Extracted Data From: NMFS ESA Critical Habitat gdb

This submission includes publicly available data extracted in its original form. Please reference the Related Publication listed here for source and citation information If you have questions about the underlying data stored here, please contact [Jennifer Schultz at NOAA] The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) developed this geodatabase to standardize its Endangered Species Act (ESA) critical habitat spatial data. The spatial data represent critical habitat locations; however, the complete description and official boundaries of critical habitat proposed or designated by NMFS are provided in proposed rules, final rules, and the Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR 226). Official critical habitat boundaries may include regulatory text that modifies or clarifies maps and spatial data. Proposed rules, final rules, and the CFR also describe any areas that are excluded from critical habitat or otherwise not part of critical habitat (e.g., ineligible areas), some of which have not been clipped out of the spatial data. Geodatabase feature classes are organized by ESA listed entities. A listed entity can be a species, subspecies, distinct population segment (DPS), or evolutionarily significant unit (ESU). NMFS and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service share jurisdiction of some listed entities; this geodatabase only contains spatial data for NMFS critical habitat. Critical habitat has not been designated for all listed entities.[Quote from https://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f66c1e33f91d480db7d1b1c1336223c3]