BlackBearHumanConflict is an ESRI SDE Feature Class showing human/bear
conflict areas for Black Bear (Ursus americanus) in Colorado.
Human/bear Conflict Areas are defined as that portion of the overall
range where two or more confirmed black bear complaints per season were
received which resulted in Colorado Division of Wildlife investigation,
damage to persons or property (cabins, tents, vehicles, etc.), and/or
the removal of the problem bear(s). This does not include damage caused
by bears to livestock.
This information was derived from field personnel. A variety of data
capture techniques were used including drawing on mylar overlays at
1:50,000 scale USGS county mapsheets and implementation of the
SmartBoard Interactive Whiteboard using stand-up, real-time digitizing
at various scales (Cowardin, M., M. Flenner. March 2003. Maximizing
Mapping Resources. GeoWorld 16(3):32-35).
Dataset was acquired from a third party distributor who obtained it from CDOW in January 2011. The authoritative data source is available on ArcGIS.com (http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=357b67e80978450cbdef820d66d91564) and will be updated from that location.