Explore the Southern Appalachian Information Node's purpose, projects, partners, and contact information. Download the node factsheet and strategic plan.
Southeastern U.S. Wildlife, Ecology, and Conservation in the News
Southeastern U.S. Wildlife, Ecology, and Conservation in the News Headlines about biodiversity in Southeastern U.S. states including ecosystems, organisms, and human interactions. This feed is configured by the Southern Appalachian Node of the National Biological Information Infrastructure to display news from southeastern U.S. states including Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi.
New Species Profiles for Species in Need of Conservation For amphibians, birds, fishes, mammals, and reptiles, new SAIN content provides detailed information about species recognized by Southeastern U.S. state wildlife agencies as in greatest need of conservation. This new interactive content provides detailed information for each species. To try it out, follow these links to species in need of conservation for amphibians, birds, fishes, mammals, and reptiles.
NBII Custom Search Now Available The NBII Custom Search is available on the upper right side of your screen on all NBII pages. Use it to search all NBII sites, all U.S. Geological Survey Web sites, and select high quality biological information sites.
Community Resource Mapper Now Available The Southeast Watershed Forum Community Resource Mapper provides a free, user-friendly, on-line mapping service that will help communities integrate natural resource protection into their land use planning efforts.
Frogs and toads of the region are now spotlighted under the SAIN Animals and Plants of the Region: Amphibians pages. With 42 species, regional frogs and toads include narrow-mouthed toads, neotropical frogs, tree frogs, true frogs, and spadefoots. The new pages present regional species with state distributions grouped by genera with links to detailed NatureServe species profiles and National Wildlife Federation species overviews. For a geographic perspective of frogs and toads of the Southern Appalachian region, visit the SAIN Frogs and Toads (order Anura) pages.
Kingston Fly Ash Release Update
[Photo: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, On-Scene Coordinator]
Kingston Ash Pond Failure
On December 22, 2008, 5.4 million cubic yards of coal combustion waste mixed with water escaped from a 40 acre settling pond after breaching an earthen dam at TVA's Kingston Fossil Plant near Harriman, Tennessee, flooding 400 acres and entering thee rivers. For more information about the spill, including maps, satellite imagery, publications, journal articles, and news, visit the "Kingston Ash Pond Failure" page.
New Feature: Southeast Watershed Forum Community Resource Mapper
[Copyright: Southeast Watershed Forum]
In partnership with NBII-SAIN, the Southeast Watershed Forum provides a new and valuable resource for land and water protection. The Community Resource Mapper provides a free, easy to use on-line mapping service that can help communities integrate natural resource protection into their land use planning efforts.
New Feature: Species Profiles for Southeastern U.S. Species in Greatest Need of Conservation
Sample species profile content [Photo: NBII-SAIN]
This site offers detailed species profiles for amphibian, bird, fish, mammal, and reptile species Southeastern U.S. state wildlife agencies find in greatest conservation need. Species profiles include:
ITIS Taxonomy
NatureServe Ecology and Life History
Gap Analysis Data
State Wildlife Action Plans
NBII ClearingHouse Metadata Search Results
Google search results for images, books, and web results.
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