Dataset

Example Designations

Citation or hyperlink

PAD-US (CBI Edition)

National Parks, GAP Status 1 and 2, State Parks, Open Spaces, Natural Areas

“PAD-US (CBI Edition) Version 2.1b, California”. Conservation Biology Institute. 2016. https://databasin.org/datasets/64538491f43e42ba83e26b849f2cad28.

Conservation Easements

California Conservation Easement Database (CCED), 2022a. 2022. www.CALands.org. Accessed December 2022. 

Inventoried Roadless Areas

“Inventoried Roadless Areas.” US Forest Service. Dec 12, 2022. https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/roadless/2001roadlessrule/maps/?cid=stelprdb5382437

BLM National Landscape Conservation System

Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, National Monuments, National Conservation Lands, Conservation Lands of the California Desert, Scenic Rivers

https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-wilderness-areas

https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-wilderness-study-areas

https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-national-monuments-nca-forest-reserves-other-poly/

Greater Sage Grouse Habitat Conservation Areas (BLM)

For solar technology: BLM_Managm IN (‘PHMA’, ‘GHMA’, ‘OHMA’)

For wind technology: BLMP_Managm = ‘PHMA’

“Nevada and Northeastern California Greater Sage-Grouse Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment.” US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Nevada State Office. 2015. https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/lup/103343/143707/176908/NVCA_Approved_RMP_Amendment.pdf  

Other BLM Protected Areas

Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs), Recreation Areas (SRMA, ERMA, OHV Designated Areas), including Vinagre Wash Special Recreation Management Area, National Scenic Areas, including Alabama Hills National Scenic Area

https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-off-highway-vehicle-designations<o:p></o:p>

https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-areas-of-critical-environmental-concern<o:p>

https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-az-area-of-critical-environmental-concern-polygon

[Big Marias ACEC and Beale Slough Riparian and Cultural ACEC]

BLM, personal communication, November 2, 2022.

Mono Basin NFSA

https://pcta.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=cf1495f8e09940989995c06f9e290f6b#overview

Terrestrial 30x30 Conserved Areas

Gap Status 1 and 2

CA Nature. 30x30 Conserved Areas, Terrestrial. 2021. https://www.californianature.ca.gov/datasets/CAnature::30x30-conserved-areas-terrestrial/ Accessed September 2022.

CPAD

Open Spaces and Parks under city or county level 

California Protected Areas Database (CPAD), 2022b. 2022. https://www.calands.org/cpad/. Accessed February 22, 2023.

USFS Special Interest Management Areas

Research Natural Areas, Recreation Areas, National Recreational Trail, Experimental Forest, Scenic Area

https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/usfs::special-interest-management-areas-feature-layer/about

Proposed Protected Area

Molok Luyuk Extension (Berryessa Mtn NM Expansion)

CalWild, personal communication, January 19, 2023.