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Tennessee's SWAP Conservation Opportunity Areas () [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] {2015}

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Tennessee's SWAP Conservation Opportunity Areas () [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] {2015}
Description
For the2015 Tennessee State Wildlife Action Planupdate, the designation of "Conservation Opportunity Areas" (COAs) is a new approach to help focus the conservation efforts, not only of theTennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, but also of a wide range of other agency and nongovernmental partners. The identification of COAs is a recommended best practice for SWAP updates (AFWA 2012).While designing the COAs for Tennessee, the planning team considered three major attributes: Species of Greatest Conservation Need habitat priority, the problems affecting the habitats, and the on the-ground opportunities to implement conservation actions.The planning team used the GCN habitat priority maps as the background data for identifying COAs. The boundary outlines of the COAs were then drawn to capture a geographic footprint where one or more conservation actions are needed to address a specific issue (e.g. agricultural best management practices, expanded conservation areas, urban stormwater management, or habitat restoration). The planning team also used expert knowledge on partnerships which are active and working in different areas to inform the boundaries, and capture the list of partners in each Conservation Opportunity Area Summary. The COA boundary designations do not carry any new legal, regulatory, or jurisdictional authorities, nor do they place any restrictions on land uses or activities occurring within these areas. COAs are intended to foster partnership collaborations, investments and voluntary actions to conserve habitat within a given region of the state. This general approach to COA development is consistent with other states such as Illinois, Missouri, and Pennsylvania. Another important consideration is that COAs are not intended to be fixed, limiting geographic boundaries. As more projects are designed and executed with partners, changes to the COA designations may be useful to better represent new information or the footprint of a particular project opportunity. In addition, achieving habitat conservation objectives will require adequate consideration of all terrestrial, aquatic, and subterranean priorities regardless of whether they are physically located within a COA.For more information on the COAs, see the2015 Tennessee State Wildlife Action Plan.
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Department of the Interior
Temporal Coverage
2015
Date Issued
2024-01-05
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The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. While the Service makes every reasonable effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of data provided for distribution, it may not have the necessary accuracy or completeness required for every possible intended use. The Service recommends that data users consult the associated metadata record to understand the quality and possible limitations of the data. The Service creates metadata records in accordance with the standards endorsed by the Federal Geographic Data Committee. As a result of the above considerations, the Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the data. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data in a manner consistent with the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the Service, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This applies to the use of the data both alone and in aggregate with other data and information.
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Language
English
Date Added
July 05, 2024

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    Department of the Interior (2024). Tennessee's SWAP Conservation Opportunity Areas () [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] {2015}. . https://gis-fws.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/fws::tennessees-swap-conservation-opportunity-areas-2015 (dataset)
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