Federal Highlands Boundary for Highlands Conservation Act, , Northeast [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] {2024} Full Details

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Title:

Federal Highlands Boundary for Highlands Conservation Act, , Northeast [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service] {2024}

Description:

This dataset depicts the Federal Highlands region boundary for the Highlands Conservation Act. This boundary was most recently updated in September of 2024 and includes all areas eligible for funding via the Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program (https://www.fws.gov/program/highlands-conservation-act-grant). The area encompasses the towns and municipalities that comprise the Highlands region of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania as defined in 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), and updated in 2024 to include municipalities proposed for inclusion by the Highlands states with concurrence of the municipality and approval by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as authorized in 2022. Source: This dataset comes from the Office of Conservation Investment, US Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region.

Creator:

Department of the Interior

Provider:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open Data

Resource Class:

Web services

Temporal Coverage:

2024

Date Issued:

2024-09-13

Place:

United States

Rights:

Although these data and information have been processed successfully on a computer system at the USFWS, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the accuracy or utility of the data and information on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. This disclaimer applies both to individual use of the data and information, and aggregate use with other data and information. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of the metadata file associated with these data and information. The USFWS shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of the data and information described and/or contained herein.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

ArcGIS REST Service

Language:

English

Date Added:

2024-09-19