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- data/nwiOrganizations and individuals have the opportunity to contribute wetlands data to the wetlands geospatial data layer maintained by the USFWS
- State and local governments rely on wetlands information to encourage economic growth and natural resource conservation
- The Wetlands Mapper is designed to promote greater awareness of wetlands map data applications and deliver easy-to-use, maplike views of America's wetland resources in a digital format
Notes and Limitations: Due to the scale, the primary intended use of NWI is for regional and watershed data display and analysis, rather than specific project data analysis. The map products were neither designed nor intended to represent legal or regulatory products.
There are other data exclusions and precautions. Please review more specific data limitations and uses.