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    • FWS Special Designation Areas

    Metadata Updated: April 12, 2025

    This data layer depicts the Special Designations that have been placed upon the lands and waters administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in North America, U.S. Trust Territories and Possessions. These special areas, such as national monuments, are primarily designated by the U.S. Congress. The primary source for this information is the USFWS Realty program.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://fws.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=4b2c5cb2fbaa4fec93094a23e7be6408
    https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/179872

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 12, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI EDI

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 12, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 12, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    Maintainer
    @Id http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/699bd47d346200847fbb95f2d6454783
    Identifier FWS_ServCat_179872
    Data First Published 2025-04-07T12:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-04-07
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:18
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://datainventory.doi.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Harvest Object Id 53c638b9-fc5b-4f63-aa3a-2f6033dd6695
    Harvest Source Id 52bfcc16-6e15-478f-809a-b1bc76f1aeda
    Harvest Source Title DOI EDI
    Homepage URL https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/179872
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -60.89065,-14.1962395,139.35936,72.31045
    Program Code 010:028, 010:094
    Publisher Hierarchy White House > U.S. Department of the Interior > U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    Related Documents https://fws.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=4b2c5cb2fbaa4fec93094a23e7be6408, https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/179872
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 2dca9af1ffe446e42814c4d3ab9b0dee706ba49ea1d6ef98cdda090e83894a58
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -60.89065, -14.1962395, -60.89065, 72.31045, 139.35936, 72.31045, 139.35936, -14.1962395, -60.89065, -14.1962395}
    Temporal 1903-03-15T12:00:00Z/2025-04-07T12:00:00Z

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