Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Chris Wells, The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, Senior Director, Strategic Projects/Policy Publication_Date: 20081231 Title: Quabbin to Cardigan Conservation Focus Areas Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Concord, New Hampshire Publisher: The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests Other_Citation_Details: None Online_Linkage: Description: Abstract: The Quabbin to Cardigan Initiative (Q2C) is a collaborative, landscape-scale effort to conserve the Monadnock Highlands of western New Hampshire and north-central Massachusetts. Within the context of the Q2C Conservation Plan, Conservation Focus Areas (CFAs) are large, relatively unfragmented forested blocks of land of high conservation value as determined by a geospatial analysis of various co-occurring ecological and features and natural processes. CFA data can be used to prioritize land conservation efforts within the Q2C area. For more information,see the Quabbin to Cardigan Conservation Plan Technical Report (2008) prepared by Dan Sundquist of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. Purpose: This data set will provide geospatial guidance for agencies, governments, organizations, and landowners in prioritizing the voluntary conservation of land and natural resources within the Monadnock Highlands of western New Hampshire and north-central Massachusetts. For more information see the Quabbin to Cardigan Conservation Plan Technical Report (2008) prepared by Dan Sundquist of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 20081231 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.604624 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.623240 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.908037 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.262736 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Land Conservation Planning Theme_Keyword: Ecological Co-occurrence Theme_Keyword: Land Conservation Theme_Keyword: Land Use Planning Theme_Keyword: Q2C Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Categories Theme_Keyword: biota Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: planningCadastre Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Northeast Place_Keyword: New England Place_Keyword: New Hampshire Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Place_Keyword: Monadnock Highlands Place_Keyword: Q2C Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: Not for legal use. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests Contact_Person: Chris Wells Contact_Position: Senior Director, Strategic Projects/Policy Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 54 Portsmouth Street City: Concord State_or_Province: New Hampshire Postal_Code: 03301 Country: US Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-224-9945 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cwells@forestsocity.org Data_Set_Credit: Data created 2008 by Dan Sundquist of the The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests with support from the following partner organizations and agencies: The Appalachian Mountain Club, Audubon Society of New Hampshire, Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust (NH), East Quabbin Land Trust (MA), Franklin Regional Council of Governments (MA), Harris Center for Conservation Education (NH), Harvard Forest (MA), Highstead, Land Trust Alliance, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Massachusetts Dept. of Fish & Game, Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation & Recreation, Monadnock Conservancy (NH), Montachusett Regional Planning Commission (MA), Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust (MA), The Nature Conservancy, New England Forestry Foundation, New Hampshire DRED - Division of Forests & Lands, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, North County Land Trust (MA), North Quabbin Regional Landscape Partnership (MA), Southwest Region Planning Commission (NH), Trust for Public Land, The Trustees of Reservations (MA), Upper Valley Land Trust (NH), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.1.1.3143 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 75 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Map_Projection: Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 StatePlane New Hampshire FIPS 2800 Feet Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9999666666666667 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -71.66666666666667 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 42.5 False_Easting: 984250.0 False_Northing: 0.0 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000007286182768240225 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000007286182768240225 Planar_Distance_Units: foot_us Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: D North American 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101 Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: Q2C_Conservation_Focus_Areas Entity_Type_Definition: Quabbin to Cardigan Conservation Focus Areas Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Quabbin to Cardigan Partnership Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature Geometry Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Name Attribute_Definition: Name of specific Conservation Focus Area. Names were derived from a landscape feature central or iconic to the focus area in question. Attribute_Definition_Source: Quabbin to Cardigan Partnership Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Text Attribute: Attribute_Label: Area Attribute_Definition: Area in square feet of feature Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 999 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Square Feet Attribute: Attribute_Label: Acres Attribute_Definition: Area in acres of feature Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 999 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Acres Attribute: Attribute_Label: Perimeter Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of feature in feet Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 999 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Feet Attribute: Attribute_Label: Hectares Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in hectares Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Range_Domain: Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 999 Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Hectares Attribute: Attribute_Label: Towns Attribute_Definition: Comma-separated list of incorporated towns within which the feature is located in part or whole Attribute_Definition_Source: Quabbin to Cardigan Partnership Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Text Attribute: Attribute_Label: State Attribute_Definition: Comma-separated list of U.S. States in which the feature is located in part or whole. Limited to Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Attribute_Definition_Source: Quabbin to Cardigan Partnership Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Text Attribute: Attribute_Label: Type Attribute_Definition: Static text indicating that the feature is a Q2C Conservation Focus Area. Core Area=Conservation Focus Area Attribute_Definition_Source: Quabbin to Cardigan Partnership Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Text Attribute: Attribute_Label: HUC12_Name Attribute_Definition: Comma-separated list of 6th level (12 digit) USGS designated subwatersheds in which the feature is located in part of whole. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: USGS Subwatershed (12-digit) Hydrologic Unit Name Codeset_Source: USGS Attribute: Attribute_Label: HUC8_Name Attribute_Definition: Comma-separated list of 4th level (8 digit) USGS designated hydrologic cataloguing units in which the feature is located in part of whole. Attribute_Definition_Source: USGS Attribute_Domain_Values: Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: USGS Watershed Cataloguing Unit (8-digit) Hydrologic Unit Name Codeset_Source: USGS Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: Earth Systems Research Center Contact_Person: GRANIT Database Manager Contact_Position: GRANIT Database Manager Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire City: Durham State_or_Province: NH Postal_Code: 03824 Country: US Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-862-1792 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 603-862-0188 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: granit@unh.edu Hours_of_Service: 8:30AM-5PM, EST Distribution_Liability: Digital data in NH GRANIT represent the efforts of the contributing agencies to record information from the cited source materials. Earth Systems Research Center, under contract to the NH Office of Energy & Planning, and in consultation with cooperating agencies, maintains a continuing program to identify and correct errors in these data. OEP, ESRC, and the cooperating agencies make no claim as to the validity or reliability or to any implied uses of these data. Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20140224 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests Contact_Person: Chris Wells Contact_Position: Senior Director, Strategic Projects/Policy Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical Address: 54 Portsmouth Street City: Concord State_or_Province: New Hampshire Postal_Code: 03301 Country: US Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-224-9945 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: cwells@forestsocity.org Contact_Instructions: All queries should be directed to Chris Wells. 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