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Critical Habitat

Published by California Energy Commission | State of California | Metadata Last Checked: July 29, 2025 | Last Modified: 2023-03-06T22:09:38.737Z
This layer consists of the merged footprints of the USFWS critical habitat and the USFWS proposed Bi-State Sage-Grouse critical habitat,1 clipped to California. Critical habitat constitutes areas considered essential for the conservation of a listed species. These areas provide notice to the public and land managers of the importance of the areas to the conservation of this species. Special protections and/or restrictions are possible in areas where Federal funding, permits, licenses, authorizations, or actions occur or are required. The critical habitat footprint shown here is used as part of the biological planning priorities in the CEC 2023 Land-Use Screens and removes technical resource potential from the state.  More information about this layer and its use in electric system planning is available in the Land Use Screens Staff Report in the CEC Energy Planning Library. [1] This dataset is obtained from the "Web Links" section (USFWS Proposed Critical Habitat Map) of the  Bi-State Sage-Grouse Maps & GIS webpage, available at Maps & GIS | Bi-State Sage-Grouse (bistatesagegrouse.com).

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@type dcat:Dataset
accessLevel public
contactPoint 
                                            {
  "fn": "tdavid_CAEnergy",
  "@type": "vcard:Contact",
  "hasEmail": "mailto:gis@energy.ca.gov"
}
description <div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span><span style='color:black; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'>This layer consists of the merged footprints of the <a href='https://hub.arcgis.com/maps/fws::fws-hq-es-critical-habitat/about' rel='nofollow ugc'>USFWS critical habitat</a> and the <a href='https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ah7EpMswZArX6PfpwaB2ICX-VLoCh3SO/view' rel='nofollow ugc'>USFWS proposed Bi-State Sage-Grouse critical habitat</a>,<sup>1</sup> clipped to California. </span></span><span style='color:black; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'>Critical habitat constitutes areas considered essential for the conservation of a listed species. These areas provide notice to the public and land managers of the importance of the areas to the conservation of this species. Special protections and/or restrictions are possible in areas where Federal funding, permits, licenses, authorizations, or actions occur or are required.</span> The critical habitat footprint shown here is used as part of the biological planning priorities in the CEC 2023 Land-Use Screens and removes technical resource potential from the state. </p><p> </p><p><span style='color:black;'>More information about this layer and its use in electric system planning is available in the Land Use Screens Staff Report in the CEC Energy Planning Library. </span></p><p><font size='2'><span style='color:black;'>[1] This dataset is obtained from the &quot;Web Links&quot; section (USFWS Proposed Critical Habitat Map) of the  Bi-State Sage-Grouse Maps &amp; GIS webpage, available at </span><a href='https://www.bistatesagegrouse.com/general/page/maps-gis' rel='nofollow ugc'>Maps &amp; GIS | Bi-State Sage-Grouse (bistatesagegrouse.com)</a>.</font></p><p><span></span></p><p><span></span></p></div></div></div>
distribution 
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identifier a09ec706-d595-46cb-99e3-d4a6b907ced4
issued 2023-03-01T00:52:51.000Z
keyword 
                                            [
  "CAOpenData",
  "California Energy Commission",
  "California Natural Resources Agency",
  "SB 100",
  "SB100",
  "STEP",
  "california energy commission"
]
license http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
modified 2023-03-06T22:09:38.737Z
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "California Energy Commission",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
theme 
                                            [
  "Natural Resources"
]
title Critical Habitat

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