FWS Ecosystem Regions

Digital ecosystem information portraying the location and boundaries of the ecosystems. The Service originally chose the U.S. Geological Survey's Hydrologic Unit Map as the foundation for delineating ecosystem unit boundaries on a national scale. Since that time, boundaries in some of the regions have been moved to the closest county boundaries to simplify management responsibilities. The current unit boundaries reflect this combination

Data and Resources

Field Value
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Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
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  • amerigeoss
  • bgds
  • ckan
  • ecosystem
  • geo
  • geoss
  • national
  • ngds
  • north-america
  • united-states
  • usfws-regions
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maintainer U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Information Resource and Technology Management, Branch of Geospatial Data Services (Point of Contact)
maintainer_email fwsgis@fws.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-20T14:48:42.642166
metadata_modified 2025-11-20T14:48:42.642170
notes Digital ecosystem information portraying the location and boundaries of the ecosystems. The Service originally chose the U.S. Geological Survey's Hydrologic Unit Map as the foundation for delineating ecosystem unit boundaries on a national scale. Since that time, boundaries in some of the regions have been moved to the closest county boundaries to simplify management responsibilities. The current unit boundaries reflect this combination
num_resources 4
num_tags 12
title FWS Ecosystem Regions