Prairie Pothole Bird Conservation Region

Montana Bird Conservation Region 11 Maps and Data

Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks (MFWP) and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Montana are working together with other partners to support the development of a cooperative monitoring strategy for upland birds in the Prairie Potholes Bird Conservation Region (BCR 11). Within Montana, BCR 11 includes 20.5 million acres in 17 counties and encompasses the Northern Great Plains and portions of the Northern Rolling Plains and the Northern Rocky Mountain foothills.

These maps and summary tables represent a range of environmental data that can be used for evaluating the biophysical characteristics of BCR 11 at the landscape level. The GIS datasets, metadata, and map templates used to create these displays are available on DVD. For a copy, contact:
Catherine Maynard, cmaynard@mt.gov
USDA-NRCS, (406) 444-4546

If you would like to discuss a collective strategy for data collection, data sharing and long-term monitoring, contact:

Catherine Wightman, cwightman@mt.gov
MFWP, (406) 443-3949