----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The National Biological Survey asked me to post the following announcement. I am happy to oblige because this report will be valuable to the Environmental Community. al ===================================================================== Dr. Alan R. Fisher National Data Administrator U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [log in to unmask] ===================================================================== The National Biological Service's Information Transfer Center announces the availability of "Endangered Ecosystems of the United States: A Preliminary Assessment of Loss and Degradation." This is the first in a continuing series of NBS reports to be released electronically prior to publication in hardcopy. The report may be cited as follows: Noss, R., Scott M., and E.T. LaRoe. 1995. Endangered ecosystems of the United States: A preliminary assessment of loss and degradation. Biological Report 28. February 1995. National Biological Service. 58 pp. The document is in WordPerfect 5.1 format and is available with and without photographs, as follows: (1) To receive this document without photographs (400KB zipped to 150KB) from the Information Transfer Center's cc:Mail library server, send an email message to one of the following addresses: NBSITCLIB (for users of FWS cc:MAIL) NBSITCLIB at ~IFWS (for users of DOI cc:MAIL outside FWS) [log in to unmask] (for users of Internet email) Type SEND ECOSYSTEM MS as the only entry on the subject line. Do not type information on the message line. It will not be read. For information about other documents on the NBS cc:Mail library server, send a message to the above address and type SEND HELP as the only entry on the subject line. Internet email users may need to decode the file with UUDECODE. Contact your systems administrator for assistance. (2) To retrieve a copy of this document with photographs (2.7MB) from an ftp server, access the following ftp site: ftp.its.nbs.gov (165.83.32.5) Log in as ftp or anonymous and go to /pub/nbs-series. The file is called ecosystem.manuscript. Make sure your ftp client is set to binary transfer mode. ---------------------------------- A limited number of printed copies of the document will be available after mid-April 1995. To obtain a copy, contact: USFWS Publications Unit 4401 North Fairfax Drive Mail Stop Code 130 WEBB Building Arlington, Virginia 22203 (703) 358-1711 FAX (703) 358-2314