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Ecoregions of Colorado Shannen S PRINCIPAL AUTHORS: Ecoregions of Colorado Shannen S. Chapman (Dynamac Corporation), g Lake Flamin 18 25 onaughy Glenn E. Griffith Gorge 18 McC Reservior 18 (Dynamac Corporation), 21 Cheyenne 21 James M. Omernik WYOMING Julesburg (USGS), Alan B. Price L 18a 18a 21c a 25d 21d 21d r 21c 18e 21c a 18f 21f 21b m S 25d 25c (NRCS), Jerry Freeouf i 19 18e 21f e N r r e r T v 18e e Ri 18d e v R M te v t i la i i v P (USFS), and Donald L. R M e E R I h 21e E r 21d ut 18a e 21a e D o t I M North Sterling S k t C a a A l I Reservoir Schrupp (CO Department n N R S P E 21b A 18e h L le t Walden r t r B it o of Wildlife [CODOW]). e L O e v N Cach la P udre River i W o R 21a n Sterling e NORTH 25c 18a 21aM Holyoke e r PARK T G N 21b Horsetooth Fort Collins pa Riv 21i m S Dinosaur NM Ya er Reservoir COLLABORATORS AND Craig 21c Steamboat 25d 20b Springs P 21f CONTRIBUTORS: Tony A 21a 20c R 21a 25b 20c 21c K 21f Greeley Selle (USEPA), Shannon R Estes Park Prewitt A Loveland Riverside Reservoir N Jackson Lake 25b 21a Reservoir G 21a Rocky Albeke (CODOW), Sandy 20b E Mountain NP 20b 21f 21g 21b 25l Fort 20f Empire Morgan 25c Bryce (Dynamac 21b 21e 21a 25b Reservoir 25b W h Lake Akron Corporation), Ed Rumbold it Longmont e MIDDLE 21f Granby 20c Ri ve 21e 21e E Wray r PARK r 25b G (BLM), Tom Weber 20f e Rangely N v Meeker i SKA A NEBRA 20b Kremmling R R (NRCS), Carol Dawson, Boulder e 20b t KANSAS 21i T t N a 25d D 21a 21e l O P o (BLM), Eric Waller R Brighton u 21g TOPS 25b g LAT 21c F h l E F t a 20c TH u s o S 25c (CODOW), Christy Pickens C ver r 21g Ri ee k o 21f 25d d ver (CDPHE), Brian Moran 21e a i r R 21a o Golden l 21e 21f 21d Denver aree o Arik 25 C 21a Georgetown (Indus Corporation), John Aurora nny H Bo Eagle 25c A 21d Reservoir Hutchinson (Science T Cherry Creek U Reservoir 21b er Littleton iv Applications International Rifle Glenwood Springs 21a 25c R LIFFS 21b Chatfield 25b 20e C Reservoir an ic AN 20b bl Corporation), and Jack O Breckenridge pu OOK C R 21d Re B LI F rk F 21f Roar o Wittmann (USGS). S ing 21e 1a 26i h F 21e F 21a 21b 2 Castle out or Rock 26i S k 21f Burlington Riv 21e G er RA 21a Kiowa 25d N 21b 25d C D 21c 26i 26i 25d REVIEWERS: Patrick o VA Leadville l 20c 21b Limon or 20b 20 ad LL 21c 21c o E Aspen Fairplay 25d Comer (NatureServe), Alisa Ri Y 21f 25d ve E 21a r r L 21i e Hugo 21e v K i Gallant (USGS), Tom Colorado Grand Junction M R 25c MESA T 21f e NM N D t N S t A S 20b A 21c a Huber (University of R 21f l 21g G W 21a P 26j A 21b 21j Florissant T 21e C h Fossil H 21a t Colorado, Colorado 21a u 21f Antero o Beds NM R S AN Reservoir 21b GE Springs), and Ron West 21f Paonia 21b SOUTH 21i PARK Cheyenne Wells 20c 20b 21a 21e Colorado Springs 21a 21a 21g 21g 21a Big (CO State Parks). 20d n River 21b S n so 1g an Gun i 2 21j Cripple dy Delta 21g 21h Creek 21a Creek 21g D U 21a 21b 25b o 21c 21h 21g l n WEST ELK 21b 25d o 21a 21e 21g CITING THIS POSTER: c r o e MTNS s U m Black Canyon 21a N p 21i 26k R of the 21f C a 21g 21c Chapman, S.S., Griffith, i O h Gunnison NP v M e P g Gunnison 21b r A r H e T G omi Salida 21f G.E., Omernik, J.M., Price, R R Montrose 21h chi 21 E i C 21c Eads P v re 21b 21c e ek L r 21c r A GUNNISON BASIN 21f ive 26h A.B., Freeouf, J., and TE Blue Mesa R 20b A 21a 21b s 26e Neesopah P U Reservoir sa Canon City A an Reservoir RA rk Schrupp, D.L., 2006, D 21c 21c A 21d O X 21e 21h 21a V A 21e 21f 21a L 21f Adobe Creek LE 21e 21f 21g Ecoregions of Colorado Y 20b 21e A Reservoir 21f Pueblo rkan 26k 20c 21g 21h sas R Ordway 21h 22a iv Lake (color poster with map, SA er 21h N Meredith 21f G R r 20b 20b 21j E Westcliffe e John Martin Arkansas descriptive text, summary D 21h iv Lamar D R Reservoir Ri r 21a E ve 20b y C 21f Lake S Las Animas r r 21g a 21b C 21h 21c o 26k e n n tables, and photographs): e City Saguache R k fa I 26k L r Ouray S e 21j u T u 25b i 21f O 21f 20b s H Reston, Virginia, U.S. R 26h C Telluride A La Junta 21g S r N r MTN e 21c 21j 21b e N e A G 21f v Geological Survey (map U 22c k E i J 21h R 21 21a 21a 21a 21g AN 21a Creede a Dove S 21a 21a p scale 1:1,200,000). ha Creek 22e is Silverton 21a p 21a 22a A 21d Great Sand 21d 20c SAN LUIS VALLEY Dunes NP 21a 21a 21j 20a 21a Del Norte 21b r 21a 21h 26h e R 22b San Luis 21e 21b Walsenburg iv io G R r Lake 26h an 21c e 21e d r e 21a 21b 21e 26h 26h i 21a to 21b ga 21c 26h r 26h u 26g 21g 21c 21f P Alamosa 21d 21a 21a Canyons 21b Springfield of the Cortez 21e Ancients NM 21d 21a 20c 21a A Durango 21h la iver 21f 21e mosa R r r e 21b Mesa Verde NP e 21a iv 21f 25d v i Pagosa Springs R R 22a s ta r r e e o la v j v i e San Luis P i n Trinidad 20a 21f R 21h o 20b a R C 21d L 20a 21e 21a 21d 26h a n 21a r a 21a 22a 20c d u Antonito e J cos River i 26f 20d an P an 25c 25b M S 22b Level III ecoregion ARIZONA 21d 21d 21b 21j r 21g OKLAHOMA e ron Level IV ecoregion v ar River i NEW MEXICO im R 21a 21j C s County boundary a e m d i n n 20 a A r State boundary Navajo 21 G 21 26 25 Reservior 22 o 22 23 i R 21 Southern Rockies 21h Volcanic Mid-Elevation Forests 26 Southwestern Tablelands 20 Colorado Plateaus 18 Wyoming Basin 21a Alpine Zone 21i Sagebrush Parks 26e Piedmont Plains and Tablelands 20a Monticello-Cortez Uplands and Sagebrush Valleys 25 High Plains 18a Rolling Sagebrush Steppe 21b Crystalline Subalpine Forests 21j Grassland Parks 26f Mesa de Maya/Black Mesa 20b Shale Deserts and Sedimentary Basins 25b Rolling Sand Plains 18d Foothill Shrublands and Low Mountains 21c Crystalline Mid-Elevation Forests 22 Arizona/New Mexico Plateau 26g Purgatoire Hills and Canyons 20c Semiarid Benchlands and Canyonlands 25c Moderate Relief Plains 18e Salt Desert Shrub Basins 21d Foothill Shrublands 22a San Luis Shrublands and Hills 26h Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands and Savannas 20d Arid Canyonlands 25d Flat to Rolling Plains 18f Laramie Basin 21e Sedimentary Subalpine Forests 22b San Luis Alluvial Flats and Wetlands 26i Pine-Oak Woodlands 20e Escarpments 25l Front Range Fans 21f Sedimentary Mid-Elevation Forests 22c Salt Flats 26j Foothill Grasslands 20f Uinta Basin Floor 21g Volcanic Subalpine Forests 22e Sand Dunes and Sand Sheets 26k Sand Sheets.
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