Abstract: The Rangeland Management Zones dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent the Rangeland Management Zones in Alberta. A Rangeland Management Zone is an administrative area designated by the Lands Division in which grazing and other agricultural uses related to public land are managed by regional branch offices. The boundaries are used to ensure referrals are sent to the correct locations. The Rangeland Management Zones was formerly known as Alberta Sustainable Resource Development Rangeland Management Districts.
Metadata:
File identifier:
22CFD0D3-B9AD-4C02-8658-733EA094C519
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
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utf8
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Metadata author:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
7804277374
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
PGC.Metadata@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
publisher
Date stamp:
2024-02-29
Metadata standard name:
NAP - Metadata
Metadata standard version:
1.2
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Vector spatial representation:
Topology level:
Topology level code:
geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Geometric objects:
Geometric object type:
Geometric object type code:
composite
Geometric object count:
41
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Reference system:
Reference system identifier:
RS Identifier:
Code:
3400
Code Space:
EPSG
Version:
6.11(9.3.0.0)
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Data identification:
Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Rangeland Management Zones
Date:
Date:
Date:
2004-05-01
Date type:
Date type code:
creation
Date:
Date:
Date:
2024-06-17
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Date:
Date:
Date:
2024-04-24
Date type:
Date type code:
revision
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Forestry and Parks; Government of Alberta
Position name:
Lands Delivery Coordination
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Electronic mail address:
aep.rangeland-gis@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
originator
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
7804277374
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
PGC.Metadata@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
custodian
Abstract:
The Rangeland Management Zones dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent the Rangeland
Management Zones in Alberta. A Rangeland Management Zone is an administrative area designated by the Lands
Division in which grazing and other agricultural uses related to public land are managed by regional branch
offices. The boundaries are used to ensure referrals are sent to the correct locations. The Rangeland
Management Zones was formerly known as Alberta Sustainable Resource Development Rangeland Management
Districts.
Purpose:
The Rangeland Management Zones dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all the
Rangeland Management Zones in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes.
Status:
Progress code:
completed
Point of contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
7804277374
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
PGC.Metadata@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
pointOfContact
Resource maintenance:
Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Alberta, Canada
Type:
Keyword type code:
place
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Rangeland management
Type:
Keyword type code:
theme
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Use limitation:
Distribution Liability: Under the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta, the Information is
licensed as is, and the Information Provider excludes all representations, warranties, obligations, and
liabilities, whether express or implied, to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Information
Provider is not liable for any errors or omissions in the Information, and will not under any
circumstances be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other loss,
injury or damage caused by its use or otherwise arising in connection with this licence or the
Information, even if specifically advised of the possibility of such loss, injury or damage.
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints:
Restriction code:
otherRestrictions
Other constraints:
To access the data you must agree to the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta found at
https://open.alberta.ca/licence
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Use constraints:
Restriction code:
license
Other constraints:
Your use of this information will be governed by the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta, in
force as of the date you accessed the information, found at https://open.alberta.ca/licence
Resource constraints:
Security constraints:
Classification:
Classification code:
unclassified
User note:
Public/Unrestricted
Classification system:
Government of Alberta Data and Information Security Classification
Handling description:
https://imtpolicy.sp.alberta.ca/standards/Pages/Data-and-Information-Security-Classification.aspx
Spatial representation type:
Spatial representation type code:
vector
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Topic category:
Topic category code:
boundaries
Environment description:
Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.0.2
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic element:
Geographic bounding box:
Extent type code:
true
West bound longitude:
-120.902231
East bound longitude:
-108.457295
South bound latitude:
48.897758
North bound latitude:
60.095171
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Distribution:
Distribution format:
Format:
Name:
Shapefile
Version:
3.0
Specification:
SHP
File decompression technique:
ZIP
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
14th Floor Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
PGC.Data@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
distributor
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Altalis Ltd.
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
4037163490
Facsimile:
4037163494
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Suite 1550, 635 - 8 Avenue SW
City:
Calgary
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T2P 3M3
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
support@altalis.com
Hours of service:
08:00 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Contact instructions:
The layer is a part of the Base Features product which can be accessed and downloaded via the Open
Data option from Altalis Ltd. at https://www.altalis.com/
Role:
Role code:
distributor
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Units of distribution:
MB
Transfer size:
3
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/boundaries/RangelandManagementZones.zip
Protocol:
FTP
Name:
Rangeland Management Zones (SHP)
Description:
Shapefile containing Rangeland Management Zones dataset (ZIP)
Function:
Online function code:
download
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://geospatial.alberta.ca/portal/home/item.html?id=4102377c464346d693780a2fdb2036a9
Protocol:
HTTPS
Name:
Rangeland Management Zones
Description:
Map Image Layer Web Service for Rangeland Management Zones
Function:
Online function code:
information
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://geospatial.alberta.ca/titan/rest/services/boundaries/land_rangeland_mgmt_zone/FeatureServer
Protocol:
REST
Name:
boundaries/land_rangeland_mgmt_zone (FeatureServer)
Description:
Web service for Rangeland Management Zones dataset
Function:
Online function code:
webService
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
The Rangeland Management Zones boundary is built by selecting and putting available Source Data (described
below) into an edit environment of the layer, to assemble the Geoadministrative Areas (GA) boundary. The
GA boundary built uses Base Features (BF) Source Data which includes arc layers of Alberta Township
System (ATS), Hydrography, Hypsography and Access. In cases where BF Source Data does not exist, Alberta
Data Partnerships (ADP) Cadastral Source Data including block, lot, plan, ownership and right-of-way are
used. Legal Subdivision (LSD) arcs supplied by ADP are also used. ATS data layer is considered to be the
foundation by which all other Source Data should be registered with when the GA boundary layer is
compiled.
The Cadastral Source Data maintained by ADP is used in the hierarchy order of block, lot, plan and
right-of-way; regardless which version it is. The ADP cadastral representation of ATS and Hydrography is
not used. The ADP LSD arcs are used for boundary segments that are interpreted as aligning with legal
subdivision lines according to the defining document; but the representation of Section, Quarter Section
and Road Allowance are not allowed to be used as these lines should be derived from the BF ATS Source
Data.
If none of the above Source Data is available and the defining document refers a specific elevation or
contour, Hypsography contour data is used. If no source arc for the particular contour or elevation
exists, interpolation of the contours or elevation graphically is obtained by averaging between
successive contours on either side of the range of elevation values. If the defining document describes
a mountain peak, interpretation of the contours to determine the highest point of the peak is determined
or in certain cases a spot height point in the Hypsography cartographic layer is used to identify the
peak. If the defining document describes a boundary segment as Height-of-Land (HOL), HOL data is
captured by digitization or graphical construction. In cases if the GA boundary is described, but no
Source Data is available except from a digital reference file provided by data authority, with data
authority's expressed permission, arcs are copied from the digital reference file. Segments of the
boundary which adjoin to Provincial Boundary or National Park, arcs are copied from these 2 layers to
define the GA boundary so that the layer does conform to these 2 key layers.
Once all the Source Data has been copied and put into the edit environment, Constructed arcs are used to
close polygon in cases where a gap between 2 Source Data arcs exceeds 0.001 meters. If a gap is less
than 0.001 meters, one of the Source Data is extended to close the polygon, in accordance with the
Source Data edit hierarchy i.e. with the highest order of importance to the least importance which is in
the order of ATS, Hydrography, Hypsography, ADP data, Access, Height-of-Land or digitized arcs and
digital reference file. Spatial relationship of the boundary layer compiled is maintained with the Base
Features (BF) Source data and other Source Data with the geometry of all the Source Data remains
unaltered throughout the editing process. Edit tolerance is set to zero for node snap and arc snap. The
GA polygons compiled have all the linework precisely closed. Attribute tables are created according to
item definition, with only one label point exists per GA polygon. Clean processes on the Source Data
beyond the tolerances specified above is prohibited. Source Data is edited manually in order to maintain
polygon topology using BUILD processes. After polygons are built, they are attributed according to the
Base Features GA Specification table standard i.e. CODE and NAME. The formatted polygon attribute values
are validated with Rangeland Management Zones codes and legal names obtained from the Department.
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Initial compilation. New (updated) data structures.
Date and time:
2004-05-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Boundary reconciled to ATS V4.1. Conformed to 2007 Provincial Boundary and National Park.
Date and time:
2007-02-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Update: Ponoka no longer exists. Red Deer has incorporated most of Ponoka with the remaining portion
goes under Wainwright North. Wainwright has been split into Wainwright South & Wainwright North.
Date and time:
2008-03-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Reconciled and conformed to ATS V4.1 Alberta Provincial Boundary which was compiled by Alberta Data
Partnerships Ltd. (ADP) on behalf of the Government of Alberta (GOA). The ATS V4.1 Alberta
Provincial Boundary is considered definitive for GOA use which supersedes all previous versions. The
ATS V4.1 Alberta Provincial Boundary was compiled in 8th decimal place geographic coordinates
(GCS_North_American_1983) and which was geoprocessed to NAD 1983 10 TM AEP Forest coordinate system,
using ESRI ArcGIS application.
Date and time:
2011-09-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Update western boundary of 'Edson' Management Zones, initiated by the National Park boundary
adjustment in vicinity from Ogre Canyon to Boule Roche i.e. in the area of Sec 7-50-27-w5 to Sec
13-50-28-w5.
Date and time:
2017-02-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
The dataset was formerly known as Alberta Sustainable Resource Development Rangeland Management
Management Zones. The ministry of Alberta Sustainable Resource Development became Alberta
Environment and Parks in 2015, after the provincial election in Alberta. The existence of a ministry
is subject to the organizational structure of the elected government. A dataset, however, serves its
own purpose regardless which ministry manages it. To facilitate and maintain the purpose of a
boundary in nature, ministry name has been removed.
Update: Rangeland District boundaries were edited to realign with the AEP Operational Areas. Some
districts have changed names and/or boundaries:
- East Peace / Manning North has been renamed to Peace, and now aligns with the Peace AEP Operational
Area.
- Fairview has been renamed to West Fairview.
- West Peace has been renamed to East Fairview.
- Valleyview now incorporates both Valleyview North and Valleyview South.
- Grande Prairie extended further south to cover Willmore Wilderness Park.
- Edson west boundary now aligns with Upper Athabasca AEP Operational Area.
- High Prairie boundary was modified to only be in the Upper Athabasca AEP Operational Area .
- Barrhead excludes Peace AEP Operational Area.
- Barrhead East excludes Thorhild County and the M.D. of Opportunity No. 17.
- Athabasca extends to the north to include Athabasca County and now excludes Smoky Lake County and
the Peace AEP Operational Area.
- Lac La Biche West now aligns with the west boundary of Lower Athabasca Region AEP Operational Area
and was extended further south to include Thorhild County and part of Smoky Lake County.
- Rocky West now excludes Upper Athabasca AEP Operational Area.
Date and time:
2017-05-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
A number of rangeland districts have been changed to better distribute the workload among rangeland
agrologists . Additionally, a new rangeland district, Camrose, has been created.
Date and time:
2018-06-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Geometry change:
Submitted from business area - Added multiple fields for contact info
Date and time:
2021-01-26T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Geometry change:
District Calgary, Camrose, Lethbridge North, Lethbridge South, Pincher Creek, Red Deer, Rocky Mountain
Forest Reserve Central, Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve North, Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve South.
Changed Rocky East and West to North and South.
Date and time:
2021-06-08T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Attribute Update:
Name change for Lac La Biche East and West to Lac La Biche and Smoky Lake. Agrologist changes made for
Medicine Hat Central, Medicine Hat East, Medicine Hat Northwest, Spirit River, and Wainwright South.
Date and time:
2021-07-19T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Schema Changes:
New fields Zone ID, Region, and District. Removed field "unit". Personnel and Contact info changes made.
Date and time:
2021-10-06T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Name change:
With the addition of Zone ID, Rangeland have decided to change the feature class name to Rangeland
Management Zone to be in line with Lands Division Working Zones.
Date and time:
2021-10-13T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Contact change:
Rangeland Contacts change for RD 00007 and 00012.
Date and time:
2021-12-20T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Spatial Change:
- Splitting of the Calgary zone into Calgary North and Calgary South.
- Changes between Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve South and Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve Central
boundary.
- Creation of the Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve .
Contact Change :
Grande Prairie, Smoky Lake, Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve South, Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve East
Porcupine Hills, Calgary North, Calgary South.
Date and time:
2022-02-09T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Update:
- Addition of the Provincial Grazing Reserves (PGRs).
- Changing of the boundaries for Lethbridge North, Lethbridge South, Medicine Hat Northwest, Medicine
Hat East, Medicine Hat Southwest.
- Agrologist changes including St Paul and Medicine Hat South West.
Date and time:
2022-04-04T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Attribute Update:
Agrologist change in Grande Prairie Zone
Date and time:
2022-06-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Attribute Update:
Contact change for Athabasca Zone
Date and time:
2022-07-26T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Attribute Update:
Contact change for Spirit River, Rocky South, Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve North
Date and time:
2022-08-26T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Attribute Update:
Contact update to St Paul, Red Deer, Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve North/Central, Rocky South.
Date and time:
2023-07-10T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Attribute Update:
Contact update to Athabasca.
Date and time:
2023-07-25T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Attribute Update:
Contact update to Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve Central, Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve North. and
Rocky South.
Date and time:
2023-09-18T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Attribute Update: Contact update to Spirit River.
Web Services published on AGSP Portal
Date and time:
2023-11-10T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Attribute Update:
Contact update to Medicine Hat Northwest, Medicine Hat Southwest.
Email correction to Spirit River.
Date and time:
2024-02-29T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Geometry Update:
- Realigned management zones to better fit rangeland operations.
Attribute Update:
- Changed contact for Medicine Hat Southwest and Medicine Hat East.
Date and time:
2024-04-24T00:00:00
Source:
Source:
Description:
Created using Base Features Source Data includes arc layers of ATS, Hydrography, Hypsography, Access
and Master Height of Land
Source citation:
Citation:
Title:
Base Features Source Data includes arc layers of ATS, Hydrography, Hypsography, Access and Master
Height of Land
Date:
Date:
Date:
2023-05-11
Date type:
Date type code:
revision
Cited responsible party:
missing
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
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