Critical Habitat by USFWS

Description

When a species is proposed for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must consider whether there are areas of habitat believed to be essential to the species conservation. Those areas may be proposed for designation as - critical habitat. Critical habitat is a term defined and used in the Act. It is a specific geographic area(s) that contains features essential for the conservation of a threatened or endangered species and that may require special management and protection. Critical habitat may include an area that is not currently occupied by the species but that will be needed for its recovery. An area is designated as - critical habitat - after the Service publishes a proposed Federal regulation in the Federal Register and receives and considers public comments on the proposal. The final boundaries of the critical habitat are also published in the Federal Register.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 MarineCadastre.gov Data Registry https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
57 CriticalHabitatUSFWS.zip https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/CriticalHabitatUSFWS.zip
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/67358
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
0 Marine Cadastre Data Registry https://marinecadastre.gov/data/
57 CriticalHabitatUSFWS.zip https://marinecadastre.gov/downloads/data/mc/CriticalHabitatUSFWS.zip
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/67358
0 NOAA Office for Coastal Management Home Page https://coast.noaa.gov
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/67358.pdf
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/find-data/idn/gcmd-keywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/ocm/dmp/pdf/67358.pdf

Tags

  • human dimensions
  • united states of america
  • office of coastal management
  • exclusive economic zone
  • environmental governance/management
  • national ocean service
  • continent
  • noaa
  • planning
  • territorial sea
  • north america
  • doc/noaa/nos/ocm
  • coastal
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • renewable energy
  • outer continental shelf
  • marinecadastre

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