Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' Sage-grouse Conservation Planning Framework Team Publication_Date: 20061018 Title: Sage-grouse Management Zones in the Western U.S. and Canada - DRAFT Edition: Version 2 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Online_Linkage: None at this time. Description: Abstract: This data set depicts a preliminary version of the management zone boundaries for Greater and Gunnison sage-grouse in the western United States and Canada. These boundaries were digitized from a hand drawn figure originally created by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' (WAFWA) Sage-grouse Conservation Planning Framework Team for use in the Greater Sage-grouse Comprehensive Conservation Strategy. Purpose: The delineation of sage-grouse management zones provide a context for the Sage-grouse Conservation Planning Framework Team to keep track of changes in sage-grouse populations and habitat trends and to identify where appropriate conservation strategies might be implemented. Supplemental_Information: This represents the second iteration of sage-grouse management boundaries. Some minor adjustments were made to the original boundaries in Version 1 based on peer reviews completed in October 2006. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20061018 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.123433 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -102.093814 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 50.003585 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.413014 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: Greater sage-grouse Theme_Keyword: Gunnison sage-grouse Theme_Keyword: management zones Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Arizona Place_Keyword: California Place_Keyword: Colorado Place_Keyword: Idaho Place_Keyword: Montana Place_Keyword: Nevada Place_Keyword: New Mexico Place_Keyword: North Dakota Place_Keyword: Oregon Place_Keyword: Utah Place_Keyword: Wyoming Place_Keyword: South Dakota Place_Keyword: Washington Place_Keyword: Alberta Place_Keyword: Saskatchewan Place_Keyword: western U.S. Place_Keyword: Canada Access_Constraints: None. Use_Constraints: The user assumes all responsibilities when using this dataset. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lisa Langs Stoner Contact_Organization: RS/GIS Laboratory, Utah State University Contact_Position: GIS Analyst Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 5275 Old Main Hill City: Logan State_or_Province: UT Postal_Code: 84322 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (435) 797-4374 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: lisa.langs@usu.edu Data_Set_Credit: Original boundaries drawn by Tony Apa, Research Scientist, Colorado Division of Wildlife, and the Sage-grouse Conservation Planning Framework Team. Boundaries were digitized by Lisa Langs Stoner, GIS Analyst, RS/GIS Laboratory at Utah State University. Security_Information: Security_Classification_System: None. Security_Classification: Unclassified Security_Handling_Description: None. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000 Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: All attributes have been identified accurately. Logical_Consistency_Report: Polygon topology of this dataset was tested for not having any overlaps or gaps using ArcTools and ArcEdit version 9.1. Validation of the dataset's topology was determined to be clean. Completeness_Report: No selection criteria or generalizations were used to derive this dataset. This dataset is complete. Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Horizontal accuracy is based on placement of lines in original hand drawing. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' Sage-grouse Conservation Planning Framework Team Publication_Date: 200606 Title: Sage-grouse Management Zones Source_Scale_Denominator: 10,000 Type_of_Source_Media: paper Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 200606 Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: sage-grouse management zones Source_Contribution: The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies' Sage-grouse Conservation Planning Framework Team provided the original hand drawn figure of sage-grouse management zones to develop this dataset. Process_Step: Process_Description: The hand drawn figure of sage-grouse managment zones was delineated by on-screen digitizing at a 1:10,000 reference scale using ArcTools and ArcEdit version 9.1. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: sage-grouse management zones Process_Date: 20060718 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lisa Langs Stoner Contact_Organization: RS/GIS Laboratory, Utah State University Contact_Position: GIS Analyst Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 5275 Old Main Hill City: Logan State_or_Province: UT Postal_Code: 84322 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (435) 797-4374 Process_Step: Process_Description: The boundary line between MZ IV and MZ I was adjusted to include an isolated population segment in central Montana as part of MZ IV. Editing was done using ArcTools and ArcEdit version 9.1. Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: sage-grouse management zones Process_Date: 20061018 Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Lisa Langs Stoner Contact_Organization: RS/GIS Laboratory, Utah State University Contact_Position: GIS Analyst Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing address Address: 5275 Old Main Hill City: Logan State_or_Province: UT Postal_Code: 84322 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (435) 797-4374 Process_Step: Process_Description: Dataset moved. 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Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: OBJECTID Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier used by the software. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. 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