{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Sarah N Sells", "hasEmail": "mailto:ssells@usgs.gov"}, "description": "This data release provides raster datasets of relative predicted habitat use for grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) reintroduced to the transboundary North Cascades Ecosystem (NCE) of Washington State (United States) and British Columbia (Canada). The datasets represent predicted post-release habitat use by a small founding group of translocated grizzly bears during the early stages of recovery.\nPredicted habitat maps were generated using individual-based movement simulations parameterized with integrated step selection functions developed for grizzly bears in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, a likely source population for future translocations. Model transferability was evaluated using GPS collar data from nearby Canadian populations, and an elevation-based calibration was applied to reduce extrapolation into low-elevation environments not represented in the training data.\nThis release includes uncalibrated (\u201cno calibration\u201d) and elevation-calibrated predicted habitat maps for the NCE, provided for both sexes combined and separately by sex. All datasets are summarized as raster layers of relative predicted habitat use, binned into ten equal-area quantile classes (1 = lowest, 10 = highest). These spatial data products are intended to support early-stage recovery planning, including evaluation of potential release areas and anticipation of zones where human\u2013bear interactions may be more likely.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/P13YTTEJ", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.6968fe5ed4be0249f340d7f9.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_6968fe5ed4be0249f340d7f9", "keyword": ["British Columbia", "Canada", "North Cascades Ecosystem", "Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem", "USGS:6968fe5ed4be0249f340d7f9", "United States", "Ursus arctos", "Washington State", "bears", "biota", "connectivity", "grizzly bears", "habitat use", "integrated step selection functions", "movement ecology", "natural resource management", "reintroduction"], "modified": "2026-03-23T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "-122.7189, 47.0010, -119.0893, 50.4948", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Predicted Habitat Use for Reintroduced Grizzly Bears in the Transboundary North Cascades Ecosystem"}