SWIN Region The Southwest Information Node (SWIN) includes Arizona, Colorado Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah and is home to an incredibly diverse natural and political environment. A rapidly growing population interacts with complex natural features such as deserts plateaus, rivers, and mountain ranges.

Working together, SWIN and its partners promote dissemination of the best scientific information for the Southwest. For more information, please download the Southwest Information Node Factsheet [PDF version].

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    • Great Basin Information Project
    Investigate the NBII GBIP project. This information project provides consolidated and efficient access to information about the Great Basin and the Columbia Plateau Regions.
    2004 NBII Conference
    SWIN attended the 2004 NBII Conference in Montana where they presented a poster about SWIN's activities.
    SWIN's Ecology
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    Fort Collins Science Center, the University of New Mexico,
    and New Mexico State University.

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