Known bald eagle nesting territories within the state of Florida were surveyed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) during the 2016 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 2016 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 layer eagle_nests_2015.
Monitor bald eagle nesting activity in Florida
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.
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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.
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GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
These data appear to be logically and topologically consistent
These data are complete as of the data available to FWRI in September 2017
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
Spatial and Attribute Information
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.
The GeoPlan Center took the following steps during the QA/QC process: - Downloaded the datasets from FFWCC on 7/26/2018 using this link: http://geodata.myfwc.com/pages/downloads (original dataset was in shapefile format and in the WGS 1984 geographic coordinate system). - The dataset was projected into the FGDL Albers HPGN projection using the WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida transformation. - OBJECTID field was removed. - DESCRIPT field added based on the NESTID field. Any records with no data in the NESTID field had their DESCRIPT field calculated as 'NO DESCRIPT AVAILABLE'. - FGDLAQDATE field added based on the date the dataset was downloaded from the source. - The longest record for each field was found and field character lengths were shortened to appropriate shortest lengths possible. - Uppercased fields and appropriate records in the dataset. - Layer name changed from Eagle_Nesting.shp to eagle_nests_2016.shp
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Feature geometry.
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Bald eagle nesting territory identifier
FWRI
County in which the nesting territory is located
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Florida PLSS Township
FWRI
Florida PLSS Range
FWRI
Florida PLSS Section
FWRI
Page # of the DeLorme Florida Atlas & Gazetteer where the nest can be found
FWRI
Most recent year nest was known by FWC to be active
FWRI
Most recent year that the nesting territory was surveyed
FWRI
Latitude in decimal degrees
FWRI
Longitude in decimal degrees
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 1998?
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Active Nest
FWRI
Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 1999?
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 2000?
FWRI
Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 2001?
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 2002?
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 2003?
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 2004?
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 2005?
FWRI
Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 2006?
FWRI
Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 2007?
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 2008?
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Nest Not Surveyed
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 2009?
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Nest Not Surveyed
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 2010?
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Visited Nest, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Nest Not Surveyed
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 2011?
FWRI
Nest Not Surveyed
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Nest Visited, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 2012?
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Nest Not Visited
FWRI
Nest Visited, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Was the nesting territory active in 2013?
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Nest Not Visited
FWRI
Nest Visited, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Was the nest active during the 2014 surveys?
FWRI
Un surveyed nest
FWRI
Unobserved nest
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Undetermined activity
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Was the nest active during the 2015 surveys?
FWRI
Nest Not Visited
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Nest Visited, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Was the nest active during the 2016 surveys?
FWRI
Nest Not Surveyed
FWRI
Inactive Nest
FWRI
Active Nest
FWRI
Unobserved Nest
FWRI
Nest Visited, Activity Undetermined
FWRI
Undefined by Source
GeoPlan
GeoPlan added field based on NESTID
GeoPlan
GeoPlan added field based on date data acquired from source
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Unique ID added by GeoPlan
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