Ecoregions NNLP [Nebraska] Full Details

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Title:

Ecoregions NNLP [Nebraska]

Description:

This is a shapefile showing the ecoregions of the state of Nebraska as defined in conjunction with the development of a comprehensive wildlife conservation plan (Schneider et al 2005, aka the Natural Legacy Plan) for the state. The following description of the ecoregion layer and the sources of data used to create it were copied directly from Appendix 10 (page 246) of that document: Ecoregions are relatively large units of land and water delineated by the biotic and abiotic factors (e.g. climate, topography, geology, vegetation) that regulate the structure and function of the ecosystems within them. There are two main ecoregion maps for the United States, one developed by the U.S. Forest Service (Bailey et al. 1994) and the other developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Omernik et al. 1987). For the Natural Legacy Project we delineated ecoregions using primarily Level III ecoregion lines from Ecoregions of Nebraska and Kansas (Chapman et al. 2001), which was a joint project of the USFS and EPA to blend the two systems. However, we used Bailey's Section level line to delineate the western boundary of tallgrass prairie south of the Sandhills since this was a better fit with Kaul and Rolfsmeier's (1993) map of the native vegetation of Nebraska.

Creator:

Nebraska Game & Parks Commission

Provider:

Nebraska Game & Parks Map and Data Portal

Resource Class:

Datasets and Web services

Resource Type:

Vector data

Temporal Coverage:

Continually updated resource

Date Issued:

2021-10-14

Place:

Nebraska

Rights:

These data are a very rough approximation of reality and are designed for visualization rather than analysis. The data are not intended for use at scales larger than originally created. The original scale at which these maps were produced was no better than 1:3,000,000. Acknowledgement of the Nebraska Natural Heritage Program, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission would be appreciated in products derived from these data. The data remain the property of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The data are provided for research, educational, and outreach purposes only. This data set is not designed for use as a regulatory tool in permitting or citing decisions. This is public information and may be interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others based on needs; however, they are responsible for the appropriate application. Federal, State, or local regulatory bodies are not to reassign to the NGPC any authority for the decisions that they make. The NGPC will not perform any evaluations of these maps for purposes related solely to State or local regulatory programs. Digital data files are periodically updated. Data users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

Language:

English

Date Added:

2023-03-08