Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau, Sequoia National Forest. Final Report. By Norman H. Pillsbury, Natural Resources Management Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, March 1994 David Burton, Aspen Delineation Project, 2070 Orange Drive, Penryn, CA 20060601 1 vector digital data https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/300_399/ds377.zip The database represents point locations and associated stand assessment data collected within aspen stands in the Cannell Meadows Ranger District, Sequoia National Forest, Tulare County, California. The aspen inventory from Sequoia National Forest is the only dataset in the state aspen database that was derived from a publication (Pillsbury 1994). The CDFG digitized this dataset by scanning paper maps within the publication, and digitizing and geo-referencing polygons from the electronic maps. Two assessment tables were created from the tables within the publication-one was a summery of the plot information and the other was a summery of the stand information which was an average of the plots within each stand. The report assessed information such as: topographic features, stand vigor, downed logs per acre, percent conifer in stand, total number of trees and aspen trees per acre in stand, and percentage of hiding cover for fawns and does. The report also examined the number of trees per acre that were affected and/or growth was stunted by deer, cattle, insects, fungus, and various combinations of these. It also inspected what percentage of the stand could be classified as grasses, forbs, brush, and bare. Within, the geodatabase, there are 60 delineated stands and there are 201 plot assessments taken. Pillsbury 1994, N.H., Ritter, T., Drew, M., and C. Linquist. 1994. Wildlife Habitat Inventory of Aspen Stands on the Cannell Meadow Ranger District, Sequoia National Forest. Natural Resources Management Department, Cal Poly State Univ., San Luis Obispo, California. 551 p. Associated with this point layer is a polygon layer (SEQUOUIA_NF_POLY) containing aspen stands delineated in conjunction with the aspen assessment information. Data Compilation: The Aspen Delineation Project (ADP) is a collaborative effort of the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Region, the California Department of Fish and Games Resource Assessment Program, and the California Office of Bureau of Land Management. Principal Investigator for ADP is David Burton; visit: www.aspensite.org for more information regarding the ADP. The Department of Fish and Games, Resource Assessment Program compiled this information from the collaborating agencies and other researchers, and formatted the data into a common database for the purpose of facilitating access to data related to the conservation of Quaking Aspen in California. This information portal falls within the ADP goals to help agencies and land managers identify, map, treat, and monitor aspen habitats. This dataset is a portion of a master database compiled during a year long effort in 2005 to pull together current GIS layers and maps depicting Aspen communities in California. The database was designed to identify the location of each aspen stand in the Cannell Meadows Ranger District, Sequoia National Forest and assess it ecological condition. The Sequoia National Forest uses the database as one step in the process of evaluating the need of management intervention. 19930101 ground condition -118.373826 -118.184729 36.167801 35.898368 ISO 19115 Topic Category environment biota None Populus tremuloides Aspen Quaking aspen None Tulare County California Sequoia National Forest None 1994 No constraints, public data Recognition that this data set was created by California Department of Fish and Game from information provided by agencies across California.License: This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Using the citation standards recommended for BIOS datasets (https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS/Citing-BIOS) satisfies the attribution requirements of this license.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. Sequoia National Forest Steve W. Anderson Resource Manager mailing (760) 376-3795 bios@dfg.ca.gov swanderson@fs.fed.us http://www.dfg.ca.gov/habitats/rap/projects/aspen/maps/state/map.aspx?id=ca Images JPG Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau NA NA Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.6.1.9270 Significant general assumptions of the data are: 1) the protocol produces qualitative assessment information and is limited to the protocol used. (2) The CDFG digitized this dataset by scanning the paper maps within the publication that had the aspen polygon. (3) Original maps were mapped using a had compass and tape following standard surveying techniques. Known caveats of the data: Caveats include: 1) The author of the report stated that a ratio of error of 1:50 or better was required in the measuring process (2) Stands boundaries were defined where at least 20% of the number of stems in any area were aspen. This data set contains many data fields. The report on this assessment was 551 pages of data and data analysis. Original location information was gathered using a hand compass and tape following standard surveying techniques. Author states a ratio of error of 1:50 or better was required. Received data from Sequoia National Forest. Merged data into master aspen data set for California Department of Fish and Game. 20060101 Aspen Delineation Project David Burton Program Director mailing

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Penryn CA 95773 US (916) 663-2574 peregrines@prodigy.net Edited original metadata and added ISO keywords. 20071220 Department of Fish and Game Dean Chiang bios@dfg.ca.gov Permanently joined extended table contents into shapefile. 20090702 California Department of Fish and Game Greg Ewing bios@dfg.ca.gov Vector Entity point 57 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 ds377 OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. UNQ_ASP_ID Unique Aspen ID + the date of data collection or 00/00/YYYY CDFG UNQ_PT_ID Unique Aspen ID within UNQ_ASP_ID (Unique ASP_ID+Alpha or Numeric Value (Arbitrary)) CDFG PLOT_NUMBE Plot number of the stand (stand number + plot number) Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SOURCE_NM Name of the Source CDFG Sequoia NF Name for Source "F" VIGOR_CODE Stand vigor subjectively rated as 1, 2, or 3 (high to poor vigor, respectively) Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau CC Visual estimation of the percentage of the forest floor which receives little or no sun light throughout the daylight hours Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau TREE_AC Total number of trees per acre Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau TREE_BA_AC Total basal area of trees per acre. Basal area is in sq. feet and derived by a summation of trunk areas within a stand. Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau TREE_VL_AC Total volume of trees per acre Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau ASP_AC Total number of aspen trees per acre Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau CVR_DOE Total percentage of doe hiding cover Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau ASP_VOL_AC CVR_FWN__ SEED_IMPCT Number of seedlings affected per acre Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_DEAD Number of dead seedlings per acre Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_STNTD Number of growth stunted seedlings per acre Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_DEER Number of seedlings per acre impacted by deer Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_CTTLE Number of seedlings per acre impacted by cattle Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_DR_CT Number of seedlings per acre impacted by deer and cattle Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_INSCT Number of seedlings per acre impacted by insects Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_DR_IN Number of seedlings per acre impacted by deer and insects Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_DCI Number of seedlings per acre impacted by deer, cattle, and insects Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_ST_DR Number of seedlings per acre where growth is stunted by deer Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_S_D_C Number of seedlings per acre where growth is stunted by deer and cattle Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_FNGS Number of seedlings per acre impcated by fungus Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_DR_FG Number of seedlings per acre impcated by deer and fungus Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_S_C_F Number of seedlings per acre where growth is stunted by cattle and fungus Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_SDCF Number of seedlings per acre where growth is stunted by deer and cattle Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_SC Number of seedlings per acre where growth is stunted by cattle Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SEED_OTHER Number of seedlings per acre impcated by something other than deer, cattle, insects or fungus Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau GRASSES Percentage of plot that is grass Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau FORBS Percentage of plot that is forbs Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau BRUSH Percentage of stand that is brush Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau BARE Percentage of plot that is bare Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau SLOPE Slope percentage Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau KEY_CODE DFG Alphanumeric ID (Source+Key Num) CDFG AZMUITH_ SOURCE F CDFG Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau KEY_NUM Autonumber CDFG STAND Stand number given at assessment Sequoia National Forest: Aspen Inventory, Assessment, and Managemnt on the Kern Plateau 20231027 2007 California Department of Fish and Games, Resource Assessment Program Chris Stermer Wildlife Biologist mailing

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