ACE Climate Resilience (Ranks 4 & 5)

<div style='text-align:Left;'><p></p><p>The full dataset comes from CA Department of Fish and Wildlife’s <a href='https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/Analysis/ACE' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Areas of Conservation Emphasis</a> (ACE) project. <a href='https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=150836&amp;inline' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>ACE Terrestrial Climate Change Resilience</a> incorporates statewide information about lands that have a higher probability of serving as refugia for species adapting to climate change. Based on projections from climate models, this dataset indicates the relative likelihood that an area will experience shifts in temperature, precipitation, or other important climate variables that would negatively impact the current array of plants (and by extension animals) that can thrive under those future conditions.</p> <p>Ranks 4 and 5 are used as an exclusion in the SB 100 Terrestrial Climate Resilience Study Screen. This allows a<span style='color:black;'>reas of lower climate resilience rank to be considered for exploration of renewable resource technical potential, while keeping areas of higher resilience rank for conservation planning.</span></p><p><span style='color:black;'>This layer is featured in the </span><a href='https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/de6ab11146bf47068ff294d87780ce00' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>CEC 2023 Land-Use Screens for Electric System Planning</a><span style='color:black;'> data viewer. </span><span style='color:black;'><br /></span></p> <p><span style='color:black;'>For more information about this layer and its use in electric system planning, please refer to the</span> <a href='https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/california-energy-planning-library/land-use-screens' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Land Use Screens Staff Report in the CEC Energy Planning Library</a><span style='color:black;'>. </span></p><br /><p></p></div>