Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, Wildlife Division Publication_Date: 20060810 Title: NH Wildlife Action Plan 2005: Conservation Focus Areas Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Online_Linkage: Larger_Work_Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: NH Fish and Game Department Publication_Date: 20051001 Title: NH Wildlife Action Plan Description: Abstract: This coverage identifies wildlife habitat Conservation Focus Areas within the state of New Hampshire, where high value habitats occur in statistically significant clusters. The habitat land cover polygons are not mutually exclusive, for example, Matrix forests can overlap wetlands and all overlap the aquatic layers that are HUC12 watersheds. A co-occurrence map results from adding up the number of high-ranked habitats in each area. The more habitat features that overlap, the greater the significance to a variety of wildlife. A Hot Spot Analysis Tool was used to calculate the Getis-Ord Gi statistic, which looks at the co-occurrence values within each high-ranked habitat polygon, and neighboring polygons within a 1 km radius, and identifies clusters of high or low values. It considers the density of information in a neighborhood instead of just the simple layering of information at a single point. Any location with a high positive G-statistic value is a focus area, an area where high habitat co-occurrence values tend to be found near each other. Those locations with high scores have higher probability of being most valuable for wildlife. More information is available in the document facousareas_datanotes.pdf. Purpose: Analysis was completed for incorporation into the NH Wildlife Action Plan. Funding was provided by State Wildlife Grants administered by the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Supplemental_Information: The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (NHFGD) has worked together with partners in the conservation community to create the state's first Wildlife Action Plan (WAP). The plan, which was mandated and funded by the federal government through the State Wildlife Grants program, provides New Hampshire decision-makers with important tools for restoring and maintaining critical habitats and populations of the state's species of conservation and management concern. It is a pro-active effort to define and implement a strategy that will help keep species off of rare species lists. More information about the NH Wildlife Action Plan is available online at http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Wildlife/wildlife_plan.htm. 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The WAP data were prepared with spatial models that used data at multiple scales and are time-limited. The user is advised of these complications. NHFGD and the conservation partners for the WAP do not warrant the completeness or accuracy of the data nor make claim to any implied uses of the data. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Contact_Person: Wildlife Division Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 11 Hazen Dr City: Concord State_or_Province: NH Postal_Code: 03301-6500 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (603) 271-2461 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: wildlife@wildlife.nh.gov Data_Set_Credit: NH Fish and Game Department, Wildlife Division Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1912 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983 State_Plane_Coordinate_System: SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 2800 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999967 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -71.666667 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 42.500000 False_Easting: 984250.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048 Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: wap05_focusareas Entity_Type_Definition: Conservation Focus Areas Entity_Type_Definition_Source: NH Wildlife Action Plan Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: ID Attribute_Definition: unique sequential polygon ID assigned by NHFG Attribute_Definition_Source: NHFG Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: id Attribute: Attribute_Label: Acres Attribute_Definition: polygon area (acres) Attribute_Definition_Source: NHFG Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: area Attribute: Attribute_Label: COCURMEAN Attribute_Definition: mean WAP co-occurrence score Attribute_Definition_Source: NHFG Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: mean Attribute: Attribute_Label: COCURMAX Attribute_Definition: max WAP co-occurrence score Attribute_Definition_Source: NHFG Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: max Attribute: Attribute_Label: Tier1acres Attribute_Definition: acres of Tier 1 habitat (top ranked in NH) Attribute_Definition_Source: NHFG Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: area Attribute: Attribute_Label: Tier2acres Attribute_Definition: acres of Tier 2 habitat (top ranked in region) 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Manager Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire City: Durham State_or_Province: NH Postal_Code: 03824 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-862-1792 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: granit@unh.edu Resource_Description: Downloadable Data Distribution_Liability: Use and analysis of geographic data are limited by the scale at which the data are collected and mapped, and by means of interpolation and other modeling procedures used in preparation of the data. The WAP data were prepared with spatial models that used data at multiple scales and are time-limited. The user is advised of these complications. NHFGD and the conservation partners for the WAP do not warrant the completeness or accuracy of the data nor make claim to any implied uses of the data. 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