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An ambitious effort is underway to protect and restore the Delaware River Basin’s water quality and overall ecological health. Kick-started by a $35 million commitment by the William Penn Foundation, the Delaware River Watershed Initiative (DRWI) is targeting eight “clusters” within the basin for conservation investment. More than 50 leading nonprofits have joined together, aligning priorities for land protection and restoration projects and assessing water quality impacts using standardized methods. Partners are focusing on reducing agricultural runoff and urban stormwater in areas of lesser water quality, and they are protecting headwaters, forests, and groundwater reserves where water quality is high.
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2024 |
Land Trusts working within the Delaware River Basin.
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2024 |
Delaware Basin NGOs and local governments, armed with greater knowledge and informed with improved land conservation, conservation finance, land use, and other practices, will increase the volume and quality of their work, achieving better water resource protection outcomes in the Basin. Improvements in water quality will also follow from improvements in public policy, which in turn will follow from higher engagement by NGO staff and volunteers in public policy advocacy that is stimulated by the grant-funded work. Purpose: The purpose of this map is to combine multi-state conserved land datasets into a singular form with common attribute fields that follow that of the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) for the area that is the Delaware River Basin. Protected land categories follow that of the PA Conserved Lands map. This dataset can be used in the analysis of potential water quality improvements; alternative approaches to stewardship; riparian buffer development; and prioritization of land protection prospects within the Delaware River Watershed.
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2024 |
Watershed Associations working within the Delaware River Basin.
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2024 |
Environmental Advisory Councils working within the Delaware River Basin.
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2023 |
Trails on land trust preserves and in local parks collected by a WeConservePA intern over two years. Last updated 13 July 2023.
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2023 |
The National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution (NHDPlus HR) is a geospatial model for the flow of water across the landscape and through the stream network. The dataset is built using data at 1:24,000 scale or better. The dataset expands on the NHD with additional attribute data. This layer uses the NHDPlus HR to create a Pennsylvania-wide Strahler stream order database. The layer includes unique identifiers for stream reaches (Reach Code) to allow joins with other stream datasets built off the NHD. PA Department of Environmental Protection’s non-attaining, impaired, streams layer (202301) was joined in this manner. The Stream Integrated List is provided as two separate layers determined if the stream is attaining or not attaining its designated uses. DEP Streams Integrated List layer is maintained by the PADEP Office of Water Management, Bureau of Water Supply & Wastewater Management, Water Quality Assessment and Standards Division. The layer is based on the High Resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). Additional update information is provided by Bureau of Watershed Management, Water Use Planning Division.
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2023 |
OpenStreet Map Trails filtered to named trails and footpaths including hiking and cycling last downloaded from https://www.openstreetmap.org/ on 27 June 2023. To download the latest data, navigate to Export > Geofabrik Downloads > Pennsylvania [https://download.geofabrik.de/north-america/us/pennsylvania.html]. Format description PDF found here [https://download.geofabrik.de/osm-data-in-gis-formats-free.pdf].
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2023 |
Agricultural Security Areas - A unit of 250 or more acres of land used for the agricultural production of crops, livestock and livestock products under the ownership of one or more persons and designated as such by the procedures set forth in this act or designated as such pursuant to the act of January 19, 1968 (1967 P.L. 992, No. 442), entitled “An act authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the counties thereof to preserve, acquire or hold land for open space uses,” prior to the effective date of this amendatory act, by the governing body of the county or governing body of the municipality in which such agricultural land is located on the basis of criteria and procedures which predate the effective date of this amendatory act. – From Agricultural Area Security Law (6/24/13).
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2024 |
The conservation easement is a tool for conserving land in the public interest that doesn’t rely on government regulations and that allows private landowners to maintain ownership and control of their land. A conservation easement is established by mutual agreement between a landowner and a private land trust or government. The easement limits certain uses of the land in order to achieve particular conservation objectives while keeping the land in the owner’s control. The owner may continue to use the land as the owner wishes—within the constraints agreed to when establishing the easement. A conservation easement does not create a right for the public to access a property, unless the owner explicitly establishes that right. The conservation easement, which is an interest in real property, continues in force no matter who owns the land in the future. Practically all conservation easements are designed to be perpetual; for nearly all land trusts and circumstances, this is non-negotiable. For more information, search “Conservation Easement” at https://conservationtools.org/.
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2024 |
This dataset contains farmland preservation easements. Most of these easements are funded through the Pennsylvania Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Program. The program is a partnership between all levels of government and non-profit organizations - with a common goal of saving prime farmland. For more information, visit https://www.agriculture.pa.gov/Plants_Land_Water/farmland/Pages/default.aspx.
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2024 |
This dataset contains land owned by the federal government and managed by federal government agencies (includes US Forest Service, US Fish & Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Department of Defense, and Army Corps of Engineers). Notable recreational areas include: Allegheny National Forest, Raystown Recreation Area, the Delaware Water Gap, and the Appalchian Trail.
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2024 |
This dataset contains county- or municipal-owned local parks and open space.
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2024 |
This dataset contains privately conserved land and nature preserves owned in fee by land trusts. Find a land trust in your area by visiting https://weconservepa.org/groups/ or https://weconservepa.org/gis/ and navigating to the Land Trust service area web application.
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2024 |
This dataset contains land owned by the state and managed by state government agencies (includes state parks, state forests, game lands, Historic & Museum Commission properties, and Fish & Boat Commission properties).
Pennslvania has 20 state forests with over 2.5 million acres; 124 state parks over 300,000 acres that includes three new state parks established in 2022 – Big Elk Creek in Chester, Susquehanna Riverlands in York, and Vosburg Neck in Wyoming County (temporary names); and 314 State Game Lands.
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2023 |
This data comes directly from USGS National Watershed Boundary Dataset (see below) and is clipped to the PA State boundary and projected to PA State Plane in US Feet. A link to download the nationwide dataset is provided below.
Source acquisition date: September 2021
Data Source: USGS - Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/national-hydrography/watershed-boundary-dataset?qt-science_support_page_related_con=4#qt-science_support_page_related_con https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/national-hydrography/access-national-hydrography-products https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=StagedProducts/Hydrography/WBD/National/GDB/
Nationwide MapServer for Watershed Boundary Dataset: https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer/
Download the WBD from the NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway Watershed Boundaries can also be downloaded from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Data on the Geospatial Data Gateway are refreshed every six months (March and September).
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2023 |
This data comes directly from USGS National Watershed Boundary Dataset (see below) and is clipped to the PA State boundary and projected to PA State Plane in US Feet. A link to download the nationwide dataset is provided below.
Source acquisition date: September 2021
Data Source: USGS - Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/national-hydrography/watershed-boundary-dataset?qt-science_support_page_related_con=4#qt-science_support_page_related_con https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/national-hydrography/access-national-hydrography-products https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=StagedProducts/Hydrography/WBD/National/GDB/
Nationwide MapServer for Watershed Boundary Dataset: https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer/
Download the WBD from the NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway Watershed Boundaries can also be downloaded from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Data on the Geospatial Data Gateway are refreshed every six months (March and September).
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This data comes directly from USGS National Watershed Boundary Dataset (see below) and is clipped to the PA State boundary and projected to PA State Plane in US Feet. A link to download the nationwide dataset is provided below.
Source acquisition date: September 2021
Data Source: USGS - Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/national-hydrography/watershed-boundary-dataset?qt-science_support_page_related_con=4#qt-science_support_page_related_con https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/national-hydrography/access-national-hydrography-products https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=StagedProducts/Hydrography/WBD/National/GDB/
Nationwide MapServer for Watershed Boundary Dataset: https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer/
Download the WBD from the NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway Watershed Boundaries can also be downloaded from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Data on the Geospatial Data Gateway are refreshed every six months (March and September).
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This data comes directly from USGS National Watershed Boundary Dataset (see below) and is clipped to the PA State boundary and projected to PA State Plane in US Feet. A link to download the nationwide dataset is provided below.
Source acquisition date: September 2021
Data Source: USGS - Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/national-hydrography/watershed-boundary-dataset?qt-science_support_page_related_con=4#qt-science_support_page_related_con https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/national-hydrography/access-national-hydrography-products https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=StagedProducts/Hydrography/WBD/National/GDB/
Nationwide MapServer for Watershed Boundary Dataset: https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer/
Download the WBD from the NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway Watershed Boundaries can also be downloaded from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Data on the Geospatial Data Gateway are refreshed every six months (March and September).
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This data comes directly from USGS National Watershed Boundary Dataset (see below) and is clipped to the PA State boundary and projected to PA State Plane in US Feet. A link to download the nationwide dataset is provided below.
Source acquisition date: September 2021
Data Source: USGS - Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/national-hydrography/watershed-boundary-dataset?qt-science_support_page_related_con=4#qt-science_support_page_related_con https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/national-hydrography/access-national-hydrography-products https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=StagedProducts/Hydrography/WBD/National/GDB/
Nationwide MapServer for Watershed Boundary Dataset: https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer/
Download the WBD from the NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway Watershed Boundaries can also be downloaded from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Data on the Geospatial Data Gateway are refreshed every six months (March and September).
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This data comes directly from USGS National Watershed Boundary Dataset (see below) and is clipped to the PA State boundary and projected to PA State Plane in US Feet. A link to download the nationwide dataset is provided below.
Source acquisition date: September 2021
Data Source: USGS - Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD) https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/national-hydrography/watershed-boundary-dataset?qt-science_support_page_related_con=4#qt-science_support_page_related_con https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/ngp/national-hydrography/access-national-hydrography-products https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=StagedProducts/Hydrography/WBD/National/GDB/
Nationwide MapServer for Watershed Boundary Dataset: https://hydro.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/rest/services/wbd/MapServer/
Download the WBD from the NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway Watershed Boundaries can also be downloaded from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Data on the Geospatial Data Gateway are refreshed every six months (March and September).
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2019 |
This dataset identifies and scores potential riparian planting sites across Pennsylvania. Planting sites are based on 100-foot buffers around NHD High Resolution streams, areas, and water bodies. Qualifying areas have at least 0.25 acres of “Low Vegetation” land cover on a single tax parcel. Land cover data came from the 1-m High Resolution Land Cover produced by the Chesapeake Conservancy and University of Vermont. Sites are scored using a 0-3 score that combines Topographic Wetness Index, Sediment Trapping Efficiency, and upslope land cover. This version of the prioritization data converts each planting site polygon to a point. It is best suited for distant, small-scale mapping and analyses.
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2019 |
This dataset identifies and scores potential riparian planting sites across Pennsylvania. Planting sites are based on 100-foot buffers around NHD High Resolution streams, areas, and water bodies. Qualifying areas have at least 0.25 acres of “Low Vegetation” land cover on a single tax parcel. Land cover data came from the 1-m High Resolution Land Cover produced by the Chesapeake Conservancy and University of Vermont. Sites are scored using a 0-3 score that combines Topographic Wetness Index, Sediment Trapping Efficiency, and upslope land cover. This version of the prioritization data includes the polygons for each planting area and is best suited for closeup, large-scale mapping and analyses.
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2021 |
This dataset identifies and scores potential riparian planting sites across Pennsylvania. Planting sites are based on 100-foot buffers around NHD High Resolution streams, areas, and water bodies. Qualifying areas have at least 0.25 acres of “Low Vegetation” land cover on a single tax parcel. Land cover data came from the 2013 1-m High Resolution Land Cover produced by the Chesapeake Conservancy and University of Vermont (source: https://www.chesapeakeconservancy.org/conservation-innovation-center/high-resolution-data/land-cover-data-project/). Sites are scored using a 0-3 score that combines Topographic Wetness Index, Sediment Trapping Efficiency, and upslope land cover. This version of the prioritization data includes the polygons for each planting area and is best suited for closeup, large-scale mapping and analyses.Additions to this data include buffer zone statistics including area within buffer zones along with percent area. Buffer zones are: 0-15, 16-25, 26-50, 51-75, 76-100, 101-125, 126-150, 151-175, and 176-200 feet. Intersection with conserved lands have been updated for the 2020 PA Conserved Lands dataset update.
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2024 |
Every Pennsylvania municipality has the option to establish an Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) that may advise the municipal government on environmental matters and undertake a variety of projects regarding the protection and use of natural resources. This layer shows Pennsylvania municipalities that have formed EACs. Find an EAC in your area by visiting https://weconservepa.org/groups/ or https://weconservepa.org/gis/ and navigating to the EAC service area web application.
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2024 |
This layer shows service areas for 81 local and regional land trusts in Pennsylvania. These areas represent the parts of the state where land trusts acquire land or conservation easements. Attributes include a link to the organization's website and a link to their profile and contact information on the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association website, conservationtools.org. Find land trusts in your area by visiting https://weconservepa.org/groups/ or https://weconservepa.org/gis/ and navigating to the Land Trust service area web application.
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2024 |
This layer shows service areas for trail groups in Pennsylvania. Trail groups may build or maintain trails, or they may acquire land or hold easements on which trails are built. Their trails may be for walking, bicycling, horse-back riding, etc. Service areas in this layer are based on the counties that each group’s trails pass through. Find trail groups in your area by visiting https://weconservepa.org/groups/ or https://weconservepa.org/gis/ and navigating to the Trail Group service area web application.
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2024 |
This layer shows service areas for watershed associations in Pennsylvania. These areas represent the parts of the state where watershed associations work. A watershed association is a non-governmental organization whose mission focuses on protecting, restoring health to, or monitoring a specific body of water, or educating on how policies and actions in the watershed impact the water body. A watershed association advances its mission at least in part by performing on-the-ground or in-the-water projects such as streamside tree plantings, aquatic habitat improvements, stream cleanups, and water quality monitoring. Find Watershed Associations in your area by visiting https://weconservepa.org/groups/ or https://weconservepa.org/gis/ and navigating to the Watershed Association service area web application.
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