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wi th fi ve States and wi 11 produce gui dance documents for protection and rehabilitation of aquatic resources impacted by acidification. * Planning and decisionmaking tools - A number of decision support tools have been used to develop and evaluate management or mitigation strategies. Several of these tools recognize that fish and wildlife issues can seldom be separated from more complex natural resource issues involving multiple Federal and State agencies. These decision tools provide a basis for multiagency collaboration and a mechanism allowing for FWS input to natural resource decisions or negotiation planning. One example of such a tool i5 the Adaptive Environmental Assessment approach. * Data bases and Computer Applications - Computer tools developed by Biological Services include geographic information systems, biblio- graphic data bases, models of species life requirements, habitat data bases and models, wetland ecology data bases, data bases of plant and wildlife variables (e.g., PROCEDURES), instream flow information systems, statistical packages, and data base management aids such as MANAGE. * Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - GIS components can be used by biologists and managers to address land use planning and resource management issues. These components include the Analytical Mapping System for map data capture, the Map Overlay and Statistical System (MOSS) for data analysis, and the Cartographic Output System for high quality map production. * Power plant reports - Between 1975 and 1980, DBS developed a series of technical reports that addressed environmental concerns surround- ing electric power generation and transmission. Guidance was provided for assessing impacts of coal-fired power plants on fish, wildl ife and thei r habitats and for wildl ife management of trans- mission line rights-of-way. Staff provided critical imput in the landmark decision on the Hudson River case on entrainment/impingement at once-through cooling systems in steam generating stations, saving utilities and rate-payers nearly one-half billion dollars in construction and 100 million dollars in maintenance costs. * Publications - The Biological Report series (formerly FWS/OBS) is directed toward operational staff and decisionmakers. The series focuses on solutions to resource management problems. The attached, annotated bibliography of the FWS/OBS technical report series, published from 1976 to September 1984, contains 635 reports. Over 800,000 copies of these reports have been distributed in Biological Service1s first decade. * Stream Modification Guidelines - Flood protection and land improve- ment measures for the individual land owner were enhanced while preserving fish and wildlife resource values by incorporating stream alteration techniques and alternative methods for accomplishing program objectives into joi nt FWS/Soil Conservation Servi ce v