--Master Species File--

Many state fish and wildlife agencies maintain fish and wildlife species information on the web. There are many agencies working on systems to get them on the web. The Fish and Wildlife Information Exchange has been involved in helping these agencies since the mid-1980's.

Pick an information system.

California	Colorado*	Kentucky*	Maryland*
Missouri*	New Hampshire*	New Jersey*	New Mexico*
Oregon*	Pennsylvania*	Tennessee*	Utah
Virginia*	West Virginia*	Belize*

 

 

* systems that the FWIE manages, developed, or has worked on in the past in some capacity.

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In addition to the above states, the "Endangered Species Information System" (ESIS), contains species accounts on 436 threatened and endangered plants and animals (through 1987) from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Endangered Species. The "Marine and Coastal Species Information System" (MACSIS) also holds species accounts on 450 vertebrates and invertebrates. These have been prepared for the Corps of Engineers by the Fish and Wildlife Information Exchange.

The following is a list of other organizations and agencies hosting Web sites with species accounts:

• Association of Zoos and Aquariums - Species Survival Plan
  
• Butterflies of North America--Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center--USGS
  
• Protected Marine Species Resources
  
• Species at risk in the Gulf of Mexico
  
• Species Profiles: Life Histories and Environmental Requirements of Coastal Fishes and Invertebrates
  
• Texas Natural History Collections - Fish Division (fish of North America)
  
• Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive species on DOD lands.
  
• University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Web
  
• US Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Endangered Species
  
• US Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Refuges
  
• National Audubon Society Electronic Nature Guides
• NatureServe Explorer
  
• Fire Effects Information System
  

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Last updated 04 Dec 2006
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