Northern Spotted Owl Monitoring Sites and Habitat Data

United States data standard documents spatial locations and inventory activities for the Northern Spotted Owl, an endangered species. The dataset, managed by the Department of the Interior, replaces a former database and is updated annually after each field season. Bureau of Land Management wildlife biologists and GIS specialists enter and query data collected by district staff or contractors.

Use Cases

• Map owl site locations and associated habitat features using the provided spatial feature classes.
• Analyze trends in owl inventory and monitoring activities over time using the non-spatial tables.
• Integrate spatial owl site data with other land management layers for habitat conservation planning.

Strengths

• Data follows a formal spatial location and information standard for consistency.
• Includes four spatial feature classes and four non-spatial tables for structured analysis.
• Managed and updated by a federal agency (Department of the Interior) for authority.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column names, and temporal coverage are not provided.
• Data is only updated annually, which may limit real-time analysis.
• Geographic scope is implied but not explicitly stated in the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management.

Collection Method

Data entered by BLM wildlife biologists and GIS specialists from field collections by district staff or contractors.

Freshness

Updated annually; last metadata update was 2026-04-08.

Geography

United States (implied from BLM jurisdiction and species range).