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) and TNC Nevada Chapter

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.