Area of Ecoregions of interest stratified by IRA and Wilderness
Ecoregion Number Globally Outstanding Ecoregion Name Total Area Total Area wilderness wilderness+total IRA wilderness+roads allowed IRA total IRA increase roads allowed IRA increase
      (ha) (ha) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)
Alaska Geographic Division
23 X Northern Pacific Coast 4,445,830 4,446,000 25 69 42 175 34
104   Icefields and Tundra 4,321,628 4,322,000 21 79 44 267 41
Eastern Geographic Division
7   Western Great Lakes 4,405,073 4,405,000 11 12 12 12 12
12   New England/Acadia 596,439 596,000 11 28 20 147 44
15   Allegheny Highlands 305,879 306,000 1 2 1 55 8
16 X Appalachian/Blue Ridge 3,771,602 3,772,000 4 12 8 200 53
17 X Mixed Mesophytic 1,861,175 1,861,000 2 4 4 78 64
18   Central US Hardwoods 1,940,470 1,940,000 2 3 3 38 32
19   Ozark Mountains 1,423,520 1,424,000 3 6 6 92 64
22 X Southeast Mixed Forests 1,251,311 1,251,000  +  +  + 49 49
48   Piney Woods 1,164,297 1,164,000 2 2 2 8 8
50   Middle Atlantic Coast 288,310 288,000 6 9 9 48 41
51 X Southeastern Conifer 799,392 799,000 4 6 5 54 25
52 X Florida Sand Pine Scrub 102,233 102,000 4 5 5 33 33
59   Northern Tall Grasslands 55,320 55,000 0 34 34  ***  ***
Western Geographic Division
30   North Central Rockies 6,952,814 6,953,000 20 47 36 135 52
31   Okanogan Forests 324,648 325,000 0 17 16  *** 1420
32   Cascade Mnts. Leeward 1,280,843 1,281,000 37 56 44 50 13
33 X North Cascades 723,572 724,000 43 65 47 50 7
34 X Central Pacific Coastal 686,553 687,000 5 12 7 134 18
36   Central/South. Cascades 2,804,313 2,804,000 19 30 23 54 16
37   Eastern Cascades 3,077,305 3,077,000 2 8 6 238 90
38   Blue Mountains 2,725,775 2,726,000 15 28 23 93 42
39 X Klamath-Siskiyou 2,810,270 2,810,000 20 34 27 74 28
41 X Sierra Nevada 3,616,425 3,616,000 21 32 27 54 26
42   Great Basin Montane 389,262 389,000 29 80 74 179 132
43   South Central Rockies 11,318,680 11,319,000 24 63 52 159 76
44   Wasatch/Uinta Montane 2,813,020 2,813,000 9 54 48 481 249
45   Colorado Rockies 7,652,336 7,652,000 19 44 38 133 83
46   Arizona Mountains 6,340,487 6,340,000 12 23 18 89 34
47 X Madrean Sky Islands 607,640 608,000 20 44 20 119  +
53   Palouse Grasslands 170,565 171,000 7 20 19 196 156
57   Montana Valley/Foothill 525,557 526,000 2 33 29 1637 494
58   NW Mixed Grasslands 2,858,039 2,858,000  + 6 5 5050 762
63   West. Short Grasslands 1,274,411 1,274,000 0  +  +  ***  +
70 X C. Cal. Shrub/Savanna 440,612 441,000 9 33 28 277 137
71 X S. Cal. Woods/Shrub 1,185,016 1,185,000 32 61 51 89 46
72 X S. Cal. Coastal Scrub 295,179 295,000 14 34 23 151 37
75   Snake/Col. Shrub Steppe 520,176 520,000 1 34 25 2686 244
76   Grt. Basin Shrub Steppe 3,281,664 3,282,000 9 60 56 602 380
77   Wyoming Basin 240,785 241,000 3 38 37 1414 901
78   Colorado Plateau 1,322,912 1,323,000 6 28 26 347 211
79   Mojave Desert 171,846 172,000 23 28 26 20 12
80 X Sonoran Desert 77,914 78,000 25 35 28 41 10
81 X Chihuahuan Desert 136,971 137,000 5 30 16 531 56