Highlands Conservation Values Assessment (view layer), US Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] Full Details

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Title:

Highlands Conservation Values Assessment (view layer), US Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]

Description:

This dataset depicts the Conservation Values Assessment portion of the New York-New Jersey Highlands Regional Study: 2002 Update(United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, December 2002, NA-TP-02-03), and the Highlands Regional Study: Connecticut and Pennsylvania 2010 update (United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, Newton Square, PA, November 2010, NA-TP-01-11). These data represent the relative value of land with respect to biological, forest, water, recreational, agricultural, and scenic resources. This dataset will be synthesized with other agency datasets in the HighlandsConservation Act web mapping applications hosted on the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Highlands Conservation Act website (https://www.fws.gov/program/highlands-conservation-act-grant). More information about the Highlands Conservation Act can be found on the website listed in the previous sentence, or here:https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-108publ421.Scale: Data are characterized within 27x27 square meter pixels.Accuracy: This dataset is not intended to be used for assessing fine scale parcel conservation value, particularly at a resolution below the minimum pixel size of 27x27 square meters. Further, these data are a synthesis of resource values and should not be applied to interpreting the value of a particular resource component.Source: This dataset comes from Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program in the US Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region.

Creator:

Department of the Interior

Provider:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open Data

Resource Class:

Datasets and Web services

Resource Type:

Vector data

Temporal Coverage:

Last modified 2023-11-22

Date Issued:

2018-05-02

Place:

United States

Rights:

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. While the Service makes every reasonable effort to ensure the accuracy and completeness of data provided for distribution, it may not have the necessary accuracy or completeness required for every possible intended use. The Service recommends that data users consult the associated metadata record to understand the quality and possible limitations of the data. The Service creates metadata records in accordance with the standards endorsed by the Federal Geographic Data Committee. As a result of the above considerations, the Service gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of the data. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the data in a manner consistent with the limitations of geospatial data in general and these data in particular. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the Service, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding the utility of the data on another system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This applies to the use of the data both alone and in aggregate with other data and information. 

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

Language:

English

Date Added:

2023-08-11