Description: This contains points of entry to the Elk Voucher Tracts (see that feature class for description of that program). The points are generally off of state roads, but sometimes local and rarely coal haul roads.
Copyright Text: Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, KFWIS, Elk Program/JJoe McDermott
Description: Boundaries of Kentucky Elk Regulated tracts. This program was initiated in 2015 and called the "Elk Voucher areas", as a means for the elk program to distribute elk hunters through out tracts or to private companies lands. The system was changed in 2019 to be called "Elk Regulated Areas"Maps for the elk hunting unit lands, included the elk regulated areas, are included at https://fw.ky.gov/More/Pages/Game-Maps.aspx Hunters drawn for an Elk tag on a specific hunt unit, can go online to a system maintained by KDFWR IT, to obtain a permit for a particular tract. Boundaries will be used in ArcGIS online with hyperlink to regulated elk tract sign up system (IT, John Roberts).A particular private company may own multiple tracts. Original AutoCAD files of land tracts from Ky River Prop stored R:\Land_aquisition\East_KY_Coal_Properties\KY_RIVER_PROP. Company also provided a hard copy map and PDF of thier property. The PDF was converted to jpg file (KRP_Surface_Ownership.jpg) then georeferenced and used as background verification when processing AutoCAD line files. Final inclusion of tracts and final shapes were decided by Joe McDermott and Gabe Jenkins. Tracts added to Land Acquisition Feature Class before moving to Elk Voucher Tract Feature Class.
Copyright Text: Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, KFWIS, Elk Program/Joe McDermott
Description: Boundaries of Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Public Hunting Areas. These are both Wildlife Management Areas (WMA), Hunting Access Areas, Outdoor Recreation Area, and areas for which there is some kind of public hunting allowed (liek state forests and state parks). The current hunting and trapping guide should be referred to for specific regulations. Tracts of different ownership are merged into a single polygon for each of the public hunting areas. Not all WMAs are in public ownership. Some are privately owned and have short term agreements to allow public hunting access. There are two other feature classes, " Wildlife Management Areas" and "Non_WMA_Hunting_Area_tracts" that are broken down by tract. That Wildlife Management Area feature class includes the ownership for each tract of the WMA.
Copyright Text: Managed Lands boundaries coverage that was provided by the Natural Resource and Enviromental Protection Cabinet. Extensive edits have been made to this feature class since then. For non WMA state lands, the 2013 edition of the Protected Area Database for Kentucky was used as a source.
Description: Boundaries of Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources elk hunting units. This is the elk restoration zone. Boundaries are usually chosed based on state roads, but includes parkways, county boundaries, and the state line. In additional to the geographic shapes, there is a written description of the boundaries. All maps for this are contained at https://fw.ky.gov/More/Pages/Game-Maps.aspx Data is available for download at http://app.fw.ky.gov/kfwis/kygeonet/Elk_Hunting_Units.zipUnit 1 is a no hunting areas.
Copyright Text: Big Game Program, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Name: Daniel Boone National Forest (hunting allowed within Elk Units)
Display Field: AREANAME
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPolygon
Description: Boundaries of Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Public Hunting Areas. These are both Wildlife Management Areas (WMA), Hunting Access Areas, Outdoor Recreation Area, and areas for which there is some kind of public hunting allowed (liek state forests and state parks). The current hunting and trapping guide should be referred to for specific regulations. Tracts of different ownership are merged into a single polygon for each of the public hunting areas. Not all WMAs are in public ownership. Some are privately owned and have short term agreements to allow public hunting access. There are two other feature classes, " Wildlife Management Areas" and "Non_WMA_Hunting_Area_tracts" that are broken down by tract. That Wildlife Management Area feature class includes the ownership for each tract of the WMA.
Copyright Text: Managed Lands boundaries coverage that was provided by the Natural Resource and Enviromental Protection Cabinet. Extensive edits have been made to this feature class since then. For non WMA state lands, the 2013 edition of the Protected Area Database for Kentucky was used as a source.