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This layer represents the Colonial Nesting Birds Buffer - 100 meter filled area with an outline which provides industrial operators and government departments information regarding the location of Colonial Nesting Birds for the application of appropriate wildlife surveys. The entire provincial nesting range is indicated. Proponents are not expected to survey for Colonial Nesters outside of the Grassland and Parkland Natural region, rather respect buffers where they occur.
This layer is not visible beyond the scale of 1:6,933,486.
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. Colonial Nesting Birds have been represented by buffered point data rather than polygon. This layer is comprised of great blue heron (Ardea herodias) and American white pelican (Pelecanus erythrorrhychos) species nesting colony locations. These species nest at discrete locations. Colonial Nesting Birds was based upon all known and confirmed population locations in GOA datasets from 1998 onward. These point features are buffered by a distance of 1000m; and 100m for Medium and Low disturbance activities.
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