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    ACE Biodiversity (Rank 5)

    Metadata Updated: July 24, 2025

    Terrestrial Biodiversity Summary is the combined result of three measures of biodiversity in CA Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Areas of Conservation Emphasis (ACE) project. Those pillars that make up this metric include terrestrial native species richness (diversity of all currently tracked species in the state), terrestrial rare species richness (diversity of special status species), and terrestrial irreplaceability (highlights unique endemic species). As such, this dataset describes the relative biodiversity levels for birds, amphibians, plants, mammals and reptiles across each USDA ecoregion.

    Rank 5, the highest rank, is used as an exclusion in the biological planning priorities component of the Core and SB 100 Terrestrial Climate Resilience Study Screens. This ensures that areas of technical resource potential identified through screening avoid lands with higher conservation value for biodiversity.This layer is featured in the CEC 2023 Land-Use Screens for Electric System Planning data viewer.

    For more information about this layer and its use in electric system planning, please refer to the Land Use Screens Staff Report in the CEC Energy Planning Library. 

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from State of California

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    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025
    Publisher California Energy Commission
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2023-03-01T01:07:51.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2023-03-06T22:05:46.451Z
    Category Natural Resources
    Public Access Level public
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