Land Areas of the National Forest System, USDA Forest Service
Entry ID: USDA0007

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Summary
Abstract: The "Land Areas of the National Forest System" contains data on
the extent and characteristics of forest, range, and related
lands within the National Forest System of the United States.
Statistics are updated annually, with some data available from
1891 to the present.

Collection Organization: USDA Forest Service

Collection Methodology: Gross and net areas are generated by
survey and map compilation. Other data generated by census and
inventory.

Collection Frequency: Statistics updated annually. Some data
available from 1891 to present.

Update Characteristics: N/A

LANGUAGE: English

ACCESS/AVAILABILITY:
Data Center: Forest Service
Access Instructions: Reports are available via Internet
homepage: http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/lar/

Access Restrictions: None
Related URL
Description: Lands of the National Forest System Maps
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 55.0   S: 13.71   E: -61.48   W: -130.0
  N: 72.0   S: 50.0   E: -137.0   W: -178.0
  N: 18.64   S: 17.88   E: -65.45   W: -67.08

Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1891-01-01
Use Constraints Please give the cartographer/designer/author credit (in this case Nieves López Izquierdo, Associate Consultant UNEP/GRID-Arendal) and give full recognition to the data sources used in the graphic.
Ancillary Keywords
Data Center
Global Resource Information Database - Arendal, United Nations Environment Programme Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.grida.no/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GRID-ARENDAL USER SUPPORT
Phone: +47 3703 5650
Fax: +47 3703 5050
Email: grid at grida.no
Contact Address:
UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Longum Park
Service Box 706
City: Arendal
Postal Code: N-4808
Country: Norway
Publications/References
Bernard Francou, Mathias Vuille, Patrick Wagnon, Javier Mendoza, and Jean-Emmanuel Sicart. 2003. Tropical climate change recorded by a glacier in the central Andes during the last decades of the twentieth century: Chacaltaya, Bolivia, 16°S. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 108, NO. D5, 4154, doi:10.1029/2002JD002959, http://www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/mathias/pubs/Francou_et_al_200...
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2011-03-22
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-12-13

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