Data format: File Geodatabase Feature Class
File or table name: FishWildlife_ObservationPoint
Coordinate system: Albers Conical Equal Area
Theme keywords: Wildlife, Habitat
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Data format: File Geodatabase Feature Class File or table name: FishWildlife_ObservationPoint Coordinate system: Albers Conical Equal Area Theme keywords: Wildlife, Habitat |
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Abstract:
The Fish and Wildlife Observation (FishWildlife_Observation) feature class represents sightings of aquatic and terrestrial animals. The feature class includes the sighting location on land or water and the following attributes: scientific name, common name, count, date, life history and life stage, observation method, observer name, observer qualifications, size class, and taxa level. **Please Note: The NRIS feature class is not fully available until all NRIS applications are in production at the Data Center and the NRIS data on the local Forest server are migrated to the Data Center. Please see the following website for the availability of NRIS data at the Data Center: http://fsweb.nris.fs.fed.us/ |
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The Fish and Wildlife Observation (FishWildlife_Observation) feature class represents sightings of aquatic and terrestrial animals. The feature class includes the sighting location on land or water and the following attributes: scientific name, common name, count, date, life history and life stage, observation method, observer name, observer qualifications, size class, and taxa level. **Please Note: The NRIS feature class is not fully available until all NRIS applications are in production at the Data Center and the NRIS data on the local Forest server are migrated to the Data Center. Please see the following website for the availability of NRIS data at the Data Center: http://fsweb.nris.fs.fed.us/
Corporate data contained within the FishWildlife_Observation feature class is intended for spatial display and analysis purposes.
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Fish and wildlife observations, including field sightings of aquatic and terrestrial animals.
Loaded into FishAndWildlife.gdb template from T:/FS/Reference/GIS/r06_mal/Data/FishWildlife_Observation/FishWildlife_Observation/FishWildlifeObservationPt as part of the Pacific Northwest Region Coverage to Geodatabase Conversion Project.
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Internal feature number.
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Feature geometry.
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The date that the observation occurred (from Survey date for WATER application).
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Scientific name of the species or taxon
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NRW_AB_TAXAS table in FS_NRIS_WATER oracle schema. Nrf_master_species_taxa table in FSDBA Oracle schema. Original source list from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (http://www.itis.usda.gov/advanced_search.html) web site
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Vernacular or common name of the species or taxon
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NRW_AB_TAXAS table in FS_NRIS_WATER oracle schema. NRF_master_species_taxa table in FSDBA Oracle schema. Original source list from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (http://www.itis.usda.gov/advanced_search.html) web site
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The common name for the taxonomic order to which the species belongs.
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Nrf_master_species_taxa table in FSDBA Oracle schema. Original source list from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (http://www.itis.usda.gov/advanced_search.html) web site
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Taxa Level (Family, Genus, Species, Etc.) for the taxon observed.
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Kingdom
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Phylum
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Class
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Order
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Family
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Genus
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Species
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Count of individuals, summarized by survey for WATER data.
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The life history of species (e.g., resident or anadromous)
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Rear in natal stream then migrate to lakes to mature. Potadromous.
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Not designated
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Found in small tributary streams, or lakes where they tend to live year round.
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Spawn in marine environments and migrate to freshwater to mature
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Rear in natal streams and migrate to marine environments to mature
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Rear in natal streams but reside in large rivers and streams following maturation.
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The life stage of animal.
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nrw_ab_life_stage_classes table in FS_NRIS_WATER oracle schema. Value list is available in type table value document at http://fsweb.nris.fs.fed.us/products/water/v123/documentation.shtml.
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Species size class.
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nrw_size_class_types table in FS_NRIS_WATER Oracle Schema. Value list is available in type table value document at http://fsweb.nris.fs.fed.us/products/water/v123/documentation.shtml.
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The reproductive status of the animal observed
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The animal or group observed shows evidence of reproduction that has failed (e.g. dead young, abandoned eggs, etc).
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The animal or group observed was capable of reproduction but did not engage in reproductive behavior.
Reproduction status cannot be determined.
The animal or group was observed outside of its reproductive season.
The animal or group observed shows evidence of current season reproduction. Some evidence of partial reproductive failure may be present.
The description of the size and relationship of the animal group observed.
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The group type of the animal was not relevant at the time of the observation.
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The group of animals observed was a congregation of singles, pairs, family groups, or a mix of types (e.g. herd, flock, swarm, etc).
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The group of animals observed was a family type or part of one or more than two adults or two adults with young.
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Only one animal was observed. The animal was not part of a pair or family group.
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Group type could not be determined due to lack of evidence.
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The animals observed were considered a pair due to protocol rules or professional judgment.
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Number of individuals recorded, by abundance class.
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Not Designated
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Taxa present and occur abundantly in sample area.
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Taxa present and occur commonly in sample area.
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Taxa present but uncommon in sample area
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Taxa present but rare in sample area.
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Method by which the animal was observed.
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Hook and line census.
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Count of indviduals in a single net set.
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Using destructive sampling techniques e.g. Rotenone.
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Mask and snorkel count, in daylight.
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Mask and snorkel count, at night.
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Count redds within a stream or lake.
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Electrofishing
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Count of a Taxa
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nrf_det_method_types table in FSDBA Oracle schema
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Description of observation method
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The name of the observer. For WATER data, this is the name of the contact who had a role assigned as "Observer".
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The qualifications of the observer to accurately identify the species.
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A person who has extensive field and research level experience with the species detected.
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A person who has extensive field experience with the species detected.
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A person with limited field experience with the species detected. Capable of making identifications among similar species or subspecies, or other species.
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The experience level of the observer is unknown. Species identification is made from the description.
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A person with no field experience identifying the wildlife species. Species identification made from description.
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Comments stored related to observation or survey
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Locally supplied identifier used for linking to data sources outside of NRIS.
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The estimated or known maximum distance in meters the actual point could be from the GIS feature.
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Unique spatial ID generated by the NRIS application for a survey or observation location.
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The unique ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System) taxonomic serial number that is assigned to each taxon's scientific name.
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Unique ID generated by the NRIS application for the observation record (sample_detail_cn for Water or DET_SID for Fauna).
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The geometry type of the feature in the source feature class. Point and Line features were buffered by 10 meters to create a polygon feature.
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A map feature that has neither length nor area at a given scale, such as a city on a world map or a building on a city map.
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map feature that has length but not area at a given scale, such as a river on a world map or a street on a city map.
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A map feature that bounds an area at a given scale, such as a country on a world map or a district on a city map.
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A map feature that represents a place or thing that has neither area nor length at a given scale, and that is treated as a single object with multiple locations. For example, the entrances and exits to a prairie dog den might be represented as a multipoint feature. A multipoint feature is associated with a single record in an attribute table.
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A type of geometry comprised of planar three-dimensional rings and triangles, used in combination to model objects that occupy discrete area or volume in three-dimensional space. Multipatches may represent geometric objects like spheres and cubes, or real-world objects like buildings and trees.
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The length of the source line feature, in Meters. For Point and Polygon features this attribute is Null.
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Describes whether data were collected by the Forest Service or a non-Forest Service organization.
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Data is not collected by the Forest Service (e.g. State Heritage, BLM, Private Timber Companies, etc). Describe in comments.
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Data is collected by the Forest Service.
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Unique identifier to link to local attributes.
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Internal feature number.
Feature geometry.
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