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Public Recreation Access (Midwest Conservation Blueprint 2024 Indicator) [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]

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Public Recreation Access (Midwest Conservation Blueprint 2024 Indicator) [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
Description
Definition This indicator identifies the ability to enjoy outdoor spaces for recreation (e.g., hunting, birding, hiking, etc.) as well as physical and mental health purposes within the Midwest Landscape. It prioritizes areas based on locations of current public recreation sites. Pixels can take the following values: 1 - Public recreation area, not a natural asset 2 - Public recreation area, natural assets Selection This indicator was chosen as a targetable, important feature of the MLI goals that will be used to track conditions over time and prioritize areas for conservation. Indicators were defined through elicitation and prioritization exercises with federal and state participants. Criteria for the indicators includes 1) actionable, 2) measurable, 3) relevant to multiple groups across the region, and/or 4) representative of other social and/or environmental values. Input Data & Mapping Steps This indicator originates from the Protected Areas Database and Open Street Map roads. To create this layer, MLI partners, members, and staff completed the following mapping steps: projected all input data to NAD83 (2011) UTM Zone 15N, selected current Open Access and Restricted Access public recreation areas from the Protected Areas Database, selected non-sidewalk walking trails from Open Street Map, combined data into a single layer and converted it to a 30m raster, and emphasized natural assets within recreation sites, resulting in a raster with the following values: 1 - Public recreation area, not a natural asset, and 2 - Public recreation area, natural assets. Finally, we removed highly altered areas using our Highly Altered Areas Mask. For full mapping details, please refer to the Midwest Conservation Blueprint 2024 Development Process . For a complete download of all Blueprint input and output data, visit the Midwest Conservation Blueprint 2024 Data Download .
Creator
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Temporal Coverage
2024
Date Issued
2024-09-26
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
ArcGIS ImageMapLayer
Language
English
Date Added
August 10, 2025
Provenance Statement
The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open Data on 2025-08-24.

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    U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (2024). Public Recreation Access (Midwest Conservation Blueprint 2024 Indicator) [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]. . https://gis-fws.opendata.arcgis.com/content/fws::public-recreation-access-midwest-conservation-blueprint-2024-indicator (web service)
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