Society for Conservation Biology

The parent society to our chapter:

• Society for Conservation Biology Website
• Other local chapters of the SCB – SCB chapters can be found all over the globe

Gardening

Information on invasive plants in your garden:

• Grow Me Instead: Non-Invasive Plants for Your Garden
• Quick Reference Guide to Invasive Plant Species
• Ontario Weed Identification Guide

Current Events

Information on invasive plants in your garden:

• Living Oceans Society – Pipeline and Tanker Trouble report; interactive maps for areas and species affected
• CBC News – Northern Gateway pipeline: benefits vs. concerns
• On the Line – an eco-adventure documentary about the proposed pipeline route
• Petitions to sign against the pipeline – as well as information about BC coast impacts
  – Pacificwild.org
  – Dogwoodinitiative.org

Online Subscriptions

A great way to stay up to date on current environmental news, sign up for a free online subscription. Here are a few choices:

• David Suzuki Foundation’s e-mail subscription
• Electric Green Environmental News – weekly news on worldwide issues, events and tools to help conserve Earth’s natural resources
• Envirozine – Environment Canada’s Online Newsmagazine

Get Involved

• Operation Wallacea: – volunteer opportunities in scientific conservation and sustainable development projects
• Wildlands League – help the Wildlands League to Protect the Boreal Forest
• Volunteer activities at Environment Canada – become part of Environment Canada’s team of citizen scientists

Biodiversity Links

• Canadian Wildlife Service – Species at Risk in Canada
• Species at Risk Public Registry
• Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)
• MNR – Species at Risk in Ontario
• ROM – Ontario’s Species at Risk
• Long Point Bird Observatory
• Species 2000 – indexing world’s biodiversity
• World’s Rarest Mammals
• Animal Info: Links and Organizations
• The Tree of Life
• Biodiversity and World Map – priority areas for conservation
• Algonquin Park Brook and Lake Trout
• The Scoop on Snakes!

Government Resources

• Environment Canada
• Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
• Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
• Ontario Ministry of the Environment
• Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
• Canadian Forest Service
• National Pollutant Release Inventory
• Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development
• Environment Canada’s Climate Change Site
• Natural Resources Statistics
• Canada Centre for Remote Sensing – Tour Canada from Space
• Maps – National Atlas of Canada

City of Kingston Links

• Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority
• Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve
• City of Kingston: Environmental Initiatives
• Eastern Ontario Children’s Water Festival
• Pesticide Reduction Kingston
• Kingston Field Naturalists
• Backyard Naturalists – Kingston wildlife conservation in your backyard
• E3 Conservation Gardening in Eastern Ontario
• Wolfe Island Wind Farms

Queen’s University Links

• Queen’s Biology Department
• Queen’s School of Environmental Studies
• Queen’s U. Biology Station (QUBS)
• Queen’s Fowler Herbarium
• Queen’s Geographic Information Systems Laboratory

Professional and Interest Groups

• The Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists (CSEB)
• Sierra Club of Canada
• The Federation of Ontario Naturalists
• Canadian Nature Federation
• Wildlands League
• Nature Conservancy
• Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
• David Suzuki Foundation
• International Union for the Conservation of Nature
• World Wildlife Fund Canada