Abstract: Mountain Goat and Sheep Ranges were determined from both observations (telemetry and aerial sheep/goat surveys) and habitat suitability indexes. Goat and sheep ranges have been buffered by 800m to derive zones. Range delineation encompasses use during all seasons.To identify goat and sheep ranges in an effort to: a) avoid land use disturbances that may have a direct or indirect adverse effect on the behavior of the animals, and b) avoid permanent alteration of physical habitat conditions. An area south of Grande Prairie was added to the layer in November 2022.
Metadata: 
  File identifier: 
      69164DF4-0CEA-4293-8B76-AB628FD05B03
  Language: 
    Language Code: 
      eng
  Character set: 
    Character set code: 
      utf8
  Hierarchy level: 
    Scope code: 
      dataset
  Metadata author: 
    Responsible party: 
      Organisation name: 
          Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta
      Position name: 
          Fish and Wildlife Policy Section, Fish and Wildlife Stewardship Branch
      Contact info: 
        Contact: 
          Address: 
            Address: 
              Electronic mail address: 
                  Glenn.Mack@gov.ab.ca
      Role: 
        Role code: 
          publisher
  Date stamp: 

      2022-11-01
  Metadata standard name: 
      NAP - Metadata
  Metadata standard version: 
      1.2
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Spatial representation info:

Vector spatial representation: Topology level: Topology level code: geometryOnly Geometric objects: Geometric objects: Geometric object type: Geometric object type code: composite Geometric object count: 32
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Reference system info:

Reference system: Reference system identifier: RS Identifier: Code: 3400 Code Space: EPSG Version: 6.11(9.3.0.0)
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Identification info:

Data identification: Citation: Citation: Title: Mountain Goat and Sheep Areas Date: Date: Date: 2010-01-01 Date type: Date type code: creation Date: Date: Date: 2022-11-03 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta Position name: Fish and Wildlife Policy Section, Fish and Wildlife Stewardship Branch Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: Electronic mail address: Glenn.Mack@gov.ab.ca Role: Role code: originator Abstract: Mountain Goat and Sheep Ranges were determined from both observations (telemetry and aerial sheep/goat surveys) and habitat suitability indexes. Goat and sheep ranges have been buffered by 800m to derive zones. Range delineation encompasses use during all seasons.To identify goat and sheep ranges in an effort to: a) avoid land use disturbances that may have a direct or indirect adverse effect on the behavior of the animals, and b) avoid permanent alteration of physical habitat conditions. An area south of Grande Prairie was added to the layer in November 2022. Purpose: To provide the general public, industrial operators and government departments information regarding the location of mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) and bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) ranges. Specific operating conditions apply to the Goat and Sheep Ranges. Status: Progress code: completed Point of contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta Position name: Fish and Wildlife Policy Section, Fish and Wildlife Stewardship Branch Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: Electronic mail address: Glenn.Mack@gov.ab.ca Role: Role code: pointOfContact Resource maintenance: Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: Maintenance frequency code: asNeeded Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: Alberta, Canada Keyword: Rocky Mountain Foothills Keyword: Rocky Mountains Type: Keyword type code: place Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: Sheep Keyword: Goat Keyword: Oreamnos americanus Keyword: Ovis canadensis Type: Keyword type code: theme Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: Downloadable Data Thesaurus name: uuidref: 723f6998-058e-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66 Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Access constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Other constraints: Your use of this information will be governed by the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta, in force as of the date you accessed the information, found at https://open.alberta.ca/licence Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Use constraints: Restriction code: license Other constraints: To access the data you must agree to the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta. Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Use limitation: Distribution Liability: Under the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta, the Information is licensed as is, and the Information Provider excludes all representations, warranties, obligations, and liabilities, whether express or implied, to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Information Provider is not liable for any errors or omissions in the Information, and will not under any circumstances be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other loss, injury or damage caused by its use or otherwise arising in connection with this licence or the Information, even if specifically advised of the possibility of such loss, injury or damage. Resource constraints: Security constraints: Classification: Classification code: unclassified User note: Public/Unrestricted Classification system: Government of Alberta Data and Information Security Classification Handling description: https://imtpolicy.sp.alberta.ca/standards/Pages/Data-and-Information-Security-Classification.aspx Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Name: Citation: Title: Standards for Wildlife Referral Map Zone Development Date: Date: Date: 2009-07 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta Position name: Fish and Wildlife Division Contact info: missing Role: Role code: originator Association Type: Association type code: crossReference Spatial representation type: Spatial representation type code: vector Language: Language Code: eng Character set: Character set code: utf8 Topic category: Topic category code: biota Topic category: Topic category code: environment Extent: Extent: Geographic element: Geographic bounding box: Extent type code: true West bound longitude: -120.070972 East bound longitude: -113.822767 South bound latitude: 49.071775 North bound latitude: 54.842661
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DISTRIBUTION INFO:

Distribution: Distribution format: Format: Name: ESRI Shapefile Version: 10.7.1 Specification: SHP File decompression technique: ZIP Distributor: Distributor: Distributor contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta Position name: Provincial Geospatial Centre Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: 7804277374 Facsimile: 7804220712 Address: Address: Delivery point: 14th Floor, Oxbridge Place Delivery point: 9820 - 106 Street NW City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T5K 2J6 Country: Country: CA Electronic mail address: AEP.Data@gov.ab.ca Role: Role code: distributor Transfer options: Digital transfer options: Units of distribution: KB Transfer size: 450 Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/LAT/FWDSensitivity/MountainGoatAndSheepAreas.zip Protocol: FTP Name: Mountain Goat and Sheep Areas (SHP) Description: Shapefile containing Mountain Goat and Sheep Areas dataset (ZIP) Function: Online function code: download
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Data quality info:

Data quality: Scope: Scope: Hierarchy level: Scope code: dataset Lineage: Lineage: Statement: The Mountain Goat and Sheep Areas layer was established in 2010 using radio telemetry data and survey observations. In 2022, an area south of Grande Prairie that is known to support mountain goats and bighorn sheep was added to the layer.
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Metadata maintenance:

Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: Maintenance frequency code: asNeeded
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