U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceThis layer is clipped from the Nature Conservancy's Resilient and Connected Network database, which assembled information on places recognized for their biodiversity value, as well as from state wildlife action plans and the Natural Heritage Network. The Nature Conservancy describes this data on this site https://www.maps.tnc.org/resilientland as: " The Resilient and Connected Network is a proposed conservation network of representative climate-resilient sites designed to sustain biodiversity and ecological functions into the future under a changing climate. The network was identified and mapped over a 10-year period by Nature Conservancy scientists using public data available at the state and national scale, and an inclusive process that involved 289 scientists from agencies, academia, and NGOs across the US. The Network is a starting point for conversations with local communities, indigenous tribes, land trusts, agencies, corporations, and funders on how to coordinate conservation efforts to increase our collective impact and sustain nature. Resilient lands and waters may be conserved by a wide range of measures from good land stewardship, to other forms of private land conservation, to outright fee or easement acquisition by various levels of government. "ArcGIS FeatureLayerhttps://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/928fc42c31154ed5a25be4c43eee3598_10engU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open DataPublicResilient and Connected Network [United States]Web servicesUnited StatesLast Modified: 2023-11-06