Land Zones in New England 1940-2070 from 2017 Wildlands and Woodlands Report

This dataset contains two GIS datalayers, one CSV file and an associated R script used to produce figures for the 2017 Wildlands and Woodlands report. The “wedge diagram” data (HF360-01-landcover-data.csv) shows actual percent landcover estimates across New England from 1940 to 2010 and straight-line trends needed between 2010 to 2070 to reach the Wildlands and Woodland vision by 2060. The published diagram can be seen in figure 1 of the 2017 Wildlands and Woodland report. In hf360-03-community-forests.zip, the GIS layer shows towns that contain community forests as determined by the authors of the report. In hf360-04-wildland-woodland-zones.zip, the GIS layer shows Wildland and Woodland Zones as illustrated in the report. It was created by starting with the Wildland and Woodland zones from the 2010 report and adding in areas with high agricultural land use. These types are meant to be conceptual and not prescriptive. Wildlands and Woodlands Report: Foster, D. R., Lambert, K. F., Kittredge, D. B., Donahue, B. M, Hart, C. M., Labich, W. G., Meyer, S., Thompson, J. , Buchanan, M., Levitt, J. N., Pershel, R., Ross, K., Elkins, G., Daigle, C., Hall, B., Faison, E. K., D'Amato, A. W., Forman, R. T. T., Del Tredici, P., Irland, L. C., Colburn, B. A., Orwig, D. A., Aber, J. D., Berger, A., Driscoll, C. T., Keeton, W. S., Lilieholm, R. J., Pederson, N., Ellison, A. M., Hunter, M. L., Fahey, T. J. 2017. Wildlands and Woodlands, Farmlands and Communities: Broadening the Vision for New England.