AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Sickle Darter proposed critical habitat

Sickle darter (Percina williamsi) proposed critical habitat unit coordinates/plot points are provided here as a csv file. As noted in the proposed rule (FWS-R4-ES-2020-0094), the textual unit descriptions constitute the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries. Users osf these geospatial data are cautioned to refer to the textual unit descriptions provided in the proposed rule as the definitive source in determining critical habitat areas. Additionally, interested parties are encouraged to contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a definitive finding on whether a location is within critical habitat.

Tags: coordinates, critical-habitat, darter, fish, general-biology-at-risk-biota-te-species, general-biology-species-fishes, percina-williamsi, plot-points, sickle-darter, tennessee
Organization: Department of the Interior
Florida Bristle Fern (Trichomanes punctatum ssp. floridanum) Final Critical Habitat

Florida Bristle Fern (Trichomanes punctatum ssp. floridanum) final critical habitat unit coordinates/plot points are provided here as a csv file. As noted in the final rule (FWS-R4-ES-2019-0068), the textual unit descriptions constitute the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries. Users of these geospatial data are cautioned to refer to the textual unit descriptions provided in the proposed rule as the definitive source in determining critical habitat areas. Additionally, interested parties are encouraged to contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a definitive finding on whether a location is within critical habitat.

Tags: critical-habitat, dotted-bristle-fern, florida-bristle-fern, general-biology-at-risk-biota-te-species, general-biology-species-plants, trichomanes-punctatum-ssp-floridanum
Organization: Department of the Interior
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Roads and Parking Lots

The FWS_HQ_Roads and FWS_HQ_Parking feature services contain lines and polygons representing public and administrative road segments and parking lots on lands administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service including National Wildlife Refuges, National Fish Hatcheries, FWS administrative sites, and other conservation areas.
This dataset is updated with the Federal Highways Cycle 5 roads and parking lots. The data collection started in 2018 and was completed in 2023.

Each of the feature services have a edit view, read-only view, and public view.

Edit View - Used for editing and/or updating records.  This view is only viewable and editable to members of the AGOL FWS Regional Transportation Coordinators Roads Editing Group. 
Read-Only View - This read-only view is intended for internal FWS use.  
Public View - This view is intended for road and parking lots records suitable for the general public.

Tags: general-human-dimensions-visitation-recreational-experience, general-human-dimensions-visitation-visitor-experience, general-human-dimensions-visitation-visitor-use, general-human-dimensions-visitation-wilderness-recreation-experience, general-human-use-visitor-use-and-recreation, national-wildlife-refuge, roads, transportation, united-states, wildlife-refuge
Organization: Department of the Interior
Grazing Units: Rapid Assessment of Vegetation Composition and Structure-Arapaho NWR

Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge manages cattle grazing permittees in riparian meadow and irrigated
meadow units. The refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) has specific management objectives for
these vegetation communities (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2004). Grazing is used as a management tool to
achieve CCP objectives for vegetation composition and structure and thereby maintain and enhance nesting
habitat for waterfowl, brood-rearing habitat for greater sage-grouse, and habitat for other native wildlife. The
grazing season spans July 1 to September 30. Most meadow units are on a 3- or 4-year grazing rotation
(grazed one year out of every three or four years) except the Midland and Tour Route meadow units, where
all pastures are grazed on any year but for only part of the grazing season for short time. Annual rainfall
causes forage biomass to fluctuate, thus in drought years there is sometimes a need for a pasture that was
scheduled to be rested to instead be grazed. Water availability determines the extent to which irrigation can
be used. In a year with high precipitation , there is adequate water for irrigation. In a year with low
precipitation, it is difficult to irrigate the Midland and North River Units because they have limited water
rights compared to other water users.

Tags: grassland, rapid-assessment, vegetation
Organization: Department of the Interior
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Water Resources Inventory

The Water Resources Inventory feature layer is a spatial inventory of miscellaneous point and line water related features on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands.  Management Actions and Maintenance related tables are included.

Tags: assets, fws, national-wildlife-refuges, nwrs, rlgis, u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service, usfws, water-resource-inventory
Organization: Department of the Interior
LiDAR Derived Bare Earth Digital Elevation Model, 2011: Camas National Wildlife Refuge

This dataset represents the Camas National Wildlife Refuge survey area in Jefferson and Clark County, ID. This bare earth digital elevation model (DEM) represent the earth's surface with all vegetation and human-made structures removed. The bare earth DEMs were derived from LiDAR data using TIN processing of the ground point returns. The DEM grid cell size is 1 meter. The elevation units are in meters. Some elevation values have been interpolated across areas in the ground model where there is no elevation data (e.g. over water, over dense vegetation). Watershed Sciences, Inc. collected the LiDAR and created this data set for the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Tags: bare-ground, dem, digital-terrain-model, elevation, idaho, lidar, light-detection-and-ranging, topography
Organization: Department of the Interior
Wapato Lake NWR: Bathymetric & Inundation Modeling: Modeled Water Depth, Raster Model Outputs

The USGS Shoreline Management Tool (SMT), An ArcMap Tool for Analyzing Water Depth, Inundated Area, Volume, and Selected Habitats was used to determine the spatial availability of different water depths (as potential habitat for different species) as a function of water level and other factors, based on topographic data.  This tool generates depth grids, perimeter and volume calculations at select water depths. and provides outputs in a GIS and tabular format. This Project contains archived products for the project. These products may include SOPs/protocols, field datasets, summary reports, geospatial data, and other archived survey materials.

Tags: bathymetry, general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-wetland, general-management-inventory, general-management-monitoring, shoreline-management-tool, water-volume
Organization: Department of the Interior
Brawleys Fork crayfish (Cambarus williami) pCH plot points

Brawleys Fork crayfish (Cambarus williami) proposed critical habitat unit coordinates/plot points are provided here as a csv file. As noted in the proposed rule (FWS-R4-ES-2023-0065), the textual unit descriptions constitute the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries. Users of these geospatial data are cautioned to refer to the textual unit descriptions provided in the [proposed/final] rule as the definitive source in determining critical habitat areas. Additionally, interested parties are encouraged to contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a definitive finding on whether a location is within critical habitat.

Tags: brawleys, brawleys-fork-crayfish, cambarus-williami, critical-habitat, general-biology-at-risk-biota-te-species, general-biology-species-invertebrates, headwater, stream, tennessee
Organization: Department of the Interior
Land cover and other geospatial layers created for the paper: Evaluating population connectivity and targeting conservation action for an endangered cat.  https://doi.org/10.7944/P92D26LI

Lehnen, S. E., Sternberg, M. A., Swarts, H. M., & Sesnie, S. E. 2021. Evaluating population connectivity and targeting conservation action for an endangered cat. Ecosphere, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3367. Abstract: Dispersal of animals among populations helps to increase genetic variability and population viability. The endangered ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) in south Texas persists in two small populations separated by 30 km and cutoff from populations in northeastern Mexico. Despite the relatively short distance separating the two south Texas populations, movement between them has been limited, leading researchers to believe landscape connectivity is poor in the region. We developed habitat suitability maps using remote sensing and GPS-collared ocelots and ran connectivity analyses to assess current habitat linkages, important areas for conservation, and areas where connectivity could be improved through habitat restoration. First, we developed a resource selection function using random forest models and GPS data from ten ocelots collared at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge combined with spatial layers derived from LiDAR and remotely sensed imagery. We then used these results as the basis for a cost surface layer. Using this layer, we examined habitat connectivity using least-cost and circuit theory methods. We evaluated linkages by cost of movement, identified areas important for maintaining existing connectivity, and ranked areas where restoration would have the greatest benefit to connectivity. We found that core habitats within the two populations were relatively well connected but connectivity between the two populations was poor. By identifying areas currently important for connectivity and areas with the greatest benefit to ocelots if restored, these results will help inform land acquisition and restoration planning to improve ocelot conservation in south Texas. DOI for these data layers: https://doi.org/10.7944/P92D26LI

Tags: animal-movement, circuit-theory, corridor, dispersal, general-biology-at-risk-biota-te-species, general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-shrubland, least-cost-path, leopardus-pardalis, ocelot, tamaulipan-thornscrub
Organization: Department of the Interior
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge vegetation mapping project 2010-2011

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1955, and a detailed vegetation map was not available for management purposes. With the present development of a biological program and Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP), a baseline vegetation map of the refuge was identified as a necessity. Development of the vegetation map and associated report was a multi-step process. Aerial photography (NAIP, 2008) was used with eCognition to create polygons of different plant communities based on the likeness of surrounding pixels in the area. Prior to ground-truthing, the following activities were accomplished: training on vegetation mapping using GIS (previous experience and National Conservation Training Center course), creation of an vegetation association and alliance dichotomous key, development of a refuge plant key and identification skills, and preparation of maps for ground truthing. Once out in the field dominant plants were identified for appropriate vegetation alliance and association classification, plant specimens were collected for the refuge herbarium as necessary and additional observations and photos were gathered for the report. Over the course of the project, classification data was entered into a GIS and polygons were appropriately modified to create the final map. At Quivira, results found a total of 42 alliances and 43 associations.The most dominant plants throughout the refuge in 2008 based on canopy cover were saltgrass, plum, little bluestem and cottonwood. The number of alliances and associations found on the refuge show high species diversity.

Tags: andropogon-gerardi, canada-wildrye, elymus-canadensis, elymus-repens, habitat-management, im, indiangrass, inventory, land-use, little-bluestem, monitoring, old-switch-panic-grass, panicum-virgatum, quackgrass, schizachyrium-scoparium, sorghastrum-nutans, switchgrass, vegetation, vegetation-community-boundaries, vegetation-survey, yellow-indian-grass
Organization: Department of the Interior
Barrens topminnow (Fundulus julisia) proposed critical habitat

Barrens topminnow (Fundulus julisia) proposed critical habitat unit 
coordinates/plot points are provided here as a text file. As noted in the proposed rule 
(FWS-R4-ES-2023-0224), the textual unit descriptions 
constitute the legal source for determining the 
critical habitat boundaries. Users of these geospatial 
data are cautioned to refer to the textual unit 
descriptions provided in the proposed rule as 
the definitive source in determining critical habitat 
areas. Additionally, interested parties are 
encouraged to contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service for a definitive finding on whether a 
location is within critical habitat.

Tags: barrens-topminnow, critical-habitat, fundulus-julisia, general-biology-at-risk-biota-te-species, general-biology-species-fishes, tennessee
Organization: Department of the Interior
USFWS National Wetlands Inventory

This data set represents the extent, approximate location and type of wetlands and deepwater habitats in the United States and its Territories. These data delineate the areal extent of wetlands and surface waters as defined by Cowardin et al. (1979), which represents a biological definition of wetlands and deepwater habitats. There is no attempt to define the limits of proprietary jurisdiction of any Federal, State, or local government, or to establish the geographical scope of the regulatory programs of government agencies. Some wetland habitats may be under represented or excluded in certain areas because of the limitations of aerial imagery as the primary data source used to detect wetlands. These habitats include seagrasses or submerged aquatic vegetation that are found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of estuaries and near shore coastal waters and also some deepwater reef communities (coral or tuberficid worm reefs). These habitats, because of their depth and water clarity, go undetected by most aerial imagery. By policy, the Service also excludes certain types of "farmed wetlands" as may be defined by the Food Security Act or that do not coincide with the Cowardin et al. definition. Contact the Service's Regional Wetland Coordinator for additional information on what types of farmed wetlands are included on wetland maps. This dataset should be used in conjunction with the Wetlands_Project_Metadata layer, which contains project boundaries, specific wetlands mapping procedures and information on dates, scales and emulsion of imagery used to map the wetlands within specific project boundaries.

Tags: general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-estuary, general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-lacustrine, general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-riverine, general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-salt-marsh, general-biology-communities-and-ecosystems-wetland, guam, national-geospatial-data-asset, ngda, ngdaid162, puerto-rico, saipan, united-states-of-america, virgin-islands-of-the-united-states, water-inland-theme
Organization: Department of the Interior
Aquatic Health and Climate Change: Long-term Monitoring - Monitoring Sites and USGS Stations

This reference was created to house geospatial data related to Aquatic Health and Climate Change: Long-term Monitoring starting in 2021. This project is the continuation of the Aquatic Health Pilot Project (2014-2019).

Service programs (Refuges, Fish and Aquatic Conservation, and Water Resources) are collaborating to implement a long-term aquatic monitoring program for evaluating effects of climate change at National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) in the Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region (IR9). The goal is to evaluate evidence of climate change on physical and habitat variables, and potential associations with changes in fish assemblages in wadeable streams. The program relies on two site specific protocols (SSPs), one addressing habitat and fish surveys (this SSP) and another addressing temperature and stream flow. For habitat and fish, objectives are to: establish a survey reach within a stream at each of five NWRs across the range of ecoregions in IR9; describe habitat in each survey reach once every five years or less; describe fish assemblages in each survey reach once every five years or less; analyze for temporal changes in habitat and fish assemblages, and assess potential temporal associations between habitat and fish assemblages. Data collected at survey reach are based on a subset of protocols developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the Environmental Monitoring and Evaluation Program (EMAP; Peck et al. 2006).

Tags: air-temperature, aquatic-vertebrates, ff01rktn00-035, ff01rktn00-036, ff01rlpo00-089, ff01rlpo00-090, ff01rmlh00-125, ff01rmlh00-126, ff01rwlp00-108, ff01rwlp00-109, ff01rwmf00-084, ff01rwmf00-085, fish-assemblage, gauge-stations, general-air-and-climate-weather-and-climate-climate-change, general-biology-species-fishes, general-management-inventory, general-management-monitoring, general-water-hydrology-surface-water, macroinvertebrates, monitoring-sites, physical-habitat, primr-survey, stream-discharge, stream-flow, usgs, water-temperature
Organization: Department of the Interior
FWS National 2019-2020 Hunt Units

This dataset delineates the hunt unit boundaries of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service identified in 50 CFR Part 32 (https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=113703f759b8c62678f92666efe3bf5a&node=pt50.9.32&rgn=div5).

Tags: fish, fishing, hunt, hunting
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM NV ACEC Designated Polygons

This polygon feature class shows the spatial extent and boundaries of Areas of Critical Environmental Concern that have become officially designated by the BLM Administrative State of Nevada. These polygon features were previously in a pre-designated status (i.e. being considered as areas to be eventually designated as official ACEC designated polygonst). Once these polygon feature left the Pre-Designated phase (transitioned from a Considered to Designated status), they were removed from the ACEC Pre-designated polygon feature class and placed in this ACEC Designated polygon feature class.

Tags: biota, boundaries, bureau-of-land-management, cultural, endangered, environment, fish, geospatial, historic, management, natural-hazards, nevada, scenic, value, vegetation, wildlife, withdrawal
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM OR Fire Point Hub

FIRE_POINT: This dataset represents points of origins of BLM fires that occur naturally (e.g., lightning) or by humans accidentally (e.g., escaped campfire) or maliciously across Oregon and Washington. The dataset includes some, but not all, historic fires (fires declared ‘out’ in calendar years prior to the current year). There is no lower size limit for fires to be included. In addition, many non-BLM Federal and State agencies fire origins are present.

Tags: environment, fire, fire-history, fire-origin, geospatial, management, oregon, us-forest-service, usfs, washington, wildfire
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM UT Surface Management Agency (Polygon)

<div style='text-align:left;'><p><font size='3'>The layers within this feature service represent the spatial extent and boundaries of the Surface Management Agency (SMA), which generally defines when the land is either: Withdrawn by some administrative or legislative action, acquired, or exchanged among government agencies. The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) holds responsibility maintaining land status for Utah and depicts this at the 1:24,000 scale. This information is published monthly by BLM to reflect changes in trust lands, other state land and private Land. While this dataset illustrates various government agency surface management areas and quantifies geographic acreage, these are computed by mathematical formulas. They are not derived from legal documents or associated with title documents or survey records. Data within these services are a live copy of BLM Utah's enterprise production environment. Quality control is conducted annually.</font></p><p><font size='3'>Complete metadata for these data sets can be found at:<br /></font></p><p></p><ul><li><a href='https://gis.blm.gov/utarcgis/rest/services/Lands/BLM_UT_SMA/FeatureServer/0/metadata' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'><font color='#4169e1' size='3'><u>BLM UT Surface Management Agency (Polygon)</u></font></a><br /></li></ul><p></p></div>

Tags: administration, boundaries, geospatial, jurisdiction, land-status, management, ownership, planningcadastre, sitla, state-lands, trust-lands, ut, utah, wilderness, withdrawal
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM OR Acquisitions and Disposals Poly Hub

ACQ_DSP_POLY: This dataset is used for depicting Acquisitions and Disposals on maps. The history of acquisition and disposals within a BLM administrative unit or special management area is often of interest. The dataset includes both existing and proposed acquisitions and disposals. Acquisitions and disposals are intersected with natural resources and special management areas to determine impact and/or feasibility of the proposed action. This dataset is not complete for all Acquisitions and Disposals on BLM lands and, in addition, only basic information about the acquisition or disposal is provided. Details of the complete rights and restrictions history are found in the following authoritative sources: case file records, Master Title Plats (MTPs), and the Legacy Rehost 2000 (LR2000) database. The case file record is the primary source, with MTPs and LR2000 as secondary sources. Moreover, this dataset will never be complete. Over time, more and more approved ACQ_DSP features will be added to the dataset, but it will never contain the complete record (found in the case files).

Tags: geospatial, land-acquisition, land-and-water-conservation-fund-lwcf, land-disposal, land-exchange, land-sales, land-tenure-change, land-tenure-transfer, management, oregon, planningcadastre, public-land-ownership, realty, recreation, washington, wilderness
Organization: Department of the Interior
BLM NM Wild and Scenic Rivers Corridors

This polygon feature class represents the spatial extent and boundaries of the BLM National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) Wild and Scenic River Corridors.

Tags: biota, blm, boundaries, bureau-of-land-management, environment, geology, geoscientificinformation, geospatial, hydrology, inlandwaters, jurisdiction, location, management, new-mexico, planningcadastre, public-lands, recreation, united-states, vegetation, western-states, wilderness, wildlife, withdrawal
Organization: Department of the Interior