Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 20200501 vector digital data St. Petersburg, FL Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute State of Florida http://geodata.myfwc.com/ This GIS data set represents the saltwater marsh areas in Florida. The data are a compilation of available land use and land cover information mapped by Florida's water management districts. The most recent data available as of May 2020 are used; the photography dates are between 1999 and 2017. This data set was created as a statewide compilation of saltwater marsh areas to use for mapping and analysis based on the most current data available. This information is not appropriate for time series analysis with previous compilations since the mapping methodology is different. Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information. 19990101 20170101 ground condition Complete None planned -87.512942 -79.900143 30.786993 24.486837 ISO 19115 Topic Category imageryBaseMapsEarthCover FWC Theme wetlands mapping GIS land use/land cover FWC Regions Northwest statewide North Central Florida South Southwest Northeast FWC Place statewide Florida Water Management Districts South Florida St. Johns River Suwannee River Southwest Florida Northwest Florida These data are unrestricted. Where possible, always acquire this dataset directly from FWC as other sources may have altered the original data. Users are encouraged to read and fully comprehend the metadata record prior to using these data. Please acknowledge the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) as the data source for any products developed from these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection techniques, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute GISLibrarian GIS Data Librarian mailing and physical

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St. Petersburg Florida 33701 727-896-8626 727-893-1679 GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com Florida's water management districts provided the land use and land cover data. FWRI-DC Available without restriction Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.7.1.11595 FWC Salt Marshes: https://myfwc.com/research/habitat/coastal-wetlands/information/salt-marshes/ Land use code 6420 was selected from the source data sets. Other attributes added by FWRI are accurate. See individual land use land cover metadata for details on a particular mapping effort. These data were tested for consistency by running a topology in ArcGIS 10. The data do not overlap and the data are all polygons, of greater area than the default tolerance. These data are complete for the state of Florida. Positional accuracy varies by data set. See individual land use land cover metadata for details on a particular mapping effort. Southwest Florida Water Management District 20120316 vector digital data 2379 Broad Street (US 41 South), Brooksville Florida 34604-6899 Southwest Florida Water Management District http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/data/gis/ 12000 None 20110101 ground condition landuse_swfwmd_2011 Land use code 6420 was reselected from this data set. This dataset was only used to fill gaps where no more recent data were present. Southwest Florida Water Management District 20190809 vector digital data https://data-swfwmd.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/land-use-land-cover-2017 12000 None 20170101 ground condition landuse_swfwmd_2017 Land use code 6420 was reselected from this data set. All polygons from this data source were used. Florida Department of Environmental Protection 20190225 vector digital data https://maps-fdep.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/suwanee-river-water-management-district-srwmd-2016-2017-land-use None 20160101 20170101 ground condition landuse_srwmd_2016_17 Land use code 6420 was reselected from this data set. All polygons from this data source were used. South Florida Water Management District 20180720 vector digital data http://sfwmd.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=266a64a897514090842e283311c12d30 12000 None 20140101 20160101 ground condition landuse_sfwmd_2014_2016 Land use code 6420 was reselected from this data set. All polygons from this data source were used. St. Johns River Water Management District 20110301 vector digital data http://floridaswater.com/gisdevelopment/docs/themes.html 12000 None 20081201 20090301 ground condition landuse_sjrwmd_2009_poly Land use code 6420 was reselected from this data set. This data set was used only to fill a gap between the 2014 and 2004 datasets. Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Watershed Restoration 20091201 vector digital data http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.htm None 20100101 20110301 ground condition landuse_srwmd_2010_11 Land use code 6420 was reselected from this data set from either primary or secondary landuse codes. This data source was only used in a small area with no more recent data. Mapping and GIS Section, Southwest Florida Water Management District 20070711 vector digital data 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, FL 34604-6899 Southwest Florida Water Management District http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/data/gis/ 12000 None 20050101 ground condition landuse_swfwmd_2005_poly Land use code 6420 was reselected from this data set. This data source was only used in a small area where there were no more recent data available. Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Watershed Restoration 20160808 vector digital data None 20130101 20140101 ground condition landuse_srwmd_2013_14 Land use code 6420 was reselected from this data set. This dataset was only used to fill a gap between the most recent data. Saint Johns River Water Management District 20171004 vector digital data None 20130101 20160101 ground condition landuse_sjrwmd_2014 Land use code 6420 was reselected from this data set. All polygons were used in the compilation. Andrew Morris, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration, Office of Watershed Services, Environmental Consultant 20150623 vector digital data None 20120101 20130101 ground condition landuse_nwfwmd_2012_13 Land use code 6420 from this source is only used in a small gap between the most recent NWFWMD and SRWMD landcover. Whelan, K. R. T., P. L. Ruiz, R. B. Shamblin, P. A. Houle, M. S. Ross, A. J. Atkinson, J. M. Patterson, J. Alonso. 20130101 vector digital data None vegetation_biscayne_2008 Saltmarsh polygons were reselected from this file. Pablo L. Ruiz and Michael S. Ross Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University 20040101 vector digital data None landcover_biscayne_2004 Saltmarsh polygons were reselected from this file. Andrew Morris, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration, Watershed Services Program, Environmental Consultant 20180202 vector digital data http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.htm None 20150101 20160101 ground condition landuse_nwfwmd_2015_16 Land use code 6420 was reselected from this data set. All polygons from this data source were used. Photo Science, Inc. unknown vector digital data http://www.sfwmd.gov 12000 None 20041118 20050209 ground condition landuse_sfwmd_2004_05 Land use code or land cover code 6420 was reselected from this data set. Any areas that had more recent overlapping data were not used (SJRWMD 2009, SWFWMD 2010 and SFWMD 2008-09). Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) unknown vector digital data http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.htm 12000 None 20060101 20080101 ground condition landuse_srwmd_2006_08 Land use code 6420 was reselected from this data set from either primary or secondary landuse codes. This data source was only used in a small area with no more recent data. South Florida Water Management District unknown vector digital data http://www.sfwmd.gov 12000 None 19990101 ground condition landuse_sfwmd_1999_H Land use code or land cover code 6420 was reselected from this data set. Any areas that had more recent overlapping data were not used. St. Johns River Water Management District 20061101 vector digital data Palatka, Florida St. Johns River Water Management District 12000 None 20031201 20040301 ground condition landuse_sjrwmd_2004 Land use code or land cover code 6420 was reselected from this data set. This data set was only used in areas not covered by the 2014 SJRWMD data. South Florida Water Management District 20110930 1.0.0 vector digital data http://my.sfwmd.gov/gisapps/sfwmdxwebdc/dataview.asp?query=unq_id=2184 12000 None 20071215 20090330 ground condition landuse_sfwmd_2008_09_poly Land use code 6420 was reselected from this data set. Any areas that had more recent overlapping data were not used. Mapping and GIS Section, Southwest Florida Water Management District 20070710 vector digital data 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, FL 34604-6899 Southwest Florida Water Management District 12000 None 20040101 ground condition landuse_swfwmd_2004_poly Land use code 6420 was reselected from this data set. Any areas that had more recent overlapping data were not used. The land use land cover data were reselected for code 6420 "Salt Marsh". Areas were compiled based on interpreted area for each mapping effort. In cases of overlap, the most recent mapping effort was used. In SFWMD the areas mapped differ between 1999 and 2004-05; in SWFWMD, the areas mapped differ between 2004 and 2007. The more recent data was used where available by using the interpreted area of the more recent study to ERASE the earlier data in applicable areas. Other overlapping areas were also present: 2007 SWFWMD area overlapped the SFWMD area slightly. The same method was used to ERASE the overlapping areas between studies. The data were merged to create a statewide compilation and a topology was run to ensure no overlaps exist in the final data set. The data were loaded to ArcSDE. 20080401 The data were updated to include the SRWMD 2006-2008 landuse data. 20100401 The data were updated to include SWFWMD 2008 landcover data. 20100501 The data were updated to include 2006-07 NWFWMD landcover and 2009 SWFWMD landcover data. 20101201 The data were updated to include 2009-10 NWFWMD, 2009 SJRWMD and 2008-09 SFWMD data. 20120717 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute GISLibrarian GIS Data Librarian mailing and physical

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St. Petersburg Florida 33701 727-896-8626 727-893-1679 GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com This data set was edited to include 2010 SWFWMD, 2010-11 SRWMD, and a small gap was filled with 2005 SWFMD landcover data. 20130409 This data set was edited to include 2011 SWFWMD data. 20140417 The data were updated to include 2012 landcover data from SFWMD in Lee and Collier Counties and a portion of the Everglades. 20150423 The data were updated to include 2012-2013 NWFWMD landcover, and detailed vegetation mapping from the Biscayne Bay area from 2004 and 2008. 20150928 The data were updated to include landcover data from 2015-16 NWFWMD, 2014 SJRWMD, 2011-13 SFWMD, 2013-14 SRWMD. 20180601 The data were updated to include saltmarsh from the 2014-2016 landcover from SFWMD. 20190111 The data were updated to include 2014 landcover from SWFWMD and 2016-17 landcover from SRWMD. 20190516 The data were updated to include 2017 landcover from SWFWMD. 20200520 GeoPlan downloaded this data in shapefile format from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute FTP site on July 9, 2020. The data was received as a shapefile in projection: NAD_1983_2011_Florida_GDL_Albers. The dataset was projected to NAD_1983_HARN_Florida_GDL_Albers using the NAD_1983_HARN_To_NAD_1983_2011 transformation. - Added a FGDLAQDATE field based on date received from source - Renamed shapefile from salt_marsh_fl_poly to salt_marsh_2020 - Deleted fields SHAPE.LEN and SHAPE.AREA - Upcased all records in the attribute table There is a change in the naming convention of this dataset. Although the source of modifications comes from 2014-17 landcover from SFWMD, we are naming the dataset based on the date these changes were published. GeoPlan 20200720 Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 14661 NAD 1983 HARN Florida GDL Albers 24.0 31.5 -84.0 24.0 400000.0 0.0 coordinate pair 0.0001 0.0001 meter D North American 1983 HARN GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 SALT_MARSH_2020 SALT_MARSH_2020.DBF FFWCC-FWRI OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. Esri Coordinates defining the features. SOURCEDATE Date of source material. FFWCC-FWRI METADATA Metadata name of source data for additional reference. Producer defined Metadata title DESCRIPT Description of feature for identification purposes. GeoPlan FGDLAQDATE FGDL added field base on date received from source. GeoPlan AUTOID SHAPE.AREA SHAPE.LEN Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL) mailing and physical

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