The Northern Rocky Mountain Ecological Observatory ٠ NORMEO

NORMEO was organized on September 17, 2005 at a meeting held in Moscow, Idaho to represent the Northern Rocky Mountain domain of NEON.  NORMEO includes parts of Idaho, Montana, Washington and Wyoming.  There were 30 participants at this initial meeting including representatives of universities in this domain, field stations, federal scientists from the National Park Service and NOAA, and a Nez Perce tribal member.

National Ecological Observatory Network ٠ NEON

NEON, a national-scale research and education platform, addresses some of the most complex environmental challenges unfolding across the United States.  "Neon will be the first national ecological measurement and observation system designed both to answer regional- to continental- scale scientific questions and to have the interdisciplinary participation necessary to achieve credible ecological forecasting and prediction." (More About NEON)

NEON has identified 20 climatic domains or zones of similar climate.  The maps used to develop these domains are now available.  This web-based mapping application was created by William Hargrove and Forrest Hoffman of the Environmental Sciences Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hargrove is the developer of the mapping technique used to generate the NEON domain map.  Visit the Hands-On NEON Mapping for more information.

Consortium of Regional Ecological Observatories ٠ COREO

The Consortium of Regional Ecological Observatories (COREO) was created in October 2004 by representatives from regions self-organized to support the creation of a National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON).  In January 2005 COREO received funding from NSF to support regional meetings of scientists to contribute local expertise and perspectives to national observatory discussions.

Participation is open to all scientists and educators interested in the potential for observatories to advance ecological knowledge at multiple scales.  Presently 19 regions of the U.S. are represented in COREO.  For more information on COREO, please contact the current COREO chairperson, Phil Robertson.

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