Useful Links

Natural Heritage Programs and Conservation Data Centers:

• NatureServe and the Network of Natural Heritage Programs
•  Arizona Heritage Data Management System
•  California Natural Diversity Data Base
•  Idaho Fish and Wildlife Information System
•  Oregon Biodiversity Information Center
•  Utah Conservation Data Center

Resource Agencies:

•  Federal
  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
    • Nevada, Nevada State Office, and Battle Mountain, Carson City, Elko, Ely, Southern Nevada, and Winnemucca district offices
    • BLM in surrounding states: Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon, and Utah
  • U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
    • Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (HTNF), Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU), Inyo National Forest (INYO), Intermountain Region (R4), Pacific Southwest Region (R5)
  • National Park Service (NPS)
    • Death Valley National Park, Great Basin National Park, and Lake Mead National Recreation Area
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
    • Northern Nevada Ecological Services Office (Reno) and Southern Nevada Field Office (Las Vegas), Pacific Southwest Region (Region 1)
    • Endangered Species and recovery plans 
  • Nevada National Security Site 
    • Plants/Animals Environmental Program
  • National Gap Analysis Program (GAP)
• State
  • Nevada Department of Agriculture
    • Noxious Weeds Program
    • Entomology Program
  • Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resouces (NDCNR)
  • Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF)
    • Contact for information on permits for activities affecting state-listed plant species, cacti, yuccas, and evergreen trees.
  • Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW)
    • Nevada Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool (CHAT)
    • Nevada Wildlife Action Plan
  • University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
    • Natural Resources Programs
• Local
  • Clark County Comprehensive Planning Department
  •  Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA)

Professional, Conservation, and Educational Organizations:

• American Institute of Biological Sciences
• Association of State Wetland Managers
• Las Vegas Springs Preserve
• Natural Areas Association
• Nevada Bugs & Butterflies
• Nevada Native Plant Society
• Society for Conservation Biology
• Springs Stewardship Institute and Springs Online database
• The Nature Conservancy (TNC); TNC Nevada Chapter
  • TNC created a map of indicators of groundwater dependent ecosystems (iGDE), including phreatophyte communities, wetlands, springs, lakes and playas, rivers and streams, and species in Nevada. The Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems in Nevada Story Map summarizes the results. Sources for data in the database are included in the database metadata and reports on TNC's Conservation Gateway page. To request any or all of the database data layers, please fill out and submit the request form.

Institutions:

• California Academy of Sciences
• Nevada State Museum, Carson City
• Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas
• Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE)
  • Desert Research Institute (DRI)

Online Information Sources:

• Encyclopedia of Life
• iDigBio - Integrated Digitized Biocollections
• iNaturalist
• IUCN Red List - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
• NatureServe Explorer
• Slater Museum of Natural History Biodiversity Resources at University of Puget Sound
• Species 2000 - Working toward enumerating and indexing all known species of plants, animals, fungi and microbes on Earth as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity, and providing a simple access point enabling users to link to other data systems for all groups of organisms.
• Catalogue of Life - The most comprehensive and authoritative global index of species currently available. It consists of a single integrated species checklist and taxonomic hierarchy. The Catalogue holds essential information on the names, relationships and distributions of over 1.6 million species.