BLM - Colorado Wild and Scenic Rivers Line Features (Suitable/Eligible)
Creator(s):
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Description:
This line feature class represents the segments identified as eligible or suitable for Wild and Scenic River designation. These segments are part of the National Landscape Conservation System (also known as National Conservation Lands). The attributes for this feature class serve to store the feature level metadata information for the lines, as well as document the origin and characteristics of each line. Lines will be segmented when any of the attributes change (e.g. when the classification changes). The related table contains the outstanding remarkable value(s) identified for each segment.This data set was created to illustrate rivers eligible or suitable for National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) Wild and Scenic River designation within Colorado crossing BLM lands. The Wild and Scenic River feature class includes selected rivers in Colorado that possess outstandingly, remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or other similar values.A published revision of the Department Manuals Part 305: Departmental Science Effects, Chapter 3: Integrity of Scientific and Scholarly Activities (305 DM 3), effective December 16, 2014, is available online at http://elips.doi.gov/ELIPS/DocView.aspx?id=4056. Scholarly information considered in Departmental decision making must be robust, of the highest quality, and the result of as rigorous scientific and scholarly processes as can be achieved. Most importantly, it must be trustworthy. This policy helps us to achieve that standard (http://www.doi.gov/scientificintegrity/index.cfm)National Landscape Conservation System Wild and Scenic River Line Features
Publisher:
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM)