Summarizes over 2,000 pages of scientific findings from the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project, providing an overview of the topics covered & key findings. A framework for ecosystem management is described that assumes the broad purpose is to maintain the integrity of ecosystems over time & space. An integrated assessment links landscape, aquatic, terrestrial, social, & econ. characterizations to describe the biophysical & social systems, with the risks & opportunities characterized in the broad context of the basin for use in discussion about future mgmt. Photos, maps, & tables.