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Floristic Quality Index - The FQI was developed in order to determine the relative quality of existing natural areas within the state. Botanists working for the DNR have assigned "coefficients of conservatism”
Description & Inventory Spreadsheet
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Our Mission
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"To actively contribute to decisions that impact the conservation of biological and ecological diversity by collecting, analyzing, and communicating information about rare and declining plants and animals, and the array of natural communities and ecosystems native to Michigan." |
Global Landfire Inititive Website
LANDFIRE, also known as the Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools Project, is a five-year, multi-partner project producing consistent and comprehensive maps and data describing vegetation, wildland fuel, and fire regimes across the United States. It is a shared project between the wildland fire management programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and U.S. Department of the Interior. The project has four components: the LANDFIRE Prototype, LANDFIRE Rapid Assessment, LANDFIRE National, and Training/Technology Transfer.
Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW)
NEW is a nonprofit organization located in Ann Arbor that provides a variety of support services and resources to nonprofits in Washtenaw County and southeast Michigan.
Society for Ecological Resoration (SER)
The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International is a non-profit organization whose members are actively engaged in ecologically-sensitive repair and management of ecosystems through an unusually broad array of experience, knowledge sets and cultural perspectives. Membership includes scientists, planners, ecological consultants, first peoples, landscape architects, teachers, engineers, natural areas managers, writers, community activists, and volunteers, among others.
They send out a weekly summary of conservation and environmental funding opportunities called 'Grants Corner', but you must be a member to receive it.
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation OPEN Environment The mission of the Environment program is to support the efforts of an engaged citizenry working to create accountable and responsive institutions, sound public policies, and appropriate models of development that protect the diversity and integrity of selected ecosystems in North America and around the world.
Grantmaking focuses on the following areas:
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reform of the environmental policies of international lending and trade institutions;
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conservation of freshwater ecosystems in North America (with emphasis on the binational Great Lakes region and portions of the southeastern U.S.); and,
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special initiatives.
Contact: Phone: 810-238-5651 Fax: 810-766-1753 Email: info@mott.org Url: http://www.mott.org
Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC)
WHC's International Conservation Awards recognize voluntary activities by individuals, companies and organizations, large or small, private or non-profit, who demonstrate excellence in the areas of wildlife habitat enhancement and restoration.
The application deadline for this year has passed (July 31), but to browse around for future opportunities:
Youth Service America - Grants for Engaging Youth
To learn more visit http://www.ysa.org/awards
The Global Invasive Species Initiative is The Nature Conservancy's response to abating the damage caused to native biodiversity by the human-facilitated introduction of non-native, harmful invasive species. This web site provides many resources designed to help all conservationists deal most effectively with invasive species. http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/index.html
Mission: Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities. Wild Ones is a not-for-profit environmental education and advocacy organization. 622-9997
Reports and Research Information:
Polyploidy in Plants: Implications for Restoration At the Stewardship Network's Science and Practice of Restoration II. Doug Schemske from the Department of Plant Biology at Michigan State University presented fascinating information about plant genotype. During this discussion and presentation he emphasized the importance of plant polyploidy. See his one page description of
polyploidy and restoration.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Report: "Fire in Eastern Oak Forests: Delivering Science to Land Managers"
Abstract: Contains 20 papers and 36 poster abstracts presented at a
conference on fire in oak forests of the Eastern United States that was
held at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, on November 15-17, 2005.
Midwest PARC Fire and Herps Task Force: "Prescribed Fire Use and Important Management Considerations for Amphibians and Reptiles within The Midwest" written by David Mifsud
Read this before completing a prescribed burn to understand how your restoration efforts may effect local herps (amphibians and reptiles) and what you can do to include their safety in your burn plans.
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