GIS Librarian, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, GIS Data Librarian 20210212 vector digital data www.fgdl.org This shapefile contains the locations of black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus) roadkill in the State of Florida. The data were limited to those records obtained from the Wildlife Incident Management System (WIMS) database maintained by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), and that were associated with a geographic coordinate. This is an update to the FGDL dataset BEARRDKILL_2019. These data are available for all people interested in the location of black bear road mortality in the state of Florida. As needed -87.421233 -80.357655 30.949185 25.846126 None black bear road mortality cars ISO 19115 Topic Categories biota None Florida None 2020 None Acknowledgement of the FWC-HSC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Habitat and Species Conservation Division) as the data source would be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such. This is not a survey data set and should not be utilized as such. These data are not to be used for navigation. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute GIS Librarian GIS Data Librarian mailing

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Tallahassee Florida 32399 850-488-0588 850-410-5269 GISRequests@MyFWC.com Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Jenny Gottsch (FWC Bear Management Program) https://geodata.myfwc.com/datasets/black-bear-road-mortality-locations-in-florida Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362 The GeoPlan Center downloaded the following FWC dataset on July 19th, 2021 from the MYFWC Data Portal: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Geospatial Open Data: https://geodata.myfwc.com/datasets/black-bear-road-mortality-locations-in-florida Black Bear Road Mortality Locations in Florida Black_Bear_Road_Mortality_Locations_in_Florida-shp.zip Black_Bear_Road_Mortality_Locations_in_Florida.shp -------------------------- Original Projection Information: GCS_WGS_1984 WKID: 4326 Authority: EPSG Angular Unit: Degree (0.0174532925199433) Prime Meridian: Greenwich (0.0) Datum: D_WGS_1984 Spheroid: WGS_1984 Semimajor Axis: 6378137.0 Semiminor Axis: 6356752.314245179 Inverse Flattening: 298.257223563 -------------------------- Projected to NAD_1983_HARN_Florida_GDL_Albers (3087) using the following Transformation: WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida During the QA/QC process the following tasks were undertaken: - Uppercased all records in the table except any URL fields. - Added and Populated Lat_DD, LONG_DD, MGRS and GOOGLMAP fields. - A DESCRIPT field was added based on the following: [BearID] & " [" & [SubType] & "]" - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date downloaded from source. - Renamed file to BEARRDKILL_FEB21.shp 20210719 University of Florida GeoPlan Center Kate Norris mailing

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Gainesville Florida 32611-5706 US https://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/ data@fgdl.org Vector Entity point 4630 NAD 1983 HARN Florida GDL Albers 24.0 31.5 -84.0 24.0 400000.0 0.0 coordinate pair 0.0001 0.0001 meter D North American 1983 HARN GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 BEARRDKILL_FEB21 BEARRDKILL_FEB21.DBF FWC Bear Management Program OBJECTID Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Form and coordinate defining the feature BearID Bear record unique identification number FWC String ReportDate Date of report (MM/DD/YYYY) FWC String SubType Type of Record. Carcass indicates bear was deceased as a direct result of vehicle strike when personnel arrived on scene. Capture indicates bear was euthanized due to irrecoverable vehicle strike injuries. FWC Carcass Bear deceased when personnel arrived on scene, as a direct result of vehicle strike FWC Capture Bear was euthanized due to irrecoverable vehicle strike injuries FWC RoadDate Date of roadkill (MM/DD/YYYY) FWC String Region FWC region where roadkill took place FWC Text field BMU FWC Bear Management Unit where roadkill took place FWC Text field County County where roadkill took place FWC Text field Locale Community/Subdivision in which report was placed FWC Text field ZipCode Zip code in which report was placed FWC Text field Latitude Roadkill latitude in decimal degrees FWC Decimal Degrees Longitude Roadkill longitude in decimal degrees FWC Decimal Degrees OrigCap First time capturing this bear FWC Text field Sex Sex of bear FWC Text field AgeClass Age classification of bear FWC Text field Weight Weight of bear in pounds FWC Double Age Estimated age of bear by tooth cross section, estimation, or calculation FWC Double Cubs Numbers of cubs observed with bear FWC Whole number Yearlings Number of yearlings observed with bear FWC Whole number LEarTag1 Left ear tag 1 ID number FWC Text field LEarTag2 Left ear tag 2 ID number FWC Text field REarTag1 Right ear tag 1 ID number FWC Text field REarTag2 Right ear tag 2 ID number FWC Text field Tattoo1 Tattoo 1 ID number FWC Text field Tattoo2 Tattoo 2 ID number FWC Text field TrackNum Tracking numbers which refer to non-spatial bear database FWC Whole numbers last_edite Date last edited. FWC LAT_DD Latitude in decimal degrees. GeoPlan LONG_DD Longitude in decimal degrees. GeoPlan MGRS Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) Coordinate of the Facility. The MGRS is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on the earth. The MGRS provides a means to represent any location on the surface of the Earth using an alphanumeric string. Hierarchical references are based on the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system. The MGRS is used for the entire earth. https://mgrsdata.org/ GeoPlan GOOGLEMAP Webpage hyperlink to location in Google Maps. GeoPlan DESCRIPT Field added by FGDL based on the following: [BearID] & " [" & [SubType] & "]" GeoPlan FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source. GeoPlan AUTOID These data are available for all people interested in the location of black bear road mortality in the state of Florida. Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL) mailing

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