A subset (clipped to the boundaries of Wyoming) of a national dataset containing the National Forest Administrative boundaries for the lower 48 United States, including Alaska and Puerto Rico. The data contains polygons depicting the boundary encompassing all the National Forest System (NFS) lands administered by the Administration Unit. The nationwide dataset is comprised of data extracted from multiple sources; Regional ALP coverages, Regional GIS coverages, Cartographic Feature Files (CFF) and other sources, such as USGS and BLM 1:100000 scale maps. The nationwide dataset was created from consolidating regional forest wide coverages. Data was validated using local stewardship to provide the most current and accurate data available. The data was collected regionally from direction of the USDA Forest Service National Automated Lands Program (ALP). Regions were tasked to collect and/or migrate spatial and tabular data for all land status and survey data to be stored in both an Oracle database and Arc/INFO Geographic Information System (GIS). All ALP developments are fully compliant with the National Spatial Data Initiative (NSDI) and Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) standards. The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:24000 scale data.
