Protected Areas Exclusion (Wind)

Published by California Energy Commission | State of California | Metadata Last Checked: July 09, 2025 | Last Modified: 2024-01-22T18:46:34.080Z

The datasets that are included in the composite layer making up the protected area layer are given below: <div style='text-align:Left;'><table border='1' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' style='border-collapse:collapse; border:none;'> <tbody><tr style='height:15.0pt;'> <td style='width:106.05pt; border:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='141'> Dataset </td> <td style='width:161.7pt; border:solid black 1.0pt; border-left:none; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='216'> Example Designations </td> <td style='width:200.25pt; border:solid black 1.0pt; border-left:none; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='267'> Citation or hyperlink </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt;'> <td style='width:106.05pt; border:solid black 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='141'> PAD-US (CBI Edition) </td> <td style='width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='216'> National Parks, GAP Status 1 and 2, State Parks, Open Spaces, Natural Areas </td> <td style='width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='267'> “PAD-US (CBI Edition) Version 2.1b, California”. Conservation Biology Institute. 2016. <a href='https://databasin.org/datasets/64538491f43e42ba83e26b849f2cad28' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://databasin.org/datasets/64538491f43e42ba83e26b849f2cad28</a>. </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt;'> <td style='width:106.05pt; border:solid black 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='141'> Conservation Easements </td> <td style='width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='216'> </td> <td style='width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='267'> California Conservation Easement Database (CCED), 2022a. 2022. <a href='https://www.calands.org/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>www.CALands.org</a>. Accessed December 2022. </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt;'> <td style='width:106.05pt; border:solid black 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='141'> Inventoried Roadless Areas </td> <td style='width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='216'> </td> <td style='width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='267'> “Inventoried Roadless Areas.” US Forest Service. Dec 12, 2022. <a href='https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/roadless/2001roadlessrule/maps/?cid=stelprdb5382437' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/roadless/2001roadlessrule/maps/?cid=stelprdb5382437</a> </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt;'> <td style='width:106.05pt; border:solid black 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='141'> BLM National Landscape Conservation System </td> <td style='width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='216'> Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Study Areas, National Monuments, National Conservation Lands, Conservation Lands of the California Desert, Scenic Rivers </td> <td style='width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='267'> <a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-wilderness-areas' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-wilderness-areas</a> <a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-wilderness-study-areas' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-wilderness-study-areas</a> <a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-national-monuments-nca-forest-reserves-other-poly/' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-national-monuments-nca-forest-reserves-other-poly/</a> </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt;'> <td style='width:106.05pt; border:solid black 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='141'> Greater Sage Grouse Habitat Conservation Areas (BLM) </td> <td style='width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='216'> For solar technology: BLM_Managm IN (‘PHMA’, ‘GHMA’, ‘OHMA’) For wind technology: BLMP_Managm = ‘PHMA’ </td> <td style='width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='267'> “Nevada and Northeastern California Greater Sage-Grouse Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment.” US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Nevada State Office. 2015. <a href='https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/lup/103343/143707/176908/NVCA_Approved_RMP_Amendment.pdf' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/lup/103343/143707/176908/NVCA_Approved_RMP_Amendment.pdf</a> </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt;'> <td style='width:106.05pt; border:solid black 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='141'> Other BLM Protected Areas </td> <td style='width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='216'> Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs), Recreation Areas (SRMA, ERMA, OHV Designated Areas), including Vinagre Wash Special Recreation Management Area, National Scenic Areas, including Alabama Hills National Scenic Area </td> <td style='width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='267'> <a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-off-highway-vehicle-designations' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-off-highway-vehicle-designations</a> <a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-areas-of-critical-environmental-concern' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-ca-areas-of-critical-environmental-concern</a> <a href='https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-az-area-of-critical-environmental-concern-polygon' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-az-area-of-critical-environmental-concern-polygon</a> [Big Marias ACEC and Beale Slough Riparian and Cultural ACEC] BLM, personal communication, November 2, 2022. </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt;'> <td style='width:106.05pt; border:solid black 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='141'> Mono Basin NFSA </td> <td style='width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='216'> </td> <td style='width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='267'> <a href='https://pcta.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=cf1495f8e09940989995c06f9e290f6b' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://pcta.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=cf1495f8e09940989995c06f9e290f6b#overview</a> </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt;'> <td style='width:106.05pt; border:solid black 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='141'> Terrestrial 30x30 Conserved Areas </td> <td style='width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='216'> Gap Status 1 and 2 </td> <td style='width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='267'> CA Nature. 30x30 Conserved Areas, Terrestrial. 2021. <a href='https://www.californianature.ca.gov/datasets/CAnature::30x30-conserved-areas-terrestrial/' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://www.californianature.ca.gov/datasets/CAnature::30x30-conserved-areas-terrestrial/</a> Accessed September 2022. </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt;'> <td style='width:106.05pt; border:solid black 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='141'> CPAD </td> <td style='width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='216'> Open Spaces and Parks under city or county level </td> <td style='width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='267'> California Protected Areas Database (CPAD), 2022b. 2022. <a href='https://www.calands.org/cpad/' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://www.calands.org/cpad/</a>. Accessed February 22, 2023. </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt;'> <td style='width:106.05pt; border:solid black 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='141'> USFS Special Interest Management Areas </td><td style='width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='216'> </td> <td style='width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='267'> <a href='https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/usfs::special-interest-management-areas-feature-layer/about' rel='nofollow ugc'>https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/usfs::special-interest-management-areas-feature-layer/about</a> </td> </tr> <tr style='height:15.0pt;'> <td style='width:106.05pt; border:solid black 1.0pt; border-top:none; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='141'> Proposed Protected Area </td> <td style='width:161.7pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='216'> Molok Luyuk Extension (Berryessa Mtn NM Expansion) </td> <td style='width:200.25pt; border-top:none; border-left:none; border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; border-right:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 5.25pt; height:15.0pt;' valign='top' width='267'> CalWild, personal communication, January 19, 2023. </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div><div style='text-align:Left;'>This layer is featured in the <a href='https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/de6ab11146bf47068ff294d87780ce00' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>CEC 2023 Land-Use Screens for Electric System Planning</a> data viewer.<span style='font-family:inherit; color:black; background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'> <p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; color:windowtext; font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:16px; background-color:transparent; padding:0px; font-kerning:none;'>For more information about this layer and its use in electric system planning, please refer to the <a href='https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/california-energy-planning-library/land-use-screens' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Land Use Screens Staff Report in the CEC Energy Planning Library</a>. Change Log: <div>Version 1.1 (January 22, 2024 10:40 AM) </div><div><ul><li>Layer revised to allow for gaps to remain when combining all components of the protected area layer. </li></ul></div></div>

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identifier	c4a728d3-2f06-439f-86f2-05b67dbdfffd
issued	2023-03-03T17:10:18.000Z
theme	[ "Natural Resources" ]