ehplvtrn

Identification Information

Citation Information

Originator	Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW)
Publication Date	20030918
Title	ehplvtrn
Edition	03
Geospatial Data Presentation Form	vector digital data
Series Name	Essential Wildlife Habitats
Issue Identification	multiple issue
Publication Place	Augusta ME
Publisher	Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Other Citation Details	1:24000 EHPLVTRN is available for download in the Maine GIS Data Catalog with a companion file "Essential Wildlife Habitats for Maine's Endangered and Threatened Species", published by MDIFW. The file contains further information on the Essential Wildlife Habitat Regulation, species profiles, the review process and the Maine Endangered Species Act and will download with the dataset in both .doc and .pdf formats. PLEASE READ!
Online Linkage	http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/
Calendar Date	20030918

Abstract

EHPLVTRN contains Piping Plover and Least Tern nesting, feeding, and brood-rearing areas identified and mapped as Essential Habitat by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW). This dataset contains both LINE and POLYGON topology and both are needed to accurately depict Piping Plover/Least Tern Essential Habitats. LINE attributes include the item LINETYPE, POLYGON attributes include the items SITE, ACRES, TYPE, PHOTO. Field based hyperlinks have been specified in the field PHOTO. These can be activated in ArcMap to display images of the essential habitat areas represented in the dataset. With the data layer visible in the ArcMap table of contents, select Properties/Display, checkmark Hyperlinks and choose the field PHOTO for "Support Hyperlinks using field:".

Purpose

PLEASE READ! Essential Wildlife Habitats are areas currently or historically providing physical or biological features essential to the conservation of an endangered or threatened species in Maine and which may require special management considerations. As required under the Maine Endangered Species Act, a state agency or municipal government shall not permit, license, fund or carry out projects that will significantly alter an Essential Habitat or violate protection guidelines adopted for the habitat. Landowners, project planners, municipalities or state agencies considering a project in or near an Essential Habitat should immediately contact an MDIFW Regional Wildlife Biologist for assistance. Essential Wildlife Habitat pertains only to definitions under Maine's endangered species laws (12 MRSA, Chapter 713, Subchapter V, Sections 7754 and 7755-A) and regulations (MDIFW Rules, Chapter 8.05). Information about and mapped locations of other endangered and threatened species habitats, "Significant Wildlife Habitat" (38 MRSA, Chapter 3, Subchapter 1, Section 480-B), rare plants and natural communities, or other important natural resources are not included. For comprehensive information about these resources, please contact the following agencies:Fish and Wildlife Information:Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife284 State StreetState House Station 41Augusta, Maine 04333-0041Phone: (207) 287-8000Rare Plant and Natural Community Information:Maine Natural Areas ProgramMaine Department of Conservation159 Hospital StreetState House Station 93Augusta, Maine 04333-0093Phone: (207) 287-8044

Supplemental Information

Hard copies of official maps are located in all MDIFW and affected town offices. See "Essential Wildlife Habitats for Maine's Endangered and Threatened Species", published by MDIFW, for further information on the Essential Wildlife Habitat Regulation, species profiles, the review process and the Maine Endangered Species Act. Contact information for an MDIFW Regional Wildlife Biologist is available from MDIFW at 207 287-8000 or as follows: Region A (Gray) 657-2345; Region B (Sidney) 547-5318; Region C (Jonesboro) 434-5927; Region D (Strong) 778-3324; Region E (Greenville) 695-2022; Region F (Enfield) 732-4132; Region G (Ashland) 435-3232 . Sign up to receive automatic email notices of updates to Essential Habitat! Please email your name, agency/affiliation, mailing address, and email address to essential.habitat@maine.gov with the subject line 'ADD TO MAILING LIST'.

Time Period of Content

Calendar Date	20030512
Time of Day	Unknown
Currentness Reference	publication date

Status

Progress	Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency	Annually

Bounding Coordinates

West Bounding Coordinate	-70.59803
East Bounding Coordinate	-69.72077
North Bounding Coordinate	43.79877
South Bounding Coordinate	43.24408

Keywords

Theme	biota, environment (ISO Keyword Thesaurus)
Theme	essential wildlife habitats, piping plover, least tern (Maine GIS Thesaurus-Theme)
Place	Maine, United States (Maine GIS Thesaurus-Place)
Stratum	biosphere (GCMD Parameter Keyword)

Access Constraints

These data may not be distributed or sold to other users without the written permission of the Commissioner, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Use Constraints

These data are provided by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife solely for individual use or the use of a company or agency for the purpose stated. Boundaries may change as additional survey data become available. The designation of essential habitats is an ongoing process, where sites may be added, deleted and/or revised following public rulemaking. As a result, information and maps will be periodically updated. To be certain the most current essential habitat maps and documents are consulted, users are advised to carefully monitor update notices and version dates. Landowners, project planners, municipalities or state agencies considering a project in or near an Essential Habitat should immediately contact an MDIFW Regional Wildlife Biologist for assistance.

Contact Organization

(MDIFW) Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Contact Position

Wildlife Biologist

Address Type

mailing and physical address

Address

650 State Street

City

Bangor

State or Province

Postal Code

04401

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

(207) 941-4483

Contact Facsimile Telephone

(207) 941-4450

Hours of Service

Monday through Friday 0800 - 1600 EST

Data Set Credit

Credit should always be given to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife when the data is transferred or printed.

Native Data Set Environment

(MDIFW) ArcGIS 8.2; (MDIFW) Maine Office of Information Technology (OIT) Oracle 9i, Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS), Maine GIS Internet Data Catalog http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/

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Attribute Accuracy Report

This information is updated and checked for quality purposes on a regular basis. Attributes may change as additional data become available. Landowners, project planners, municipalities or state agencies considering a project in or near an Essential Habitat should immediately contact an MDIFW Regional Wildlife Biologist for assistance.

Logical Consistency Report

This dataset contains both LINE and POLYGON topology and both are needed to accurately depict Piping Plover/Least Tern Essential Habitats. Essential Habitat depicted encompasses portions of the coastal sand dune system and associated coastal wetlands. The dataset meets "Data Standards for Maine Geographic Information Systems" (June 2002)

Completeness Report

The dataset is valid as of the version date, of the accompanying document "Essential Wildlife Habitats for Maine's Endangered and Threatened Species", published by MDIFW.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report

Approximate horizontal accuracy is 12 meters, assuming source data meets National Map Accuracy Standards.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation

Compilation base data meets or exceeds National Map Accuracy Standards for 1:24,000 scale. Horizontal positional accuracy for this digital data is tested by visual comparison to the source.

Citation Information

Originator	U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Publication Date	multiple dates
Publication Time	Unknown
Title	(24k) USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangles
Geospatial Data Presentation Form	map
Series Name	National Mapping Program Standard Series Topographic Maps
Issue Identification	USGS 7.5 Minute Map Series
Publication Place	Reston VA
Publisher	U.S. Geological Survey
Other Citation Details	24000 Publication date is unique to each quadrangle in the map series. Standard 7.5x7.5 minute quadrangles cover geographic areas of 49 to 71 square miles. 1 inch at map scale represents 2000 feet.
Online Linkage
Beginning Date	19480101
Beginning Time	Unknown
Ending Date	Present
Ending Time	Unknown
[smcisrcc]	publication date

Source Scale Denominator

24000

Type of Source Media

stable-base material (mylar)

Beginning Date

19480101

Beginning Time

Unknown

Ending Date

Present

Ending Time

Unknown

Source Currentness Reference

publication date

Source Citation Abbreviation

24k

Process Description

Field based hyperlinks were specified for features in EHPLVTRN in the field PHOTO. Hyperlinks will display essential habitat target documents maintained by MDIFW.

Process Date

20030822

Contact Organization

(MDIFW) Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Contact Position

Wildlife Biologist

Address Type

mailing and physical address

Address

650 State Street

City

Bangor

State or Province

Postal Code

04401

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

(207) 941-4483

Contact Facsimile Telephone

(207) 941-4450

Hours of Service

Monday through Friday 0800 - 1600 EST

Cloud Cover

Direct Spatial Reference Method

Vector

SDTS Point and Vector Object Type

Complete chain

Point and Vector Object Count

248

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false

SDTS Point and Vector Object Type

Area chain

Point and Vector Object Count

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false

Grid Coordinate System Name

UTM Zone Number

Scale Factor at Central Meridian

0.9996

Longitude of Central Meridian

-69

Latitude of Projection Origin

False Easting

500000

False Northing

Planar Coordinate Encoding Method

Abscissa Resolution

Ordinate Resolution

Horizontal Datum Name

North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid Name

Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major Axis

6378137

Denominator of Flattening Ratio

298.257

Entity Type Label

EHPLVTRNArc

Entity Type Definition

arc feature class

Entity Type Definition Source

Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)

Attribute Label

LINETYPE2

Attribute Definition

boundary line type

Enumerated Domain Value

coastal

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

Coastal boundary is determined by the edge of coastal wetlands as defined by 38 M.R.S.A., Section 480-B

Enumerated Domain Value

ocean

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

Ocean boundary is determined by the line on the coverage and is the inside of the line is the boundary.

Enumerated Domain Value

detail

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

Detail indicates the edge of the area delineated in more detail by aerial photographs.

Enumerated Domain Value

out

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

delineates areas that are not part of the Essential Habitat.

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Entity Type Label

EHPLVTRNPoly

Entity Type Definition

polygon feature class

Entity Type Definition Source

Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)

Attribute Label

ACRES

Attribute Definition

area of polygon in acres

Attribute Definition Source

MDIFW

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

SITE

Attribute Definition

area identifier

Attribute Definition Source

MDIFW

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

TYPE

Attribute Definition

provides information on the status of the area for Piping Plover/Least Tern Essential Habitat

Attribute Definition Source

Photos are published by MDIFW in the .PDF format of the document "Essential Wildlife Habitat for Maine's Endangered and Threatened Species" that is associated with and accompanies this data set or they may also be viewed on the MDIFW website (http://www.state.me.us/ifw/wildlife/endangered/index.htm).

Enumerated Domain Value

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

Essential Habitat for Piping Plover/Least Tern within the boundary line depicted for the area

Enumerated Domain Value

out

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

area not part of Essential Habitat for Piping Plover/Least Tern

Enumerated Domain Value

detail

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

area delineated in more detail on composite aerial photographs

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Entity and Attribute Overview

This dataset contains locations for 12 Piping Plover/Least Tern nesting, feeding, and brood-rearing areas. Areas identified and mapped as Essential Habitat must have a record of nesting by at least one pair of piping plovers or least terns since 1986 and be considered essential to the achievement of the MDIFW management goals and objectives for piping plovers or least terns. Essential Habitat within the boundary line depicted encompasses portions of the coastal sand dune system and associated coastal wetlands.

Entity and Attribute Detail Citation

For polygon topology: Areas identified as 'detail' in the attribute TYPE are delineated in more detail on composite aerial photographs. Copies of these photographs are available for viewing at town offices in affected municipalities and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife offices in Gray, Augusta and Bangor; or they can be viewed and printed from MDIFW's website at http://www.mefishwildlife.com. Photos are also included in the .PDF format of the document ""Essential Wildlife Habitat for Maine's Endangered and Threatened Species"", published by MDIFW that is associated with and accompanies this data set. Areas labeled 'out' in the attribute TYPE are not part of the Essential Habitat.The ArcView shapefile and ArcGIS geodatabase formats, commonly used for Maine GIS data, carry default identifiers and attributes that are software generated and/or important for internal recordkeeping. These are listed here to avoid repetition for every layer, and may not be repeated in the attribute descriptions and definitions of each layer. Common software generated identifiers and attributes in Maine GIS data include: FID (feature identifier), Shape (feature geometry), OBJECTID and SHAPE_lengt. In addition, most GIS formats will carry fields for PERIMETER, AREA and/or LENGTH according to feature geometry. These fields are typically available by default, with the units based on coordinate system or projection units of GIS data. Most GIS software packages also provide a means to calculate these values. It is important to test any columns containing PERIMETER, AREA or LENGTH values before using them for analysis purposes. These important values can be carried from format to format and become out-dated. Verify that the values are correct. Also, in your GIS software, please view the properties of data layers for the map units used to calculate these fields, and for the units set for display purposes.

Entity and Attribute Overview

Entity and Attribute Detail Citation

Contact Organization

(MEGIS) Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems

Contact Person

GIS Coordinator

Contact Position

GIS Coordinator

Address Type

mailing address

Address

State House Station 174

City

Augusta

State or Province

Postal Code

04333-0174

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

207 624-7700

Contact Facsimile Telephone

207 287-3842

Hours of Service

Monday through Friday 0800 - 1700 EST

Resource Description

http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/

Distribution Liability

Users must assume responsibility to determine the usability of this data for their purposes. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems, no warranty expressed or implied is made by MEGIS regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Neither the Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems, nor any of its contributors, is liable for misuse of the data, for damage, for transmission of viruses, or for computer contamination through the distribution of these data sets.

Format Name

ESRI Shapefile

Format Version Number

ARC Version 9.x

Format Specification

ArcView Shapefile Format

Format Information Content

MEGIS has made all vector layers, in the Maine GIS Internet Data Catalog, available in ESRI's ArcView shapefile format. A shapefile is a simple non-topological format that stores the geometry and attribute information for a set of geographic features as a set of vector (point, line, polygon) coordinates. Shapefiles draw quickly and directly in ArcView, ArcGIS, ArcExplorer. Shapefiles are a compatible data type for many other types of GIS software. Three files are fundamental to each shapefile: .shp stores the feature geometry (shape and location information); .shx stores the index of the feature geometry; .dbf a dBASE (TM) file stores the attribute information for the features. Other index files may be created to help speed analysis and query: these file formats are .sbn .sbx .ain .aix .fbn and .fbx. In addition you may find projection .prj, and metadata .xml, files associated with shapefiles.

File Decompression Technique

Data available from this website is in .zip compressed format. WinZip is a Windows based, PKZip-compatible compression utility. You will need a program like this to extract the data.

Network Resource Name

http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/

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These data are available to Internet browsers for download from the Maine GIS Internet Data Catalog - http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/Data available from this website is in .zip compressed format. WinZip is a Windows based, PKZip-compatible compression utility. You will need a program like this to extract the data.If you are not already a GIS user, free software for viewing these files is available from Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) - www.esri.com

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Fees

Data may be downloaded from Maine GIS Internet Data Catalog at no charge.

Turnaround

Data is available for immediate download from the Maine GIS Internet Data Catalog.

Technical Prerequisites

If you are not already a GIS user, free software for viewing these files is available from Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) http://www.esri.com/

Calendar Date

Contact Organization

Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems

Contact Position

GIS Coordinator

Address Type

mailing address

Address

State House Station 174

City

Augusta

State or Province

Postal Code

04333-0174

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

(207) 624-7700

Contact Facsimile Telephone

(207) 287-3842

Hours of Service

Monday through Friday 0800 - 1700 EST

Distribution Liability

Users must assume responsibility to determine the usability of this data for their purposes.

Format Name

ARCSDE

Format Version Number

ArcSDE 9.x

Format Information Content

Oracle 9i

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Please contact the Maine Office of GIS (MEGIS) for access instructions.

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Fees

Access is available through Maine's wide area network; WAN users may contact the Maine Office of Information Technology, Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS) for a login.

Metadata Reference Information

Metadata Date

20030624

Metadata Review Date

20100114

Metadata Future Review Date

Metadata Contact

Contact Organization	(MDIFW) Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Contact Position	Wildlife Biologist
Address Type	mailing and physical address
Address	650 State Street
City	Bangor
State or Province	ME
Postal Code	04401
Country	USA
Contact Voice Telephone	(207) 941-4483
Contact Facsimile Telephone	(207) 941-4450
Hours of Service	Monday through Friday 0800 - 1600 EST

Metadata Standard Name

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata Standard Version

19980101

Metadata Access Constraints

None

Metadata Use Constraints

None