Suitable Desert Tortoise habitat, Arizona

Jan 20, 2011 (Last modified Mar 24, 2016)
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Digitized vector data of Desert Tortoise (gopherus agassizii suitable habitat in Arizona. Digitized from 1:100,000 scale manuscripts prepared by Field Office Wildlife Specialists or digitized on-screen and edited at 1:100,000 scale or larger by GIS specialists. The criteria used included elevation, terrain, climate and vegetation.

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Category 1: 1. Habitat Area essential to maintenance of large, viable populations. 2. Conflicts are resolvable. 3. Medium to high density or low density contiguous with medium or high density. 4. Increasing, stable, or decreasing population.
Category 2: 1. Habitat Area may be essential to maintenance of viable population. 2. Most conflicts are resolvable. 3. Medium to high density or low density contigous with medium or high density. 4. Stable or decreasing population.
Category 3: 1. Habitat Area not essential to maintenance of viable populations. 2. Most conflicts not resolvable. 3. Low to medium density not contigous with medium or high density. 4. Stable or decreasing population.
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Arizona BLM
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Online Linkages: http://www.blm.gov/az/gis/files.htm
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Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office
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NOT FOR LEGAL USE.
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desert tortoise, sonoran desert, mohave desert, tortoise
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