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REA Documents

Documents will be posted as they become available. Seven documents are planned to be released for each ecoregional assessment.

Rapid Ecoregional Assesments (REAs) - Documents:

Completed REAs

Northern Great Basin/Snake River Plains REA. This REA was a pilot effort prepared in 2009. It focuses on the potential effects of two key change agents, wildfire and invasive cheatgrass, to sage-grouse habitats and mule deer winter range.

Brochures (PDF)

Slides (PowerPoint)

REAs in Process or Completed

**Central Basin and Range (CBR) REA Memos and Reports**
Description	Document Link
Management questions, conservation elements, and change agents	Task 1 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Datasets for analysis	Task 2 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Analytical models and tools	Task 3 Final Memorandum (PDF)
REA work plan	Task 4 Final Workplan (PDF)
Preliminary findings for review	Task 5 Final: Day 1A, 1B and Day 2A, 2B. (PDFs)
REA report, maps, and supporting documents

**Colorado Plateau (COP) REA Memos and Reports**
Description	Document Link
Management questions, conservation elements, and change agents	Task 1 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Datasets for analysis	Task 2 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Analytical models and tools	Task 3 Final Memorandum (PDF)
REA work plan	Task 4 Final Workplan (PDF)
Preliminary findings for review	Task 6 Workshop Materials Part 1 and Part 2 (PDF)
REA final report is in multiple PDF files Refer to the Table of Contents in Section 1 for detailed descriptions of each Section and Appendix.	COP Sections 1, 2, 3 (BLM, Intro, Methods) COP Section 4.1 thru 4.2.1 (Existing Conditions) COP Sage Grouse Insert (Case Study) COP Sections 4.2.2 thru 4.3 (Existing Conditions) COP Tamarisk Insert (Case Study) COP Section 5.1 thru 5.4 (Climate Change) COP Section 6 (Findings and Applications) COP Appendix A (Management Questions) COP Appendix B (Ecological Systems) COP Appendix C (Species Conservation Elements) COP Appendix D (Logic Models)

**Middle Rockies (MIR) REA Memos and Reports**
Description	Document Link
Management questions, conservation elements, and change agents	Task 1 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Datasets for analysis	Task 2 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Analytical models and tools	Task 3 Final Memorandum (PDF)
REA work plan
Preliminary findings for review
REA report, maps, and supporting documents

**Mojave Basin and Range (MBR) REA Memos and Reports**
Description	Document Link
Management questions, conservation elements, and change agents	Task 1 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Datasets for analysis	Task 2 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Analytical models and tools	Task 3 Final Memorandum (PDF)
REA work plan	Task 4 Final Workplan (PDF)
Preliminary findings for review	Task 5 Final: Day 1A, 1B and Day 2A, 2B. (PDFs)
REA report, maps, and supporting documents

**Northwestern Plains (NWP) REA Memos and Reports**
Description	Document Link
Management questions, conservation elements, and change agents	Task 1 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Datasets for analysis	Task 2 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Analytical models and tools	Task 3 Final Memorandum (PDF)
REA work plan
Preliminary findings for review
REA report, maps, and supporting documents

**Seward Peninsula (SNK) REA Memos and Reports**
Description	Document Link
Management questions, conservation elements, and change agents	Task 1 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Datasets for analysis	Task 2 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Analytical models and tools	Task 3 Final Memorandum (PDF)
REA work plan	Task 4 Final Workplan (PDF)
Preliminary findings for review
REA report, maps, and supporting documents
REA Land Status Map	Land Status Map

**Sonoran Desert (SOD) REA Memos and Reports**
Description	Document Link
Management questions, conservation elements, and change agents	Task 1 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Datasets for analysis	Task 2 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Analytical models and tools	Task 3 Final Memorandum (PDF)
REA work plan	Task 4 Final Workplan (PDF)
Preliminary findings for review	Workshop 6 Materials Part 1 and Part 2. (PDF)
REA final report is in multiple PDF files Refer to the Table of Contents in Section 1 for detailed descriptions of each Section and Appendix.	SOD Sections 1, 2, 3 (BLM, Intro, Methods) SOD Section 4.1 thru 4.2.1 (Existing Conditions) SOD Desert Tortoise (Case Study) SOD Sections 4.2.2 thru 4.3 (Existing Conditions) SOD Tamarisk Insert (Case Study) SOD Section 5.1 thru 5.4 (Climate Change) SOD Section 6 (Findings and Applications; Glossary) SOD Appendix A (Management Questions) SOD Appendix B (Ecological Systems) SOD Appendix C (Species Conservation Elements) SOD Appendix D (Attributes and Indicators) SOD Appendix E (Logic Models)

**Yukon Kuskokwim (YKL) REA Memos and Reports**
Description	Document Link
Management questions, conservation elements, and change agents	Task 1 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Datasets for analysis
Analytical models and tools
REA work plan
Preliminary findings for review
REA report, maps, and supporting documents
REA Land Status Map	Land Status Map

Northern Great Basin (NGB) REA Memos and Reports
Description
Document Link
Management questions, conservation elements, and change agents Task 1 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Datasets for analysis Task 2 Final Memorandum (PDF)
Analytical models and tools Task 3 Final Memorandum (PDF)
REA work plan Task 4 Final Workplan (PDF)
Preliminary findings for review
REA report, maps, and supporting documents

North Slope (NOS) REA Memos and Reports
Description
Document Link
Management questions, conservation elements, and change agents In Progress
Datasets for analysis
Analytical models and tools
REA work plan
Preliminary findings for review
REA report, maps, and supporting documents
REA Land Status Map

Wyoming Basin (WYB) REA Memos and Report
Description
Document Link
Management questions, conservation elements, and change agents Interim Report Completed
Analytical models and tools Interim Report Completed
REA work plan In Progress
Preliminary findings for review
REA report, maps, and supporting documents

Madrean Archipelago (MAD) REA Memos and Report
Task Description Document Links Webinar Presentation Brochure(s)
PHASE I
Initiate Project:
Pre-Assessment Work Plan, Communication Plan
Work Plan | Appendices
Project Management Milestones
Communication Plan
Update Webinar Presentation
Jan. 15, 2013 Brochure Jan. 2013
Final Pre-Assessment Report Development Forums
PHASE II
Assessment Work Plan
Inventory, Acquire, and Evaluate Data; Develop Process Models
Develop Geoprocessing Models, Conduct Analysis, Generate Findings; Assemble Data Packages
Final REA Report

Southern Great Plains (SGP) REA Memos and Report
Description
Document Link
Management questions, conservation elements, and change agents
Analytical models and tools
REA work plan
Preliminary findings for review
REA report, maps, and supporting documents
Map of Ecoregions within the REA Map of Ecoregions

Landscape Approach

Last updated: 04-23-2013