1. Metadata report for Implementing the Triad Approach in Alberta's Managed Forests Input data
Datafile: P1FIG_PRODUCTIVITY
Shapefile Feature Class
Tags: Alberta, Forests, Inventory,
Summary: This data was used to derived stand productivity based on existing tree classes. It was then
reclassified as a raster and used in the weighted overlay.
Description: The Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Forest Inventory was initiated in 1949 and completed by 1956.
The Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Forest Inventory included all publicly owned forested lands in the province
except Indian lands, national parks, and an area known as the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve. The
Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Forest Inventory was used to define lands suitable for agriculture, to determine
timber harvest levels and plan forest protection and timber and industrial development. Through aerial
photo interpretation, land was classified as productive, potentially productive, or non-productive. On
productive forest land, homogeneous groups of trees were classified by 'cover types'. Cover types
included crown density, height and tree species. Burned, harvested or cultivated land was identified as
potentially productive. Non-productive lands included areas with organic soils, barren rock and lakes. No
ages or site classes are associated with the polygons. The minimum polygon size was 65 ha. These maps
are not available as geo-referenced rectified images or GIS-ready data.
Credits: Environment and Parks
Updated: November 27, 2019
Website: https://open.alberta.ca/opendata/4cf9a23c33e942118351a9f1a747e990
Extent:
Top: 6,659,301.999900 m
Bottom: 5,425,699.00000 m
Left: 170,863.094000 m
Right: 865,446.249800
Datafile: Park_rec
File Geodatabase Feature Class
Tags: Cities, villages, towns, settlements, public land use zones, protected parks, public land recreational
trails, public land recreational areas, provincial sanctuary wildlife corridors, explorational restricted
areas
2. Summary: A combined layer which contains Cities, villages, towns, settlements, public land use zones,
protected parks, public land recreational trails, public land recreational areas, provincial sanctuary
wildlife corridors, and explorational restricted areas were also downloaded from Altalis.com
Description: A combined layer which contains Cities, villages, towns, settlements, public land use zones,
protected parks, public land recreational trails, public land recreational areas, provincial sanctuary
wildlife corridors, and explorational restricted areas were also downloaded from Altalis.com
This data set was used in the Euclidean distance tool, where it was then reclassified into a raster and
input into the weighted overlay.
**Disclaimer the Altalis.com data “contains information licensed under the open government license –
Alberta”
Credits: Altalis.com
Extent:
Top: 6,659,215.706100 m
Bottom: 5,425,575.486800 m
Left: 170,844.316400 m
Right: 860,845.890500
Datafile: Mill_locations
Feature Service Feature Class
Tags: Alberta, Forestry, Mills
Summary: A location of each mill in Alberta
Description: This data set was used in the Euclidean distance tool, where it was then reclassified into a
raster and input into the weighted overlay.
Credits: robert.park_ABTRANS
https://uofa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=d47b68cec64243fb974aa0a7934c5f17
Extent:
Top: 8,077,160.665606 m
Bottom: 6,38,844.537143 m
Left: -13,394,498.146109 m
Right: -12,283,258.951566 m
3. Datafile: FMU
File Geodatabase Feature Class
Tags: Alberta, Forestry, FMU, FMA, Management
Summary: This data was used as the extent of the study area.
Description: The Richness index for lichen was derived by taking a simple average of the standardized
richness index for each 1km^2 grid cell. Species richness was modelled by stacking predictions from
lichen habitat association models. Individual species models were built by relating the species’
occurrence data to three sets of environmental variables: vegetation types, human footprint, and
geographic location. Using these relationships, the mean occurrence probability of each species was
projected for each 1km^2 grid cell in the province. The species richness index for lichen was produced
by summing these predicted probabilities and scaling the values to range between 0 and 1 by dividing
each 1 km^2 grid cell value by maximum value over all grid cells.
Credits: Altalis.com
File created: 2015
Extent:
Top: 6.659.344.340800 m
Bottom: 5.425.905.722700 m
Left: 173,768.488200 m
Right: 830,228.501900 m
