Protected Areas Exclusion (Geothermal)

The datasets that are included in the composite layer making up the protected area layer are given below: 

<div style='text-align:Left;'><table border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' style='margin-bottom:1.5rem; width:1004px; border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; font-size:0.875rem; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;'><tbody><tr style='border-bottom:none; height:15pt;'><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='267'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height:15pt;'><td style='border:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:106.05pt; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='141'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Dataset</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:161.7pt; border-top:1pt solid black; border-bottom:1pt solid black; border-image:initial; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='216'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Example Designations</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:200.25pt; border-top:1pt solid black; border-bottom:1pt solid black; border-image:initial; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='267'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Citation or hyperlink</span></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height:15pt;'><td style='border-left:1pt solid black; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:106.05pt; border-bottom:1pt solid black; border-image:initial; border-top:none; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='141'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>PAD-US (CBI Edition)</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='216'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>National Parks, GAP Status 1 and 2, State Parks, Open Spaces, Natural Areas</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='267'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:7pt;'><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:black;'>“PAD-US (CBI Edition) Version 2.1b, California”. Conservation Biology Institute. 2016. </span><a href='https://databasin.org/datasets/64538491f43e42ba83e26b849f2cad28' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif;'>https://databasin.org/datasets/64538491f43e42ba83e26b849f2cad28</span></a><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:black;'>.</span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><br /></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height:15pt;'><td style='border-left:1pt solid black; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:106.05pt; border-bottom:1pt solid black; border-image:initial; border-top:none; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='141'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Conservation Easements</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='216'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><br /></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='267'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:7pt;'><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:black;'>California Conservation Easement Database (CCED), 2022a. 2022. </span><a href='https://www.calands.org/' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>www.CALands.org</a><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:black;'>. Accessed December 2022. </span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><br /></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height:15pt;'><td style='border-left:1pt solid black; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:106.05pt; border-bottom:1pt solid black; border-image:initial; border-top:none; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='141'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Inventoried Roadless Areas</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='216'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><br /></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='267'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:black;'>“Inventoried Roadless Areas.” US Forest Service. </span><u><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:rgb(0, 120, 212);'>Dec 12</span></u><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:black;'>, 2022. </span><a href='https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/roadless/2001roadlessrule/maps/?cid=stelprdb5382437' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif;'>https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/roadless/2001roadlessrule/maps/?cid=stelprdb5382437</span></a></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height:15pt;'><td style='border-left:1pt solid black; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:106.05pt; border-bottom:1pt solid black; border-image:initial; border-top:none; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='141'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>BLM National Landscape Conservation System</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='216'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, National Monuments, National Conservation Lands, Conservation Lands of the California Desert, Scenic Rivers</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='267'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-wilderness-areas' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-wilderness-areas</a></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><br /></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-wilderness-study-areas' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-wilderness-study-areas</a></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><br /></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-national-monuments-nca-forest-reserves-other-poly/' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-national-monuments-nca-forest-reserves-other-poly/</a></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><br /></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><br /></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height:15pt;'><td style='border-left:1pt solid black; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:106.05pt; border-bottom:1pt solid black; border-image:initial; border-top:none; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='141'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Greater Sage Grouse Habitat Conservation Areas (BLM)</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='216'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>For solar technology: </span><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:black;'>BLM_Managm IN (‘PHMA’, ‘GHMA’, ‘OHMA’)</span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>For wind technology: </span><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:black;'>BLMP_Managm = ‘PHMA’</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='267'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:7pt;'><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:black;'>“Nevada and Northeastern California Greater Sage-Grouse Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment.” US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Nevada State Office. 2015. </span><a href='https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/lup/103343/143707/176908/NVCA_Approved_RMP_Amendment.pdf' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif;'>https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/lup/103343/143707/176908/NVCA_Approved_RMP_Amendment.pdf</span></a><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:black;'>  </span></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height:15pt;'><td style='border-left:1pt solid black; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:106.05pt; border-bottom:1pt solid black; border-image:initial; border-top:none; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='141'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Other BLM Protected Areas</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='216'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs), Recreation Areas (SRMA, ERMA, OHV Designated Areas), including Vinagre Wash Special Recreation Management Area, National Scenic Areas, including Alabama Hills National Scenic Area</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='267'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-off-highway-vehicle-designations' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif;'>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-off-highway-vehicle-designations</span></a><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:black;'>&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;</span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><br /></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-areas-of-critical-environmental-concern' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif;'>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-areas-of-critical-environmental-concern</span></a><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:black;'>&lt;o:p&gt;</span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-az-area-of-critical-environmental-concern-polygon' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif;'>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-az-area-of-critical-environmental-concern-polygon</span></a></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:black;'>[Big Marias ACEC and Beale Slough Riparian and Cultural ACEC]</span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><br /></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:black;'>BLM, personal communication, November 2, 2022.</span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><br /></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height:15pt;'><td style='border-left:1pt solid black; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:106.05pt; border-bottom:1pt solid black; border-image:initial; border-top:none; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='141'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Mono Basin NFSA</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='216'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><br /></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='267'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://pcta.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=cf1495f8e09940989995c06f9e290f6b' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif;'>https://pcta.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=cf1495f8e09940989995c06f9e290f6b#overview</span></a></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><br /></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height:15pt;'><td style='border-left:1pt solid black; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:106.05pt; border-bottom:1pt solid black; border-image:initial; border-top:none; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='141'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Terrestrial 30x30 Conserved Areas</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='216'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Gap Status 1 and 2</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='267'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>CA Nature. 30x30 Conserved Areas, Terrestrial. 2021. </span><a href='https://www.californianature.ca.gov/datasets/CAnature::30x30-conserved-areas-terrestrial/' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://www.californianature.ca.gov/datasets/CAnature::30x30-conserved-areas-terrestrial/</a><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'> Accessed September 2022.</span></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height:15pt;'><td style='border-left:1pt solid black; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:106.05pt; border-bottom:1pt solid black; border-image:initial; border-top:none; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='141'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>CPAD</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='216'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Open Spaces and Parks under city or county level </span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='267'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>California Protected Areas Database (CPAD), 2022b. 2022. </span><a href='https://www.calands.org/cpad/' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://www.calands.org/cpad/</a><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>. Accessed February 22, 2023.</span></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height:15pt;'><td style='border-left:1pt solid black; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:106.05pt; border-bottom:1pt solid black; border-image:initial; border-top:none; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='141'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>USFS Special Interest Management Areas</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='216'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Research Natural Areas, Recreation Areas, National Recreational Trail, Experimental Forest, Scenic Area</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='267'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/usfs::special-interest-management-areas-feature-layer/about' style='color:rgb(0, 121, 193); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif;'>https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/usfs::special-interest-management-areas-feature-layer/about</span></a></p></td></tr><tr style='border-bottom:none; height:15pt;'><td style='border-left:1pt solid black; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:106.05pt; border-bottom:1pt solid black; border-image:initial; border-top:none; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='141'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Proposed Protected Area</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='216'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>Molok Luyuk Extension (Berryessa Mtn NM Expansion)</span></p></td><td style='border-left:none; border-right:1pt solid black; padding:0in 5.25pt; width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-bottom:1pt solid black; height:15pt;' valign='top' width='267'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:Arial, sans-serif; color:black;'>CalWild, personal communication, January 19, 2023.</span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0in;'><br /></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><font size='5'><b><div><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>This layer is featured in the </span><a href='https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/de6ab11146bf47068ff294d87780ce00' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>CEC 2023 Land-Use Screens for Electric System Planning</a><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'> data viewer.</span><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'><br /></span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>For more information about this layer and its use in electric system planning, please refer to the </span><a href='https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/california-energy-planning-library/land-use-screens' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Land Use Screens Staff Report in the CEC Energy Planning Library</a><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>. </span></p></div>

Change Log:</b> </font><div><font size='4'><b>Version 1.1 (January 22, 2024 11:05 AM) </b></font></div><div><ul><li>Layer edited to reflect the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Land Use Plan Amendment (LUPA) Development Focus Area (DFA), Variance Process Land (VPL) and General Public Land (GPL) areas within the DRECP that allow for geothermal energy development applications.</li><li>Layer revised to allow for gaps to remain when combining all components of the protected area layer. </li></ul></div>