MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDINGMemorandum of Understanding • October 1st, 2001
Contract Type FiledOctober 1st, 2001This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is entered into by the Ecological Society of America (ESA), The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on behalf of the National Biologi- cal Information Infrastructure (NBII), and the U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) for the purpose of forming a partnership to develop, implement, and maintain the National Vegetation Classifica- tion (NVC) system. This system is critical to the efficient stewardship of the Nation’s biological re- sources.