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    • Fire AerialFireRetardantAvoidanceAreas Terrestrial (Open Data Hub)

    Metadata Updated: May 8, 2025

    This data depicts terrestrial aerial fire retardant avoidance areas delivered as part of the 2011 Nationwide Aerial Application of Fire Retardant on National Forest System Land Environmental Impact Statement, the 2023 Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, and the 2024 Record of Decision. This data shows areas, provided by each National Forest, where the aerial application of fire retardant should be avoided in order to prevent the potential of impacts to Federally listed threatened or endangered species as identified through consultation, or Forest Service sensitive species.This data is to be used in planning and implementation phases of U.S. Forest Service fire activities to help prevent intrusions of aerial fire retardant in known areas of TEPCS (Threatened, Endangered, Proposed, Candidate, Sensitive) species throughout National Forest lands. Provided here is a National merged dataset derived from each National Forest contribution. This data has been merged, dissolved, and erased of attributes contained in each original component dataset. For this purpose, specific attributes are not necessary, as any spatial areas depicted simply show areas where aerial fire retardant use is to be avoided as stated in U.S. Forest Service guidelines.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 21, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date May 8, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from USDA JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 21, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date May 8, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Forest Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=bb7c0ecdbbf84b548a9d413a53e4ad3c
    Data First Published 2025-03-31
    Data Last Modified 2025-04-07
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 005:96
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id c5cf2172-58bc-4630-860b-2d9167c0f008
    Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
    Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
    Homepage URL https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/documents/usfs::fire-aerialfireretardantavoidanceareas-terrestrial-open-data-hub
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -150.0078,28.9602,-72.3274,61.2908
    Program Code 005:059
    Progresscode onGoing
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash bb856011f0874254f611a64f8f452d04b3e832225e0d2db608d90a4753dd39cd
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -150.0078, 28.9602, -150.0078, 61.2908, -72.3274, 61.2908, -72.3274, 28.9602, -150.0078, 28.9602}

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