Description: This is a map from the Southwest Florida Watershed Management District or SWFWMD of the Manatee River watershed distribution of 1995 agricultural land use/cover created on December 11, 2000. This map shows the Watershed Management boundary shown by the thick black line. Agricultural land use/cover classifications shown are cropland (yellow), pastureland (brown), rangeland (off white), tree crops (green), feeding operations (fuchsia) , nurseries/vineyards (orange), specialty farms (purple), rural open lands (dark gray) and open water (blue). It also shows non-agricultural land use (white), major roads, inland water, and county boundaries. "Land use data were photointerpreted from 1:24,000 and 1:40,000 scale color infrared aerial photographs taken between October of 1994 and May of 1995. Land use and cover data are classified utilizing the Florida Department of Transportation Land Use, Cover and Forms Classification (FLUCCS) System." —Southwest Florida Watershed Management District Source: Southwest Florida Water Management District, Manatee River Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan Atlas (Brooksville, FL: Southwest Florida Water Management District, 2000) Map Credit: Courtesy of the Southwest Florida Water Management District |
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