Thanks for the suggestion, guys. I pulled in a Louisiana shapefile,
converted it to a raster, and let that serve as the backdrop for a spatial
reference. After I pulled in both original datasets to start from
scratch, they matched up in the approximate location where they should. I
must have just kept reprojecting and lost site of what I had done!
Now, the NLCD is in Albers Conical Equal Area Projection, and the second
dataset is projected in NAD 1983 UTM Zone 15N. I've saved my work up until
this point in a new folder, and now I need to reproject both to a common
projection. Any recommendations on which projection to choose? My
research goal is to measure the extent to which restoring bald
cypress-water tupelo trees (identified in the 2nd dataset and categorized
as healthy, intermediate, and degraded) will attenuate waves from storm
surge; therefore, preserving the shape and area of the forest identified
int he second dataset is probably the most important thing to consider.
Thank you all so much!