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    Vegetation - Garcia River Forest [ds722]

    Metadata Updated: January 23, 2026

    Aerial Information Systems, Inc. (AIS) was contracted by the Nature Conservancy to create a vegetation map covering approximately 23,800 acres (~37 square miles) of the Garcia River Watershed east of Point Arena in Mendocino County. The vegetation map adheres to the 2008 National Vegetation Classification Standard (NVCS) and the Manual of California Vegetation (MCV). One-meter National Agricultural Inventory Program (NAIP) imagery flown in July of 2005 was used as a base for the delineated polygons and photo interpretation signature. Two trips were taken in July and August of 2007 for reconnaissance. The vegetation units were then interpreted across the entire study area using heads-up digitizing techniques through custom tools developed in the Arc GIS 9.2 Software that were enhanced by AIS.As a general rule, common and widespread vegetation units were delineated down to a minimum mapping unit (MMU) of approximately ½ hectare. Small wetlands and forest openings were delineated in several incidences below the MMU. The report can be found here: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=41130

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    Metadata Created Date January 23, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 23, 2026

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    Harvested from State of California

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 23, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 23, 2026
    Publisher California Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Maintainer
    Identifier ef33a632-faeb-45c1-8e97-0f163d64ae4a
    Data First Published 2018-06-22T16:01:45.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2026-01-07T22:17:46.910Z
    Category Natural Resources
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id c3d79603-4937-48ba-88d1-7b9c7e6c98e2
    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    License http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash e8231bf6b421041a74b141c51a43268dc3d64cfc162b5eca3871ada864d22b2f
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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