FWS Special Designation Areas - April 2022

This data layer depicts the Special Designations 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 Realty program.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
bureauCode {010:18}
catalog_@context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
dataQuality true
identifier FWS_ServCat_144372
issued 2022-04-22
landingPage https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/Reference/Profile/144372
modified 2022-04-22
old-spatial -60.89065,-14.1962395,139.35936,72.31045
programCode {010:094,010:028}
publisher Fish and Wildlife Service
references {https://fws.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=4b2c5cb2fbaa4fec93094a23e7be6408,https://ecos.fws.gov/ServCat/Reference/Profile/144372}
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash e30540081e1dea8950c9defb7f0aa36d0ae45f76
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]]]}
temporal 1903-03-15/2022-04-22
theme {"Geospatial Dataset"}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • boundaries
  • ckan
  • geo
  • geoss
  • national
  • national-fish-hatchery
  • national-historic-landmark
  • national-marine-monument
  • national-monument
  • national-seashore
  • national-wildlife-refuge
  • natural-area
  • north-america
  • planningcadastre
  • united-states
  • waterfowl-production-area
  • wetland-management-district
  • wilderness-ar
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Todd Sutherland
maintainer_email todd_sutherland@fws.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-22T14:52:04.988808
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T14:52:04.988812
notes This data layer depicts the Special Designations 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 Realty program.
num_resources 2
num_tags 20
title FWS Special Designation Areas - April 2022