Description: The Protected Undisturbed Lands layer contains polygon features representing undisturbed lands that have a permanent protection status. It is a subset of the Potentially Undisturbed Lands layer (mn_pudl), and is created by intersecting the undisturbed lands layer with an aggregate layer of lands that are known to be permanently protected. Undisturbed land polygons were mapped at a scale of 1:8000 or greater over the entire Prairie Coteau and Lac qui Parle landscapes in Southwestern Minnesota. The project extent is defined by the layer: mn_pudl_cntyextent. Each polygon is classified as either undisturbed grassland or undisturbed woodland according to a rigorous, repeatable, systematic protocol. Permanently protected lands include an aggregate of fee title and easement holdings by a variety of state, federal, and private non-profit agencies and organizations.
Service Item Id: 94f9fcc74eea4b4c870d5c8645f04ee9
Copyright Text: Based on: Common Land Unit data provided by the Farm Service Agency of Minnesota; National Agriculture Imagery Program and Digitial Ortho County Mosaic aerial photographs provided by the Aerial Phototagraphy Field Office (FSA); various habitat type, land cover, land use, and land ownership layers provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service offices in Morris, Odessa, and Windom, MN, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and The Nature Conservancy MN/SD/ND chapter, the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources, the Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA), the Minnesota Land Trust, and the National Park Service. Data interpretation and digitization performed by Benjamin Carlson and Tanner Butler, SDSU Extension, Watertown, SD. This dataset is freely distributable for noncommercial purposes with inclusion of citation and full metada.
Description: The Potentially Undisturbed Lands layer contains polygons representing undisturbed land mapped at a scale of 1:8000 or greater over the entire Prairie Coteau and Lac qui Parle landscapes in Southwestern Minnesota. The project extent is defined by the layer: mn_pudl_cntyextent. Each polygon is classified as either undisturbed grassland or undisturbed woodland according to a rigorous, repeatable, systematic protocol.
Service Item Id: 94f9fcc74eea4b4c870d5c8645f04ee9
Copyright Text: Based on: Common Land Unit data provided by the Farm Service Agency of Minnesota; National Agriculture Imagery Program and Digitial Ortho County Mosaic aerial photographs provided by the Aerial Phototagraphy Field Office (FSA); various habitat type, land cover, and land use layers provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service offices in Morris, Odessa, and Windom, MN, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and The Nature Conservancy MN/SD/ND chapter. Data interpretation and digitization performed by Benjamin Carlson and Tanner Butler, SDSU Extension, Watertown, SD. This dataset is freely distributable for noncommercial purposes with inclusion of citation and full metada.