Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Wetland habitats were mapped using a 1 sq. mile hexagon and include data from managed wetland areas, playas, and NWI data.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Riparian areas were mapped as percent of natural land cover within each 1 sq. mile hexagon along Kansas streams of Strahler order greater than 2.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Wetland and Riparian layers were ranked 1-6, lower scores representing higher conservation values. When the Wetland and Riparian layers were combined to create a single Wetland/Riparian layer, the minimum value between the two was used.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Wetland and Riparian habitats data layer was created by KDWPT and the Kansas Biological Survey as part of the WGA CHAT project. All categories have been created at a macroscale and are intended to help users site projects around crucial biological habitats independent of the regulatory requirements of development. Users should consult KDWPT personnel for a more detailed local assessment.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The following is a description of the catagorical rules that define the 1-6 scores for Wetlands</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>1. Known wetland area* OR >= 1 acre of Very High risk playas </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>2. Total of >= 32 acres of NWI OR 10 acres of High risk playas</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>3. Total of >= 10 acres of NWI OR 10 acres of Moderate risk playas</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>4. Total of >= 5 acres of NWI OR 5 acres of High or Moderate risk playas</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>5. Total of >= 2 acres of NWI OR 2 acres of Moderate of low risk playas</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>6. Known Wetland area less than 1 acre OR no known wetlands</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>* A collection of point and polygon locations of known wetland</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>locations collected from KDWPT, KS Biological Survey, KS Natural</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Heritage Program, NRCS, Ducks Unlimited, and other sources. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>The following is a description of the catagorical rules that define the 1-6 scores for Riparian Areas</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>1. Stahler >=2 AND greater than 90% natural vegetation** within a cell</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>2. Stahler >=2 AND 75% - 90% natural vegetation within a cell</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>3. Stahler >=2 AND 50% - 75% natural vegetation within a cell</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>4. Stahler >=2 AND 50% - 25% natural vegetation within a cell</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>5. Stahler >=2 and less than 25% natural vegetation within cell</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>6. Strahler order 1 streams and upland headwater areas</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>** Land cover data obtained from 2005 KS landcover map. Natural vegetation </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>derived from the inverse of a Crop/Urban area calculation and represents </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>warm and cool seaseon grasslands, woodlands, CRP, and wetlands. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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