Forest Resource Area

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council (NJ Highlands Council)
Publication_Date: 20120125
Title: Forest Resource Area
Edition: 2.0
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Chester, NJ
Publisher:
New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council (NJ Highlands Council)
Online_Linkage: <http://www.highlands.state.nj.us/>
Description:
Abstract:
The Highlands Council assessed forest resource area in the Highlands Region because forests are important for the protection of water quality and quantity.
Purpose:
The purpose of this dataset is to provide an accurate resource area based on forest resources. The resource area is used for planning purposes and for the implementation of the Highlands Regional Master Plan.
Supplemental_Information:
The Forest Resource Area includes high ecological value forest areas, including those forested areas that exhibit the least fragmentation and vital for the maintenance of ecological processes. The Highlands Council spatially delineated the Forest Resource Area by including those forested areas that express one or more of the following indicators: a contiguous forest patch of equal to or greater than 500 acres in size; an area consisting of >250 acres of core forest area greater than 300 feet from an altered edge, or areas that include >45% of mean total forest cover; and mean distance to nearest patch (HUC14 only).
The Highlands Council assessed the ecological integrity of forests through the examination of landscape level characteristics at both the forest patch and subwatershed level, utilizing measures of forest fragmentation, to identify where regionally significant forests are located in the Highlands Region. These are the forests that are most suited to support ecological processes. The result of this assessment is the spatial delineation of the Forest Resource Area within the Highlands Region as defined in the Highlands Regional Master Plan (NJ Highlands Council, 2008)
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.201290
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.162328
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.274934
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.574512
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword: New Jersey Highlands Council
Theme_Keyword: Land Use Capability Zone Map
Theme_Keyword: Forest Integrity
Theme_Keyword: Total Forest Area
Theme_Keyword: Land Use/Land Cover
Theme_Keyword: Upland Forest
Theme_Keyword: Wetland Forest
Theme_Keyword: Scrub/Shrub
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: environment, 007
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Data Distribution Agreement The Highlands Council Agrees to abide by the terms and conditions of the following: I. Description of Data to be Provided The data provided herein are distributed subject to the following conditions and restrictions: Subject Data Layers For all data contained herein, the Highlands Council makes no representations of any kind, including, but not limited to, the warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular use, nor are any such warranties to be implied with respect to the digital data layers furnished hereunder. The Highlands Council assumes no responsibility to maintain digital data layers in any manner or form. II. Terms of Agreement 1. Digital data received from the Highlands Council are to be used solely for internal purposes in the conduct of daily affairs. 2. The data are provided, as is, without warranty of any kind and the user is responsible for understanding the accuracy limitations of all digital data layers provided herein, or as documented in any accompanying Data Dictionary and Readme files. Any reproduction or manipulation of the above data must ensure that the coordinate reference system remains intact. 3. Digital data received from the Highlands Council may not be reproduced or redistributed for use by anyone without first obtaining written authorization from the Highlands Council. This clause is not intended to restrict distribution of printed mapped information produced from the digital data. 4. Any maps, publications, reports, or other documents produced as a result of this project that utilize Highlands Council digital data will credit the Highlands Council's Geographic Information System (GIS) as the source of the data with the following credit/disclaimer: "This (map/publication/report) was developed using New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council's Geographic Information System digital data, but this secondary product has not been verified by the Highlands Council and is not state-authorized." 5. Users shall require any contractor, hired to undertake work that will utilize digital data obtained from the Highlands Council, to agree not to use, reproduce, or redistribute Highlands Council GIS data for any purpose other than the specified contractual work. All copies of Highlands Council GIS data utilized by an contractor will be required to be returned to the original user at the close of such contractual work. Users hereby agree to abide by the use and reproduction conditions specified above and agree to hold any contractor to the same terms. By using data provided herein, the user acknowledges that terms and conditions have been read and that the user is bound by these criteria.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NJ Highlands Council
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 100 North Road
City: Chester
State_or_Province: New Jersey
Postal_Code: 07930
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (908) 879-6737
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (908) 879-4205
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@highlands.state.nj.us
Hours_of_Service: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.2 (Build 3790) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.2.1350
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
This is a polygon feature-based layer. Data were reviewed for correct topological structure.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The Highlands Council spatially delineated the Forest Resource Area by Unioning Forest Core > 250 ac, Forest Patch > 500 ac, and Proportion of Total Forest > 45%. Total forest area was extracted from the NJDEP Draft 2002 Land Use Land Cover data. Forest was defined as including all upland and wetland forest and scrub/shrub categories (excluding old field). The total forest was then cut on roads.
The result was rasterized at a 50ftx50ft grid cell size. Spatial analyst extension density function was utilized to generate the density, or more commonly known as the critical mass, of the features. The density function yields a magnitude per unit area. This was calculated using a 250ft circular search radius. A magnitude was identified as representing the critical mass which captures important forest resource features. The output raster was then reclassified and exported to a feature class. The polygons were smoothed and topology check executed.
Process_Date: 20111001
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council (NJ Highlands Council)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 100 North Road
City: Chester
State_or_Province: New Jersey
Postal_Code: 07930
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (908) 879-6737
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (908) 879-4205
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@highlands.state.nj.us
Hours_of_Service: normal business hours
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Raster_Object_Information:
Raster_Object_Type: Grid Cell
Row_Count: 5448
Column_Count: 6088
Vertical_Count: 1
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000
Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: Forest_Resource_Area
Entity_Type_Definition: Forest Resource Area
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: NJ Highlands Council
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FORESTRESO
Attribute_Definition: Presence of Forest Resource Area
Attribute_Definition_Source: NJ Highlands Council
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape_Leng
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape_Area
Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council (NJ Highlands Council)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 100 North Road
City: Chester
State_or_Province: New Jersey
Postal_Code: 07930
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (908) 879-6737
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (908) 879-4205
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@highlands.state.nj.us
Contact_Instructions:
Contact the Distributor if you have any questions or concerns regarding the distribution and/or download of this data. If you have questions or concerns regarding the data itself, please contact the Metadata Contact person listed in the Metadata Reference Section.
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution_Liability: See "Use Constraints"
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Transfer_Size: 21.990
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20120126
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: New Jersey Highlands Council
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 100 North Road
City: Chester
State_or_Province: New Jersey
Postal_Code: 07930
Country: UNITED STATES
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 908-879-6737x123
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 908-879-4205
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@highlands.state.nj.us
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
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