Barb Seekins, Protected Resources Division, Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, Geographer Steve Stone, Protected Resources Division, Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, Fisheries Biologist Richard Morse, Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, GIS Analyst 20210726 vector digital data https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/endangered-species-conservation/critical-habitat https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/3000_3099/ds3017.zip Critical habitat includes all marine waters within the delineated boundaries. For the inland waters of Washington state (2006 designation), the contiguous shoreline is defined by the line at a depth of 20 feet (6.1 meters) relative to extreme high water. For the coastal marine waters along the U.S. west coast (2021 revision), the contiguous shoreline is defined by the line at a depth of 20 feet (6.1 meters) relative to mean high water. See the final rules (71 FR 69054 and 86 FR 41668) for descriptions of areas excluded from this critical habitat designation. For the inland waters of Washington state (2006 designation), military areas excluded due to national security impacts were not clipped out of the data.For the coastal marine waters along the U.S. west coast (2021 revision), military areas excluded due to national security impacts (i.e., the Quinault Range and its 10 kilometer buffer) were clipped out of the data. These data represent critical habitat designated (November 29, 2006, 71 FR 69054) and revised (August 2, 2021, 86 FR 41668) under the Endangered Species Act for the Southern Resident killer whale DPS. Complete As needed -125.735974 -121.778152 49.025844 36.217491 None killer whale None critical habitat ISO 19115 Topic Categories biota inlandWaters oceans None Puget Sound None Strait of Juan de Fuca None Haro Strait None San Juan Islands None Pacific Ocean None 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.These data are not the official legal definition of critical habitat. The Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR 226.206) is the source for the legal definition of the critical habitat designation. Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service Shanna Dunn GIS Analyst mailing and physical

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Long Beach CA 90802 US (562) 983-1390 richard.morse@noaa.gov National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Region Esri ArcGIS 12.9.0.32739 Clarifications only apply to this feature class. Military areas ineligible for designation (qualifying INRMP): none Military areas excluded due to national security impacts: yes (not clipped out for 2006 WA inland waters, clipped out for 2021 coastal marine waters) Indian lands excluded: none Economic exclusions: none Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) exclusions: none Unoccupied areas designated: none Federal Register final rule page: November 29, 2006, 71 FR 69066 August 2, 2021, 86 FR 41668 For additional information and maps: NMFS. 2006. Designation of Critical Habitat for Southern Resident Killer Whales - Section 4(b)(2) Report. NMFS Northwest Region Report. October 2006. 44 pp. NMFS. 2021. Revision of the Critical Habitat Designation for Southern Resident Killer Whales - Final ESA Section 4(b)(2) Report. NMFS West Coast Region Report. July 2021. 71 pp. Data creation process 2006. SRKW_FCH_11_14_06_NAD83.shp The areas designated include all marine waters deeper than 20 feet (6.1 meters) relative to a contiguous shoreline delimited by the line of extreme high water. A consistent 20-foot depth contour was not available at the time these data were developed. Therefore, the shoreline depicted in these data was developed from shorezone inventory linework available from the Washington Department of Natural Resources, with modifications made to delineate separate marine zones and to remove areas associated with river inlets, channels, and other waterways considered too shallow to be occupied by killer whales. The U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone available from NOAA, Washington county linework available from the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Plan, and digital 1:24k/1:100k topographic maps depicting bridges were also used to define area boundaries. Modified Washington Department of Natural Resources shorezone linework to remove shallow water areas (e.g., small inlets) in consultation with Lynne Barre (NOAA Fisheries, killer whale critical habitat project leader). In re-evaluating the nearshore areas proposed for critical habitat, several small or shallow inlets, harbors, coves and bays, some with very narrow entrances were identified. More detailed sighting information was obtained to assist with drawing a shoreline boundary for some areas. In most cases, the whales had not been sighted within the small water bodies (e.g., Drayton Harbor, Wescott Bay, Guthrie Cove, Tulalip Bay, Port Gardner/eastern side of Jetty Island, Tacoma Yacht Club, Chapman Bay, Big Fishtrap Inlet, Gull Harbor, Rocky Bay at the mouth of Rocky Creek, Taylor Bay, Mayo Cove, Horsehead Bay, Wollochet Bay, Mystery Bay, Eagle Harbor, Jarrell Cove and Sequim Bay), so the data were modified to excise these areas in the final designation. Several small harbors where there were reports of Southern Resident killer whales at the harbor entrances (e.g., Keystone Harbor, Gig Harbor) were included in the final designation and in the data. 20061114 Protected Resources Division, Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service Barb Seekins Geographer retired SRKW_FCH_11_14_06_NAD83.shp (NAD_1983_Albers) geographic transformation not necessary, unprojected -> SRKW_ch.shp (GCS_North_American_1983 wkid 4269). Geometry was not edited, attributes were not edited, metadata was edited. 20190717 Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service Shanna Dunn GIS Analyst mailing and physical

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Portland OR 97232 US shanna.dunn@noaa.gov The 2019 version SRKW_ch.shp (GCS_North_American_1983 wkid 4269) was converted into the standardized feature class WhaleKiller_SouthernResidentDPS_20061129 (GCS_WGS_84 wkid 4326) using the National Critical Habitat Geodatabase processing protocol. During standardization, geometry was not edited. Attributes were edited. Metadata was edited and populated using the final rule/CFR and the source SRKW_FCH_11_14_06_NAD83.shp (NAD_1983_Albers). Migrated field: "Area_Name" into "UNIT" (edited "Area 1 - Summer Core Area (Haro Strait & San Juan Islands)" to be "Area 1 - Haro Strait and San Juan Islands (summer core area)" for standardization) Dropped fields: FID, Area_Num, Species, CH_Status, Notes (the note "Department of Defense site exclusions are not depicted - consult Federal Register notice for specific sites." was moved to metadata for consistency with other feature classes), AreaSqM, AreaSqMile 20210426 Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service Shanna Dunn GIS Analyst mailing and physical

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Portland OR 97232 US shanna.dunn@noaa.gov Data creation process 2019 - 2021. SRKW_Coastal_CH_Final_2021-07-26.shp For 2021 ch revision only, Pacific Ocean data. Step 1 - Select the California - Oregon - Washington length of the CUSP shoreline and clip the streams, rivers, enclosed bays, and other shoreline intrusions so that they align with the shoreline north and south of these openings in order to simplify the shoreline. Split the California length from the Oregon - Washington length. Shoreline irregularities caused by intrusions like tributaries and enclosed bays were removed to avoid the unbalanced affect they would have on the TIN surface interpolation process. Step 2 - Select 200 m isobath from the Carowall bathymetry data set and create a separate layer. Then clip off parts of it north of the US-Canada maritime border and south of latitude 36 deg 18’. This is a selection of an isobath that will be used later to delineate the seaward extent. Step 3 - Convert bathymetry polygons in bathpy_or.shp and bathpy_wa.shp into isobath lines for Washington and Oregon, using the features to lines tool. Bathymetry polygons need to be separated into their component upper and lower value isobaths in order to be used to interpolate a surface from which the 6.1 m isobath can be generated. Step 4 - Combine the CUSP shoreline for Oregon and Washington with the 10 m isobath along those two states. Manually adjust any gaps in a way consistent with the position and direction of the isobaths before and after the gaps. This prepares the isobaths so that a TIN interpolation may be run on them. Step 5 - Use the Oregon and Washington contour layers, which contain 0 and 10 m isobaths, to generate a TIN surface using ArcGIS spatial analyst, then use the spatial analyst contour tool to generate a 6.1 m isobath from that TIN surface. This produces the shoreward extent along the Oregon and Washington coast, at a depth of 6.1 m. Step 6 - Extract the 5 and 10 isobaths along California's coast from Contour_5m.shp and combine it with the California segment of the CUSP shoreline. This prepares the isobaths so that a TIN interpolation may be run on them. Step 7 - Use the layer with combined CA CUSP shoreline (0 m) and the 5 m and 10 m isobath layer to generate a TIN surface using ArcGIS spatial analyst, then use the spatial analyst contour tool to generate a 6.1 m depth isobath from that TIN surface. This produces the shoreward extent along the California coast at a depth of 6.1 m. Step 8 - Where the 6.1 m isobath intrudes into rivers, bays, and other outlets that lead to the sea (Strait of Juan de Fuca, Columbia River, San Francisco Bay), intrusions were cut off in front of the waterway by drawing a line from the part of the 6.1 m isobath north of the waterway’s entrance to the part of the isobath south of the waterway’s entrance. For the Strait of Juan de Fuca, this cut was made from Cape Flattery to Tatoosh Island, then from Tatoosh Island to the US – Canada maritime border on a bearing to Bonilla Point, on Vancouver Island, Canada. For the Columbia River, this cut was made from the seaward end of jetty on the northern side of the river to the seaward end of the jetty on the southern side of the river. Monterey Bay was not cut because it is a very broad bay above a very deep sea channel that whales frequently enter. For San Francisco Bay, this cut was made from where the 6.1 m isobath begins to veer into the bay, off Bonita Point, then down toward Gorman Island, where it connects with the isobath as it emerges from the bay and begins to turn south along the California coast. Diversions upstream or into enclosed bays, often caused by channel flow or dredging, are not seen to be representative of SRKW critical habitat just on account of their depth. ...continued...in next entry... 20210726 Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service Richard Morse GIS Analyst unknown

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Long Beach CA 90802 US (562) 983-1390 richard.morse@noaa.gov ...continued from previous entry... Data creation process 2019 - 2021. SRKW_Coastal_CH_Final_2021-07-26.shp For 2021 ch revision only, Pacific Ocean data. Step 9 - Modify the 6.1 m isobath to conform with the detailed CUSP shoreline. Original isobaths of 5 and 10 m depths that were used to generate the TIN surface (and from it the 6.1 m isobath) along the California coast sometimes crossed over the actual CUSP mainland shoreline. Because the CUSP shoreline is considered more accurate than the bathymetric data, its position takes precedence over the location of the bathymetry and the isobath was adjusted to pass around the shoreline in areas where it otherwise would cross over the shoreline. This adjustment was made anywhere the TIN-generated isobath intersected the coastline of the mainland. A horizontal buffer of 6.1 m, was added to keep the isobath at a horizontal distance away from the shore equal to the depth of SRKW critical habitat at its shoreward extent as a margin of error. Inaccuracies of original bathymetry resulted in locations where the bathymetric isobaths appear to cross over the coastline of the mainland. Moving the inshore isobath to a position seaward of these crossovers prevents orca habitat from appearing to include upland areas, and a slight buffer along these areas that pushes the isobath further out removed the assumption that SRKW habitat would go right up to the shoreline. Step 10 - Combine the 200 m isobath, representing the seaward extent, with the 6.1 m isobath, connecting them together in the north along the US-Canada maritime boundary, and in the south along the 36 deg 18' latitude (Point Sur), then convert these lines into a polygon. This polygon represents the coastal extent of SRKW critical habitat. Step 11 - Split this polygon along 4 latitudes: Cape Meares, OR (45 deg 29' 12" N); California - Oregon Border (41 deg 59' 55" N); Cape Mendocino, CA (40 deg 26' 19" N); Pigeon Point (37 deg 11' 00" N) to create 5 polygons. These latitudes represent the locations where SRKW critical habitat is divided into 5 different areas. Step 12 - Split the northernmost polygon, between the US – Canada border and Cape Meares, using the 50 m isobath from the Washington and Oregon bathymetry data sets. This will create 2 zones, an inshore zone from 6.1 m to 50 m depths and an offshore zone from 50 m to 200 m depths. This division represents two distinct SRKW critical habitat areas. Step 13 - Clipped out the excluded Quinault Range Site (QRS), and a 10 km buffer, for all areas that were not within the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS). 20210726 010000 Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service Richard Morse GIS Analyst unknown

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Long Beach CA 90802 US (562) 983-1390 richard.morse@noaa.gov Added 2021 revision data (coastal marine waters, Pacific Ocean) to the 2006 designation data (Washington inland waters, Puget Sound). Note: topology is not coincident at the boundary where these two datasets were merged (near Cape Flattery). Topology could be repaired. SRKW_Coastal_CH_Final_2021-07-26.shp (GCS_WGS_1984 wkid 4326) and the feature class WhaleKiller_SouthernResidentDPS_20061129 (GCS_WGS_84 wkid 4326) were combined and converted into the feature class WhaleKiller_SouthernResidentDPS_20210802 (GCS_WGS_84 wkid 4326) using the National Critical Habitat Geodatabase processing protocol. Archived 2006 feature class. During standardization, geometry was not edited. Attributes were edited. Metadata was edited and populated using the final rule/CFR and the source SRKW_Coastal_CH_Final_2021-07-26.shp (GCS_WGS_1984 wkid 4326). Migrated field: "AREA_NAM" into "UNIT" (edited values for standardization purposes). Dropped all other fields. 20210816 Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service Shanna Dunn GIS Analyst mailing and physical

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Portland OR 97232 US shanna.dunn@noaa.gov Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 11 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 ds3017 A collection of geographic features with the same geometry type. Esri OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. SHAPE Feature geometry. Esri Coordinates defining the features. ID 9 digit unique identifier for each feature in the geodatabase. Used to relate or join supplemental attribute tables. National Marine Fisheries Service SCIENAME Binomial or trinomial scientific name. Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations. National Marine Fisheries Service COMNAME Legal common name of species. Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations. National Marine Fisheries Service LISTENTITY Full text of the ESA listed entity: Species, Subspecies, Distinct Population Segment (DPS), or Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). Value formatted as written in the Code of Federal Regulations. *Note: for entire species listings, this value will be the same as COMNAME value. National Marine Fisheries Service LISTSTATUS Current Endangered Species Act listing status. National Marine Fisheries Service Endangered Species that are in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of their range. Endangered Species Act of 1973 Threatened Species that are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future. Endangered Species Act of 1973 Delisted Species that were removed from the Endangered Species Act list. Endangered Species Act of 1973 CHSTATUS Status of the critical habitat designation. National Marine Fisheries Service Final A final rule in the Federal Register publishes the regulatory text in full with an effective date. The regulatory text sets out amendments to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Federal Register Proposed A proposed rule in the Federal Register notifies the public of a pending regulation. Any person or organization may comment on it during the comment period. Federal Register UNIT Critical habitat unit name. Null if designation did not specify units or unit names. National Marine Fisheries Service TAXON Taxonomic unit. National Marine Fisheries Service baleen whale Any of a suborder (Mysticeti) of large whales that have baleen plates in the upper jaw which are used to filter chiefly small crustaceans out of large quantities of seawater. Merriam-Webster dictionary toothed whale Any of a suborder (Odontoceti) of cetaceans bearing usually numerous simple conical teeth. Merriam-Webster dictionary fish Any of numerous cold-blooded strictly aquatic craniate vertebrates that include the bony fishes and the cartilaginous and jawless fishes and that have typically an elongated somewhat spindle-shaped body terminating in a broad caudal fin, limbs in the form of fins when present at all, and a 2-chambered heart by which blood is sent through thoracic gills to be oxygenated. Merriam-Webster dictionary pinniped Any of an order or suborder (Pinnipedia) of aquatic carnivorous mammals with all four limbs modified into flippers. Merriam-Webster dictionary marine reptile Any of a class (Reptilia) of cold-blooded, air-breathing, usually egg-laying vertebrates that have adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment and have a body typically covered with scales or bony plates and a bony skeleton with a single occipital condyle, a distinct quadrate bone usually immovably articulated with the skull, and ribs attached to the sternum. Merriam-Webster dictionary invertebrate Any animal that lacks a spinal column. Merriam-Webster dictionary plant Any of a kingdom (Plantae) of multicellular eukaryotic mostly photosynthetic organisms typically lacking locomotive movement or obvious nervous or sensory organs and possessing cellulose cell walls. Merriam-Webster dictionary LEADOFFICE Office responsible for the critical habitat Federal Register Notice. National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources Headquarters office responsible for nationwide conservation, protection, and recovery of endangered and threatened marine species listed under the Endangered Species Act. National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Region Includes Alaska and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. National Marine Fisheries Service West Coast Region Includes Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. National Marine Fisheries Service Greater Atlantic Region Includes Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina (north of Cape Hatteras) and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. National Marine Fisheries Service Southeast Region Includes North Carolina (south of Cape Hatteras), South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Region Includes Hawai'i, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Kingman Reef, Howland Island, Baker Island, Jarvis Island, Wake Island, Johnston Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and adjacent marine waters extending outwards to the 200 nautical mile boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone. National Marine Fisheries Service FR PUBDATE Federal Register Notice publication date. MM/DD/YYYY format National Marine Fisheries Service EFFECTDATE Effective date for a final critical habitat designation. Null for proposed critical habitat. MM/DD/YYYY format National Marine Fisheries Service AREASqKm Geodesic area calculated in square kilometers. National Marine Fisheries Service CREATEDATE Date spatial feature was created or geometry was last edited. MM/DD/YYYY format National Marine Fisheries Service NOTES Additional information about the feature that is not contained in other fields. National Marine Fisheries Service INPORTURL Feature class metadata URL. InPort is the National Marine Fisheries Service's official metadata catalog found at: https://inport.nmfs.noaa.gov/inport/ National Marine Fisheries Service 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. HABTYPE ECFR 20220726 Protected Resources Division, West Coast Region, National Marine Fisheries Service Shanna Dunn GIS Analyst mailing and physical

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Portland OR 97232 US shanna.dunn@noaa.gov FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time