Bull Trout (BLTR) Zone

Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta 20170531 Bull Trout (BLTR) Zone vector digital data https://maps.alberta.ca/genesis/services/Hydrologic_Unit_Code_Watersheds_of_Alberta/Latest/MapServer https://maps.alberta.ca/genesis/services/Hydrologic_Unit_Code_Watersheds_of_Alberta/Latest/MapServer/WMSServer The bull trout, the provincial fish of Alberta, is a native species that occurs in all of the major river basins of the province. It has been designated a Species of Special Concern because of the declines in distribution and abundance, as well as continued threats from habitat alteration and introduced competitive species. This plan provides background information on the species and outlines a set of objectives and management actions to help meet the goal of restoring and maintaining viable, self-sustaining bull trout populations throughout the majority of the species' historic range in the province, and to once again provide some measure of harvest opportunity for the species. Conservation management plans are developed for Species of Special Concern in Alberta, to provide guidance for land and resource management decisions that affect the species and their habitat. They are intended to be a resource tool for provincial and regional fish and wildlife, land and resource management staff. Bull trout are classified as Sensitive in the current General Status of Alberta Wild Species report. Bull trout are also classified as Threatened under Alberta's Wildlife Act; protective regulations under this Act that apply to fish species are under development. See information on Species at Risk.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. The Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) Watersheds of Alberta represents a collection of four nested hierarchically structured drainage basin feature classes that have been created using the Hydrologic Unit Code system of classification developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) with accommodation to reflect the pre-existing Canadian classification system. The pour points associated with the delineation of these watersheds have also been included as a point feature class. The HUC Watersheds of Alberta consist of successively smaller hydrologic units that nest within larger hydrologic units, resulting in a hierarchal grouping of alphanumerically coded watersheds feature classes. These nesting watersheds feature classes were created using ArcHydro Tools v.2 (Alberta Environment and Parks) and are subject to periodic review and update. There are currently individual feature classes for HUC 2 (coarsest level), HUC 4, HUC 6, HUC 8 and HUC 10 (finest level). The Bull Trout (BLTR) Zone define hydrologic units that form a standardized baseline, which covers the home range of Bull trout in the province of Alberta. Watersheds originate from 2 sources of data. (1) Fish and Wildlife Management Information System (FWMIS) survey information. Positive occurrence (FWMIS location) of identified and measured BLTR intersected with (2) the Hydrologic Unit Coded (HUC) Watersheds of Alberta. These standard units are based on hydrologic principles (flow direction) and have been reconciled between and within the feature classes that form the dataset. Existing high resolution watersheds or catchment polygons have been collated into larger watershed units to achieve the hierarchical, nested polygon dataset structure. Watershed boundaries will vary between existing watershed/basin GIS layers available from the Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada. The user takes full responsibility understanding the spatial and temporal limitations of the HUC Watersheds of Alberta. More information concerning data sources used can be found within the department using the keywords listed below. Updates to this dataset will not necessarily be performed upon further review of existing watershed units. All rights reserved. HUC Watersheds of Alberta data is subject to change without notice. The Government of Alberta assumes no responsibility for discrepancies at time of use. Watershed unit delineation follows ArcHydro Tools v2 process, as outlined by the ArcHydro Tools Community of Practice (COP). Scale and accuracy of the HUC Watersheds of Alberta mimic the scale and accuracy of data contained in ArcHydro Tools geodatabase. Metadata is available for those datasets. -120.902231 -108.457295 60.095171 48.894798 None drainage area watershed catchment HUC hydrologic basin ISO 19115 Topic Category inlandWaters geoscientificInformation Alberta Geographic Names (GNS) Alberta None North America Mid-latitude Northern Hemisphere Canada Alberta Western Hemisphere General Public: For conditional general public use. User must accept terms and conditions in a product license agreement before obtaining data. Government of Alberta Ministries: Conditional access to this data for internal business purposes is available to Government of Alberta Ministries and authorized agencies through Informatics Branch of Alberta Environment and Parks. General Public: This digital data is protected under copyright to the Government of Alberta with all rights reserved and is subject to the conditions outlined in the Informatics Branch License Agreement for Digital Data. Government of Alberta Ministries: Government of Alberta Ministries and authorized agencies may conditionally use this data for internal business purposes which includes conditional sharing of the data with other third parties (i.e. contractors, stakeholders) if necessary for reasonable use of the data relating to the provision of services to the Crown as represented by each Ministry. Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta Chad Sherburne Provincial Programs Delivery Branch, Operations Division mailing and physical

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Edmonton Alberta T5K 2M4 CA Chad.Sherburne@gov.ab.ca 08:15 to 16:30, Monday to Friday This is the point of contact regarding the creation of, and characteristics of the data set. Queries about the creation of the dataset submitted through facsimile or electronic mail must include the salutation "Attention: Chad Sherburne, Provincial Programs Delivery Branch, Operations Division; Dataset: "Hydrologic Unit Code Watersheds of Alberta". For Distribution Information contact instructions, refer to the Distribution Information section of this metadata record. For Metadata Information contact instructions, refer to the Metadata Reference Information section of this metadata record. Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta Government of Alberta Security Classification Guidelines Protected Esri ArcGIS 10.1.1.3176 Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta 20140815 Hydrologic Unit Code Watersheds of Alberta There are 6 feature classes within the Hydrologic Unit Code Watersheds of Alberta feature dataset: HUC 2, HUC 4, HUC 6, HUC 8 and HUC 10 (coarsest to finest) plus the Pour Points. Edmonton, Alberta Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta 20141231 Watersheds of Alberta (GOA) vector digital data Previous versions of this data set have been made available as "Watersheds of Alberta 2011", "Watersheds of Alberta", and "Drainage Basins of Alberta". All of these former data sets are no longer valid and have been superseded by Watersheds of Alberta (GOA). The underlying data used to create the HUC Watersheds of Alberta are associated with various degrees of accuracy. There may be inconsistency in the spatial accuracy as a result. All HUC Watersheds of Alberta feature classes within the HUC Watersheds of Alberta feature dataset have been topologically reconciled between and within the feature classes for boundary alignment and gaps. The geometry has been checked and repaired. This dataset is complete for all feature classes for the province of Alberta. No delineation coarser than HUC level 2 or finer than HUC level 10 is publically available. The positional accuracy of the watershed boundaries will vary according to the accuracy of the source data. Dataset copied. withheld 20170419 12262300 Vector Simple FALSE 1 TRUE FALSE coordinate pair 0.0001 0.0001 meter D North American 1983 GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 Bull Trout Zone Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta Feature Class 1 Aggregate HUC10 Watersheds OBJECTID_1 FID OID 4 10 0 Internal feature number. Esri Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. NAME Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta The river or stream name attached to the Hydrologic Unit Code 8 watershed. Note that upper, middle and lower designations may be applied where the river mainstem has been split NAME String 36 0 0 SHAPE Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. Shape Geometry 4 0 0 GlobalID ESRI Global unique identifier GlobalID String 38 0 0 SHAPE.STArea() ESRI Area of polygon in dataset native units Shape.STArea() Double 0 0 0 SHAPE.STLength() ESRI Perimeter of polygon in dataset native units Shape.STLength() Double 0 0 0 Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta Data Distribution Unit, Information and Data Provisioning Services, Informatics Branch, Corporate Services Division mailing and physical address

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Edmonton Alberta T5K2J6 Canada 7804277374 7804220712 AEP.Data@gov.ab.ca 08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday This is the point of contact regarding distribution of the data set. Queries about distribution of the data set submitted through facsimile or electronic mail must include the salutation "Attention: Data Distribution Unit, Information and Data Provisioning Services, Informatics Branch, Corporate Services Division; Dataset: Hydrologic Unit Code Watersheds of Alberta". For Metadata Information contact instructions, refer to the Metadata Reference Information section of this metadata record. Offline data The user agrees that the information and each part thereof, any formatting or presentation thereof, any storage media on which it is provided, and any communication of any kind, incidental or in relation thereto, is provided to the user by the Minister and the Crown without warranty or representation as to any matter including but not limited to whether the information and storage media is correct, accurate or free from error, defect, danger, or hazard, and whether it is otherwise useful or suitable for any use the user may make of it. The Crown in right of Alberta, the Minister and her employees and agents, shall not be liable for any claims, costs, losses, or damages, including any special, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage, which the user may incur or experience as a result of the use or possession of the information or associated storage media. ESRI File Geodatabase ESRI File Geodatabase File compression technology shall be utilized when required. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is available, with the exception of data exceeding reasonable size limits or when corporate restrictions have been implemented in which the data will be delivered using alternative methods. Instructions on how to download data placed on our FTP site will be communicated when the data is ready for delivery. Fee Free All requests for data / information are accepted via email, FAX, or Canada Post. All requests must include: Government of Alberta Ministry Name / Business Area Name, Physical Address, Contact Person Name(s), Phone and FAX Numbers, email Address, list of products requested, the geographic extent of the request (where product options are available - expressed by NTS block(s), township(s), etc), the delivery option required ( on-line / offline ), the data format when multiple formats are offered, and the intended use of the data. Requests for information are processed and completed in order of receipt with the exception of Alberta Environment and Parks requests that are authorized as priority status. All requests for information are completed with five (5) working days of receiving the request wherever possible. ESRI Shapefile ESRI Shapefile File compression technology shall be utilized when required. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is available, with the exception of data exceeding reasonable size limits or when corporate restrictions have been implemented in which the data will be delivered using alternative methods. Instructions on how to download data placed on our FTP site will be communicated when the data is ready for delivery. To utilize digital information, specialized graphics or GIS software (i.e. ArcInfo, ArcView, ArcGIS, or MicroStation) may be required. Limited custom order processing of Informatics Branch information may be available to Alberta Environment and Parks personnel and contractors working on behalf of the Ministry. Monday to Friday 08:15 to 16:30 20170531 Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta Chad Sherburne Provincial Programs Delivery Branch, Operations Division mailing and physical

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Edmonton Alberta T5K 2M4 CA Chad.Sherburne@gov.ab.ca 08:15 to 16:30, Monday to Friday This is the point of contact regarding the creation of, and characteristics of, metadata for the data set. Queries about the creation and/or characteristics of the metadata submitted through facsimile or electronic mail must include the salutation "Attention: Chad Sherburne, Provincial Programs Delivery Branch, Operations Division; Dataset: "Hydrologic Unit Code Watersheds of Alberta". For Distribution Information contact instructions, refer to the Distribution Information section of this metadata record. FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time 20240117 13334100 20240117 13233600 FALSE FGDC CSDGM Metadata ARGR_ZONE_BDY 002 170844.329600 813164.356900 5857696.989000 6655827.588100 1 Projected GCS_North_American_1983 Linear Unit: Meter (1.000000) NAD_1983_10TM_AEP_Forest <ProjectedCoordinateSystem xsi:type='typens:ProjectedCoordinateSystem' xmlns:xsi='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance' xmlns:xs='http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema' xmlns:typens='http://www.esri.com/schemas/ArcGIS/10.7'><WKT>PROJCS["NAD_1983_10TM_AEP_Forest",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-115.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9992],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",3400]]</WKT><XOrigin>-5118700</XOrigin><YOrigin>-9994100</YOrigin><XYScale>10000</XYScale><ZOrigin>0</ZOrigin><ZScale>1</ZScale><MOrigin>0</MOrigin><MScale>1</MScale><XYTolerance>0.001</XYTolerance><ZTolerance>0.001</ZTolerance><MTolerance>0.001</MTolerance><HighPrecision>true</HighPrecision><WKID>102184</WKID><LatestWKID>3400</LatestWKID></ProjectedCoordinateSystem> 20240117 13261500 1.0 150000000 5000 FGDC Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.7.1.11595 Arctic Grayling (ARGR) Zone vector digital data ARGR Watersheds 2017-03-01T00:00:00 1 20170301 external 4915ffd4df8d4a5c96b54b3fe6ad4b6d Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta 9920 - 108 Street NW Forestry Building Edmonton Alberta T5K 2M4 CA AEP.FWDataMgmt@gov.ab.ca 3100000 True Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta 1 -120.896629 -109.388205 60.063581 52.789473 1 The Arctic Grayling (ARGR) Zone define hydrologic units that form a standardized baseline, which covers the known home range of grayling in Alberta. Watersheds originate from two sources of data. (1) Fish and Wildlife Management Information System (FWMIS) survey information, where occurrence (FWMIS location) of identified and measured grayling intersect with (2) Hydrologic Unit Coded (HUC 6) Watersheds of Alberta. These standard units are based on hydrologic principles (flow direction) and have been reconciled between and within the feature classes that form the dataset. Existing high-resolution watersheds or catchment polygons have been collated into larger watershed units to achieve the hierarchical, nested polygon dataset structure. <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Arctic grayling are classified as Sensitive in the current General Status of Alberta Wild Species report. Alberta's Endangered Species Conservation Committee (ESCC) has identified Arctic grayling as a Species of Special Concern — a species that without human intervention may soon become threatened with extinction. Populations of this fish have decreased over the past few decades due to (1) Increased accessibility by humans to remaining habitat, resulting in increased harvest, and (2) blocked migration routes and altered stream flow resulting from improperly placed culverts in newly constructed roads.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>The Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) Watersheds of Alberta represents a collection of four nested hierarchically structured drainage basin feature classes that have been created using the Hydrologic Unit Code system of classification developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) with accommodation to reflect the pre-existing Canadian classification system. The pour points associated with the delineation of these watersheds have also been included as a point feature class. The HUC Watersheds of Alberta consist of successively smaller hydrologic units that nest within larger hydrologic units, resulting in a hierarchal grouping of alphanumerically coded watersheds feature classes. These nesting watersheds feature classes were created using ArcHydro Tools v.2 (Alberta Environment and Parks) and are subject to periodic review and update. There are currently individual feature classes for HUC 2 (coarsest level), HUC 4, HUC 6, HUC 8 and HUC 10 (finest level). </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><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. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta Salmonid ARGR Arctic grayling native trout zone watershed HUC inlandWaters geoscientificInformation <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>General Public: This digital data is protected under copyright to the Government of Alberta with all rights reserved and is subject to the conditions outlined in the Informatics Branch License Agreement for Digital Data. Government of Alberta Ministries: Government of Alberta Ministries and authorized agencies may conditionally use this data for internal business purposes which includes conditional sharing of the data with other third parties (i.e. contractors, stakeholders) if necessary for reasonable use of the data relating to the provision of services to the Crown as represented by each Ministry.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Boundaries are subject to change without notice, as new survey information becomes available through the Fish and Wildlife Management Information System.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> AEP Data Management Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta 6th Floor, Forestry Building Edmonton Alberta T5K 2M4 aep.fwdatamgmt@gov.ab.ca CA For Distribution Information contact instructions, refer to the Distribution Information section of this metadata record. For Metadata Information contact instructions, refer to the Metadata Reference Information section of this metadata record. 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