Data Availability

This site is under construction and additional information is being added on a regular basis. We intend to make all data assembled for the Great Lakes Ecological Assessment available electronically along with appropriate descriptive metadata. Some data are available for download on the USGS website. In some cases, data files are very large. If you can not find the information you are looking for or the appropriate formats, please contact the individuals below.

Some of the data are available at the
USGS Biological Resources Division Website

Link to GIS data for Ecological Subregions: Provinces, Sections, and Subsections of the Conterminous United States

For physical and biological data contact:

Tina Baumann
USDA-Forest Service--North Central Research Station
Research Work Unit 4153--Landscape Ecology
5985 Highway K
Rhinelander, WI  54501-9128
Phone: 715-362-7474

For social and economic data contact:

Sharon Hobrla
USDA-Forest Service--North Central Research Station
Research Information
1407 S. Harrison Road
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone: 517-355-7740 extension 111