07FA8F59-BBFA-4FD9-939E-3DF1EDC41495 eng utf8 dataset dataset GIS Staff, Colorado State Office U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) GIS Specialist 303 239-3652

PO Box 151029 Lakewood CO 80215 US blm_co_info@blm.gov

7:45am to 4:15pm publisher 2024-01-19 ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification 2007 geometryOnly composite 9038 26913 EPSG 6.11(3.0.1) 2014-12-18 creation 2022-06-30 publication Bureau of Land Management publisher GIS Staff, Colorado State Office U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Public Room 303 239 3600

2850 Youngfield Street Lakewood CO 80215 US blm_co_info@blm.gov

7:45am to 4:15pm originator GIS Staff, Colorado State Office U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) GIS Specialist 303 239-3652

2850 Youngfield St. Lakewood CO 80215 US blm_co_info@blm.gov

7:45am to 4:15pm publisher mapDigital Range Improvements are man-made or man-caused features on the landscape designed and implemented for the purpose of improving the available forage, managing the season of use or use patterns and enhancing the overall rangeland health of areas available for domestic livestock use. Range improvements may occur on private, state, and public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and/or other federal or state agencies. On public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), permittees or lessees (henceforth, “operators”) may be required to install range improvements to meet the terms and conditions of their permits or leases. Often the BLM, operators, and other interested parties work together and jointly contribute to construction.Range improvements are authorized physical modifications or treatment which are designed to improve production of forage; change vegetation composition; control patterns of use; provide water; stabilize soil and water conditions; restore, protect, and improve the conditions of the rangeland ecosystems to benefit livestock, wild horses and burros, and fish and wildlife. They include, but are not limited to, structures, treatment projects and use of mechanical devices or modifications achieved through mechanical means. Range Improvements. There are two kinds of range improvements: nonstructural and structural. Seeding or prescribed burns are examples of nonstructural range improvements. Fences or facilities such as wells or water pipelines are examples of structural improvements. Many structural improvements are considered permanent, as they are not easily removed from the land. This data standard will only relate to structural range improvements features as GIS and attribute data related to almost all non-structural range improvements is stored in other national data standard datasets (e.g. NISIMS, VTRT, NFPORS). Range improvement data is also available in the Range Improvement System (RIPS), a BLM database used for tracking the establishment and maintenance of range improvments. RIPS is the database of record and contains the data to be used for budgetary and workload planning. This data set shall be comprised of a spatial display of the data in RIPS. The record unique identifier within the RIPS database (RIPS number) will be added to GIS features in this data standard to link between spatial depictions of range improvements features to their corresponding RIPS records. Wherever possible RIPS data shall be used to populate this data set. To illustrate BLM's range improvements in a digital form for GIS analysis, acquiring attribute information about spatial features, showing spatial relationships with other features (on or below the ground), create area calculations, etc. These data support and assist in management decisions and planning. This GIS layer isn't the database of record and may be different than the data contained in RIPS Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office onGoing Laria Lovec U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rangeland Management Specialist 303 239 3717

PO Box 151029 Lakewood CO 80215 US llovec@blm.gov

7:45am to 4:15pm pointOfContact continual Colorado place Management, Range, Facility, Wildlife, Vegetation theme Facility Management Range Vegetation Wildlife theme Facility Management Range Vegetation Wildlife theme Facility Management Range Vegetation Wildlife theme Facility Management Range Vegetation Wildlife theme Facility Management Range Vegetation Wildlife theme farming, biota, economy, structure theme BLM Colorado GIS Data Range Improvements theme BLM Colorado GIS Data Range Improvements theme BLM Colorado GIS Data Range Improvements theme Downloadable Data These data are provided by Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 'as is' and might contain errors or omissions. The User assumes the entire risk associated with its use of these data and bears all responsibility in determining whether these data are fit for the User's intended use. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the sources from which they were derived, and both scale and accuracy may vary across the data set. These data might not have the accuracy, resolution, completeness, timeliness, or other characteristics appropriate for applications that potential users of the data may contemplate. The User is encouraged to carefully consider the content of the metadata file associated with these data. These data are neither legal documents nor land surveys, and must not be used as such. Official records may be referenced at most BLM offices. Please report any errors in the data to the BLM office from which it was obtained. The BLM should be cited as the data source in any products derived from these data. Any Users wishing to modify the data should describe the types of modifications they have performed. The User should not misrepresent the data, nor imply that changes made were approved or endorsed by BLM. This data may be updated by the BLM without notification. The BLM assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions. No warranty is made by the BLM as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data for individual use or aggregate use with other data; nor shall the act of distribution to contractors, partners, or beyond, constitute any such warranty for individual or aggregate data use with other data. Although these data have been processed successfully on computers of BLM, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by BLM regarding the use of these data on any other system, or for general or scientific purposes, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty. In no event shall the BLM have any liability whatsoever for payment of any consequential, incidental, indirect, special, or tort damages of any kind, including, but not limited to, any loss of profits arising out of the use or reliance on the geographic data or arising out of the delivery, installation, operation, or support by BLM. None, these data are considered public domain. vector eng utf8 farming biota economy environment structure Esri ArcGIS 13.1.3.41833 Range improvement features located in and around BLM land in the State of Colorado. true -109.266443 -102.327254 36.938484 41.071251 1946-01-01T00:00:00 Enterprise Geodatabase Feature Class 10.2 GIS Staff, Colorado State Office U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) GIS Specialist 303 239-3652

PO Box 151029 Lakewood CO 80215 US blm_co_info@blm.gov

7:45am to 4:15pm publisher dataset Please contact the Range Management Specialist for the specified area for additional information on the provenance, history, logical consistency, accuracy and quality of this data. Please contact the Range Management Specialist for the specified area for additional information on the provenance, history, logical consistency, accuracy and quality of this data. Please contact the Range Management Specialist for the specified area for additional information on the provenance, history, logical consistency, accuracy and quality of this data. Please contact the Range Management Specialist for the specified area for additional information on the provenance, history, logical consistency, accuracy and quality of this data. Each Field Office will be expected to use the adopted protocols for populating and maintaining the corporate data set. Several methods will be available for inputting and updating data, including: screen digitizing from a variety of original source materials (aerial photography, paper maps) or Global Positioning System (GPS) data from field collection. Data collectors and editors shall be required to use domain fields to improve accuracy of the data. There is currently no single method for data collection and input for this data set. Data may be collected and input from a variety of sources as long as the data, and the collection method, are documented with metadata at the feature lelvel. BLM has not yet migrated enough of its existing data stores to any specific format to eliminate any methods for digital data collection The most common methods of range improvement project line or point capture are: (1) Manuscript lines onto United States Geologic Survey (USGS) 7.5 minute quadrangle maps and digitize; (2) Utilize GPS technology to capture the improvement location in the field and input the GPS coordinates into GIS; (3) Use ortho-photos or other rectified, geo-referenced aerial photography as a backdrop for on-screen digitizing; or (4) Import Digital Line Graph (DLG) or other sources of electronic data for fence-lines, roads and other improvements. There are many sources for range improvement project lines or points because of the nature of range improvement projects. It is important to know what type of boundary each GIS line segment represents so that appropriate existing data can be brought in rather than digitizing new data. Fence lines that follow roads, or other features on the ground, should be correctly located in relation to the feature. Buffering the existing feature arc can make data input easier. It is highly recommended that source maps be 1:24,000 scale or larger. Data was migrated into new schema for better efficiency in March 2022. This eliminated some of the redundancy within the dataset, and made for easier field collection. 2022-03-01T00:00:00 Benjamin Zank Bureau of Land Management - Colorado State Office GIS Specialist 303-239-3742

2850 E Youngfield St. Lakewood CO 80215 US bzank@blm.gov

8:00 am - 4:30 pm mountain time. Prefered contact via e-mail. custodian BLM Colorado field offices provided original input into the data. Shapefiles, feature classes, and other data types were merged and crosswalked into the state standard in 2016. These data are provided by Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 'as is' and might contain errors or omissions. The User assumes the entire risk associated with its use of these data and bears all responsibility in determining whether these data are fit for the User's intended use. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the sources from which they were derived, and both scale and accuracy may vary across the data set. These data might not have the accuracy, resolution, completeness, timeliness, or other characteristics appropriate for applications that potential users of the data may contemplate. The User is encouraged to carefully consider the content of the metadata file associated with these data. These data are neither legal documents nor land surveys, and must not be used as such. Official records may be referenced at most BLM offices. Please report any errors in the data to the BLM office from which it was obtained. The BLM should be cited as the data source in any products derived from these data. Any Users wishing to modify the data should describe the types of modifications they have performed. The User should not misrepresent the data, nor imply that changes made were approved or endorsed by BLM. This data may be updated by the BLM without notification. None, these data are considered public domain. irregular attribute feature Last metadata review date: 20230511