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snippet: Critical habitat are areas considered essential for the conservation of a listed species. These areas provide notice to the public and land managers the importance of these areas to the conservation of this species. It does not afford any special protection or restriction other than where federal funding, permits, licenses, authorizations, or actions occur or are required.
summary: Critical habitat are areas considered essential for the conservation of a listed species. These areas provide notice to the public and land managers the importance of these areas to the conservation of this species. It does not afford any special protection or restriction other than where federal funding, permits, licenses, authorizations, or actions occur or are required.
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description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Critical habitat constitutes areas considered essential for the conservation of a listed species. These areas provide notice to the public and land managers of the importance of the areas to the conservation of this species. Special protections and/or restrictions are possible in areas where Federal funding, permits, licenses, authorizations, or actions occur or are required. For more information about threatened and endangered species, click </SPAN><A href="https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/report/table/critical-habitat.html" target="_blank" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>here</SPAN></A><SPAN>.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">Currently using hosted service from USFWS in GIS-NET:</SPAN></P><P><A href="https://services.arcgis.com/QVENGdaPbd4LUkLV/ArcGIS/rest/services/USFWS_Critical_Habitat/FeatureServer/0" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="font-weight:bold;">https://services.arcgis.com/QVENGdaPbd4LUkLV/ArcGIS/rest/services/USFWS_Critical_Habitat/FeatureServer/0</SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN>UPDATE HISTORY:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P><SPAN>1/7/26 - updated with latest data from REST Service.</SPAN></P></LI></UL></DIV></DIV></DIV>
licenseInfo: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The GIS files and their associated coordinates are not to be used as a legal source for determining the critical habitat boundaries of the species. Inherent in any data set used to develop graphical representations, are limitations of accuracy as determined by, among others, the source, scale and resolution of the data. While the Service makes every effort to represent the critical habitat shown with this data as completely and accurately as possible (given existing time and resource constraints), the USFWS gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. In addition, the USFWS shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Graphical representations provided by the use of this data do not represent a legal description of the critical habitat boundary. The user is referred to the critical habitat textual description in the appropriate final rule for this species as published in the Federal Register.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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title: US Fish and Wildlife - Critical Habitat Areas
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