PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
Rapid ecoregional assessments (REAs) synthesize existing science about resource conditions and trends within an ecoregion. They do not make management decisions or allocate resource uses. Instead, REAs provide information and tools for land managers and stakeholders to consider in subsequent resource planning and decisionmaking processes.
Because REAs are science-based assessments, they undergo a science peer review process overseen by the U.S. Geological Survey, rather than a public comment process. However, opportunities for public input are provided at the initiation of the REA process, when the important management questions that guide the REA are formulated. In addition, the REA interim memos and final reports are posted for public information and use. See the Assessments page underneath Rapid Ecoregional Assessments to read the various reports for the individual REAs.