rea_0308_1383

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Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico
Publication_Date: 20080331
Title: rea_0308_1383
Edition: version 1.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://nmconservation.org/>
Description:
Abstract:
The New Mexico Rangeland Ecological Assessment, a project of The Nature Conservancy and Bureau of Land Management in New Mexico, developed a map of states covering portions of southern New Mexico, US, based on Natural Resources Conservation Service ecological sites (NRCS ESDs) and expert knowledge. States were mapped by rangeland professionals using NRCS soil surveys and ESDs as guides. States were attributed with other information from ESDs including reference/non-reference condition, vegetation under reference condition, current vegetation, generalized states, transition drivers, restorative management options and interpreted restoration potential. Results are appropiriate for mid-scale assessment, have not been assessed for accuracy and may not be appropriate for fine-scale and location-specific assessment unless validated. For further information, including methods used to create this spatial dataset and guidance for its use and integration as part of a comprehensive restoration strategy, see the New Mexico Rangeland Ecological Assessment Final Report (The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico, 2008).
Purpose:
To provide a mid-scale spatial information resource informative about ecological condition and restoration opportunity across a large area, and to support restoration priority setting and a land management strategy of assessment, restoration, monitoring and adaptive management. Potential users include the Bureau of Land Management, The Nature Conservancy, other agencies and organizations and the public.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 2004
Ending_Date: 2006
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: REQUIRED: The state of the data set.
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Updates are recommended based on available data.
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -109.141195
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -103.005486
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.645118
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 31.308679
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:
REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.
Place:
Place_Keyword: New Mexico
Access_Constraints:
REQUIRED: Restrictions and legal prerequisites for accessing the data set.
Use_Constraints:
Developed at approximately 1:23,000 to 1:250,000 scale depending on location and expert mapper. Spatial data have not been assessed for accuracy, information sources (e.g. NRCS soil survey mapping templates, NRCS ecological site descriptions) varied in detail and quality, and expert mappers varied in their scale and precision of mapping and field experience. Polygons were typically not reconciled (e.g. edge-matched) across reference features used during expert mapping, such as soil-survey and 1:100,000 scale topographic map boundaries. This spatial dataset was developed for mid-scale application and may not be appropriate for fine-scale or location specific application unless validated. The user assumes responsiblity for using this dataset.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico
Contact_Address:
City: Santa Fe
State_or_Province: New Mexico
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 505-988-1542
Data_Set_Credit:
This dataset was prepared by The Nature Conservancy based on mapping by rangeland professionals from vaious agencies and organizations, especally staff of the USDI Bureau of Land Management, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, New Mexico Cooperative Extension, US DOD Fort Bliss and USDA Agricultural Resources Conservation Service-Jornada Experimental Range.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.4.1420

Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: This dataset has not been assessed for accuracy.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Metadata imported.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
C:\data\projects\tnc\projects\NMFO_BLM_fire\project\projects\reports\final_07\REA\Appendices\rea_0308_1383.shp.xml

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4061

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator
Universal_Transverse_Mercator:
UTM_Zone_Number: 13
Transverse_Mercator:
Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -105.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000
False_Easting: 500000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: rea_0308_1383
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ID
Attribute_Definition: Internal identification code
Attribute_Definition_Source: The Nature Conservancy
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ID_LINK
Attribute_Definition: Internal identification code
Attribute_Definition_Source: The Nature Conservancy
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition: square meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PERIMETER
Attribute_Definition: meters
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ACRES
Attribute_Definition: acres
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STCUR
Attribute_Definition: Current state
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NRCS ecological site description (NRCS states) or expert mapper knowledge (expert-states).
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LRU_ES
Attribute_Definition: NRCS land resource unit and ecological site name
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NRCS ecological site descriptions (NRCS states) or expert mapper knowledge (expert-states).
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: R_NR
Attribute_Definition: Reference or Non-reference condition
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NRCS ecological site descriptions (NRCS states) or expert mapper knowledge (expert-states).
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: reference condition
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: non-reference condition
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: RP
Attribute_Definition: Restoration Potential - restoration management effort
Attribute_Definition_Source:
Interpreted by The Nature Conservancy from management options described for states in NRCS ecological site descriptions (ESDs). Applies to states based on ESDs, not expert-states.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: MD (nsc-sc)
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: na
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: EXPDATE
Attribute_Definition: Export date
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain:
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STREF
Attribute_Definition:
Reference condition state corresponding to current state according to NRCS ecological site descriptions.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NRCS ecological site descriptions (NRCS states) or expert mapper knowledge (expert-states). The REA limited analysis of this attribute to NRCS states.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NRCS_STA
Attribute_Definition:
NRCS State - states described in NRCS ecological site descriptions that have state-transition models
Attribute_Definition_Source: NRCS ecological site descriptions (NRCS states).
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Appears to match state described in an NRCS ecological site description (NRCS state), but this is not certain. The REA included these states as NRCS states in analyses.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CVF
Attribute_Definition: Current Vegetation Fine Scale
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NRCS ecological site descriptions (NRCS states), not expert-states.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bare/annuals
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: G
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grass-dominated
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GS
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grass/shrub mix (savanna)
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GST
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grass/shrub/tree mix (savanna)
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GT
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grass/tree mix (savanna)
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: S
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Shrub-dominated
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: T
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Tree-dominated
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: RVF
Attribute_Definition:
Reference Condition Vegetation Fine Scale - vegetation of corresponding reference condition state according to NRCS ecological site description.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NRCS ecological site descriptions (NRCS states), not expert-states.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: BA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bare/annuals
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: G
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grass-dominated
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GS
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grass/shrub mix (savanna)
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GST
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grass/shrub/tree mix (savanna)
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GT
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grass/tree mix (savanna)
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: T
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Tree-dominated
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CVC
Attribute_Definition: Current Vegetation Coarse Scale
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NRCS ecological site descriptions (NRCS states), not expert-states.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bare/annuals
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: G
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grass-dominated
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GW
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grass/woody (grass/shrub and/or tree mix; savanna)
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: W
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Woody-dominated (shrub, tree)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: RVC
Attribute_Definition:
Reference Condition Vegetation Coarse Scale - vegetation of corresponding reference condition state according to NRCS ecological site description.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NRCS ecological site descriptions (NRCS states), not expert-states.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bare/annuals
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: G
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grass-dominated
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GW
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Grass/woody (grass/shrub and/or tree mix; savanna)
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: W
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Woody-dominated (shrub, tree)
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Perimeter
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Area
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Acres
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Hectares
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: HECTARES
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NRCS_CLS
Attribute_Definition: NRCS ecological site descriptions (NRCS states).
Attribute_Definition_Source: Classifies NRCS_Sta 1 or 2 values as 1, and others as 0.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NRCSID_ESD
Attribute_Definition: NRCS ecological site description code.
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NRCS ecological site descriptions (NRCS states), not expert-states, not complexes.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ID_Link
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GSF
Attribute_Definition: Generalized State Fine Scale
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NRCS ecological site descriptions (NRCS states), not expert-states.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bare/annuals; altered from reference condition
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: GI
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: SI
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: TI
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: STD
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: TA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
Tree-altered; reference condition grass species and ecological processes highly altered
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: RBA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Reference condition Bare/annuals
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: RG
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Reference condition Grass-dominated
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: RGS
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Reference condition Grass/shrub mix (savanna)
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: RS
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Reference condition Shrub-dominated
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: GSC
Attribute_Definition: Generalized State Coarse Scale
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NRCS ecological site descriptions (NRCS states), not expert-states.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: WD
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: BA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Bare/annuals; altered from reference condition
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Reference condition Grass-dominated
Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Reference condition Grass/woody mix (shrub, tree; savanna)
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: RW
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Reference condition Woody-dominated
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TD
Attribute_Definition:
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Attribute_Definition_Source:
NRCS ecological site descriptions (NRCS states), not expert-states.
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Fire-related (e.g. altered fire regime, fire suppression)
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: G
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Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: S
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Enumerated_Domain:
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition: Restoration Management Options
Attribute_Definition_Source:
NRCS ecological site descriptions (NRCS states), not expert-states.
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Enumerated_Domain_Value: NA
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
Ecological sites and states based on NRCS ecological site descriptions and expert mappers.

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico
Contact_Address:
City: Santa Fe
State_or_Province: New Mexico
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability:
The Nature Conservancy nor any institution responsible for creating this dataset are responsible for the re-distribution, content, or use of these data.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
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Format_Name: Shapefile
Transfer_Size: 29.951
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name: <http://nmconservation.org/>

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20080429
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
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Contact_Organization: The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico
Contact_Address:
City: Santa Fe
State_or_Province: New Mexico
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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