Description: Determine the extent of forest land and type of ownership (public vs. private) existing within watersheds providing surface drinking water supplies. This analysis highlights the relative importance of: a) all forest lands, b) National Forest system lands, and 3) unprotected private forest lands. Results identify those subwatersheds where forests are most important in protecting and providing surface drinking water, and they characterize dependence on National Forest as well as private ownership. These results can give insight to where it would be most wise to establish watershed forest management, forest land protection, or partnerships for ecosystem service markets because surface drinking water supply areas coincide with or are downstream of currently forested areas. pad_nced_pri10OwnershipFOROWN0Non ForestNon Forest1NCED PermanentProtected Forest2Federal LandFederal Forest3USDA Forest ServiceForest Service Forest4Native American LandProtected Forest5Joint OwnershipProtected Forest6Local LandProtected Forest7Private Conservation LandProtected Forest8State LandProtected Forest9UnknownProtected Forest10PrivatePrivate Forest
Copyright Text: PAD-US (CBI Edition) Version 2.1 Shapefile (updated September 1, 2016)
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