This node is a regional information network of the NBII intended to provide access to information and services relevant to forest resources in the Pacific Northwest.  It is one of a series of regional NBII nodes that were recommended in the report "Teaming with Life:  Investing in Science to Understand and Use America’s Living Capital", presented to the President in March 1998 by the President’s Committee of Advisers on Science and Technology, Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystems.

For more general information about the Pacific Northwest Information Node, please see our fact sheet (in PDF format).

If you are using the NBII Metadata Clearinghouse, metadata for Pacific Northwest Information Node projects can be found in the metadata node listed as "Forest Aquatic and Rangeland ecosystems in Western USA"

For information about management of eastside forests, visit the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project (ICBEMP). In July 1993, President Clinton directed the Forest Service to "develop a scientifically sound and ecosystem-based strategy for management of eastside forests."   Responding to this direction, the ICBEMP was initiated by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.

• ICBEMP Science Publications
• ICBEMP Environmental Impact Statement (link to Summary)

You can also read more about the various partners who are collaborating to create this node, and browse related sites.

The Pacific Northwest Information Node is collaborating with the IUFRO's Global Forest Information Service, which is working to put together a world-wide forestry information system.

Geographic Perspectives
U.S. Programs & Activities | International | California | Central Southwest/Gulf Coast | Great Basin
Mountain Prairie | Pacific Basin | Pacific Northwest | Southern Appalachian | Southwest

This site is developed and maintained by the Fire and Mountain Ecology Lab,the
USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station, the University of Washington,
and the Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering