Jonathan, There are currently two GIS sources of protected areas covering the North American scale. The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC.org) publishes the North American Environmental Atlas and UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) manages the World Database for Protected Areas (WDPA) at: http://www.wdpa.org/.
In April 2009, the USGS National Gap Analysis Program (GAP) delivered the first version of the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) to UNEP-WCMC for submission into the WDPA. Annual submissions of PAD-US to the WDPA and CEC will continue; however, neither are currently updated with PAD-US data. PAD-USv1 demonstrates the success of a new Public-Private Partnership (www.protectedlands.net) formed in April 2008 that includes USGS, BLM, USFS, TNC, Conservation Biology Institute, LandScope and the Land Trust Alliance. Several updates to PAD-USv1, such as the Northwest States and California, are underway. As these data have just been released, please allow time for WDPA, CEC, PAD-US and GAP websites to be updated. Feel free to view or download PAD-USv1 at: http://maps.gap.uidaho.edu:8087/PAD-US_V1/default.aspx. In the map viewer, the Find Protected Area tool searches the dataset by parcel name, while the identity tool (i) will describe attributes such as Owner, manager, designation, GAP Status Code, IUCN category or State for any area of interest. PAD-USv1 is currently available as a file geodatabase; however, it will also be available in shapefile format soon. Feel free to contact me with any questions, Lisa Audin Stewardship Coordinator USGS National Gap Analysis Program University of Idaho http://gapanalysis.nbii.gov/ 530 S Asbury St, Suite 1 Moscow, ID 83843 208-885-3013 [email protected] On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:28:49 -0700, John Donoghue II <[email protected]> wrote: >Jonathan, > >Check out the National Atlas. >http://nationalatlas.gov > >It has downloadable raw data in a mix of formats such as ESRI Shapefile >(.shp), >ESRI ArcInfo Export (.e00), and the federal Spatial Data Transfer Standard >(SDTS). The Atlas' boundaries section contains a layer of federal lands and a >layer of Wilderness Peservation System Areas. There are also a number of other >interesting layers that are useful for basemap, references or other >comparisons. While this will provide good information on federal lands, for >state and local parks, you may need to obtain data from each state and local >agency. > >You can access the National Atlas raw data download page at: >http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html > >There are also some data layers available for the North American Atlas at: >http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp-na.html > >Hope that helps. > >-John > >John Donoghue >School of Natural Resources >University of Arizona >[email protected] > > >Quoting Jonathan Greenberg <[email protected]>: > >> 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 >> >> -- >> >> Jonathan A. Greenberg, PhD >> Postdoctoral Scholar >> Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS) >> University of California, Davis >> One Shields Avenue >> The Barn, Room 250N >> Davis, CA 95616 >> Cell: 415-794-5043 >> AIM: jgrn307, MSN: [email protected], Gchat: jgrn307 >=========================================================================
