In the 2012 President's Budget Request, the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is terminated. As a result, all resources, databases, tools, and applications within this web site will be removed on January 15, 2012. For more information, please refer to the NBII Program Termination page.
California's geography is unlike any other state. From the Mojave Desert in the southeast, to the high mountain peaks and forests, climate and organisms interact with these ecosystems in special ways. Several major topics are of special concern to California residents and visitors. Visit the pages below to find out more about these topics.
Fire Wildfire plays an important role in shaping and altering California's ecosystems.
Invasive Species Invasive species can displace native plants and animals, often with devastating effects.
Water and Drought Water is an essential resource for living communities of humans, plants, and animals across the state. In parts of California, water is scarce.
Wildlife Disease Diseases such as chronic wasting disease and whirling disease have regionally-important effects on both ecosystems and economies.
West-wide Energy Corridors on Public Lands
Electric towers at sunset [Photo: Warren Gretz, National Renewable Energy Laboratory's Photographic Information eXchange Collection]
The U.S. Department of Energy, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Department of Defense prepared a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) to evaluate issues associated with the designation of energy corridors on federal lands in eleven Western states. The Draft PEIS was issued in Fall 2007 and the Final West-wide Energy Corridor Programmatic EIS was made available in Fall 2008.
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