WSDOT - WA Habitat Connectivity Action Plan - Full Highway System Rankings - Ecological Value

This feature class represents WSDOT's Habitat Connectivity Investment Priorities (HCIP), as well as primary products of the Washington Habitat Connectivity Action Plan (WAHCAP 2025). It provides priority ranks for individual one-mile segments of the entire state highway system for two primary categories related to habitat connectivity (Wildlife-Related Safety and Ecological Value), and a third blended category called Highest Rank. It contains all the data required to symbolize three distinct priority layers: 1) Wildlife-Related Safety - a measure of wildlife-vehicle collision potential based primarily on five-year subsets (2019-2023) of large-bodied wildlife carcass removals and wildlife-vehicle collision reports, 2) Ecological Value - a measure of connectivity value at the state highway interface that emphasizes structural habitat connectivity and biodiversity which is the product of the Landscape Connectivity Value map of the Washington Habitat Connectivity Action Plan (WAHCAP) and traffic volume, and 3) Highest Rank - the highest rank of either the Wildlife-related Safety or Ecological Value categories - a blended category of WSDOT's HCIP that allows you to quickly see a highway segment's highest rank between either primary category of the HCIP. Collectively, HCIP and WAHCAP products can be used by WSDOT and partners to focus efforts to maintain or improve wildlife connectivity and reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions along the state highway system. Please direct questions about this dataset to Glen Kalisz, WSDOT Habitat Connectivity Biologist, [e-mail]本要素类代表华盛顿州运输部（WSDOT）的栖息地连通性投资优先级（Habitat Connectivity Investment Priorities, HCIP），以及《华盛顿栖息地连通性行动计划2025》（Washington Habitat Connectivity Action Plan 2025, WAHCAP 2025）的核心产出。本数据集为全州公路系统内所有1英里路段提供两类与栖息地连通性相关的核心类别的优先级排名——野生动物相关安全与生态价值，以及第三类名为最高优先级（Highest Rank）的混合类别。 本数据集包含符号化展示三类独立优先级图层所需的全部数据：1) 野生动物相关安全：该指标主要基于2019-2023年五年区间的大型野生动物尸体移除记录与野生动物-车辆碰撞报告，衡量野生动物-车辆碰撞风险；2) 生态价值：该指标衡量公路沿线界面的连通性价值，重点关注结构性栖息地连通性与生物多样性，其计算依托《华盛顿栖息地连通性行动计划》（WAHCAP）的景观连通性价值地图与交通流量数据；3) 最高优先级：该类别取野生动物相关安全或生态价值两类中的最高优先级，是WSDOT HCIP的混合类别，可快速查看某一公路路段在HCIP两类核心类别中的最高优先级归属。 总体而言，HCIP与WAHCAP相关成果可供WSDOT及其合作方使用，以聚焦推进相关工作，维护或改善公路沿线的野生动物连通性，并降低全州公路系统中的野生动物-车辆碰撞事故。 若对本数据集有任何疑问，请联系华盛顿州运输部栖息地连通性生物学家Glen Kalisz，邮箱：[e-mail]