Abstract: The goal of the NAACC collaborative, is to develop common protocols and training for assessing road-stream crossings across the thirteen-state region, and to house the field data collecting using those protocols, in a regional database that is accessible to the public. The purpose for creating a filtered New Jersey version of the database, which is linked to the larger regional database, is to make it as accessible to interested parties in New Jersey. Specifically, the road-stream crossing assessments have tremendous utility as a component of the Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Connecting Habitat Across New Jersey (CHANJ, www.CHANJ.nj.gov) project. When the completed road-stream assessments are integrated with the CHANJ mapping, they can help identify opportunities to improve safe passage for wildlife in areas that occur within mapped wildlife habitat cores and corridors. Therefore, we want to make the NAACC database as accessible to CHANJ partners and potential partners as possible.
Purpose: The North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity (NAACC) is a network of individuals from universities, conservation organizations, and state and federal natural resource and transportation departments focused on improving aquatic and terrestrial connectivity across a thirteen-state region, from Maine to Virginia. NJ is one of the 13 states in the region participating in the North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative (NAACC), the goal of which is to develop additional common protocols and training for assessing road-stream crossings and also houses the field data, collected using existing protocols, in a regional database. Bridge spans, and medium and large culverts with certain features are known to be utilized by many aquatic and terrestrial wildlife species to cross beneath roadways. The NAACC Culvert Assessment Protocol involves collecting a variety of data associated with culverts and bridges, including, but not limited to, structure dimensions, the presence of dry, and physical barriers. This dataset reflects the New Jersey portion of the NAACC database. The full database is already available publicly: https://www.streamcontinuity.org/cdb2/naacc_search_crossing.cfm.
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Maintenance and Update Frequency: Daily
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Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme Keyword: biota
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus: None
Place Keyword: New Jersey
Access Constraints: None
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Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered & Nongame Species Program
Contact Person: Gretchen Fowles
Contact Position: Geographic Information Systems Specialist
Logical Consistency Report: Tests were conducted to insure that the links to the NAACC database were working as expected and that the regular update pushes functioned properly.
Completeness Report: The data from the other twelve states in the NAACC region were filtered out so that the dataset only represented data in New Jersey.
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Citation Information:
Title: North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative
Other Citation Details: The data from the other twelve states in the region were filtered out so that the dataset only represented data in New Jersey.
Source Citation Abbreviation: North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative
Source Contribution: UMass created a Map Service from the NAACC database for BGIS to consume as a web service.
Process Step:
Process Description:
Feature class schema was finalized with Bob English of UMASS.
Spatial Data Organization Information:
Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector
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Detailed Description:
Entity Type:
Entity Type Label: Envr_CHANJ_pts
Entity Type Definition: North Atlantic Aquatic Connectivity Collaborative
Entity Type Definition Source: NAACC
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: SurveyID
Attribute Definition: Unique ID for the survey. If 0, a survey hasn't been completed.
Attribute Definition Source: NAACC
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unique ID for the survey. If 0, a survey hasn't been completed.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: NAACCStandardID
Attribute Definition: Characterization of the functionality of the structure for wildlife to pass through based on calculation of the Aquatic Passability Score, which uses data recorded for outlet drop, barriers, openness, water depth, etc.
Attribute Definition Source: NAACC
Attribute Domain Values:
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value: No barrier
Enumerated Domain Value Definition: No barrier
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: NAACC
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value: Insignificant barrier
Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Insignificant barrier
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: NAACC
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value: Minor barrier
Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Minor barrier
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: NAACC
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value: Moderate barrier
Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Moderate barrier
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: NAACC
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value: Significant barrier
Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Significant barrier
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: NAACC
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value: Severe barrier
Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Severe barrier
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: NAACC
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value: No score
Enumerated Domain Value Definition: No score
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: NAACC
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value: Not surveyed
Enumerated Domain Value Definition: Not surveyed
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: NAACC
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value: New crossing pending approval
Enumerated Domain Value Definition: New crossing pending approval
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: NAACC
Enumerated Domain:
Enumerated Domain Value: No crossing
Enumerated Domain Value Definition: No crossing
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source: NAACC
Attribute:
Attribute Label: CrossingCode
Attribute Definition: Unique tracking code for each automatically generated road/stream intersection.
Attribute Definition Source: NAACC
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Unique tracking code
Attribute:
Attribute Label: SHAPE
Attribute Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute Definition Source: Esri
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
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Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata Date: 20180418
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered & Nongame Species Program
Contact Person: Gretchen Fowles
Contact Position: Geographic Information Systems Specialist