Wildlife Habitat Features - FRPA - Kootenay Boundary Region - Masked - Publicly Available

A “wildlife habitat feature” is defined as a feature used by one or more wildlife species to meet their life history requirements. This spatial view contains the Province of British Columbia’s wildlife habitat feature observations submitted as a requirement under the Forest and Range Practices Act for secured species occurrences that have been obfuscated (masked) to allow for public distribution in accordance with the Species and Ecosystems Data and Information Security Policy.

This dataset consists of polygons (grid cells) outlining the geographic areas where a secured wildlife habitat feature has been observed. Each polygon in this dataset contains relevant information about the observation such as species, observation date, and habitat feature type, as well as instructions on how to request the source point location information for the observation.

This dataset is supplementary to the publicly-available wildlife habitat feature observation point locations ‘Wildlife Habitat Features – FRPA – Kootenay Boundary Region – Publicly Available’ https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/9188aeff-47b0-4932-a53a-f3e70096b781. 

For a comprehensive view of wildlife habitat features that may be applicable to the Kootenay Boundary Wildlife Habitat Features Order this dataset should be viewed in conjunction with ‘Wildlife Habitat Features - FRPA - Kootenay Boundary Region - Publicly Available’ https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/9188aeff-47b0-4932-a53a-f3e70096b781, ‘Wildlife Habitat Features - WSI Surveys – Publicly Available’ https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/884c20fa-17c1-491a-b5cb-993be5dff8d3, and ‘Wildlife Habitat Features - WSI Incidentals – Publicly Available’ https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/50dc6ba5-8883-4bfc-b3aa-b420b190b45b.

For more information on the Kootenay Boundary Wildlife Habitat Features Order see here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/laws-policies-standards-guidance/legislation-regulation/forest-range-practices-act/government-actions-regulation/wildlife-habitat-features/kootenay-boundary-wildlife-habitat-features-order

Most species and ecosystems data and information in B.C. data systems are available online to the public, consistent with B.C.'s Open Information and Open Data Policy. Data and information which are routinely secured are noted in the ‘List of Species and Ecosystems Susceptible to Persecution or Harm’. Secured data is managed and distributed in accordance with the Species & Ecosystems Data & Information Security (SEDIS) policy. For the current list of species and ecosystems that are considered susceptible to persecution or harm and for more information on SEDIS see here: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/laws-policies-standards-guidance/data-information-security.

The catalogue entry for the secured dataset that contains point data for both secured and publicly available records of wildlife habitat features that are applicable to the Kootenay Boundary Wildlife Habitat Features Order is 'Wildlife Habitat Features - FRPA – All’ https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/0a630884-d2ad-4343-aa00-2f0c8f4439bd. ‘Wildlife Habitat Features - FRPA - Masked - Publicly Available’ contains masked polygons for secured wildlife habitat features in the 'Wildlife Habitat Features - FRPA – All’ dataset https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/11911766-cb1f-4efe-b015-97ecb8dcc1d0.




Tags: FRPA, Forest and Range Practices Act, Habitat, SPI, WSI, Wildlife Habitat Features, habitat feature, wildlife habitat, wildlife species inventory
Organization: Knowledge Management