ACE Biodiversity (Rank 5)

<div style='text-align:Left;'><p></p><p><a href='https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=150831&amp;inline' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Terrestrial Biodiversity Summary</a> <span style='color:black;'>is the combined result of three measures of biodiversity in CA Department of Fish and Wildlife’s </span><a href='https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/Analysis/ACE' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Areas of Conservation Emphasis</a> (ACE)<span style='color:black;'> project. Those pillars that make up this metric include terrestrial native species richness (diversity of all currently tracked species in the state), terrestrial rare species richness (diversity of special status species), and terrestrial irreplaceability (highlights unique endemic species). As such, this dataset describes the relative biodiversity levels for birds, amphibians, plants, mammals and reptiles across each USDA ecoregion.</span></p> <p><span style='color:black;'>Rank 5, the highest rank, </span><span style='color:black;'>is used as an exclusion in the biological planning priorities component of the Core and SB 100 Terrestrial Climate Resilience Study Screens. This ensures that areas of technical resource potential identified through screening avoid lands with higher conservation value for biodiversity.</span></p><p><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:black;'>This layer is featured in the </span><a href='https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/de6ab11146bf47068ff294d87780ce00' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>CEC 2023 Land-Use Screens for Electric System Planning</a><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:black;'> data viewer.</span><span style='color:black;'><br /></span></p> <p><span style='color:black;'>For more information about this layer and its use in electric system planning, please refer to the </span><a href='https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/california-energy-planning-library/land-use-screens' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Land Use Screens Staff Report in the CEC Energy Planning Library</a><span style='color:black;'>. </span></p><br /><p></p></div>

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