A Comparison of Actual vs. Potential Natural Vegetation in the Western U.S.: An Interpretation of the Differences

Table of Contents

• Title Page
• Objectives
• Actual Vegetation / Potential Natural Vegetation
• Current Land Cover
• Potetntial Natural Vegetation (Kuchler)
• Methods
• Overlay of Kuchler and Land Cover
• Overlay of Kuchler and Land Cover - Western Spruce-Fir Forest
• Western Spruce Fir (Kuchler)
• Results
• Northern Rockies Ecoregion
• Columbia Plateau Ecoregion
• Human Conversion - Columbia Plateau Ecoregion
• Human Conversion - Snake River Basin / High Desert Ecoregion
• Highest Conversion with Associated Protection Status
• Conclusions
• Suggestions

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