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- BIRD CONSERVATION REGIONS Southern North America
- BCR Numbers and Names in each Shorebird Planning Region (in bold) Alaska
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US shorebird planning regions indicated by heavy black lines 1 – Aleutian/Bering Sea Islands 2 – Western Alaska 3 – Arctic Plains and Mountains 4 – Northwestern Interior Forest 5 - Northwestern Pacific Rainforest 7 – Taiga Shield and Hudson Plains 8 – Boreal Softwood Shield 9 – Great Basin 10 – Northern Rockies 11 – Prairie Potholes 12 – Boreal Hardwood Transition 13 – Lower Gt Lakes/St. Lawrence Plain 14 – Atlantic Northern Forest 15 – Sierra Nevada 16 – Southern Rockies/Colorado Plateau 18 – Short Grass Prairie 19 – Central Mixed Grass Prairie 20 – Edwards Plateau 21 – Oaks and Prairies 22 – Eastern Tall Grass Prairie 23 – Prairie Hardwood Transition 24 – Central Hardwoods 25 – West Gulf Coastal Plain/Ouachitas 26 – Mississippi Alluvial Valley 27 – Southeastern Coastal Plain 28 – Appalachian Mountains 29 – Piedmont 30 – New England/Mid-Atlantic Coast 31 – Peninsular Florida 32 – Coastal California 33 – Sonoran and Mojave Deserts 34 – Sierra Madre Occidental 35 – Chihuahuan Desert 36 – Tamaulipan Brushlands 37 – Gulf Coastal Prairie 38 - Mexico BIRD CONSERVATION REGIONS Southern North America 
US shorebird planning regions indicated by heavy black lines (see next page). 3 – Arctic Plains and Mountains 4 – Northwestern Interior Forest 5 - Northwestern Pacific Rainforest 6 – Boreal Taiga Plains 7 – Taiga Shield and Hudson Plains 8 – Boreal Softwood Shield 9 – Great Basin 10 – Northern Rockies 11 – Prairie Potholes 12 – Boreal Hardwood Transition 13 – Lower Gt Lakes/St. Lawrence Plain 14 – Atlantic Northern Forest 15 – Sierra Nevada 16 – Southern Rockies/Colorado Plateau 17 – Badlands and Prairies 18 – Short Grass Prairie 19 – Central Mixed Grass Prairie 20 – Edwards Plateau 21 – Oaks and Prairies 22 – Eastern Tall Grass Prairie 23 – Prairie Hardwood Transition 24 – Central Hardwoods 25 – West Gulf Coastal Plain/Ouachitas 26 – Mississippi Alluvial Valley 27 – Southeastern Coastal Plain 28 – Appalachian Mountains 29 – Piedmont 30 – New England/Mid-Atlantic Coast 31 – Peninsular Florida 32 – Coastal California 33 – Sonoran and Mojave Deserts 34 – Sierra Madre Occidental 35 – Chihuahuan Desert 36 – Tamaulipan Brushlands 37 – Gulf Coastal Prairie 38 – Mexico BCR Numbers and Names in each Shorebird Planning Region (in bold) Alaska 1 - Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands 2 – Western Alaska 3 – Arctic Plains and Mountains 4 – Northwestern Interior Forest 5 – Northwestern Pacific Rainforest (Alaska) Northern Pacific 5 – Northwestern Pacific Rainforest (Alaska) Southern Pacific 15 – Sierra Nevada 32 – Coastal California
Not numbered - Hawaii Intermountain West 9 – Great Basin 10 – Northern Rockies 16 – Southern Rockies/Colorado Plateau 33 – Sonoran and Mojave Deserts 34 – Sierra Madre Occidental 35 – Chihuahuan Desert
11 – Prairie Potholes 17 – Badlands and Prairies
18 – Short Grass Prairie 19 – Central Mixed Grass Prairie 21 – Oaks and Prairies 20 – Edwards Plateau 36 – Tamaulipan Brushlands Upper Miss./Great Lakes 12 – Boreal Hardwood Transition 13 – Lower Gt Lakes/St. Lawrence Plain 22 – Eastern Tall Grass Prairie 23 – Prairie Hardwood Transition 24 – Central Hardwoods Lower Miss./Western Gulf Coast 25 – West Gulf Coastal Plain/Ouachitas 26 – Mississippi Alluvial Valley 37 – Gulf Coastal Prairie Northern Atlantic 14 – Atlantic Northern Forest 30 – New England/Mid-Atlantic Coast
28 – Appalachian Mountains Southeastern Coastal Plain - Caribbean 27 – Southeastern Coastal Plain 29 – Piedmont 31 – Peninsular Florida Not numbered - Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands
6 – Boreal Taiga Plains 7 – Taiga Shield and Hudson Plains 8 – Boreal Softwood Shield 38 – Mexico (additional BCR's to be defined) Directory: Usscp Usscp -> U. S. Shorebird Conservation Plan Northern Atlantic Regional Shorebird Plan Version 0 Usscp -> Text version manomet center for conservation sciences Download 109.12 Kb. Share with your friends:
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