News & Events

NatureServe Surveyor makes public debut
New web-mapping application allows subscribers to screen project areas for known populations of threatened and imperiled species across the United States and Canada. Read announcement or view application.

NatureServe, NPS, and USGS team up for LandScope Chesapeake
NatureServe, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey have launched the first release of LandScope Chesapeake, a shared platform that guide and measure progress toward land conservation and public access goals. Read more (09/27/12)

NatureServe Strategic Plan 2012-2016 Released
The result of a network-wide organizational assessment, NatureServe's new strategic plan explores how we will work to achieve the greatest mission impact over the next five years. Learn more, download the plan, and view exclusive online content. (08/21/12)

Plight of the Bumble Bee
Working with the USDA Forest Service and Canadian biologist Sheila Colla, NatureServe species scientists Dale Schweitzer, Nicole Capuano, and Bruce Young produced an overview report on the diversity, natural history, conservation status, and management of North America’s 46 species of bumble bees. Download report (2.5MB) (08/01/12)

Revised Conservation Status Assessments documents and rank calculator now available!
The Element Ranking Working Group, consisting of staff from NatureServe and member programs, has revised the Conservation Status Assessments factors and methodology documents and the rank calculator tool itself, and encourages all users of natural heritage methodology to download and adopt these revisions. (07/20/12)

Don Kent to join NatureServe as Director of Network Relations
Administrator of the New Hampshire Natural Heritage Bureau will expand his collaboration with the NatureServe network beginning August 1, 2012. En español (07/18/12)