Amazing World of Birds
www.earthlife.net/birds/intro.html
Contains bird information and bird links. A good site for students.
 

American Birders Association
http://americanbirding.org
The American Birding Association aims to inspire all people to enjoy and protect birds. Includes links to publications and other resources.
 

This page provides the AOU Checklist of North American Birds, and other resources.
 

Audubon Christmas Bird Counts
www.audubon.org/bird/cbc
The first CBCs were conducted in 1900. Coordinated by the National Audubon Society, this survey has become the oldest continuous wildlife survey in North America. Enter CBC data online and review results from recent and past monitoring seasons.
 

British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas

www.birdatlas.bc.ca/

The BC Breeding Bird Atlas is a five year project to determine the distribution and relative abundance of birds across British Columbia. It is the first time that a project of this scale has been undertaken in the province. Volunteers collect data and submit it on-line, where information can be viewed by everyone. The results will form a foundation for conservation policy and legislation and to ask important questions about how climate change affects on our environment, species at risk, environmental assessment and how to keep common birds common.

www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl
The Patuxent Bird Banding Library issues the permits, provides the bands, and coordinates the marking projects in the United States. They also maintain the data collected by U.S. banders.
 

Bird Monitoring in North America
www.pwrc.usgs.gov/birds.html

The monitoring programs highlighted on these pages can be used to track changes in North American bird populations. These trends give conservationists, managers, citizens, and policy makers a window into the natural world and the health of environment. The patterns of increase and decrease are quantifications that can be tested against and compared to the subjective feelings we have on the status of birds in North America.

Bird Song Central
www.virtualbirder.com/vbirder/edcentral/birdsong/index.html
The Bird Song Matching Game. See how skilled you are at matching bird sounds with photos of the birds that make them.
 

Bird Studies Canada
www.bsc-eoc.org/bscmain.html
Established under the Long Point Bird Observatory, BSC conducts and promotes studies on avian distribution, abundance and population changes and their underlying causes; communicates the results to the public; and generates information in support of the conservation of Canadian birds and their habitats. Follow through the site to the home page to review the Canadian Migration Monitoring Network Homepage and explore migration stations across the country.
 

Birding British Columbia
www.birding.bc.ca

A Birding Guide to all of British Columbia featuring birding articles & resources, area checklist, bird watch postings forum, local hotspots, virtual birding tour, skills area, weather reports, and visiting birder information.
 

Birdnet
www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET
The site is a service of the Ornithological Council, a public information organization involving ten North American professional ornithological societies. Links to these societies including the American Ornithologists' union are found at this site.
 

Birds - A Virtual Exhibition
www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Birds/Birds
A virtual exhibition on Canadian birds: the Canadian Heritage Information Network provides an insight into the wealth of knowledge in Canadian museums about the world of birds.
 

http://www.bsc-eoc.org/national/cmmn.html

This network of migration monitoring stations from the Bay of Fundy to Vancouver Island, supported by Bird Studies Canada, ensures that migratory bird populations are adequately monitored from coast to coast. 

Cornell Lab of Ornithology
http://birds.cornell.edu
A variety of bird projects that will inspire all amateur birders. A non-profit unit of Cornell University that encourages research, education and conservation. Great backyard bird count, feeder watcher program, and even put your birdhouse on the map with your online submission.
 

Ducks Unlimited Canada
www.ducks.ca

Ducks Unlimited Canada's mission is to conserve wetlands and associated habitats for the benefit of North America's waterfowl, which in turn provide healthy environments for wildlife and people.
 

Electronic Resources on Ornithology

www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/bird.html
An extensive linking index of international birding resources. Explore provincial birding groups and societies or discover European and Asian bird clubs. Some commercial sites and general links are included as well.
 

Glossary of Avian Terms for Use in Avian Conservation Biology
www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/avian/avian.htm
An excellent glossary that provides standard definitions for many of the terms used in avian conservation biology. A great way to brush up on your birding-banding verbatim in preparation for the breeding and migration season.
 

Important Bird Areas
www.ibacanada.com

Important Bird Areas is an international conservation initiative of BirdLife International. The Canadian Nature Federation and Bird Studies Canada are the BirdLife partners in Canada that identify and conserve critical areas for birds. In BC, 249 potential Important Bird Areas have been proposed.
   

Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) Program
www.birdpop.org/maps.htm
MAPS is an Institute for Bird Populations initiative in coordination with public agencies, private organizations and the bird banders of North America to provide long-term data on the productivity, survivorship and population sizes of target land bird species through constant-effort mist netting, banding and point counts during the breeding season.
 

National Audubon Society
www.audubon.org
The National Audubon Society's mission to conserve birds and their habitats began nearly a century ago, when concerned citizens, calling themselves the Audubon Societies, organized against the senseless slaughter of birds. The site contains bird species profiles, a watch list, current events, and lists birding festivals.
 

North American Bird Breeding Survey (BBS)
www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/

The BBS is a large-scale survey of North American birds. It is a roadside survey, primarily covering the continental United States and southern Canada, although survey routes have recently been initiated in Alaska and northern Mexico. The BBS was started in 1966, and the over 3,500 routes are surveyed in June by experienced birders. The primary objective of the BBS has been the estimation of population change for songbirds.

Partners in Flight – Canada
www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/birds/lb_ot_e.cfm
Partners in Flight is an international working group committed to the conservation of land birds.
 

Patuxent Wildlife Research Centre
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov
A U.S. Geological Service biological resource centre that deals with waterfowl harvest management, wildlife habitat improvement, effects of environmental contaminants, endangered species conservation, migratory bird management, and wildlife population analysis. Includes links to several banding surveys and monitoring programs.
 

These maps show changes in the distribution and abundance patterns of some North American birds for the last 20 years. For each species there are four maps, each representing the average distribution and abundance pattern over the five-year periods 1970-1974, 1975-1979, 1980-1984, and 1985-1989.

Recent Ornithological Literature
www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/ROL
A collection of citations and abstracts from international ornithological literature. Entries are predominately periodicals, but also new and renamed journals, abstracts of conference proceedings, reports, doctoral dissertations, and other serial publications.
 

Report on Bird Species and Climate Change – World Wildlife Fund

www.panda.org:80/news_facts/publications/index.cfm?uNewsID=86520

The report, “Bird Species and Climate Change: The Global Status Report” reviews more than 200 scientific articles on birds in every continent to build up a global picture of climate change impacts. It finds a clear and escalating pattern of climate change impacts on bird species around the world, suggesting a trend towards a major bird extinction from global warming.

Tools for Learning about Birds
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/ident.html
Everything you need to learn your birds by sight and sound. Songs and pictures of common U.S., Canadian, and Central American birds and of selected species that breed in Central America. Identification tips brought to you by the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.
 

Fungi

Pacific Northwest Fungi

www.pnwfungi.org

This is a peer-reviewed online journal for information on fungal natural history in the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington) including taxonomy, nomenclature, ecology, and biogeography. The journal is part of the Pacific Northwest Fungi Project, a consortium of professional scientists and amateur natural history enthusiasts cooperating to develop a comprehensive inventory of the region's fungi. Their mission is to facilitate cataloguing the fungi of the Pacific Northwest by developing educational programs, an online journal and databases, and coordinated research projects, and coordinated research projects.

BC Mushrooms - (Coastal Western Hemlock Zone)

http://bcmushrooms.forrex.org

This web page is intended to aid foresters, naturalists and amateur mycologists with the recognition of some macrofungi found in southcoastal British Columbia, Canada.

Glaciers, Water, and Snow

Measures in Time
Glaciers: Legacy in Ice

http://www.whytemuseum.org/time

Everything you wanted to know about the Illecillewaet Glacier in Glacier National Park, and other glaciers in the Canadian Rockies. Includes large collection of historical photographs of the Illecillewaet Glacier, a "Researcher’s Guide" to the glacier, information on using lichens to date glacier movements, and more.
 

Entomological Society of Canada

http://esc-sec.org/

The Entomological Society of Canada represents hundreds of entomologists from all parts of Canada and around the world. The Society is promotes research, dissemination of knowledge of insects, and encourages the continued participation of all “students and lovers of Entomology”.

Conifer Defoliating Insects of BC
www.pfc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/entomology/defoliators/index_e.html
The forest defoliators described here represent about 60% of the species known to feed on conifers in British Columbia. This web site will ultimately include all of the approximately 140 defoliator species known to feed on conifers in British Columbia.

Mammals

Badgers in BC
www.badgers.bc.ca
This is the web site for BC's Badger Recovery Team. Learn more about badgers in BC, the conservation challenges facing the species, and what people can do to help recover populations of this endangered species in British Columbia.
 

Bat Conservation International
www.batcon.org
The mission of Bat Conservation International is to protect and restore bats and their habitats worldwide.
 

Bear Den
www.bearden.org
Natural history notes and more on all bear species.
 

This is the BC government’s program for Bear Smart Communities.
 

Brown Bear Resources
www.brownbear.org
Brown Bear Resources is based in northwest Montana, and focuses its efforts in and around the (American) Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem. They are a resource and research non-profit corporation formed in 1989. Brown bear Resources works to give humans an understanding and a respect for grizzlies using a variety of educational and resource media.
 

Caving Canada – British Columbia Bat Resources
http://www.cancaver.ca/bats/bc
A source for lots of information on bats.

Also check out the Canadian site at: http://www.cancaver.ca/bats
 

Centre For Northern Forest Research - Caribou Reference Database

http://blue.lakeheadu.ca:80/cld/

This is a citation database of North American and Eurasian published and “grey” literature on all aspects of caribou biology and ecology. An exhaustive search for all journal papers, conference proceedings, M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses, government reports, and other unpublished manuscripts concerning woodland caribou of all ecotypes (forest-alpine, migratory forest-tundra, and migratory and non-migratory forest-dwelling caribou) was made using multiple search methods and bibliographic sources. Hosted by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Parks Canada, and Trent University.

Craighead Environmental Research Institute
http://craigheadresearch.org

The Craighead Environmental Research Institute is a network of biologists dedicated to providing reliable information, through innovative research and state-of-the-art conservation planning, to foster ecologically sound management of wildlife and their habitats. The Institute is focused primarily on the conservation of carnivores and their habitats.

Eastern Slopes Grizzly Bear Project
http://www.canadianrockies.net/grizzly
The Eastern Slopes Grizzly Bear Project (ESGBP) was initiated in 1994 to address the urgent need for scientific information about the cumulative effect of human development and activities on grizzly bears in this area (eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta). The ESGBP actively promotes the application of this information in management and conservation contexts. Site includes a range of information from educational materials to research papers.
 

Grizzly Bear Conservation Strategy
www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/grzz

The mandate of the BC provincial government strategy is to ensure the continued existence of grizzly bears and their habitats for future generations.

Kootenay Community Bat Project

www.kootenaybats.com

The Slocan Valley Bat Project was initiated in 2004 with the goals of raising awareness about bats in the region, and promoting the conservation of bat roosting habitat.  The success of this project led to its expansion as the Kootenay Community Bat Project in 2005.

www.bearbiology.com
The goal of the International Association for Bear Research and Management is to promote the conservation and restoration of the world’s bears through science-based research, management and education.
 

International Mountain Caribou Technical Committee
www.imctc.com
The International Mountain Caribou Technical Committee (IMCTC) is an international, multi-agency group of researchers, biologists, resource managers, industry representatives, and other concerned people interested in recovering the endangered mountain woodland caribou.
 

Mountain Caribou Provincial Recovery Strategy http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/mtcaribou_rcvrystrat02.pdf
This link is to the PDF document containing the Strategy for Recovery of Mountain Caribou in British Columbia.
 

Parsnip Grizzly Bear Habitat Inventory Project
http://web.unbc.ca/parsnip-grizzly
The Parsnip Grizzly Bear Habitat Inventory Project is a five year research program initiated in 1997 to address increasing concerns about the grizzly bear population in the Central Interior of British Columbia. Habitat alteration, resource extraction, hunting pressure, landfills, and human access all affect grizzly bear population in the region.

Plants

BC Ministry of Forests and Range - Invasive Alien Plant Program Application

http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/invasive/IAP_01.htm

The Invasive Alien Plant Program Application is the database for invasive plant data in BC.  It is intended to co-ordinate/share information generated by various agencies and non-government organizations involved in invasive plant management.  The application has been developed to allow the entry, edit and query of invasive plant information including: site details; invasive plant inventory information; planning; treatment methods and data; and, monitoring data.

Botanical Electronic News (BEN)

www.ou.edu/cas/botany-micro/ben

This is an archived of the BEN list serve, compiled by Dr. A. Ceska of Victoria, B.C.To subscribe to this list serve: http://victoria.tc.ca/mailman/listinfo/ben-l .

Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee

www.kootenayweeds.com

The Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee is a group of concerned local citizens, land managers, and government and non-government agencies who share a common concern about the increase of non-native invasive plants in the Central Kootenays and BC. This site includes useful information on weed identification and management, and educational opportunities offered by the CKIPC in the Kootenays.

Electronic Atlas of British Columbia's Flora

http://eflora.bc.ca

E-Flora BC is a GIS-based on line atlas of the plants of British Columbia.  It is a cooperative partnership project aimed at providing a comprehensive, centralized source of information on our plant species. Using a GIS-based atlas format, E-Flora provides detailed information on the distribution, ecology, biology, taxonomy, and conservation status of our plant species via atlas pages, as well as detailed introductory information on plant groups in BC.

Interactive Key to Grasses of the Columbia Basin

Invasive Plant Council of BC

www.invasiveplantcouncilbc.ca  

The Invasive Plant Council of BC stemmed from the Invasive Plant Strategy, a groundbreaking document that outlines an action plan to address the exponential increase in invasive plant population throughout the province.  The Council includes Regional Weed Committees.  

Weeds BC

www.weedsbc.ca/

This provincial government web site can help you identify your weeds, learn how to manage them and find out what can happen if you don't. This site profiles 80 weeds that are currently present in the province or pose a threat to its economy and environment.

Soils

Wildlife

BC Ministry of Environment, Environmental Stewardship Division
www.env.gov.bc.ca/esd/
Look in the right hand column of links for the Branches that deal with fish, wildlife, biodiversity, and more.

Electronic Atlas of British Columbia's Fauna

http://efauna.bc.ca

E-Fauna BC is an electronic atlas of the wildlife of British Columbia.  It is a cooperative partnership project of the UBC Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, in the Department of Geography, with the goal of providing a comprehensive, centralized source of information on BC wildlife in a GIS-based format.

This is a list of sites about wildlife on the federal Environment Canada web sites.
 

European COST 341 Program
www.cordis.lu/cost-transport/src/cost-341.htm
This is a European site. The main objective of the COST 341 program is to promote a safe and sustainable pan-European transport infrastructure through recommending measures and planning procedures with the aim of conserving biodiversity and reducing vehicular accidents and resulting fauna casualties.
 

Infra Eco Network Europe
www.iene.info
Infra Eco Network Europe (IENE) is a European network of experts and institutions involved in the phenomena of habitat fragmentation caused by the development and use of main networks of infrastructure (roads, waterways, railways). IENE promotes cooperation and exchange of knowledge between the sectors environment and infrastructure both on national and European levels.
 

Space for Species
www.spaceforspecies.ca
Space for Species is a student-oriented site for satellite tracking of Polar Bears, King Eiders, Peregrine Falcons and Leatherback Turtles. Includes good background information and a section for educators.
 

Wildlife Immobilization and Health

Sites for purchasing equipment:

• Wildlife Pharmaceuticals www.wildpharm.com

• Telinject USA www.telinject.com

• PneuDart Inc. www.pneudart.com

• Dan Inject Inc www.dan-inject.com

• Lotek Wireless www.lotek.com

• Association of Avian Veterinarians www.aav.org

• American Assoc. of Wildlife Veterinarians www.aawv.net

• Canadian Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians www.cazwv.org

• Wildlife Disease Association www.wildlifedisease.org

• Wildlife Conservation Society www.wcs.org

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre http://wildlife.usask.ca

WildPro Multimedia (Information Software) www.wildlifeinformation.org

Canadian Firearms Centre www.cfc-ccaf.gc.ca

www.hc-sc.gc.ca/vetdrugs-medsvet/e_home.html

look for the links to "Controlled Drugs & Substances Act " and "Food & Drugs Act"
 

American Society of Mammologists
www.mammalsociety.org/committees

US National Wildlife Health Centre
http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre
http://wildlife.usask.ca

Gov't of Northwest Territories - Common Wildlife Diseases
http://www.nwtwildlife.com/Publications/diseasepamphletweb/diseasesindex.htm

Michigan Wildlife Disease Manual
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12150_12220---,00.html

Netvet (general veterinary info)