In late 1999, the U. S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDA), and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) began a cooperative, interagency initiative to produce statewide land cover information on a recurring basis. The Illinois Interagency Landscape Classification Project (IILCP) completed Cycle 1 of this initiative in the summer of 2002, resulting in the Land Cover of Illinois 1999-2000 inventory and associated database. The IILCP is a cooperative effort with: United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Services, Illinois Department of Agriculture, and Illinois Department of Natural Resources

This dataset contains files from 1999-2000 Classification (Version 2, 11-15-03) and 1999-2000: Landsat 7 ETM+ Panchromatic Image Mosaic projects.