Federal Highlands Conservation Act Boundary

This dataset depicts the Federal Highlands region boundary for the Highlands Conservation Act. This boundary was most recently updated in January 2025 and includes all areas eligible for funding via the Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program (https://www.fws.gov/program/highlands-conservation-act-grant). The area encompasses the towns and municipalities that comprise the Highlands region of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania as defined in the New York-New Jersey Highlands Regional Study: 2002 Update (United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, December 2002, NA-TP-02-03), and the Highlands Regional Study: Connecticut and Pennsylvania 2010 update (United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, Newton Square, PA, November 2010, NA-TP-01-11), and updated in 2024 to include municipalities proposed for inclusion by the Highlands states with concurrence of the municipality and approval by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as authorized in 2022. Source: This dataset comes from the Office of Conservation Investment, US Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region.本数据集用于呈现《高地保护法案》(Highlands Conservation Act)所划定的联邦高地区域边界。该边界最近一次更新于2025年1月，涵盖所有可通过《高地保护法案资助计划》(Highlands Conservation Act Grant Program)申领资金的区域，该资助计划的官方网址为https://www.fws.gov/program/highlands-conservation-act-grant。本次划定的区域包含康涅狄格州、纽约州、新泽西州与宾夕法尼亚州的高地城镇及自治市，其界定依据两份权威研究报告：其一为2002年更新版《纽约-新泽西高地区域研究：2002年更新》(United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, 2002年12月，文档编号NA-TP-02-03)，其二为2010年更新版《高地区域研究：康涅狄格州与宾夕法尼亚州2010年更新》(United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, 宾夕法尼亚州牛顿广场，2010年11月，文档编号NA-TP-01-11)。2024年，该边界再次完成更新，纳入了高地各州提议纳入、经对应自治市同意且由美国鱼类及野生动物管理局(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)依据2022年授权条款批准的自治市。本数据集由美国鱼类及野生动物管理局(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)东北区域保护投资办公室(Office of Conservation Investment, US Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region)出品。