Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 20080211 2008 vector digital data Tallahassee, Fl FFWCC Statewide http://ocean.floridamarine.org/trgis_data/trgis_zip/black_bear_range.zip This shapefile contains a range map of the Florida Black Bear created in 2004 and updated in 2005, 2007, and 2008. Before settlement by Europeans, black bears occupied all of mainland Florida including some coastal islands and larger keys. The occupied range has been reduced to 6 core areas (Eglin, Apalachicola, Osceola, Ocala, St. Johns, and Big Cypress) and 2 remnant areas (Chassahowitzka and Glades/Highlands). While bears can be found in areas outside of these ranges, evidence suggests that these areas are important for bears. The 2008 bear distribution data layer includes primary and secondary black bear ranges. The area they inhabit in search of food, water, and adequate cover is called a home range. A primary bear range is defined as an area that contains a core bear population, habitat that is important to bear movement, and evidence of reproduction. A secondary bear range is defined as an area important to bear movement and habitat use, but less optimal than a primary range. The range map was created by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. These data are available for all people interested in the Florida black bear in the state of Florida This data set is in the public domain, and the recipient may not assert any proprietary rights thereto nor represent it to anyone as other than a FWC-FWRI produced data set; it is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The user assumes all responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of this data set for a specific application. In no event will the staff of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this data set. 20040101 20080101 publication date Complete As needed -87.182046 -80.407260 30.873431 25.296980 ISO 19115 Topic Category biota None Black Bear Range Bear FFWCC Black Bears Range Florida FWC None Florida Available without restriction. All data must be verified by Principal Investigator or Group Database Analyst prior to release. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from FWC and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. FWC makes no claims as to the data's suitability for other purposes. Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) 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 GIS Specialist mailing

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Tallahassee FL 32399-1600 US (850) 488-0588 (850) 410-5269 gisrequests@myfwc.com Monday - Friday 8 am -5 pm Created by: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 620 South Meridian St. Tallahassee, FL 32344 Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.7.1.11595 FMRI Terrestrial Resources GIS Data (TRGIS) http://ocean.floridamarine.org/TRGIS_data/Description_Layers_Terrestrial.htm Black Bear Distribution Map http://myfwc.com/WILDLIFEHABITATS/Bear_distribution.htm GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data. FMRI Logical Consistency Report: Logically consistent. All attribute values fall within defined values FMRI Completeness Report: Visually inspected for completeness to ensure all values fell within specified ranges. This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan 0 onLine 20020101 20080101 ground condition Spatial and Attribute Information FMRI/FFWCC Data Lineage and Metadata Update Information: Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: bear_roadkill_1976-2002.shp.xml Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: bear_roadkill_1976-2003.shp.xml Description: Dataset copied. Source_Used: bear_roadkill_1976-2004 Description: Dataset copied. Source_Used: bear_roadkill_1976-2004 Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: bear_roadkill_1976-2004.shp.xml Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: bear_roadkill_1976-2005.shp.xml Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: bear_roadkill_1976-2006.shp.xml Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: Bear_Range2005.shp.xml Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: Bear_Range_2007.shp.xml Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: Bear_Range_2008.shp.xml Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: FMRI_black_bear_range.shp.xml FFWCC/FMRI 20080211 GeoPlan Center Process Steps: GeoPlan downloaded the black bear range data layer from the following FMRI TRGIS website on 20100217 http://ocean.floridamarine.org/trgis_data/trgis_zip/black_bear_range.zip Original File Name When Downloaded: FMRI_black_bear_range.shp The layer was renamed to bear_range_2008.shp Next the Projection was redefined to the FGDL Albers NAD83 Projection. Next the Attribute table was UPPERCASED. Next a DESCRIPT field and a FGDLAQDATE field were added and populated. GeoPlan 20100217 Vector GT-polygon composed of chains 17 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 BEAR_RANGE_2008 BEAR_RANGE_2008.DBF FFWCC/FMRI OBJECTID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. POPULATION Name of Population FFWCC/FMRI RANGETYPE Type of Black Bear Range. FFWCC/FMRI Primary Primary Range - A primary bear range is defined as an area that contains a core bear population, habitat that is important to bear movement, and evidence of reproduction. FFWCC/FMRI Secondary Secondary Range - A secondary bear range is defined as an area important to bear movement and habitat use, but less optimal than a primary range. FFWCC/FMRI HECTARES Size of the range in hectares. FFWCC/FMRI KILOMETERS Size of the range in square kilometers. FFWCC/FMRI MILES Size of the range in square miles. FFWCC/FMRI DESCRIPT Based on the POPULATION field. GeoPlan FGDLAQDATE Date FGDL acquired the data from the Source. GeoPlan AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan GeoPlan SHAPE.AREA Area in meters GeoPlan SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters GeoPlan Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL) mailing

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