2017 has been a year of change. As our scientists often say, “change is the new normal.” With each day that passes, the forces of global change—the warming climate, expanding human footprint, and loss of forests, grasslands, shores, and waters—threaten biodiversity and all life that depends on it. PublicationScientific ReportNatureServe Annual Report FY17
A recently published global assessment of the conservation status of goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis, Ranunculaceae) has found that the species is Vulnerable to ExtinctionPublicationJournal ArticleHerbalGram
A 2018 study using the Climate Change Vulnerability IndexPublicationScientific ReportClimate Change Vulnerability Assessment of Species in the Ontario Great Basin
NatureServe and the U.S. Geological Survey organized and hosted a biodiversity and ecological informatics workshop at the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. The workshop objective was to identify user-driven future directions and areas of collaboration in advanced applications of environmental data applied to forecasting and decision making for the sustainability of biodiversity and ecosystem services.PublicationJournal ArticleU.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
New study published in prestigious journalPublicationJournal ArticleSpecies diversity as a surrogate for conservation of phylogenetic and functional diversity in terrestrial vertebrates across the Americas
Conservation status and threat assessments evaluate species’ relative risks of extinction globally, regionally, nationally, or locally and estimate the degree to which populations of species are already safeguarded in existing conservation systems, with the aim of exposing the critical gaps in current conservation.PublicationJournal ArticleNorth American Crop Wild Relatives: Conservation and Use
Windthrow plays a critical role in maintainingspecies diversity in temperate forests. Do large-scale strongwind events (i.e., tropical cyclones, including hurricanes,typhoons and severe cyclonic storms) increase tree diver-sity in severely damaged forest areas?PublicationJournal ArticleHurricane disturbances, tree diversity, and succession in North Carolina Piedmont forests, USA
This report identifies National Park Service programs for which the proposed methodology would provide a complementary or significantly expanded set of tools to guide the conservation of biological and ecological resourcesPublicationScientific Report
In support of natural resource agencies in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, we report on a series of component analyses and an updated Landscape Conservation Design for temperate grassland conservation.PublicationJournal ArticleNatural Areas Journal
Canada is home to an estimated 140,000 species, only about half of which have been scientifically identified. These plants, animals, lichens, and fungi belong to
a vast organic tapestry—the diversity of life at genetic, species, and ecosystem levels. This biodiversity is vital for environmental, economic, and social health.PublicationScientific Report
