by admin | Feb 17, 2011 | Happenings, Publications, Apps, and Websites
You can help celebrate this with the UN by going to their website and learning more. This is important since most of New York is forested. Here is the introduction at their website: Welcome to the International Year of Forests, 2011 (Forests 2011) Web site, a global...
by admin | Feb 1, 2011 | Field Techniques, Publications, Apps, and Websites
If you want to enter GPS coordinates in web-based maps it can be a hassle to convert the coordinate systems depending on how you record them. There is a great website that does it for you and with one click will go to the web map you want. It is called leware.net...
by admin | Jan 28, 2011 | Ecology, Publications, Apps, and Websites
The Pollinator Partnership is a fascinating website that deals with the role of pollinators. The Pollinator Partnership’s mission is to protect pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research. Signature initiatives include...
by admin | Jan 28, 2011 | Publications, Apps, and Websites, Taxonomy
If you have ever sought the meaning behind the scientific name of a plant there is an easy website to use called Botanary (botanical dictionary) to look them up. It’s part of the gardening site “Dave’s Garden”. Keep it handy on your smartphone...
by admin | Jan 26, 2011 | Publications, Apps, and Websites
Some of us spend time in Florida during the winter (I don’t know why since there is some much winter fun to be had here) but if you do you might be interested in a blog and website just for Florida wildflowers. The Florida Wildflower Foundation is doing a lot of...
by admin | Jan 24, 2011 | Publications, Apps, and Websites
CLICK HERE to see a movie of all the state flowers and afterward you can click on a list of states to see the flower for that state. Quick, what is the state flower of New York?