CHAT CH Rank

<div>CHAT-DC (Data Community) is a PILOT system of state/federal participants, website resources, CHAT data, and software that works on I.T./data management solutions for the greater CHAT group.  The state data included in this dataset represent the states in the CHAT-DC and their CHAT submission in a pilot data flow and pilot data access tools.<br /></div><div><br /></div>CHAT (Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool) is a spatial dataset and web tool.  The data extent is hexagonized (1 sq mi).  Each hex has a CRUCIAL habitat rank, among other rankings (Terrestrial Crucial Habitat, Aquatic Crucial Habitat, etc.) “crucial habitat data layer is derived from important habitat and connectivity input layers. The Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) CHAT is intended to provide coarse-scale, non-regulatory wildlife information to support project pre-planning.  CHAT was created by state wildlife agencies across the West, using a common framework to define &quot;Crucial Habitat&quot; using a suite of priority datasets”... ”States given guidelines for habitat prioritization”...  “West-wide definitions support compatibility and consistency across state boundaries and address certain discrepancies  ”http://www.wafwachat.org&quot;.