Description: The California Protected Areas Database (CPAD) contains data on lands owned in fee by governments, non-profits and some private entities that are protected for open space purposes. Data includes all such areas in California, from small urban parks to large national parks and forests, mostly aligned to assessor parcel boundaries. Data is collected by Holdings (parcels) which are aggregated to Units (commonly named areas within a county) and Super Units (commonly named areas generally).
Copyright Text: California Protected Areas Database (CPAD - www.calands.org). originally published December 2020, updated January 2021. The January 2021 update was conducted to include GAP Code fields missing in the original December 2020 release, no other changes were made. The most current shapefiles include "2020b" in the name, for example "CPAD_2020b_Units.shp".