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Annual Report 7 / Bats in Decline 13 / Dashboard Is Here 15 / Owls Find New Home 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 7 / BATS IN DECLINE 13 / DASHBOARD IS HERE 15 / OWLS FIND NEW HOME DISCOVERY INNOVATION CONSERVATION Board of Directors The Americas’ DISCOVERY NETWORK FOR Nicole Firlotte - Chair Larry Master - Vice Chair Sabra Tonn - Vice Chair Mary Ann Lawler - Treasurer BIODIVERSITY J. Douglas Ripley - Secretary Marcia Angle Sayles Braga James Brumm DJ Evans Robert Hoguet Urban Lehner NatureServe Board Chair and President Board NatureServe Kimberly Nelson Over the past year and a half, the NatureServe’s mission is more urgent and Dick Raines NatureServe Network has accomplished timely than ever. As we look ahead to the Aníbal Ramírez Soto INNOVATION amazing things. From rediscovering future of biodiversity conservation, there Alberto Székely precious lost species, engaging citizen will be both opportunities and challenges Candace Taylor-Anderson James Thorsell scientists, and shining a spotlight on the that decision-makers face. We promise Gregory Miller - ex officio A MESSAGE FROM A MESSAGE flora and fauna most in need, our expertise to be at the forefront with reliable, and “boots on the ground” data-gathering scientifically backed information to guide have a global impact because of the power them to make the best decisions for our Strategic of our Network. planet in a changing world. Advisors Innovative tools such as the Biodiversity NatureServe is developing a new strategic Council Indicators Dashboard now allow us direction that will focus on our shared vision to analyze and measure biodiversity for enduring conservation success, made trends for every country on the planet. possible through scientific discoveries that Conservationists can now access user- advance our biodiversity knowledge and Mike Andrews friendly visual reports and over 300 data the innovations we develop to uncover Tracy Austin Martha Boudreau CONSERVATION layers to make the best decisions for important trends. Jack Dangermond important places like the Chesapeake Bay. Jim Geringer Our public-private collaborations empower Over the next few years, we will build on Lucas Joppa decision-makers to evaluate different past success and achievements recognized Andrew Kaiser scenarios of conflicts in land use, resulting by the MacArthur Award for Creative and Paul Hagen The NatureServe Network is an authoritative source of comprehensive, in successful conservation outcomes such Effective Institutions, and multiply these to Carolyn Hendricks Sherry Huber decision-quality biodiversity data. From the Arctic to Andes, we collect as Puerto Rico’s recent achievement: fill a growing need. Gary Knight detailed scientific data for more than 70,000 species and 7,000 ecosystems protection of 16% of its territory. Ed Kfoury and share it with the world. Thank you for supporting our mission to Nancy Mathews Together, we are creating a world where provide the science that drives conservation Rick Ridgeway What makes NatureServe unique is that we’ve established an internationally everyone has access, at their fingertips, action. Bill Ruckelshaus Tom Smith uniform, harmonized way of collecting and analyzing biodiversity information. to up-to-date knowledge about Earth’s Nancy Weiss There are over 1,000 professionals in our Network in over 80 programs unique, rare, and threatened species and Jonathan Wilfong in every U.S. state, Canadian provinces, and over a dozen Latin American habitats. Carol Wise countries. These professionals are the experts on their local biodiversity, and their information and expertise is rolled up into NatureServe. Critical decisions about our planet rely on NatureServe. Nicole Firlotte Gregory Miller Board Chair President and CEO NatureServe | 2 The NatureServe Network DISCOVERY We ask questions about biodiversity: What is it? Where is it? How is it doing? Our answers guide decision-makers about where to focus, in order to leverage and amplify conservation efforts. AMERICAN MARTEN (Martes americana) NatureServe Status: Secure (G5) | Image by Larry Master From visually stunning maps to compelling Every good decision starts with good infographics to podcasts and videos, we information. We make it possible—and INNOVATION create online tools that deliver scientific CONSERVATION easy—for people to use accurate, current knowledge into the hands of the people scientific information as the basis for their who need it. conservation decisions and subsequent actions. NATURESERVE DISCOVERS Getting our hands dirty, venturing to parts unknown, identifying with a keen eye - these are the hallmarks of biodiversity discovery, and Read the full stories at DISCOVERY what the NatureServe Network does everyday. www.natureserve.org/news-and- NEEDLES IN A HAYSTACK events/stories LEFT - The government of the Northwest Territories believes there may be as few as A CENTURY LOST 15-20,000 hairy braya (Braya pilosa) plants Collaboration between left in existence: a new plan, developed with NatureServe and the data from the NatureServe Network, brings Maryland Natural new hope to the fate of this plant. Heritage Program has RIGHT - The Saskatchewan Conservation resulted in the rediscovery Data Centre documented the occurrence of eight species, including of daisy-leaved Moonwort (Botrychium this rock goldenrod matricariifolium) in Saskatchewan for the (Solidago rupestris) which first time. Photo by Jim Harris Photo by Arthur Haines hadn’t been documented in the state in 112 years| NEW NAMESAKE Photo by Wes Knapp NatureServe Network Program Biologist Bruce Bennett, of the Yukon Conservation Data Centre, has a new flower to his name - after his discovery of it, the Draba bruce- bennettii has been officially entered into the botany books. Photos by Jim Harris CONSERVATION CLUES Fieldwork by the Atlantic Canada FROM THE FIELD Conservation Data Centre (AC CDC) along he flower had not been seen in NatureServe Network programs are on the frontlines everyday New Brunswick’s eastern shore, documented 21 new occurrences of a poorly understood Maryland since Teddy Roosevelt was for biodiversity. Here are a few stories from the field. President of the United States. It was spider wasp species, known only by its T scientific name Ceropales bipunctata. believed to be locally extinct. But thanks to the shared scientific information and expertise in the NatureServe Network, Wes Knapp, botanist with the NatureServe Network’s Maryland Natural Heritage Photos by John Klymko Program, knew what to look for and where. INTO THE DEPTHS Rock goldenrod is important for both the Milo Pyne of NatureServe, Dusty Pate of the local ecosystem and for human health. National Park Service, Erin Hoy and Stephanie Sattler of USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Bees, butterflies, moths, and others “Shared standards Sciences Center access remote areas of Jean visit goldenrod for nectar and pollen. Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve by Caterpillars eat the leaves and stems, and and methods, airboat to build a map of its quickly-changing birds then prey on the insects goldenrod combined with plant communities affected by sea-level rise. attracts. There is even a goldenrod spider our database, that specializes in hiding on these plants. can provide fast Wes knew to look for the rock goldenrod turnaround on Photos By: Rickie White because it was on a list, assembled by conservation SURVEYING THE FUTURE NatureServe botanist Amanda Treher, of questions, like ‘which Antonio Tovar, Rocío Vásquez, Paola 131 species that occurred in neighboring rare species should Matayoshi of the CDC de Perú survey forests states and had a similar potential to be and scrubland areas in the Andes of the I look for along my Southern Peru to determine vulnerability to found in Maryland. state borders?” climate change and anthropogenic activities. This collaboration resulted in the - WES KNAPP rediscovery of 8 species, including the rock goldenrod. Photos by John Klymko 5 | NatureServe NatureServe | 6 DISCOVERY NatureServe Network Programs Discover Bat Outside of Range, New to Minnesota and Wisconsin single female evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis), historically found south of central Iowa, was unexpectedly caught near Minneapolis, MN in early July. On a separate project in Rock County, WI, about 160 individuals A were sighted during June and July. During two recent projects monitoring for forest bats, research teams with Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources made these exciting independent discoveries. The Minnesota team’s lead wildlife biologist and NatureServe Network member, Rich Baker, told NatureServe about their find in a recent Q&A. Read the full Interview at www.natureserve.org/news-and-events/ stories YOUR PASSION, OUR DISCOVERY SCIENCE iscovering species in the Beginning with a sunrise bird Director at the Triangle Land wild is not just for scientists! walk, over 400 observations of Conservancy. “The information DIn October, Nearly 100 nearly 200 species were made collected during the BioBlitz volunteers - naturalists, students, and documented using iNaturalist allows us to better understand kids, parents, and community throughout the day. Children Brumley Forest and its role in the members - spent a day exploring engaged through educational region.” Brumley Forest Nature Preserve games, local experts held with scientists. How did they help? demonstrations and volunteers The data can also help They documented nearly 200 explored the pond, wetland area, inform scientists at the North different species, information that and wooded trails in the park. Carolina Heritage
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