# Pollinator Habitat Rankings

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Identification_Information:
  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator:
        Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), Environmental Services Office (ESO)
      Title: Pollinator Habitat Rankings
      Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
  Description:
    Abstract:
      Pollinators are critically important for food production and healthy ecosystems. Pollinator populations such as wild and domesticated bees, monarch butterflies, and many other butterfly species are in decline nationally. Enhancing, restoring, and maintaining linear roadside habitat for pollinators can provide connections for pollinators to disperse between agriculture fields and other natural habitat areas. Pollinator Habitat Ranks identifies high value areas for creating, preserving, or enhancing pollinator habitat on WSDOT owned lands along the state highway system. Three separate models were developed that ranked state routes for monarch habitat, pollinator habitat, and urban gateway pollinator habitat for every half mile highway segment. Monarch ranks were based on the proximity of highway segments to suitable monarch and milkweed habitat as identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s habitat suitability index model. Pollinator ranks were based on the proximity of highway segments to pollinator dependent crops, protected public and private lands, wetland and riparian habitats, native and natural vegetation cover, oak/grassland habitat, and rare and imperiled animal pollinated plant species. Urban gateway ranks were applied to highway segments that intersected with urban areas and the proximity of the highway segment to protected public and private lands, wetland and riparian habitats, native and natural vegetation cover, oak/grassland habitat, and rare and imperiled animal pollinated plant species.
    Purpose:
      To indicate by half mile highway segment, the potential value of maintaining or improving roadside pollinator habitat based on a wide range of conditions, including the road segment's proximity to crops and natural areas.
    Supplemental_Information:
      Pollinator Habitat Ranks was developed from models of GIS spatial data that contained inherent inaccuracies. This data should not be considered the final determination on suitable pollinator habitat locations but instead should be used as an indication of areas that may benefit from pollinator habitat enhancement. Because of spatial data errors and changes to conditions over time, sites should be field evaluated to determine their suitability for pollinator habitat enhancement.
  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Single_Date/Time:
        Calendar_Date: 10/2016
    Currentness_Reference: publication date
  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -124.674922
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -116.861321
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 49.042512
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.504776
  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword: transportation
      Theme_Keyword: WSDOT
      Theme_Keyword: pollinators
      Theme_Keyword: habitat
      Theme_Keyword: monarchs
      Theme_Keyword: milkweed
      Theme_Keyword: state routes
      Theme_Keyword: highways
    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
      Place_Keyword: Washington State
      Place_Keyword: WA
      Place_Keyword: Washington
  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints:
    For planning use only. The Washington State Department of Transportation shall not be liable for any activity involving these data with regard to lost profits or savings or any other consequential damages; or the fitness for use of the data for a particular purpose; or the installation of the data, its use, or the results obtained.
  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Person_Primary:
        Contact_Person: Kelly McAllister
        Contact_Organization: WSDOT Environmental Services Office, Fish and Wildlife Program
      Contact_Position: Habitat Connectivity Biologist
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: PO Box 47331
        City: Olympia
        State_or_Province: WA
        Postal_Code: 98504-7331
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-705-7426
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: McAllKe@wsdot.wa.gov
  Data_Set_Credit: Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
  Native_Data_Set_Environment:
    Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1.4959

Data_Quality_Information:
  Lineage:
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: WSDOT
          Publication_Date: 5/31/2016
          Title: City Limits of Washington State, May 2016
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: City Limits of Washington State, May 2016
      Source_Contribution:
        Polygons depict the boundaries of Washington State's incorporated municipalities, as recorded by the Washington State Office of Financial Management.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: WSDOT
          Publication_Date: 5/31/2013
          Title: Washington State Urban Growth Area Boundaries, May 2013
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Washington State Urban Growth Area Boundaries, May 2013
      Source_Contribution:
        Feature Class Depicting the Urban Growth Boundaries of cities in Washington State. For this particular update, all annexations approved by Office of Financial Management for Third Quarter of 2013 are included.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: WSDOT
          Publication_Date: 5/25/2015
          Title: Highway Urban and Urbanized Areas of Washington State 2013
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Highway Urban and Urbanized Areas of Washington State 2013
      Source_Contribution:
        Highway Urban Areas, as defined by the Federal Highway Administration, are depicted as polygons.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: USGS
          Publication_Date: 11/11/2011
          Title: National Land Cover Database 2011
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: remote-sensing image
          Online_Linkage:
            https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/national-land-cover-database-nlcd-land-cover-collection
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: National Land Cover Database 2011
      Source_Contribution: Land use and land cover for Washington State.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: DNR
          Publication_Date: 4/2008
          Title: DNR Rivers and Streams, 1:24000
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
          Online_Linkage: <http://www.dnr.wa.gov/GIS>
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DNR Rivers and Streams, 1:24000
      Source_Contribution:
        DNR Rivers and Streams is the most complete and up to date hydrography layer of rivers and streams for the State of Washington.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: DNR
          Publication_Date: 4/2008
          Title: DNR Waterbodies 1:24000
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
          Online_Linkage: <http://www.dnr.wa.gov/GIS>
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DNR Waterbodies 1:24000
      Source_Contribution:
        DNR Water Bodies is the most complete and up to date hydrography layer for lakes, impoundments, reservoirs, wet areas, or glaciers for the State of Washington. Water bodies are represented as polygonal features and include features such as Puget Sound, lakes, wet areas, reservoirs, impoundments, glaciers, islands, and dams.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: USFWS
          Publication_Date: 5/1/2014
          Title: NWI – National Wetlands Inventory in Washington State, 2014
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
          Online_Linkage: https://www.fws.gov/wetlands/
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NWI – National Wetlands Inventory in Washington State, 2014
      Source_Contribution:
        This dataset represents the extent, approximate location and type of wetlands and deepwater habitats in Washington State.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: WSDOT
          Publication_Date: 2/12/2015
          Title: Wetland Mitigation Site Delineations
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Wetland Mitigation Site Delineations
      Source_Contribution:
        This feature class contains polygons delineating wetland areas and other zones at WSDOT mitigation sites around the state.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: USGS
          Publication_Date: 11/30/2012
          Title:
            Protected Areas database of the United States (PADUS): Fee and Easement
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
          Online_Linkage: <http://gapanalysis.usgs.gov/padus/data/download/>
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
        Protected Areas database of the United States (PADUS): Fee and Easement
      Source_Contribution:
        The Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) is a geodatabase, managed by USGS GAP, that illustrates and describes public land ownership, management and other conservation lands, including voluntarily provided privately protected areas.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: DNR
          Publication_Date: 7/1/2014
          Title: NDMPL (Washington State Non-DNR Major Public Lands)
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NDMPL (Washington State Non-DNR Major Public Lands)
      Source_Contribution:
        The NDMPL (Washington State Non-Department of Natural Resources Major Public Lands) data contains ownership parcels for Federal, State (excluding WA DNR), County and City lands within the State of Washington. It also includes Tribal administrative boundaries.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: DNR
          Publication_Date: 7/1/2014
          Title: DNR Lands
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DNR Lands
      Source_Contribution:
        The Parcel layer consists of parcels that are areas of land in which the Department of Natural Resources holds some interest and are located anywhere in the upland area of the State of Washington. Three types of Parcels are currently held in the parcel layer. The number of Parcel types may increase in the future. Ownership Parcels, parcel type code 1, consist of Washington State owned land managed by the Department of Natural Resources. Most ownership parcels are held and managed for the benefit of some trust such as the Common School and Indemnity trust.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: USFWS
          Publication_Date: 2016
          Title:
            Western Monarch and Milkweed Habitat Suitability Modeling Project 2015-2016
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data
          Online_Linkage: https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/Reference/Profile/56595
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
        Western Monarch and Milkweed Habitat Suitability Modeling Project 2015-2016
      Source_Contribution:
        Three raster datasets of habitat suitability models for monarch and two milkweed species that occur in Washington. Asclepias speciosa (showy milkweed) and Asclepias fascicularis (narrowleaf milkweed). Milkweed models were developed by correlating a set of environmental covariates to the known occurrence points. A different subset of uncorrelated variables was selected for each species from a set of 25 possible covariate rasters. A model of monarch breeding habitat suitability was also developed, by correlating known monarch breeding habitat points to an uncorrelated subset of the environmental covariates as well as the habitat suitability models already developed for the milkweed species.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: Washington State Department of Agriculture
          Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
          Title: WSDA Crop 2015
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: WSDA Crop 2015
      Source_Contribution:
        Agricultural land use data includes crop type classification, crop group, total field acres, irrigation types, rotation crops, date of entry, last survey date, organic, and notes. Polygons represent actual agricultural field borders and typically represent one crop growing on that location. Acreage is a calculated value. Attributes are updated by WSDA staff via ground surveys or by using outside sources such as USDA's NASS Cropland Data Layer. Outside resources are used whenever possible, such as obtaining data from producers, enlisting help from Conservation Districts, etc. This land use data is published annually at the section-level, but due to limited resources, the entire state is not updated annually. WSDA strives to maintain a minimum 4 year refresh schedule, with a target goal of every 2 or 3 years, especially in the irrigated agricultural basins.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: DNR
          Publication_Date: 2/2003
          Title:
            Oaks and Grasslands, Washington Department of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Program
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
        Oaks and Grasslands, Washington Department of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Program
      Source_Contribution:
        To create a digital map showing untilled grasslands and oak dominated or co-dominated canopies. The map's scale and level of detail are designed to be appropriate for both regional-level conservation planning and county-level planning and development screening.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: DNR
          Publication_Date: 7/2015
          Title: Washington Plant Heritage (Current Precise)
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Washington Plant Heritage (Current Precise)
      Source_Contribution:
        The Washington Natural Heritage Program maintains a database of rare and imperiled species and plant communities for the state.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: WSDOT
          Publication_Date: 4/2016
          Title: State Routes of Washington State 1:24,000 (2015)
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: State Routes of Washington State 1:24,000 (2015)
      Source_Contribution:
        State Routes are depicted as lines with State Route identifiers and route measure attributes.
    Source_Information:
      Source_Citation:
        Citation_Information:
          Originator: WSDOT
          Publication_Date: 4/2016
          Title: ARM and SRMP Locations Along Washington State Highways (2015)
          Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
      Source_Scale_Denominator: 24,000
      Source_Citation_Abbreviation: ARM and SRMP Locations Along Washington State Highways (2015)
      Source_Contribution:
        This dataset provides geospatial locations for all of the valid Accumulated Route Mileage (ARM) and State Route Milepost (SRMP) values along State Routes in Washington State.
    Process_Step:
      Process_Description:
        Data from multiple sources was used as parameters for three models that ranked the suitability of pollinator habitat, monarch habitat, and urban gateway pollinator habitat along state routes by half mile highway segments. All source data were projected to NAD 1983 HARN State Plane WA South (US feet) and clipped to the Washington State boundary as needed. Source data was further processed for all of the models as follows:
        Half Mile Highway Segments: State Routes of Washington State, Routes in the Increasing Direction: Mainline records selected.
        State Routes of Washington State: Mainline records selected for decreasing direction.
        State Routes of Washington State, ARM and SRMP Locations Along Washington State Highways: Records selected for all half mile ARM values on the mainline.
        Half mile highway segments were created by splitting state routes by points located at half mile Accumulated Route Mileage (ARM) values on the increasing side of travel. After the state routes were split, segments at the end of state routes that were less than 1,320 feet were merged with the previous half mile highway segment. Next, divided state routes with a minimum of 500 feet between the decreasing and increasing sides of travel were selected on the decreasing side and split by the half mile ARM point data.
        Urban Areas: Major City Limits: Records selected for major cities from city points layer. Selected city points layer was joined to city limits layer. Records were selected from city limits that were major cities as defined by point layer in join.
        Urban Growth Areas: UGAs that intersected major cities were selected.
        Highway Urban and Urbanized Areas: Highway urban and urbanized areas that intersected major cities were selected.
        The selected Highway urban and urbanized areas, UGA, and major cities feature classes were unioned together and dissolved.
        Highway segments that intersected the urban areas feature class were selected. The selected highway segment records were given a value of ‘1’ for the Urban field and the other records were given a value of ‘0’. Crops: WSDA Crop: Crop types and rotation crop types pollinated by animals were selected. From the selected pollinator dependent crops, records were removed for Developed, Grape-Wine, Grape-Juice, and Golf Course crop types. Polygons representing crops that weren't pollinator dependent were kept if the rotation crop was a pollinator dependent crop.
        From the pollinator dependent crops, crop and rotation crop types for fruit or nut orchards or berries were selected and another separate selection was made for organic crops.
        Highway segments that were within ¼ mile of pollinator dependent crops were selected. Selected highway segment records were given a value of ‘1’ for the Crop field and the other records were given a value of ‘0’. This process was repeated for the selected orchard/berry crops and organic crops to populate the CropOrchard and CropOrganic fields.
        Protected Areas: USGS Protected Areas Database: Records with GAP status code (GAP_Sts) 1, 2, or 3, which measures the management intent to conserve biodiversity were selected. From this selection DNR owned lands with a GAP status code of 3 were removed.
        Major Public Lands: Records were selected for lands managed for wildlife or wilderness.
        DNR Lands: Natural area preserves or natural resource conservation areas were selected.
        The three protected area datasets were unioned together. Highway segments that were within ¼ mile of the protected areas were selected. Selected highway segment records were given a value of ‘1’ for the ProtectedArea field and the other records were given a value of ‘0’.
        Wetland Habitats: DNR Rivers and Streams: Selected records with periodicity code of intermittent or perennial and hydrographic feature code of lakes or ponds, side channels to rivers or streams, or streams and rivers. DNR Water Bodies: Excluded records for Puget Sound and other marine/estuarine waters. Selected records with periodicity code of intermittent or perennial and hydrographic feature code of impounded wet areas, lakes or ponds, or streams or rivers.
        National Wetlands Inventory: Excluded records with wetland type of Estuarine and Marine Wetland and Estuarine and Marine Deepwater.
        WSDOT Wetland Mitigation Sites: No additional processing.
        Highway segments that were within 50 feet of any of the wetland habitat polygons were selected. Selected highway segment records were given a value of ‘1’ for the WaterWetland field and the other records were given a value of ‘0’.
        Monarch and Milkweed: USFWS Western Monarch and Milkweed Habitat Models: Reclassified the monarch and two milkweed (fascicularis and speciosa) raster’s values to 0 for less than 0.75, 1 for 0.75-0.90, and 2 for greater than 0.90 and converted the raster datasets to polygon datasets. The monarch and milkweed polygon datasets were spatially joined to the half mile highway segments. The highest value within 50 feet of the highway segment for each dataset was recorded for the join. Native and Natural Vegetation Cover: National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD): The proportion of native and natural vegetation cover within ½ mile of the highway segments was derived by the following method:
        State route rasters were created for increasing and decreasing direction of travel. The rasters were reclassified so that state route pixels equaled 100,000 and all other values equaled NoData.
        The NLCD raster was reclassified to change native and natural vegetation cover pixel values to 1 and all other values to 0. Native and natural vegetation cover included, deciduous forest, mixed forest, scrub/shrub, grassland/herbaceous, woody wetlands, and emergent herbaceous wetlands.
        The pixel values of the reclassified NLCD raster were summed using a neighborhood focal statistic with a ½ mile radius. Each state route raster was added to the focal statistic raster. The output state route rasters were reclassified: less than 5 percent cover equaled 0, 5 to 20 percent cover equaled 1, 20 to 30 percent cover equaled 2, and 30 percent or greater cover equaled 3. The rasters were converted to polygons and spatially joined to the half mile highway segments. The average value of the raster pixels that intersected with each highway segment was recorded for that segment.
        DNR Natural Heritage Program Oaks and Grassland: No additional processing.
        Plant Heritage: Records selected for specific animal pollinated plant species.
        Highway segments that were within ½ mile of the Oaks and Grassland and Plant Heritage datasets were selected. The selected highway segment records were given a value of ‘1’ for the OakGrass and PlantHeritage fields and the other records were given a value of ‘0’.
        Model Parameters: The three models were developed to rank highway segments as very high, high, medium, or low for habitat based on the occurrence of the parameters within a specified distance as described above. Occurrence of the parameter was recorded as ‘1’ in the parameter field or as ‘1’ or ‘2’ in the monarch and milkweed fields for each highway segment record.
        The Monarch habitat model ranked highway segments based on the combination of values for monarch and either milkweed species.
        The Pollinator habitat model was based on the occurrence of the following parameters for each highway segment: pollinator friendly crops and pollinator friendly crops that were orchards/berries or organic crops, protected areas, wetlands habitat, 5-30% natural vegetation cover, oaks and grassland habitat, and animal pollinated plant heritage plants. The Urban Gateway pollinator habitat model was based on the occurrence of the following parameters for highway segments that intersected with urban areas and had a minimum of 5% natural vegetation cover: protected areas, wetlands habitat, oaks and grassland habitat, and animal pollinated plant heritage plants.
      Process_Date: 2016
      Process_Contact:
        Contact_Information:
          Contact_Organization_Primary:
            Contact_Organization: WSDOT Transportation Data, GIS & Modeling Office
            Contact_Person: Stacey Plumley
          Contact_Position: GIS Analyst
          Contact_Address:
            Address_Type: mailing address
            Address: P.O. Box 47384
            City: Olympia
            State_or_Province: WA
            Postal_Code: 98504-7384
            Country: USA
          Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-596-8923
          Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: plumls@wsdot.wa.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
  Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
  Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

Spatial_Reference_Information:
  Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
    Planar:
      Planar_Coordinate_Information:
        Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
        Coordinate_Representation:
          Abscissa_Resolution: 0.0003280833333333333
          Ordinate_Resolution: 0.0003280833333333333
        Planar_Distance_Units: foot_us
    Geodetic_Model:
      Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983 HARN
      Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980
      Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0
      Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
  Detailed_Description:
    Entity_Type:
      Entity_Type_Label: Pollinator Habitat Rankings
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: LRS_Date
      Attribute_Definition:
        The date the measure values (ARMs) used to update the data set was valid in the TRIPS system.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
      Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain:
          Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: RelRouteQual
      Attribute_Definition:
        Related Roadway Qualifier - a six character field that uniquely identifies the RRT since there may be more than one of the same types of RRT for a route (same as RRQ column).
      Attribute_Definition_Source: WSDOT Road Log
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: RelRouteType
      Attribute_Definition:
        Related Roadway Type - a two character abbreviation for a type of roadway (same as RRT column).
      Attribute_Definition_Source: WSDOT Road Log
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Null
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mainline
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: AR
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Alternate Route
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: CO
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Couplet
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Washington State Highway Log
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: CD
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Collector Distributor Decreasing
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Washington State Highway Log
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: CI
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Collector Distributor Increasing
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Washington State Highway Log
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: SP
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Spur
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Washington State Highway Log
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: RouteID
      Attribute_Definition:
        Route ID - a unique Route identifier assigned by WSDOT's GIS and Roadway Data Office. Every WSDOT highway in Washington State is assigned a unique Route ID, including interstates and U.S. Routes.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: WSDOT's GIS and Roadway Data Office
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Shape
      Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: StateRouteNumber
      Attribute_Definition:
        State Route Number - a three character number assigned to every State Route (same as RID column).
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: BARM
      Attribute_Definition:
        The beginning accumulated route mileage (ARM) value for the highway segment.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: EARM
      Attribute_Definition:
        The ending accumulated route mileage (ARM) value for the highway segment.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Direction
      Attribute_Definition: Indicates the direction of travel on the state route.
      Attribute_Definition_Source: WSDOT's GIS and Roadway Data Office
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: i
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Increasing side of the state route.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: d
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Decreasing side of the state route.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: BegMP
      Attribute_Definition:
        The beginning state route mile post value for the highway segment.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: EndMP
      Attribute_Definition: The ending state route mile post value for the highway segment.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WaterWetland
      Attribute_Definition: Proximity of highway segment to water or wetland features.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is not within 50 ft. of water or wetland features.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Highway segment is within 50 ft. of water or wetland features.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Monarch
      Attribute_Definition: Proximity of highway segment to monarch habitat.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Highway segment is not within 50 ft. of monarch habitat.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is within 50 ft. of monarch habitat (0.75-0.90 value).
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is within 50 ft. of monarch habitat (>0.90 value).
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Fascicularis
      Attribute_Definition:
        Proximity of highway segment to milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis) habitat.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is not within 50 ft. of milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis) habitat.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is within 50 ft. of milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis) habitat. (0.75-0.90 value).
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is within 50 ft. of milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis) habitat (>0.90 value).
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Speciosa
      Attribute_Definition:
        Proximity of highway segment to milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) habitat.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is not within 50 ft. of milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) habitat.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is within 50 ft. of milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) habitat (0.75-0.90 value).
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 2
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is within 50 ft. of milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) habitat (>0.90 value).
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      Attribute_Label: Crop
      Attribute_Definition: Proximity of highway segment to pollinator dependent crops.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is not within ¼ mile of pollinator dependent crops.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is within ¼ mile of pollinator dependent crops.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: CropOrchard
      Attribute_Definition:
        Proximity of highway segment to pollinator dependent crops that are fruit or nut orchards or berry crops.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is not within ¼ mile of pollinator dependent crops that are fruit or nut orchards or berry crops.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is within ¼ mile of pollinator dependent crops that are fruit or nut orchards or berry crops.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: CropOrganic
      Attribute_Definition:
        Proximity of highway segment to pollinator dependent crops that are organic.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is not within ¼ mile of pollinator dependent crops that are organic.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is within ¼ mile of pollinator dependent crops that are organic.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: CropScore
      Attribute_Definition: The sum of the Crop, CropOrchard, and CropOrganic fields.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: OakGrass
      Attribute_Definition: Proximity of highway segment to oak/grassland habitat.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Highway segment is not within ½ mile of oak/grassland habitat.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Highway segment is within ½ mile of oak/grassland habitat.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: PlantHeritage
      Attribute_Definition:
        Proximity of highway segment to insect pollinated Plant Heritage plants.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is not within ½ mile of animal pollinated Plant Heritage plants.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is within ½ mile of animal pollinated Plant Heritage plants.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: ProtectedArea
      Attribute_Definition: Proximity of highway segment to protected areas.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Highway segment is not within 1/4 mile of protected areas.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Highway segment is within 1/4 mile of protected areas.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Urban
      Attribute_Definition: Highway segment intersects urban area.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Highway segment does not intersect urban area.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Highway segment intersects urban area.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: UrbanGateway
      Attribute_Definition:
        Highway segment intersects urban area and has a minimum of 5% native/natural vegetation cover within a ½ mile radius.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment does not intersect an urban area or does not have a minimum of 5% native/natural vegetation cover within a ½ mile radius.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment intersects urban area and has a minimum of 5% native/natural vegetation cover within a ½ mile radius.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: MonarchRank
      Attribute_Definition:
        The potential value for monarch habitat creation, restoration, or enhancement within WSDOT owned lands along the highway segment.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Very High
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: High
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Medium
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Low
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: PollinatorScore
      Attribute_Definition:
        Sum of CropScore multiplied by 2, NatVeg5_30, WaterWetland, OakGrass, PlantHeritage, and ProtectedArea attribute values.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: NatVeg5Plus
      Attribute_Definition:
        Minimum 5% native or natural vegetation cover within ½ mile radius of the highway segment.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            There is not a minimum 5% native or natural vegetation cover within ½ mile radius of the highway segment.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            There is a minimum 5% native or natural vegetation cover within ½ mile radius of the highway segment.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: PollinatorRank
      Attribute_Definition:
        The potential value for pollinator habitat creation, restoration, or enhancement within WSDOT owned lands along the highway segment.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Very High
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: High
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Medium
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Low
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: WSDOT_wet
      Attribute_Definition: Proximity of highway segment to WSDOT wetland mitigation site.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is not within 50 ft. of WSDOT wetland mitigation site.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is within 50 ft. of WSDOT wetland mitigation site.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: NWI
      Attribute_Definition:
        Proximity of highway segment to National Wetland Inventory wetlands.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is not within 50 ft. of National Wetland Inventory wetlands.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            Highway segment is within 50 ft. of National Wetland Inventory wetlands.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: DNR_WB
      Attribute_Definition: Proximity of highway segment to waterbodies.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Highway segment is not within 50 ft. of a waterbody.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Highway segment is within 50 ft. of a waterbody.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: DNR_WC
      Attribute_Definition: Proximity of highway segment to rivers or streams.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Highway segment is not within 50 ft. of a river or stream.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Highway segment is within 50 ft. of a river or stream.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: NatVeg5_30
      Attribute_Definition:
        Native or natural vegetation cover within ½ mile radius of the highway segment is 5%-30%.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            There is not 5%-30% native or natural vegetation cover within ½ mile radius of the highway segment.
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
            There is 5%-30% native or natural vegetation cover within ½ mile radius of the highway segment.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: BegA_B
      Attribute_Definition:
        Ahead back indicator for highway segment beginning milepost value.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: B
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Back indicator for highway segment beginning milepost value.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: UrbanGatewayScore
      Attribute_Definition:
        Sum of WaterWetland, OakGrass, PlantHeritage, and ProtectedArea attribute values for highway segments that intersected with urban areas and had a minimum of 5% native/natural vegetation cover within ½ mile radius.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: EndA_B
      Attribute_Definition: Ahead back indicator for highway segment ending milepost value.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: B
          Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Back indicator for highway segment ending milepost value.
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: UrbanGatewayRank
      Attribute_Definition:
        The potential value for urban gateway pollinator habitat creation, restoration, or enhancement within WSDOT owned lands along the highway segment.
      Attribute_Domain_Values:
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Very High
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: High
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Medium
        Enumerated_Domain:
          Enumerated_Domain_Value: Low
    Attribute:
      Attribute_Label: Shape.STLength()
  Overview_Description:

Distribution_Information:
  Distributor:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization:
          Washington State Department of Transportation, Office of Information Technology
        Contact_Person: Jordyn Mitchell
      Contact_Position: GIS Database Administrator
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: PO Box 47430
        City: Olympia
        State_or_Province: WA
        Postal_Code: 98504-7430
        Country: US
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-705-7645
      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mitchejo@wsdot.wa.gov
  Distribution_Liability: See access and use constraints information.
  Standard_Order_Process:
    Fees: none
    Ordering_Instructions:
      Download individual data sets from <http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/mapsdata/geodatacatalog/default.htm>

Metadata_Reference_Information:
  Metadata_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: WSDOT Environmental Services Office
        Contact_Person: Environmental Services GIS Data Administrator
      Contact_Position: Environmental Services GIS Data Administrator
      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing address
        Address: PO Box 47331
        City: Olympia
        State_or_Province: WA
        Postal_Code: 98504-7331
        Country: USA
      Contact_Voice_Telephone: 360-705-7476
  Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
  Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
  Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
  Metadata_Use_Constraints:
    For Planning use only. The Washington State Department of Transportation shall not be liable for any activity involving these data with regard to lost profits or savings or any other consequential damages; or the fitness for use of the data for a particular purpose; or the installation of the data, its use, or the results obtained.

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