3C77E877-43AE-49B4-952D-DF0D492F9E14 eng utf8 dataset dataset Teresa Tran U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6 IT Specialist - GIS 214-665-6787 1201 Elm Street Ste 500 Dallas TX 75270 tran.teresa@epa.gov https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-6-south-central website information pointOfContact 2025-08-22 ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification 2007 2 row 1186 column 1247 area 4269 EPA Region 6 TEAP Geodatabase 2011-06-28 publication Teresa Tran U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6 IT Specialist - GIS 214-665-6787 1201 Elm Street Ste 500 Dallas TX 75270 tran.teresa@epa.gov https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-6-south-central website information pointOfContact mapDigital The Texas Ecological Assessment Protocol (TEAP) is a screening level assessment tool created by a working group of the Texas Environmental Resource Stewards (TERS). The TEAP divides nineteen individual measures into three main layers: diversity, rarity, and sustainability. This feature class represents the composite of these three layers. The results from the diversity, rarity, and sustainability layers are summed to create the composite grid with scores potentially ranging from 3 to 300. The higher scores represent areas that may be of a higher ecological importance.TERS was established in July 2002 to seek greater Federal and State interagency collaboration on identifying and supporting joint priorities, particularly regarding transportation issues. Leaders from participating agencies (see Supplemental Information) jointly identified common interests and target activities for collaborative ecosystem management, thereby benefitting each agency. Common interests and uses included identification of highest priority natural resources areas (wetland, aquatic, terrestrial) for avoidance, mitigation, or potential compensation or restoration; "streamlining" of regulatory processes; early assistance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) planning; and analysis of cumulative impacts. TERS participants also identified uses for the TERS ecological assessment within each agency's mission. The vision, as developed by the TERS executives, included the following actions: Improve mutual understanding; Use collective knowledge to support decisions-making; and Strive for synergism. The TERS approach to achieving this vision was to use an ecosystem approach to organize strategies that achieve effective and measurable environmental results, and jointly communicate the results to the public. The initial goals of TERS were to identify high priority ecological areas, potential mitigation areas, and streamline the regulatory processes. The TEAP is part of the first goal: the ecological assessment and identification of priority ecological resources in the state of Texas. Please refer to the 2005 report ( http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=P100BLAF.txt) for more details on TERS and the TEAP. Texas Environmental Resource Stewards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 6, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Teresa Tran U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6 IT Specialist - GIS 214-665-6787 1201 Elm Street Ste 500 Dallas TX 75270 tran.teresa@epa.gov https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/epa-region-6-south-central website information publisher Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma Texas place EPA Place Names 2015-01-31 publication Conservation Ecology Ecosystem Environment Impact Indicator Land Management Modeling Natural Resources theme EPA GIS Keyword Thesaurus 2007-11-02 publication 020:070 theme Federal Program Inventory 2013-09-16 publication This is a screening level study. Do not use for site specific work. Acknowledgment of the Texas Environmental Resource Stewards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 6, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Deptartment would be appreciated in products derived from this dataset. EPA Public Domain License licenseUnrestricted https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html eng utf8 Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535 -109.050173 -88.758388 25.837164 37.002312 2005-03-01T00:00:00 2011-06-30T00:00:00 Robert Kirkland US EPA, Region 6 EDG Steward (214) 665-6798 (214) 665-6689 1445 Ross Ave, Suite 1200 Dallas Texas 75089 US kirkland.robert@epa.gov https://edg.epa.gov/data/PUBLIC/R6/TEAP/teap_data.zip file offlineAccess 630 am to 300 pm, M-F Send email or leave message if not available. resourceProvider Raster Dataset Version 1.0 0.71 https://edg.epa.gov/data/PUBLIC/R6/TEAP/teap_data.zip download