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Historical herd areas for wild horse and burro. A "Herd Area" is defeind by the "Wild and Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Program Guidance, January 1983" as "The geographic area identified as having been used by a herd as its yearlong habitat in 1971"
This data set is to be used to illustrate the hisorical herd areas of the wild horse and burro herds.
This data was merged into the National Data set in 2004, and then extracted for maintenance in 2005. Herd Areas extending onto USFS Herd Area Territories were pulled during the merge with National. Some of these USFS Herd Areas extend onto public lands. During the National merge, many Herd Areas were also consolidated into a single larger Herd Area The Data has been reviewed and updated (name changes and PLSS allignment) in 2006.
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These data are public information and may be used and interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others. The user has sole responsibility for ensuring the appropriate application of these data and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management shall not be held liable for any use or misuse of the data described hereon. Generally, these data are intended for small scale (1:24,000 and smaller) natural resource management and planning applications. It is strongly recommended that these data be acquired directly from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and not indirectly through some other source which may have changed the data. It is also strongly recommended that careful attention be paid to the content of the metadata file associated with these data. Users are cautioned that digital enlargement of these data to scales larger than that at which they where originally mapped can cause misinterpretation. Users are further cautioned that these data and interpretations derived from them do not eliminate the need for onsite survey and evaluation of specific sites for intensive uses. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management should be cited as the data source in any products derived from these data.
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The coordinates are accurate for use at a scale of 1:100,000 or smaller. This accuracy is based on visual inspection, use, and consideration of the source materials.
Coordinates are believed to be within 150 feet of their actual location 95% of the time.
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The name of the herd area.Definition Source:
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Herd area numberDefinition Source:
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The agency in administrative control of the lands the herd area occurs.Definition Source:
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Animals in the herd area.Definition Source:
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Total area of the herd area in arcres.Definition Source:
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The state(s) in which the herd area occurs.Definition Source:
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Feature geometry.Definition Source:
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Area of feature in internal units squared.Definition Source:
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Perimeter of feature in internal units.Definition Source:
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