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    • FWS National Special Designation Areas

    Metadata Updated: November 25, 2025

    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 national monuments, are primarily designated by the U.S. Congress. The primary source for this information is the USFWS Realty program.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 25, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI FWS DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date November 25, 2025
    Publisher U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/fws-servcat-179872
    Data First Published 2025-04-07T00:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-04-07T00:00:00Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:18
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/fws-data.json
    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 c8f86f55-4701-4f37-9919-3e1db62fa4e7
    Harvest Source Id f51f1f6c-4e4a-4e0a-b4e3-a5577c6dcc19
    Harvest Source Title DOI FWS DCAT-US
    Homepage URL https://iris.fws.gov/APPS/ServCat/Reference/Profile/179872
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Program Code 010:094, 010:028
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 613f53b430ed0129d548a1ebc81461e0a39b7c7872294bd316dec8d0555d8312
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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