Description: Known bald eagle nesting territories within the state of Florida were surveyed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) during the 2013 nesting season with fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft beginning in late November 2012 and extending through mid-April 2013. Nest locations were determined with the use of aircraft-based Global Positioning System (GPS) units. Accuracy of locations is estimated to be within 0.1 miles of the true location. Locations are given in longitude and latitude to hundredths of a minute. The Township, Range, and Section of each nest location are also provided. Township, Range, and Section were determined from the Public Land Survey System grid that includes Land Grant parcels. Yearly nest activity status is listed for the 1998 through 2013 nesting seasons. 'Y' denotes an active nest, 'N' denotes an inactive nest, 'U' denotes a nest that was visited but status was undetermined, '-' denotes an unobserved nest, and '*' denotes a nest that was not surveyed.New Survey Protocol: In 2008 the statewide bald eagle nesting territory survey protocol changed. The protocol change reduces annual statewide survey effort and increases the amount of information gained from the nests that are visited during the survey season. Nest productivity is now determined for a sub-sample of the nests that are surveyed annually. Nest activity and productivity information are critical to determining if the goals and objectives of the Bald Eagle Management Plan are being met.
Description: This geospatial dataset shows the designation of critical habitat for the endangered fat threeridge, shinyrayed pocketbook, Gulf moccasinshell, Ochlockonee moccasinshell, and oval pigtoe, and the threatened Chipola slabshell and purple bankclimber (collectively referred to as the seven mussels).
Description: These data represent the critical habitat for Gulf Sturgeon as designated by Federal Register Vol. 68, No. 53, Wednesday, March 19, 2003, Rules and Regulations.
Copyright Text: Data provided by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Description: Geographic Information System (GIS) File for the Designation of Critical Habitat for the St. Andrew beach mouse: The GIS files and their associated coordinates are not the definitive source for determining the critical habitat boundaries for the St. Andrew beach mouse. As noted in the final rule, the textual unit descriptions constitute the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries. Users of these GIS files are cautioned to refer to the final textual unit descriptions provided in the final rule as the definitive source in determining critical habitat areas. When determining critical habitat boundaries, we make every effort to avoid designating areas that lack the species’ primary constituent elements, such as buildings, paved areas, lawns, and other unsuitable areas. Any such areas inadvertently left inside critical habitat boundaries are not considered part of the unit. Interested parties are encouraged to contact the Service for a definitive finding of whether a location is within critical habitat.
Description: Geographic Information System (GIS) File for the Designation of Critical Habitat for the Perdido Key beach mouse: The GIS files and their associated coordinates are not the definitive source for determining the critical habitat boundaries for the Perdido Key beach mouse. As noted in the final rule, the textual unit descriptions constitute the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries. Users of these GIS files are cautioned to refer to the final textual unit descriptions provided in the final rule as the definitive source in determining critical habitat areas. When determining critical habitat boundaries, we make every effort to avoid designating areas that lack the species’ primary constituent elements, such as buildings, paved areas, lawns, and other unsuitable areas. Any such areas inadvertently left inside critical habitat boundaries are not considered part of the unit. Interested parties are encouraged to contact the Service for a definitive finding of whether a location is within critical habitat.
Description: Polygon shapefile that depicts the piping plover critical habitat units on its wintering grounds. The units were created by generalizing or bounding the buffered mapped critical habitat shoreline in an attempt to capture the dynamics of these systems to the recovery date of 2020. Mapped critical habitat shoreline was created by "on-screen"/ "heads-up" digitizing based on 1992-1998 Black & White or Color InfraRed Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quads at 1, 3, or 6 meter resolution. Note: The GIS file and the associated coordinates are not the definitive source for determining the critical habitat boundaries for wintering piping plover. As noted in the final rule, the textual unit descriptions constitute the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries. The areas included within the boundaries of the GIS file do not follow the legal boundaries of the critical habitat designation. See USE CONSTRAINTS for further information.
Description: Geographic Information System (GIS) File for the Designation of Critical Habitat for the Choctawhatchee beach mouse: The GIS files and their associated coordinates are not the definitive source for determining the critical habitat boundaries for the Choctawhatchee beach mouse. As noted in the final rule, the textual unit descriptions constitute the legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries. Users of these GIS files are cautioned to refer to the final textual unit descriptions provided in the final rule as the definitive source in determining critical habitat areas. When determining critical habitat boundaries, we make every effort to avoid designating areas that lack the species’ primary constituent elements, such as buildings, paved areas, lawns, and other unsuitable areas. Any such areas inadvertently left inside critical habitat boundaries are not considered part of the unit. Interested parties are encouraged to contact the Service for a definitive finding of whether a location is within critical habitat.
Description: These data represent the critical habitat for elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (A. cervicornis) as designated by 73 FR 72210, November 26, 2008, Rules and Regulations.
Description: These data represent the critical habitat for Gulf Sturgeon as designated by Federal Register Vol. 68, No. 53, Wednesday, March 19, 2003, Rules and Regulations.
Copyright Text: Data provided by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Description: This layer depicts the Smalltooth Sawfish Critical Habitat Limited Exclusion Zones as described in the Jacksonville District Programmatic Biological Opinion (JAXBO) dated November 20, 2017.
Copyright Text: This data was provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Please contact Bob Barron at Robert.B.Barron@usace.army.mil or (904) 232-2203 for more information.
Description: Panther habitat zones were developed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service's panther subteam of Multi-Species/Ecosystem Recovery Implementation Team (MERIT). Members of the MERIT panther recovery subteam identified lands essential to the long-term survival of the Florida panther. The MERIT subteam defined the Primary Zone as "all lands essential for the survival of the Florida panther in the wild." A Secondary Zone includes "lands contiguous with the Primary Zone, and areas which panthers may currently use, and where expansion of the Florida panther population is most likely to occur". Lastly, a Dispersal Zone was identified as an area needed for panthers to disperse north of the Caloosahatchee River.
Copyright Text: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service & Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Description: The SPGP IV-R1 is not applicable within specific geographical boundaries. This data set provides boundaries for certain areas for which there is no separate data set; specifically, the Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve (Duval County); the St. Mary's River, from its headwaters to its confluence with the Bells River; the Wekiva River from its confluence with the St. Johns River to Wekiwa Springs, Rock Springs Run from its headwaters at Rock Springs to the confluence with the Wekiwa Springs Run, Black Water Creek from the outflow from Lake Norris to the confluence with the Wekiva River; canals at Garfield Point including Queens Cove (St. Lucie County); the Loxahatchee River from Riverbend Park downstream to Jonathan Dickinson State Park; the St. Lucie Impoundment (Martin County); all areas regulated under the Lake Okeechobee and Okeechobee Waterway Shoreline Management Plan, located between St.Lucie Lock (Martin County) and W.P. Franklin Lock (Lee County); American Crocodile designated critical habitat (Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties); the Faka Union Canal (Collier County); the Tampa Bypass Canal (Hillsborough County).
Copyright Text: Data provided by the US Army Corps of Engineers.