The dataset portrays areas where U.S. Forest Service silviculture activities, such as thinning and pruning, were accomplished as part of a performance measure program. It is managed by the Department of Agriculture and was last updated on 2026-03 -13. Data is reported through the Forest Service Activity Tracking System (FACTS) within the Natural Resource Manager suite of applications.
Use Cases
- Mapping forest vegetation improvement activities based on reported spatial data.
- Analyzing agency performance toward strategic goals based on activity reporting.
- Planning silviculture program budgets based on historical activity locations.
- Monitoring trends in forest management practices like precommercial thinning and pruning.
Strengths
- Data is associated with official Forest Service performance measures and strategic goals.
- Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, KML, and via a REST API.
- Published under a CC-BY-4.0 license for open use.
Limitations
- The layer may not contain all accomplished activities, as spatial reporting is not fully enforced.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.
- Collection Method
- Reported through the Forest Service Activity Tracking System (FACTS) within the Natural Resource Manager applications.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-13 22:51:22.803274; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Likely focuses on U.S. National Forest lands.