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Western Gray Squirrel Habitat Connectivity [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]

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Title
Western Gray Squirrel Habitat Connectivity [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
Description
The Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group (https://waconnected.org/) conducted a Cascades to Coast Analysis to model habitat connectivity for 5 focal species (American Beaver, Cougar, Fisher, Mountain Beaver, and Western Gray Squirrel), as well as for existing protected areas (i.e., naturalness, landscape integrity). These data were combined into a synthesis analysis to identify important connectivity corridors for the region and to identify priority wildlife crossing areas across major highways. Data from the Cascades to Coast Analysis, as well as a technical report summarizing the project are available athttps://waconnected.org/coastal-washington-analysis/.This layer was derived from the Western Gray Squirrel core areas and least-cost corridors data from the Washington Wildlife Habitat Connectivity Working Group's Cascades to Coast Analysis. Hexagon grid cells were symbolized based on their proportion of overlap with the core areas and least-cost corridors data. Grid cells with a proportion of core area overlap equal to or greater than 0.2 were assigned the Habitat Concentration Area classification. The least-cost corridor width assigned to each grid cell was based on the majority least-cost corridor width overlapping each grid cell. The grid cell with HexID 45764 was manually removed because no corridors connected to it even though its core area overlap proportion was greater than 0.2. Grid cells with HexIDs 47136 and 48849 were manually added because their core area overlap proportions were less than 0.2, but they still had corridors connecting to them.
Creator
Department of the Interior
Temporal Coverage
Last modified 2022-12-16
Date Issued
2022-12-16
Access Rights
Public
Format
File
Language
English
Date Added
August 28, 2025

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  • Citation
    Department of the Interior (2022). Western Gray Squirrel Habitat Connectivity [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]. . https://gis-fws.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/fws::western-gray-squirrel-habitat-connectivity (web service)
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