Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
901 South Stewart Street, Suite 5002 • Carson City, Nevada 89701-5245
tel: (775) 684-2900 • fax: (775) 684-2909
WHAT'S NEW (AND OLD) WITH US AND OUR WEB SITE
18 March 2004: mass-update of most
species lists accomplished.
5 January 2004: added Eric Peterson's final cheatgrass
mapping report (see 3 December 2003 entry below) to our Reports and Publications and
Plant Status Reports pages. A high resolution
poster-sized map is also available from the poster
page, and the GIS cheatgrass cover data may be downloaded from our
GIS page.
18 December 2003: Added a new on-line status report for
Washoe tall rockcress (Arabis rectissima var. simulans), and added
links to the current Conservation Strategy for Tahoe yellowcress (Rorippa
subumbellata), to our Reports and Publications and
Plant Status Reports pages.
17 December 2003: Numerous new rare plant and animal images
were added to our on-line image collection.
3 December 2003: Our Plant Ecologist, Eric Peterson, presented the results of
his successful cheatgrass mapping project to key personnel of the Bureau of Land
Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and
others at a gathering in Reno. Based on 30-meter resolution satellite imagery,
Eric's map covered a large swath (six LandSat scenes) of the most heavily
infested portions of northern Nevada with a high degree of accuracy. Because of
the broad and varied applicability of current cheatgrass cover data, we hope
Eric will be able to expand his study to cover all of Nevada and perhaps beyond.
30 July 2003: based on recommendations of the Nevada Rare
Plant Workshop, two buckwheat species (Eriogonum diatomaceum and
Eriogonum corymbosum) were formally proposed to the Nevada Division of
Forestry for addition to the Nevada State list of fully
protected plant species, and one milkvetch species (Astragalus mohavensis
var. hemigyrus) was proposed for removal from that list.
14 July 2003: Partnership with BLM To Update Sensitive
Species List. With 68% of Nevada managed by the Bureau of Land Management,
BLM practices are crucial to maintaining the state's species and habitats. The
Nevada Natural Heritage Program has just participated in a thorough review and
update of the Nevada Bureau of Land Management's Sensitive Species List.
BLM's extensive coordination with federal and state agencies
resulted in a new, comprehensive list comprising more than 260 species. The
needs of these species are addressed and reviewed as part of every management
decision that the Nevada BLM makes. The Nevada NHP and the BLM have always
shared a close working partnership, collaborating in data exchanges and
conservation planning efforts. This new Sensitive Species List helps to set
conservation priorities for the years to come, and will lead to additional
opportunities for cooperative conservation actions.
31 December 2002: we have moved to a new suite in our same building (see above), and acquired a new telephone system with individual extensions for all staff. Click for full information about all our recent address changes (physical, phone, web, and email).
10 December 2002: our web site's privacy policy has been updated to conform to the newly revised
State of Nevada On-line Privacy Policy. By using this web site, you agree to all the terms and conditions of each of these policies, which you should read and understand first.
2 December 2002: we are pleased to welcome Ali Chaney as our new Biologist. Ali graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, in Conservation Biology, and spent the past 5 years working as a biologist for various state and federal agencies.
20 November 2002: ALL E-MAIL ADDRESSES CHANGED to
our new domain, with same user names as before. The old govmail domain will still work for the indefinite future.
15 November 2002: ENTIRE WEB SITE MOVED to http://heritage.nv.gov. All pages are in their same locations at the new address as they were under the old http://www.state.nv.us/nvnhp/. Attempts to access pages at the old address result in automatic re-direction to our home page at the new address. Click for more information on this and other anticipated address changes.
23 October 2002: re-organized some of the home-page menus, based on user feedback, to make some items easier to find.
21 October 2002: personnel changes! Ed Skudlarek is moving from the DCNR Director's Office to become our new Wetlands Planner, funded by an ongoing federal grant from EPA to develop a wetlands plan and inventory for Nevada. Kathy Lee is leaving us to take a promotion with the Division of State Parks. Desirae Munns is moving from the DCNR Fiscal Services unit to take Kathy's place beginning on October 28th. And the application period for a new Temporary Assistant Biologist position just closed, with the position expected to be filled within the next 1-2 months.
7 August 2002: updated the Bryophytes of Nevada Online web pages. Changed all former Category-2 and former Category-1 candidate codes to xC2 and xC1, respectively, to avoid conflict of the less-than symbol, and/or its HTML code (<), with HTML code in web pages in certain situations, such as printing from Netscape 4.x browsers.
29 July 2002: added checklists of Nevada native vertebrate taxa to the available species lists.
23 July 2002: added complete maps for Ivesia webberi and Ivesia apertaon-line status reports. Added current weather sticker for Carson City to home page.
31 May 2002: updated endemics list, added an Astragalus phoenix image, made minor corrections to the new home page.
30 May 2002: New home page format inaugurated to comply with Governor's Office directive to bring more uniformity to state government web sites. Language translation capabilities added.
29 May 2002: our old What's News page was officially discontinued due to lack of time to maintain it. The existing items will be maintained as an archive. Other current news items can still be found in Nevada Wildflower Reports On-line and DCNR's Press Clips. This new page was initiated to replace the old version and to provide brief announcements of new or revised web content to our users. It will also include other selected landmark dates in the Program's history since its founding in 1986.
February 2002: numerous new species images were added to our images pages.
21 November 2001: numerous new species images were added to our images pages.
20 November 2001: a GIS portal page, data index, and downloadable GIS data files were added to the web site to facilitate sharing of digital geographic information.
19 November 2001: the Ecology sub-site was added to serve information on, and data from, the new Ecology Program at the Nevada Natural Heritage Program.
6 August 2001: the Nevada Rare Plant Atlas was added to the Nevada Natural Heritage Program web site to serve comprehensive information on about 250 Nevada plant species of conservation concern.
1 May 2001: Great Basin Precipitation Watch inaugurated to assist those planning biological field work or other outings in Nevada and the Great Basin.
27 March 2001: Bryophytes of Nevada Online inaugurated to promote and provide information on moss and bryophyte research within the State of Nevada, especially where involving species of conservation concern.
15 February 2001: County rare species lists were added to the web site to serve an increasing demand for county-level information within Nevada.
August 2000: Ecology program began at the Nevada Natural Heritage Program with hiring of our first Plant Ecologist, Eric Peterson.
April 2000: Nevada Wildflower Reports Online inaugurated to assist those planning biological field work or other outings in Nevada and surrounding areas, and to serve as an historical record of locations and variations of plant flowering conditions.
1998-2000: see our What's News Archive for detailed program news during this period.
November 1999: Downloadable forms for data requests and species surveys were added to facilitate the incorporation and dissemination of data on Nevada's
at-risk species.
16 October 1998: Nevada Natural Heritage Program web site inaugurated.
4 January 1986: the Nevada Natural Heritage Program began as an office of The Nature Conservancy, with two staff members (Glenn Clemmer and Teri Knight) housed in State of Nevada office space.