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Maryland Forests - Forested Buffers [Maryland]

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Maryland Forests - Forested Buffers [Maryland]
Description
The dataset displays the presence and absence of forested areas within a 100 foot-buffer of a stream or waterbody. The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) stream layer developed by the United States Geological Survey was buffered 100-feet on each side of the stream centerline to determine stream buffers in Maryland. A shoreline file developed by the Maryland State Highway Administration was buffered 100-feet to determine the shoreline buffer in Maryland. The resulting buffer layers were clipped with a forest cover layer to determine the presence and absence of forest in those buffers. The forest cover layer was derived from a tree canopy layer developed by the Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville, Geography Department. The tree canopy was developed using 2007 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) color infra-red 1-meter imagery. To determine areas forested, contiguous areas of tree cover less than 1 acre were removed from the dataset and then used for clipping the stream and shoreline buffers.This is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more informationathttps://imap.maryland.gov.Feature Service Link:https://mdgeodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Biota/MD_Forests/FeatureServer/1**Please note, due to the size of this dataset, you may receive an error message when trying to download the dataset. You can download this dataset directly from MD iMAP Services at:https://mdgeodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Biota/MD_Forests/MapServer/exts/MDiMAPDataDownload/customLayers/1**
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DNR
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Last modified 2025-05-12
Date Issued
2016-02-08
Rights
The Spatial Data, and the information therein, (collectively the "Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed, implied, or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted, nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data, nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.
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Public
Format
Shapefile
Language
English
Date Added
March 08, 2023

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    DNR (2016). Maryland Forests - Forested Buffers [Maryland]. . https://data.imap.maryland.gov/datasets/maryland::maryland-forests-forested-buffers (dataset)
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