Wilderness Data Standard Version 5.0
P.O. Box 2965
Portland, OR 97208
United States
1283/8510/9167 (OR955/930) P
Mission
This information bulletin announces the availability of and describes the recent updates to the Wilderness (WLD) Data Standard Version 5.
This Wilderness data standard contains requirements for Wilderness polygons and Wilderness lines. Wilderness Areas are designated by Congressional act and are administered in accordance with the Wilderness Act of 1964 and any special provisions of the enabling legislation.
The following changes were applied:
- Reformatted document to meet Section 508 standards and match the latest data standard template.
- Updated title page photo with photo credit.
- Corrected date errors in document revision table.
- Updated FOIA category, records retention schedule text, security/access/sensitivity, and keywords.
- Updated architecture diagrams.
- Added relationship to national BLM NLCS dataset.
- Added new CSE_NR field, inherited from MLRS.
- Converted AUTH_DATE field type from text (YYYYMMDD) to date (DD/MM/YYYY).
- Added AUTH_DATE_ACC field.
- Updated publication views and editing procedures.
Any questions about this data standard can be directed to Lauren Pidot, State Data Steward for WLD, at 503-808-6297; Erin Frostad, Technical Lead, at 503-808-6524; Eric Hiebenthal, State Data Administrator, at 503-808-6565; or Dana Baker-Allum, Geospatial Data Designer, at 503-808-6320.