Oregon Statewide Habitat

This data layer is an element of the Oregon GIS Framework. In 2015, the Oregon Biodiversity Information Center at Portland State University worked with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), to assist in their 2015 conservation strategy update. This work involved updating the maps of each of ODFW’s conservation strategy habitats originally created for the first strategy in 2006,and integrating these into a 2015 strategy habitat map. The updated maps took advantage of new data and spatial modeling tools. However, strategy habitats only represent only 11 of the approximately 77 Oregon habitats, and are only mapped in the ecoregions in which they are conservation priorities. As a result, there was a strong interest in using this 2015 data to create a statewide, comprehensive habitat map. In 2017, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, Geographic Enterprise Office (DAS-GEO), through their Framework Implementation program, with additional support from ODFW, funded the completion of a statewide habitat map, which was completed at the end of 2018. The habitat map is a compilation of a number of recent regional and ecosystem focused vegetation-mapping efforts. It includes the best available data for each of the habitat types. As a result, different parts of the map rely on varied methods and data. For detailed methodology please see: https://oe.oregonexplorer.info/externalcontent/2018%20Oregon%20Habitat%20Map%20Detailed%20Metadata.pdf