Third National Geographic Information Systems Workshop U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1992. Proceedings: Third National U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Geographic Information Systems Workshop. Hosted by the Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska, Wisconsin, May 3-6, 1992. Reprinted by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska, Wisconsin, May 1993. EMTC 93-R029. 279 pp. (NTIS # PB94-128550) ABSTRACT The GIS technology revolution has come full circle for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In the late 1970s, the National Ecology Research Center initiated some of the boldest developments of that time by providing training and software support. Their efforts helped launch several federal and state agencies into a unified system of use and applications of GIS. Today, many Service facilities are utilizing GIS technology for a wide range of applications. Offices such as the Environmental Management Technical Center (EMTC) have developed state-of-the-art GIS technology centers. The EMTC GIS facility supports scientists studying the dynamics of the Nation's largest river, the Mississippi. Cause-and-effect relationships of biological and physical processes are being researched using advanced applications of GIS modeling and remote sensing technologies. Participants at the first two workshops helped set the stage for the development of a GIS Implementation Strategy that has gained the approval of the Service's Director. More accurately, there would not be a GIS Strategy without the support and help of the people in the field using GIS. Attendees of the 1992 workshop heard from the GIS Steering Committee, which consists of representatives from each region, and were invited to provide input to the Committee regarding their activities over the next year. KEYWORDS GIS, spatial data, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, training, workshop