Learn how NatureServe contributed to on-the-ground conservation throughout the Americas during our fiscal year 2012.PublicationScientific ReportNatureServe
Assessment of the effects of a proposed solar farm on ecological systems and desert tortoise habitat connectivity in the Ivanpah Valley watershedPublicationScientific ReportNatureServe
NatureServe's strategic plan uses a results-chain framework drawn from the realm of conservation planning and identifies our target results and outcomes, key activities for achieving them, and metrics for tracking our implementation of the planPublicationScientific ReportNatureServe
With biodiversity under increasing pressure and continuing to disappear, protected areas a a core strategy for conserving what's left.PublicationJournal ArticlePLoS ONE
NatureServe's project “Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Conditions across Landscape Regions – a Multi-metric Approach” was conducted with the natural heritage programs of Indiana and Michigan, and included assessment of roughly 360 wetland sites in those two states. PublicationJournal Article
This publication provides thorough documentation of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard approved by the U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee as the U.S. Standard for classifying and mapping coastal and marine ecosystems. PublicationScientific Report
This executive summary provides an overview of the strategic plan that will guide NatureServe's work for between 2012 and 2016.PublicationScientific ReportNatureServe
We know that conserving important sites prevents extinctions and biodiversity loss. But do they benefit human communities, too?PublicationJournal ArticlePLoS ONE
Main elements of this project include: the suitability of existing spatial datasets and classification systems as the basis for sampling design, metrics for various aspects of wetland condition, and synthesizing the results into an ecological integrity scoring system. PublicationJournal Article
