DOCUMENTATION FOR SAA ROADLESS COVERAGE:  ROADLESS

DEVLEOPED BY:  SAA Roadless Team

DATE:  1995

SOURCE:  USFS mylars and data provided by the Great Smoky Mountains National
   Park

SCALE:  1:24,000 with the the exception of the Great Smoky Mountains National
   Park, which is at an unknown scale

NOTES:  Each National Forest determined proposed roadless areas based on 
   criteria from the Regional Forester and transferred these areas onto
   mylar at a scale of 1:24,000.  The forests also transferred the boundaries
   of any state lands that are considered roadless.  These mylars were scanned
   and coded by TVA.  Coding was verified by Roadless Team members.

   The boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was obtained from
   Park personnel but the base scale was not known.  Major roads and developed
   areas within the park were buffered and excluded from roadless status.
   Because of the uncertainty of the base scale, for reports we decided to use
   the acreage figure from the Park's management plan, 464,544 acres, rather
   than GIS acres.
 
   The item NAME contains the name of the roadless area.  RLESS_ID contains the
   roadless number assigned to the area; in the case of the Smokies, which has
   no number, 'Smoky' was moved to this item.  OWNER indiciates the 
   administering agency (USFS, NPS, state), and OWNNAME indicates the 
   forest, state, or park responsible for the area.  ACRES is a calculation of
   the GIS area (in square meters) to acres.