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Protected Areas - New Hampshire, USA May 2010

Protected Areas - New Hampshire, USA May 2010

May 28, 2010 (Last modified Jul 2, 2010)

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The Nature Conservancy's (TNC) Secured Lands dataset for Eastern North America (2009) is the primary source of New Hampshire protected areas data in PAD-US 1.1 (CBI) Edition. TNC's Eastern Conservation Science office compiles information annually on New Hampshire's public and private conservation lands. The data set includes all lands that are permanently secured against conversion to development either by direct fee ownership or permanent easements. This information is obtained from external sources (Below, see "Data Source Overview") and is used with permission. Updates are published annually.

This dataset is an extraction from PAD-US 1.1 (CBI Edition), by state. The PAD-US 1.1 (CBI Edition) data set portrays the nation's protected areas with a standardized spatial geometry and numerous valuable attributes on land ownership, management designations, and conservation status (using national GAP and international IUCN coding systems). The PAD-US 1.1 (CBI Edition) defines protected areas to include all lands dedicated to the preservation of biological diversity and to other natural, recreation and cultural uses, and managed for these purposes through legal or other effective means (adapted from IUCN definition). The database represents the full range of conservation designations that preserve these natural resources in the U.S.

Protected areas are cornerstones of national and international conservation strategies. By way of these designations, lands and waters are set-aside in-perpetuity to preserve functioning natural ecosystems, act as refuges for species, and maintain ecological processes. Complementary conservation strategies preserve land for the sustainable use of natural resources, or for the protection of significant geologic and cultural features or open space. PAD-US 1.1 (CBI Edition) attempts to include all available spatial data on these places. It is our goal to publish the most comprehensive geospatial data set of U. S. protected areas to date.

Data Source Overview:

In NH, TNC New Hampshire Chapter just completed a substantive update to the NH GRANIT Conservation/Public Lands Data Layer (the winter of 2009). This data layer includes public lands, protected lands, and institutional lands that are undeveloped and are likely to stay that way, but that have no legal form of protection. Land owners of properties within the data layer includes federal, state, and municipal governments; land trusts and private land owners. The last substantive update of the Conservation/Public Lands Data Layer was performed in 2009.

Download: http://www.granit.unh.edu/data/search?dset=consnh/nh
Lead Agency: New Hampshire Geographically Referenced Analysis and Information Transfer System (NH GRANIT)
Last Updated: 2009

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Title: Protected Areas - New Hampshire, USA May 2010
Credits: Conservation Biology Institute
Publication Date: May 1, 2010
Publisher: Conservation Biology Institute
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http://databasin.org/protected-center/features/PAD-US-CBI

Contact Organization:: Conservation Biology Institute

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Christina Supples

Use Constraints:: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

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Tags:: conservation easement, iucn codes, protected areas, gap codes

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