Name: Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources Property
Display Field: WMA_NAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This dataset contains boundary information for Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries' (VDGIF) Wildlife Management Areas (WMA). The coverage includes all WMAs within Virginia. These data are formatted as an ArcView shapefile compiled by the VDGIF Fish and Wildlife Information Services (FWIS) from the VDGIF Capital Outlay database. These data are presented as polygons of each site boundary.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The Crisfield geographic focus area, as depicted here, includes US Census 2020 Redistricting Block Groups that intersect the municipal boundary of the City of Crisfield and the tidal marshes of Janes Island State Park and Cedar Island Wildlife Management Area. The source data for the Block Groups was USA Census 2020 Redistricting Block Groups on ESRI's Living Atlas, and the source data for the municipal boundary of the City of Crisfield was MDiMAP. The Block Groups were merged into one feature to represent the geographic focus area, and then the focus area boundary was clipped to the coastline using ESRI USA Census Counties boundaries.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Service Item Id: 8c517492b7fb45cdbb2550d10609ed27
Copyright Text: MDiMap, US Census Bureau, ESRI, The Nature Conservancy
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland, as depicted here, includes Dorchester County, Somerset County, Wicomico County, and Worcester County. The source data for the county boundaries was USA Census Counties on ESRI's Living Atlas (alias dtl_cnty), representing the 2020 Census boundaries. The four county boundaries were merged into one to create the Lower Eastern Shore geographic focal area. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Service Item Id: 8c517492b7fb45cdbb2550d10609ed27
Copyright Text: US Census Bureau, ESRI, The Nature Conservancy
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>In 2007, State leaders in Maryland took a bold step in their efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay with the creation of the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund (Trust Fund). The Trust Fund allows Maryland to accelerate Bay restoration by focusing limited financial resources on the most effective non-point source pollution control projects. Dollars for the Trust Fund are generated through motor fuel tax and rental car tax in Maryland. It is anticipated that when fully-funded, the Trust Fund will generate $50M annually. This file depicts the Bay Trust Fund current priority zones. Priority zone areas were developed using information from the USGS SPARROW model and local knowledge and expertise. Coastal Bays watersheds were prioritized based on the expertise of scientists in that region. - SPARROW is a regression-based model for regional interpretation of water quality monitoring data. SPARROW discriminates which watersheds are likely to contribute the highest nutrient and sediment loads to the Chesapeake Bay. - The Biological Restoration Initiative (BRI) targeting identifies biologically impaired waters that demonstrate a high potential for removal from Marylands 303(d) list of impaired waters. Their selection is based on evaluation using the Biological Listing Methodology results listed in Marylands 2008 Integrated Report, which sets a threshold for degradation within Marylands non-tidal freshwater streams using the index of biotic integrity (IBI) scores from sampled fish and benthic communities. These watersheds have been targeted primarily for 319(h) grant program, which has a goal of delisting impaired surface waters. - The Atlantic Coastal Bay watersheds were selected based on the pattern of trajectories of the water quality index (dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll a, total nitrogen, total phosphorus) between 2001-2006 (http://ian.umces.edu/press/books/publication/93/shifting_sands_envi ronmental_and_cultural_change_in_maryland_s_coastal_bays_2009- 06-08/). Agricultural and urbanized watersheds were evaluated separately to identify the highest nutrient loading areas. For urban watersheds developed lands were analyzed, while agricultural watersheds were separated into cropland and animal production systems.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Last Updated: 2014</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>