Cultivated Lands: San Francisco Bay Area, California, 2008

Author(s)

Bay Area Open Space Council, Conservation Lands Network, San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project, and GreenInfo Network (Firm)

Description

This polygon shapefile depicts cultivated lands in the nine county San Francisco Bay Area Region, California. This data was derived from the California Department of Conservation Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program (FMMP) data. FMMP defines Cultivated Land as arable land that is worked by plowing, sowing and raising of crops. The county data was merged into one dataset. The categories that the Conservation Lands Network (CLN) Project considered Cultivated Agriculture were pulled out and compiled for this dataset. Attributes are as follows: Prime Farmland (P), Farmland of Statewide Importance (S) and Unique Farmland (U). The Cultivated Agriculture is an important layer in the development of the CLN. These areas became part of the "Converted" lands and were extracted out of the final CLN. This dataset was developed/compiled for use in the San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project, a Project used to identify a Conservation Lands Network (CLN) for biodiversity preservation to inform conservation investments and lasting cooperative conservation partnerships. The Conservation Lands Network GIS Database is the primary output of the Project. The data depicts the spatially explicit CLN that is recommended for the nine county San Francisco Bay Area Region, California. Bay Area Open Space Council, GreenInfo Network, Conservation Lands Network, and San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project. (2011). Cultivated Lands: San Francisco Bay Area, California, 2008. Bay Area Open Space Council. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/dq887jx8651. California Department of Conservation Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program data: http://www.consrv.ca.gov/DLRP/fmmp/Pages/index.aspx This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Publisher

Bay Area Open Space Council

Collection

The Conservation Lands Network regional biodiversity GIS database

Place(s)

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.), Alameda County (Calif.), Contra Costa County (Calif.), Marin County (Calif.), Napa County (Calif.), San Francisco County (Calif.), San Mateo County (Calif.), Santa Clara County (Calif.), Solano County (Calif.), and Sonoma County (Calif.)

Subject(s)

Ecological zones, Agriculture, Farmland, Land use, Rural, Environment, Farming, and Boundaries

Year

2008

Held by

Stanford

More details at

https://purl.stanford.edu/dq887jx8651

Use and reproduction

This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.

Copyright

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