Index

 

Vernal Pool Websites

Vernal Pool Web pages

State Vernal Pool Programs

Vernal Pool Experts

Vernal Pool Resources

 

Vernal Pool Websites

www.vernalpool.org

 

Vern L. Pool the Spotted Salamander with a story is the guide through this site developed by the Vernal Pool Association, an organization out of Reading Memorial High School in Reading, Massachusetts. The site is devoted entirely to vernal pools and the Massachusetts vernal pool program and includes:

     - its own list of resources

     - a list of publications and vernal pool related merchandise

     - a description of the Vernal Pool Certification in Massachusetts

There are many other interesting features on this site as well

www.vernalpools.org

 

This website includes a collection of information and resources about California Vernal Pools. VernalPools.org is dedicated to saving California's vernal pool landscapes

vernalpools.rtpi.org/

Vernal Pools - A monitoring project linking the outdoors to the curriculum. Sponsored by the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History

www.uri.edu/cels/nrs/paton/index.html

 

This is the Rhode Island Vernal Pool Website RIVP a site designed to introduce the reader to the vernal pool identification, characteristics, species, and specifically pond breeding amphibians of Rhode Island.

Vernal Pool  Web Pages

www.cnps.org/programs/vernalpools.htm

 

This is the web page for the California Native Plant Society which is located in Sacramento California. The information on this site is referenced in many documents. The title of the conference is:

"Ecology, Conservation, and Management of VERNAL POOL ECOSYSTEMS Proceedings from a 1996 Conference"

biology.usgs.gov/pubs/ecosys.htm

 

This is a USGS report entitled "Endangered Ecosystems of the United States: A Preliminary Assessment of Loss and Degradation"

www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/types/vernal.html

 

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) page devoted to vernal pools

www.pwrc.usgs.gov/nearmi/

 

This is the website for the Northeast Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (NEARMI)

State Vernal Pool Programs

Maine Audubon Society

 

www.maineaudubon.org/conserve/citsci/vip.shtml

Massachusetts

 

Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program

New Hampshire

 

New Hampshire Audubon Vernal Pool Protection

New Jersey

 

Mapping New Jersey's Vernal Pools

Ohio Vernal Pool Partnership

 

http://www.ovpp.org/index.html

Pennsylvania Seasonal Pools Registry

 

http://www.paconserve.org/rc/sp/

Vermont

www.vtwaterquality.org/bass/htm/bs_vernal.htm

Virginia

 

www.lynchburgbiz.com/virginiasvernalpools/

Vernal Pool Experts

Vernal Pool Experts

 

Gibbs, J. P.

Madison, D.M

 

Maret, T.

ecology of vernal ponds

 

Semlitsch, R.D.

University of Missouri Professor of Biology interested in studying the ecological processes of amphibians.

 

Skelly, D. K.

Graduate Student Projects

 

Crouch, B.

Research intended to produce a better understanding of the seasonal movements of amphibians which are using certain vernal pools in southern Rhode Island

Vernal Pool Resources

elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/fauna/com-Amphibian.html

 

This is a database of amphibian pictures which contains pictures of just about any vernal pool amphibian species.

www.aswm.org/science/isolated.htm#13

This extensive list of vernal pool literature was compiled by the Association of State Wetland Managers (ASWM)

vernalpools.rtpi.org/guides/eggs.htm

This website provides several online field guides for vernal pool species

Habitat management guidelines for Amphibians and Reptiles of the Mid-West

for information on other regional habitat management guidelines from PARC CLICK HERE

www.uri.edu/cels/nrs/paton/bib.html

This bibliography from the University of Rhode Island is an exhaustive list of resources first sorted by type, and then alphabetically.