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The Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas (SHCA) dataset was developed by the FL Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission identify the minimum amount of land needed in Florida to ensure long-term survival of key components to Florida's biological diversity.
This dataset provides scientific decision support and helps measure progress for preservation of resources associated with Florida Forever Measure B1: The number of acres acquired of significant strategic habitat conservation areas. |
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The Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas (SHCA) dataset was developed by the FL Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission identify the minimum amount of land needed in Florida to ensure long-term survival of key components to Florida's biological diversity.
This dataset provides scientific decision support and helps measure progress for preservation of resources associated with Florida Forever Measure B1: The number of acres acquired of significant strategic habitat conservation areas. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN><SPAN>The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission originally identified strategic habitat conservation areas (SHCA) in the Commission report, "Closing the Gaps in Florida's Wildlife Habitat Conservation System" (Cox et al. 1994). The goal of the SHCA is to identify the minimum amount of land needed in Florida to ensure long-term survival of key components to Florida's biological diversity. The 2009 SHCAs, developed by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), identify areas of habitat on private lands that are essential to sustain a minimum viable population for focal species of terrestrial vertebrates that are not adequately protected on existing conservation lands. In 2020, FNAI worked with FWC to update the SHCAs based on more recent habitat models developed by FWC since 2009, including the addition of potential habitat within existing conservation lands for all 62 focal species. The 2020 SHCAs include habitat data for 62 terrestrial vertebrate species and are prioritized into five priority classes based on rarity (FNAI State and Global ranks).</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>This version of SHCA keeps the same species list as the previous (2009) update, but uses the latest habitat models produced by FWC as of 2020. Species are prioritized based on Global and State rarity ranks as has been done previously. This data layer was compiled by </SPAN><A href="https://www.fnai.org/" target="_blank" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Florida Natural Areas Inventory</SPAN></A><SPAN> for use in the Florida Forever Conservation Needs Assessment and the 2021 Florida Ecological Greenways Network Update.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN><SPAN>For information on development of the SHCAs please refer to: </SPAN><A href="https://myfwc.com/research/gis/wildlife/wildlife-habitat-conservation/" target="_blank" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Recommendations for Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas | FWC</SPAN></A></SPAN></P><P><SPAN>For information on the 2020 update to SHCAs please refer to: </SPAN><A href="https://geodata.fnai.org/datasets/229db480c01047a89cbc4752e7e2af37/explore?location=27.696250%2C-83.725550%2C6" target="_blank" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>Strategic Habitat Cons Areas FF FFCNA | Florida Natural Areas Inventory</SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Users are encouraged to read and fully comprehend the metadata record prior to using these data. Please acknowledge the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) as the data source for any products developed from these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection techniques, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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