This dataset represents the top-ranked watersheds for species and species groups in each biogeographic province based upon work done in the 2007 Audubon-TNC Conservation Assessment.

Additional information on the methodology for creating datasets in this database can be found in the Mapping Methods section of the Ecological Atlas of Southeast Alaska.

References:

Albert, D. M. and J. W. Schoen. 2007. A conservation assessment for the coastal forests and mountains ecoregion of southeastern Alaska and the Tongass National Forest, In A Conservation Assessment and Resource Synthesis for the Coastal Forests & Mountains Ecoregion in Southeastern Alaska and the Tongass National Forest. J. W. Schoen and E. Dovichin eds. Audubon Alaska and The Nature Conservancy, Anchorage, AK.