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Section 1 |
Identification Information |
| Originator |
Lake Superior Binational Program |
| Title |
Important Habitat Areas |
| Abstract |
This information was developed to map the
location of areas of important habitat in the Lake Superior Basin
as part of the Lake Superior Binational Program. Developing and maintaining
an inventory of important habitat sites in the basin has been a key
charge of the Binational Program since its inception. The map “Important
Habitat Conditions in the Lake Superior Basin” was included
in the Lake Superior Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP) 2000 as a revision
to the original Important Habitat Map published in 1996. The present
version represents the second revision of the map and its accompanying
habitat site information databases. It includes area data derived
from federal, provincial, state and tribal natural resource agencies,
published literature, and local knowledge. |
| Purpose |
The Lake Superior Binational Program (LSBP)
emphasizes protective measures for fish, plant, and other wildlife
habitat over costly restoration once damage has occurred. Nonetheless,
restoration is critical in areas where ecological functions are impaired.
In 1991, the governments of Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ontario
agreed to identify critical habitats and continue habitat reclamation
projects already under way to restore fisheries, wildlife, and wetlands
in the basin. In response, the Habitat Committee of the LSBP produced
a map showing important habitat sites in the Lake Superior basin that
require protection and restoration in order to preserve environmental
values. Funding from the Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great
Lakes Basin Ecosystem (COA) enabled the committee revise the map and
produce the current version. |
| Time Period of Content Date |
2005 |
| Currentness Reference |
March 2006 |
| Progress |
Complete |
| Maintenance and Update Frequency |
As needed |
| Spatial Extent of Data |
All states and provinces being part
of a 50 km buffer of the Lake Superior Drainage Basin. This includes parts
of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Ontario, Canada. |
| Bounding Coordinates |
-93.578178
-83.205195
51.662576
45.831633 |
| Place Keywords |
Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ontario,
Canada, Lake Superior |
| Theme Keywords |
Lake Superior Basin, Important Habitats,
Protected Areas, State Parks, Parks. |
| Theme Keyword Thesaurus |
None |
| Access Constraints |
None |
| Use Constraints |
This information is intended to demonstrate
the status of an ongoing project to identify important habitat in
the Lake Superior region. Data are summarized from existing information
submitted to the Lake Superior Binational Program's Habitat Committee.
Use of these data may be permitted for appropriate purposes with the
consent of the Lake Superior Binational Program. While this database
is extensive, it is not complete. The unevenness in coverage across
the watershed illustrates the different approaches used by agencies
to inventory habitat features and summarize data. Absence of sites
mapped here does not imply that important resources cannot be found
outside of mapped sites and areas. |
| Contact Person Information |
Ann McCammon-Soltis, U.S. Co-Chair of Habitat
Committee
Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
P.O. Box 9
Odanah, WI, U.S.A. 54861
amsoltis@glifwc.org
Marilee Chase, Canadian Co-Chair of Habitat Committee
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
435 James Street South, Suite 221E
Thunder Bay, ON, Canada P7E 6S8
marilee.chase@Ontario.ca
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| Browse Graphic File Name |
none available |
| Browse Graphic File Description |
none available |
| Associated Data Sets |
Important Habitat Sites |
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Section 2 |
Data Quality Information - - - - - - Go back to top |
| Attribute Accuracy |
Criteria absence/presence is subjective.
Evaluations assigned by professionals and other knowledgeable individuals
involved in the Lake Superior Binational Program. Significance notes
are also subjective, and are usually provided by a person particularly
familiar with the location. |
| Logical Consistency |
Significant effort was made to assure that
site locations and names are consistent, and that attributes are appropriate
for each location. Significant work was also done, for both the previous
and present version of the map, to quality assure location names and
their corresponding geographic locations (reconciling different names
for the same site, merging more than one feature with the same name,
aggregating nearby features that logically should be considered one,
etc.). There are two classes of apparent topological inconsistency
that need to be noted. The first, overlaying areas, is intentional.
Particularly on the Minnesota North Shore, a broad area of concern
covers a large area of the highlands. This area totally or partially
overlaps various smaller areas of particular, more local concern.
The second class of topological inconsistency relates to minor edge
overlap in various contiguous area features. This occurs particularly
in the Wisconsin are of the basin, and was due to compilation methods.
These edge overlaps are not significant for the intended uses of the
data. |
| Completeness |
The data used to compile this dataset were
provided by various persons and organizations in a wide variety of
forms. The intent for this dataset is to be as inclusive and complete
as possible, given the intent of the Criteria for Determining Important
Habitat in the Lake Superior Basin. However, the dataset is only as
complete as the best efforts of those persons and organizations that
provided data for the compilation. It is intended that this dataset
be a working dataset, which is improved and updated on an on-going
basis. For the current version of the map, updated habitat site and
area information was compiled by Brooke Pilley, Ontario Ministry of
Natural Resources, who obtained the information from various state
and provincial sources during March 2006. |
| Horizontal Positional Accuracy |
The data used to compile this dataset come
from widely varying sources. No statistical testing was done for accuracy
assessment, and no compilation methods could be applied to assure
positional accuracy. However, the intent of the compilation is to
have location data within one kilometre of their true positions. |
| Vertical Positional Accuracy |
No vertical position data were
collected. |
| Lineage |
Attributes were collected from professionals
and others knowledgeable in the sites and areas and the criteria
for inclusion in this dataset. Location codes were assigned arbitrarily
by compilers of the dataset. Location names were provided by the
data suppliers and are official property names (where available).
Where official property or usually sourced from a formal name, popular
name, or project name as used by a pertinent resource management
agency.
Primary Michigan data sources include:
Soule, J. D. 1993. Preliminary Identification of Critical Habitat
in the Lake Superior Watershed in Michigan. A report prepared for
Non-game Wildlife Fund, Wildlife Division and Lake Superior Binational
Program, Surface Water Quality Division, Michigan Department of
Natural Resources.
Albert, D., P. Comer, D. Cuthrell, M. Penskar, M. Rabe, and C. Reschke.
1994. Bedrock Shoreline Surveys of the Keweenaw Peninsula and Drummond
Island in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Michigan Natural Features
Inventory, Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Additional Michigan information was provided by resource managers
from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Ottawa National Forest, Michigan
DNR, Chippewa Ottawa Resource Authority, Northern Michigan University,
and through public comment on earlier drafts of a map produced using
these data.
The primary data sources for the Wisconsin information included:
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. 1997. Identification
of Important Habitat in the Wisconsin Portion of the Lake Superior
Basin. Unpublished draft.
Epstein, E. J., E. J. Judziewicz, and W. A. Smith. 1997. Wisconsin's
Lake Superior Coastal Wetlands Evaluations, Including Other Selected
Natural Features of the Lake Superior Basin. Wisconsin's Natural
Heritage Inventory Program, Bureau of Endangered Resources, Department
of Natural Resources.
Additional Wisconsin information was provided by resource managers
from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission,
National Park Service, and through public comment on earlier drafts
of a map produced using these data.
The primary data sources for the Minnesota information included:
Collins, P. 1995. Preliminary Summary of Important Habitat Data
in the Minnesota Portion of the Lake Superior Basin. Minnesota Department
of Natural Resources.
Research Planning, Inc. Undated. Sensitivity of Coastal Environments
and Wildlife to Spilled Oil: Lake Superior. Vol I. Prepared for
Hazardous Materials Response and Assessment Division, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, Washington and Ninth Coast
Guard District, U.S. Coast Guard, Cleveland, Ohio.
Additional Minnesota information was provided by resource managers
from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Great Lakes
Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, U. S. Forest Service, Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency, and through public comment on earlier
drafts of a map produced using these data.
Ontario data came primarily from:
Thompson, R. 1995. Survey of Critical Habitat in the Canadian Portion
of the Lake Superior Basin. A report prepared for the Lake Superior
Binational Program.
Additional information was provided by Jeri Graham, Ed Iwachewski,
and Susan Greenwood, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
Where location information was missing, points and areas were digitized
for the 1996 version of the map by Michael A. Koutnik.
Public review of this important habitat information occurred following
the release of the maps:
Koutnik, M. A. 1996. Important Habitat in the Lake Superior Basin.
A map prepared for the Lake Superior Binational Program.
Collins, P. T. and Sjerven, G. 2000. Important Habitat in the Lake
Superior Basin. A map produced for the Lake Superior Binational
Program.
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Section 3 |
Spatial Data Organization Information - - - - - - Go
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| Native Data Set Environment |
ARCVIEW 3.2 |
| Geographic Reference for Tabular
Data |
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| Spatial Object Type |
Vector |
| Vendor Specific Object Types |
Polygon |
| Tiling Scheme |
Lake Superior Basin |
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Section 4 |
Spatial Reference Information - - - - - - Go back
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| Horizontal Coordinate Scheme |
Geographic (Lat. Long.) |
| Ellipsoid |
GRS80 |
| Horizontal Datum |
NAD83 |
| Horizontal Units |
Meters |
| Distance Resolution |
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| Map Projection Name |
Albers Equal Area. In cases where data needed
to be projected from NAD27 to NAD83, the Canadian National Transformation
version 2 was used. |
| Map Projection Parameters |
Standard Parallel: 29.5
Standard Parallel: 45.5
Longitude Of Central Meridian: -96
Latitude Of Projection Origin: 23
False Easting: 0
False Northing: 0 |
| Other Coordinate System's Definition |
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method:
Coordinate Pair
Abscissa Resolution: 1
Ordinate Resolution: 1
Semi-Major Axis: 6378206.4
Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 294.98 |
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Section 5 |
Entity and Attribute Information - - - - - - Go back
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| Entity and Attribute Overview |
This information was developed to map the
location of areas of important habitat in the Lake Superior Basin
as part of the Lake Superior Binational Program. It includes area
data derived from state heritage program databases, published literature,
and local resource manager knowledge. |
| Entity and Attribute Detailed
Citation |
Code : Important Habitat Area Code
Name : Name of the Important Habitat Area
C1: Rare Communities (True or false, see Criteria.pdf for descriptions)
C2: Rare Habitats (True or false, see Criteria.pdf for descriptions)
C3: Habitat Unique to Great Lakes (True or false, see Criteria.pdf
for descriptions)
C4: Representative Natural Communities (True or false, see Criteria.pdf
for descriptions)
E1: Large Natural Ecosystem (True or false, see Criteria.pdf for
descriptions)
E2: Nationally Significant Ecosystem (True or false, see Criteria.pdf
for descriptions)
E3: Old Growth Forest (True or false, see Criteria.pdf for descriptions)
E4: Coastal Wetland or Shore (True or false, see Criteria.pdf for
descriptions)
E5: Diverse Ecosystem (True or false, see Criteria.pdf for descriptions)
E6: Ecosystem Integrity Contribution (True or false, see Criteria.pdf
for descriptions)
S1: RTE Species Habitat (True or false, see Criteria.pdf for descriptions)
S2: Documented Species Habitat (True or false, see Criteria.pdf
for descriptions)
S3: Migration Habitat (True or false, see Criteria.pdf for descriptions)
S4: Spawning Nesting or Nursery Habitat (True or false, see Criteria.pdf
for descriptions)
S5: At Risk Habitat (True or false, see Criteria.pdf for descriptions)
S6: Ecological Function Habitats (True or false, see Criteria.pdf
for descriptions)
Signote : Description of what makes it an Important Area
Example:
Code: MN-013
Name: Boundary Waters Canoe Area
C1: True
C2: False
C3: False
C4: True
E1: True
E2: True
E3: True
E4: False
E5: True
E6: True
S1: True
S2: True
S3: True
S4: True
S5: True
S6: False
Signote: Rare plant and animal habitat, large representative ecosystems,
geologic features
Base Data:
Basincombo – underlying DEM mask to hide the missing portions
of the DEM buffer of Lake Superior
Canada_towns – all relevant towns located within the vicinity
of the Lake Superior Watershed
International_border – the international border that separates
Canada and the United States
Lkwshed_translines – contains all road accesses within the
Lake Superior Watershed boundary. The map displays all major roads
defined by the Transclass attribute. All other attribute values
have been removed from the display.
State_bndires – Contains the state boundaries for Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Trans_symbols – A point file created to display the appropriate
highway symbols and label for major highways displayed on the map.
A layer file has been sent with the correct highway symbols for
Can. And the US.
Usa_towns – selected U.S.A towns located within the Lake
Superior Watershed boundary as additional reference on the map.
Originally data was obtained from ESRI sample data associated with
Arcview 3.2.
Habitat Data:
Habareas – The important habitat areas shapefile with new
additional and/or modified polygons. The polygon modifications were
made by Gwen MacIsaac of the Geomatics Service Centre – Ontario
Ministry of Natural Resources as directed by Brooke Pilley. Brooke
obtained the information from various state and provincial sources.
Habsites – the Important Habitat sites shapefiles with new
additional and/or modified points. The point modifications were
made by Gwen MacIsaac of the Geomatics Service Centre – Ontario
Ministry of Natural Resources as directed by Brooke Pilley. Brooke
obtained the information from various state and provincial sources.
Ls_spawns – displays the important fish spawning beds for
Lake Superior. The lake whitefish and lake trout species are displayed
on the map as important fish spawning beds. The file was classified
on the species attribute and all other species were removed from
the display.
Mcbs_sbpys3_lk_sup_wshed – This shapefile consists of Biological
Survey Sites of Biodiversity significance for the North Shore Highlands
with in Minnesota. The shapefile was classified on the BIODIV_SIG
attribute, with the High and outstanding classes displayed (High
= yellow, Outstanding = Red) as requested by Lawson Gerdes of the
Minnesota County Biological Survey. The Outstanding class is more
significant than those with a rank of High.
Nsh_cook_dlg_041210_prlm_albers – This is an addition to
the Minnesota County Biological Survey sites of Biodiversity Significance
file above, these sites are in the preliminary stage has they have
not finished mapping the sites properly. The shapefile was classified
on the BIODIV_SIG attribute, with the High and outstanding classes
displayed (High = yellow, Outstanding = Red) as requested by Lawson
Gerdes of the Minnesota County Biological Survey.
Water:
Can_lakes_lgrivers – Contains selected lakes and double lined
rivers to be displayed on the map. These features were manually
selected from the Ontario NRVIS waterbody data to match those on
the previous version of the map.
Lake_Michigan – Contains the Lake Michigan lake and associated
channel to be displayed above the DEM. Originally data was extracted
from the Binational website.
Lake_superior_wshed – the watershed boundary was derived
from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Primary watersheds.
This data was used as it is more accurate than the existing watershed
displayed on the previous version of the map.
Mich_clipped_rivers – The major Michigan rivers were downloaded
from the Michigan DNR. The streams shapefile was classified on the
DESC to remove dams and weirs from being displayed. The file was
then clipped on the Lake Superior Watershed.
Nw_ont_clipped_rivers – The OMNR single rivers were selected
manually to match (as close as possible) to the rivers displayed
on the previous version of the Lake Superior Habitat Map.
Us-wshed_lakes – Existing data obtained from the Binational
Program website in grid format.
Wisc_clipped_rivers - the Wisconsin rivers were obtained from the
Wisconsin DNR website. Rivers were manually selected to be displayed
to match the previous version of the Habitat map.
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Section 6 |
Distribution Information - - - - - - Go back to top |
| Publisher |
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| Publication Date |
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| Contact Person Information |
Gerald Sjerven, GIS Specialist
Natural Resources Research Institute
5013 Miller Trunk Hwy
Duluth, Minnesota 55811
Phone: (218) 720-4388
FAX: (218) 720-4328
E-mail: gsjerven@nrri.umn.edu |
| Distributor's Data Set Identifier |
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| Distribution Liability |
No warranty expressed or implied
is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data on any other system
or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution
constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual
use of the data and aggregate use with other data. It is strongly recommended
that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated
with these data. The University of Minnesota shall not be held liable for
improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. |
| Transfer Format Name |
ARC/Info export format and ESRI Shapefile |
| Transfer Format Version Number |
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| Transfer Size |
1.147 |
| Ordering Instructions |
Printed copies of the map are
available upon request free of charge. |
| Online Linkage |
none available |
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Section 7 |
Metadata Reference Information - - - - - - Go back
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| Metadata Date |
2006/09/11 |
| Contact Person Information |
Ann McCammon-Soltis, U.S. Co-Chair of Habitat
Committee
Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
P.O. Box 9
Odanah, WI, U.S.A. 54861
amsoltis@glifwc.org
Marilee Chase, Canadian Co-Chair of Habitat Committee
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
435 James Street South, Suite 221E
Thunder Bay, ON, Canada P7E 6S8
marilee.chase@Ontario.ca
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| Metadata Standard Name |
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial
Metadata |
| Metadata Standard Version |
FGDC-STD-001-1998 |
| Metadata Standard Online Linkage |
http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
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