Recommended Wilderness Areas of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho (Generated in 2003 by the Intermountain Region GIS Support Office)
National Park Service, Intermountain Region GIS Support Office. 2003. Recommended Wilderness Areas of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho (Generated in 2003 by the Intermountain Region GIS Support Office). National Park Service Intermountain Region GIS Support Office
This shapefile contains boundaries for Recommended Wilderness, Potential Wilderness, and Non-Wilderness in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. This dataset is derived from the latest official NPS Wilderness Recommendation which was transitted from the President to Congress on 5/11/1978, but never enacted. The official Wilderness Recommendation is based on careful study of roadless areas, public hearings, and written responses. This dataset has been revised from the official map to adjust buffers along roads and utilities, account for changes to the boundary and land status, and reflect more accurate measurement available through new GIS technology. This dataset identifies 1,962,765.25 acres within Yellowstone National Park as Recommended Wilderness (2,032,721 acres in 1978), 0 acres as Potential Wilderness (0 acres in 1978). The remaining 234,885.85 acres of the park were determined to be not suitable for wilderness designation or potential wilderness at this time.
- Type
- Geospatial Dataset
- Authors
- National Park Service, Intermountain Region GIS Support Office
- Date of Issue
- 2003
- Publisher
- National Park Service Intermountain Region GIS Support Office
- Units
- YELL