Abstract: Special licences are used in situations where a species (e.g, Elk) could not withstand the hunting pressure of a general season, or where they are need to meet a specific management goal (e.g., the goal in the antlered mule deer draw areas is to develop and maintain a more balanced age structure in the herd). A special licence allows a hunter to hunt the type of big game animal (e.g., antlerless elk) in the area (a WMU, a group of WMUs, or a portion of one or more WMUs) specified on the licence. This dataset displays the special licence boundaries for both residents and/or non-residents for the following species type: Antlered and Antlerless Elk, Antlered and Antlerless White-tailed Deer, Antlered and Antlerless Mule Deer, Antlered and Antlerless Moose, Calf Moose, Mountain Goat, Non-trophy and Trophy Sheep, Non-Trophy and Trophy Antelope, and Merriam's Turkey. While every effort is made to ensure that the information is accurate and up to date, it is the sole responsibility of the hunter to ensure they are legally able to hunt within a given area and to comply with the Wildlife Regulations and Act. They should not rely on the accuracy of this dataset. The Government of Alberta reserves the right to vary without notice any information contained within this dataset. Alberta has a variety of restricted hunting areas. Please review the Alberta Guide to Hunting Regulations and the Alberta Hunting Draw Booklet carefully to determine the most up-to-date information and how the various designations affect hunting opportunities. For more information visit http://www.albertaregulations.ca/huntingregs/index.html
Metadata:
File identifier:
7383F3FD-BC20-4448-8F15-D9969C291A73
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:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AEP.GDAMetadata@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
publisher
Date stamp:
2019-12-05
Metadata standard name:
NAP - Metadata
Metadata standard version:
1.2
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Data identification:
Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Special Hunting License Draw Alberta
Date:
Date:
Date:
2019-09-12
Date type:
Date type code:
creation
Date:
Date:
Date:
2019-12-05
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AEP.GDAMetadata@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
originator
Abstract:
Special licences are used in situations where a species (e.g, Elk) could not withstand the hunting pressure of
a general season, or where they are need to meet a specific management goal (e.g., the goal in the antlered
mule deer draw areas is to develop and maintain a more balanced age structure in the herd). A special
licence allows a hunter to hunt the type of big game animal (e.g., antlerless elk) in the area (a WMU, a
group of WMUs, or a portion of one or more WMUs) specified on the licence. This dataset displays the special
licence boundaries for both residents and/or non-residents for the following species type: Antlered and
Antlerless Elk, Antlered and Antlerless White-tailed Deer, Antlered and Antlerless Mule Deer, Antlered and
Antlerless Moose, Calf Moose, Mountain Goat, Non-trophy and Trophy Sheep, Non-Trophy and Trophy Antelope,
and Merriam's Turkey. While every effort is made to ensure that the information is accurate and up to date,
it is the sole responsibility of the hunter to ensure they are legally able to hunt within a given area and
to comply with the Wildlife Regulations and Act. They should not rely on the accuracy of this dataset. The
Government of Alberta reserves the right to vary without notice any information contained within this
dataset. Alberta has a variety of restricted hunting areas. Please review the Alberta Guide to Hunting
Regulations and the Alberta Hunting Draw Booklet carefully to determine the most up-to-date information and
how the various designations affect hunting opportunities. For more information visit
http://www.albertaregulations.ca/huntingregs/index.html
Purpose:
This dataset is for 2019 special licence boundaries, effective September 1, 2019 and are to be reviewed
annually as part of Wildlife Regulations amendment process. The data is a representation of a special
hunting licence draw area that covers a Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) or a portion of one or more Wildlife
Management Units.
Credit:
Anne Hubbs, MSc., PhD, Senior Wildlife Biologist with Alberta Environment & Parks
Status:
Progress code:
completed
Point of contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AEP.GDAMetadata@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
pointOfContact
Resource maintenance:
Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
annually
Maintenance note:
This dataset is for 2019 special licence boundaries, effective September 1, 2019 and are to be reviewed
annually as part of Wildlife Regulations amendment process.
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Alberta, Canada
Type:
Keyword type code:
place
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Hunting
Keyword:
Alberta Hunting Draws
Keyword:
Special Licence Draw
Keyword:
Antelope
Keyword:
Mule Deer
Keyword:
White-Tailed Deer
Keyword:
Turkey
Keyword:
Merriam's Turkey
Keyword:
Antlered Elk
Keyword:
Antlered Moose
Keyword:
Antlerless Elk
Keyword:
Antlerless Moose
Keyword:
Elk
Keyword:
Mountain Goat
Keyword:
Non-trophy Sheep
Keyword:
Trophy Sheep
Keyword:
Either Sex Elk
Keyword:
Calf Moose
Keyword:
Wildlife Management Units
Keyword:
WMU
Keyword:
Hunting
Type:
Keyword type code:
theme
Resource constraints:
Constraints:
Use limitation:
While every effort is made to ensure that the information is accurate and up to date, it is the sole
responsibility of the hunter to ensure they are legally able to hunt within a given area and to comply
with the Wildlife Regulations and Act. They should not rely on the accuracy of this dataset. The
Government of Alberta reserves the right to vary without notice any information contained within this
dataset. Alberta has a variety of restricted hunting areas. Please review the Alberta Guide to Hunting
Regulations and the Alberta Hunting Draw Booklet carefully to determine the most up-to-date information
and how the various designations affect hunting opportunities. For more information visit
http://www.albertaregulations.ca/huntingregs/index.html
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints:
Restriction code:
otherRestrictions
Other constraints:
To access the data you must agree to the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta found at
http://open.alberta.ca/licence
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Use constraints:
Restriction code:
license
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 http://open.alberta.ca/licence
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:
GOA Data and Information Security Classification
Handling description:
https://imtpolicy.sp.alberta.ca/standards/pdf/Data-and-Information-Security-Classification-Standard.pdf
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Topic category:
Topic category code:
boundaries
Topic category:
Topic category code:
biota
Environment description:
ESRI ArcGIS 10.3.1 OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic element:
Geographic bounding box:
West bound longitude:
-120
East bound longitude:
-110
South bound latitude:
49
North bound latitude:
60
Supplemental Information:
Hunting is prohibited in Ecological Reserves, Wilderness Areas, Provincial Parks and Provincial Recreation
Areas therefore these protected areas have been removed from the Special Hunting Areas with the following
exceptions Castle Provincial Park and Cypress Hills Provincial Parks. Blue Rapids, Cooking Lake-Blackfoot,
Fickle Lake, Lakeland, North Bruderheim, Redwater, Sulphur Gates, and Wapiabi Provincial Recreation Areas.
Alberta has a variety of restricted hunting areas and some of these areas have been removed from the Special
Hunting Areas. These areas include the Sheep River Wildlife Sanctuary and all Road Corridor Wildlife
Sanctuaries. All other restricted areas must be reviewed from the Alberta Hunting Guide for any changes and
to determine how the various designations affect hunting opportunities.
The Restricted Areas for Trophy and Non-trophy Sheep are not reflected in this dataset. It is unlawful to hunt
trophy or non-trophy sheep within the following areas: - 0.8 km (0.5 mi.) of Highway 1A between the western
boundary of the Stoney Indian Reserve and Canmore, - 0.8 km (0.5 mi.) of Highway 3, -1.6 km (1 mi.) of the
Sheep River from the eastern boundary of WMU 406 upstream to Dyson Creek, - 1.6 km (1.0 mi.) of the Inland
Cement Rock Quarry near Cadomin, - 1.6 km (1.0 mi.) of the intersection of Whitehorse Creek and the main
forestry trunk road south of Cadomin, - 1.6 km (1.0 mi.) of where Highway 16 intersects the eastern boundary
of Jasper National Park, - 3.2 km (2.0 mi.) of the intersection of the Forestry Trunk Road and the South Ram
River in Section 18, Township 36, Range 13, West of the Fifth Meridian. The hunting of big game is not
permitted in the Gregg River Resources Coal Mineral Surface Lease in WMU 438, and the Cardinal River Coal
Mineral Surface Lease in WMU 438. These areas have been removed from the special hunting areas.
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Distribution:
Distribution format:
Format:
Name:
ESRI File Geodatabase
Version:
10.3.1
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AEP.Data@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
distributor
Distribution Order Process:
Standard order process:
Fees:
Fee free under Open Government license
Turnaround:
Direct download
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Altalis Ltd.
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
4037163490
Facsimile:
4037163494
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
2540 - 5th Avenue NW
City:
Calgary
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T2N 0T5
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
info@altalis.com
Hours of service:
08:00 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
distributor
Distribution Order Process:
Standard order process:
Ordering instructions:
The layer is a part of the Base Features product which can be accessed and downloaded via the Open
Data option from Altalis: https://www.altalis.com/
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Units of distribution:
MB
Transfer size:
17.1
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/biota/FishAndWildlife/SpecialHuntingLicenseDrawAlberta.zip
Protocol:
FTP
Name:
Special Hunting License Draw Alberta
Description:
18 feature classes for Special Hunting License Draw Alberta (ZIP)
Function:
Online function code:
download
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
This dataset is for 2019 special licence boundaries, effective September 1, 2019 and are to be reviewed
annually as part of Wildlife Regulations amendment process.
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
annually
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