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    Interstate Connections - California Essential Habitat Connectivity (CEHC) [ds619]

    Metadata Updated: November 27, 2024

    The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) commissioned the California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project because a functional network of connected wildlands is essential to the continued support of California's diverse natural communities in the face of human development and climate change. The Essential Connectivity Map depicts large, relatively natural habitat blocks that support native biodiversity (Natural Landscape Blocks) and areas essential for ecological connectivity between them (Essential Connectivity Areas). This coarse-scale map was based primarily on the concept of ecological integrity, rather than the needs of particular species. Essential Connectivity Areas are placeholder polygons that can inform land-planning efforts, but that should eventually be replaced by more detailed Linkage Designs, developed at finer resolution based on the needs of particular species and ecological processes. It is important to recognize that even areas outside of Natural Landscape Blocks and Essential Connectivity Areas support important ecological values that should not be "written off" as lacking conservation value. Furthermore, because the Essential Habitat Connectivity Map was created at the statewide scale, based on available statewide data layers, and ignored Natural Landscape Blocks smaller than 2,000 acres squared, it has errors of omission that should be addressed at regional and local scales.

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    Metadata Created Date August 12, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date November 27, 2024

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    Harvested from State of California

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 12, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date November 27, 2024
    Publisher California Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Maintainer
    Identifier 6aa480e0-b837-4fe5-92a2-bba4662f835c
    Data First Published 2021-08-25T17:56:11.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2023-11-03T20:45:14.827Z
    Category Natural Resources
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id b723d654-d01c-419a-8b34-0fb589d67808
    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    License http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash bd917ebb16b486f51c91e87c1633e2f257b663ccb093cf4af00c319fc34dc303
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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