NARRATOR: Eleven states and the District of Columbia make up the northeast region. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut are known as the New England states. New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland are often called the mid-Atlantic states.

The northeastern United States (also referred to as the American Northeast, the Northeast, and the East Coast) is a geographical region of the United States bordered to the north by Canada, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the southern United States, and to the west by the midwestern United States.

The 14 states that have a shoreline on the Atlantic Ocean are, from north to south, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

The 11 states that make up the US Northeast Region are Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Major cities include New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, and Washington D.C.

Trees of the Northeast – the Deciduous Forest

• Northern White Cedar. This is another evergreen coniferous, but is a much smaller tree than the Norway Spruce.
• Northern Red Oak. An oak tree is known for its beautiful leaves, their unique shape, and its production of acorns.
• American Elm.
• Striped Maple.

From towering old-growth spruce in northern Maine to aspen saplings on the banks of the Mississippi River, America’s northeast is home to an abundance of trees and forests. About 4 of every 10 acres of land in the area—some 170 million acres—are forested (see map).

Some species of mammals found throughout the Eastern U.S. includes the red fox and gray fox, the North American beaver, North American porcupine, Virginia opossum, eastern mole, coyote, white-tailed deer, American mink, North American river otter, and long-tailed weasel.

FERAL HOGS Wild pigs are not native to North America, but they are certainly here to stay.

The grizzly bear is a North American subspecies of the brown bear. Grizzlies are typically brown, though their fur can appear to be white-tipped, or grizzled, lending them their name.