FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: BALD EAGLE NESTING LOCATIONS IN FLORIDA 1998 - 2013

Geodataset Name:       EAGLE_NESTS_2013
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         2426
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains known bald eagle nesting territories within the state of Florida were surveyed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) during the 2013 nesting season with fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft beginning in late November 2012 and extending through mid-April 2013. Nest locations were determined with the use of aircraft-based Global Positioning System (GPS) units. Accuracy of locations is estimated to be within 0.1 miles of the true location. Locations are given in longitude and latitude to hundredths of a minute. The Township, Range, and Section of each nest location are also provided. Township, Range, and Section were determined from the Public Land Survey System grid that includes Land Grant parcels. Yearly nest activity status is listed for the 1998 through 2013 nesting seasons. 'Y' denotes an active nest, 'N' denotes an inactive nest, 'U' denotes a nest that was visited but status was undetermined, '-' denotes an unobserved nest, and '*' denotes a nest that was not surveyed. New Survey Protocol: In 2008 the statewide bald eagle nesting territory survey protocol changed. The protocol change reduces annual statewide survey effort and increases the amount of information gained from the nests that are visited during the survey season. Nest productivity is now determined for a sub-sample of the nests that are surveyed annually. Nest activity and productivity information are critical to determining if the goals and objectives of the Bald Eagle Management Plan are being met. This is an update to the FGDL layer EAGLE_NESTS_2012.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 2014 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 1998 End Date: 20131231 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: EAGLE_NESTS_2013.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
NestID
254 String
County
254 String
NestTownsh
254 String
NestRange
254 String
NestSectio
254 String
GazPage
8 Double
LatDM
254 String
LonDM
254 String
LastKnownA
8 Double
LastSurvey
8 Double
LatDec
8 Double
LonDec
8 Double
LatAlb
8 Double
LonAlb
8 Double
Act98
1 String
Act99
1 String
Act00
1 String
Act01
1 String
Act02
1 String
Act03
1 String
Act04
1 String
Act05
1 String
Act06
1 String
Act07
1 String
Act08
1 String
Act09
1 String
Act10
1 String
Act11
1 String
Act12
1 String
Act13
1 String
DESCRIPT
25 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

NestID Bald eagle nesting territory identifier

County County in which the nesting territory is located

NestTownsh Florida PLSS Township

NestRange Florida PLSS Range

NestSectio Florida PLSS Section

GazPage Page # of the DeLorme Florida Atlas & Gazetteer where the nest can be found

LatDM Nest location latitude in degrees and minutes

LonDM Nest location longitude in degrees and minutes

LastKnownA Most recent year nest was known by FWC to be active

LastSurvey Most recent year that the nesting territory was surveyed

LatDec Latitude in decimal degrees

LonDec Longitude in decimal degrees

LatAlb Y-coordinate (N-S) in Albers (projection parameters below)

LonAlb X-coordinate (E-W) in Albers (projection parameters below)

Act98 Was the nesting territory active in 1998?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined

- = Unobserved Nest


Act99 Was the nesting territory active in 1999?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined

- = Unobserved Nest


Act00 Was the nesting territory active in 2000?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined

- = Unobserved Nest


Act01 Was the nesting territory active in 2001?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined

- = Unobserved Nest


Act02 Was the nesting territory active in 2002?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined

- = Unobserved Nest


Act03 Was the nesting territory active in 2003?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined

- = Unobserved Nest


Act04 Was the nesting territory active in 2004?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined

- = Unobserved Nest


Act05 Was the nesting territory active in 2005?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined

- = Unobserved Nest


Act06 Was the nesting territory active in 2006?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined

- = Unobserved Nest


Act07 Was the nesting territory active in 2007?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined

- = Unobserved Nest


Act08 Was the nesting territory active in 2008?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined

- = Unobserved Nest

* = Nest Not Surveyed


Act09 Was the nesting territory active in 2009?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined

- = Unobserved Nest

* = Nest Not Surveyed


Act10 Was the nesting territory active in 2010?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined

- = Nest Not Surveyed

* = Unobserved Nest


Act11 Was the nesting territory active in 2011?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Nest Visited, Activity Undetermined

- = Unobserved Nest

* = Nest Not Surveyed


Act12 Was the nesting territory active in 2012?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Nest Visited, Activity Undetermined

- = Unobserved Nest

* = Nest Not Visited


Act13 Was the nesting territory active in 2013?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Nest Visited, Activity Undetermined

- = Unobserved Nest

* = Nest Not Visited


DESCRIPT GeoPlan added field based on NEST_ID.

FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan


USER NOTES:
These data appear to be logically and topologically consistent
These data are complete as of the data available to FWRI in February 2014
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as 
the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been 
changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida 
Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to 
ongoing research, new research, and contact information.

Monitor bald eagle nesting activity in Florida

Accuracy of locations is estimated to be within 0.1 miles of the true location

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

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periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in 
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documents and are not to be used as such. This is not a survey data set and 
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REFERENCES:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Terrestrial Resources GIS Data
http://ocean.floridamarine.org/TRGIS/Description_Layers_Terrestrial.htm

FFWCC Bald Eagle Management:
http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/managed/bald-eagle/

Bald Eagle : General Information
http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/managed/bald-eagle/information/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Nest locations were determined with the use of aircraft-based Global Positioning 
System (GPS) units. Accuracy of locations is estimated to be within 0.1 miles of the 
true location.  Locations are given in longitude and latitude to hundredths of a 
minute. The Township, Range, and Section of each nest location are also 
provided.  Township, Range, and Section were determined from the Public Land 
Survey System grid that includes Land Grant parcels.
Process Date: 201304

GeoPlan downloaded the data on February 23rd, 2015 from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute TRGIS website: http://ocean.floridamarine.org/TRGIS/Description_Layers_Terrestrial.htm eagle_nesting.zip eagle_nesting.shp The data was originally projected to: PCS_Albers GCS_North_American_1983 During the QA/QC process, GeoPlan performed the following tasks: - Reprojected the dataset to FGDL Albers using the following transformation: NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida - Upcased all fields. - Added a DESCRIPT field based on the field [NEST_ID]. - Added FGDLAQDATE based on date FGDL acquired the data. - Renamed the dataset to eagle_nests_2013.shp Please Note: Previous TRGIS data layers were misidentified in the metadata as being in Albers HARN. FFWCC-FWRI said all TRGIS data is PCS Albers (Not HARN). The data now has a HARN transformation and so all of the data is shifted now (<1m) from the previous FGDL version. Process Date: 20150223
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
FFWCC - FWRI
620 S. Meridian St 5B6
Tallahassee, FL
32399
850-488-0588

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