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<BODY BGCOLOR="#FBFBFF" CLASS="main"><A NAME="Top"></A><SPAN CLASS="title">Metadata for Fisheries Administrative Regions</SPAN><UL>
<LI><A HREF="#Identification_Information">Identification Information</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#Data_Quality_Information">Data Quality Information</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#Spatial_Data_Organization_Information">Spatial Data Organization Information</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#Spatial_Reference_Information">Spatial Reference Information</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#Entity_and_Attribute_Information">Entity and Attribute Information</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#IDAJBAGP">Distribution Information</A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="#Metadata_Reference_Information">Metadata Reference Information</A></LI>
</UL><A NAME="Identification_Information"><HR></A><SPAN CLASS="section">Identification Information:</SPAN><DL>
<DT CLASS="subsec">Citation:</DT>
<DD><DL><DT CLASS="label">Originator: <SPAN CLASS="main">Montana Fish, Wildlife &amp; Parks</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Publication date: <SPAN CLASS="main">08/20/2008</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Title: <SPAN CLASS="main">Fisheries Administrative Regions</SPAN></DT>
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<DT CLASS="label">Publication place: <SPAN CLASS="main">Helena, Montana</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Publisher: <SPAN CLASS="main">Montana Fish, Wildlife &amp; Parks</SPAN></DT>
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<DT CLASS="label">Online linkage:
      <A TARGET="viewer" HREF="http://fwp.mt.gov/gisData/shapefiles/fishRegions.zip">http://fwp.mt.gov/gisData/shapefiles/fishRegions.zip</A></DT>
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<DT CLASS="label">Browse graphic file name:
          <A HREF="http://fwp.mt.gov/gisData/imageFiles/fishRegions.png">http://fwp.mt.gov/gisData/imageFiles/fishRegions.png</A></DT>
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<DT CLASS="label">Browse graphic file description:
          Montana Fisheries Administrative Regions</DT>
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<DT CLASS="label">Browse graphic file type:
          PNG</DT>
</DL><BR><DT CLASS="label">Abstract:</DT>
<DD>Fisheries administrative regional boundaries for Montana Fish, Wildlife &amp; Parks (FWP).</DD>
<DT CLASS="label">Purpose:</DT>
<DD>Display and/or analysis of FWP's fisheries regional administrative areas.</DD><BR><DT CLASS="subsec">Time period of content:</DT>
<DD><DL><DT CLASS="label">Calendar date: <SPAN CLASS="main">08/20/2008</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Currentness reference: <SPAN CLASS="main">publication date</SPAN></DT>
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<DT CLASS="subsec">Status:</DT>
<DD><DL>
<DT CLASS="label">Progress: <SPAN CLASS="main">Complete</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Maintenance and update frequency: <SPAN CLASS="main">As needed</SPAN></DT>
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<DT CLASS="label">Access constraints: <SPAN CLASS="main">None</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Use constraints:</DT>
<DD>Users must assume responsibility to determine the usability of this data for their purposes.  This data set is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Montana Fish, Wildlife &amp; Parks (FWP) makes no representations or warranties whatsoever with respect to the accuracy or completeness of this data set and assumes no responsibility for the suitability of this data set for a particular purpose.  FWP will not be liable for any damages incurred as a result of errors in this data set.</DD>
<DT CLASS="subsec">Point of contact:</DT>
<DD><DL>
<DT>Lydia Bailey</DT>
<DT>GIS Manager</DT>
<DT>Montana Fish, Wildlife &amp; Parks</DT>
<DT>1420 East 6th Ave</DT>
<DT>Helena,
      MT 59620-0701</DT><BR><BR><DT CLASS="label">Telephone: <SPAN CLASS="main">406-444-5365</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">E-Mail: <SPAN CLASS="main">lbailey@mt.gov</SPAN></DT><BR><BR></DL></DD>
</DL><A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A><BR><BR><A NAME="Data_Quality_Information"><HR></A><SPAN CLASS="section">Data Quality Information:</SPAN><DL><BR><BR><DT CLASS="subsec">Lineage:</DT>
<DD><DL>
<DT CLASS="subsec">Source information:</DT>
<DD><DL>
<DT CLASS="label">Originator: <SPAN CLASS="main">Montana Fish, Wildlife &amp; Parks</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Title: <SPAN CLASS="main">Fisheries Biologist Responsibility Areas</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Online linkage:
      <A TARGET="viewer" HREF="http://fwp.mt.gov/gisData/shapefiles/FishBios.zip">http://fwp.mt.gov/gisData/shapefiles/FishBios.zip</A></DT>
</DL></DD><BR><DT CLASS="label">Process step:</DT>
<DD>Fisheries regional administrative areas are derived by dissolving on the REGION field in the fisheries biologist responsibility areas.  The fisheries regional administrative layer is regenerated when there is a boundary change in the Fisheries Biologist Responsibility Areas layer.</DD>
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<DT CLASS="label">Process date: <SPAN CLASS="main">08/20/2008</SPAN></DT>
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</DL><A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A><BR><BR><A NAME="Spatial_Data_Organization_Information"><HR></A><SPAN CLASS="section">Spatial Data Organization Information:</SPAN><DL>
<DT CLASS="subsec">Point and vector object information:</DT>
<DD><DL>
<DT CLASS="label">ESRI feature type: <SPAN CLASS="main">Polygon</SPAN></DT>
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<DT CLASS="label">ESRI feature count: <SPAN CLASS="main">7</SPAN></DT>
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</DL><A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A><BR><BR><A NAME="Spatial_Reference_Information"><HR></A><SPAN CLASS="section">Spatial Reference Information:</SPAN><DL>
<DT CLASS="subsec">Horizontal coordinate system definition:</DT>
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<DT CLASS="label">Projected coordinate system name: <SPAN CLASS="main">NAD_1983_StatePlane_Montana_FIPS_2500</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Grid coordinate system name: <SPAN CLASS="main">State Plane Coordinate System 1983</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">SPCS zone identifier: <SPAN CLASS="main">2500</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="subsec">Lambert conformal conic:</DT>
<DL><DT CLASS="label">Standard parallel: <SPAN CLASS="main">45.000000</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Standard parallel: <SPAN CLASS="main">49.000000</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Longitude of central meridian: <SPAN CLASS="main">-109.500000</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Latitude of projection origin: <SPAN CLASS="main">44.250000</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">False easting: <SPAN CLASS="main">600000.000000</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">False northing: <SPAN CLASS="main">0.000000</SPAN></DT>
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<DT CLASS="label">Planar distance units: <SPAN CLASS="main">meters</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="subsec">Geodetic model:</DT>
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<DT CLASS="label">Horizontal datum name: <SPAN CLASS="main">North American Datum of 1983</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Ellipsoid name: <SPAN CLASS="main">Geodetic Reference System 80</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Semi-major axis: <SPAN CLASS="main">6378137.000000</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Denominator of flattening ratio: <SPAN CLASS="main">298.257222</SPAN></DT>
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<DT CLASS="subsec">Altitude system definition:</DT>
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<DT CLASS="label">Altitude resolution: <SPAN CLASS="main">0.001000</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Altitude encoding method:</DT>
<DD>Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates</DD>
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</DL><A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A><BR><BR><A NAME="Entity_and_Attribute_Information"><HR></A><SPAN CLASS="section">Entity and Attribute Information:</SPAN><DL>
<DT CLASS="label">Entity type label: <SPAN CLASS="main">FishRegions</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Entity count: <SPAN CLASS="main">7</SPAN></DT>
<DD><DL><BR><DT CLASS="label">Attribute label: <SPAN CLASS="main">SQMiles</SPAN></DT>
<DD><DL>
<DT CLASS="label">Attribute alias: <SPAN CLASS="main">SQMILES</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Attribute definition: <SPAN CLASS="main">Area in square miles</SPAN></DT>
</DL></DD><BR><DT CLASS="label">Attribute label: <SPAN CLASS="main">FID</SPAN></DT>
<DD><DL>
<DT CLASS="label">Attribute definition: <SPAN CLASS="main">Internal feature number.</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Attribute domain:</DT>
<DD>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</DD>
</DL></DD><BR><DT CLASS="label">Attribute label: <SPAN CLASS="main">Shape</SPAN></DT>
<DD><DL>
<DT CLASS="label">Attribute definition: <SPAN CLASS="main">Feature geometry.</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Attribute domain: <SPAN CLASS="main">Coordinates defining the features.</SPAN></DT>
</DL></DD><BR><DT CLASS="label">Attribute label: <SPAN CLASS="main">REGION</SPAN></DT>
<DD><DL>
<DT CLASS="label">Attribute definition: <SPAN CLASS="main">FWP fisheries administrative region.</SPAN></DT>
</DL></DD><BR><DT CLASS="label">Attribute label: <SPAN CLASS="main">Acres</SPAN></DT>
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<DT CLASS="label">Attribute alias: <SPAN CLASS="main">ACRES</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Attribute definition: <SPAN CLASS="main">Area in Acres</SPAN></DT>
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</DL><A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A><BR><BR><A NAME="IDAJBAGP"></A><HR><SPAN CLASS="section">Distribution Information:</SPAN><DL>
<DT CLASS="subsec">Distributor:</DT>
<DD><DL>
<DT>Lydia Bailey</DT>
<DT>GIS Manager</DT>
<DT>Montana Fish, Wildlife &amp; Parks</DT>
<DT>1420 East 6th Ave</DT>
<DT>PO Box 200701</DT>
<DT>Helena,
      MT 59620-0701</DT><BR><BR><DT CLASS="label">Telephone: <SPAN CLASS="main">406-444-5365</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">E-Mail: <SPAN CLASS="main">lbailey@mt.gov</SPAN></DT><BR><BR></DL></DD>
<DT CLASS="label">Resource description: <SPAN CLASS="main">Downloadable Data</SPAN></DT><BR><BR><BR><DT CLASS="subsec">Standard order process:</DT>
<DD><DL>
<DT CLASS="subsec">Digital form:</DT>
<DD><DL>
<DT CLASS="label">Format name: <SPAN CLASS="main">ESRI Shapefile</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">Transfer size: <SPAN CLASS="main">0.229</SPAN></DT><SPAN class="main"> megabytes</SPAN><DT CLASS="label">Online option: </DT><A TARGET="viewer" HREF="http://fwp.mt.gov/gisData/shapefiles/fishRegions.zip">http://fwp.mt.gov/gisData/shapefiles/fishRegions.zip</A></DL></DD>
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</DL><A HREF="#Top">Back to Top</A><BR><BR><A NAME="Metadata_Reference_Information"><HR></A><SPAN CLASS="section">Metadata Reference Information:</SPAN><DL>
<DT CLASS="label">Metadata date: <SPAN CLASS="main">08/20/2008</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="subsec">Metadata contact:</DT>
<DD><DL>
<DT>Adam Petersen</DT>
<DT>Fish / Wildlife Information Specialist</DT>
<DT>Montana Fish, Wildlife &amp; Parks</DT>
<DT>1420 East 6th Avenue</DT>
<DT>Helena,
      MT 59620-0701</DT><BR><BR><DT CLASS="label">Telephone: <SPAN CLASS="main">406-444-1275</SPAN></DT>
<DT CLASS="label">E-Mail: <SPAN CLASS="main">apetersen@mt.gov</SPAN></DT><BR><BR></DL></DD>
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