WildlifeBiologistDistricts

This data set represents the 2022 wildlife biologist district boundaries for Wyoming. For updates, the Wyoming Atlas and Gazetteer (DeLorme, Inc.) is consulted for road and other information. In addition, a streams layer, a roads layer, and a HUC12 layer (converted from polygons to lines) are used to capture new linework. Other layers may be used as needed. District boundaries follow a variety of features including watershed boundaries (4th - 6th-level HUCs), streams, rivers, roads, topographic features, property ownership boundaries, and county boundaries. Delineated districts were digitized based on written descriptions provided by biologists and regional coordinators at scales no smaller than 1:100,000. Boundaries were digitized using 1:100,000 and 1:24,000 scale USGS topographic maps, 4th-6th level HUC layers, TIGER road and stream data, landownership, and county boundary data. Where written descriptions were in conflict with regional boundaries or adjacent districts, resolution was attempted through the Biological Services Section of the Wildlife Division. In some cases this meant that digitized boundaries were adjusted to coincide with existing regional boundaries even if written boundary descriptions were not exactly identical.