AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
SturgeonGreen_SouthernDPS_20091009_line

Critical habitat in freshwater riverine areas includes the stream channels and a lateral extent as defined by the ordinary high-water line (33 CFR 329.11). In areas for which the ordinary high-water line has not been defined pursuant to 33 CFR 329.11, the lateral extent is defined by the bankfull elevation. Bankfull elevation is the level at which water begins to leave the channel and move into the floodplain and is reached at a discharge which generally has a recurrence interval of 1 to 2 years on the annual flood series. Critical habitat in bays and estuaries includes tidally influenced areas as defined by the elevation of mean higher high water (MHHW).No areas were deemed ineligible for designation. No unoccupied areas were designated. 14 areas based on economic impacts and 5 areas based on national security impacts were excluded from this critical habitat designation and clipped out of the data. The following tribal lands were excluded from this designation, but were not clipped out of the data:(1) Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community, California(2) Cher-Ae Heights Trinidad Rancheria, California(3) Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw, Oregon(4) Coquille Indian Tribe, Oregon(5) Hoh Tribe, Washington(6) Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Washington(7) Lower Elwha Tribe, Washington(8) Makah Tribe, Washington(9) Quileute Tribe, Washington(10) Quinault Tribe, Washington(11) Shoalwater Bay Tribe, Washington(12) Wiyot Tribe, California(13) Yurok Tribe, California

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro, endangered species act critical habitat, national marine fisheries service, noaa, u.s. department of commerce, west coast regional office
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network Contacts Buffer

The Marine Mammal Protection Act formalized a program to provide response to reports of strandings of marine mammals and unusual mortality events. This was done by creating a network of parties from different locations that would be responsible for responding to stranding events within their zone. Most stranding zones in California are defined by county boundaries. Some zones include only one or two counties, but California's largest zone covers 8 coastal counties and includes another 10 where the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta reach inland. Los Angeles county has its coastline divided into two stranding zones, and one of those two zones also has multiple (2) organizations responsible for strandings within it.Stranding reporting areas of the coast of Oregon and Washington and Puget Sound are based upon the authorizations for each facility in their Stranding Agreement (SA) - each SA lists a primary response area granted to the organization, and these lines correspond to that. These zones are often divided more by geographical considerations than by political boundaries, such as island groups or cross-water zones. One zone is the responsibility of two different organizations because each has a different specialty. The Cascade Research Collective is responsible for Cetacean strandings in that area and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Mammal Investigations is responsible for pinniped strandings in the same area.A stranding is:Ã¢ÂÂ¢ a dead marine mammal on the beach or in the water;Ã¢ÂÂ¢ a marine mammal that is alive on the shore and unable to return to the water under its own power;Ã¢ÂÂ¢ a marine mammal that is alive on the shore and, although able to return to the water, is in need of apparent medical attention;Ã¢ÂÂ¢ a marine mammal in the water and cannot return to its natural habitat under its own power or without assistance.In most stranding cases, the cause of the stranding is unknown, but some identified causes have included disease, parasite infestation, harmful algal blooms, injuries from ship strikes or fishery entanglements, pollution exposure, trauma, and starvation. While most stranded animals are found dead, some strand alive. In a limited number of cases it's possible to transport them to regional rehabilitation centers for care. In rare cases, successfully rehabilitated animals are returned to the wild. With the passage of the Endangered Species Act, in 1973 and the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004, protection of sea turtle species, most of which are endangered or threatened, has resulted in them being added to the list of species which stranding organizations are responsible for.

Tags: california, doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oregon, pacific coast, puget sound, u.s. department of commerce, washington, west coast marine mammal stranding network, west coast regional office
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Eulachon_SouthernDPS_20111020

The designated areas are a combination of freshwater creeks and rivers and their associated estuaries. In freshwater areas, critical habitat includes the stream channel and a lateral extent as defined by the ordinary high-water line (33 CFR 329.11). In areas where the ordinary high-water line has not been defined, the lateral extent is defined by the bankfull elevation. Bankfull elevation is the level at which water begins to leave the channel and move into the floodplain and is reached at a discharge which generally has a recurrence interval of 1 to 2 years on the annual flood series. In estuarine areas, critical habitat includes tidally influenced areas as defined by the elevation of mean higher high water. See the final rule (76 FR 65324) for descriptions of areas excluded from this critical habitat designation. No areas were excluded from designation based on economic impacts. Areas were excluded from the critical habitat designation for the following federally-recognized tribes: (1) Lower Elwha Tribe, Washington; (2) Quinault Tribe, Washington; (3) Yurok Tribe, California; and (4) Resighini Rancheria, California.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro, endangered species act critical habitat, national marine fisheries service, noaa, u.s. department of commerce, west coast regional office
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Steelhead_CentralCaliforniaCoastDPS_20050902

Critical habitat includes the stream channels within the designated stream reaches, and includes a lateral extent as defined by the ordinary high-water line (33 CFR 329.11). In areas where the ordinary high-water line has not been defined, the lateral extent will be defined by the bankfull elevation. Bankfull elevation is the level at which water begins to leave the channel and move into the floodplain and is reached at a discharge which generally has a recurrence interval of 1 to 2 years on the annual flood series. Critical habitat in estuaries is defined by the perimeter of the water body as displayed on standard 1:24,000 scale topographic maps or the elevation of extreme high water, whichever is greater.See the final rule (70 FR 52488) for descriptions of areas excluded from this critical habitat designation. Economic exclusions were clipped out of the data. Military areas ineligible for designation due to qualifying Integrated Natural Resources Management Plans (INRMPs) and excluded Indian lands were not clipped out of the data.

Tags: california, critical habitat, doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro, endangered species act critical habitat, napa river, national marine fisheries service, noaa, russian river, san lorenzo river, steelhead, u.s. department of commerce, west coast regional office
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
SalmonChinook_SacramentoRiverwinterrunESU_19930616_line

The following waterways, bottom and water of the waterways and adjacent riparian zones: The Sacramento River from Keswick Dam, Shasta County (River Mile 302) to Chipps Island (River Mile 0) at the westward margin of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, all waters from Chipps Island westward to Carquinez Bridge, including Honker Bay, Grizzly Bay, Suisun Bay, and Carquinez Strait, all waters of San Pablo Bay westward of the Carquinez Bridge, and all waters of San Francisco Bay (north of the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Bridge) from San Pablo Bay to the Golden Gate Bridge.Adjacent riparian zones are those areas above a streambank that provide cover and shade to the nearshore aquatic areas. This designation does not include any estuarine sloughs.

Tags: california, chinook salmon, critical habitat, doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro, endangered species act critical habitat, national marine fisheries service, noaa, sacramento river, u.s. department of commerce, west coast regional office
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Essential Fish Habitat, Pacific Salmon GIS Data

This file represents salmonid freshwater and estuarine  Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) in the western United States. Congress, through the Magnuson-Stevens Act, defined EFH as "those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity." This dataset follows the federal codification of delineating EFH using 4th field Hydrologic Units. It spatially depicts designated EFH for Federally-managed Pacific salmon within freshwater and estuarine regions of California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Areas above identified certain impassible dams are not designated EFH, and these have been removed from the 4th field Hydrologic Units. Only areas defined as EFH are present in this dataset. Each Hydrologic Unit polygon has been coded to indicate for which species of salmon (Chinook salmon, coho and/or pink) it represents EFH.

Tags: california, chinook, coho, doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro, efh, essential fish habitat, idaho, magnuson-stevens act, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oregon, pacific, pink, salmon, u.s. department of commerce, washington, west coast, west coast region geospatial data, west coast regional office, western united states
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
SalmonChinook_CentralValleyspringrunESU_20050902

Critical habitat includes the stream channels within the designated stream reaches, and includes a lateral extent as defined by the ordinary high-water line (33 CFR 329.11). In areas where the ordinary high-water line has not been defined, the lateral extent will be defined by the bankfull elevation. Bankfull elevation is the level at which water begins to leave the channel and move into the floodplain and is reached at a discharge which generally has a recurrence interval of 1 to 2 years on the annual flood series. Critical habitat in estuaries is defined by the perimeter of the water body as displayed on standard 1:24,000 scale topographic maps or the elevation of extreme high water, whichever is greater.See the final rule (70 FR 52488) for descriptions of areas excluded from this critical habitat designation. Economic exclusions were clipped out of the data.

Tags: california, chinook salmon, critical habitat, doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro, endangered species act critical habitat, national marine fisheries service, noaa, sacramento river, u.s. department of commerce, west coast regional office
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
SalmonSockeye_SnakeRiverESU_19931228_poly

Critical habitat includes the water, waterway bottom, and adjacent riparian zone of specified lakes. Adjacent riparian zones are defined as those areas within a horizontal distance of 300 feet (91.4 m) from the shoreline of a standing body of water.

Tags: critical habitat, doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro, endangered species act critical habitat, idaho, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pacific northwest, redfish lake, sockeye salmon, u.s. department of commerce, washington, west coast regional office
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
RockfishYelloweye_PugetSoundGeorgiaBasinDPS_20141113

The critical habitat designation for yelloweye rockfish (Puget Sound/Georgia Basin DPS) includes areas deeper than 30 meters that contain or are adjacent to highly rugose habitat. The critical habitat designation includes the marine waters above (the entire water column) the deepwater areas.These data do not show U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) sites determined to be ineligible for designation nor excluded areas associated with Indian lands or certain additional DOD sites. No areas were excluded based on economic impacts. See the regulatory text in the final rule (79 FR 68042) for descriptions of ineligible and excluded areas.

Tags: doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro, endangered species act critical habitat, national marine fisheries service, noaa, u.s. department of commerce, west coast regional office
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network Contacts

The Marine Mammal Protection Act formalized a program to provide response to reports of strandings of marine mammals and unusual mortality events. This was done by creating a network of parties from different locations that would be responsible for responding to stranding events within their zone. Most stranding zones in California are defined by county boundaries. Some zones include only one or two counties, but California's largest zone covers 8 coastal counties and includes another 10 where the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta reach inland. Los Angeles county has its coastline divided into two stranding zones, and one of those two zones also has multiple (2) organizations responsible for strandings within it.Stranding reporting areas of the coast of Oregon and Washington and Puget Sound are based upon the authorizations for each facility in their Stranding Agreement (SA) - each SA lists a primary response area granted to the organization, and these lines correspond to that. These zones are often divided more by geographical considerations than by political boundaries, such as island groups or cross-water zones. One zone is the responsibility of two different organizations because each has a different specialty. The Cascade Research Collective is responsible for Cetacean strandings in that area and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Mammal Investigations is responsible for pinniped strandings in the same area.A stranding is:â¢ a dead marine mammal on the beach or in the water;â¢ a marine mammal that is alive on the shore and unable to return to the water under its own power;â¢ a marine mammal that is alive on the shore and, although able to return to the water, is in need of apparent medical attention;â¢ a marine mammal in the water and cannot return to its natural habitat under its own power or without assistance.In most stranding cases, the cause of the stranding is unknown, but some identified causes have included disease, parasite infestation, harmful algal blooms, injuries from ship strikes or fishery entanglements, pollution exposure, trauma, and starvation. While most stranded animals are found dead, some strand alive. In a limited number of cases it's possible to transport them to regional rehabilitation centers for care. In rare cases, successfully rehabilitated animals are returned to the wild. With the passage of the Endangered Species Act, in 1973 and the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004, protection of sea turtle species, most of which are endangered or threatened, has resulted in them being added to the list of species which stranding organizations are responsible for.

Tags: california, doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oregon, pacific coast, puget sound, u.s. department of commerce, washington, west coast marine mammal stranding network, west coast regional office
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Steelhead_PugetSoundDPS_20160224

Critical habitat includes the stream channels within the designated stream reaches, and includes a lateral extent as defined by the ordinary high-water line (33 CFR 319.11). In areas where ordinary high-water line has not been defined, the lateral extent is defined by the bankfull elevation. Bankfull elevation is the level at which water begins to leave the channel and move into the floodplain and is reached at a discharge which generally has a recurrence interval of 1 to 2 years on the annual flood series. Critical habitat in lake areas is defined by the perimeter of the water body as displayed on standard 1:24,000 scale topographic maps or the elevation of ordinary high water, whichever is greater.See the final rule (81 FR 9252) for descriptions of areas excluded from this critical habitat designation. Military areas ineligible for designation (qualifying Integrated Natural Resource Management Plan) were not clipped out of the data. Excluded Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) lands and Indian lands were not clipped out of the data.

Tags: critical habitat, doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro, endangered species act critical habitat, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pacific northwest, puget sound, steelhead, u.s. department of commerce, washington, west coast regional office
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
Steelhead_NorthernCaliforniaDPS_20050902

Critical habitat includes the stream channels within the designated stream reaches, and includes a lateral extent as defined by the ordinary high-water line (33 CFR 329.11). In areas where the ordinary high-water line has not been defined, the lateral extent will be defined by the bankfull elevation. Bankfull elevation is the level at which water begins to leave the channel and move into the floodplain and is reached at a discharge which generally has a recurrence interval of 1 to 2 years on the annual flood series. Critical habitat in estuaries is defined by the perimeter of the water body as displayed on standard 1:24,000 scale topographic maps or the elevation of extreme high water, whichever is greater.See the final rule (70 FR 52488) for descriptions of areas excluded from this critical habitat designation. Excluded Indian lands were not clipped out of the data.

Tags: california, critical habitat, doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro, eel river, endangered species act critical habitat, national marine fisheries service, noaa, steelhead, u.s. department of commerce, west coast regional office
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
SalmonCoho_LowerColumbiaRiverESU_20160224

Critical habitat includes the stream channels within the designated stream reaches, and includes a lateral extent as defined by the ordinary high-water line (33 CFR 319.11). In areas where ordinary high-water line has not been defined, the lateral extent is defined by the bankfull elevation. Bankfull elevation is the level at which water begins to leave the channel and move into the floodplain and is reached at a discharge which generally has a recurrence interval of 1 to 2 years on the annual flood series. Critical habitat in lake areas is defined by the perimeter of the water body as displayed on standard 1:24,000 scale topographic maps or the elevation of ordinary high water, whichever is greater.See the final rule (81 FR 9252) for descriptions of areas excluded from this critical habitat designation. Excluded Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) lands were not clipped out of the data.

Tags: coho salmon, columbia river, critical habitat, doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro, endangered species act critical habitat, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oregon, pacific northwest, u.s. department of commerce, washington, west coast regional office
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
WhaleKiller_SouthernResidentDPS_20210802

Critical habitat includes all marine waters within the delineated boundaries. For the inland waters of Washington state (2006 designation), the contiguous shoreline is defined by the line at a depth of 20 feet (6.1 meters) relative to extreme high water. For the coastal marine waters along the U.S. west coast (2021 revision), the contiguous shoreline is defined by the line at a depth of 20 feet (6.1 meters) relative to mean high water. See the final rules (71 FR 69054 and 86 FR 41668) for descriptions of areas excluded from this critical habitat designation. For the inland waters of Washington state (2006 designation), military areas excluded due to national security impacts were not clipped out of the data.For the coastal marine waters along the U.S. west coast (2021 revision), military areas excluded due to national security impacts (i.e., the Quinault Range and its 10 kilometer buffer) were clipped out of the data.

Tags: critical habitat, doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro, endangered species act critical habitat, haro strait, killer whale, national marine fisheries service, noaa, pacific ocean, puget sound, san juan islands, strait of juan de fuca, u.s. department of commerce, west coast regional office
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
SeaLionSteller_WesternDPS_19940615

Critical habitat for the Western DPS of Steller sea lions includes:(a) Alaska rookeries, haulouts, and associated areas. In Alaska, all major Steller sea lion rookeries identified in Table 1 and major haulouts identified in Table 2 and associated terrestrial, air, and aquatic zones. Critical habitat includes a terrestrial zone that extends 3,000 feet (0.9 km) landward from the baseline or base point of each major rookery and major haulout in Alaska. Critical habitat includes an air zone that extends 3,000 feet (0.9 km) above the terrestrial zone of each major rookery and major haulout in Alaska, measured vertically from sea level. Critical habitat includes an aquatic zone that extends 3,000 feet (0.9 km) seaward in State and Federally managed waters from the baseline or basepoint of each major rookery and major haulout in Alaska that is east of 144Â° W. longitude. Critical habitat includes an aquatic zone that extends 20 nm (37 km) seaward in State and Federally managed waters from the baseline or basepoint of each major rookery and major haulout in Alaska that is west of 144Â° W. longitude.(b) California and Oregon rookeries and associated areas. In California and Oregon, all major Steller sea lion rookeries identified in Table 1 and associated air and aquatic zones. Critical habitat includes an air zone that extends 3,000 feet (0.9 km) above areas historically occupied by sea lions at each major rookery in California and Oregon, measured vertically from sea level. Critical habitat includes an aquatic zone that extends 3,000 feet (0.9 km) seaward in State and Federally managed waters from the baseline or basepoint of each major rookery in California and Oregon.(c) Three special aquatic foraging areas in Alaska. Three special aquatic foraging areas in Alaska, including the Shelikof Strait area, the Bogoslof area, and the Seguam Pass area.ESA timeline:Steller sea lions were originally listed (55 FR 49204, November 26, 1990) under the ESA throughout their range and critcal habitat was designated in 1993 (58 FR 45269, August 27, 1993). The critical habitat designation was amended (59 FR 30715, June 15, 1994) to correct data errors in Table 2 (Major Steller Sea Lion Haulout sites in Alaska) to Part 226 in the CFR.Steller sea lions were reclassified and listed as 2 DPSs: the Western DPS and Eastern DPS (62 FR 24345, May 5, 1997).The Eastern DPS of Steller sea lions was delisted (78 FR 66140, November 4, 2013). In the delisting final rule, NMFS clarified that the 1993 critical habitat designation remains in effect for the Western DPS of Steller sea lions.

Tags: alaska, aleutian islands, bering sea, california, critical habitat, doc/noaa/nmfs/wcro, endangered species act critical habitat, gulf of alaska, national marine fisheries service, noaa, oregon, pacific ocean, steller sea lion, u.s. department of commerce, west coast regional office
Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce