The ownership data were originally digitized by the Forest and Rangeland
Resources Assessment Program of the California Department of Forestry
and
Fire Protection. It was then registered to the Public Land Survey
coverage
at Teale Data Center so that coincident linework was common. Land
owner
information was included as an attribute.
Managed areas were incorporated into this base coverage at UCSB.
Some
boundaries were merged from existing digital coverages (see Source
Information above). Others were transcribed from paper maps onto USGS
1:100,000 scale topographic maps and digitized. Attributes were added
for
the source of data, management status, and a 10 character Heritage
Program
ID-code for managed areas. For further details, see:
Beardsley, K. and D. M. Stoms. 1993. Compiling a digital map of areas
managed for biodiversity in California. Natural Areas Journal, 13:
177-190"
The ownership data were derived from the 1:100,000 scale Bureau
of Land
Management Surface Management Status maps. The most recent national
forest
maps and other sources were used to update the BLM maps prior to
digitizing.
The managed area boundaries were compiled from many sources. Many
larger
areas could be found on the USGS 1:100,000 scale topographic maps
revised in
the 1980s. Fish and Game Ecological Reserves and Wildlife Areas
and Nature
Conservancy Preserves were provided as digital files from the California
Department of Fish and Game's Heritage Program. ARC/INFO coverages
of the
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, BLM Areas of Critical
Environmental Concern and some other managed areas were obtained
from the
responsible agency. USFS wilderness area boundaries were obtained
from
published and unpublished Forest Service maps. The wilderness areas
and park
designations in the California Desert Conservation Act of 1994 were
obtained
from the 1991 digital GIS coverage prepared by the BLM state office.
Various
paper maps were used to delineate state wildernesses and all other
managed
areas.
Source Date: 1975-1994
Source Distance Resolution (meters): 50"
"OWNER Code for responsible jurisdiction
SOURCE Code for source of digital data
MACODE Code for managed area
STATUS Code for management status level (4 classes)
MATYPE Prefix of MACODE (REDEFINEd item)
In related INFO tables:
OWNNAME Name of responsible jurisdiction
MANAME Name of managed area
EST_DATE Year of establishment
DESCRIPTION Comments about significant biodiversity elements in the area
INFO Table Schemas
Polygon attribute table
Owners lookup table
Managed area name lookup table
INFO Codes
Region names
Owner names
Data sources
Status classes
Managed area names
MA.PAT- Polygon attribute file:
ITEM NAME INFO DEFINITION DESCRIPTION
25 REGION 3 3 C - Code for
managed area
28 OWNER 3 3 I - Code for
responsible
jurisdiction
31 SOURCE 2 2 I - Code for
source of
digital data
33 MACODE 10 10 C - Code for
managed area
43 STATUS 1 1 I - Code for
management
status
** REDEFINED ITEMS **
33 MATYPE 5 5 C - Prefix of
managed area
code showing
type of area
Lookup Tables - Filename: MA.OWNERS:
ITEM NAME INFO DEFINITION DESCRIPTION
1 OWNER 3 3 I - Code for
responsible
jurisdiction
4 OWNNAME 50 50 C - Name of
responsible
jurisdiction
Lookup Tables - Filename: MA.DATA:
This file was largely based on the Managed Area File from the California
Natural Heritage Division, supplemented by additional managed areas
as
needed. Descriptive data about significant biodiversity elements in
the area
is included if it was encountered provided in that file of published
sources.
ITEM NAME INFO DEFINITION DESCRIPTION
1 MACODE 10 10 C - Code for
managed area
11 MANAME 50 50 C - Name of
managed area
61 EST_DATE 4 4 I - Year of
establishment,
if known
65 80 80 C - Comments about
DESCRIPTION significant
biodiversity
elements in
the area
INFO Items:
INFO Filename: LANDCOV.PAT
REGION Region Name
CAS Cascade Ranges
CW Central Western California
ESN East of the Sierra Nevada
GV Great Central Valley
MOD Modoc Plateau
MOJ Mojave Desert
NW Northwestern California
SN Sierra Nevada
SON Sonoran Desert
SW Southwestern California
INFO Filename: MA.OWNERS
OWNER OWNNAME
0 None (outside coverage)
1 Private
2 The Nature Conservancy
3 Audubon Society
4 Other Conservancies, Land Trusts, Private
Universities
5 Water
10 County-City-Regional Lands
11 County-City-Regional Parks and Preserves
12 Water Districts etc.
13 Open Space Districts
20 State Lands--State Lands Commission
21 California Dept. of Forestry & Fire Protection
23 California Dept. of Parks and Recreation
24 California Dept. of Fish and Game
25 California Dept. of Water Resources
30 Military--unknown branch
31 Army Corps of Engineers
32 Army
33 Navy
34 Marines
35 Air Force
36 National Guard
40 US Bureau of Reclamation
41 US Bureau of Indian Affairs
50 US Fish and Wildlife Service
55 National Seashore or National Recreation Area
60 National Monument
65 US National Park Service
70 US Bureau of Land Management
75 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
76 Coast Guard
80 US Forest Service--Miscellaneous
81 Angeles National Forest
82 Cleveland National Forest
83 Eldorado National Forest
84 Inyo National Forest
85 Klamath National Forest
86 Lassen National Forest
87 Los Padres National Forest
88 Mendocino National Forest
89 Modoc National Forest
90 Plumas National Forest
91 San Bernardino National Forest
92 Sequoia National Forest
93 Shasta-Trinity National Forest
94 Sierra National Forest
95 Six Rivers National Forest
96 Stanislaus National Forest
97 Tahoe National Forest
98 Toiyabe National Forest (Region 4)
99 Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
100 Rogue River National Forest (Region 6)
101 Siskiyou National Forest (Region 6)
INFO Filename: MA.PAT INFO Item: SOURCE
SOURCE DESCRIPTION
1 TEALE OWNERSHIP COVERAGE - BLM SURFACE
MANAGEMENT SERIES
2 SANTA MONICA MTS NRA COVERAGE
3 DIGITIZED UCSB GEOGRAPHY
4 CA HERITAGE DIVISION--DFG SITES
5 CA HERITAGE DIVISION--TNC SITES
6 BLM RIVERSIDE DISTRICT--ACECS
7 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
DRAINAGE PROGRAM
8 CA HERITAGE DIVISION--USFS RNA'S
9 SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY OPEN SPACE
10 BLM HOLLISTER AREA ACEC'S
11 BLM STATE OFFICE--DESERT CONSERVATION BILL
12 BLM Bakersfield District Office
13 BLM Ukiah District Office
INFO Filename: MA.PAT INFO Item: STATUS
STATUS DESCRIPTION
1 An area having permanent protection from
conversion of natural land cover and a
mandated management plan in operation to
maintain a natural state within which
disturbance events (of natural type,
frequency, and intensity) are allowed to
proceed without interference or are mimicked
through management. (Fire is usually
suppressed in most managed areas in
California, however).
2 An area having permanent protection from
conversion of natural land cover and a
mandated management plan in operation to
maintain a primarily natural state, but which
may receive use or management practices that
degrade the quality of existing natural
communities.
3 An area having permanent protection from
conversion of natural land cover for the
majority of the area, but subject to
extractive uses of either a broad,
low-intensity type or localized intense type.
It also confers protection to federally listed
endangered and threatened species throughout
the area.
4 Lack of irrevocable easement or mandate to
prevent conversion of natural habitat types to
anthropogenic habitat types and allow for
intensive use throughout the tract, or
existence of such restrictions is unknown.
INFO Filename: MA.PAT INFO Item: MACODE
This ten character code consists of 1 character for managing agency
type, 2
characters for managing agency, 2 characters for managing agency unit
type,
4 characters usually the first four letters of the managed area name,
and 1
character tie-breaker. Thus the first 5 characters represent the MATYPE
described below. The codes were generally assigned by the California
Heritage Program, but supplemented at UCSB when codes were not previously
assigned, either for additional types or for new managed areas.
Note: although the Heritage Program uses a 14 character code, the
last four
characters represent the state and nation abbreviations, which for
this
coverage would always be CA and US respectively. If this coverage
were to be
mosaicked with other states, these codes should be appended.
INFO Filename: MA.PAT INFO Item: MATYPE
MATYPE Description
FAFBA Federal-Air Force Base
FAFPL Federal-Air Force Plant
FAFST Federal-Air Force Station
FARBA Federal-Army Base
FARCE Federal-Corps of Engineers Project
FARDP Federal-Army Depot
FBIIR Federal-Bureau of Indian Affairs Reservation
FBLAC Federal-BLM Area of Critical Environmental
Concern
FBLCA Federal-BLM National Conservation Area
FBLEA Federal-BLM Conservation Easement
FBLWA Federal-BLM Wilderness Area
FBLWP Federal-BLM Wilderness Area-Proposed
FBLWS Federal-BLM Wilderness Study Area
FBRPR Federal-Bureau of Reclamation
FFSCS Federal-Forest Service Condor Sanctuary
FFSEA Federal-Forest Service Conservation Easement
FFSEF Federal-Forest Service Experimental Forest
FFSLU Federal-Forest Service Land Use Project
FFSMA Federal-Forest Service Management Area
FFSMU Federal-Forest Service Management Unit
FFSNF Federal-Forest Service National Forest
FFSRN Federal-Forest Service Research Natural Area
FFSSI Federal-Forest Service Special Interest Area
FFSWA Federal-Forest Service Wilderness Area
FFSWS Federal-Forest Service Wild and Scenic River
FFWWA Federal-Fish & Wildlife Service Wilderness
Area
FFWWP Federal-Fish & Wildlife Service Wildlife
Property
FFWWR Federal-Fish & Wildlife Service National
Wildlife Refuge
FMCBA Federal-Marine Corps Base
FNABA Federal-Navy Base
FNONA Federal-NOAA Estuarine Research Reserve
FNPNM Federal-National Park System National Monument
FNPNP Federal-National Park System National Park
FNPNR Federal-National Park System National
Recreation Area
FNPNS Federal-National Park System National Seashore
FNPPR Federal-National Park System National Preserve
FNPWA Federal-National Park System Wilderness Area
PASNP Private-California Academy of Science Natural
Preserve
PLTEA Private-Land Trust Easement
PLTPR Private-Land Trust Preserve
PNAAS Private-Audubon Society Sanctuary
PNCPR Private-Nature Conservancy Preserve
PSUBP Stanford University Biological Preserve
PUNPR Private-Preserves with other or unknown owners
REBBE Regional-County-City Beach
REBOS Regional-District Open Space
REBPA Regional-County-City Park
REBPR Regional-County-City Preserve
REBRE Regional-County-City Recreation Area
REBSB Regional-County-City (State) Beach
REBSH Regional-County-City Shoreline
REBWI Regional-County-City Wilderness
RMUWD Regional-Municipal Utility District or Water
District
SDFSF State-Forestry and Fire Protection State
Forest
SFGER State-Fish & Game Ecological Preserve
SFGPA State-Fish & Game Public Access
SFGUN State-Fish & Game Undesignated
SFGWL State-Fish & Game Wildlife Area
SFGWP State-Fish & Game Wildlife Property
SPRHM State-Parks and Recreation Historic Monument
SPRHP State-Parks and Recreation Historic Park
SPRRA State-Parks and Recreation State Recreation
Area
SPRSB State-Parks and Recreation State Beach
SPRSP State-Parks and Recreation State Park
SPRSR State-Parks and Recreation State Reserve
SPRSW State-Parks and Recreation State Wilderness
SPRUN State-Parks and Recreation State Unclassified
SPRVR State-Parks and Recreation State Vehicular
Recreation Area
SPRWC State-Parks and Recreation State Wayside
Campground
SUCFS State-University of California Field Station
SUCNR State-University of California Natural Reserve
SUCRS State-University of California Research
Station
SUCUC State-University of California Campus
SWCEA State-Water Control Board Easement"