PipingPloverForagingArea is an ESRI SDE Feature Class showing an area
generally associated with a nesting area and which provides a source of
food for Piping Plovers. Appropriate habitat includes shallow water
areas along exposed beach substrates associated with lakes, ponds, and
beaches, and dry, barren sandbars along backwater river areas which
provide abundant macroinvertebrate and insect populations. These areas
fluctuate with changing water levels on large irrigation reservoirs.
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=76954656e1c9457a8b1e8150912c1f1c) and will be updated from that location.