Data Management Plan (Deprecated)

These feature classes reside within the SOCECON Feature Data Set of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence River - 2021 ESI Geodatabase. They contain vector polygons representing Parks/Managed area human-use resource data for the Great Lakes St. Lawrence River System and adjacent lands and waters. The study area includes the St. Lawrence River from the headwaters of Lake Ontario, northeast to the western portion of L'Ile-Saint-Regis Island (CA).

These data sets contain human-use or management resource data for management areas, Nature Conservancy properties, and state parks in the St. Lawrence River.

Object specific Type and Source information are stored in the related data tables, SOC_DAT and SOURCES (described below). These are stand-alone tables within the Geodatabase, designed to be used in conjunction with these spatial data layers.

This data set is a portion of the ESI data for Great Lakes St. Lawrence River System. As a whole, the ESI data characterize the marine and coastal environments and wildlife by their sensitivity to spilled oil, and include information for three main components: shoreline habitats, sensitive biological resources, and human-use resources.

Bounding box for the Great Lakes St. Lawrence River study region.

Process Steps:

• 2021-07-01 00:00:00 - Four main sources were used to depict management areas for this data layer in the St. Lawrence River: 1) New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; 2) the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework (GLAHF); 3) The Nature Conservancy (TNC); and 4) New York State Geographic Information Systems (NYSGIS). Management area data depicting wildlife management areas, state forest areas, and other special management areas were provided by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and the Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework (GLAHF). Boundaries of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) properties were obtained from the TNC Lands database. State park boundaries were downloaded from the New York State Geographic Information Systems (NYS GIS) Clearinghouse, representing boundary data for land owned by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP).
• 2021-07-01 00:00:00 - These data were developed as MANAGED_POLYGONS within the Great Lakes St. Lawrence River - 2021 ESI study region, following ESI Guidelines. Additional data are contained in the joined table SOC_DAT using HUNUM as a unique ID, and in SOURCES using SOURCE_ID as a unique ID. Depending on the type of source data, three general approaches are used for compiling the data layer: 1) information gathered during initial interviews and from hardcopy sources are compiled onto U.S. Geological Survey 1:50,000 topographic quadrangles and digitized; 2) hardcopy maps are digitized at their source scale; 3) digital data layers are evaluated and used "as is" or integrated with the hardcopy data sources. A second set of interviews with participating resource experts are conducted to review the compiled data. If necessary, edits to the MANAGED_POLYGON data layer are made based on the recommendations of the resource experts, and final hardcopy maps and digital data are created.

Data can be accessed by downloading the zipped ArcGIS geodatabase from the Download URL (see Distribution Information). Questions can be directed to the ESI Program Manager (Point Of Contact).