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 20060601 1 vector digital data https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/300_399/ds378.zip The database represents delineations of aspen stands associated with stand assessment data (SEQUOIA_NF_PTS) collected in 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 polygon layer is a point layer (SEQUOIA_NF_PTS) containing aspen stand assessments conducted in conjunction with the aspen stand delineations. 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. 20060601 unknown publication date In work As needed -118.375626 -118.182892 36.168817 35.897069 None Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides Aspen ISO 19115 Topic Category biota environment None Tulare County Sequoia National Forest California None 1994 No constraints, public data No constraints, public data.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 Anderson Resource Manager mailing

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Penryn CA 95663 US (760) 376-3795 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 Edited original metadata by adding ISO keywords. 20071207 California Department of Fish and Game Kristina White bios@dfg.ca.gov Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 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 ds378 OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. KEY_CODE Unique Aspen Stand identifier. The letter is the code for the data source name and the number is an auto-number. CDFG UNQ_ASP_ID A combination of the Unique Aspen Stand identifier and the date of the data collection or 00/00/YYYY. CDFG SOURCE_NM Name of the data source. CDFG Sequoia NF Name for Source "F" 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. 20231027 California Department of Fish and Games, Resource Assessment Program Chris Stermer Wildlife Biologist unknown Sacramento California 95814 (916) 445-2626 FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time