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Agricultural Resource Priorities in the Highlands Region [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]

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Agricultural Resource Priorities in the Highlands Region [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
Description
This layer represents agricultural resource priorities in the Highlands region. This layer is intended to inform grant proposals for the Highlands Conservation Act. 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. This layer ranges from 0 to 8 , with 8 being highest priorities for agricultural preservation in the Highlands Region. The layer scores all 30m cells that are, or were, in agricultural use in 2016 or 2021 based on the 2021 NLCD layer (classes 81 and 82). Cells with prime , state, and local/unique agricultural soils ( using SSURGO) were given scores of 4, 3, and 2, respectively. Cells near high densit ies of agricultural land use ( i.e., within 8 00m of cells classified as 81 and 82 in the 2021 NLCD layer, using a focal statistics analysis ) were score d 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest) density based on quantiles of agricultural density in the 2004 federal Highlands Conservation Act boundary.
Creator
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Temporal Coverage
Last Modified: 2024-09-26
Date Issued
2024-09-26
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 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). Agricultural Resource Priorities in the Highlands Region [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]. . https://gis-fws.opendata.arcgis.com/content/fws::agricultural-resource-priorities-in-the-highlands-region (web service)
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