This report presents NatureServe's approach to helping establish performance standards for wetlands mitigation using an improved version of our methodology for conducting ecological integrity assessments. In addition to the main report, separate reports are provided with indicators and metrics for assessing each of 18 wetland ecological systems of New England, the Rocky Mountains, and the Southeast.PublicationScientific Report
Seventeen years ago, the Monteverde harlequin frog and the golden toad vanished from the mountains of Costa Rica. This article traces those and other extinctions to a fungal outbreak spurred by global warming.PublicationJournal ArticleNature
What are we losing when we fail to regulate wetlands with legally debatable connections to navigable waters? NatureServe researchers offer a new, concrete, and sobering response.PublicationJournal ArticleNational Wetlands Newsletter
This report provides the first-ever analysis of the conservation status of Canadian plants and animals in a global context, finding that 6.4 percent — 360 species — are of global conservation concern. The assessment draws mostly on data from NatureServe and the network of Canadian conservation data centres.PublicationScientific ReportOur Home and Native Land: Canadian Species of Global Conservation Concern
This set of four reports identifies a portfolio of sites representing high quality terrestrial and freshwater areas that can support a broad range of natural biodiversity, including species at risk. Separate volumes cover terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity.PublicationBook
This atlas provides an overview of existing knowledge on Québec's threatened or vulnerable species, discusses related conservation efforts to date and identifies biodiversity conservation hot spots.PublicationBook
A 2001 Supreme Court decision potentially eliminated wetlands and other waters that are “isolated” from navigable waters from jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act. This report assesses the potential impacts of the decision on biodiversity. PublicationScientific Report
Cette reporte fournit un examen complet des espèces canadiennes dans un contexte mondial, en complément des perspectives locales et nationales utilisées dans d'autres études importantes et des outils de processus menées par les organismes des gouvernements provincial et fédéral.PublicationScientific Report
This review of the best available data on U.S. species posits a dire conclusion the actual number of known species threatened with extinction is more than 10 times greater than the number of species under ESA protection.PublicationJournal ArticleFrontiers in Ecology & the Environment
