Credits September 2012

The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (VDWR) would like to thank the Conservation Management Institute at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University for their cooperation in developing the Virginia Fish and Wildlife Information Service. Without their expertise and support, this system would not have been possible.

VDWR would also like to thank the following organizations who provide data, assist in collecting and compiling data, or setting up procedures used on the Virginia Fish and Wildlife Information Service.

Dataset Name	Creator/Cooperator	Description of Use
Biota of Virginia Database	Office Of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement United States Bureau of Land Management Unites States Fish and Wildlife Service's Eastern Energy and Land Use Team Conservation Management Institute Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	This database is used to query species specific information.
Collections Database		This GIS database locates wildlife as observed by professional biologists. Data entry for the Collections database was funded, in part, by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program at the Department of Environmental Quality through Grant #NAO4NOS4190060 of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended.
Bald Eagle Nests	Center for Conservation Biology, College of William & Mary and Virginia Commonwealth University	Sites of Bald Eagle nests.
Conservation Lands Database		DCR Natural Heritage areas of concern.
Breeding Bird Atlas Database	Virginia Society of Ornithology	This database is used to display and query Breeding Bird Atlas data.
Cold Water Streams Database	Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, Dept. Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ,	This database is used to query Cold Water Stream data.
Anadromous Fish Use Areas and Impediments Database	Virginia Commonwealth University Biology Department, Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Environmental Studies,	This database is used to query Anadromous Fish Use Waters and Impediments data.
Threatened and Endangered Species Waters Database		This database is used to query Threatened and Endangered Species Waters data.