NJDEP Species Based Habitat, Pinelands Region, Version 3.3, 20170509 (Envr_hab_ls_v3_3_pinelands)
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New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Fish Wildlife (DFW), Endangered Nongame Species Program (ENSP)
- Publication_Date: 20170509
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NJDEP Species Based Habitat, Pinelands Region, Version 3.3, 20170509 (Envr_hab_ls_v3_3_pinelands)
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P.O. Box 420 401 East State Street 1st floor , Trenton, NJ, 08625, US
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State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Information Technology (DOIT), Bureau of Geographic Information Systems (BGIS)
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The NJDEP may distribute GIS data in a variety of formats, such as the ESRI shapefile and/or various versions of the file geodatabase format. The data also may be available for viewing on various profiles of the NJ GeoWeb online mapping application.
- Online_Linkage: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/geowebsplash.htm
- Online_Linkage: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis
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The Landscape Project combines documented wildlife locations with NJDEP aerial photo-based 2012 Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) to delineate imperiled and special concern species habitat within New Jersey. Many species occurrence locations cannot be published because they may represent nest sites, roost sites, dens and other sites used by species that are vulnerable to human disturbance and, in some cases, susceptible to illegal collection. At the same time, wildlife moves, as individual animals use various habitat features within the landscape to fulfill their foraging, sheltering and breeding needs. Therefore, protecting individual occurrences or the area used by one individual is generally not sufficient to protect the local population. Landscape Project maps address these issues by displaying habitat patches that animals use and that are required to support local populations, rather than pinpointing exact locations of the most sensitive wildlife sites or simply protecting points where species happened to be observed at one point in time. Prior to combining species occurrence data with LULC data to form the habitat patches that make up the Species-Based Habitat layer, each dataset was generated according to a specific data development process.
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The Landscape Project was designed to provide users with peer-reviewed, scientifically sound information that transparently documents threatened and endangered species habitat. Landscape Project data are easily accessible and can be integrated with the planning, protection and land management programs of non-government organizations and private landowners and at every level of government- federal, state, county and municipal. Landscape maps and overlays provide a basis for proactive planning, such as the development of local habitat protection ordinances, zoning to protect critical wildlife areas, management guidelines for imperiled species conservation on public and private lands, and land acquisition projects.
Most importantly, the information that is readily available in the Landscape Project can be used for planning purposes before any actions such as proposed development, resource extraction (e.g. timber harvests) or conservation measures occur. The maps help increase predictability for local planners, environmental commissions, and developers and help facilitate local land use decisions that appropriately site and balance development and habitat protection. The Landscape Project maps allow the regulated public to anticipate potential environmental regulation in an area and provide some level of assurance regarding areas where endangered, threatened or species of special concern are not likely to occur, affording predictability to the application and development process. Thus, Landscape Project maps can be used proactively by regulators, planners and the regulated public in order to minimize conflict and protect species. This minimizes time and money spent attempting to resolve after-the-fact endangered and threatened species issues.
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- Theme_Keyword: Conservation
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This data set is a product of the Landscape Project, a pro-active, ecosystem-level approach to the long-term protection of imperiled and priority species and their important habitats in New Jersey. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Data Distribution Agreement. The data provided herein are distributed subject to the following conditions and restrictions: NJDEP assumes no responsibility to maintain them in any manner or form and disclaims any duty or obligation to either maintain availability of or to update the data. Terms of Agreement 1. All data is provided, as is, without any representation or warranty of any kind, implied, expressed or statutory including, but not limited to, the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability or fitness for a particular use, freedom from computer virus nor are any such warranties to be implied with respect to the digital data layers furnished hereunder. User is responsible for understanding the accuracy limitations of all digital data layers provided herein, as documented in the accompanying cross-reference files (see SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION). Any reproduction or manipulation of the above data must ensure that the coordinate reference system remains intact. 2. Digital data received from the NJDEP may not be reproduced or redistributed without all the metadata provided. 3. Any maps, publications, reports, or other documents produced as a result of this project that utilize this digital data will credit the NJDEP's Geographic Information System (GIS) as the source of the data with the following credit/disclaimer: "This (map/publication/report) was developed using New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Geographic Information System digital data, but this secondary product has not been verified by NJDEP and is not state-authorized or endorsed." 4. NJDEP makes no warranty that digital data are free of Copyright or Trademark claims or other restrictions or limitations on free use or display. Making a copy of this data may be subject to the copyright of trademark laws.
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State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW), Endangered and Nongame Species Program (ENSP).
- Contact_Person: Patrick Woerner
- Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical
- Address: 1 Eldridge Road
- City: Upper Freehold Township, Robbinsville
- State_or_Province: NJ
- Postal_Code: 08691
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 609-259-6967
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 609-259-8155
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Patrick.Woerner@dep.nj.gov
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https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/digidownload/images/landscape/coastal.gif
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New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Fish Wildlife (DFW), Endangered Nongame Species Program (ENSP)
- Publication_Date: 20170509
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How to relate the species based habitat shapefiles to the species look up tables
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- Publication_Place: Trenton
- Publisher: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
- Online_Linkage: https://www.njfishandwildlife.com/ensp/landscape/
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- Originator: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
- Publication_Date: 20150217
- Title: NJDEP 2012 Land Use/Land Cover Update
- Edition: 20150217
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- Publication_Place: Trenton, NJ
- Publisher: NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
- Online_Linkage: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/lulc12.html
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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ESRI's Summary Statistics tool was run to ensure no inappropriate LULC classes were valued per species feature label combination. Frequencies were run on all fields for Null or inappropriate values.
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Tests for integrity have been performed. ESRI's Repair Geometry was run on this feature class, no errors were encountered.
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Repair Geometry was run on data to ensure topological accuracy. Topological accuracy is dependent upon the NJDEP 2012 Land Use/Land cover.
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Based on NJDEP 2012 Land Use/Land Cover. NMAS at 1:12000. Features mapped from digital imagery having a ground accuracy of +/- four feet.
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State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Information Technology (DOIT), Bureau of Geographic Information Systems (BGIS)
- Publication_Date: 20150217
- Title: NJDEP 2012 Land Use/Land Cover
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- Publication_Place: 401 East State Street, Trenton, NJ, 08625, Trenton, NJ, 08625
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State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Information Technology (DOIT), Bureau of Geographic Information Systems (BGIS)
- Online_Linkage: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/lulc12.html
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The 2012 Land Use/Land Cover dataset is the fifth such data set that the NJDEP has produced. This latest update is based on photography captured in the spring of 2012. As with all previous layers, the 2012 data were produced by visually interpreting color infrared photography. Through this process, photo-interpreters examine each image, and based on their knowledge of photo signatures, classify the image into various land use/land cover categories. The classifications are converted into a land use/land cover GIS digital file, with each delineated polygon representing a distinct land use/land cover type.
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The relevant LULC polygons from the Landscape base layer are combined into a potential habitat layer specific to each species-feature label. Date stamp is approximate.
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Spatially explicit species occurrence data that meet the criteria required for inclusion in the Landscape Project are then exported from the Biotics database and a species occurrence area (SOA) is applied for every feature label assigned to a species. Date stamp is approximate.
- Process_Date: 20161002
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SOAs are then overlaid onto species-specific habitat patches and patches are classified, or valued based on the status of the species present. Date stamp is approximate.
- Process_Date: 20161003
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- Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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Unique ID used to link polygons to species look-up tables and rank 1 habitat tables
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Unique ID used to link polygons to species look-up tables and rank 1 habitat tables
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(RANK) - patches are classified, or valued, based on the status of the species present
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Rank 1 is assigned to species-specific habitat patches that meet habitat-specific suitability requirements such as minimum size or core area criteria for endangered, threatened or special concern wildlife species, but that do not intersect with any confirmed occurrences of such species (see Appendix V for descriptions of all habitat-specific suitability requirements). Rank 1 habitat patches without documented occurrences are not necessarily absent of imperiled or special concern species. Patches with a lack of documented occurrences may not have been systematically surveyed. Thus, the Rank 1 designation is used for planning purposes, such as targeting areas for future wildlife surveys.
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Rank 2 is assigned to species-specific habitat patches containing one or more occurrences of species considered to be species of special concern.
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Rank 3 is assigned to species-specific patches containing one or more occurrences of State threatened species.
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Rank 4 is assigned to species-specific habitat patches with one or more occurrences of State endangered species.
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Rank 5 is assigned to species-specific habitat patches containing one or more occurrences of wildlife listed as endangered and threatened pursuant to the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973.
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Numeric 4 digit code representing land use/land cover category, (2012)
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Modified Anderson classification system (see Land Use/Land Cover Classification System (2012).html)
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Modified Anderson classification system (see Land Use/Land Cover Classification System (2012).html)
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- Attribute_Label: RIPARIAN
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(FOREST CORE) - Designates if a polygon is inside/outside a patch that meets the 10 hectare core requirement
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a polygon is inside a patch that meets the 10 hectare core requirement
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- Attribute_Label: GRASS_MIN
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(GRASSLAND MINIMUM SIZE) - Designates if a polygon is inside/outside a patch that meets the 18 hectare minimum size requirement
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a polygon is inside a patch that meets the 18 hectare minimum size requirement
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Piedmont Plains
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pinelands
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contains relationship based on LINKID between Landscape Project feature class and species look-up table
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contains relationship based on LINKID between Landscape Project feature class and Rank 1 habitat table
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In Version 3.3 a species-based habitat method is implemented by associating each species with a specific set of LULC classes according to the habitat needs of the species. Detailed LULC class delineations allow for an accurate representation of imperiled and special concern species habitat by providing ENSP biologists with the ability to designate a specific set of LULC classes for each individual species-feature label combination. Each species-habitat association is developed by performing a review of scientific literature and/or from information obtained through ENSP research and expert opinion. In addition, a special analysis of the LULC for species and their feature label components was used to guide the selection of particular LULC classes for the creation of species-specific patches of habitat (Appendix IV).
In order to create species-based patches of habitat, the relevant LULC polygons from the Landscape base layer are combined into a potential habitat layer specific to each species-feature label. Spatially explicit species occurrence data that meet the criteria required for inclusion in the Landscape Project are then exported from the Biotics database and a species occurrence area (SOA) is applied for every feature label assigned to a species. SOAs are then overlaid onto species-specific habitat patches and patches are classified, or valued, based on the status of the species present as follows:
Rank 5 is assigned to species-specific habitat patches containing one or more occurrences of wildlife listed as endangered and threatened pursuant to the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Rank 4 is assigned to species-specific habitat patches with one or more occurrences of State endangered species.
Rank 3 is assigned to species-specific patches containing one or more occurrences of State threatened species.
Rank 2 is assigned to species-specific habitat patches containing one or more occurrences of species considered to be species of special concern. Rank 1 is assigned to species-specific habitat patches that meet habitat-specific suitability requirements such as minimum size or core area criteria for endangered, threatened or special concern wildlife species, but that do not intersect with any confirmed occurrences of such species (see Appendix V for descriptions of all habitat-specific suitability requirements).
Rank 1 habitat patches without documented occurrences are not necessarily absent of imperiled or special concern species. Patches with a lack of documented occurrences may not have been systematically surveyed. Thus, the Rank 1 designation is used for planning purposes, such as targeting areas for future wildlife surveys.
A SOA will value habitat that it overlays only if that habitat is appropriate for the species. Habitat patches ranked 2, 3, 4, or 5 intersect with or contain at least one documented SOA. Since imperiled species are typically not abundant across the landscape, a single occurrence may represent a significant portion of the local population and often indicates the presence of a larger population within a habitat patch. The Landscape Project habitat patch mapping approach is designed to capture and represent the habitat needed to support the local population indicated by the individual SOA.
In the delineation of Species-Based Habitat, each species-feature label combination is grouped into a Patch Type, or category that describes the method employed to form the valued habitat area from polygons in the Landscape base layer. In addition, for each LULC class selected for a particular species-feature label combination, a LULC Treatment, or rule, is applied that determines how polygons of a LULC class will interact with a SOA and/or with polygons of other LULC classes in order to construct patches of habitat. The four general patch types are described below and the LULC Treatments are defined in Appendix V. For those species-feature label combinations that utilize variations, or subtypes, of the four general types, an explanation of the subtype is also included within Appendix V.
Each species-feature label combination is grouped into one of the following patch type categories.
Limited Extent polygons from a select set of LULC classes are valued upon intersection with a SOA. Once the valued habitat area is identified, any internal holes or gaps containing polygons of selected LULC classes are also valued if they are completely enclosed by, and contiguous with, the valued area.
Contiguous Area polygons from a select set of LULC classes are dissolved/combined into contiguous areas and valued upon intersection with a SOA.
Cardinal-Proximate polygons from an initial, or cardinal, set of LULC classes are valued upon intersection with a SOA and then polygons from a second, proximate set of LULC classes are valued based on a spatial relationship (e.g., adjacency) with polygons from the cardinal set of LULC classes and/or a SOA. Once the valued habitat area is identified, any internal holes or gaps containing polygons of selected LULC classes are also valued if they are completely enclosed by, and contiguous with, the valued area.
Stream Centerline stream centerlines are valued upon intersection with a SOA. In Version 3.3 of the Landscape Project, only freshwater mussel species utilize the Stream Centerline patch type, described more thoroughly in the next section.
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State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Information Technology (DOIT), Bureau of Geographic Information Systems (BGIS)
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical
- Address: 401 East State Street
- City: Trenton
- State_or_Province: NJ
- Postal_Code: 08625
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 609-777-0672
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 609-292-7900
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gisnet@dep.nj.gov
- Contact_Instructions: https://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/ensphome.htm
- Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
- Distribution_Liability:
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This data set is a product of the Landscape Project, a pro-active, ecosystem-level approach to the long-term protection of imperiled and priority species and their important habitats in New Jersey. The State of New Jersey makes great effort to provide secure, accurate, and complete data and metadata. However, portions of the data and metadata may be incorrect or not current. Any errors or omissions should be reported for investigation.
The State of New Jersey, its officers, employees or agents shall not be liable for damages or losses of any kind arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of data and metadata, including but not limited to, damages or losses caused by reliance upon the accuracy or timeliness of any such data and metadata, or damages incurred from the viewing, distributing, or copying of those materials.
The data and metadata are provided "as is." 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 the data and metadata, or its hyperlinks to other Internet resources.
The State disclaims any duty or obligation either to maintain availability of or to update the data and metadata.
- Standard_Order_Process:
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- Digital_Form:
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- Digital_Transfer_Information:
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- Format_Name:
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DEP distributes ESRI .SHP and/or GDB. Some data may be NJ GeoWeb "display only" layers.
- Format_Version_Number: latest version
- Digital_Transfer_Option:
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- Online_Option:
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- Computer_Contact_Information:
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- Network_Address:
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- Network_Resource_Name: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis
- Online_Option:
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- Computer_Contact_Information:
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- Network_Address:
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- Network_Resource_Name: https://www.nj.gov/dep/gis/geowebsplash.htm
- Fees: none
- Ordering_Instructions: none
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20161128
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization:
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State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW), Endangered and Nongame Species Program (ENSP).
- Contact_Person: Patrick Woerner
- Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical
- City: Upper Freehold Township, Robbinsville
- State_or_Province: NJ
- Postal_Code: 08691
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 609-259-6967
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 609-259-8155
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Patrick.Woerner@dep.nj.gov
- Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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