Baylands Boundary: San Francisco Bay Area, California, 1999

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Abstract: This polygon shapefile represents the edge of the baylands boundary, as published in the San Francisco Estuary Institute's Eco Atlas released in 1999. This boundary became the interior boundary of the San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project study area. According to the San Francisco Estuary Institute, baylands consist of the shallow water habitats around the San Francisco Bay between the maximum and minimum elevations of the tides (BCDC 1982, Bay Institute 1987). They are the lands that are touched by the tides, plus the lands that would be tidal in the absence of any levees, sea walls or other man-made structures that block the tides. Landward of the baylands are their watersheds. Bayward are the shallow and deep waters of the open bays and straits. Inside of this area was the focus of the Bayland Ecosystem Goals Project, as well as partially the Sub Tidal Goals Project.
Purpose: 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.

Type of resource	cartographic, software, multimedia
Form	Shapefile
Extent	1.482
Place	Berkeley, California, US
Publisher	Bay Area Open Space Council
Publication date	2011
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Map data	Scale not given. ; Custom projection W 122°38ʹ47ʺ--W 121°49ʹ3ʺ/N 38°16ʹ57ʺ--N 37°24ʹ34ʺW 122°38ʹ33ʺ--W 121°49ʹ18ʺ/N 38°16ʹ51ʺ--N 37°24ʹ39ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326

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

Supplemental information	Source metadata and data available at: http://www.sfei.org/ecoatlas
WGS84 Cartographics	This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/vw878wn8422

Use and reproduction: This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use.
Copyright: This work is in the Public Domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright.

Preferred citation: Bay Area Open Space Council, GreenInfo Network, Conservation Lands Network, and San Francisco Bay Area Upland Habitat Goals Project. (2011). Baylands Boundary: San Francisco Bay Area, California, 1999. Bay Area Open Space Council. Available at http://purl.stanford.edu/vw878wn8422.

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