Ecoregions are geographic areas within which there is similarity in the mosaic of biotic and abiotic components of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Ecoregions provide a framework for a geographic structure that can link environmental research, assessment, monitoring, and management.
Work is in progress in several other states.
The Utah ecoregion map and descriptions involved collaboration with EPA Region 8, the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Utah Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Geological Survey s Earth Resources Observation Systems Data Center. Seven level III ecological regions and 37 level IV ecological regions were delineated on a color map and described in an accompanying text and table. The Wisconsin ecoregion map, developed in collaboration with scientists and resource managers from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, delineates and describes 27 level IV ecoregions.