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Many new project pages describing the research underway at the Sevilleta have been added to our web site. Our objective is to create a focal point for each project from which data, contact information, proposals, publications, and information about related activities can be accessed. In addition to showcasing our program, project pages are a valuable resource for staff and PI’s.

A survey of the number of times the research pages are accessed on our web site satisfies us that our site generates a lot of interest. We tallied the number of instances of data-related web pages being accessed during a month, and there were over 1600 “hits” for GIS/Remote Sensing data, and over 800 hits on our other datasets, about 25% of which were for our meteorological data.

The Sevilleta Field Station was the site of two major Information Management events this past year. In October, a group of scientists from Israel and Palestine attended a two-week workshop on eco-informatics at the field station. A workshop entitled “Advancing the Sharing and Synthesis of Ecological Data: Guidelines for Data Sharing and Integration” was held at the Sevilleta Field Station June 14-16, 2001.

The construction of a new visitor center by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the Sevilleta Wildlife Refuge only 0.5 miles away from the Sevilleta Field Station will make the site an even more desirable location for holding Information Management workshops. The visitor center contains a conference room and a classroom with thirteen Dell Optiplex computers. The computer purchase was funded by an NSF grant to UNM with cost-share provided by the Nature Conservancy. Classroom computers are networked with computers at the Sevilleta Field Station and the visitor center relies on the Sevilleta Field Station’s T-1 line for internet connectivity.