TITLE: FINAL DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT RIVERINE UNITS FOR GULF STURGEON (ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS DESOTOI)

Geodataset Name:       GSTGCH_RV_FL_FNL
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    LINE

This geospatial dataset shows the final riverine
critical habitat units for Gulf sturgeon. This includes
Units 1 through 7. There is a separate geospatial dataset
that shows the final marine critical habitat Units 8
through 14.

DATA SOURCE(S):                    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     1:100,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      Februrary 2003
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: GSTGCH_RV_FL_FNL.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
FID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
NAME	River or Stream Name
CH_UNIT	Final Critical Habitat Unit
LENGTH_MET	Arc Length in Meters
RIVER_MILE	River Miles
HUC_CODE	The source theme for the dataset
NARRATIVE1	Narrative Unit Description, Part 1
NARRATIVE2	Narrative Unit Description, Part 2
NARRATIVE3	Narrative Unit Description, Part 3
NARRATIVE4	Narrative Unit Description, Part 4
NARRATIVE5	Narrative Unit Description, Part 5
NARRATIVE6	Narrative Unit Description, Part 6
Descript	FGDL added field based on NAME

USER NOTES:

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

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.

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REFERENCES:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services: http://www.fws.gov/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

This data set was created using ArcView 3.2a The process steps for creating the final Gulf sturgeon riverine critical habitat units were: 1. NHD arc and route.reach files were brought into the view for each basin covered by the final critical habitat. 2. Records in the route.reach files were selected by querying on the name field. Additional unnamed records (mainly distributaries) were selected within the view using the selector tool. 3. Records in the arc files were selected using the "Select by theme..." command, choosing all records that were completely within the route.reach files. The selected records were visually checked to ensure that only river centerlines were included. 4. Using the X-Tools extension "merge themes" command, all selected records from the NHD arc files were combined into the stg_ch_final.shp file. 5. Distributaries that were not included in the NHD arc files but were included in the Federal Register maps or DeLorme state gazetteers were added to the shapefile with on-screen digitizing. 6. Using the narrative unit descriptions from the Federal Register, some arcs were spilt and parts were removed. This only occurred in units where the highest river reach included stopped at a road crossing. The roads layer used to determine this stopping point is from the ESRI Sample Data and Maps, CD Volume 5, Southern U.S., August 1999. Process Date: 20021126

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

DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):

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Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:

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 Lang

Name:                   FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY
Abbr. Name:             FGDL
Address:                Florida Geographic Data Library
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                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:               http://www.fgdl.org

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