Center for Spatial Analysis Technologies

Conservation Lands

Description This data layer is composed of ownership boundary polygons for lands managed for conservation in Georgia. There are at least three categories of conservation lands. Lands held under (1) fee-simple ownership include public lands, federal lands (National Forests, National Wildlife Refuges, National Parks, military bases), state lands (State Parks, State Wildlife Management Areas), county conservation parks; and private conservation lands (Nature Conservancy Preserves, lands owned by private foundations). A second category of conservation lands are lands protected under perpetual conservation easements or restrictive covenants. Conservation easements are held by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Natural Resources Conservation Service as well as numerous land trusts throughout the state. Only the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers holds perpetual restrictive covenants. A third category of conservation lands are those leased by the state--usually to create Wildlife Management Areas.
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