Federal Highlands Conservation Act Boundary

<span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:inherit;'>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 (</span><a href='https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fws.gov%2Fprogram%2Fhighlands-conservation-act-grant&amp;data=05%7C01%7Ckyle_welsh%40fws.gov%7Cdc8d727c2eff4ec4ca4b08da5934d3cf%7C0693b5ba4b184d7b9341f32f400a5494%7C0%7C0%7C637920380670673061%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=kQ%2F8O5%2F6ar%2BR1fHXqTZZWpedPA%2Ft4Ld3rIkkZsHuxg4%3D&amp;reserved=0' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>https://www.fws.gov/program/highlands-conservation-act-grant</a><span style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:inherit;'>). 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.</span>