CRMO Research Natural Areas

This is a vector polygon shapefile showing the designated Research Natural Areas at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. The coordinates for this dataset were heads up digitized at a scale of 1:24000 off of a USGS 7.5 minute DRG using the program ArcView v. 3.3. Purpose: To show the location of Research Natural Areas at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. The intended use of all data in the park's GIS library is to support diverse park activities including planning, management, maintenance, research, and interpretation. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve contains three major lava fields covering almost half a million acres and a quarter million acres of sagebrush steppe grasslands. This rugged landscape remains remote and largely undeveloped.