Archive
Conservation Videos in Agricultural Systems
Conservation Bridge has several videos related to conservation in agricultural lands. Some of the them have additional materials for teaching in pdf. “Farming for Wildlife” gets 5 stars and used in my Conservation in Agricultural Landscapes course this spring.
State of the UK’s Birds
Declines in farmland birds. Here is the new report on the State of the UK’s Birds.
Natural History for Conservation: Grasslands of the Southeastern United States
Grassland talk by Reed Noss at UGA.
Natural History for Conservation: Grasslands of the Southeastern United States
February 15, 2012
Major Land Use of the United States
Major Uses of Land in the United States, 2007 from ERS (Click on image below).
By Cynthia Nickerson, Robert Ebel, Allison Borchers, and Fernando Carriazo
Economic Information Bulletin No. (EIB-89) 67 pp, December 2011
Mapping tool for renewable energy resources
The National Renewable Energy Lab has put together an interactive website showing best locations for a number of renewable energy sources, including biomass
Farming for Wildlife Video
Southeastern Prairie Symposium
May 14-17, 2012
Starkville, Mississippi
Agricultural Landscapes from Space
Some excellent images of agricultural landscapes from space from Wired magazine. The contrast between anthropogenic and natural parts is striking.
An Introduction to Native Bees
From the Pollinator Partners in co-op with the Forest Service – a nicely illustrated publication on the basics of bee biology and an overview of major bee pollinators.
Shelterbelts on the Prairies
Check out a nice guide from Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada entitled “Shelterbelts – Design Guidelines for Farmyard, Field, Roadside, Livestock, Wildlife and Riparian Buffer Plantings on the Prairies.”
