20210626 01010600 1.0 TRUE Public Land Use Zone This layer represents the Public Land Use Zone boundary outline. This layer is not visible zoomed out beyond the scale of 1:27,733,946. The Public Land Use Zone dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Public Land Use Zones in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes. The Public Land Use Zone (PLUZ) dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Public Land Use Zones in Alberta. A Public Land Use Zone is an area of land to which legislative controls are applied to achieve particular land management objectives identified in a guiding land and resource plan. They can be used to protect areas containing sensitive resources such as wildlife and their habitats, vegetation, soils and watersheds as well as to separate or manage conflicting recreational activities. These areas have been designated as Public Land Use Zones, under the authority of Section 178 and 208 of the Public Lands Administration Regulation (PLAR) under the Public Lands Act. Public Land Use Zones were formerly known as Forest Land Use Zones (FLUZ) which were designated under the former Forest Recreation Regulation under the Forests Act. The Public Lands Administration Regulation came into effect on September 12, 2011. At this time, Forest Land Use Zones under the Forest Recreation Regulation were incorporated into the Public Lands Act and Public Lands Administration Regulation. As a result, Forest Land Use Zone became Public Land Use Zone. Data Use Limitations Use of the information will be governed by the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta, in force as of the date you accessed the information. Copyright Government of Alberta