Ruffed Grouse Management Areas
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- Data Quality
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Section 1: Overview
Originator:Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Title:
Ruffed Grouse Management Areas
Abstract:
This is a polygon shapefile of sites managed for ruffed grouse by MN DNR (Department of Natural Resources); sometimes in cooperation with other public land management agencies. Ruffed Grouse Management Areas (RGMA) are managed to provide forest age-class diversity to provide excellent habitat for ruffed grouse, woodcock, and other early-successional wildlife species. These areas may or may not contain trails maintained to facilitate hunting. Off-highway vehicles generally are not allowed on RGMAs.
Purpose:
To provide natural resource managers and the pubic with the locations of areas managed for ruffed grouse.
Time Period of Content Date:
01/30/2025
Currentness Reference:
Time Period of Content date indicates the date which the user can be confident of accuracy and completeness of the dataset.
Progress:
In work
Maintenance and Update Frequency:
As needed
Spatial Extent of Data:
Bounding Coordinates:
-95.82446
-91.68951
49.02439
45.9073
Place Keywords:
Minnesota, MN
Theme Keywords:
wildlife, forest, habitat, ruffed grouse, hunting
Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
Access Constraints:
No special restrictions beyond those described in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources General Geographic Data License Agreement
Use Constraints:
No special restrictions beyond those described in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources General Geographic Data License Agreement
Contact Person Information:
Bruce Anderson,
GIS Support Specialist
Minnesota DNR - Wildlife
1201 East Highway 2
Grand Rapids,
MN
55744
Phone: 218-327-4105
Email: Bruce.J.Anderson@state.mn.us
Associated Data Sets:
Section 2: Data Quality
Attribute Accuracy:
Source table BDRY_ADWMAPY3.DBF: The names of WMAs have been identified accurately. Other attributes have varying levels of accuracy.
Logical Consistency:
Data are topologically correct using ArcView 3.x. All polygons are closed and lines intersect where intended.
Completeness:
This coverage is not complete. These data are updated by the Wildlife Administrative areas, as needed.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy:
Vertical Positional Accuracy:
Lineage:
Attribute Lineage for source table BDRY_ADWMAPY3.DBF: See "Wildlife Management Area/Geographic Information System Project Standards Version 1.3"
rgmaply2_01082013
Source Scale: 24000
Section 3: Spatial Data Organization (not used in this metadata)
Section 4: Coordinate System
Horizontal Coordinate Scheme:
Universal Transverse Mercator
UTM Zone Number:
15
Horizontal Datum:
NAD83
Horizontal Units:
meters
Vertical Datum:
Not Applicable
Vertical Units:
Not Applicable
Depth Datum:
Not Applicable
Depth Units:
Not Applicable
Section 5: Attributes
Overview:
Detailed Citation:
Table Detail:
Section 6: Distribution
Publisher:
Minnesota DNR - Division of Fish & Wildlife
Publication Date:
02/21/2013
Contact Person Information:
Zeb Thomas,
GIS Data Systems Coordinator
Minnesota DNR - GIS
500 Lafayette Rd
Saint Paul,
MN
55155
Phone: 651-259-5637
Email: zeb.thomas@state.mn.us
Distributor's Data Set Identifier:
bdry_ruffed_grouse_mgmt_areas
Ordering Instructions:
Please visit the download page for this dataset on the Minnesota Geospatial Commons website using the web link below (Online Linkage). Online Linkage: I AGREE
to the notice in "Distribution Liability" above. Clicking to agree will either begin the download process, link to a service, or provide more instructions. See "Ordering Instructions" above for details.
Section 7: Metadata Reference
Metadata Date:
2017-11-14 15:04:40
Contact Person Information:
Bruce Anderson,
GIS Support Specialist
Minnesota DNR - Wildlife
1201 East Highway 2
Grand Rapids,
MN
55744
Phone: 218-327-4105
Email: Bruce.J.Anderson@state.mn.us
Metadata Standard Name:
Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version:
1.2
