FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: BALD EAGLE NESTING LOCATIONS IN FLORIDA 1998 - 2014

Geodataset Name:       EAGLE_NESTS_2014
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         2511
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 2014 nesting season with fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft. 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 2014 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_2013.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20150601 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 1998 End Date: 2014 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: EAGLE_NESTS_2014.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
NestID
80 String
County
80 String
NestTownsh
80 String
NestRange
80 String
NestSectio
80 String
GazPage
8 Double
LastKnownA
8 Double
LastSurvey
8 Double
LatDec
8 Double
LonDec
8 Double
Act98
80 String
Act99
80 String
Act00
80 String
Act01
80 String
Act02
80 String
Act03
80 String
Act04
80 String
Act05
80 String
Act06
80 String
Act07
80 String
Act08
80 String
Act09
80 String
Act10
80 String
Act11
80 String
Act12
80 String
Act13
80 String
Act14
80 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

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

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


Act14 Was the nest active in 2014?
Y = Active Nest

N = Inactive Nest

U = Next 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 June 2015.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.

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

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 
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REFERENCES:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
GIS & Mapping Data Downloads
http://geodata.myfwc.com/

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: 201404

GIS data manager joined the 2014 survey attribute to the existing shapefile that contains all previous survey data. Updated metadata. Process Date: 201506
GeoPlan downloaded the data on October 8th, 2015 from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute GIS & Mapping Data Downloads http://geodata.myfwc.com/ eagle_nesting.zip eagle_nesting.shp The data was originally projected to: GCS_WGS_1984 During the QA/QC process, GeoPlan performed the following tasks: - Reprojected the dataset to FGDL Albers using the following transformation: WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + 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_2014.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: 20151008
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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