Wetlands (File Geodatabase)

<p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'>Wetlands</span></span><span style='font-family:inherit;'></span><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'> in California are protected by several federal and state laws, regulations</span><span style='font-family:inherit;'>,</span><span style='font-family:inherit;'> and policies. </span><span style='font-family:inherit;'>This layer was extracted from the broader vegetation raster from the CA Nature project which was recently enhanced to include a more comprehensive definition of </span></span><span style='font-family:inherit; background-color:var(--clrActiveFindHighlight, #ffee80) !important;'></span><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'>wetland. This wetlands dataset is used as an exclusion as part of the biological planning priorities in the CEC 2023 Land-Use Screens.</span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>This layer is featured in the </span><a href='https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/de6ab11146bf47068ff294d87780ce00' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>CEC 2023 Land-Use Screens for Electric System Planning</a><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'> data viewer.</span><span style='font-family:inherit;'><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'><br /></span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:1.5rem; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><span style='font-family:inherit; 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' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Land Use Screens Staff Report in the CEC Energy Planning Library</a><span style='font-family:inherit; color:black;'>. </span></p>