Katoomba Group’s Ecosystem Marketplace web site features the Conservation Registry in a full-page article by Alice Kenny. Check out why people are calling the Conservation Registry the “Wikipedia for the Environment.
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Gina LaRocco is in Sacramento on March 2nd presenting the Registry at the California Land Trust Conference along with co-presenter Larry Orman from the GreenInfo Network.
The session is called Putting Easements on the Map. Topics include development of inventories of protected areas data, and the pros and cons of making easement boundaries available to agencies [...]
Mapping, Conservation, and K-12 Education
by Jim Proctor
In Douglas County, educators are using the Conservation Registry in conjunction with the Oregon Explorer Natural Resource Digital Library to connect online resources with field-based learning activities so students can experience how natural resource information is collected, shared, and applied to on-the-ground management.
The program, called Oregon Explorers (like the [...]
The Eastern Sierra region of California is widely recognized for its awesome mountain and desert vistas, pastoral farms and ranches, thriving fish and wildlife, as well as our expansive public lands and associated recreation opportunities. Eastern Sierra Land Trust works with willing landowners to preserve these vital lands for their scenic, agricultural, natural, recreational, historical, [...]
Port Susan Bay Waterbird Monitoring Added: Wed. Mar. 10, 2010
Agricultural lands of the greater Skagit Delta that historically were coastal marsh are used by and often managed for waterfowl and shorebirds. However, the role that agricultural habitats play in ...
Port Susan Bay Shorebird Monitoring Added: Tue. Mar. 09, 2010
The Nature Conservancy's Washington program has developed this project to quantify abundance and habitat use by shorebirds in Port Susan Bay, a component of the greater Skagit River delta, during f...
Fire Severity and Effects Monitoring Summary 2009 Added: Tue. Mar. 09, 2010
As of October 2009, we are conducting fire severity monitoring on prescribed fires at Tenalquot, Glacial (south and north), Wolf Haven, and Upper Weir prairies.