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The Western Governor’s Wildlife Council defines “crucial habitat” as places containing the resources (including food, water, cover, shelter and important wildlife corridors) that are necessary for the survival and reproduction of aquatic and terrestrial wildlife and to prevent unacceptable declines, or facilitate future recovery of, wildlife populations; or are important ecological systems with high biological diversity value. The Compiled Crucial Habitat layer can be used to determine areas containing high priority crucial habitat results throughout this analysis. This layer is a result of aggregating all crucial habitat input layers, and can provide an initial overview of whether an area contains crucial habitat or important natural resources for fish and wildlife. See http://www.dfw.state.or.us/maps/compass/md_crucial_habitat.asp for documentation on this layer. |