Jonathan,
How do you define protected? Hunting and fishing occur on many public lands.
Forests are harvested and lands are leased for oil, gas and mineral
extraction. Do you mean lands that are theoretically protected from
commercial and residential development? Also, I would want to know which
forest lands are native and naturally planted vs. non-native tree farms. I
would be interested in GIS layers like this as well. I would, also, want to
know which lands allow harvest and which don't. It would also be good to
have GIS layers of protected areas that have stocked non-natives. While we
are on the subject it would be nice to have GIS layers of developed land as
well. We already have road layers. I am just throwing this out.
Mike Welker
El Paso, TX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Greenberg" <greenb...@ucdavis.edu>
To: <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 6:41 PM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] GIS of protected regions in North America?
Ecologgers:
Does anyone know if there is a GIS layer that contains coverages for
all protected regions in North America (e.g. national, state and local
parks, private and non-profit wildlife preserves, etc.)? Thanks!
--j
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Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS)
University of California, Davis
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