Caribou Range Boundary Coordinate system: 4269 - "NAD83" Abstract: This data set is a polygon feature that can be used to identify the location of a caribou range boundary, which provides a spatial reference towards an analytical frameworks within which caribou demographic performance and persistence is linked to the biophysical attributes of the land supporting caribou.

Additional Documentation

• Metadata Information

  Language: eng; CAN

  Last Update: 2014-01-27

  Other Maintenance Requirements:

  b50e1f7d-4c39-49e8-afa3-fc4fdadbea55

  Metadata Contact:

  Scholars Portal, Ontario Council of University Libraries Toronto Ontario, Canada

  Contact Instructions:

  gis@scholarsportal.info

  Metadata Standard:

  North American Profile of ISO19115:2003 - Geographic Information

• Citation Information

  
  
  

  Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Peterborough Ontario, Canada

  Themes or Categories of the Resource: environment

  Keywords:

  WILDLIFE, LAND USE PLANNING, LAND MANAGEMENT, FOREST MANAGEMENT, BIODIVERSITY, ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES, SPECIES, RISK, MANAGEMENT, MAMMALS, CARIBOU, ADMINISTRATION, WILDLIFE HABITAT

  WILDLIFE, WILDLIFE HABITAT, WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, LAND USE PLANNING, LAND USE, FOREST MANAGEMENT, BIODIVERSITY, SPECIES, RISK, MANAGEMENT, Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)

  Wildlife, Faune, Wildlife management, Gestion de la faune, Land management, Gestion des terres, Forest management, Gestion forestière, Biological diversity, Diversité biologique, Risk management, Gestion des risques, Mammals, Mammifère

  Place Keywords:

  Continent > North America > Canada > Ontario

  Purpose:

  The Caribou Range Boundaries are the basis for evaluating habitat conditions and identifying caribou habitat, assessing population trends, and assessing and addressing cumulative impacts.

  Dataset Language: eng; CAN

  Status: onGoing

  Update Frequency: asNeeded

  Spatial Representation Type: vector

  Extent

  West Longitude: -95.153667

  East Longitude: -79.516424

  North Latitude: 55.096064

  South Latitude: 47.210908

  
  

  Supplemental Information:

  Legislated or Legal Authority for Collection: The Endangered Species Act, 2007 legislates that the Province of Ontario will ensure that a strategy is prepared for the recovery of each species that is listed on the Species at Risk in Ontario List as an endangered or threatened species 2007, c. 6, s. 11 (1). In accordance of this criteria, the Woodland Caribou Recovery Strategy (2008) was prepared and provides the Province of Ontario with advice and recommendations on the goals, objectives and broad approaches needed for the recovery of Woodland Caribou. In section 4.0 (Recommended Approach to Identification and Protection of Habitat), the strategy recommends the identification and delineation of ranges and local populations; in support of the goal of the strategy - Section 1.0 ('Maintain self-sustaining, genetically-connected local populations of forest-dwelling woodland caribou where they currently exist; ensure security for and (reproductive) connections among currently isolated mainland local populations; and re-establish caribou in strategically selected landscape units to achieve self-sustaining local populations and ensure connectivity.'). Furthermore, the Ontario Woodland Caribou Conservation Plan (2009) was created which provides direction of caribou management. Section 2.0 (Adopt a Range Management Approach) of the CCP states that, 'Ontario will adopt a range management approach to Woodland Caribou recovery...Range management will be the approach that sets the spatial and ecological context for planning and management decisions within an adaptive management framework'. Section 2.2 further states that, 'Ontario will identify local caribou population ranges, as units of analysis, within the provincial distribution of caribou'. Measure Description: Horizontal: Precise: +/- 10 m; Vertical: Not Applicable.

• Spatial Representation - Vector

  Geometric Objects:

  Object Type: composite

  Object Count: 10

• Reference System Information

  Reference System Identifier

  Value: 4269

  Code Space: http://www.epsg-registry.org/

• Data Quality Information

  Scope Level: dataset

• Distribution Information

  Distributor:

  Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange, Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR) Peterborough Ontario, Canada