{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "These data represent the critical habitat for the green sturgeon (Southern DPS) designated under the Endangered Species Act on October 9, 2009 (74 FR 52300)....", "description": "

Critical habitat in bays and estuaries includes tidally influenced areas as defined by the elevation of mean higher high water (MHHW). The boundary between coastal marine areas and bays and estuaries is delineated by the COLREGS lines (33 CFR 80). <\/SPAN><\/P>

Critical habitat in coastal marine areas is defined by the zone between the 60 fathom (fm) depth bathymetry line and the line on shore reached by mean lower low water (MLLW), or to the COLREGS lines.<\/SPAN><\/P>

No areas were deemed ineligible for designation. No unoccupied areas were designated. 14 areas based on economic impacts and 5 areas based on national security impacts were excluded from this critical habitat designation and clipped out of the data. The following tribal lands were excluded from this designation, but were not clipped out of the data:<\/SPAN><\/P>

(1) Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community, California<\/SPAN><\/P>

(2) Cher-Ae Heights Trinidad Rancheria, California<\/SPAN><\/P>

(3) Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw, Oregon<\/SPAN><\/P>

(4) Coquille Indian Tribe, Oregon<\/SPAN><\/P>

(5) Hoh Tribe, Washington<\/SPAN><\/P>

(6) Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Washington<\/SPAN><\/P>

(7) Lower Elwha Tribe, Washington<\/SPAN><\/P>

(8) Makah Tribe, Washington<\/SPAN><\/P>

(9) Quileute Tribe, Washington<\/SPAN><\/P>

(10) Quinault Tribe, Washington<\/SPAN><\/P>

(11) Shoalwater Bay Tribe, Washington<\/SPAN><\/P>

(12) Wiyot Tribe, California<\/SPAN><\/P>

(13) Yurok Tribe, California<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>", "summary": "These data represent the critical habitat for the green sturgeon (Southern DPS) designated under the Endangered Species Act on October 9, 2009 (74 FR 52300)....", "title": "SturgeonGreen_SouthernDPS_20091009_poly_wm", "tags": [ "green sturgeon", "Southern DPS", "distinct population segment", "critical habitat", "Endangered Species Act", "ESA" ], "type": "", "typeKeywords": [], "thumbnail": "", "url": "", "minScale": 150000000, "maxScale": 5000, "spatialReference": "", "accessInformation": "National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), West Coast Region", "licenseInfo": "

This data set is meant as a general locational reference and is not the official definition. See 50 CFR 226.219 for the legal definition of green sturgeon (Southern DPS) critical habitat.<\/SPAN><\/P>

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