The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) creates and maintains a variety of spatial data. The table below lists datasets available via download with links to metadata.
| Dataset – link to metadata |
| DWR Features |
| DWR Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Boundaries |
| DWR Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Roads |
| DWR Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Facilities |
| DWR Maintained Boating Access Locations |
| DWR Regions |
| DWR Fish Hatcheries |
| Outdoor Recreation Data |
| Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail – Sites & Loops |
| Virginia’s Public Fishing Lakes |
| Stocked Trout Lakes |
| Stocked Trout Reaches |
| Public Huntable Lands |
| Fishing Piers |
| Public Access Lands for Sportsmen (PALS) |
| Wildlife Features |
| Anadromous Fish Use Areas |
| Cold Water Streams Survey (CWSS) – trout streams |
| Wildlife Conservation Planning Data |
| Tier I Species Habitats – Wildlife Action Plan |
| Tier I and II Species Habitats – Wildlife Action Plan |
| Virginia’s Ecoregions |
| Priority Conservation Areas (shapefile) – Coastal Zone |
| Coastal Virginia Ecological Value Assessment (shapefile) |
DWR maintains other spatial data not available via download. These data include: wildlife species observations, threatened or endangered species locations, and other sensitive wildlife resources. Most of these datasets are accessible through the Virginia Fish and Wildlife Information System or the Wildlife Environmental Review Map Service (WERMS). If you are interest in obtaining these or other datasets, please e-mail the GIS Manager at [email protected]. There may be a cost recovery fee charged to for-profit entities.