Forest Basal Area 2015Cross-sectional area of tree stems at breast height. It is developed within the framework of Canada’s National Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring System (NTEMS). The sum of the cross-sectional area (i.e. basal area) of each tree in square metres in a plot, divided by the area of the plot (units = m2ha). Products relating the structure of Canada's forested ecosystems have been generated and made openly accessible. The shared products are based upon peer-reviewed science and relate aspects of forest structure including: (i) metrics calculated directly from the lidar point cloud with heights normalized to heights above the ground surface (e.g., canopy cover, height), and (ii) modelled inventory attributes, derived using an area-based approach generated by using co-located ground plot and ALS data (e.g., volume, biomass). Forest structure estimates were generated by combining information from lidar plots (Wulder et al. 2012) with Landsat pixel-based composites (White et al. 2014; Hermosilla et al. 2016) using a nearest neighbour imputation approach with a Random Forests-based distance metric. These products were generated for strategic-level forest monitoring information needs and are not intended to support operational-level forest management. All products have a spatial resolution of 30 m. For a detailed description of the data, methods applied, and accuracy assessment results see Matasci et al. (2018). When using this data, please cite as follows: Matasci, G., Hermosilla, T., Wulder, M.A., White, J.C., Coops, N.C., Hobart, G.W., Bolton, D.K., Tompalski, P., Bater, C.W., 2018b. Three decades of forest structural dynamics over Canada's forested ecosystems using Landsat time-series and lidar plots. Remote Sensing of Environment 216, 697-714. Matasci et al. 2018)Geographic extent: Canada's forested ecosystems (~ 650 Mha)Time period: 1985–2011

Basal area - total (BA_TOT) is an expression of total site occupancy based on the cross-sectional area (m2 at breast-height) of merchantable stems on a per-hectare basis. Available here as a raster (GeoTIF) with a 20 m pixel resolution.Download: Here The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Forest Service Branch, has developed a forest resource inventory (FRI) which meets a variety of strategic and operational planning information needs for the boreal plains. Such needs include information on the general land cover, terrain, and growing stock (height, diameter, basal area, timber volume and stem density) within the provincial forest and adjacent forest fringe. This inventory provides spatially explicit information as 10 m or 20 m raster grids and as vectors polygons for relatively homogeneous forest stands or naturally non-forested areas with a 0.5 ha minimum area and a 2.0 ha median area.  Basal area - total (BA_TOT) is an expression of total (softwood + hardwood) site occupancy based on the cross-sectional area (m2 at breast-height) of merchantable stems on a per-hectare basis. BA_TOT is available here as a color-mapped 16-bit unsigned integer raster grid in GeoTIFF format with a 20 m pixel resolution. An ArcGIS Pro layer file (*.lyrx) is supplied for viewing BA_TOT data in the following 5 m2/ha categories. Domain: [NULL, 0…90]. RANGE LABEL RED GREEN BLUE 0 <= BA_TOT < 3 0 NA NA NA 3 <= BA_TOT < 8 5 63 81 181 8 <= BA_TOT < 13 10 66 103 157 13 <= BA_TOT < 18 15 69 125 133 18 <= BA_TOT < 23 20 72 147 110 23 <= BA_TOT < 28 25 75 169 86 28 <= BA_TOT < 33 30 108 186 76 33 <= BA_TOT < 38 35 150 200 71 38 <= BA_TOT < 43 40 192 214 66 43 <= BA_TOT < 48 45 234 228 61 48 <= BA_TOT < 53 50 255 225 52 53 <= BA_TOT < 58 55 255 206 38 58 <= BA_TOT < 63 60 255 186 24 63 <= BA_TOT < 68 65 255 167 10 68 <= BA_TOT < 73 70 254 147 3 73 <= BA_TOT < 78 75 252 127 16 78 <= BA_TOT < 83 80 249 107 29 83 <= BA_TOT < 88 85 247 87 41 88 <= BA_TOT <= 90 90 244 67 54For more information, see the Forest Inventory Standard of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code, Forest Inventory Chapter.

This dataset provides wall-to-wall maps of forest structure across Canada's 650 million hectare forested ecosystems for the year 2022, generated at a spatial resolution of 30 m. It is developed within the framework of Canada’s National Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring System (NTEMS). Structure estimates include key attributes such as canopy height, canopy cover, and aboveground biomass, derived using a combination of airborne lidar and Landsat-based spectral composites. Structure models were trained using the - lidar-plot framework - (Wulder et al. 2012), which integrates co-located airborne lidar data and ground plot measurements with Landsat time-series composites (Hermosilla et al. 2016). A Nearest Neighbour imputation approach was applied to estimate structural attributes across the full extent of Canada's forested area. These nationally consistent products are intended to support strategic-level forest monitoring and assessment and are not designed for operational forest management.For further details on the methods, accuracy assessment, and source data, see Matasci et al. (2018).Matasci, G., Hermosilla, T., Wulder, M.A., White, J.C., Coops, N.C., Hobart, G.W., Bolton, D.K., Tompalski, P., Bater, C.W., 2018. Three decades of forest structural dynamics over Canada's forested ecosystems using Landsat time-series and lidar plots. Remote Sensing of Environment, 216, 697-714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.07.024 (Matasci et al. 2018)

Forest stands (FSTAND) is a vector delineation of relatively homogeneous forest stands or naturally non-forested areas as polygons with a 0.5 ha minimum area and a 2.0 ha median area.Download: Here The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Forest Service Branch, has developed a forest resource inventory (FRI) which meets a variety of strategic and operational planning information needs for the boreal plains. Such needs include information on the general land cover, terrain, and growing stock (height, diameter, basal area, timber volume and stem density) within the provincial forest and adjacent forest fringe. This inventory provides spatially explicit information as 10 m or 20 m raster grids and as vectors polygons for relatively homogeneous forest stands or naturally non-forested areas with a 0.5 ha minimum area and a 2.0 ha median area. Forest stands (FSTAND) is a vector delineation of relatively homogeneous forest stands or naturally non-forested areas as polygon with a 0.5 ha minimum area and a 2.0 ha median area. For more information, see the Forest Inventory Standard of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code, Forest Inventory Chapter.

This is a spatial layer showing Ministry of Forests Map Notation Polygons. These are polygonal spatial representation for a notation on the Forest Atlas which records the area of interest of other government agencies and individuals

This data shows anthropogenic polygon disturbance features. Features were digitized using high resolution satellite imagery and orthophotos. The following data was not included in the dataset: proposed features.Table 1. A list of attributes, associated domains, and descriptions.AttributeData TypeDomainsDescriptionREF_IDText (20) Unique feature reference IDDATABASEText (20)Historic, Most Recent, RetiredSub-database to which the feature belongsTYPE_INDUSTRYText (50)Table 2.3.2Major classification of disturbance feature by industryTYPE_DISTURBANCEText (50)Table 2.3.2Sub classification of disturbance featureSCALE_CAPTUREDLong Scale at which the feature was digitizedDATA_SOURCEText (10)Imagery, GPS, OtherData source: digitized from imagery, captured by GPS, or obtained by other meansIMAGE_NAMEText (100) Filename of source imageryIMAGE_DATEDate Date that imagery was captured (YYYYMMDD)IMAGE_RESOLUTIONDouble Resolution of source imagery in metersIMAGE_SENSORText (35) Name of sensor that captured source imageryTable 2. A list of disturbance feature types and their descriptions.TYPE_INDUSTRYTYPE_DISTURBANCEDESCRIPTIONAgricultureAgricultureFarms, ranches, or other agricultural areasForestryForestryCut blocks or other forestry related activitiesMiningBuildingA building footprint or the building and the surrounding land related to mining activities.Drill PadDrill pad features related to mineral exploration activitiesFuel CacheRemote caches of fuel allowing for mineral exploration activities (will often have fuel tanks and barrels)Gravel Pit / QuarryPit or quarry for mining gravel or aggregateLaydown areaAreas used to store materials and equipment for mining operationsMiningMiscellaneous or unknown mining activitiesPlacer Mining - MinorPlacer mining area with little disturbancePlacer Mining - SignificantPlacer mining area with greater disturbanceQuartz Mining - MinorQuartz mining area with little disturbanceQuartz Mining - SignificantQuartz mining area with greater disturbanceTailing PondTailing pond associated with mining activityCampMining campOil and GasWell PadCleared area surrounding oil or gas wellRuralCampAny camp outside of mining areas, including fishing/hunting camps, ENV conservation officer cabins/camps, outfitters, etc.HomesteadRural dwelling and associated landTransportationAirstripAirport or AirstripClearingClearings that are related to transportation but could not be clearly attributed as a turn area, pullout, road cut and fill, etc.Gravel Pit / QuarryGravel pits related to transportationPullout / Turn AreaAn area associated with transportation and is intended as a vehicle pullout or turn areaRoad Cut and FillCut slopes and moved earth for road construction purposesUnknownClearingA tract of land devoid (or nearly devoid) of natural land cover and suspected to be anthropogenic in natureGravel Pit / QuarryA gravel pit with unknown related industryUnknownUnable to identify from imagery, but suspected to be anthropogenicUrbanBuildingVisible building or structureCemeteryCemeteryClearingMiscellaneous urban clearingsCul-de-sac / Turn AreaA turn area associated with transportation or road cul-de-sacDamBarrier impounding water or streamGolf CourseRecreational golfing areaIndustrialAreas that are designated for industrial uses: factories, tank farm, transportation areaInstitutionalAny institutional buildings and immediate cleared area: School, government, etc.LandfillSite used for disposal of waste materialsPondStanding body of water, created anthropogenically; includes sewage lagoons, wastewater facilities, and artificial bodies of water.Recreation AreaVisible disturbance in Urban / Rural parks and recreation areasRural ResidentialLand use in which housing predominates in an urban or community settingTowerA tall structure, possibly used for communications or forestryUrbanMiscellaneous or unknown urban features Distributed from [GeoYukon](https://yukon.ca/en/statistics-and-data/mapping/explore-map-data-using-geoyukon) by the [Government of Yukon](https://yukon.ca/) . Discover more digital map data and interactive maps from Yukon's digital [map](https://yukon.ca:443/en/maps) data collection.For more information: [geomatics.help@yukon.ca](mailto:geomatics.help@yukon.ca)      

Terrain contours (TRNCNT) is a vector delineation of areas of equivalent elevation, in 5 m classes, as contour lines.Download: Here The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Forest Service Branch, has developed a forest resource inventory (FRI) which meets a variety of strategic and operational planning information needs for the boreal plains. Such needs include information on the general land cover, terrain, and growing stock (height, diameter, basal area, timber volume and stem density) within the provincial forest and adjacent forest fringe. This inventory provides spatially explicit information as 10 m or 20 m raster grids and as vectors polygons for relatively homogeneous forest stands or naturally non-forested areas with a 0.5 ha minimum area and a 2.0 ha median area.  Terrain contours (TRNCNT) is a vector delineation of areas of equivalent elevation, in 5 m classes, as contour lines.  For more information, see the Forest Inventory Standard of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code, Forest Inventory Chapter.

This layer shows surveyed parcels that fall under the Agricultural Development Area Regulations or are within an agricultural zone as defined in one of the Development Area Regulations ( [Find zoning maps for Yukon communities \| Government of Yukon](https://yukon.ca/en/find-zoning-maps-yukon-communities) ). The field "Title Description" indicates if the parcels is titled to private, a government entity (commissioner, community or federal) or untitled. If you find any errors in the dataset please contact [lands.gis@yukon.ca](mailto:lands.gis@yukon.ca) Distributed from [GeoYukon](https://yukon.ca/geoyukon) by the [Government of Yukon](https://yukon.ca/maps) . Discover more digital map data and interactive maps from Yukon's digital map data collection. For more information: [geomatics.help@yukon.ca](mailto:geomatics.help@yukon.ca) 

This data layer contains individual forest stand level information, including: * working group (meaning a grouping of stands with the same predominant species composition. They are generally labelled based on the tree species that occupies the greatest canopy closure or amount of basal area in the stand) * species ID and percentage * height * age * stocking (meaning a qualitative measurement of the density of tree cover in a forest stand, generally based on the species with the most basal area, expressed as a percentage value ranging from zero to a maximum of 4. A stocking of 0 is empty, 1 is fully stocked, more than 1 is overstocked) * crown closure * soil moisture * stand modifier (meaning the subdivision of productive forest areas based on the presence or absence of physical or biological factors that will limit the ability to practice timber management) * site index * stand area (m²) This dataset was created as a more current update to the previous 1978 Forest Resource Inventory to support forest management within the Eastern Ontario Model Forest planning area.

Wildlife Key Areas (WKA) are locations used by wildlife for critical, seasonal life functions. WKAs are identified by interpreting observed locations of wildlife at key times of year, not through intensive habitat assessment. Polygons derived from interviews with locals and from GIS interpretation of wildlife/habitat surveys. GIS interpretation follows criteria specific for taxon and/or populations of taxon. Key Areas are based on observed locations of wildlife at key times of year, not on habitat assessment. With new information, boundaries and designations of Key Areas can change and additional Key Areas can be identified. Furthermore, Key Areas are not the only sites important for wildlife. Other information sources can identify other sites important for wildlife for reasons outside the scope of the WKA Inventory Program. Updates to Key Areas occur only periodically. For the most current information, please consult with the Regional Biologist for your area of interest. If you have questions or would like to contribute to the WKA database, please contact the WKA Inventory Program ( [wka@yukon.ca](mailto:wka@yukon.ca) ).Distributed from [GeoYukon](https://mapservices.gov.yk.ca/GeoYukon/) by the [Government of Yukon](https://yukon.ca) . Discover more digital map data and interactive maps from Yukon's digital map data collection.For more information: [geomatics.help@yukon.ca](mailto:geomatics.help@yukon.ca)