Resources

Websites with information on rare species or those at risk in Canada

• Wild Species: The General Status of Species in Canada
• Government of Canada’s Species at Risk Public Registry
• Manitoba’s Species at Risk
• Saskatchewan Conservation Data Centre Species at Risk Fact Sheets
• Ontario Species at Risk List
• Alberta’s Species at Risk
• Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Rare Species Guide

Websites with information on plants and pollinators

• Tree of Life Web Project
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility
• The Canadian Biodiversity Website
• British Columbia Ministry of Environment: BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer
• United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database
• Robert W. Freckman Herbarium (University of Wisconsin)
• Colorado Plant Database (Colorado State University)
• Flora of North America
• Bug Guide
• Harvard University department of Entomology
• Orchard Pest Management Online (Washington State University)
• Pollinator Conservation Digital Library
• The Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification
• American Entomological Institute
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• The World of Flesh Flies
• Catalogue of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera)
• Diptera Families of British Columbia
• The Diptera Site
• Diptera.info
• Bumblebee.org
• The Moths of Canada
• A guide to the Cleridae of Atlantic Canada

Professional Groups and Associations

• Manitoba Association of Plant Biologists
• Nature Manitoba
• Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan
• Nature Saskatchewan
• Alberta Native Plant Council
• Nature Alberta
• Canadian Botanical Association
• Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists
• Canadian Phytopathological Society
• Canadian Weed Science Society
• Canadian Society of Agronomy
• Canadian Society for Horticultural Science
• Entomological Society of Canada
• Entomological Society of Alberta
• Entomological Society of Saskatchewan
• Entomological Society of Manitoba
• NSERC-CANPOLIN
• North American Dipterists Society
• Biological Survey of Canada

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