An Introduction to Vernal Pools

Hydrology

Vernal Pools as Wildlife Habitat

Vernal Pool Species

Threats to Vernal Pools

Upcoming Events

Links

References

Contact

Acknowledgements

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Vernal Pool Conservation Groups

• Vernal Pool Association (Massachusetts)
• Rhode Island Vernal Pools
• California Vernal Pools
  
• Virginia Vernal Pools

Wetland Conservation

• Toronto Zoo’s Adopt-A-Pond
• Ducks Unlimited Canada
• WETKIT – Wetland Information

Wildlife Information, Conservation, and Research
Amphibians and Reptiles

• Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network (CARCNET)(
• Ontario Herpetofaunal Summary Atlas
• Checklist of Amphibian Species and Identification Guide, U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Invertebrates

• Dragonflies and Damelflies (Odonata) of Ontario, Paul D. Pratt
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Key to Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
• Ode News, Southern New England Dragonfly and Damselfly Newsletter
• Freshwater Benthic Ecology and Aquatic Entomology
• Virtual Exhibit on Canada’s Biodiversity: Insects

General Information

• North American Benthological Society
• U.S. Department of Transportation, Critter Crossings
• Hyla Ecological Services
• Canadian Biodiversity

Species At Risk

• Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre
• Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)
• Environment Canada’s Species At Risk
• Ontario Parks Species At Risk
• Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario Species At Risk

Monitoring

• FrogWatch
• Environment Canada’s Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN)
• The Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program

Naturalists

• Federation of Ontario Naturalists (FON)
• Canadian Nature Federation (CNF)
• Toronto Entomologists' Association

Stewardship, Funding, and Restoration

• TD Friends of the Environment
• Wetland Habitat Fund
• Ontario Stewardship Centre

Government - Environment

• Environment Canada
• Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR)
• Conservation Ontario (Association of Ontario Conservation Authorities)
• Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC)

Non-Government – Environment

• Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC)
• Ontario Environmental Network
  
  

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