20250830 06411900 1.0 TRUE Projects_PSM2022_CrucialHabitat_ODFW_2013 This dataset represents an aggregated measure of crucial habitat for species of interest to the Oregn Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). Crucial habitat describes places that are expected to contain the resources necessary for continued health of fish and wildlife populations or important ecological systems expected to provide high value for a diversity of fish and wildlife. The Western Governors' Wildlife Council (WGWC) defined crucial habitat for fish and wildlife to include several data types and input layers: Habitat for Terrestrial and/or Aquatic Species of Concern (SOC), Native and Unfragmented Habitat (which may include landscape condition, large natural areas, natural vegetetaion communities, ecological systems of concern, landscape corridors, and/or freshwater integrity), Riparian and wetland habitat, Connectivity or linkage areas (wildlife corridors), and Habitat for terrestrial and/or aquatic species of economic or recreational importance. ODFW staff compiled data encompassing all of the above categories and then ranked areas as “crucial habitat” using a relative, six-level prioritization scheme, where 1 represents areas “most crucial,” or those areas that most closely meet the definition of crucial habitat based on the WGWC definitions; and 6 represents “least crucial” areas, or those areas that least closely meet the definition of crucial habitat based on the WGWC definitions. Crucial habitat values are in no way regulatory and do not imply specific avoidance or mitigation measures for a given area. Crucial habitat values should be interpreted as the relative probability, or risk, that a high-priority species or habitat would be encountered in a given area based on the best available scientific information. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Western Governors' Association