California Energy Commission California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Biogeographic Data Branch 20110128 vector digital data https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/500_599/ds501.zip This is the planning boundary for the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP). This boundary was jointly developed and approved by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the California Energy Commission. For use in the DRECP planning process. This dataset replaces the "Selected_Ecoregions_Dissolve.shp". The DRECP planning boundary encompasses the Mojave, Sonoran, and Colorado Desert Ecoregions. The western side of the boundary was modified using the March 11, 2010 Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) boundaries. The boundary description reads as follows: Starting at the intersection of the northeastern edge of the Mojave Desert Ecoregion and the eastern side of Inyo County follow the Inyo County boundary south until it reaches the Southeastern Great Basin Ecoregion. Follow the Mojave Desert Ecoregion / Southeastern Great Basin Ecoregion boundary until it meets up with the Inyo County (California / Nevada) boundary. Follow the California / Nevada boundary south until it reaches the Arizona border. Follow the California / Arizona border south until it reaches the Mexican border. Follow the California / Mexican border west until it reaches the Colorado Desert Ecoregion boundary. Follow the Colorado Desert Ecoregion boundary north until it reaches the intersection of Riverside and San Diego counties. At the intersection of Riverside and San Diego counties buffer the Colorado and Mojave Desert Ecoregions boundaries by 5 miles. Buffer the Tehachapi CREZ by 5 miles. Follow the 5 mile Ecoregion buffer north until it reaches the 5 mile Tehachapi CREZ buffer. Follow the 5 mile Tehachapi CREZ buffer north until it reaches the 5 mile Ecoregion buffer. Follow the 5 mile Ecoregion buffer north until it reaches the intersection of Kern and Inyo counties. At the intersection of Kern and Inyo counties continue to follow the non-buffered Mojave Desert Ecoregion boundary northeast back to the point of beginning. 20090812 publication date Complete As needed -118.679369 -113.904915 37.318466 32.560607 None DRECP Desert Renewable Conservation Plan Competitive Renewable Energy Zone CREZ renewable energy ISO 19115 Topic Category biota environment boundaries utilitiesCommunication None Mojave Desert Colorado Desert California Sonoran Desert 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. California Department of Fish and Wildlife 916-327-8746 BDB@wildlife.ca.gov California Energy Commission (CEC) & California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333 The DRECP planning boundary was digitized by using the 20081230 USDA Ecoregion geodatabase (EcoregionsCalifornia07_2.mdb) and encompasses the Mojave, Sonoran, and Colorado Desert Ecoregions. The western side of the boundary was modified using the 20090812 Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) boundaries and the California counties layer. The boundary description reads as follows: Starting at the intersection of the northeastern edge of the Mojave Desert Ecoregion and the eastern side of Inyo County follow the Inyo County boundary south until it reaches the Southeastern Great Basin Ecoregion. Follow the Mojave Desert Ecoregion / Southeastern Great Basin Ecoregion boundary until it meets up with the Inyo County (California / Nevada) boundary. Follow the California / Nevada boundary south until it reaches the Arizona border. Follow the California / Arizona border south until it reaches the Mexican border. Follow the California / Mexican border west until it reaches the Colorado Desert Ecoregion boundary. Follow the Colorado Desert Ecoregion boundary north until it reaches the Imperial South CREZ. Where the Imperial South CREZ extends outside of the Colorado Desert Ecoregion boundary follow the CREZ boundary. Buffer the CREZ boundaries and the Ecoregion boundaries by 5 miles starting at the intersection of Riverside and San Diego counties and heading north until the intersection of Kern and Inyo counties. Continue to follow the Mojave Desert Ecoregion boundary northeast back to the point of beginning. 20090812 California Department of Fish and Game Kristina White kwhite@dfg.ca.gov Reprojected dataset to CA Teale Albers NAD83. Adapted metadata from previous BIOS version. 20110301 Will Patterson geodata@dfg.ca.gov Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 1 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 ds501 OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. STATUS Calc_Acres 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. 20220929 California Department of Fish and Wildlife 916-327-8746 BDB@wildlife.ca.gov FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time