Data · collection · 1992
Significant Natural Areas in California
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
Part of the California Department of Fish and Game's Natural Heritage Division.
Description
Legislatively established in 1981, Fish and Game Code Sections 1930-1933 was mandated to - Develop and maintain a data management system for natural resources; - Identify the most "significant natural areas" in California; - Ensure the recognition of these areas; - Seek the long-term perpetuation of these areas; - Provide coordinating services for other public agencies and private organizations interested in protecting natural areas.
What is a Significant Natural Area? Significant Natural Areas are identified using biological criteria only. They may occur on public or private land and may be under different levels of protection. - Areas supporting extremely rare species or natural communities; - Areas supporting associations or concentrations of rare species or communities; - Areas exhibiting representative examples of common or rare communities; - Areas of high species-richness or habitat-richness.
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Where do the data come from? The Significant Natural Areas Program analyses data from the Department's Natural Diversity Data Base. The Natural Diversity Data Base is a statewide Geographic Information System (GIS) that contains over 22,000 locational records of over 1200 sensitive natural communities and species.
The Natural Diversity Data Base receives biological data from field biologists in public agencies, universities, private consulting firms, private utility companies and other organizations. What types of products are available? Text reports describe the site name, approximate acreage and ownership, and a list of important species and natural communities present on the site; - County locational maps (8 by 11 inches) show all Significant Natural Areas in each county; - Specialized plots from the Geographic Information System may be requested on a limited basis; - Arc/Info export files.
How is this information used? Bioregional conservation planning (HCPs, NCCPs, regional open space plans) - Environmental review, recommended sites for mitigation banking - Designation of special-status areas on public lands - Land acquisition planning for nature reserves
Links
Get the data
- ice.ucdavis.edu ↗
Metadata for University of California, Information Center for the Environment in modified FGDC format.
download · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214613565-SCIOPS.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214613565-SCIOPS.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Convservation · Natural Areas · Not provided
- Inferred from text
- Text 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 12 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C1214613565-SCIOPS | 14 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecological-dynamics/convservation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecological-dynamics/natural-areas | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:text | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:not-provided | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |