This new SWIN application allows users to view critical habitat of southwest T&E species along with current and past fire perimeters from http://geomac.usgs.gov.

A new report by the Forest Service, Forest Insect and Disease Conditions in the Southwestern Region - 2003, is now available at http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/publications/index.shtml. The document provides information on status and trends of insects and disease in New Mexico and Arizona forests.

The Western Governor's Association released a report, Creating a Drought Early Warning System for the 21st Century: The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS). This report is available at http://www.westgov.org/wga/publicat/nidis.pdf.

Various stakeholders in the Southwest will be invited to participate in developing a strategic plan for SWIN beginning August 2004. This strategic plan will be used to direct Node activities over the next five years and will help to identify the major biological information management needs in the Southwest U.S.

06/23/2004 - Web Site Usage Statistics Online

Now you can view the SWIN usage statistics by month and year.

06/01/2004 - New Online Mapper

SWIN releases a new online map viewer. The viewer features new functionality, new information layers, and a new interface.

10/06/2003 - SWIN Releases new SID application

The SWIN node of NBII releases the next generation of the Scientific Information Database. The new features include richer search capabilities and better information display.