Website Links - Main Topics

Native Plants
Native Wildlife
Invasive Species
Restoration
Wildfires
Gardening with Native Plants
Conservation Oranizations and Information
Land Management Organizations
Other NCCP  Plans
Resource Agencies - Regulatory Information
Species Sensitivity Status Lists
Climate
Mapping Tools
Other Useful Resources

Native Plants

• Plants of San Diego County, vegetation and taxonomy (M.G. Simpson) 
• San Diego County Plant Atlas Project (SDNHM) - lots of useful tools 
• CalPhotos (UC Berkeley)- photographs of native plants  
• Jepson Interchange 
• Plant Checklists for San Diego and Imperial Counties (SDNHM)

Native Widlife

• All Wildlife
• California's Wildlife (CDFG) - range maps and life history


• Invertebrates
• Butterflies of Greater Los Angeles (Sieng 1998)
• Butterflies of San Diego County - a checklist (SDNHM)


• Reptiles and Amphibians
• Reptiles and Amphibians of coastal southern California - a field guide USGS 2003)


• Birds
• San Diego County Bird Atlas Project (SDNHM) overview
• About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology


• Mammals
• San Diego County Mammal Atlas Project overview
• Key to Bats of Central California (Hastings Natural History Reservation)

Invasive Species

• California Department of and Game invasive species information
• California Native Plant Society  invasive species information
• California Department of Food and Agriculture "Encycloweedia" - all about weeds
• The story of a non-native seaweed infestation in Agua Hedionda Lagoon 
• Southern California Caulerpa Action Team
  

Habitat Restoration

• California Society for Ecological Restoration

Wildfires

• General Information
• Burned Area Emergency Response (BEAR) Team Report
• San Diego Wildfires Education Project
• Fire Prevention
• Fire, Defensible Space, and You - County of San Diego
• Homeowners Wildfire Mitigation Guide - University of California
• City of Carlsbad Fire Department - Brush Management


• Fire Recovery
• Homeowner's Guide to Flood, Debris, and Erosion Control after Fires -County of San Diego
• Protecting Your Property from Soil Erosion -County of San Diego

Gardening with Native Plants

• Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College - waterwise gardening resources
• Buena Vista Native Plant Club

Conservation Organizations and Information

• Buena Vista Audubon Society
• Carlsbad Watershed Network 
• Buena Vista Lagoon Foundation
• Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation
• Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation 
• USGS Western Ecological Research Center  

Land Management Organizations

• Center for Natural Lands Management
• Helix Community Conservancy
• CDFG Lands Program overview 
  

Natural Community Conservation Plans

• NCCP Overview
• North County Multiple Habitat Conservation Program (MHCP) overview
• County of San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) overview
  

Resource Agencies - Regulatory Information

• California Department of Fish and Game(CDFG) Permitting Directory
• CDFG Habitat Conservation Branch
• State of California Wildlife Conservation Board
• California Coastal Commission
• San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
• USFWS Endangered Species Program
• USFWS Habitat Species Conservation Planning (HCP)
• USFWS Critical Habitat for Listed Species
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Program
  

Species Sensitivity Status Lists

• State of California Species Lists, including:
• Species of Special Concern
• State Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Species
• Fully Protected Species
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Lists, including:
• Federally Listed Endangered or Threatened Species
• Candidates for Federal Listing
• Species Proposed for Federal Listing
• Delisted Species
  

Climate

• Western Regional Climate Center 
• Past and Current San Diego Climate Information -National Weather Service

Mapping Tools

• San Diego Geographic Information Source 
• Critical Habitat Portal for Threatened and  Endangered Species
• Soil Survey -U.S. Department of Agriculture
• GeoSpatial Natural Resources Data Gateway  - U.S. Department of Agriculture

Other Resources

• California Native Plant Society (CNPS) -statewide, and San Diego Chapter
• Rare Plants of San Diego County (Reiser 1994) - natural history and distribution info
• San Diego Wildflowers (Ken Bowles) - identification keys and photographs
• Wildflowers and Other Plants of Southern California - photographs by M. L. Charters
• Field Guide to San Diego County: Plants  (Tom Chester) - all kinds of plant information
• BugFinder - Exploring California's Insects
• California Reptiles and Amphibians - photos and natural history information
• Bird Friends of San Diego County - field guide, birding hot spots
• California Partners in Flight - dedicated to conservation of resident and migratory birds
• North American Bird Sounds - recordings of calls and other types of sounds
• The Coastal Scrub and Chaparral Bird Conservation Plan
• Bats of San Diego County - a field guide
• Mammals of California (American Society of Mammalogists) - a checklist
• San Diego Tracking Team
• NatureTracking - photographs of wildlife tracks
• California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC)
• San Diego Fire Recovery Network
• The California Chaparral Institute - information about wildfires
• The Nature Conservancy
• Preserve Calavera - devoted to conservation in North County
• Sierra Club - San Diego Chapter
• TerraServer - a mapping tool