FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2006

TITLE: FLORIDA NATURAL AREAS INVENTORY CONSERVATION AREAS ZONE C

Geodataset Name:     FNAICC
Geodataset Type:     Shape
Geodataset Feature:  Polygon

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

This dataset illustrates areas of conservation interest as categorized by the Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI).

DATA SOURCE(S):                       FLORIDA NATURAL AREAS INVENTORY
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:        1:123,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:         March 1995
GEODATASET EXTENT:                    State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES
Data file name: FNAICC.DBF

ITEM NAME    WIDTH     TYPE          PRECISION
AREA         18        Decimal       5
PERIMETER    18        Decimal       5
FNAICC_      11        Decimal       0
FNAICC_ID    11        Decimal       0
STATUS        5        Character     -
ACRES        10        Decimal       0
PNAID         7        Decimal       0
PRIORITY      6        Character     -
SITECODE     14        Character     -
SITENAME     12        Character     -
SITEALIAS    78        Character     -
RPC           7        Character     -

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES

Item        Item description
STATUS      Four-digit code that designates the Areas of Conservation
            Interest category.
ACRES       Acreage of Area of Conservation Interest.
PNAID       FNAI's original ID in the records of potential natural
            areas.
PRIORITY    PA refers to the document "Florida Natural Areas Inventory
            Data Sets."  This is an incomplete attribute.  FNAI's
            further ecological analysis will determine the site's
            protection priorities as P1, P2, P3, and P4.
SITECODE    FNAI's site code.
SITENAME    FNAI's temporary site name, ignore.
SITEALIAS   The local name of the site, incomplete.
RPC         Abbreviation of the Regional Planning District in which
            the Area of Conservation Interest is located.
    VALUE        DESCRIPTION
    APA          Apalachee
    CFL          Central Florida
    ECF          East Central Florida
    NCF          North Central
    NEF          North East
    SFL          South Florida
    SWF          South West Florida
    TBY          Tampa Bay
    TRC          Treasure Coast
    WFL          West Florida

USER NOTES:

The FNAI data are designed to provide information about significant natural resources for use by the Regional Planning Councils (RPCs) in preparing their Strategic Policy Plans. Areas of Conservation Interest (ACIs) are sites that support currently unprotected examples of important natural resources; the ACIs are delineated into three categories. Lands already on Florida's Conservation and Recreation lands (CARL) and Save Our Rivers (SOR) project lists are excluded. Areas of Conservation Interest Category B were identified primarily from aerial photographic interpretation of natural communities by FNAI scientist and from input during the Regional Ecological Workshops (REW) held in each Regional Planning Council during 1993 and 1994. Participants in REW included, but were not limited to: county foresters, Water Management Districts, county Planning and Parks offices, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) regional offices, DEP district Biologists, county Soil Conservation Service employees, Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission regional biologists, local chapters of the Florida Native Plant Society, National Audobon Society, Sierra Club, and other environmental groups, federal agencies involved in natural resource issues, Nature 2000 symposium participants, P-2000 map charette attendees, CARL liaison staff members, and academic researchers. Staff from RPCs were asked to provide additional input about locally knowledgeable persons. Participants were asked to identify rare and threatened natural communities, endangered species habitats, endangered plant communities, outstanding natural areas, and other outstanding natural features within the RPC area and to mark sites that they wished to nominate for consideration as ACIs on county highway maps.

The ACIs presented on these maps are preliminary. Areas of Conservation Interest Category B sites are considered to have higher priority than Category C sites based on the quality, size, and rarity of their natural communities. Although reliable information was obtained from aerial photographic interpretation and regional workshops, most of these sites have not been field-surveyed, and information from the FNAI data base and Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission priority wildlife habitat analysis have not been fully incorporated. Verification of the current conditions of Category A and B sites is a major ongoing task of FNAI. FNAI will continue to review and refine the priority rankings of individual sites, based on additional criteria that fully incorporate information from its data base, as the regional ecological analyses continue. This dataset was completed in March 1995; however, FNAI continually revises the data set. For critical decisions relying upon these data, contact FNAI directly for up-to-date information.

Caution: The quantity and quality of data collected by the Florida Natural Areas Inventory are dependent on the research and observations of many individuals and organizations. In most cases, species and natural community occurrences are not the result of comprehensive or site-specific field surveys; many natural areas in Florida have never been thoroughly surveyed. The FNAI data base represents a compilation of information extracted from published and unpublished literature, museums and herbaria, field surveys, personal communications, and other sources.

Records for new occurrences of plants and animals are continuously being added to the database, and older occurrence records may change as new information is gathered. For these reasons, FNAI cannot provide a definitive statement on the presence, absence, or condition of biological elements in any part of Florida. These maps should never be regarded as final statements on the elements or areas being considered, nor should they be substituted for on-site surveys required for environmental assessments.

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers
-Set Precision to DOUBLE
-Set Tolerances to FGDL Standards

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DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS

Projection                        ALBERS
Units                             METERS
Datum                             HPGN
Spheroid                          GRS1980
1st standard parallel             24   0  0.000
2nd standard parallel             31  30  0.000
central meridian                 -84   0  0.000
latitude of projection's origin   24   0  0.000
false easting (meters)            400000.00000
false northing (meters)           0.00000

DATA SOURCE CONTACT(S):

Name:                   FLORIDA NATURAL AREAS INVENTORY
Abbr. Name:             FNAI
Address:                Florida Natural Areas Inventory
                        1018 Thomasville Road
                        Tallahassee,  FL  32303
Phone:                  (850) 224-8207
Web site:               http://www.fnai.org
Contact Person:         
         Phone:         (850) 224-8207

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Abbr. Name:             FGDL
Address:                Florida Geographic Data Library
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                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
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