FWS National Wilderness Boundaries

This data layer depicts the Wilderness and Proposed Wilderness that have been placed upon the lands and waters administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in North America, U.S. Trust Territories and Possessions. These special areas, such as wilderness, are primarily designated by the U.S. Congress. The primary source for this information is the USFWS Wilderness program and the NWRS Realty program.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
bureauCode {010:18}
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catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/fws-servcat-180954
issued 2025-04-07T00:00:00Z
landingPage https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/180954
metadata_type geospatial
modified 2025-04-07T00:00:00Z
old-spatial -60.89065,-14.1962395,139.35936,72.31045
programCode {010:094,010:028}
publisher U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash 71d0789572109220c14fdd9465793e3c72f0dd439a3973f0b6803bbd7a08e05d
source_schema_version 1.1
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-60.89065, -14.1962395], [-60.89065, 72.31045], [139.35936, 72.31045], [139.35936, -14.1962395], [-60.89065, -14.1962395]]]}
theme {geospatial}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • boundaries
  • general-wilderness-character-natural
  • national-fish-hatchery
  • national-wildlife-refuge
  • proposed-wilderness
  • united-states
  • wilderness
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Todd Sutherland
maintainer_email todd_sutherland@fws.gov
metadata_created 2025-09-24T05:18:34.736048
metadata_modified 2025-09-24T05:18:34.736058
notes This data layer depicts the Wilderness and Proposed Wilderness that have been placed upon the lands and waters administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in North America, U.S. Trust Territories and Possessions. These special areas, such as wilderness, are primarily designated by the U.S. Congress. The primary source for this information is the USFWS Wilderness program and the NWRS Realty program.
num_resources 2
num_tags 15
title FWS National Wilderness Boundaries