NJ Highlands Total Forest Area
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New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council (NJ Highlands Council)
- Publication_Date: 20120130
- Title: NJ Highlands Total Forest Area
- Edition: 2.0
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Chester, NJ
- Publisher: New Jersey Highlands Council
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.highlands.state.nj.us/>
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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Forests provide essential ecosystem functions, including surface water and air filtration, carbon sequestration, groundwater recharge, and provide habitat to a wide range of animal and plant species. While forested areas typically provide these or other ecosystem functions, relatively undisturbed core forest areas are particularly valuable.
Highlands forests function as surface water filtration systems, protecting the integrity of vital water supplies for the Highlands Region. The positive correlation between forest cover and surface water quality is well documented in scientific literature. Larger forest tracts forming the core of the Highlands protect natural communities by reducing anthropogenic effects and protecting area-sensitive wildlife species.
As part of the NJ Highlands Council's efforts to protect forests a Total Forest Layer was generated from Land-Use/Land-Cover Data. The forested areas characterized in this dataset are derived from NJDEP Land-Use/Land-Cover data (2007) and updated land-use information collected by the NJ Highlands Council.
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A forested area mapping was performed to evaluate and understand the value and importance of NJ Highlands's forests. This effort serves in part to respond to the goals and requirements of the Highlands Act.
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The Total Forest Area layer is a simple extraction of Land-Use codes taken from the Land-Use/Land-Cover data. The Land-Use/Land-Cover Data is based on the NJDEP 2007 LULC data and updated information collected by the NJ Highlands Council.
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -75.210621
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.052323
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.296595
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.513986
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword: forest, land-cover
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- Place_Keyword: New Jersey Highlands
- Access_Constraints: None
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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.
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- Contact_Organization: NJ Highlands Council
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- 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) 879-6737
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (908) 879-4205
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@highlands.state.nj.us
- Hours_of_Service: 9:00AM - 5:00PM
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This is a polygon feature-based layer. Data were reviewed for correct topological structure.
- Completeness_Report: Complete.
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The Total Forest Area layer is a simple extraction of Land-Use codes taken from the Land-Use/Land-Cover data. The Land-Use/Land-Cover Data is based on the NJDEP 2007 LULC data and updated information collected by the NJ Highlands Council.
The Anderson land-use codes used to create this layer are:
4110, 4120, 4210, 4220, 4230, 4311, 4312, 4321, 4322, 4500, 6210, 6220, 6251, 6252, 6221, 6231, 6232, 6233, 4420, 4430, 4440
- Process_Date: 20111001
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- Contact_Organization: NJ Highlands Council
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- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: 100 North Road
- City: Chester
- State_or_Province: New Jersey
- Postal_Code: 07930
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 908-879-6737
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 908-897-4205
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gis@highlands.state.nj.us
- Hours_of_Service: 8am-5pm Monday thru Friday
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- Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet
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- Entity_Type_Label: Total_Forest_Area
- Entity_Type_Definition: NJ Highlands Total Forest Area
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: NJ Highlands Council
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- Attribute_Definition_Source: NJ Highlands Council
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: New Jersey Highlands Council
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 100 North Road (Route 513)
- 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
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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"
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- Metadata_Date: 20120130
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- Contact_Organization: New Jersey Highlands Council
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: 100 North Road
- City: Chester
- State_or_Province: New Jersey
- Postal_Code: 07930
- Country: UNITED STATES
- 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
- Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
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