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1807 13th Street, Suite 202
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 322-2493

Data Products — By Program

 

• California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB)
• California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR)
• Other Products
• Biogeographic Information and Observation System (BIOS)
• CalFish

California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB)

• California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) Subscription
  Includes Rarefind 3, a stand-alone database application for Windows.  Search for, analyze and generate reports for thousands of occurrences of rare native species and natural communities.  Also includes CNDDB GIS Data.
• California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) Overlays at 1:24,000 scale
  Each map is a vellum or mylar overlay of CNDDB data for a 1:24,000 scale USGS base map with text reports. Prices may vary depending on individual quad.  Call to order.
• California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) License Agreement
• California Native Species Field Survey Form
  (To download a copy to your computer for use offline, right click on the above link and choose "Save Target As....")
• General Instructions for Completing CNDDB Field Survey Form  (600KB - Includes sample map and sample completed form)
• California Natural Community Field Survey Form
  (To download a copy to your computer for use offline, right click on the above link and choose "Save Target As....")
• Instructions for Collecting Information with Global Positioning Systems for the CNDDB
• How to read CNDDB Quad Map Overlays

California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR)

• California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR) Version 8.1 Software
  A database application compiled as a stand-alone program in Visual Dbase.  Predicts presence of and habitat suitability for 692 terrestrial vertebrates based on geographic distribution, relationships to habitats and stages, seasonal use patterns and presence of habitat elements.  Prints species life history descriptions, habitat descriptions and custom reports of database queries.  Also includes BIOVIEW, an application that translates habitat suitability values for wildlife species into data that can be used in a GIS, with an option to apply fuzzy logic to the calculation of these values.  User's Manual included on CD.
• Species Range Maps from California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR)
  GIS shapefiles captured at 1:1,000,000 scale showing statewide range by season of the 692 terrestrial vertebrates in CWHR.   2005.
• A Guide to Wildlife Habitats of California (1988)
  Mayer, K.E. and W.F. Laudenslayer, Jr., (black and white copies only)
• Habitat Suitability Models for 28 Selected Species from California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR) System
  Technical reports which accompany ARCInfo GRID models.  Each model is a Level II, spatially explicit wildlife habitat relationships model which builds on CWHR habitat suitability information with distance to resources, home range, habitat patch size and territory.
• A Checklist for Proposing Changes to the California Wildlife Habitat Relationships System
• CWHR Report Evaluation Checklist
• CWHR Wooded Habitats Sampling Data Sheet
• CWHR Non-wooded Habitats Sampling Data Sheet
• Clarification of the Measurement of California Wildlife Habitat Relationships (CWHR) System Size Class 5 and 6 for Tree Habitats
• Element Checklist — Wooded and Non-wooded habitats
• CWHR Database Query Worksheet

Other Products

• Gap Analysis of Mainland California (GAP)
  GIS application compiled as a stand-alone program by GAP Analysis Program at UC Santa Barbara (1998).  Query, display, analyze and graph land cover, plant community, ownership/management status and geographic features.  Generate maps and reports.
• California Central Valley Vernal Pool Habitat GIS Data
  ArcInfo coverage and map of California Central Valley Vernal Pool Habitat polygons 40 acres or larger, with qualitative attributes.
• California Central Valley Wetlands and Riparian GIS Data Sets
  Raster data set of wetlands, riparian woody areas, and surrounding landcover in three key regions:  1) the Sacramento Valley, 2) the San Francisco Bay/Delta, and 3) the San Joaquin Valley.  Developed to support cooperative conservation planning and wetland resource protection efforts of state, federal, and local agencies and private organizations.  Landsat Thematic Mapper satellite imagery was processed to map land cover classes from three broad categories: wetlands, agriculture, and uplands.
• California Vernal Pool Assessment Preliminary Report (1998)
  Keeler-Wolf, T., D.R. Elam, K. Lewis and S.A. Flint. 1998
  A summary of the current statewide body of knowledge for vernal pools.  The vernal pool regions identified in the report accentuate the variety of distinct natural resources encompassed in California vernal pools: the rare and endemic plants and animals, the variety of vernal pool types, and the relationship of geography to these factors.  Division of the state into vernal pool regions can also enable us to understand the widely varying management concerns for the state's pools.
• Changes in Great Valley Vernal Pool Distribution from 1989 to 1997
  Report prepared by Dr. Robert Holland, PhD.
• California Native Plant Status Reports
  Rare plant status reports were produced at various times between 1977 and 1993 for selected species native to California.  Note that the most reliable information in the status reports will be the plant description and synonomy; often there is also a useful drawing or photograph.  The distribution and status information is out of date for the majority of these reports.
• Conservation and Cooperation: Strategies for Making Endangered Species Laws Work - Kirlin
• Reassembling the Pieces:  A Strategy for Maintaining Biological Diversity in California, 60 pp.
• Mitigation Guidelines Regarding Impacts to Rare, Threatened and Endangered Plants - CNPS Advisory Committee
• Guidelines for Assessing Effects of Proposed Projects  on Rare, Threatened and Endangered Plants and Natural Communities - DFG/HCPB  (May, 2000 - 44kb)