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The Planning for Growth and Open Space Conservation Webinar Series: Forest Plan Revisions and the New Planning Rule: Considerations for all-lands and open space.

EISPC Energy Zones Mapping Tool: The Eastern Interconnection States' Planning Council (EISPC) Energy Zones Mapping Tool is a free online tool that enables users to identify potential clean energy resource areas within the Eastern Transmission Interconnection. The tool includes nine types of energy resources to be considered for clean energy generation facilities in the U.S. portion of the Eastern Interconnection. These types are biomass, clean coal technologies with carbon capture and sequestration, geothermal, natural gas, nuclear, solar (photovoltaic and concentrated solar thermal, as well as rooftop photovoltaic solar), storage (pumped-hydro storage and compressed-air energy storage), water (hydroelectric power), and wind (both land-based and offshore). For each of these major categories, the resource data and information have been compiled, reviewed, and assembled into a GIS database. The Mapping Tool provides a way to put environmental data into the hands of energy planners and can be used by agencies or NGOs as a starting point for a dialog about their conservation objectives.

National Geographic Foundation: FieldScope: National Geographic FieldScope is a web-based mapping, analysis, and collaboration tool designed to support geographic investigations and engage students as citizen scientists investigating real-world issues - both in the classroom and in outdoor education settings.

National Geographic Foundation: LandScope America: LandScope America is a new online resource for the land-protection community and the public. By bringing together maps, data, photos, and stories about America’s natural places and open spaces, the project informs and inspires conservation of lands and waters.

National Geospatial Management Center: The National Geospatial Management Center (NGMC) has long been respected for the quality of maps it produces to support various Natural Resource Conservation Service projects and programs. In addition to producing maps, NGMC is a major distributor of geospatial data to support National, State and local field needs.

National Conservation Easement Database: This is the first national database of conservation easement information, compiling records from land trusts and public agencies throughout the United States.

Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program: This program collects, analyzes, and reports information on the status and trends of America’s forests: how much forest exists, where it exists, who owns it, and how it is changing, as well as how the trees and other forest vegetation are growing and how much has died or has been removed in recent years.

EPA Southeastern Ecological Framework Project: The Southeastern Ecological Framework Project is a GIS-based analysis to identify ecologically significant areas and connectivity in the southeast region of the U.S.

Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center: The Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center is an interdisciplinary resource that is actively developing new technology and tools to anticipate and respond to emerging eastern forest threats.

Abandoned Mineland Acid Mine Drainage (AML AMD) Inventory: An inventory of land and water impacted by past mining (primarily coal mining) is maintained by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to provide information needed to implement the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. The inventory contains information on the location, type, and extent of abandoned mined lands, as well as information on the cost associated with the reclamation of those problems.

Climate Science Center Research Funding Opportunity for FY 14: The U.S. Department of the Interior Northeast, South Central, and Southwest Climate Science Centers (CSCs) are seeking proposals for FY 2014. Proposals are invited for projects that support CSC science priorities.

Wetland restorations offer environmental, economic benefits: Scientists with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service recognize the environmental and economic benefits regional wetlands provide and the importance of preserving wetland resources.

A Crowning Achievement: The Nature Conservancy plants 34,000 native red spruce trees to help bring back West Virginia’s mountaintop forests

Science Needs Your Dead Cicadas: The department of biology at North Carolina State University is looking for crooked cicadas: cicadas with one wing slightly shorter than the other, or with a wing containing an odd number of veins, or maybe a little leg segment that's not quite the right length.

Open Source Web Mapping Tools: A roundup of modular open source options for creating visualizations and decision support tools using GIS data inside the AppLCC portal.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Tribal Wildlife Grants Program Awards Native American Tribes in 14 States for Conservation Work: The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina is one of 23 Native Tribes to receive Tribal Wildlife Grants awards. The awards are funding a wide range of conservation projects throughout the nation on tribal lands.

Spring 2012 Earliest on Record: March 2012 set records for warm temperatures that promoted early leafing and flowering across large areas of the United States.

Celebrating 1 Million Feet of Conservation Fence in West Virginia: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Trout Unlimited, working in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and Farm Service Agency, West Virginia Conservation Agency, Canaan Valley NWR, numerous non-governmental organizations and many landowners, have installed over 1 million feet of conservation fence throughout the state of West Virginia.