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Service Description: Full Metadata This United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Shared Enterprise Geodata and Services (SEGS) web service displays Level III and Level IV Ecoregions of the United States and was created from ecoregion data obtained from the US EPA Office of Research and Development's Western Ecology Division. The original ecoregion data was projected from Albers to Web Mercator for this web service. To download shapefiles of ecoregion data (in Albers), please go to: www.epa.gov/wed/pages/ecoregions.htm. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT LEVEL IV POLYGON LEGEND DISPLAY IN ARCMAP: Due to the limitations of Graphical Device Interface (GDI) resources per application on Windows, ArcMap does not display the legend in the Table of Contents for the ArcGIS Server service layer if the legend has more than 100 items. As of December 2011, there are 968 unique legend items in the Level IV Ecoregion Polygon legend. Follow this link (http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/33741) for instructions about how to increase the maximum number of ArcGIS Server service layer legend items allowed for display in ArcMap. Note the instructions at this link provide a slightly incorrect path to "Maximum Legend Count". The correct path is HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > ESRI > ArcMap > Server > MapServerLayer > Maximum Legend Count. When editing the "Maximum Legend Count", update the field, "Value data" to 1000. To download a PDF version of the Level IV ecoregion map and legend, go to ftp://ftp.epa.gov/wed/ecoregions/us/Eco_Level_IV_US_pg.pdf. Ecoregions denote areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources. Compilation of the level IV maps, performed at 1:250,000 scale, has been a part of collaborative projects between US Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory (NHEERL)--Corvallis, OR, the US Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and a variety of other state and federal resource agencies. The ecoregions and subregions are designed to serve as a spatial framework for environmental resource management. The most immediate needs by the states are for developing regional biological criteria and water resource standards, and for setting management goals for nonpoint-source pollution. Level IV ecoregions are intended for large geographic extents (i.e. states, multiple counties, or river basins). Use for smaller areas, such as individual counties or a 1:24,000 scale map boundary, is not recommended. Explanation of the methods used to delineate the ecoregions are given in Omernik (1995), Griffith et al. (1994), and Gallant et al. (1989). For more information about Omernik ecoregions or to download ecoregion maps and GIS data, go to: http://www.epa.gov/wed/pages/ecoregions.htm. These data are available for public access and use and carry no restrictions. Level III and IV Ecoregions (US EPA) current through December 2011.

Map Name: US Level III and IV Ecoregions

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• Level IV Ecoregions (December 2011) IMPORTANT: read layer description (1)
  • Level III Ecoregion Lines (Scale GT 9,000,000) (2)
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  • Level IV Ecoregion Labels (Scale LT 4,000,000) (5)
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• Level III Ecoregions (December 2011) (8)
  • Level III Ecoregion Labels (Scale GT 4,000,000) (9)
  • Level III Ecoregion Labels (Scale LT 4,000,000) (10)
  • Level III Ecoregion Polygons (11)
• Level IV Ecoregion Status (December 2011) (12)

Description: Full Metadata This United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Shared Enterprise Geodata and Services (SEGS) web service displays Level III and Level IV Ecoregions of the United States and was created from ecoregion data obtained from the US EPA Office of Research and Development's Western Ecology Division. The original ecoregion data was projected from Albers to Web Mercator for this web service. To download shapefiles of ecoregion data (in Albers), please go to: www.epa.gov/wed/pages/ecoregions.htm. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT LEVEL IV POLYGON LEGEND DISPLAY IN ARCMAP: Due to the limitations of Graphical Device Interface (GDI) resources per application on Windows, ArcMap does not display the legend in the Table of Contents for the ArcGIS Server service layer if the legend has more than 100 items. As of December 2011, there are 968 unique legend items in the Level IV Ecoregion Polygon legend. Follow this link (http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/33741) for instructions about how to increase the maximum number of ArcGIS Server service layer legend items allowed for display in ArcMap. Note the instructions at this link provide a slightly incorrect path to "Maximum Legend Count". The correct path is HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > ESRI > ArcMap > Server > MapServerLayer > Maximum Legend Count. When editing the "Maximum Legend Count", update the field, "Value data" to 1000. To download a PDF version of the Level IV ecoregion map and legend, go to ftp://ftp.epa.gov/wed/ecoregions/us/Eco_Level_IV_US_pg.pdf. Ecoregions denote areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources. Compilation of the level IV maps, performed at 1:250,000 scale, has been a part of collaborative projects between US Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory (NHEERL)--Corvallis, OR, the US Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and a variety of other state and federal resource agencies. The ecoregions and subregions are designed to serve as a spatial framework for environmental resource management. The most immediate needs by the states are for developing regional biological criteria and water resource standards, and for setting management goals for nonpoint-source pollution. Level IV ecoregions are intended for large geographic extents (i.e. states, multiple counties, or river basins). Use for smaller areas, such as individual counties or a 1:24,000 scale map boundary, is not recommended. Explanation of the methods used to delineate the ecoregions are given in Omernik (1995), Griffith et al. (1994), and Gallant et al. (1989). For more information about Omernik ecoregions or to download ecoregion maps and GIS data, go to: http://www.epa.gov/wed/pages/ecoregions.htm. These data are available for public access and use and carry no restrictions. Level III and IV Ecoregions (US EPA) current through December 2011.

Copyright Text: Map service: US EPA Office of Environmental Information (OEI). Data: US EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)

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Title: US Level III and IV Ecoregions
Author: US EPA National Geospatial Support (NGS) Team (geoservices@epa.gov)
Comments: This United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Shared Enterprise Geodata and Services (SEGS) web service displays Level III and Level IV Ecoregions of the United States and was created from ecoregion data obtained from the US EPA Office of Research and Development's Western Ecology Division. The original ecoregion data was projected from Albers to Web Mercator for this web service. To download shapefiles of ecoregion data (in Albers), please go to: www.epa.gov/wed/pages/ecoregions.htm. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT LEVEL IV POLYGON LEGEND DISPLAY IN ARCMAP: Due to the limitations of Graphical Device Interface (GDI) resources per application on Windows, ArcMap does not display the legend in the Table of Contents for the ArcGIS Server service layer if the legend has more than 100 items. As of December 2011, there are 968 unique legend items in the Level IV Ecoregion Polygon legend. Follow this link (http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/33741) for instructions about how to increase the maximum number of ArcGIS Server service layer legend items allowed for display in ArcMap. Note the instructions at this link provide a slightly incorrect path to "Maximum Legend Count". The correct path is HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > ESRI > ArcMap > Server > MapServerLayer > Maximum Legend Count. When editing the "Maximum Legend Count", update the field, "Value data" to 1000. To download a PDF version of the Level IV ecoregion map and legend, go to ftp://ftp.epa.gov/wed/ecoregions/us/Eco_Level_IV_US_pg.pdf. Ecoregions denote areas of general similarity in ecosystems and in the type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources. Compilation of the level IV maps, performed at 1:250,000 scale, has been a part of collaborative projects between US Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory (NHEERL)--Corvallis, OR, the US Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and a variety of other state and federal resource agencies. The ecoregions and subregions are designed to serve as a spatial framework for environmental resource management. The most immediate needs by the states are for developing regional biological criteria and water resource standards, and for setting management goals for nonpoint-source pollution. Level IV ecoregions are intended for large geographic extents (i.e. states, multiple counties, or river basins). Use for smaller areas, such as individual counties or a 1:24,000 scale map boundary, is not recommended. Explanation of the methods used to delineate the ecoregions are given in Omernik (1995), Griffith et al. (1994), and Gallant et al. (1989). For more information about Omernik ecoregions or to download ecoregion maps and GIS data, go to: http://www.epa.gov/wed/pages/ecoregions.htm. These data are available for public access and use and carry no restrictions. Level III and IV Ecoregions (US EPA) current through December 2011.
Subject: This US EPA Shared Enterprise Geodata and Services (SEGS) web service contains polygon layers depicting US Level III and IV Ecoregions from the US EPA.
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Keywords: ecoregions,US EPA,ORD,SEGS
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