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Public Archive A Brief History of the Organization Mission To apply social science to natural resource and environmental problemsolving through collaborative interdisciplinary research projects. Name Status Location Timeline Conceived in 1996 in Oregon registered in 1988 in Seattle Washington as the Northwest Institute for Culture and Ecology relocated to Portland OR and renamed to the Institute for Culture and Ecology IFCAE in 1999 where the founders registered as a nonprofit with the State of Oregon and applied for and received 501c3 from the U. S. Internal Revenue Service.