Protected Areas Exclusion (Wind)

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

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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>Dataset</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>PAD-US (CBI Edition)</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>National Parks, GAP Status 1 and 2, State Parks, Open Spaces,
  Natural Areas</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:7.0pt;'><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:black;'>“PAD-US (CBI Edition) Version 2.1b,
  California”. Conservation Biology Institute. 2016. </span><a href='https://databasin.org/datasets/64538491f43e42ba83e26b849f2cad28' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;'>https://databasin.org/datasets/64538491f43e42ba83e26b849f2cad28</span></a><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:black;'>.</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>Conservation Easements</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:7.0pt;'><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:black;'>California Conservation Easement Database
  (CCED), 2022a. 2022. </span><a href='https://www.calands.org/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>www.CALands.org</a><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:black;'>. Accessed December 2022. </span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>Inventoried Roadless Areas</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:black;'>“Inventoried Roadless Areas.” US Forest
  Service. </span><u><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:#0078D4;'>Dec 12</span></u><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:black;'>, 2022. </span><a href='https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/roadless/2001roadlessrule/maps/?cid=stelprdb5382437' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;'>https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/roadless/2001roadlessrule/maps/?cid=stelprdb5382437</span></a></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>BLM National Landscape Conservation System</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, National
  Monuments, National Conservation Lands, Conservation Lands of the California
  Desert, Scenic Rivers</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-wilderness-areas' rel='nofollow ugc'><span>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-wilderness-areas</span></a></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-wilderness-study-areas' rel='nofollow ugc'><span>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-wilderness-study-areas</span></a></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-national-monuments-nca-forest-reserves-other-poly/' rel='nofollow ugc'><span>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-national-monuments-nca-forest-reserves-other-poly/</span></a></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>Greater Sage Grouse Habitat Conservation Areas (BLM)</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>For solar technology: </span><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:black;'>BLM_Managm IN (‘PHMA’, ‘GHMA’, ‘OHMA’)</span></p>
  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>For wind technology: </span><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:black;'>BLMP_Managm = ‘PHMA’</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:7.0pt;'><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,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' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;'>https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/lup/103343/143707/176908/NVCA_Approved_RMP_Amendment.pdf</span></a><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:black;'><span>  </span></span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>Other BLM Protected Areas</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='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>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-off-highway-vehicle-designations' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;'>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-off-highway-vehicle-designations</span></a></p>
  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-areas-of-critical-environmental-concern' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;'>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-areas-of-critical-environmental-concern</span></a></p>
  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-az-area-of-critical-environmental-concern-polygon' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,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-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:black;'>[Big Marias ACEC and Beale Slough Riparian
  and Cultural ACEC]</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:black;'>BLM, personal communication, November 2,
  2022.</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>Mono Basin NFSA</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://pcta.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=cf1495f8e09940989995c06f9e290f6b' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;'>https://pcta.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=cf1495f8e09940989995c06f9e290f6b#overview</span></a></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>Terrestrial 30x30 Conserved Areas</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>Gap Status 1 and 2</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>CA Nature. 30x30 Conserved Areas, Terrestrial. 2021. </span><a href='https://www.californianature.ca.gov/datasets/CAnature::30x30-conserved-areas-terrestrial/' rel='nofollow ugc'><span>https://www.californianature.ca.gov/datasets/CAnature::30x30-conserved-areas-terrestrial/</span></a><span style='color:black;'> Accessed September 2022.</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>CPAD</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>Open Spaces and Parks under city or county level </span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>California Protected Areas Database (CPAD), 2022b.
  2022. </span><a href='https://www.calands.org/cpad/' rel='nofollow ugc'><span>https://www.calands.org/cpad/</span></a><span style='color:black;'>. Accessed February 22, 2023.</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>USFS Special Interest Management Areas </span></p></td><td style='width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='216'>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><a href='https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/usfs::special-interest-management-areas-feature-layer/about' rel='nofollow ugc'><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;'>https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/usfs::special-interest-management-areas-feature-layer/about</span></a></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>Proposed Protected Area</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='color:black;'>Molok Luyuk Extension (Berryessa Mtn NM Expansion)</span></p>
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  <p style='margin-bottom:0in;'><span style='font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:black;'>CalWild, personal communication, January
  19, 2023.</span></p>
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</tbody></table><br /><p></p></div><div style='text-align:Left;'><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;'><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:0px; color:windowtext; font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web&quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:16px; background-color:transparent; padding:0px; font-kerning:none;'><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px;'></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;'><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><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; color:windowtext; font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web&quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; background-color:transparent; padding:0px; font-kerning:none;'><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><font size='5' style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color:rgb(76, 76, 76);'><b>Change Log:</b> </font></span></p><div><font size='4' style='font-family:inherit;'><b>Version 1.1 (January 22, 2024 10:40 AM) </b></font></div><div><ul><li>Layer revised to allow for gaps to remain when combining all components of the protected area layer. </li></ul></div></div>