Forest ownership in the conterminous United States

May 18, 2011
Uploaded by Mark D. Nelson
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ForestOwn_v1 is a 250-meter spatial resolution raster geospatial dataset of forest ownership in the conterminous United States (CONUS). The dataset was prepared by the Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program, Northern Research Station, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and differentiates forest from nonforest land and water, public and private ownership, and the percent of private forest land in corporate ownership.
The forest/nonforest land/water classification is derived from the USDA Forest Service’s CONUS Forest/Nonforest dataset. Public and private land ownership class is derived from the Protected Areas Database of the United States, Version 1.1 (CBI Edition). Corporate ownership of private forest land is derived from the Forest Service’s 2007 Resource Planning Act (RPA) dataset, summarized over the Environmental Protection Agency’s Original Environmental Monitoring & Assessment Program (EMAP) grid 648 square kilometer hexagon dataset.
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Nelson, Mark D., Liknes, Greg C., Butler, Brett J.
Content date:
2000, 2008
Citation:

Nelson, Mark D.; Liknes, Greg C.; Butler, Brett J. 2010. Forest ownership in the conterminous United States: ForestOwn_v1 geospatial dataset. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. doi:10.2737/RDS-2010-0002

http://dx.doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2010-0002

doi:10.2737/RDS-2010-0002

Spatial Resolution:
250.0 (meter)
Contact Organization:
USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis
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Appropriate uses include: statewide biodiversity planning, regional planning or biological assessments, coarse-scale (e.g. national) evaluation of ecosystem representation within forest/nonforest and public/private areas.

Inappropriate uses include: resource planning at a scale smaller than statewide; establishing exact legal boundaries of ownership parcels; establishing definite presence or absence of any land cover class, ownership boundary, or corporate ownership category; determining exact areas for parcels or ownership categories.

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To cite this data product:
Nelson, Mark D.; Liknes, Greg C.; Butler, Brett J. 2010. Forest ownership in the conterminous United States: ForestOwn_v1 geospatial dataset. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. doi:10.2737/RDS-2010-0002.

These data were collected by USDA Forest Service researchers and can be used without additional permissions or fees.
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ownership, nonforest, forest land, corporate, forestown_v1
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About the Uploader

Mark D. Nelson
Research Forester with U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis

My current research involves the use of forest inventory data, geospatial data, and satellite imagery for assessing and mapping forest cover/use, type, biomass, disturbance, and wildlife habitat.