Geodataset Name:       FLSA_CH_FEB09
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         35

DATA SOURCE(S):                    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida (includes Georgia and South Carolina)

PUBLICATION DATE:                  20090210
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            20090210
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: FLSA_CH_FEB09.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
OBJECTID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
Unit_no	Number of the unit
Sname	Scientific name of species
County	County in which unit resides
State	State in which unit resides
Status	Status of the critical habitat designation - Proposed or Final
Acres	GIS Generated Acres - XTools Pro 5.1
Unit_name	Unit name
Cname	Common name of species
DESCRIPT	Field added by GeoPlan based on CNAME
FGDLAQDATE	Date GeoPlan acquired data from source
AUTOID	Unique ID added by GeoPlan
SHAPE.AREA	Area in meters
SHAPE.LEN	Perimeter in meters

USER NOTES:

This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology

This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge.

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

Both species of flatwoods salamanders are moderately sized salamanders that are generally black to chocolate- black with fine, irregular, light gray lines and specks that form a cross-banded pattern across their backs (back pattern more net-like in the reticulated flatwoods salamander). The frosted flatwoods salamander generally tends to be larger than the reticulated flatwoods salamander, as described above. Adults are terrestrial and live underground most of the year. They breed in relatively small, isolated ephemeral ponds where the larvae develop until metamorphosis. Post-metamorphic salamanders migrate out of the ponds and into the uplands where they live until they move back to ponds to breed as adults. Both species of flatwoods salamander are endemic to the lower southeastern Coastal Plain and occur in what were historically longleaf pine-wiregrass flatwoods and savannas. Critical habitat identifies specific areas that are essential to the conservation of a listed species, and that may require special management considerations or protection. Section 7(a)(2) of the Act requires that Federal agencies ensure that actions they fund, permit, or carry out are not likely to result in the destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat. The regulatory effect of the critical habitat designation does not extend beyond those activities funded, permitted, or carried out by Federal agencies. State or private actions, with no Federal involvement, are not affected.

To designate critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for the Frosted flatwoods salamander and the Reticulated flatwoods salamander.

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

These data are final critical habitat units for the Frosted flatwoods salamander and the Reticulated flatwoods salamander. These data are to be used only in the context of the definition and purpose of critical habitat. This primarily relates to Section 7 consultation under the Endangered Species Act. These data may be used for planning and land management purposes. They are not to be used for legal survey use. NOTE: The legal boundaries are verbally described in the Federal Register.

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REFERENCES:

Frosted Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum): http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=D013 Change in Status and Critical Habitat Designation for the Flatwoods Salamander: http://www.fws.gov/southeast/news/2009/r09-008.html

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Points of known occurences of flatwoods salamander on public and private lands were buffered by 1500 ft (457 m) to create base from which unit boundaries were developed. As new point locations were obtained they were buffered and inserted into critical habitat unit layer using copy and paste functionality of ArcGIS. Polygon buffers within 2 miles of each other were joined to form a single polygon made up of multiple ponds. The buffers were overlayed on DOQQ where available and printed for boundary review. Proposed boundary changes were marked on map printouts and edits to boundary were made within the GIS to reflect these changes. Boundary changes reflected: removal of developed areas, removal of areas where the primary constituient elements (PCE) were missing, shift in buffer to better capture pond associated with point location, removal of buffer due to loss of habitat. Parcel layers were used as the snap layers for defining boundary changes because of habitat loss due to development. Boundary changes based on missing PCEs other than development were made by onscreen digitizing using DOQQs. The following fields were added to the layer: Unit_no, Unit_name, Cname, Sname, County, State, Status, Acres. Each unit was attributed accordingly. Acres were calculated for all units using XTools Pro functionality by projecting data into its corresponding UTM Zone in order to accurately calculate acres. Layer name changed to flsa_pch_081308 to reflect status and publication date. Layer name changed to flsa_fch_021009 to reflect status and publication date. Process Date: 2007-2009 GeoPlan received this data via email from linda_laclaire@fws.gov in June 2009. The data was received in shapefile format. When received the data was in GCS NAD83, the data was projected to Albers HPGN. -Upcased all records -Added Descript field based on CNAME field -Added FGDLAQDATE based on date GeoPlan acquired data from source -Rename from flsa_fch_021009.shp to flsa_ch_feb09.shp Process Date: 20090616 Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20090702

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS
1601 Balboa Ave
Panama City, FL
32405
850/769-0552 x230


http://www.fws.gov/
paul_lang@fws.gov
Paul A. Lang

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