A division of natural resources

A US Geological Survey map dated Jan. 3, 2018, obtained by E&E News, a Washington, D.C.-based online news organization that specializes in energy and environmental coverage, shows a plan to divide Interior Department supervision of land and resource management into 13 proposed regions: North Atlantic-Appalachian, South Atlantic-Gulf, Great Lakes-Ohio, Mississippi Basin, North Central, South Central, Colorado Basin, Northern Rockies, Great Basin, Northern Pacific Mountains, Southern Pacific Mountains, Alaska, and Pacific Islands. In many cases, the regions split states into multiple management regions.