Recreation Resource Priorities, Highlands Region [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
Department of the Interior
Full Details
This dataset was automatically cataloged from the provider's ArcGIS Hub. In some cases, information shown here may be incorrect or out-of-date. Click the 'Visit Source' button to search for items on the original provider's website.
- Title
- Recreation Resource Priorities, Highlands Region [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
- Description
- This layer represents recreational resource priorities in the Highlands region. This layer is intended to inform the Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program. The Highlands Conservation Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to the States of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania (Highland States) to preserve and protect high priority conservation land in the Highlands region.Thislayerwas developed in 2024 as part of an updated Highlands mapping process facilitated by the USFWS in partnership with the Highlands Science Advisory Team and Steering Committee. Values range from0to4, with4being highest prioritiesforrecreation opportunities in the Highlands Region. The layerprioritizes areas that are known to have recreational access for both trails and water recreation for fishing and boating. Trails were buffered by 150 feet and 300 feet and ranked 1 and 2 respectively. Fishing and boating access areas were buffered by 300 feet and ranked 2. Data for trails, fishing, and boating areas were obtained from publicly available state datasets.
- Creator
- Department of the Interior
- Temporal Coverage
- Last modified 2024-09-26
- Date Issued
- 2024-07-31
- 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
- Imagery
- Language
- English
- Date Added
- August 10, 2024
