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- description: Feature Dataset for the BLM Wilderness Areas, BLM Wilderness Study Areas, and BLM Other Related Lands data covered
by the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) Data Standard. In particular, this feature dataset includes the polygon
features representing the spatial extent and boundaries of the BLM National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) Wilderness
Areas and Wilderness Study Areas. A Wilderness is a special place where the earth and its community of life are essentially
undisturbed; they retain a primeval character, without permanent improvements and generally appear to have been affected primarily
by the forces of nature. In 1964, Congress established the National Wilderness Preservation System and designated the first
Wilderness Areas in passing the Wilderness Act. The uniquely American idea of wilderness has become an increasingly significant
tool to ensure long-term protection of natural landscapes. Wilderness protects the habitat of numerous wildlife species and
serves as a biodiversity bank for many species of plants and animals. Wilderness is also a source of clean water. The Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 directed the Bureau to inventory and study its roadless areas for wilderness characteristics.
To be designated as a Wilderness Study Area, an area has to have the following characteristics: Size - roadless areas of at
least 5,000 acres of public lands or of a manageable size; Naturalness - generally appears to have been affected primarily
by the forces of nature; Opportunities - provides outstanding opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined types
of recreation. In addition, Wilderness Study Areas often have special qualities such as ecological, geological, educational,
historical, scientific and scenic values. BLM National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) Other Related Lands are lands
not in Wilderness or Wilderness Study Areas that have been determined to have wilderness character through inventory or land
use planning. These lands fall into one of two categories. The first category are lands with "wildernes value and characteristics".
These are inventoried areas not in Wilderness or Wilderness Study Areas that have been determined to meet the size, naturalness,
and the outstanding solitude and/or the outstanding primitive and unconfined recreation criteria. The second category are
"wilderness characteristic protection areas". These are former lands with "wildernes value and characteristics"
where a plan decision has been made to protect them. This dataset is a subset of the official national dataset, containing
features and attributes intended for public release and has been optimized for online map service performance. The Implementation
Guide represents the official national dataset from which this dataset was derived.; abstract: Feature Dataset for the BLM
Wilderness Areas, BLM Wilderness Study Areas, and BLM Other Related Lands data covered by the National Landscape Conservation
System (NLCS) Data Standard. In particular, this feature dataset includes the polygon features representing the spatial extent
and boundaries of the BLM National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) Wilderness Areas and Wilderness Study Areas. A Wilderness
is a special place where the earth and its community of life are essentially undisturbed; they retain a primeval character,
without permanent improvements and generally appear to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature. In 1964, Congress
established the National Wilderness Preservation System and designated the first Wilderness Areas in passing the Wilderness
Act. The uniquely American idea of wilderness has become an increasingly significant tool to ensure long-term protection of
natural landscapes. Wilderness protects the habitat of numerous wildlife species and serves as a biodiversity bank for many
species of plants and animals. Wilderness is also a source of clean water. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
directed the Bureau to inventory and study its roadless areas for wilderness characteristics. To be designated as a Wilderness
Study Area, an area has to have the following characteristics: Size - roadless areas of at least 5,000 acres of public lands
or of a manageable size; Naturalness - generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature; Opportunities
- provides outstanding opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined types of recreation. In addition, Wilderness
Study Areas often have special qualities such as ecological, geological, educational, historical, scientific and scenic values.
BLM National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) Other Related Lands are lands not in Wilderness or Wilderness Study Areas
that have been determined to have wilderness character through inventory or land use planning. These lands fall into one of
two categories. The first category are lands with "wildernes value and characteristics". These are inventoried areas
not in Wilderness or Wilderness Study Areas that have been determined to meet the size, naturalness, and the outstanding solitude
and/or the outstanding primitive and unconfined recreation criteria. The second category are "wilderness characteristic
protection areas". These are former lands with "wildernes value and characteristics" where a plan decision
has been made to protect them. This dataset is a subset of the official national dataset, containing features and attributes
intended for public release and has been optimized for online map service performance. The Implementation Guide represents
the official national dataset from which this dataset was derived.
Citation
- Title BLM NLCS Wilderness Areas and Wilderness Study Areas.
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- creation Date
2018-05-21T08:16:21.344649
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2018-08-06T19:37:01Z
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- notes: This metadata record was generated by an xslt transformation from a dc metadata record; Transform by Stephen M. Richard, based
on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T19:37:01Z
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2007
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