Northeast Terrestial Habitat Map

This guide to northeastern U.S. habitats, created with state agencies and partners, maps terrestrial and freshwater habitat types, their condition, species, and distribution. These data were updated in 2026 to incorporate landuse values from the 2024 NLCD Landuse/Landcover, imputed based on neighboring values. No new habitat modeling was completed. Additional details about this data are available in the metadata document or by visiting the website for the Northeast Terrestrial and Aquatic Habitat Guides. Have you ever wondered what type of forest grows on the hill behind your house or in the wilds of maritime Canada, which birds you might find in a North Atlantic salt marsh, or how protected are the Northeast’s alpine summits? Now this information is at your fingertips through a unique interactive map, covering 13 US states and 4 Canadian provinces. Check it out here: https://maps.tnc.org/nehabitatmap As both a practical tool for conservation professionals, and an educational resource for nature enthusiasts, the Northeast Habitat dataset and map viewer offers a way for people of all backgrounds to find answers to important questions about the terrestrial landscape. The map includes: · Complete coverage of the Northeast’s 140 common and unique terrestrial habitats, from the serpentine ridges of the Gaspe Peninsula to the limestone barrens of western Virginia. · Information on each habitat’s ecology, plants and animals, securement level, regional abundance, and predicted loss to development. · Base maps to explore how the Habitat Map overlays on satellite imagery or topographic maps. · Scientifically rigorous datasets, reports, and an interactive web map. The map and data were created by The Nature Conservancy with funding from the Northeast Climate Science Center and The North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative. The map uses a classification system adapted from the U.S. National Vegetation Classification and Canadian Nation Vegetation Classification in consultation with NatureServe and its partners. Mapping methods were developed by The Nature Conservancy’s Eastern Conservation Science team, with help from The Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Atlantic Conservation Data Centre. Download the data (Tiff). Learn more about the work of the Center for Resilient Conservation Science on our webpage.本美国东北部生境指南由州级机构与合作方联合编制，对陆地与淡水生境类型、其健康状况、栖息物种及分布格局进行了系统性制图标注。 本数据集于2026年完成更新，纳入了2024年国家土地覆盖数据库（National Land Cover Database, NLCD）的土地利用数据，该类数据通过邻近区域数值推演得到，未开展新的生境建模工作。 有关该数据集的更多详情可查阅元数据文档，或访问《东北陆地与水生生境指南》官方网站。 您是否曾好奇自家屋后山坡或加拿大滨海诸省的荒野中生长着何种森林？北大西洋盐沼中可能栖息着哪些鸟类？东北部的高山峰顶受保护程度如何？如今，这款独特的交互式地图可让您轻松获取上述信息，覆盖美国13个州与加拿大4个省份。您可通过以下链接查看：https://maps.tnc.org/nehabitatmap 作为面向保护从业者的实用工具，同时也是面向自然爱好者的科普资源，东北部生境数据集与地图查看器能够帮助各背景人群解答有关陆地景观的各类重要问题。该地图包含以下内容： · 完整覆盖东北部140种常见与特有陆地生境，从加斯佩半岛的蛇形山脊到弗吉尼亚州西部的石灰岩荒原。 · 提供每种生境的生态特征、伴生动植物物种、保护等级、区域丰度及因开发导致的预计丧失比例等信息。 · 提供底图功能，支持查看生境地图与卫星影像或地形图的叠加效果。 · 包含严谨科学的数据集、研究报告及交互式网页地图。 本地图与数据集由大自然保护协会（The Nature Conservancy, TNC）编制，获得东北部气候科学中心与北大西洋景观保护合作项目的资助。 本地图采用改编自美国国家植被分类系统与加拿大国家植被分类系统的分类体系，该工作得到了自然保护协会（NatureServe）及其合作方的咨询支持。 制图方法由大自然保护协会东部保护科学团队开发，加拿大大自然保护协会与大西洋保护数据中心提供了协助。 可下载TIFF格式的数据集。如需了解韧性保护科学中心（Center for Resilient Conservation Science）的相关工作，请访问其官方网页。