Aroonstook Maine National Wildlife Refuge Boundary Data

This dataset contains boundary layers for the Aroostook National
Wildlife Refuge in Maine.

National Wildlife Refuges are federal lands managed by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service (USFWS). The primary source for boundary
information is the USFWS Realty program (status maps, legal
surveys). An effort by the USFWS Region 5 (northeast states -ME,NH,VT,
MA, RI, CT, NY, PA, NJ, MD, DE, WV, VA) Realty Division, Cartography
and Spatial Data Services Branch has resulted in digital refuge
boundaries for all refuges in the northeast at a scale of 1:24,000.

The purpose of this dataset is to serve as a spatial reference of
refuge boundaries for other data layers in GIS and mapping
applications. It is specifically not intended to be used as a land
survey or representation of land for conveyance or tax purposes.

Status maps were registered to geographic coordinates, boundaries were
digitized and labeled. Digital files were updated using survey and
collateral data for newly acquired tracts, then stepped through 3
levels of quality-control review for spatial and thematic accuracy.