Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The Greater Sage-grouse Recovery Zone datasetrepresents the core area for Sage-grouse activity in Alberta and is an amalgamation of various data sources, including: observation records from the Government of Alberta’s Fisheries and Wildlife Management Information System (FWMIS), sagegrouse movement information, locations of known leks (i.e., dancing grounds), portions of federally identified critical habitat and other important habitats. Observational records from FWMIS included fifty years of survey and research data collected by provincial wildlife biologists, nongovernmental organizations, and independent researchers. The Greater Sage-grouse Recovery Zone amalgamates the Greater Sage-grouse Range and Greater Sage-grouse Habitat and Buffer datasets, including lek and habitat information, which identifies habitat areas for nesting, broodrearing, and over-wintering. Locations of all leks were generated from UTM coordinates collected from Alberta Environment and Parks,researchers, andthe FWMIS. Lek centroids werebuffered by 100 metresto approximate lek sizeand an additional 3,200 meters buffer was then applied based on established research on impacts of disturbance to lek attendance. Locations from radio-collared and translocated Sage-grouse females (years: 2011, 2012, 2016, 2019) were also included to identify habitats and areas important during sensitive periods of the species' annual life cycle. The Greater Sage-grouse Recovery Zone paritally incorporates federally identified critical habitat. Areas that have been permanently converted to agricultural land were not included as they do not offer the specific habitat that Greater Sage-grouse could utilize. The resulting single contiguous polygon was reviewed by Alberta Environment and Parks' species experts to validate and provide additional insight.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>This dataset is produced for the Government of Alberta and is available to the general public. Please consult the Distribution Information of this metadata for the appropriate contact to acquire this dataset. This dataset is comprised of the provincial Caribou Range distribution data. The boundaries are derived upon the known ranges of Caribou herds, as determined through historical information, the movements of collared animals (telemetry) and aerial surveys. This new map has been used to communicate the extent of caribou range in the province for important initiatives such as the Alberta cabinet approved Woodland Caribou Policy for Alberta, and the Federal Recovery Strategy for both boreal and southern mountain woodland caribou. This caribou range map will be adopted as the land-use referral map for all land-use applications on April 1, 2013. Beginning April 1, 2013 projects that have received an EPEA approval using the updated Caribou Range map, and all other land use and forestry applications, will use the updated Caribou Range map for required disposition applications.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The Parks and Protected Areas dataset contains Parks and Protected Area boundaries for sites administered by Alberta Forestry, Parks and Tourism, Government of Alberta. National parks, because of their similar intent, are also included. Boundaries have been interpreted from written legal descriptions appended to Orders-in-Council. In case of discrepancy between the GIS data and the written legal description, the written legal description shall take precedence. Please note that this dataset replaces the following datasets: Ecological Reserve, Heritage Rangeland, National Park, Natural Area, Provincial Park, Provincial Recreation Area, Wilderness Area, Wilderness Park, and Wildland Park.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This dataset is produced for Alberta Environment and Parks by the Geographic Science Team to represent a derived product show the approximate locations of grazing leases and permits in Alberta and should not be used for anything other than simple mapping.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN><SPAN>Metallic and Industrial Minerals Agreement feature class contains provincial extent polygon features representing Metallic and Industrial Minerals applications, agreements, leases, and licences, with varying term dates and conditions. These applications and subsequent agreements give the holder the right to explore Metallic and Industrial Minerals.</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Energy and Minerals, Government of Alberta
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Coal Agreement feature class contains provincial extent polygon features representing Coal applications, agreements, leases, and licences, with varying term dates and conditions. These applications and subsequent agreements give the holder the right to explore Coal.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Alberta Energy, Government of Alberta
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Oil Sands Agreement feature class contains provincial extent polygon features representing Oil Sands applications, agreements, leases, and licences, with varying term dates and conditions. These applications and subsequent agreements give the holder the right to explore Oil Sands.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Alberta Energy, Government of Alberta
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Petroleum and Natural Gas Agreement feature class contains provincial extent polygon features representing Petroleum and Natural Gas applications, agreements, leases, and licences, with varying term dates and conditions. These applications and subsequent agreements give the holder the right to explore Petroleum and Natural Gas.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Alberta Energy, Government of Alberta
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Annual allowable cuts that are allocated through tenures are established at the FMU, and consider finer-scale information such as the age and composition of the forest. During forest management planning, stands within the FMU are assessed to determine if they contribute to the calculation of the AAC from both an administrative perspective (i.e. parks, conflicting dispositions, etc.), and from a plan-driven merchantability and operability perspective. </SPAN></SPAN></P><P /><DIV><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This product is a simple represenations of the ownership breakdown of surface lands within the province of Alberta </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta (Geographic Science Team)