National Hispanic Environmental Council, 106 N Fayette St, Alexandria, VA 22314, US

Located in Arlington, Va., NatureServe is a nonprofit conservation organization that provides scientific information and tools to guide an effective conservation action. The organization represents an international network of biological inventories. It has conservation data centers, operating in throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. It develops information products, data management tools and conservation services to meet local, national and global conservation needs. Its services enable to create customized Web applications to access comprehensive data on the location and distribution of species populations and ecological communities. The organization additionally offers an array of expertise to assist clients in interpreting biological and ecological data planning and management objectives. It also has offices in Boston, Minneapolis, Durham, N.C., and Boulder, Colo.