FWS National Data Sets

• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Office Locations
  - Shapefiles created from the Corporate Master Table (CMT),
  contains locational information on all the offices within the
  Service that have an organization code as of January 3, 2008.
  • Graphics depicting office locations, some derived from the above data
• National Wetlands Inventory (NWI), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  NWI Master Geodatabase - 2005 Annual Report
  - In addition to the downloadable data files, there is now an interactive wetlands mapper at this site that does not require the use of GIS software; only a browser is needed.
  - National Wetlands Inventory data on line:  all the data is coded using the Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats Classification.  The pages listed below can be used to interpret those codes.  This information is also available as a text file on the NWI ftp server where the data files reside.


• Estuarine wetland codes
• Lacustrine wetland codes
• Marine wetland codes
• Palustrine wetland codes
• Modifiers for the wetland codes
• Migratory Bird Conservation Data Center
  The Bird Conservation Node provides access to bird population and habitat information relevant to population management, conservation planning, and evaluation. It includes an interactive mapping application, data query capabilities on the biological databases, and spatial data download options.
• US FWS Regional Ecosystem Coverages
• Migratory Bird Flyways - Continental United States
  • Data in zipped shapefile format
  • Metadata
• USFWS Regional Boundaries
  • Data in shapefile format
  • Metadata

For additional information regarding this Web page, contact Deb Southworth Green, in the Division of Information Resources and Technology Management, at Deb_Green@fws.gov

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