Resources

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

Current Events

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