Conservation Links

Websites including Conservation Tools, Forest Management, Climate Change, and CRISPR Gene Editing Sites 

                                                     

Green Biome Institute Web Site

 

AWS Wiki for GBI Analysis

 

List of 545 CSU Institutes- download CCI list as a spreadsheet

 

California Dept of Fish & Wildlife Botanical Garden Partners for Endangered Plant Preservation

https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Plants/Botanic-Gardens

 

California Plant Rescue- Database of Endangered Plants including Seed Collections

https://www.caplantrescue.org/

 

Calif Native Plant Society (CNPS)- California Rare Plant Database

https://www.cnps.org/rare-plants/cnps-inventory-of-rare-plants

https://rareplants.cnps.org/Search/result?frm=T&crpr=1B:2B&fesa=FE:FT&cesa=CE:CT:CR&fsao=or

 

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation- Mapped Locations of all Rare California Trees and Plants

https://vegetation.cnps.org/search?search_by_map=true

https://vegetation.cnps.org/alliance/65

 

Web Soil Survey- Shows detailed composition and characteristics of the soil at all locations in the United States.

https://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/HomePage.htm

 

National Clonal Germplasm Library Davis, CA- America's Living Orchard of all known Stone Fruit

https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/davis-ca/natl-clonal-germplasm-rep-tree-fruit-nut-crops-grapes/

 

National Clonal Germplasm Parlier, CA- America's Living Garden of drought tolerant plants

https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/parlier/sjvasc/about/us/

 

National Clonal Germplasm Riverside, CA.- America's Living Garden of all known Citrus, also water efficiency, and salinity research

https://www.ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/riverside-ca/

 

Plant Medicine                                                                                                                                   

https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethnobotany/medicinal/index.shtml

 

US Forest Service Estimating Carbon in your Farm and Orchard and Forest

https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/sc/carbon

 

US Forest Service Forecast of Climate change on plants

https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/climatechange

 

US Forest Service Interactive Climate Slide Maps- Heat, Grow zones

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9ee0cc0a070c409cbde0e3a1d87a487c

 

US Forest Service Drought Summary Tool

https://usfs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=3b1396771b164dc4ae89885466a25116

 

Examples of NFS response to climate change... resiliency, able to bounce back from disturbances,
Larger trees
Prescribed fire
Thin Dense strands...
Increase species diversity----- the only one that changes the plants present
Increase stock of seed banks

 

US Forest Service Examples of New Forest Management Policies

https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/sc/adaptation-examples

 

Managing and Evaluating Trees and Tree Planting

iTree Tree Planting effect on CO2 and Climate Savings Calculator

https://planting.itreetools.org/

 

Education about Climate Change

https://www.fs.usda.gov/ccrc/index.php/education/climate-change-science-and-modeling

https://niacs.org/

 

NFS Seed Zone Mapping 880m x 800m climate                                                                          3/3

https://usfs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=229eb45b7cc2456db6d1ad866145d397

https://www.fs.usda.gov/wwetac/Seedzonemapping.php

https://www.fs.usda.gov/wwetac/threat-map/threatmapper.php

 

Seed Lot Selection Tools with Climate Change Models Included

***Seed Lot Selection Tool
Seed Selection Tool for Western United States
Various and Customizable Climate Change Models....
Where will I find seeds for my land in a particular Climate future...?
Where should my current seeds be planted?

https://seedlotselectiontool.org/sst/

 

Phenotype Map- See Satellite Map of last week's History of Greening, Drought, Soil Moisture

https://www.fs.usda.gov/wwetac/PhenoMap.php

 

Seed Zone Map U.S.

https://usfs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=229eb45b7cc2456db6d1ad866145d397

 

UC Forest Info Web Site

https://ucanr.edu/sites/forestry/California_forests/http___ucanrorg_sites_forestry_California_forests_Tree_Identification_/

 

5 types of CA. Pine Forest Trees

Forest Trees-Summaries of different Tree types

https://ucanr.edu/sites/forestry/California_forests/http___ucanrorg_sites_forestry_California_forests_Tree_Identification_/Douglas-fir/

 

CRISPR EDUCATION and source for Presentation Graphics

https://www.addgene.org/guides/crispr/

 

Homologous Recombination Video Tutorials

https://engelward-lab.mit.edu/animations-page/