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The Nature Conservancy's Ecoregions of the United States

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: The Nature Conservancy - Conservation Science Division
Publication_Date: 20010422
Title: The Nature Conservancy's Ecoregions of the United States
Edition: 2001
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Ecoregional Planning
Other_Citation_Details:
Information contained in this dataset were manipulated to produce Figure 1.4, Chapter 1, p. 19, in Connelly, J. W., S. T. Knick, M. A. Schroeder, and S. J. Stiver. 2004. Conservation assessment of Greater Sage-grouse and sagebrush habitats. Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Unpublished Report. Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Online_Linkage: http://gis.tnc.org
Online_Linkage: http://sagemap.wr.usgs.gov
Description:
Abstract:
Ecoregions of the United States of America. Ecoregional planning units are designed as a basis for comprehensive ecosystem planning.
Purpose:
This data set was compiled for The Nature Conservancy's Ecoregional Planning purposes
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date_Time:
Calendar_Date: 20010422
Time_of_Day: 1200
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Bi-annually
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.981901
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.887476
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 80.317672
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 8.732668
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: The Nature Conservancy
Theme_Keyword: TNC
Theme_Keyword: Ecoregions
Theme_Keyword: Ecoregion
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: USA
Place_Keyword: US
Access_Constraints: None, publicly available, freely distributable
Use_Constraints: Intended for biodiversity conservation planning
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: The Nature Conservancy
Contact_Person: Dan Dorfman
Contact_Position: Western Regional GIS Manager
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2060 Broadway, Suite 230
City: Boulder
State_or_Province: CO
Postal_Code: 80302
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-541-0321
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 303-449-4328
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ddorfman@tnc.org
Hours_of_Service: 9-5 Mountain time
Contact_Instructions: please feel free to call
Data_Set_Credit: Western Conservation Science Center
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
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Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Unknown
Logical_Consistency_Report: Unknown
Completeness_Report: Contact The Nature Conservancy (see Contact Information)
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Robert Bailey
Publication_Date: 1995
Title: Descriptions of the Ecoregions of the United States
Edition: 2nd Edition, revised and expanded
Series_Information:
Issue_Identification: Miscellaneous Publication 1391
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Washington, DC
Publisher: USDA Forest Service
Source_Scale_Denominator: 7500000
Type_of_Source_Media: 108 page document and map
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date_Time:
Calendar_Date: 19990915
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Baileys
Source_Contribution: Bailey's ecoregions of the conterminous United States
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Originally based on Bailey, 1994, these boundaries have been extensively modified by TNC's eocregional planning teams. Written justification for each modification is available through The Nature Conservancy's Ecoregional Planning Office.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Baileys
Process_Date: Unknown
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: TNC_Ecoregions_sgca
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 81
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Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel: 38.000000
Standard_Parallel: 41.000000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -114.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 34.000000
False_Easting: 0.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
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Ordinate_Resolution: 0.016384
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1927
Ellipsoid_Name: Clarke 1866
Semi_major_Axis: 6378206.400000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 294.978698
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: TNC_ecoregions_sgca
Entity_Type_Definition: Attributes of TNC_ecoregions_sgca.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PU_NAME
Attribute_Definition: Ecoregion name
Attribute_Definition_Source: TNC
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Pacific Northwest Coast
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Puget Trough - Willamette Valley - Georgia Ba
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: North Cascades and Pacific Ranges
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Modoc Plateau and East Cascades
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Klamath Mountains
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Columbia Plateau
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Canadian Rocky Mountains
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Middle Rockies - Blue Mountains
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Utah-Wyoming Rocky Mountains
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Wyoming Basins
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Great Basin
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sierra Nevada
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Great Central Valley
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: California North Coast
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: California Central Coast
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: California South Coast
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mojave Desert
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Utah High Plateaus
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Colorado Plateau
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Southern Rocky Mountains
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Arizona-New Mexico Mountains
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Apache Highlands
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Sonoran Desert
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Chihuahuan Desert
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Black Hills
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Northern Great Plains Steppe
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Central Shortgrass Prairie
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Southern Shortgrass Prairie
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Edwards Plateau
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tamaulipan Thorn Scrub
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Crosstimbers and Southern Tallgrass Prairie
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Central Mixed-Grass Prairie
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Dakota Mixed-Grass Prairie
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Northern Tallgrass Prairie
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Central Tallgrass Prairie
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Osage Plains/Flint Hills Prairie
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Ozarks
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Ouachita Mountains
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: West Gulf Coastal Plain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mississippi River Alluvial Plain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Interior Low Plateau
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: North Central Tillplain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Prairie-Forest Border
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Superior Mixed Forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Great Lakes
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Western Allegheny Plateau
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Cumberlands and Southern Ridge and Valley
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Southern Blue Ridge
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Piedmont
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: East Gulf Coastal Plain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Tropical Florida
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Florida Peninsula
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: South Atlantic Coastal Plain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Chesapeake Bay Lowlands
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Central Appalachian Forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: High Allegheny Plateau
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Lower New England/Northern Piedmont
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: North Atlantic Coast
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Northern Appalachian-Boreal Forest
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: St. Lawrence-Champlain Valley
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Hawaiian High Islands
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Aspen Parkland
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Fescue-Mixed Grass Prairie
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Okanagan
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Alaska Coastal Forest and Mountains
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Gulf of Alaska Mountains and Fjordlands
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Cook Inlet Basin
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Alaska Peninsula
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Bristol Bay Basin
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Beringian Tundra
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Alaska Range
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Interior Alaska Taiga
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Yukon Plateau and Flats
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Brooks Range Tundra Coastal Plain
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Northern Gulf of Mexico
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: West Cascades
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: contact TNC for more details
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AREA
Attribute_Definition: Area of polygon feature in square meters
Attribute_Definition_Source: TNC
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition: Perimeter of polygon feature in meters
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Attribute:
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Attribute_Definition: Ecoregion number
Attribute_Definition_Source: Computed
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Number corresponding to ecoregion
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: See Overview Description
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: TNC
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
Ecoregion numbers and their corresponding name:

1 Pacific Northwest Coast

2 Puget Trough - Willamette Valley - Georgia Ba

3 North Cascades and Pacific Ranges

4 Modoc Plateau and East Cascades

5 Klamath Mountains

6 Columbia Plateau

7 Canadian Rocky Mountains

8 Middle Rockies - Blue Mountains

9 Utah-Wyoming Rocky Mountains

10 Wyoming Basins

11 Great Basin

12 Sierra Nevada

13 Great Central Valley

14 California North Coast

15 California Central Coast

16 California South Coast

17 Mojave Desert

18 Utah High Plateaus

19 Colorado Plateau

20 Southern Rocky Mountains

21 Arizona-New Mexico Mountains

22 Apache Highlands

23 Sonoran Desert

24 Chihuahuan Desert

25 Black Hills

26 Northern Great Plains Steppe

27 Central Shortgrass Prairie

28 Southern Shortgrass Prairie

29 Edwards Plateau

30 Tamaulipan Thorn Scrub

31 Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes

32 Crosstimbers and Southern Tallgrass Prairie

33 Central Mixed-Grass Prairie

34 Dakota Mixed-Grass Prairie

35 Northern Tallgrass Prairie

36 Central Tallgrass Prairie

37 Osage Plains/Flint Hills Prairie

38 Ozarks

39 Ouachita Mountains

40 Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain

41 West Gulf Coastal Plain

42 Mississippi River Alluvial Plain

43 Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain

44 Interior Low Plateau

45 North Central Tillplain

46 Prairie-Forest Border

47 Superior Mixed Forest

48 Great Lakes

49 Western Allegheny Plateau

50 Cumberlands and Southern Ridge and Valley

51 Southern Blue Ridge

52 Piedmont

53 East Gulf Coastal Plain

54 Tropical Florida

55 Florida Peninsula

56 South Atlantic Coastal Plain

57 Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain

58 Chesapeake Bay Lowlands

59 Central Appalachian Forest

60 High Allegheny Plateau

61 Lower New England/Northern Piedmont

62 North Atlantic Coast

63 Northern Appalachian-Boreal Forest

64 St. Lawrence-Champlain Valley

65 Hawaiian High Islands

66 Aspen Parkland

67 Fescue-Mixed Grass Prairie

68 Okanagan

69 Alaska Coastal Forest and Mountains

70 Gulf of Alaska Mountains and Fjordlands

71 Cook Inlet Basin

72 Alaska Peninsula

73 Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

74 Bristol Bay Basin

75 Beringian Tundra

76 Alaska Range

77 Interior Alaska Taiga

78 Yukon Plateau and Flats

79 Brooks Range Tundra Coastal Plain

80 Northern Gulf of Mexico

81 West Cascades

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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USGS Snake River Field Station
Contact_Position: Geographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 970 Lusk St.
City: Boise
State_or_Province: ID
Postal_Code: 83706
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 208-426-5204
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 208-426-5210
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: tzarriel@usgs.gov
Resource_Description: Downloadable data
Distribution_Liability:
We make every effort to provide and maintain accurate, complete, usable, and timely information on our web sites. However, some USGS data and information accessed through these pages may, of necessity, be preliminary in nature and presented prior to final review and approval by the Director of the USGS. These data and information are provided with the understanding that they are not guaranteed to be correct or complete. Users are cautioned to consider carefully the provisional nature of these data and information before using them for decisions that concern personal or public safety or the conduct of business that involves substantial monetary or operational consequences. Conclusions drawn from, or actions undertaken on the basis of, such data and information are the sole responsibility of the user.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Transfer_Size: 5.633
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Fees: none
Ordering_Instructions:
download from SAGEMAP (http://sagemap.wr.usgs.gov)
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20041013
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Cara Meinke
Contact_Organization: USGS, Snake River Field Station
Contact_Position: Wildlife Biologist (GIS)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 970 Lusk St.
City: Boise
State_or_Province: ID
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