Unknown 2008 vector digital data https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/500_599/ds558.zip The Mohave ground squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis) is found only in the western Mojave Desert of California (Best 1995). This dataset shows its historic range which totaled about 20,000 km2 (Gustafson 1993). It has been found from the area of Palmdale and Victorville in the south to Owens Lake in the north. The eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada forms much of the western boundary of its range, while in the east its distribution extends to the Mojave River Valley and to the Fort Irwin military reservation. This region has experienced rapid growth over the past few decades. Urban development in the Antelope Valley, Indian Wells Valley, and along the Mojave River from Victorville to Barstow has resulted in a human population in excess of 700,000. Three large military bases conduct extensive training and testing operations. Much of the western Mojave Desert is used for motorized outdoor recreation, mining, and livestock grazing. There is an expanding transportation infrastructure, including highways, railroads, airports, pipelines, and electric transmission lines. Recent government policies have stimulated great interest in siting renewable energy facilities in this region, especially wind farms and solar installations. To display the Mohave ground squirrel historic range. *The paper supporting this dataset can be accessed at: http://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=15148 2008 publication date Complete Unknown -118.251239 -116.394935 36.550345 34.368027 None Mohave ground squirrel Spermophilus mohavensis historic range ISO 19115 Topic Category environment biota boundaries None California Mojave Desert This data may not be distributed. Data requests may be sent to Kristina White at kwhite@dfg.ca.gov. 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.This information represents one person's best assessment as of 2008 and will undoubtedly change as we learn more. This is not CDFG official data, but was supplied by a private individual, who's ultimately responsible for the accuracy. California State University - Stanislaus Philip Leitner pleitner@esrp.csustan.edu Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4095 Dataset reprojected to Albers NAD83. Created metadata from the "Current Status of the Mohave Ground Squirrel" document. 20080827 California Department of Fish and Game Kristina White kwhite@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 ds558 OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. Name 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. 20210621 California Department of Fish and Game Kristina White kwhite@dfg.ca.gov FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time