrub; Size "X"; Density "S" ADSXX Alpine-Dwarf Shrub; Size "X"; Denisty "X" Whrname WHRNAME - Unique name for each Wildlife Habitat Relationship class (WHRtype) DFG ADS Alpine-Dwarf Shrub AGR Agriculture AGS Annual Grassland ASC Alkali Desert Scrub ASP Aspen BAR Barren BBR Bitterbrush BOP Blue Oak-Foothill Pine BOW Blue Oak Woodland CHP Undetermined Shrub CON Undetermined Conifer COW Coastal Oak Woodland CPC Closed-Cone Pine-Cypress CRC Chamise-Redshank Chaparral CRP Cropland CSC Coastal Scrub DFR Douglas Fir DGR Dryland Grain Crops DOR Deciduous Orchard DRI Desert Riparian DSC Desert Scrub DSS Desert Succulent Shrub DSW Desert Wash EOR Evergreen Orchard EPN Eastside Pine EST Estuarine EUC Eucalyptus FEW Fresh Emergent Wetland HDW Hardwood IGR Irrigated Grain Crops IRF Irrigated Row and Field Crops IRH Irrigated Hayfield JPN Jeffrey Pine JST Joshua Tree JUN Juniper KMC Klamath Mixed Conifer LAC Lacustrine LPN Lodgepole Pine LSG Low Sage MCH Mixed Chaparral MCP Montane Chaparral MHC Montane Hardwood-Conifer MHW Montane Hardwood MRI Montane Riparian OVN Orchard - Vineyard PAS Pasture PGS Perennial Grassland PJN Pinyon-Juniper POS Palm Oasis PPN Ponderosa Pine RDW Redwood RFR Red Fir RIC Rice RIV Riverine SCN Subalpine Conifer SEW Saline Emergent Wetland SGB Sagebrush SMC Sierran Mixed Conifer URB Urban VIN Vineyard VOW Valley Oak Woodland VRI Valley Foothill Riparian WAT WATER WFR White Fir WTM Wet Meadow MAR Marsh Whrtype WHRTYPE - Unique Wildlife Habitat Relationship (WHR) class code DFG ADS Alpine-Dwarf Shrub AGR Agriculture AGS Annual Grassland ASC Alkali Desert Scrub ASP Aspen BAR Barren BBR Bitterbrush BOP Blue Oak-Foothill Pine BOW Blue Oak Woodland CHP Undetermined Shrub CON Undetermined Conifer COW Coastal Oak Woodland CPC Closed-Cone Pine-Cypress CRC Chamise-Redshank Chaparral CRP Cropland CSC Coastal Scrub DFR Douglas Fir DGR Dryland Grain Crops DOR Deciduous Orchard DRI Desert Riparian DSC Desert Scrub DSS Desert Succulent Shrub DSW Desert Wash EOR Evergreen Orchard EPN Eastside Pine EST Estuarine EUC Eucalyptus FEW Fresh Emergent Wetland HDW Hardwood IGR Irrigated Grain Crops IRF Irrigated Row and Field Crops IRH Irrigated Hayfield JPN Jeffrey Pine JST Joshua Tree JUN Juniper KMC Klamath Mixed Conifer LAC Lacustrine LPN Lodgepole Pine LSG Low Sage MCH Mixed Chaparral MCP Montane Chaparral MHC Montane Hardwood-Conifer MHW Montane Hardwood MRI Montane Riparian OVN Orchard - Vineyard PAS Pasture PGS Perennial Grassland PJN Pinyon-Juniper POS Palm Oasis PPN Ponderosa Pine RDW Redwood RFR Red Fir RIC Rice RIV Riverine SCN Subalpine Conifer SEW Saline Emergent Wetland SGB Sagebrush SMC Sierran Mixed Conifer URB Urban VIN Vineyard VOW Valley Oak Woodland VRI Valley Foothill Riparian WAT Water WFR White Fir WTM Wet Meadow Whrsize WHRSIZE - Wildlife Habitat Relationship Size Class (tree types only) DFG X Not Determined - N/A 1 Seedling - Less Than 1 inch 2 Sapling - 1 to 6 inches 3 Pole - 6 to 11 inches 4 Small Tree - 11 to 24 inches 5 Medium/Large Tree - Greater Than 24 inches 6 Multi Layered - Size 5 Over Size 4 Or 3; Total Tree Crown > 60% Whrdensity WHRDENSITY - Wildlife Habitat Relationship class (tree types only) DFG S 10 to 24% P 25 to 39% M 40 to 59% D 60 to 100% X Not Determined - N/A Whr10name WHR10NAME - Unique name for aggregated WHR codes. WHR classes were grouped into 10 major land cover types. CALFIRE FRAP Agriculture less than 10% natural vegetation and area is under cultivation. Barren/Other Less than 10% vegetative cover Conifer Conifer > 10% cover Desert Desert vegetation > 3% and not conifer, hardwood, shrub Hardwood Hardwood > 10% total cover and conifer < 25% total cover Herbaceous Herbaceous > 10% cover and Tree/shrub < 10% cover Shrub Shrub > 10% cover and tree < 10% cover Urban Urban > 10% cover and native tree/shrub/grass < 10% cover Water Water Wetland Wetland > 10% cover and not tree/shrub Whr13name WHR13NAME - Unique name for aggregated WHR codes. WHR classes were grouped into 13 major land cover types. CALFIRE FRAP Agriculture less than 10% natural vegetation and area is under cultivation. Barren/Other Less than 10% vegetative cover Conifer Forest Conifer Forest > 10% cover Conifer Woodland Conifer Woodland > 10% cover Desert Shrub Desert shrub vegetation > 3% and not conifer, hardwood, shrub Desert Woodland Desert Woodland vegetation > 3% and not conifer, hardwood, shrub Hardwood Forest Hardwood Forest > 10% cover and conifer < 25% Hardwood Woodland Hardwood Woodland > 10% and conifer < 10% Herbaceous Herbaceous > 10% cover and Tree/shrub < 10% cover Shrub Shrub > 10% cover and tree < 10% cover Urban Urban > 10% cover and native tree/shrub/grass < 10% cover Water Water Wetland Wetland > 10% cover and not tree/shrub Life_form LIFE_FORM - Unique name for aggregated WHR codes. WHR classes were grouped into 8 major "life form" types. CALFIRE FRAP CONIFER CONIFER HARDWOOD HARDWOOD SHRUB SHRUB HERBACEOUS HERBACEOUS WATER WATER URBAN URBAN BARREN/OTHER BARREN/OTHER AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE Source_name SOURCE_NAME - General description of where the source data layer used for a given geography CALFIRE FRAP Source_year SOURCE_YEAR - Year of base imagery that source data layer references for a given geography CALFIRE-FRAP OID CWHR_CODE combination of WHRTYPE, WHRSIZE, and WHRDENSITY. CWHR_ID CWHR species code NAME species common name MEAN Mean habitat suitability score as a decimal. This score represents the mean habitat suitability score for the species, as defined in CWHR. CWHR defines habitat suitability as NO SUITABILITY (0), LOW (0.33), MEDIUM (0.66), or HIGH (1) for reproduction, cover, and feeding for each species in each habitat stage (habitat type, size, and density combination). The mean is the average of the reproduction, cover, and feeding scores, and can be interpreted as LOW (<0.34), MEDIUM (0.34-0.66), and HIGH (>0.66) suitability. MEAN_100 Mean habitat suitability score as integer. This score represents the mean habitat suitability score for the species, as defined in CWHR. CWHR defines habitat suitability as NO SUITABILITY (0), LOW (0.33), MEDIUM (0.66), or HIGH (1) for reproduction, cover, and feeding for each species in each habitat stage (habitat type, size, and density combination). The MEAN_100 is the average of the reproduction, cover, and feeding scores, converted to integer, and can be interpreted as LOW (1-33), MEDIUM (34-66), and HIGH (>66) suitability. 20180206 California Department of Fish and Wildlife Melanie Gogol-Prokurat Conservation Analysis Unit Coordinator (916) 324-9265 melanie.gogol-prokurat@wildlife.ca.gov FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time