View In:
ArcGIS JavaScript
ArcGIS Online Map Viewer
Service Description: This Service contains generalized polygons that define the boundaries of the BLM National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) Wilderness Areas and Wilderness Study Areas. Wilderness is a special place where the earth and its community of life are essentially undisturbed; they retain a primeval character, without permanent improvements and generally appear to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature. In 1964, Congress established the National Wilderness Preservation System and designated the first Wilderness Areas in passing the Wilderness Act. The uniquely American idea of wilderness has become an increasingly significant tool to ensure long-term protection of natural landscapes. Wilderness protects the habitat of numerous wildlife species and serves as a biodiversity bank for many species of plants and animals. Wilderness is also a source of clean water. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 directed the Bureau to inventory and study its roadless areas for wilderness characteristics. To be designated as a Wilderness Study Area, an area has to have the following characteristics: Size - roadless areas of at least 5,000 acres of public lands or of a manageable size; Naturalness - generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature; Opportunities - provides outstanding opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined types of recreation. In addition, Wilderness Study Areas often have special qualities such as ecological, geological, educational, historical, scientific and scenic values.
All Layers and Tables
Has Versioned Data: false
MaxRecordCount: 2000
Supported Query Formats: JSON
Supports Query Data Elements: true
Layers:
Tables:
Description: This data frame contains a layer for BLM Wilderness Areas and a layer of BLM Wilderness Study Areas.
Service Item Id: 6d5d0b8b644e4754ac09025fc6f946b4
Copyright Text: Bureau of Land Management, Headquarters (HQ)
Spatial Reference:
102100
(3857)
LatestVCSWkid(0)
Initial Extent:
XMin: -1.4065605696258686E7
YMin: 3987841.8727237782
XMax: -1.1178642931147613E7
YMax: 5815368.76072987
Spatial Reference: 102100
(3857)
LatestVCSWkid(0)
Full Extent:
XMin: -1.7366068325747672E7
YMin: 3675983.481211802
XMax: -1.1557310664560637E7
YMax: 1.0764743613359837E7
Spatial Reference: 102100
(3857)
LatestVCSWkid(0)
Units: esriMeters
Document Info:
Title: NLCS Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas
Author:
Comments:
Subject:
Category:
Keywords: Alaska,Arizona,BLM,boundaries,Bureau of Land Management,California,Colorado,Eastern States,environment,Forest,Geospatial,Idaho,Montana,National Landscape Conservation System,Nevada,New Mexico,NLCS,North Dakota,Oregon,polygon,Recreation,South Dakota,structure,Utah,Washington,Wilderness,Wilderness Study Area,WLD,WSA,Wyoming
AntialiasingMode: null
TextAntialiasingMode: null
Enable Z Defaults: false
Supports ApplyEdits With Global Ids: true
Support True Curves : true
Only Allow TrueCurve Updates By TrueCurveClients : true
Supports Return Service Edits Option : true
Supports Dynamic Layers: false
Child Resources:
Info
Query Data Elements
Relationships
SharedTemplates
Supported Operations:
Query
Query Contingent Values
QueryDomains
Append
Extract Changes
Get Estimates