Description: Shapefile Format –This dataset depicts the BLM Wilderness Areas, a component of the National Conservation Lands (otherwise known as National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS)) for the State of Colorado. The dataset can be used for small scale (1:24,000 and smaller) analysis, cartographic products, GIS display, spatial feature discovery, spatial relationships (Man Made or Natural). These data represent the polygon features that show the outside boundaries for the Wilderness Areas. These data support and assist in management decisions and planning. Please note other agency and/or private lands may exist within this outside boundary.
Description: This dataset identifies the geographic locations and boundaries of the BLM Wilderness Study Areas in Colorado. They are part of the National Conservation Lands (otherwise known as National Landscape Conservation System). These polygon features represent the outside boundaries of the BLM Wilderness Study Areas in Colorado. Please note other agency or private lands may exist within these boundaries.
Description: Shapefile Format - BLM Colorado Inventoried Lands with Wilderness Characteristics is consistent with Section 201 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), which requires the Secretary of the Interior to “prepare and maintain on a continuing basis an inventory of all public lands and their resource and other values,” and the BLM Land Use Planning Handbook, BLM Colorado has identified and begun an assessment of BLM-managed lands with wilderness characteristics outside of existing WSAs. BLM Manual 6310 - Conducting Wilderness Characteristics Inventory on BLM Lands, provides the guidance from which BLM Colorado performs the wilderness characteristic inventory process.
Copyright Text: BLM Colorado Field Offices, State Office GIS Staff, State Office Wilderness Coordinator.