Description: The chief mapping data for the Metro Title 13 Resource Inventory adopted by the metro council in September of 2005. Combines Regionally Significant Riparian & Upland Wildife habitat, Habitats of Concern, and impact areas into one integrated layer. Based on Metro's GIS models for mapping riparian functions and wildlife values. The precursor for the Metro Title 13 Habitat Conservation Areas. To comply with title 13 local jurisdictions may have developed their own maps and programs.
Description: The Title 3 Land data delineates areas protected by the Stream and Floodplain Protection Plan, which aims to protect the region's health and public safety by reducing flood and landslide hazards, controlling soil erosion, and reducing pollution of the region's waterways. This data specifically delineates areas impacted by Title 3 for the following purposes: 1. protect against flooding, 2. enhance water quality in the region's streams, rivers, and wetlands, and 3. protect regionally significant fish and wildlife habitat areas.
Description: The 2014 canopy layer was developed using imagery and lidar collected in the summer of 2014. Canopy was detected using NDVI (from imagery) and feature heights (from lidar), and geometric post-processing was done to clean up errors and noise (i.e., electrical lines above green vegetation).
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Copyright Text: Nature in Neighborhoods; Metro Research Center