AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Seedlot Table

Seedlot number is a unique identifier for a quantity of forest tree seed of a particular species from a given natural stand location or a seed orchard, collected at a given time (date range).  Several attributes for a seedlot are recorded in the SEEDLOT table including the mean collection geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude), minimum/maximum  collection elevation, Seed Planning Zone, etc.  The Chief Forester's Standards for Seed Use lists the mandatory attribute information that must be included when a seedlot is submitted for registration in the Seed Planning and Registry application SPAR).

Tags: Canada, forest, planning, seed
Organization: Forest Improvement and Research Management Branch
TANTALIS - Surface Ownership

"The spatial view TA_SURFACE_OWNERSHIP_SVW is a mutli-part polygon feature, that indicates whether the surface rights of a particular active survey parcel (either primary or subdivision) are currently owned by the crown or have been granted to a private interest.

The data is provided with two non-statistical confidence levels, one for the analysis of the ownership transaction records, and a second indicating the potential impact of missing parcel geometry.

The information is sourced from the Crown Land Registry which is the primary government record of lands transferred out of Crown Provincial ownership (as defined under the Land Act).

Note: Due to historical limitations on data capture, this set of data should not be relied upon to be the definitive source of whether a survey parcel is crown or private.  It is recommended to use the ParcelMap BC dataset to confirm ownership.


Tags: CLRS, Canada, Crown Land Registry, Crown Lands, tantalis
Organization: Lands Branch
Shore Unit Classifications - Polygon

The Shore Unit Classifications Polygons depict the most current areas of Shorezone mapping for the Province of British Columbia. Shorezone is an aerial imaging, habitat classification, and mapping system used to inventory alongshore and across-shore geomorphological and biological attributes of the coast. Habitat attributes are interpreted from oblique aerial imagery acquired during the lowest tides of the year. The mapping project was first developed as an oil spill response tool for British Columbia, and now ShoreZone extends from Oregon to Alaska and has many other uses including ecological studies, marine conservation planning, coastal flooding and vulnerability assessments, and community education.

Tags: shore unit, shore zone, shoreunit, shorezone
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Shore Unit Classifications - Line

The Shore Unit Classifications Lines depict the most current Shorezone mapping lines for the Province of British Columbia. Shorezone is an aerial imaging, habitat classification, and mapping system used to inventory alongshore and across-shore geomorphological and biological attributes of the coast. Habitat attributes are interpreted from oblique aerial imagery acquired during the lowest tides of the year.

Tags: marine, shore unit, shore zone, shoreunit, shorezone
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Forest Tenure Road Use Permits

This is a spatial layer that reflects operational activities for road sections contained within a Road Use Permit. Road Use Permits are permits issued for industrial use of MFLNRO Forest Service Roads (FSRs). The Forest Tenures Section (FTS) is responsible for the creation and maintenance of digital Forest Atlas files for the province of British Columbia encompassing Forest and Range Act Tenures. 

Tags: Forest Tenures, Road Use Permit
Organization: Forest Tenures Branch
Shorezone Observed Habitat Polygons

The Observed Habitat Polygons show the various types of particular habitat that have been observed or calculated by biologists as well as an expectation of different species found in the habitats. Each bioarea has several observed habitats, and it is the combination of the bioarea and habitat observed number that identifies each unique observed habitat.

Tags: biophysical habitat, observed habitat, shoreunit, shorezone
Organization: GeoBC Branch
Wildlife Species Inventory - Survey Observations - Mineral Licks

**This dataset is archaic and has been targeted for deprecation. Please contact SPI_Mail@gov.bc.ca for the most up to date data for mineral licks in BC.**

Wildlife mineral lick observations in the Peace Region. An observation is made when a surveyor makes a visit to a sampling location (Design Component) on a specific date at a specific time. Each observation may be geo-referenced in itself or simply by association with a specific Design Component. Observations may include information on species, sex, age class, activity, and/or measurements, depending on whether the animal is in-hand or roaming free. Sensitive Information pertains to species at risk that could reasonably be expected to result in damage to the species, the residence of a species or the population, or interfere with the conservation of that species at risk, if it were publicly disclosed.

Tags: BC Energy Regulator, BCER, Energy Regulator, OGC, Oil and Gas Commission, SPI, WSI, mineral lick, oil and gas, survey observations
Organization: Knowledge Management
Visual Landscape Inventory - Visual Sensitivity Units - View

The spatial view REC VIMS VLI SVW is a multi part polygon identifying A Visual Sensitivity Unit (VSU), which is a distinct topographical unit as viewed from one or more viewpoints and is delineated based on the homogeneity of the landform and of biophysical elements. VIMS VLI was a layer created for Mapview. Original data comes from and is downloadable via [WHSE_FOREST_VEGETATION.REC_VISUAL_LANDSCAPE_INVENTORY](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/4e941067-20ec-4b5d-bca3-8831c9b2e4db)

Tags: Canada, tourism, visual resource management
Organization: Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
FTEN REAL PROP PRJCT POLY SVW

DEPRECATED - This is a spatial layer showing Ministry of Forests Real Property Projects. These are spatial representations of land that is under intensive management/administration by the Ministry of Forests for various purposes consistent with the Forest Act.

Superseded by: [WHSE_FOREST_TENURE.FTEN_REAL_PROPERTY_POLY_SVW](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/3d7f09c3-ff25-429e-a4d9-d88f9919d904)


Tags: Canada, FTA, archive, deprecated, forest, forest tenure
Organization: Forest Tenures Branch
FTEN MAP NOTATION POINT SVW

DEPRECATED - This is a spatial layer showing Ministry of Forests Map Notation Points.  These are the the point spatial representation for a notation on the Forest Atlas which records the area of interest of other government agencies and individuals.

Superseded by: [WHSE_FOREST_TENURE.FTEN_MAP_NOTATN_POINTS_SVW](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/69f4f070-d70a-43c8-b224-354758f4f492)


Tags: Canada, FTA, archived, deprecated, forest, forest tenure, map notation
Organization: Forest Tenures Branch
FTEN MAP NOTATION LINE SVW

DEPRECATED - This is a spatial layer showing Ministry of Forests Map Notation Lines.  These are the linear spatial representation for a notation on the Forest Atlas which records the area of interest of other government agencies and individuals.

Superseded by: [WHSE_FOREST_TENURE.FTEN_MAP_NOTATN_LINES_SVW](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/8ef18f74-e53f-497a-968d-86e9a20419a2)


Tags: Canada, FTA, archive, deprecated, forest, forest tenure, map notation
Organization: Forest Tenures Branch
FTEN MAP NOTATION POLY SVW

DEPRECATED - This is a spatial layer showing Ministry of Forests Map Notation Polygons.  These are polygonal spatial representation for a notation on the Forest Atlas which records the area of interest of other government agencies and individuals.

Superseded by: [WHSE_FOREST_TENURE.FTEN_MAP_NOTATN_POLY_SVW](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/78838b54-f241-4269-aeb4-126d14bb5f37)


Tags: Canada, FTA, forest, forest tenure, map notation
Organization: Forest Tenures Branch
RESULTS - Openings svw

RESULTS Openings are administrative boundaries for areas harvested with silviculture obligations or natural disturbances with intended forest management activities on Crown Land.  

The RESULTS openings_svw is a spatial view made up of a number of tables containing information on disturbance dates, generalized bec, forest district, opening category, opening status, previous tree species, opening gross area, average slope, average elevation, aspect, along with maximum and minimum elevation values, and many more fields.

Tags: Canada, disturbance, harvest, opening, reforestation, silviculture
Organization: Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
RESULTS - Openings (Attribute Only)

This layer contains attribute Opening information only and can be used in conjunction with other layers.  RESULTS Openings is an administrative boundary that has been harvested with reforestation obligations or natural disturbance with intended forest management on Crown Land.  This is a part of the Silviculture and Land Status dataset, which includes tracking achievmeent of silviculture obligations on Crown Land.  Non-spatial attribute data delivered in CSV format

Tags: Canada, disturbance, harvest, opening, reforestation, silviculture
Organization: Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
RESULTS - Forest Cover Silviculture

RESULTS opening's forest cover poylgons with silviculture component provided.  Current forest cover subimssion into RESULTS must contain attribute and map information.  However, there are historical forest cover polygon infomration where maps are not available.  Forest Cover is provided at three critical milestones of at harvesting, at regeneration, and at free growing.   This is a part o fthe Silviculture and Land Status Tracking dataset, which includes tracking achievement of silviculture obligations on Crown Land

Tags: Canada, forest cover, reforestation, silviculture
Organization: Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
RESULTS - Forest Cover Reserve

Spatial representation of a reserve of retention area associated with a silvicultural system. Reserves are forest patches or individual trees retained during harvesting, or other forestry operations to provide habitat, scenic, biodiversity, and other values. The reserve types included are Riparian, Wildlife Tree Patches, and Other. This is part of the Silviculture and Land status Tracking dataset, which includes all business processes required to receive and process records from forest licensees to record report on Silviculture and Land Status Management activities.

Tags: Canada, forest cover, reforestation, reserve, riparian, wildlife tree retention
Organization: Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
RESULTS - Activity Treatment Units

An opening's disturbance and silviculture activities reported into RESULTS. Most activities are within opening boundaries with the exception of broadcast treatments. An opening may have more than one activities associated with it. Activities may also overlap each other. Reporting of disturbance and silviculture attribute information is a mandatory requirement while the map is optional. This is part of the Silviculture and Land status Tracking dataset, which includes tracking harvesting and silviculture obligations on Crown Land

Tags: Canada, brushing, disturbance, fertilization, harvest, planting, pruning, reforestation, silviculture, site preparation, spacing, survey
Organization: Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
RESULTS - Planting

Planting activities reported on openings into RESULTS.  More than one planting activitiy may occur within an opening.  Planting activiites may also overlap.  Planting attribute reporting is mandatory requirement while planting maps are optional. Planting reports includes species and seedlot information. This is a part of Silviculture and Land Status dataset, which includes tracking achievement of silviculture obligations on Crown land

Tags: Canada, planting, reforestation, silviculture
Organization: Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
Species and Ecosystems at Risk - Secured Occurrences Proprietary - CDC

A spatial view containing the Conservation Data Centre's occurrences of species and ecosystems at risk that are secured due to proprietary reasons.  ‘Proprietary’ can include cases where the private landowner or the data submitter has requested that the data not be released publicly.   Generally these element occurrences are not accessible beyond CDC internal ranking use unless a Data and Information Sharing Agreement is in place with the private landowner/data submitter. 

Note that the majority of mapped element occurrences are publicly available in the Species and Ecosystems at Risk - Publicly Available Occurrences.

All element occurrences are polygons: the size of the polygon usually reflects the locational uncertainty associated with the source data, represented with varying sized circles. Some polygons may be larger to reflect the actual area covered by the element occurrence. The field "Representational Accuracy" is used to communicate how accurately the polygon reflects the actual area covered by the element.

Tags: CDC, Canada, at risk, conservation data centre, ecology, ecosystem, endangered, rare, sensitive, species, threatened
Organization: Ecosystems
Species and Ecosystems at Risk - Publicly Available Occurrences - CDC

The B.C. Conservation Data Centre’s spatial view of publicly available, known locations of species and ecological communities at risk. This spatial view is split into the "Publicly Available Occurrences" layer and "(Extirpated and Historical) Publicly Available Occurrences" layer.  The Extirpated and Historical layer includes element occurrences that have a last observation date greater than 40 years ago and element occurrences that are extirpated due to general habitat loss or degradation of the environment in the area. Use the field ‘Rank Description’ to differentiate between Historical and Extirpated element occurrences in this layer.

All element occurrences are polygons: the size of the polygon usually reflects the locational uncertainty associated with the source data, represented with varying sized circles. Some polygons may be larger to reflect the actual area covered by the element occurrence. The field "Representational Accuracy" is used to communicate how accurately the polygon reflects the actual area covered by the element.

If you do not find an element occurrence in your area of interest, this means there are none currently mapped in the CDC database. The best way to verify whether an area contains a species or ecosystem at risk is to have do a detailed assessment of the property during the appropriate season.

Tags: CDC, Canada, at risk, conservation data centre, ecology, ecosystem, element occurrence, endangered, rare, species, threatened
Organization: Ecosystems
Species and Ecosystems at Risk - Secured Occurrences Susceptible to Persecution - CDC

A spatial view containing the Conservation Data Centre's secured locations of species and ecosystems at risk. The locations of these species and ecosystems are secured as they are susceptible to persecution or harm if the locations are released publicly.  These occurrences are released to users with a "need-to-know". Note that the majority of mapped element occurrences are publicly available in the Species and Ecosystems at Risk - Publicly Available Occurrences.

All element occurrences are polygons: the size of the polygon usually reflects the locational uncertainty associated with the source data, represented with varying sized circles. Some polygons may be larger to reflect the actual area covered by the element occurrence. The field "Representational Accuracy" is used to communicate how accurately the polygon reflects the actual area covered by the element.

Tags: CDC, Canada, at risk, conservation data centre, ecology, ecosystem, endangered, rare, sensitive, species, threatened
Organization: Ecosystems
Species at Risk Range Data - CDC

**Note: Data not available yet. We expect data to be loaded 2025/2026** 
The B.C. Conservation Data Centre's (CDC) spatial range layer is a broad-scale representation of a species' geographic distribution in British Columbia.  The data are created using CDC occurrence data, other publicly available data, and expert opinion. The line work used to create the species ranges are based on Ecosections polygons.  Range data generally exist for species that are at-risk in BC (e.g. red-listed, blue-listed, SARA Schedule 1, and COSEWIC Threatened or Endangered), but may be limited by the availability of accurate distribution data.  New species ranges will be added to this dataset periodically, and existing ranges will be updated as additional information becomes available. 

Tags: CDC, Canada, Conservation Data Centre, at risk, endangered, range, rare, sensitive, species, threatened
Organization: Ecosystems
Ecological Communities at Risk Range Data - CDC

**Note: Data not available yet. We expect data to be loaded 2025/2026**
The B.C. Conservation Data Centre's (CDC) spatial range layer is a broad-scale representation of an ecological community's geographic distribution in British Columbia. The data are created using Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification (BEC) polygons.  The ecological community ranges are split up by 1:50,000 National Topographic Map (NTS) sheets in order to improve performance of the dataset.  Range data generally exist for ecological communities that are at-risk in BC (i.e. red-listed and blue-listed), but may be limited by the availability of accurate distribution data.  New ecological community ranges will be added to this dataset periodically, and existing ranges will be updated as additional information becomes available. 

Tags: CDC, Canada, Conservation Data Centre, at risk, ecology, ecosystem, endangered, range, rare, sensitive, threatened
Organization: Ecosystems
Forest Tenure Timber Use Polygons

DEPRECATED - Layers prefaced with FTEN are updated and maintained on an on-going and continuous basis as tenures are issued. This is the spatial layer reflecting operational activities. FTEN_TIMBER_USE_POLYGONS The spatial layer for the legal boundaries for forest act tenures and permits that pertain to forest use. The file types include types Timber Licence (A06), Christmas Tree Permit (B02), Licence to Cut (B05, B06), Log Salvage (B17) and Special Use Permit (S01). The Forest Tenures Section (FTS) is responsible for the creation and maintenance of digital Forest Atlas files for the province of British Columbia encompassing Forest and Range Act Tenures. It also supports the forest resources programs delivered by the Ministry of Forests.

Superseded by: [WHSE_FOREST_TENURE.FTEN_HARVEST_AUTH_POLY_SVW](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/cff7b8f7-6897-444f-8c53-4bb93c7e9f8b),
 [WHSE_FOREST_TENURE.FTEN_TIMBER_LICENCE_POLY_SVW](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/f2356651-4456-4d93-ba17-7b8c4a3ee53d),
 [WHSE_FOREST_TENURE.FTEN_TL_ELIMINATION_POLY_SVW](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/e15e0543-830f-43b8-b824-ed9a8ed7eeca).


Tags: Canada, FTA, forest, forest tenure
Organization: Forest Tenures Branch
Forest Tenure FTA Timber Sale Polygons

DEPRECATED - Layers prefaced with FTEN are updated and maintained on an on-going and continuous basis as tenures are issued. This is the spatial layer reflecting operational activities.  

The spatial layer for an FTA Timber Sale Licence area, which defines the legal boundary in which harvesting is authorized under the Timber Sale Licence. The file types stored in this layer include B20, B21, B23, A20, A21, A23. The Forest Tenures Section (FTS) is responsible for the creation and maintenance of digital Forest Atlas files for the province of British Columbia encompassing Forest and Range Act Tenures. It also supports the forest resources programs delivered by the Ministry of Forests.

Superseded by: [WHSE_FOREST_TENURE.FTEN_HARVEST_AUTH_POLY_SVW](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/cff7b8f7-6897-444f-8c53-4bb93c7e9f8b)


Tags: Canada, FTA, forest, forest tenure
Organization: Forest Tenures Branch
Forest Tenure Harvesting Authority Polygons

This is a spatial layer that reflects operational activities for harvesting authorities.  The harvesting authority is a legal area cleared by the Ministry of Forests and Range (that is, no other claims for the land exist) for harvesting purposes.  This corresponds to the outlined areas on the Exhibit A maps.  The Forest Tenures Section (FTS) is responsible for the creation and maintenance of digital Forest Atlas files for the province of British Columbia encompassing Forest and Range Act Tenures.  It also supports the forest resources programs delivered by the MoFR. Each feature contains a Ministry of Forests and Range (MoFR) FEATURE_CLASS_SKEY (number) column that further defines the type of that feature.  The layer contains harvesting authority boundaries for the following feature classes: Christmas Tree Permit (489), Forest Licence Cutting Permit (556), Licence to Cut (615), Timber Licence Cutting Permit (811), Timber Sale Licence Major Cutting Permit (818), Timber Sale Licence Minor (819), Tree Farm Licence Cutting Permit (834), WoodLot Licence Cutting Permit (864), Timber Sale Licence Minor Cutting Permit (917), and Community Forest Cutting Permit (2401). Each harvesting authority has a life cycle status code that is either PENDING - the harvesting authority has been submitted as a new harvesting authority or an amendment, but is not yet approved or rejected, ACTIVE - the harvesting authority is approved and activities may be taking place on the harvesting authority, or RETIRED - all activities have been completed for the harvesting authority

Tags: Canada, FTA, cut permit, forest, forest tenure, harvest
Organization: Forest Tenures Branch
RESULTS - Forest Cover Inventory

RESULTS opening's forest cover polygons with inventory component provided.  Current forest cover submissions into RESULTS must contain attribute and map information.  However, there are historical forest cover polygon information where maps are not available. Forest Cover is provided at three critical milestones of at harvesting, at achieved regeneration and at free growing. This is part of the Silviculture and Land status Tracking dataset, which includes tracking achievement of silviculture obligations on Crown Land

Tags: Canada, forest cover, inventory, reforestation
Organization: Forest Science, Planning and Practices Branch
Forest Tenure Cut Block Polygons

"DEPRECATED - Superseded by: FTEN_CUT_BLOCK_POLY_SVW 
Refer to Content, Online Reference #1 for more information. Layers prefaced with FTEN are updated and maintained on an on-going and continuous basis as tenures are issued. This is the spatial layer reflecting operational activities. 
The spatial layer for a cut block within a cutting permit. Contains cut blocks for Forest Licence (A01), Tree Farm Licence (A02), Timber Sale Licence (A03), Woodlot Licence (A04), Timber Licence (A06), Timber Sale Licence Minor (A26,A27), Community Forest (A28), Non-Replaceable Forest Licence (A25), Licence to Cut (B05, B06), Timber Sale Licence - Single Mark (B20, B21,B23). The Forest Tenures Section (FTS) is responsible for the creation and maintenance of digital Forest Atlas files for the province of British Columbia encompassing Forest and Range Act Tenures. It also supports the forest resources programs delivered by the Ministry of Forests.

Superseded by: [WHSE_FOREST_TENURE.FTEN_CUT_BLOCK_POLY_SVW](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/dfb8b498-fa4b-4286-b3ec-58db88aca1cf)


Tags: Canada, FTA, cut block polygon, deprecated, forest, forest tenure, obsolete
Organization: Forest Tenures Branch