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The following are some of the related world wide web sources of information for environment and natural resource issues:

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The Center for the Rocky Mountain West at The University of Montana seeks to sharpen westerners' understanding of the region and guide their visions for its future by providing sound, innovative scholarship. The Center works collaboratively throughout the Rocky Mountain West to celebrate and study the region, and create forums for reflective, imaginative, and inclusive dialogue among those who are committed to this place. The Center brings University resources to bear within the region, and brings the region to the University by offering courses, lectures, conferences and an annual Rocky Mountain West Summer Institute to gather leading authorities, scholars, public policy figures, and students for an extended look at the region and its future.

CIESIN (Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network). A non-profit organization established in 1989 to provide information on global and regional network development, science data management, decision support, training, education and technical consultation.

Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Facilitates cooperation and public participation to foster conservation, protection and enhancement of the North American environment, in the context of increasing economic, trade and social links between Canada, Mexico and the U.S.

The Sonoran Insitute's Community Stewardship Exchange contains information and contacts to promote community-based strategies that preserve the ecological integrity of protected lands while meeting the economic aspirations of adjoining landowners and communities. Believing that community-driven and inclusive approaches to conservation produce the most effective results, the Sonoran Institute tests approaches to community-based conservation, evaluates the results, and disseminates the findings.

The Conflict Research Consortium at the University of Colorado is a multidisciplinary program of research, teaching, and application focused on finding more constructive ways to address difficult and intractable conflicts, and to disseminate that information to the people involved in these conflicts. A joint university-community program, the Consortium unites researchers, educators, and practitioners from many fields for the purposes of theory-building, testing, disseminating, and applying new conflict management techniques.

The Consensus Council, Inc. provides supplemental forums and assistance with which leaders and citizens can explore common ground and identify ways to implement the resulting agreements. Efforts of the Consensus Council are inspired by respect for the processes of democratic decision-making and by a desire to strengthen these processes. The Consensus Council supports leadership and citizenship and works to ensure citizen participation in the process of building and implementing public policy.

EnviroLink. A non-profit organization created in 1991 to unite organizations and volunteers from around the world. Provides access to current comprehensive environmental resources.

The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment is a non-profit institution dedicated to improving the scientific and economic foundation for environmental policy by fostering collaboration between industry, environmental organizations, government, and academia. The Center focuses on three strategic programs: Environmental Reporting, Global Change, and Coastal / Marine Systems.

Interrain Pacific promotes conservation-based development by enhancing understanding of social and ecological patterns of change. Its objectives are to empower communities with knowledge, to connect collaborators, and to track bioregional trends for the coastal temperate rainforest of North America. Includes Inforain, a network of information at the scales of bioregion, watershed, community, and business; and an on-line publication called The Tidepool, offering a daily collection of news stories for and from the Coastal Northwest.

Issues in Science and Technology. A public policy journal of the National Academy of Science and The Cecil and Ida Green Center for the Study of Science and Society at the University of Texas at Dallas.

The Martin Institute for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution is a multidisciplinary center at the University of Idaho, founded in the belief that war and violence are neither necessary nor inevitable. Its purposes are to encourage education and research to advance peace at all levels and also to resolve local and regional conflicts with alternatives to confrontation and litigation.

National Academy of Science. Homepage for the National Academy of Science, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council. Access to information and publications on numerous issues related to environment and natural resources.

The National Center for Environmental Decision-making Research. The mission of NCEDR is to improve environmental decision making at the local, state, tribal and regional level. NCEDR conducts research and outreach programs intended to provide better tools and information to public- and private-sector environmental decision makers. In doing so, it creates a meeting place for both researchers and practitioners with the goal of improving environmental decisions. NCEDR was created in 1995 with a grant from the National Science Foundation and additional matching funds from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and The University of Tennessee. NCEDR is administered by the Joint Institute for Energy and Environment in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The National Council for Science and the Environment has been working since 1990 to improve the scientific basis for environmental decisionmaking. The Council envisions a society where environmental decisions are based on an accurate understanding of the underlying science, its meaning, and its limitations. In such a society, citizens and decisionmakers receive accurate, understandable, and integrated science-based information and they understand the risks, uncertainties, and potential consequences of their action or inaction.

National Library for the Environment. Source of objective, scientifically sound information on environmental issues. Access to Congressional Research Service reports, environmental laws, and links to population and environmental information.

The National Policy Consensus Center at Portland State University assists public leaders in establishing and strengthening the use of collaborative practices to address difficult public policy issues.

The Natural Resources Law Center (NRLC) at the University of Colorado School of Law is a non-profit research and educational organization committed to improving the governance and management of water and land resources in the western United States. This website includes recent project summaries and information on obtaining reports and publications on several issues.

Natural Resources Research Information Pages (NRRIPS) are an Internet resource guide for natural resources students, researchers and practitioners, compiled by Yu-Fai Leung in the Dept. of Forestry, Virginia Tech University. The pages provide an extensive worldwide guide to Institutions and Organizations, Government Agencies, Databases and Literature, Conferences and Research Notes, and Outdoor Recreation Research.

The Policy Consensus Initiative helps government develop and strengthen consensus building and conflict resolution programs and policies in the executive, legislative and judicial branches. PCI provides a network for technical assistance, communication and support, and maintains a database of information about current laws, policies and procedures on conflict resolution and consensus building.

The Red Lodge Clearinghouse provides support services to assist in developing and implementing collaborative approaches to public land management decision-making. The website contains numerous examples of collaboration resources and stories, information on legislation and regulations, directories of government officials and other organizations and practitioners, and links to numerous related sources of information and assistance.

Resources for the Future. Non-profit research organization providing accurate, objective information to policy makers, government, and environmentalists to promote better decisions about the conservation and use of natural resources and the environment. Includes access to publications, information on conferences and seminars, and links to numerous related sources of information.

The Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project (SNEP) is an assessment of the Sierra Nevada ecoregion. Requested by Congress in 1992, this ecosystem evaluation undertakes a scientific review of late-successional forests, key watersheds, and significant natural areas on federal lands of the Sierra Nevada ecoregion. It also broadly evaluates the entire set of Sierra Nevada ecosystems, including their social, economic, and ecological components.

The Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation is Stanford University's interdisciplinary center for the study of conflict and its resolution. Its primary focus is on theory-building, especially identifying and analyzing strategic, psychological and institutional barriers to conflict resolution, as well as bridges to overcome those barriers. SCCN research examines conflict between individuals, interest groups, corporations and nations, as well as political communities and identity groups. Interests include: negotiation, decision-making, public peace processes, international negotiation and democratization, game theory, organizational behavior, information theory, collective bargaining, alternative dispute resolution and traditional legal institutions.

The Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy facilitates, analyzes, and provides options for the solution of major policy issues through research, education, and public service. Their work focuses on U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Policy, Environmental Conflict Resolution, Water Resources in the Southwest, Environmental Health Policy, and the Social and Policy Dimensions of Global Change. The Udall center also collaborates with the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation on programs related to national environmental policy.

The mission of the Western Rural Development Center at Oregon State University is to strengthen rural families, communities, and businesses by facilitating collaborative socio-economic research and extension through higher education institutions in the western region.

The Wyoming Economic Atlas, produced by the University of Wyoming Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, contains information for about current economic trends in agriculture and community economic development in Wyoming. The site is not a data source, but a data interpretation site attempting to inform the public with insightful commentary and graphics on selected topics of interest. Information includes land use and open spaces, county profiles, and numerous links to related resources.

The Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center advances the use of geographic information science (GISci) at the University of Wyoming by furthering GISci education and training at all academic levels, by pursuing basic and applied research in GISci, and by using GISci technologies for problem-solving within the University and throughout the State and region.

The Wyoming Natural Diversity Database (WYNDD) serves as an objective and comprehensive source of information on the biology, location, and status of rare native plant and animal species and natural communities of Wyoming. A part of the Natural Heritage Network, WYNDD uses the standard methodology for assessing rarity and managing information that is used nationwide and stores the information in the Biological and Conservation Data System (BCD).

The Yellowstone Business Partnership (YBP) is a non-profit business association that promotes a prosperous economy, community vitality and a sustainable environment in 25 counties across the Greater Yellowstone region in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.  It is envisioned that the Partnership will become the respected leader and primary information source in shaping the economic future of the Yellowstone-Teton region.  Web site will provide access to detailed news articles, research reports and editorial perspectives.

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Note: these links are provided for information only and do not necessarily represent endorsement by the William D. Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, or the University of Wyoming.