Holly J. Beck Nicholas M. Enwright William Soohoo Jason Dugas Kelly Mouton Brady Couvillion 2019 Raster Digital Data Set https://doi.org/10.5066/P9E7FNJ4 The Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) program was developed by Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and is implemented as a component of the System Wide Assessment and Monitoring (SWAMP) program. The program uses both historical data and contemporary data collections to assess and monitor changes in the aerial and subaqueous extent of islands, habitat types, sediment texture and geotechnical properties, environmental processes, and vegetation composition. The U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center provides support to the BICM program through the development of habitat map products using aerial imagery and lidar elevation data and assessing change in habitats over time. These data provide a snapshot of barrier island habitats and can be combined with other past and/or future maps to monitor these valuable natural resources over time. The BICM program has developed two habitat classification schemes which include a detailed 15-class habitat scheme and a general eight-class habitat scheme. The detailed scheme was developed specifically for this habitat mapping effort and builds off the general scheme used in previous BICM habitat mapping efforts (Fearnley and others, 2009). The additional classes developed in the detailed scheme are primarily used to further delineate various dune habitats, separate marsh and mangrove, and distinguish between beach and unvegetated barrier flat habitats. To ensure comparability between this effort and previous BICM map products, we have crosswalked the detailed classes to general habitat classes previously used by Fearnley and others (2009). These products are both the general and detailed versions for the Pelican Island and Pass La Mer to Chaland Pass Restoration (BA-38). The Louisiana State Legislature created Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) in order to conserve, restore, create and enhance Louisiana's coastal wetlands. The wetland restoration plans developed pursuant to these acts specifically require an evaluation of the effectiveness of each coastal wetlands restoration project in achieving long-term solutions to arresting coastal wetlands loss. This data set includes mosaicked aerial photographs for the Pelican Island and Pass La Mer to Chaland Pass Restoration (BA-38) project for 2016. The original general or detailed BICM datasets were clipped to the updated boundary of the BA-38 CWPPRA project (Pelican Island and Pass La Mer to Chaland Pass) for both Pelican and Chaland Islands. This data is used as a basemap habitat classification. It also serves as a visual tool for project managers to help them identify any obvious problems or land loss within their project boundary. The intended use of these datasets are to provide CPRA shapefiles of habitat classification 2016 so that more informed decision making on coastal restoration activities may result. Author ORCIDs: Beck, H.J(0000-0002-0567-9329);Enwright, N.M.(0000-0002-7887-3261);Soohoo, W.(0000-0002-8652-0474);Dugas, J.(0000-0001-6094-7560);Mouton, K.(0000-0002-7692-8206);Couvillion, B.R.(0000-0001-5323-1687) 20161030 publication date Complete As needed -89.78540 -89.56350 29.31610 29.24480 None CWPPRA Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) keywords wetlands wetland restoration USGS Thesaurus image mosaics aerial photography natural resource management ecosystem monitoring geographic information systems remote sensing image collections digital elevation models habitats USGS Metadata Identifier USGS:5bfed2c3e4b0815414ca621d Common geographic areas Louisiana Coastal Gulf of Mexico None. Please see 'Distribution Info' for details. Acknowledgement of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Wetland and Aquatic Research Center (WARC) as a data source would be appreciated in products developed from these data. Such acknowledgement as is standard for citation and legal practices for data sources is expected by users of these data. Sharing new data layers developed directly from the data would be appreciated by the WARC staff. Users should be aware that comparison with other datasets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate because of inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection procedures, and computer processes over time. These data have been approved for release by the USGS. Although these data have been subjected to rigorous review and are substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, these data are released on condition that neither the USGS nor the U.S. Government shall be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use. U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center Brady Couvillion Geographer mailing and physical address

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Baton Rouge Louisiana 70803 USA 225-578-7484 bcouvillion@usgs.gov U.S. Geological Survey for Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act, Louisiana Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program Environment as of Metadata Creation: Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1 (Build 7333) Service Pack N/A (Build N/A) Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Office of Coastal Restoration and Management Unpublished material vector digital data https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5b940a1be4b0702d0e825463 Sarah Fearnley Lynn Brien Luis Martinez Michael Miner Mark Kulp Shea Penland 2009 publication New Orleans, LA University of New Orleans, Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences https://www.lacoast.gov/reports/project/BICM5_part1_habitat%20methods.pdf No formal attribute accuracy tests were conducted. No formal logical accuracy tests were conducted. Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details. A formal accuracy assessment of the horizontal positional information in the data set has not been conducted. A formal accuracy assessment of the vertical positional information in the data set has either not been conducted or is not applicable. Obtained habitat data from: https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5b940a1be4b0702d0e825463 20181115 Clipped habitat shapefile to BA-38 project boundary. 20181120 Summarized the clipped shapefile and created map and metadata. 20181129 Universal Transverse Mercator 15 0.9996 -93.0 0.0 500000.0 0.0 coordinate pair 0.6096 0.6096 meters North_American_Datum_1983 GRS_1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 The entity and attribute information provided here describes the tabular data associated with the data set. Please review the detailed descriptions that are provided (the individual attribute descriptions) for information on the values that appear as fields/table entries of the data set. The entity and attribute information was generated by the individual and/or agency identified as the originator of the data set. Please review the rest of the metadata record for additional details and information. U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase mailing and physical

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Denver CO 80225 USA 1-888-275-8747 sciencebase@usgs.gov Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Digital Data https://doi.org/10.5066/P9E7FNJ4 None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the data set. 20200830 U.S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center Holly Beck Geographer Mailing and Physical Address

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Gainesville Florida 32653 USA 352-264-3496 hbeck@usgs.gov FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time None Acknowledgement of the National Wetlands Research Center as the metadata source would be appreciated. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. http://www.lacoast.gov ESRI Metadata Profile