NRS Information Management Systems Development
University of California Natural Reserve System
  NRS System-Wide Home NRS Information Systems
  USEFUL WEB SITES

Geographic

Lat Long - NRS Reserve System Latitude and Longitude Locations

USGS - Real-time maps of recent earthquake activity

CDF - California Dept of Forestry and Fire Protection Information and Data Center - useful maps (PDF, Arc/Info, tools)

CA Digital Conservation Atlas - designed to provide easy-to-use, map views of California’s natural resources and working landscapes

Maptech & Topozone- Online USGS maps

Flora
&
Fauna

 ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System
NBII - Natiaonal Biological Information Infrastructure
Viceroy - Biota -The Biodiversity Database Manager and other Software
Lucidcentral - Identification Keys and Diagnostic Tools
Meta Data
NBII - Metadata Clearinghouse
KNB - The Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity
Wildfire

GEOMAC - California Wildfire Viewer
FRAP - Fire and Resource Assessment Program
USGS - Wildfire Science
NIFC - National Interagency Fire Center - News
CDF - California Department of Forestry - Incident Report
LPNF - Los Padres National Forest - Incident Report
RCFD- Riverside County Fire Department - Incident Report

Weather

NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research
Metreora - Local and Regional Weather Reports
WRCC - Western Regional Climate Center
SFSU - California Regional Weather Server
Intellicast - weather information to help plan all outdoor and weather sensitive activities

Current NOAA Satellite 4 kilometer Visible View of California
Current NOAA Satellite 4 kilometer Infrared View of California

Collaborations

NCEAS - National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
OBFS - Organization of Biological Field Stations
LTER - The Long Term Ecological Research Network
Ecoinformatics - Online Resource for Managing Ecological Data and Information

 

 Please email me Kevin Browne if any link become out of date and needs to be removed or updated. Thank you for your help.

Page maintained by the NRS Information Manager Kevin Browne; page last updated on June 22, 2005 .