ArcGIS REST Services Directory
JSON

Layer: High Kit fox permeability (ID:6)

View In:   Map Viewer

Name: High Kit fox permeability

Display Field: LayerName

Type: Feature Layer

Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon

Description: We ranked the biodiversity conservation values of the study area into high, moderate, and low classes. Class designation was based on the objectives of the assessment, data availability for the study area, and data quality. We used San Joaquin kit fox as an umbrella or representative species for a suite of SJV threatened, endangered, and sensitive species including giant kangaroo rat and blunt-nosed leopard lizard. Expert review confirmed that by using kit fox habitat suitability, permeability, and recovery data we would capture most of the species of interest in the study area. We designated high biodiversity conservation value areas based on the presence of 1) wetlands, 2) moderate to high suitable kit fox habitat (developed using a 2012 dataset from the Endangered Species Recovery Program; Cypher and Phillips 2012), 3) high permeability kit fox areas (developed using a 2008 dataset from the Endangered Species Recovery Program; Cypher and Phillips 2008), 4) United States Fish & Wildlife Service kit fox core recovery areas, 5) mitigation lands set aside as part of the development of the Carrizo Plain solar projects, and 6) lands within the Grasslands Ecological Area or within 1 km of the San Joaquin River to represent waterbird conservation and restoration priorities. We dissolved each of the following datasets together to create a single high biodiversity conservation value layer. The report that describes the methods, assumptions and processing of data to generate this feacture class is: Butterfield, H.S., D. Cameron, E. Brand, M. Webb, E. Forsburg, M. Kramer, E. O’Donoghue, and L. Crane. 2013. Western San Joaquin Valley least conflict solar assessment. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, California. 26 pages. The objective of this assessment is to characterize the land use and conservation constraints and opportunities associated with siting solar energy facilities in the Western San Joaquin Valley. This approach identifies areas with high conservation value that are important to avoid when planning energy infrastructure, as well as areas of lower environmental conflict potentially suitable for development. While the approach we take focuses on refining the conservation values in the study area, we also classify the region’s agricultural resources using simple, broadly applicable classes to begin to assess trade-offs or synergies between agricultural production, habitat conservation and energy development. In our assessment of biodiversity conservation values, we focus on core and high quality habitat for multiple listed species, including kit fox, and emphasize the preservation of connectivity for kit fox and other wide-ranging species. This analysis is meant to be a first initial screen on values to consider when planning facilities, it is not meant to determine permitting or regulatory processes. Any use of kit fox habitat suitability and permeability data from the Endangered Species Recovery Pogram should be ackowledged (ESRP 2012 and ESRP 2008, respectively).

Copyright Text: The Nature Conservancy 2013

Min. Scale: 0

Max. Scale: 0

Default Visibility: true

Max Record Count: 1000

Supported query Formats: JSON, geoJSON, PBF

Use Standardized Queries: True

Extent:

Drawing Info:

HasZ: false

HasM: false

Has Attachments: false

Has Geometry Properties: false

HTML Popup Type: esriServerHTMLPopupTypeAsHTMLText

Object ID Field: OBJECTID

Unique ID Field:

Global ID Field:

Type ID Field:

Fields:
Templates:

Is Data Versioned: false

Has Contingent Values: false

Supports Rollback On Failure Parameter: true

Supported Operations:   Query   Query Pivot   Query Top Features   Query Analytic   Query Bins   Generate Renderer   Validate SQL   Get Estimates   ConvertFormat