The Institute for Bird Populations (IBP) conducts avian monitoring and research throughout the western United States, Texas, the Midwestern states and eastern states, mainly on land under the stewardship of the US Forest Service, Department of Defense, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and US Fish and Wildlife Service. IBP coordinates data collection from mist-netting stations that operated as part of its Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program.

IBP is using Data Basin to publish spatially-explicit results of research into MAPS data for two regional studies.  This work is being carried out by two Data Basin groups:

Stephen Schneider, a Stanford University scientist who served on the international research panel on global warming that shared the 2007 Nobel Prize with former Vice President Al Gore, has died. He was 65.

Dr. Ben Santer has said, "We honor the memory of Steve Schneider by continuing to fight for the things he fought for – by continuing to seek clear understanding of the causes and impacts of climate change. We honor Steve by recognizing that communication is a vital part of our job. We honor Steve by taking the time to explain our research findings in plain English. By telling others what we do, why we do it, and why they should care about it. We honor Steve by raising our voices, and by speaking out when powerful “forces of unreason” seek to misrepresent our science. We honor Steve Schneider by caring about the strange and beautiful planet on which we live, by protecting its climate, and by ensuring that our policymakers do not fall asleep at the wheel."

WHITEFISH, MONT., June 29, 2010 -- The Western Governors' Association has published a climate adaptation scoping report  that emphasizes the need for coordination between state and federal efforts to identify key science that is Western specific and begins to share and implement smart practices. The governors adopted the report during their Annual Meeting this week. Govs. Bill Richardson (N.M.) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (Calif.) are WGA's lead governors for Climate Adaptation.  Following is their letter that accompanied the report: