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Conservation Status

Determining which species and ecosystems are thriving and which are rare or declining is crucial for targeting conservation toward elements of biodiversity in greatest need. NatureServe and its network members use a suite of factors to assess the conservation status of plants, animals, and ecological systems and communities.

Nodding yucca (Yucca cernua) is a G1 species, known from fewer than a dozen populations in southeast Texas. Photo by Sam Sheline | NatureServe.

  2. Modeling Landscape Condition

    A Landscape Condition Model for the Conterminous United States, using nationally standardized data inputs.
    ProductStandards & MethodsData & Maps

  3. Conservation and Management of North American Bumble Bees

    A brief overview of the diversity, natural history, conservation status, and management of North American bumble bees, genus Bombus. Eight species from three subgenera have declined drastically during the last two decades.
    PublicationScientific Report

  4. NatureServe Explorer®

    NatureServe Explorer is an authoritative source for information on more than 70,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada.
    ProductData & Maps

  7. A Watershed Assessment in North Carolina, USA

    While new conservation areas are generally recommended to be added to existing ones, this study found that areas far from existing conservation areas would provide more conservation impact.
    Project

  8. Ecoregional Assessment with NatureServe Vista

    Large ecoregional assessment conducted for BLM using NatureServe Vista
    Project

  9. Building Capacity for Addressing Climate Change in Andean Conservation Efforts

    Training materials and tools for climate-smart conservation
    Project

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