Rivanna Chapter
Virginia Master Naturalists
Serving the
Central Piedmont of Virginia
Useful Web Sites for Naturalists
Developed by Mary Lee Epps as part of the Spring 2008 RMN Training
- Biogeography:
- VA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation
- Radford Geography Site: (See especially, links to vegetation and wildlife.)
- Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation: Natural Heritage Program Home Page
- Dendrology:
- Ecology: This site (developed for a VA elementary school) has lots of good info about organisms, habitat, etc:
- http://www.fcps.edu/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/home.htm
- Virginia Native Plant Society
- The Atlas of Virginia Flora
- "Native Plants for Conservation, Restoration, and Landscaping" (This site has lots of links to more specific information.)
- Fish:
- Virginia Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries
- "Efish: The Virtual Aquarium", Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences", Virginia Tech:
- Herpetology: The VA Herpetological Society
- Mammals: Virginia Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries
- Ornithology:
- Wildlife: General
- Virginia Co-operative Extension's Wildlife Resources Site
- Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries' wildlife web page
- Wildlife habitat: VA Dept of Game and Inland Fisheries
