Guides & Case Studies

The terrestrial conservation estate of the United States is a complex network of fee lands (lands owned and dedicated to the preservation of biological diversity and other natural, recreation and cultural uses - managed for these purposes through legal or other effective means) and easements (lands under a voluntary restriction agreement between landowners and land trusts or other public agencies). These data are critical to a better understanding of protected land ownership and management of natural, recreation and cultural resources across the country. It is now possible to visualize and...