The U.S. Geological Survey values very highly our partnerships cultivated over the past several years through the NBII.  We hope we can continue to collaborate even in this difficult time to advance our shared vision of making biological data widely available and to preserve as much of our past investment as possible.

NISIC  or the National Invasive Species Information Centre carries as its main story the ominous Northa American bat death toll exceeds 5.5m from white-nose syndrome.

For any questions, the contact is Michael McDermott at (703) 648-5771, or email: mmcdermo@usgs.gov