USFWS Region 5 Unpublished Material vector digital data http://www.ct.gov/deep This dataset contains point data for eelgrass verification field work completed in 2006 by the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Field work was conducted during September, October and November of 2006. The resulting information was used extensivley in the creation of the accompanyng polygonal eelgrass dataset. Used for verification of eelgrass beds in the 2006 Long Island Sound study. September - November 2006 ground condition Complete None planned -72.483828 -71.874582 41.379176 41.155980 SAV eelgrass U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of The United States, and Associated Areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Connecticut CT U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4): Washington, D.C., National Institute of Standards and Technology. United States of America USA none none Andrew MacLachlan U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service GIS Specialist Region 5 Southern Coastal Zone mailing and physical address

FWS R5 ES Southern NE/NY Bight Coastal Est. Program

Charlestown Rhode Island 401-364-9124 x13 andrew_Maclachlan@fws.gov Unclassified These data are maintained by the State of Connecticut using ArcGIS software developed by Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) in a Microsoft Windows operating system environment. Data points were taken with handheld GPS lat/long position complete Vector Entity point 290 Lambert Conformal ConicLambert Conformal Conic41.20000041.866667-72.75000040.833333999999.999996499999.999998 coordinate pair 0.000250 0.000250 survey feet North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 1.000000 Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates Connecticut Eelgrass Beds 2006 Field Data OBJECTID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. LATITUDE LONGITUDE SITE_AREA Approximate location identified by land or waterbody name SITE_NAME Additional location identified by land or waterbody name DATE_FIELD Date of field work TIME_FIELD Time of day DEPTH_FT Depth to bottom EELGRASS Eelgrass presence COVER coverage type - High, Medium or Low COMMENTS comments by field crew TIDE_TIME High tide time of day TIDE_HEIGHT INVESTIGATE Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. SHAPE Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. SITE_ID Site ID number (not same as polygon site ID) Connecticut Eelgrass Beds 2006 Field Data Shapefile, Feature Class ArcGIS Zip http://www.ct.gov/deep 20120119 REQUIRED: The organization responsible for the metadata information. REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information. REQUIRED: The mailing and/or physical address for the organization or individual. REQUIRED: The city of the address. REQUIRED: The state or province of the address. REQUIRED: The ZIP or other postal code of the address. REQUIRED: The telephone number by which individuals can speak to the organization or individual. FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html ESRI Metadata Profile