VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries VA Department of Conservation and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Environmental Studies 2009 vector digital data withheld AC_GI_Ntwrk_Contribute_Final This is a subset of the Priority Conservation Area (PCA) dataset delineates priorty conservation areas ranked by level of importance based on VA DGIF Priority Wildlife Diversity Conservation Areas, VA Dept of Conservation and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage Conservation Sites Layer (CSL) and Natural Lands Network (NLN), and VCU Center for Environmental Studies aquatic resource integrity layer. Priority Conservation Areas are defined as lands and surface waters indentified as important for conservation of Virginia's wildlife, plants, and natural communities. The identified lands/waters can be used to prioritize areas for preservation, protection or specific management action. This subset was selected for Accomack County to show those landscape that are contributing to the county's overall green infrastructure. This data should be used in conjunction with the green infrastructure network data. This dataset was developed to synthesize important natural resource information in one geospatial layer for natural resource management, land use management and awareness. This dataset is intended to guide conservation planning and efforts. This dataset is not intended to replace on the ground surveys or consultations with biologists as appropriate. en 2001 2008 2009 ground condition Complete None planned -76.070782 -75.266919 38.050721 37.392384 303453.546633 371459.643082 162963.557146 233266.768660 REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords. Conservation Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Blue-infrastructure Green-infrastructure Virginia USA NA None of the contributors of data to the PCA shall be held liable for any improper or incorrect use or application of the data provided, and assume no responsibility for the use or application of the data or information derived from interpretation of the data. In no event shall the collaborators be liable for any direct, indirect, or incidental damages arising from the use or application of these data. This disclaimer of liability applies to any damages or injury, including but not limited to those caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, alteration, use, application, analysis, or interpretation of data. VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Dave Morton GIS Coordinator mailing and physical address

4010 West Broad Street

Richmond VA 23230 US (804) 367-6772 (804) 367-2427 dave.morton@dgif.virginia.gov M-F 8-5 EST Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Environmental Studies, Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage. This project was funded in part, by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program at the Department of Environmental Quality through Grant #FY08 NAO8NOS4190466, Task 11.02 of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended. Unclassified ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.0.1324 Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries http://bewildvirginia.org/wildlifeplan/ Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/vclna.shtml Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Environmental Studies http://instar.vcu.edu/ Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Environmental Studies http://instar.vcu.edu/ Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Environmental Studies http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/vclnavulnerable.shtml Shapefile Contributing Landscapes Data are as accurate as input datasets at the time of creation. Data were reviewed by biologists internally at respective agencies. These data are as consistent as the input datasets. No warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding the accuracy, adequacy, completeness, reliability, or usefulness of any data provided. These data are provided on an "as is" basis. All warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular use, freedom from computer viruses, and non-infringement of proprietary rights, are disclaimed. Data are added and changed periodically, and data may become out-of-date quickly. It is recommended that the user not let a significant period of time elapse between obtaining and using the data. Data was comprised using the most current listings of public lakes from http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/waterbodies/ . These listings are subject to frequent and unanounced changes, which may affect lake status. Priority Wildlife Diversity Conservation Areas were developed by the VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Data from habitat maps, Colonial Waterbird surveys, DCR's VCLNA, USGS National Hydrography Dataset, USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, Audubon's Important Bird Areas, and other datsets were compiled using input from DGIF biologists and guidance from the Wildlfie Action Plan. Data was created in GRID format and ranks were associated with the data from a scale of 1 (low priority) to 5 (high priority). 20090805 14081900 Dave Morton Virignia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries GIS Coordinator mailing and physical address

4010 West Broad St.

Richmond VA 23230 USA (804) 367 - 6772 (804) 367 - 2427 dave.morton@dgif.virginia.gov M - F 8 - 5 EST The CSL delineates known habitats of rare plants and animals, and exemplary natural communities, as well as surrounding habitat necessary to maintain these resources. In the CSL source dataset, each Virginia Natural Heritage Conservation Site is assigned a biodiversity significance rank (b-rank) based upon the rarity, viability, and diversity of the resources it contains, ranging from a high of 1 to a low of 5. For the PCA analysis, b-ranks were transposed so that highest b-rank Virginia Natural Heritage Conservation Sites (rank 1, Outstanding Biodiversity Significance) maintained a high priority PCA analysis ranking of 5. The NLN is a spatial subset of lands ranked and summarized in the Virginia Natural Landscape Assessment (VaNLA), consisting of all ecological cores in the two highest categories of the VaNLA, outstanding and very high ecological integrity rankings. In addition to the top two rank classes of cores, the NLN includes landscape corridors and nodes that connect highest ranking cores. For the PCA analysis, NLN Ecological Integrity Scores were transposed so that highest ranked lands (rank 1, Outstanding Ecological Integrity) maintained a high priority PCA analysis ranking of 5. Joseph Weber VA Department of Conservation and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage Conservation Biologist mailing and physical address

217 Governor Street

Richmond VA 23219 USA (804) 371-2545 joseph.weber@dcr.virginia.gov M - F 8 -5 EST The aquatic resource integruty layer was developed by VCU Center for Environmental Studies using INSTAR stream reaches and a modified index of biotic integrity. The National Hydrography Dataset (high resolution) was assigned a watershed integrity value based on the mIBI. INSTAR reaches were buffered based on stream order and assigned a rank based on the INSTAR VSS score. The datasets were mosaiced together to create a blue infrastructure layer with ranks of 2(low integrity) - 5 (high integrity). William Shuart Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Environmental Studies Instructor mailing and physical address

1000 W. Cary St.

P.O. Box 843050

Richmond VA 23284 USA (804) 828 - 7202 (804) 828-1622 wshuart@vcu.edu M - F 8 - 5 EST Input datasets were combined using the majority tool. A majority filter was run on the final dataset to smooth the data. A final dataset called pca was generated. Jennifer Ciminelli VCU Center for Environmental Studies Environmental Specialist mailing and physical address

1000 W. Cary St.

P.O. Box 843050

Richmond VA 23284 USA (804) 827-0110 (804) 828-1622 s2jmcimi@vcu.edu M - F 8 - 5 EST The PCA was overlaid with the VCLNA Composite Vulnerability Model. Zonal statistics was used to calculate a mean threat value which was assigned to the pca attribute table, called threat. Jennifer Ciminelli Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Environmental Studies Environmental Specialist mailing and physical address

1000 W. Cary St.

P.O. Box 843050

Richmond VA 23284 USA (804) 827-0110 (804) 828-1622 s2jmcimi@vcu.edu M-F 8 - 5 EST Metadata imported. 20090821 10385000 Metadata imported. 20090828 15582600 Dataset copied. withheld 20091130 15055700 Dataset copied. withheld 20091223 09054300 Dataset copied. withheld 20100610 11505900 Dataset copied. withheld 20120917 08305400 Dataset copied. withheld 20131031 12315100 Vector G-polygon 1388 Simple Polygon FALSE 1388 TRUE FALSE coordinate pair 0.000000 0.000000 meters Lambert Conformal Conic 37.000000 39.500000 -79.500000 36.000000 0.000000 0.000000 North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 GCS_North_American_1983 NAD_1983_Lambert_Conformal_Conic AC_GI_Ntwrk_Contribute_Final Feature Class 1388 FID FID OID 4 0 0 Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Shape Geometry 0 0 0 Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. PCA_Rank PCA_Rank Number 4 PCA rank 1 5 PolyID PolyID Number 9 Threat Threat Number 4 Predicted growth threat based on the Vulnerability Model. 1 8 VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Dave Morton GIS Coordinator mailing and physical address

4010 West Broad Street

Richmond VA 23230 USA (804) 367-6772 (804)367-2427 dave.morton@dgif.virginia.gov M-F 8-5 EST Priority Conservation Area 0.367 0.367 NA No warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding the accuracy, adequacy, completeness, reliability, or usefulness of any data provided. These data are provided on an "as is" basis. All warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular use, freedom from computer viruses, and non-infringement of proprietary rights, are disclaimed. Data are added and changed periodically, and data may become out-of-date quickly. It is required that the user request an update every 6 months. VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Dave Morton GIS Coordinator mailing and physical address

4010 West Broad Street

Richmond VA 23230 USA (804) 367-6772 (804) 367-2427 dave.morton@dgif.virginia.gov M-F 8-5 EST Priority Wildlife Diversity Conservation Area 0.367 VA Department of Conservation and Recreation Division of Natural Heritage Jason Bulluck Information Manager mailing and physical address

217 Governor Street

Richmond VA 23219 USA (804) 786-8377 (804) 371-2674 jason.bulluck@dcr.virginia.gov M - F 8 - 5 EST Virginia Natural Heritage Conservation Sites and Natural Lands Network 0.367 Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Environmental Studies Will Shuart Environmental Technology Coordinator mailing and physical address

1000 W. Cary St

P.O. 843050

Richmond VA 23284 USA (804) 827-0150 (804) 828-1622 wshuart@vcu.edu M - F 8 - 5 EST Aquatic Resource Integrity Layer 0.367 20100824 Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Environmental Studies Jennifer Ciminelli Environmental Specialist mailing and physical address

1000 W. Cary St.

P.O. Box 843050

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