Description: Using a methodology outlined by the Green Infrastructure Center, Inc. Esri staff created a national intact habitat cores database for the lower 48 United States.The methodology identified, using nationally available datasets, intact or minimally disturbed areas at least 100 acres in size and with a minimum width of 200 meters.The identification of intact areas relied upon the 2011 National Land Cover Database. Potential cores areas were selected from land cover categories not containing the word “developed” or those categories associated with agriculture uses (crop, hay and pasture lands). The resulting areas were tested for size and width requirements, and then converted into unique polygons.
Copyright Text: Esri, APL, GIC, Green Infrastructure Center