Conservation Priorities for Open Space Recreation Access in the Southeast United States, by Census Block Group (2018)

Publication Date

2020

Time Period

2018

Warnell, K., 2020, Conservation Priorities for Open Space Recreation Access in the Southeast United States, by Census Block Group (2018): U.S. Geological Survey ScienceBase, https://doi.org/10.21429/k9k5-fz91.

This dataset was created as part of a project to identify priority areas for creation of new publicly accessible open space in the southeast United States. The priority Census block groups can be used to identify where, at the regional level, new open space will provide the greatest benefit in terms of the number of people with increased access to open space. These can also be overlaid with other data sources at the appropriate scale, including other ecosystem service maps , to find areas where conservation would provide multiple benefits. When using these data, please keep in mind that they are designed for landscape-level assessments; due to inaccuracies in the national-scale input datasets, they should not be used to identify specific sites for open space creation without additional local data. This information can be used to identify possible target areas for land conservation to provide access to open space, but field validation of potential project areas is necessary to assess suitability.

ScienceBase WMS

ScienceBase WFS

• National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
• Southeast CASC

Data source

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