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Land Cover Trends 
Land Cover Trends was a research project focused on  understanding the rates, trends, causes, and consequences of contemporary U.S.  land use and land cover change. The project spanned from 1999 to 2011. Ongoing  research is being conducted as part of the Land Change Research Project.
***  News and Highlights***Land Cover Status and Trends papers are nearing completion.
***Status and Trends of Land Change in the Western United States 1973-2000*** covers 30 ecological regions in the Western United States and is the most detailed and comprehensive assessment of the rates and types of land-use and land-cover change ever produced for the region. This Professional Paper represents the culmination of many years of hard work and represents a significant contribution to our understanding of land change dynamics in the U.S.

Reports covering the Great Plains, Midwest, and Eastern U.S. are currentlyunderway and should follow soon.

 Click on the link above or the image of the report cover for more information.
***  Recent Publications***-  Soulard, CE, Sleeter, BM, 2012, Late twentieth century land-cover change in the basin and range ecoregions of the United States, Regional Environmental Change DOI 10.1007/s10113-012-0296-3.  
- Auch, R.F., Sayler, K.L., Napton, D.E., Taylor, J.L., and Brooks, M.S., 2011, Ecoregional differences in late-20th-century land-use and land-cover change in the U.S. northern Great Plains, Great Plains Research  v. 21 (Fall): 231-243.  
- Drummond, M.A., Loveland T.R., 2010, Land-use pressure and a transition to forest-cover loss in the eastern United States, Bioscience, v.60,4, pp.286-298.  
- Napton, D.E., Auch, R.F., Headley, R., Taylor, J.L., 2010, Land changes and their driving forces in the Southeastern United States, Regional Environmental Change, v.10,1, pp.37-53.        
- Sleeter, B. M., T. Wilson, C. Soulard, and J. Liu, 2010, Estimation of Late 20th Century Landscape change in California, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, DOI 10.1007/s10661-010-1385-8 |

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