By bringing together all types of information about species distributions, providing model-based integration, and providing a system for users to build upon our knowledge, the Map of Life project hopes to support our community in understanding and saving the world's biodiversity.

This LiveBinder is dedicated to helping teachers find the right web tool for the task at hand.

BILLINGS - The U.S. Forest Service is attempting to grow whitebark pine that are resistant to blister rust as part of an effort to prevent the high-elevation tree from dying out in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.

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Giant snakes are eating their way through the Everglades, leaving a drastically changed ecosystem in their wake, a new study shows.

Tony Cenicola/The New York Times The strict new federal standards limiting pollution from power plants are meant to safeguard human health. But they should have an important side benefit, according to a study being released on Tuesday: protecting a broad array of wildlife that has been harmed by mercury emissions.

UC SANTA BARBARA (US) - Human land-use activity has begun to change the regional water and energy cycles of parts of the Amazon basin. A new study published in the journal Nature also shows ongoing interactions of deforestation, fire, and climate change have the potential to alter carbon storage, rainfall patterns, and river discharge on an even larger scale.

"...birds are now so food-deprived that they take up to twice as long replace their feathers, an annual process known as molt."

A summary of an article that examines the impact of farming on birds in Costa Rica. Apparently, planting and/or leaving trees can have a large positive impact on birds in these contexts.

Summary of a peer-reviewed article on the response of tropical birds to climate change. Contains link to full article.

A short article on how birds are being used as sustainability indicators in Nebraskan farms.

This online data viewer provides user-friendly access to regional land cover and land cover change information developed through NOAA's Coastal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP). The Land Cover Atlas eliminates the need for desktop geographic information system software, or advanced technical expertise, by processing C-CAP data for the user and providing easy access to that distilled information.

Learn more about the kinds of data available and download data. Use these tools to turn data into the useful information your organization needs. Update your skills by participating in one of these training programs. See how data and tools are used to address coastal management issues.

A concise and nicely illustrated publication about native bees in North America.

This map is designed to be used as a base map by marine GIS professionals and as a reference map by anyone interested in ocean data. The base map includes bathymetry, marine water body names, undersea feature names, and derived depth values in meters. Land features include administrative boundaries, cities, inland waters, roads, overlaid on land cover and shaded relief imagery.

Fast and easy access to dynamic worldwide, multi-spectral, multi-temporal Landsat data for your projects. This is a great resource for observing and analyzing land use changes.

The Topographic and Bathymetric Data Inventory displays the best-available topographic and bathymetric data for the United States.

A lot of free resources from federal agencies for all subjects. The science section is particularly rich.

New EPA website for students includes learning about climate change as well as how students can become involved in solutions. The presentation of material is at a student-friendly level. The site also has an "educator resources" section.

A training manual to use a free open-source GIS to do spatial analysis with plant biodiversity and distribution