- The links used for BMAP's Landowner's workshop can be found here.
- The Prairie Enthusiasts. A nonprofit, Wisconsin-born, grass-roots organization devoted to the protection, management, and restoration of native prairies and savannas in the upper Midwest. Their website contains information about the organization and its chapters, an events calendar, book reviews, informative articles, entertaining stories, and links to other like-minded sites.
- The Madison Audubon Society is active in helping to maintain area sanctuaries for birds and other wildlife, and for natural habitat restoration. They also hold many excellent field trips throughout the year to view wildlife and wildlife habitats. A particularly fine set of prairie restorations can be viewed at the Goose Pond Sanctuary in Arlington.
- Wisconsin’s Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program. Wisconsin’s fish and wildlife populations depend on private lands. The Partners for Fish and Wildlife (PFW) program works one-on-one with private landowners to improve respective fish and wildlife habitats. During initial site visits, program biologists work with private landowners to identify potential projects and assess the feasibility of restoring native plant communities on their properties. If private lands are eligible for the PFW program, a wildlife management agreement and plan will be developed to get projects underway.
- Owning land is one of the most challenging and rewarding undertakings that many of us will pursue. Fortunately, you don't have go it alone. The Woodland School was formed in 1998 by a group of resource management professionals. It is currently coordinated by the Aldo Leopold Foundation. The School's objective is to offer private landowners training in multi-resource land stewardship, conservation management, and ecological restoration. See the school's web site for a class schedule.
- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ Invasive Species page. If you're a land owner, ’nuff said; you know how vital this information is!
- Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin (IPAW) is a relative new non-profit organization wose mission is to “promote better stwardship of the natural resources of Wisconsin by advancing the understanding of invasive plants and encouraging the control of their spread.” The work with inductry representatives(nursiuries, seed producers, lansdscapers), goernment agencies, conservation organizations, and the general public. They host workshops, conferences, and can provide educational material.
- The Fire Effects Information System contains a database of approximately 900 plant species and 100 animal species found on the North American continent. A synopsis of each species discusses how it is affected by fire.
- The Wisconsin State Herbarium. Hosted by the UW-Madison Dept. of Botany, this site contains the complete (searchable) listing of all naturally occuring plants in Wisconsin with many photographs, distribution maps, and more.
- Recent articles in the New York Times and the Wisconsin State Journal have highlighted a University of Minnesota professor's research into the effects of invasive, Eurasian earthworms on forest ecosystems. See his worms page for more details.
- NatureServe. Provides authoritative conservation information in a searchable database of more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada. The database includes vascular plants, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, mussels, crayfish, butterflies, skippers, moths, beetles, dragonflies, damselflies, freshwater snails, many nonvascular plants, plant communities, and exotic species information. A true treasure-trove.
- The Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources’ Bureau of Endangered Resources offers information about Wisconsin's endangered resources, resource related events, current State and Federal legislation, fact sheets providing natural history information for many of Wisconsin's rare species, invasive (exotic) plants species control, and much more.
- Wisconsin State Cartographers Office. Maps, aerial photographs, satellite imagery, products and publications, and a worthwhile link section.
- Gathering Waters is a “land conservation organization formed in 1995 to assist land trusts, landowners and communities in their efforts to protect Wisconsin's land and water resources. Established by a coalition of land trusts, Gathering Waters serves as an education and technical assistance center for land trusts and landowners alike.”
- The Upper Sugar River Watershed Association (Dane County, Wisconsin). Serving as a forum for the preservation and enhancement of the watershed resources through an impartial partnership among diverse community interests, the USRWA came into existence via the Upper Sugar River Initiative. Bringing together local government, natural resource agencies, private organizations, community groups, and volunteers, the USRWA is devoted to a broad range of water resource concerns, including education and outreach, stormwater management, erosion control, soil and water quality, and recreation.
- Sustain Dane seeks “to explore different aspects of sustainability” by finding“ways to organize our lives as individuals and in our community as a whole that increases quality of life, promotes community, is more harmlessly integrated into local and global ecosystems, and is attractive, life affirming, and enjoyable.” Members include people from a variety of backgrounds, such as government, utilities, university, agriculture, non-profits and private businesses, as well as community activists. Sustain Dane promotes organized events on a wide range of topics, and supports various ongoing initiatives, such as NWEI discussion courses and EcoTeams.
- It is rare to find this many good resources organized at one location. The Ecological Society of America. ESA’s Education and Diversity Programs office offers a variety of programs to increase the diversity of the ecology-related professions and to improve the quality of ecology education.
- The Extension Toxicology Network. Extensive pesticide data base with search option.