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Forest Tax Law Points, WI 2019

Identification Information

Citation
Title
Forest Tax Law Points, WI 2019
Originator
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Publication Date
2019-09-30
Edition
2019
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Abstract
Wisconsin’s forest tax laws encourage sustainable forest management on private lands by providing a property tax incentive to landowners. Both the Managed Forest Law (MFL) and Forest Crop Law (FCL) encourage proper management of woodlands not only in their purposes and policies, but through a written management plan for a landowner’s property. The management plan incorporates landowner objectives, timber management, wildlife management, water quality and the environment as a whole to create healthy and productive forest. In exchange for following a written management plan and program rules, landowners pay forest tax law program rates in lieu of regular property taxes.FCL lands are open to the public for the following activities: hunting and fishingMFL lands enrolled as open are open to the public for the following activities: hunting, fishing, hiking, sight-seeing, and cross-country skiing.Additional rules regarding public access may be reviewed here: http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/ForestLandowners/mfl.asp?s1=FTaxs2=OpenLandsThe GIS feature class was created to be used in the Open Private Forest Lands web mapping application (Private Forest Lands Open to Public Recreation).Open Private Forest Lands (OPFL) Project Background:Provide a simple GIS web mapping application to display the approximate representations of over 1.3 million acres of Forest Tax Law lands (Managed Forest and Forest Crop Law) open to the public for hunting, hiking, fishing, cross-country skiing, and sightseeing. Display information to allow the public to access the lands without spending a lot of time cross checking plat books or contacting local county offices or the county Land Information Offices.
Purpose
This data is intended for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. [Tax Law POINT is a generalized point representation of lands enrolled in the Managed Forest and Forest Crop Law Programs, collectively referred to as Tax Law Layers. Points are located at the center point of each 40-acre quarter-quarter section in which land is enrolled. Points do not identify specific enrollment location. Acreage enrolled from fractional or government lots are located either to the most approximate QQ, Q or S as possible. (Enrolled parcels are represented by the PLSS shape they lie within; however, the actual size of the enrolled property may be as small as .1 acres.)]
Temporal Extent
Time Instant
2019-01-01T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-92.944498
East
-86.767036
North
46.952073
South
42.461837
ISO Topic Category
biota
Place Keyword
Wisconsin
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Theme Keyword
Forest management
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Theme Keyword
Forest law
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Theme Keyword
Forest lands
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Resource Constraints
Use Limitation
User Advisory:http://dnr.wi.gov/legal/acceptableuse.html http://dnr.wi.gov/legal/ Neither the Department of Natural Resources nor any of its employees shall be held liable for any improper or incorrect use of the information described and/or contained herein and assumes no responsibility for anyone's use of the information. Furthermore, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made regarding accuracy, adequacy, completeness, legality, reliability or usefulness of any information. The Department provides this information on an "as is" basis. The Department has made reasonable efforts to provide you with accurate information, but cannot exclude the possibility of errors or omissions in sources or of changes in actual conditions. Changes may be periodically made to the information herein; these changes may or may not be incorporated in any new version of the data. If you have obtained information from the Department from a source other than the Department, be aware that electronic data can be altered subsequent to original distribution. Data can also quickly become out-of-date. It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of all data, and that the originator of the data or information be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use.Disclaimer:The following disclaimer should be included on publications using the Fire Protection Areas data: “The Department has made reasonable efforts to provide you with accurate information, but cannot exclude the possibility of errors or omissions in sources or of changes in actual conditions. The Department makes no warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Changes may be periodically made to the information herein – contact the originator of the data with any questions regarding appropriate use.”
Legal Constraints
Use Limitation
Although this data is being distributed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials.
Legal Constraints
Use Limitation
The material is for the noncommercial use of the general public. The fair use guidelines of the U.S. copyright statutes apply to all material on the Department of Natural Resources Webpages and linked agency Webpages. The Department of Natural Resources shall remain the sole and exclusive owner of all rights, title and interest in and to all specifically copyrighted information created and posted for inclusion in this system. Photographs and graphics on the Department website are either the property of the state department or the state agency that holds a license to use and display the material. For copy or use of information on the Department website that is outside of the fair use provisions of copyright law, please seek permission from the individual listed as responsible for the page. If you have any questions on using material on the Department web pages please e-mail the specific page webmaster for permission requests. If you cannot identify the web page contact, please direct inquiries to Department by using the feedback form.: If permission to reproduce or redistribute is granted, the following statement shall be included, "Reproduced with permission from the Department of Natural Resources ".
Access Restrictions
copyright
Use Restrictions
copyright
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
biannually
Language
eng
Credit
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry
Point of Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Delivery Point
101 S. Webster St.
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53707
Country
US
Email
DNRGEOData@wisconsin.gov
Phone
(608) 264-8914

Spatial Reference Information

Reference System Identifier
Code
3071
Code Space
EPSG
Version
9.7

Data Quality Information

Lineage
Process Step
Description
Provided access to archived data at UW-Madison.
Process Date
2019-09-30T00:00:00

Distribution Information

Format Name
Shapefile
Format Version
1.0
Distributor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Distributor
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Online Access
https://gisdata.wisc.edu/public/WI_Forest_TaxLaw_Points_2019.zip
Protocol
WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
Name
GeoData@Wisconsin
Function
download

Spatial Representation Information

Vector
Topology Level
geometryOnly
Vector Object Type
point
Vector Object Count
120835

Metadata Reference Information

Hierarchy Level
dataset
Metadata File Identifier
3AA481B4-29D1-4E50-81B4-3ADF8FE36A7C
Metadata Point of Contact
Name
Arthur H. Robinson Map Library
Position Name
Metadata Technician
Delivery Point
550 N. Park Street
City
Madison
Administrative Area
WI
Postal Code
53706
Country
US
Email
askmap@library.wisc.edu
Phone
(608) 262-1471
Metadata Date Stamp
2019-09-30
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Character Set
utf8
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