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.
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Animals and Plants of the Southwest Region
Western Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) [Photograph: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
The Southwest region is home to a diverse range of ecosystems, including deserts, plateaus, rivers, and mountains. These ecosystems support a wide variety of plant and animal life.
Amphibians Find out more about amphibians, including additional resources.
Birds The region is home to a diversity of year-round and migratory bird species.
Fishes Explore regional and national resources for fishes.
Invertebrates Learn more about invertebrates of the region, including resources for butterflies and moths.
Mammals Find out more about the mammals of the region.
Plants The region's varied landscapes support a broad range of plant species.
Reptiles Many reptiles that are iconic species of the West's arid regions inhabit the Southwest region.
Species of Greatest Conservation Need Browse the interactive application to find out more about the species of greatest conservation need in the Southwest Region.
Western Soundscapes
[Image: Western Soundscapes]
The Western Soundscape Archive is a searchable web-based audio archive with a focus on the natural sounds of the western United States. Housed at the University of Utah's J. Willard Marriott Library, the recordings include representative sounds of more than 90% of the West's bird species, all of the region's frogs and toads, and more than 100 different types of mammals and reptiles, as well as ambient soundscapes and interviews.
SAGEMAP
Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) [Photograph: Karen Steenhof, USGS Snake River Field Station]
SAGEMAP is a portal for spatial data used in research and management of sage grouse and sagebrush steppe habitats in the western United States. It provides data encompassing the historical extent of sage grouse distribution in the Intermountain West. These data are used by state and federal agencies to develop an objective assessment of the current status of sage grouse populations and their habitats across the region. SAGEMAP is a project supported by the U.S. Geological Survey and NBII.
The NBII Program is administered by the Biological Informatics Program of the U.S. Geological Survey
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