Planning - Fish &Wildlife Habitat Requirements

Updated 10/12/2006

(1) General

(2) Specific

(1) General

NatureServe Explorer is source for information on distribution, conservation status life histories, and habitat requirements for over 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities in the United States and Canada:

http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/

Gap Analysis Program (GAP) was undertaken to provide regional assessments of the conservation status of native vertebrate species and natural land cover types and to facilitate the application of this information to land management activities. When completed, this program will provide a searchable database for land cover, indices of biodiversity, and distribution and conservation status of terrestrial vertebrates. Check your state for GAP status and access to database.

http://www.gap.uidaho.edu/

Northwest Habitat Institute’s Web site provides matrices for fish and wildlife habitat relationships for species in Oregon and Washington. The site also includes an interactive Biodiversity Information System (IBIS):

http://www.nwhi.org/nhi/

(2) Specific

Birds:

• Partners-in-Flight provides a table showing availability and includes links to online species accounts for North American birds:

http://www.partnersinflight.org/birdacct.htm#Table

• Birds of North America—Life Histories for the 21st Century provides detailed life history accounts for all North American birds. The following Web site describes the information contained in species accounts. Note that BNA accounts currently are available only in printed format.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdsofna.org

• Wildlife Team and Wildlife Habitat Council’s Fish and Wildlife Habitat Management Leaflets are available for selected species, species groups, and habitats at

http://www.whmi.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/leaflet.htm

Amphibians:

• Partners of Amphibian and Reptile Conservation fact sheets for selected species are available at

http://www.parcplace.org/

Fish:

• North American Freshwater Fishes Index includes images, distribution maps, and life history information:

http://www.tmm.utexas.edu/tnhc/fish/na/naindex.html

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