ABSTRACT- A great number of biological data and information about the Southern Appalachian is produced every year. With the latest sophistication in information technologies, information scientists and biologists have been trying to address the issue of providing long-term electronic access and storage of the enormous volume of data and information produced. The Southern Appalachian Information Node (SAIN) of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) has been trying to focus on that issue. SAIN provides access to regional biological data and information for education and decision-making through the use of information technologies to students, teachers, researchers, community leaders and other decision-makers. To complement this activity, the Southern Appalachian Node is creating the necessary applications and tools to provide the required retrieval of such data and information. Some of these tools include maps and map services as well as models, immersive technologies, web tools in general.