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    • FWS National Special Designation Areas

    Metadata Updated: March 4, 2026

    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 January 14, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date March 4, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI FWS DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 14, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date March 4, 2026
    Publisher U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/FWS_ServCat_188021
    Data First Published 2025-12-05T00:00:00Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-12-05T00:00:00Z
    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 78fe6e30-4f4e-4c6c-99af-a85f3670fa80
    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/188021
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -60.89065,-14.1962395,139.35936,72.31045
    Program Code 010:028, 010:094
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 90cc81c531c5dbbcde5dff09f0fc64077875a66186af33354d804d4ad19d8ecf
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -60.89065, -14.1962395, -60.89065, 72.31045, 139.35936, 72.31045, 139.35936, -14.1962395, -60.89065, -14.1962395}
    Temporal 1903-03-15/2025-12-05

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