Maui County Critical Habitat - Ecosystem

[Metadata] Description: Maui Nui Critical Habitat Ecosystem: These data identify, in general, the areas where final critical habitat occurs for 135 species known historically from Maui Nui, on the islands of Maui, Molokai and/or Kahoolawe. A total of approximately 63,537 hectares (ha) (157,002 ac)) of land on Maui Nui fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat units designated for the 135 species. This critical habitat designation requires the Service to consult under section 7 of the Act with regard to actions carried out, funded, or authorized by a Federal agency. Section 4 of the Act requires us to consider economic and other relevant impacts when specifying any particular area as critical habitat. This rule also determines that designating critical habitat would not be prudent for seven species. We solicited data and comments from the public on all aspects of the proposed rule, including data on economic and other impacts of the designation. August, 2017: Reloaded all critical habitat layers to reflect current/final schema from USFWS. Boundaries were unchanged. For additional information, please refer to complete metadata at https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/gis/data/criticalhab.pdf or contact Hawaii Statewide GIS Program, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, State of Hawaii; PO Box 2359, Honolulu, HI 96804; [phone]; email: [e-mail]; Website: https://planning.hawaii.gov/gis.