Name: Salish Sea Marine Emission Reduction Program
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Description: Area of interest for the Salish Sea Marine Emissions Reduction program. This is a simplified polygon based on the Salish Sea Bioregion Boundary by Aquila Flower. This layer was used for the Salish Sea Initiative's Cumulative Effects Initiatives in the Salish Sea web map (located in the Cumulative Effects in the Salish Sea StoryMap).Boundary Disclaimer: The SSMER program focuses on the Canadian portion of the Salish Sea waters. The map uses a general Salish Sea boundary to illustrate where the Salish Sea is, noting that marine emissions and resulting concentrations of pollutants are not bound by jurisdictional borders. It is also recognized that marine emissions from the US contribute to cumulative effects in the Salish Sea, therefore the SSMER program is considering ways of including relevant US data.
Service Item Id: 8cd92ece7aa7451f8d20aa16d1552dec
Copyright Text: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Aquila Flower
Description: Area of interest for the Salish Sea Initiative. This is a simplified polygon. This layer was used for the Salish Sea Initiative's Cumulative Effects Initiatives in the Salish Sea web map (located in the Cumulative Effects in the Salish Sea StoryMap).
Service Item Id: 8cd92ece7aa7451f8d20aa16d1552dec
Copyright Text: Lucas Aubert, Salish Sea Initiative
Description: The regions that the Terrestrial Cumulative Effects Initiative uses for engagement with Indigenous groups regarding the Trans Mountain Expansion and the 2021 NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. Expansion Project.This layer was used for the Salish Sea Initiative's Cumulative Effects Initiatives in the Salish Sea web map (located in the Cumulative Effects in the Salish Sea StoryMap).
Service Item Id: 8cd92ece7aa7451f8d20aa16d1552dec
Copyright Text: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Natural Resources Canada
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Description: The boundary of the Salish Sea Bioregion follows the outline of watersheds that drain into the sea. Throughout most of the region, the boundary exactly follows the borders of HUC-8 level US watersheds and sub-sub-drainage basin level Canadian watersheds that directly or indirectly drain into the Salish Sea. Watersheds in the Fraser River’s upper drainage area were excluded. The watersheds at the northeastern and northwestern corners of the boundary were clipped along sub-basin boundaries to remove portions of the larger watersheds that drain into Johnstone Strait or Bute Inlet rather than the Salish Sea.The Salish Sea is defined based on legal definitions used in Washington and British Columbia as consisting of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound, Georgia Strait, and their associated bays, channels, and inlets. Definitions of the northern border vary slightly among sources. We used a generous interpretation and included all the channels and inlets south of Johnstone Strait and Bute Inlet that connect to the Strait of Georgia.All processing and analysis was completed using the NAD 83 UTM Zone 10N projection and coordinate system.
Service Item Id: 8cd92ece7aa7451f8d20aa16d1552dec
Copyright Text: Analysis and cartography by Aquila Flower.
US Hydrologic Unit Code level 8 (HUC-8) NHD watershed boundaries from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset hosted by the Washington Department of Ecology (https://ecology.wa.gov/Research-Data/Data-resources/Geographic-Information-Systems-GIS/Data).
"Water Survey of Canada Sub-Sub-Drainage Area" (WSCSSDA) NHN watershed boundaries from the National Hydro Network hosted by the Canadian Open Data portal (https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a4b190fe-e090-4e6d-881e-b87956c07977).
Description: The boundary of the Salish Sea Bioregion follows the outline of watersheds that drain into the sea. Throughout most of the region, the boundary exactly follows the borders of HUC-8 level US watersheds and sub-sub-drainage basin level Canadian watersheds that directly or indirectly drain into the Salish Sea. Watersheds in the Fraser River’s upper drainage area were excluded. The watersheds at the northeastern and northwestern corners of the boundary were clipped along sub-basin boundaries to remove portions of the larger watersheds that drain into Johnstone Strait or Bute Inlet rather than the Salish Sea.The Salish Sea is defined based on legal definitions used in Washington and British Columbia as consisting of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound, Georgia Strait, and their associated bays, channels, and inlets. Definitions of the northern border vary slightly among sources. We used a generous interpretation and included all the channels and inlets south of Johnstone Strait and Bute Inlet that connect to the Strait of Georgia.All processing and analysis was completed using the NAD 83 UTM Zone 10N projection and coordinate system.
Service Item Id: 8cd92ece7aa7451f8d20aa16d1552dec
Copyright Text: Analysis and cartography by Aquila Flower.
US Hydrologic Unit Code level 8 (HUC-8) NHD watershed boundaries from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset hosted by the Washington Department of Ecology (https://ecology.wa.gov/Research-Data/Data-resources/Geographic-Information-Systems-GIS/Data).
"Water Survey of Canada Sub-Sub-Drainage Area" (WSCSSDA) NHN watershed boundaries from the National Hydro Network hosted by the Canadian Open Data portal (https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a4b190fe-e090-4e6d-881e-b87956c07977).
Description: The boundary of the Salish Sea Bioregion follows the outline of watersheds that drain into the sea. Throughout most of the region, the boundary exactly follows the borders of HUC-8 level US watersheds and sub-sub-drainage basin level Canadian watersheds that directly or indirectly drain into the Salish Sea. Watersheds in the Fraser River’s upper drainage area were excluded. The watersheds at the northeastern and northwestern corners of the boundary were clipped along sub-basin boundaries to remove portions of the larger watersheds that drain into Johnstone Strait or Bute Inlet rather than the Salish Sea.The Salish Sea is defined based on legal definitions used in Washington and British Columbia as consisting of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound, Georgia Strait, and their associated bays, channels, and inlets. Definitions of the northern border vary slightly among sources. We used a generous interpretation and included all the channels and inlets south of Johnstone Strait and Bute Inlet that connect to the Strait of Georgia.All processing and analysis was completed using the NAD 83 UTM Zone 10N projection and coordinate system.
Service Item Id: 8cd92ece7aa7451f8d20aa16d1552dec
Copyright Text: Analysis and cartography by Aquila Flower.
US Hydrologic Unit Code level 8 (HUC-8) NHD watershed boundaries from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset hosted by the Washington Department of Ecology (https://ecology.wa.gov/Research-Data/Data-resources/Geographic-Information-Systems-GIS/Data).
"Water Survey of Canada Sub-Sub-Drainage Area" (WSCSSDA) NHN watershed boundaries from the National Hydro Network hosted by the Canadian Open Data portal (https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a4b190fe-e090-4e6d-881e-b87956c07977).