Data collected and managed by Forest Service programs is available in a map service and two downloadable file formats – in a shape file and an ESRI file geodatabase.
Metadata is available that describes the content, source, and currency of the data.
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You can view the feature classes in a single dataset by clicking on the name of the parent dataset at the bottom of the abstract.
More Forest Service map services are available in ArcGIS Online
Shapefiles do not exist for all National Datasets.
This format has technical limitations which make them unsuitable for multiple datasets within this clearinghouse. These constraints include file size, attribute name length, field length, number of fields, limited data types, lack of topological representations and floating-point rounding errors leading to inevitable data loss.
The EDW Team is unable to support Shapefile exports for datasets that approach those limits. Esri File Geodatabases (FGDB) will remain available. Alternative formats including GeoPackage, GeoJSON, Character Separated Values (CSV), Map Services and Geospatial Discovery Tool offerings will be used to provide open format access to these National Datasets. Once these formats are available for all National Datasets, EDW will retire the shapefile format as a supported file exchange format.
Requests for KML/KMZ output
The Enterprise Data Warehouse Team tested exporting out to KML/KMZ files as a deliverable and due to the complexity and size of the datasets this has been unsuccessful.
To obtain a KML file for any EDW dataset, go to the Geospatial Data Discovery Tool and search for the dataset. An option to download to KML is available from that website.
If you have questions, contact: SM.FS.data@usda.gov.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Landscape Investments
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (a.k.a Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act) and the Inflation Reduction Act include significant funding to execute fuels mitigation projects. Regions submitted proposed project boundaries designed to address community exposure to wildfire. The Executive Leadership Team of the Forest Service
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selected "Landscapes" for investment in fiscal years 2022 and 2023. Additional landscapes may be selected for future action. This dataset documents the official boundary of the landscapes selected for fuels treatment activities in the Wildfire Crisis Strategy. The public-facing version of these boundaries is called Wildfire Crisis Strategy Landscapes.
This feature class represents forest area estimates (and percent sampling error) by county for the year 2015. The data was generated from the Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA) using the EVALIDator web tool (http://apps.fs.fed.us/Evalidator/evalidator.jsp- ). The areas were calculated within county limits using the US Census
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Bureau's county spatial data (https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cbf/c- bf_counties.html). Features and attributes of the county layer were adapted to match attributes within the FIA database (FIADB) and features have been generalized by removing vertices to enhance performance. Future iterations of this dataset will be produced using refined methods and higher resolution spatial data.
This feature class represents forest area estimates (and percent sampling error) by county for the year 2016. The data was generated from the Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA) using the EVALIDator web tool (http://apps.fs.fed.us/Evalidator/evalidator.jsp- ). The areas were calculated within county limits using the US Census
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Bureau's county spatial data (https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cbf/c- bf_counties.html). Features and attributes of the county layer were adapted to match attributes within the FIA database (FIADB) and features have been generalized by removing vertices to enhance performance. Future iterations of this dataset will be produced using refined methods and higher resolution spatial data.
This feature class represents forest area estimates (and percent sampling error) by county for the year 2017. The data was generated from the Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA) using the EVALIDator web tool (http://apps.fs.fed.us/Evalidator/evalidator.jsp- ). The areas were calculated within county limits using the US Census
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Bureau's county spatial data (https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cbf/c- bf_counties.html). Features and attributes of the county layer were adapted to match attributes within the FIA database (FIADB) and features have been generalized by removing vertices to enhance performance. Future iterations of this dataset will be produced using refined methods and higher resolution spatial data.
Basic Description: The FSCommonNames dataset contains the common names of the national forests and grasslands and their respective FS WWW URL information that is used for both display of the national forest and national grassland boundaries on any map product and for dynamic interactivity of the map. This published dataset
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consists of one polygon feature class. There is also a generalized version of this dataset called FSCommonNames_Gen. Detailed Description: This dataset exhibits the following characteristics: 1. Granularity of the polygon features: The spatial extent of the national forests and the grasslands match the way the agency would like to communicate with the public. 2. Preferred /Common Name of the National Forest Units: The common names of the national forest and grassland match the preferred name column that is present in the common names decision table maintained by the Office of Communication. 3. Hyperlinks to FS WWW Home page: This column contains the national forest and their respective FS WWW URL information. This URL could be used on any interactive map applications to link users directly to a forests home page.
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Forest Service Land and Water Conservation Fund Parcels
This data is intended for read-only use. Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) data from surface ownership fund table is attached to surface ownership to create a base layer that is used in Forest Service business functions, as well as by other entities such as states, counties, other agencies, and partners. This layer
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depicts only the Forest Service lands that are acquired through purchase, exchange, donation, and transfer that used LWCF-designated funds. It is not a complete representation of all Forest Service land acquisitions; only those that used LWCF-designated funds.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of the data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
Forest Service developed sites subject to regulation
This dataset is intended for read-only use. This is not a comprehensive set of Forest Service buildings or facilities. These data depict various designations that limit the scope of activities permitted on a parcel. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current
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boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
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Geopolitical Units adjusted within Administrative Forest Boundaries
This dataset is intended for read-only use. This dataset is a comprehensive representation of geopolitical data for the entire area of the United States and territories. This is combination of the most recent Census Bureau and Alaska Department of Natural Resources geopolitical boundary data within National Forest System lands
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where boundaries have been adjusted to be coincident with Forest Service data. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide a record of Forest Service CERCLA sites, where restricted uses or engineered waste repositories are located. These data can also be used for display, identification, and analysis by Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. A land management plan provides a framework for integrated resource management and for guiding project and activity decision-making on a National Forest, National Grassland or Prairie, or another administrative unit. New plan development is required for new National Forest System
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(NFS) units; an existing plan may be amended at any time. The Land Management Planning Unit (LMPU) feature class displays the Forest Plan revision status for Forest Service land management planning units. The dataset helps to increase efficiency of mapping planning units and status of plan revisions. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
National Forest Lands with Nationally Designated Management or Use Limitations
This dataset is intended for read-only use. These show the current boundaries of areas which impose management or use restrictions on National Forest System (NFS) lands. The boundaries in this dataset have been merged by area name and provide a simplified view of the boundaries which are suitable for general mapping and
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analysis. The OtherNationalDesignatedAreaStatus dataset provides more detailed information about the boundaries for use in more advanced mapping and analysis. The purpose of the data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
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National Forest Lands with Nationally Designated Management or Use Limitations: Legal Status
This dataset is intended for read-only use. This dataset represents the transactional boundaries of areas (excluding National Wilderness and National Wild & Scenic Rivers) which impose management or use restrictions on National Forest System (NFS) lands. In this dataset, discrete polygons represent the original area designated
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and subsequent additions/deletions/modifications to that area. These are areas designated by a Public Law, Executive Order, Presidential Proclamation, or other authority. Related details include the date of designation, status of the final boundary description, authority, and land status case and document information associated with the areas.The boundaries in this dataset provide detailed information suitable for advanced land status mapping and analysis. The OtherNationalDesignatedArea dataset provides the current area boundaries (not split by transaction) which is suitable for most mapping and analysis. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of the data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This polyline feature class depicts the river corridors of each Wild and Scenic River designated by Congress or the Secretary of the Interior for the United States and Puerto Rico. This GIS data layer was created from a multi-agency effort by the US Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and the US
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Fish and Wildlife Service. The spatial data were referenced to the latest High Resolution National Hydrological Data Layer (NHD 1:24,000 Scale or better), published by United States Geological Survey (USGS).
This polyline feature class depicts the classification of each wild and scenic river segment designated by Congress and the Secretary of the Interior for the United States and Puerto Rico. This layer was created by a multi-agency effort including the US Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and the
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Fish and Wildlife Service. The spatial data were referenced to the latest High Resolution National Hydrological Data Layer (NHD 1:24,000 Scale or better), published by United States Geological Survey (USGS). "Wild" rivers are free of dams, generally inaccessible except by trail, and represent vestiges of primitive America. "Scenic" rivers are free of dams, with shorelines or watersheds still largely primitive and shorelines largely undeveloped, but accessible in places by roads. ?Recreational? rivers are readily accessible by road or railroad, may have some development along their shorelines, and may have been dammed in the past.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. River segments in this dataset are grouped together by Area Name and Area Type (wild, scenic, recreational), and are suitable for general mapping and analysis. In comparison to the WildScenicRiver dataset, the WildScenicRiverStatus dataset is more detailed and is better suited for
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advanced land status analysis and mapping. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. These data show the current boundaries of National Wilderness areas, including all additions/deletions/modifications to boundaries which occurred after the area was originally designated. The boundaries in this dataset are suitable for general mapping and analysis. In comparison to
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the Wilderness dataset, the WildernessStatus dataset includes discrete polygons for all additions/deletions/modifications to boundaries which occurred after the area was originally designated, as well as action dates and other details. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
Original Proclaimed National Forests and National Grasslands
This dataset is intended for read-only use. This layer includes both Proclaimed Forest and National Grassland boundary areas, which allows the two boundaries to be more easily used in tandem. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for
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Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This is a staging dataset created for integration into the official PAD-US dataset and is not intended for regular use. This dataset only contains Forest Service information. It was developed by the Forest Service for submission to the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) which is the official inventory of
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public parks and other protected open space. PAD-US is published by the U.S. Geological Survey Gap Analysis Program (USGS GAP). This dataset is updated weekly and is more current than the combined annual update of PAD-US from USGS GAP.
This is a staging dataset created for integration into the official PAD-US dataset and is not intended for regular use. This dataset only contains Forest Service information. It was developed by the Forest Service for submission to the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) which is the official inventory of
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public parks and other protected open space. Protected Areas Database of the United States is published by the U.S. Geological Survey Gap Analysis Program (USGS GAP). This dataset is updated weekly and is more current than the combined annual update of PAD-US from USGS GAP.
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PADUS FS Proclaimed NF and National Grassland Boundaries
This is a staging dataset created for integration into the official PAD-US dataset and is not intended for regular use. This dataset only contains Forest Service information. It was developed by the Forest Service for submission to the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) which is the official inventory of
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public parks and other protected open space. PAD-US is published by the U.S. Geological Survey Gap Analysis Program (USGS GAP). This dataset is updated weekly and is more current than the combined annual update of PAD-US from USGS GAP.
This is a staging dataset created for integration into the official PAD-US dataset and is not intended for regular use. This dataset only contains Forest Service information. It was developed by the Forest Service for submission to the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) which is the official inventory of
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public parks and other protected open space. PAD-US is published by the U.S. Geological Survey Gap Analysis Program (USGS GAP). This dataset is updated weekly and is more current than the combined annual update of PAD-US from USGS GAP.
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Parcels withdrawn from settlement, sale, mineral location, and/or entry
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
Payments in Lieu of Taxes and All Service Receipts Forest Lands
This data is intended for read-only use. Payments In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) and All Service Receipts (ASR) are combined into a base layer that is used in Forest Service business functions, as well as by other entities such as states and counties. This layer depicts Forest Service lands that qualify for PILT and/or ASR. Payments
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in Lieu of Taxes are Federal payments to local governments that help offset losses in property taxes due to the existence of nontaxbable Federal lands within their boundaries. All Service Receipts data provides acreage inputs to the FS All Service Receipts program that tracks receipt data by unit and computes revenue sharing payments to states and counties. Please note, the publication of this dataset in EDW replaces the file geodatabase on the Public Lands and Realty Management website.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. This dataset represents survey monuments as point features. These data can be used to determine the status of corner monuments. Where possible, monuments are place at their ground position. If the ground position is not available, monuments are placed at the calculated survey network
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location (see Corner dataset).The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of the data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
These data are a polygon feature class that represents the administrative boundaries of the US Forest Service Research and Development Stations. These territories consist of a collection of states' geographic areas, within which all research and development facilities and lands are managed by a station headquarters.
ResearchStationBoundaries_Gen is a generalized spatial representation of the administrative boundaries of the US Forest Service Research and Development Stations. These territories consist of a collection of states' geographic areas, within which all research and development facilities and lands are managed by a station
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headquarters. To display more detailed administrative boundaries for larger scale reference and analysis, the non-generalized ResearchStationBoundaries feature class should be used.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. This dataset provides a preliminary determination of where and what type of rights of way exist. Not all rights of way held by the Forest Service across others land are open to public use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for
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determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. This simplified dataset is appropriate for general mapping and analysis. In comparison to BasicOwnership, the SurfaceOwnership dataset provides more detail for advanced mapping and analysis. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for
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determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. This dataset provides detailed information suitable for advanced mapping, analysis, and reporting of landownership status. In comparison to SurfaceOwnership, the BasicOwnership dataset provides a simplified view of ownership where ownership parcels are merged by owner classification.
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The BasicOwnership dataset is appropriate for general mapping and analysis. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
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Survey Boundaries maintained by the US Forest Service
This dataset is intended for read-only use. This dataset indicates the location and condition of marked and posted boundaries on the ground. These data can be used by Forest Service boundary managers to query and report the status of these boundaries for planning boundary management and maintenance work, as well as supporting
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field work by other users. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
Sixty-seven maps from "Indian Land Cessions in the United States," compiled by Charles C. Royce and published as the second part of the two-part Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1896-1897 have been scanned, georeferenced in JPEG2000 format, and
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digitized to create this feature class of cession maps. The mapped cessions and reservations included in the 67 maps correspond to entries in Royce's Schedule of Indian Land Cessions (Schedule), "indicating the number and location of each cession by or reservation for the Indian tribes from the organization of the Federal Government to and including 1894, together with descriptions of the tracts so ceded or reserved, the date of the treaty, law or executive order governing the same, the name of the tribe or tribes affected thereby, and historical data and references bearing thereon," as set forth in the subtitle of the Schedule.
This is a table used for joining additional attributes to the feature class called TribalCededLands, which is the result of scanning, georeferencing and digitizing sixty-seven maps from "Indian Land Cessions in the United States," compiled by Charles C. Royce and published as the second part of the two-part Eighteenth Annual
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Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1896-1897. The mapped cessions and reservations included in the 67 maps correspond to entries in Royce's Schedule of Indian Land Cessions (Schedule), "indicating the number and location of each cession by or reservation for the Indian tribes from the organization of the Federal Government to and including 1894, together with descriptions of the tracts so ceded or reserved, the date of the treaty, law or executive order governing the same, the name of the tribe or tribes affected thereby, and historical data and references bearing thereon," as set forth in the subtitle of the Schedule.
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U.S. Forest Service Silviculture Reforestation Needs
The SilvReforestation feature class represents activities associated with the following performance measure: Forest Vegetation Establishment (Planting, Seeding, Site Preparation for Natural Regeneration and Certification of Natural Regeneration without Site Preparation). The Activities data set portrays the areas where
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activities are accomplished as a part of the silviculture program of work, funded through the budget allocation process and reported through the Forest Service Activity Tracking System (FACTS) database within the Natural Resource Manager (NRM) suite of applications. The activities are part of the Performance Measures used to rate Agency performance in meeting the Department's Strategic Goals. It is important to note that this layer may not contain all accomplished activities; the spatial portion of the activity description is not currently enforced by FACTS and at this time some are optionally reported by Forest Service units. As spatial data reporting is enforced by the application and acceptance of reporting increases for both tabular and spatial we hope to improve the quality and comprehensiveness of the data used for this layer in coming years.
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U.S. Forest Service Silviculture Timber Stand Improvement Needs
The SilvTSI (Silviculture Timber Stand Improvement) feature class represents activities associated with the following performance measure: Forest Vegetation Improved (Release, Weeding, and Cleaning, Precommercial Thinning, Pruning and Fertilization). The Activities data set portrays the areas where activities are accomplished
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as a part of the silviculture program of work, funded through the budget allocation process and reported through the Forest Service Activity Tracking System (FACTS) database within the Natural Resource Manager (NRM) suite of applications. The activities are part of the Performance Measures used to rate Agency performance in meeting the Department's Strategic Goals. It is important to note that this layer may not contain all accomplished activities; the spatial portion of the activity description is not currently enforced by FACTS and at this time some are optionally reported by Forest Service units. As spatial data reporting is enforced by the application and acceptance of reporting increases for both tabular and spatial we hope to improve the quality and comprehensiveness of the data used for this layer in coming years.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The boundaries in this data set provide detailed information suitable for advanced land status mapping and analysis. In comparison to the WildScenicRiverStatus dataset, the WildScenicRiver dataset provides a more general view of Wild and Scenic River segments that is suitable for
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most mapping and analysis. The purpose of these data is to provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
This dataset is intended for read-only use. The boundaries in this dataset provide detailed information suitable for advanced land status mapping and analysis. The Wilderness dataset provides the current area boundaries (not split by transaction) which is suitable for most mapping and analysis. The purpose of these data is to
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provide display, identification, and analysis tools for determining current boundary information for Forest Service managers, GIS specialists, and others.
