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The Virtual Regions:

The SAIN team has assembled representative "virtual tours" of Southern Appalachian regional highlights. Visit these informative resources through the links here:

Virtual Southern Appalachian Ecosystem
- an overview of the ecosystems of the region.

Virtual Tennessee River Gorge (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
- the fourth largest river canyon east of the Mississippi.

Virtual Albright Grove (Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Tennessee)
- one of the largest and most impressive stands of virgin poplar in Eastern Tennessee.

Virtual Little Tennessee River (Franklin, North Carolina)
- The Little Tennessee watershed is defined by the Cowee and Nantahala mountains.

Photo by Chuck Jurgens

Community Participation Toolkit
The Southern Appalachian Information Node is working on an interactivity toolkit and a model web focus that improves public awareness of community resources, threats that endanger them, and actions that can be taken to use them more sustainably. For more information contact Wolf Naegeli.

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Catalog of SAIN 3D Models
The Southern Appalachian Information Node staff has been developing 3D models to assist analyses and visualization of regional natural resources.

Practical Map-Analysis Tool for Corridor Detection Software Enginnering for Analyzyng Multi-State maps and producing a Web-based Service to Land Managers
The importance of corridors for wildlife movement in the conservationand managment of biodiversity is widely acknowledged. However, there currently exist no analytical tools which can accurately predict where such movement corridors are likely to exist in real-world landscape maps. SAIN partners are working on development of a corridor tool. See preliminary results here. For more information contact William Hargrove.

Catalog of SAIN Immersive Technology Images
The Southern Appalachian Information Node is taking the lead in educating the future scientists and and other community members. These virtual tours*, built with Ipix™ technology, opens with 360 degrees views. Experience virtually the ecosystems of the region from your computer and get informed! For more information contact Franciel Azpurua-Linares.

ID Nature Guides: Bees
This page is a portal to bee information. Examine the taxonomy, natural history, distribution, abundance, and ecology of bumble bees. This SAIN partner is developing guides for all life, click here to see other identification keys.

Overhead View of Chattanooga Creek Initiative Area
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Chattanoga Creek Research Initiative
Various Chattanooga interest groups have developed a plan to create green spaces in an urban setting as part of a larger south Chattanooga redevelopment initiative. A proposed greenway will utilize inactive hazardous waste sites, and areas in the floodplain of the historically heavy industrialized Chattanooga Creek. As part of this initiative, a map of the prospective greenway must be created. This map must accurately portray 1) inactive hazardous waste sites located along the proposed greenway, 2) the Chattanooga Creek floodplain, and 3) existing biotic populations. By serving as the centralized clearing house for “All Things Chattanooga Creek”, this specific SAIN project will serve as a model for multi-agency/multi-entity cooperation and collaboration. While not conducting the actual research in house, SAIN will provide a stand-alone geographic inventory of pertinent past and current research in the Chattanooga Creek floodplain. Providing various levels of access, based on file sensitivity and a predetermined level of password protection, this SAIN project will serve a broad spectrum of interested users.

For more information about this project contact Robert Keller.

Web Tools for the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Action Team
The hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) is an introduced insect from Asia that is devastating the hemlocks throughout Appalachia. Communication and information-sharing about the biology, impact, and control of the adelgid is key to the HWA Action Team's success. To assist this endeavor, SAIN has developed web-based tools to support the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Action Team. This include: a portal page, a web-based fly-thru video of a 3-dimensional GIS terrain model and an Immersive Technology Module to experience 'virtual' Albright Grove.

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