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USDA native plant database: http://plants.usda.gov
Flora of North America: http://www.efloras.org
Oregon Plant Atlas: http://www.oregonflora.org/atlas.php
Burke Museum Herbarium: http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/herbarium/index.php
Native Plant Society of Oregon: http://npsoregon.org/
NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF OREGON (NPSO). Presentations and lectures by local experts, plant hikes, volunteer opportunities and more! Join now! NPSO website & Mid-Columbia chapter events: http://npsoregon.org/calendar.html#MC
Washington Native Plant Society: http://wnps.org
WASHINGTON NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY (WNPS); SUKSDORFIA chapter. Suksdorfia is a great group of native plant enthusiasts in the Gorge. They sponsor a number of great hikes and educational events throughout the year. See their event listings here: http://www.wnps.org/chapter_info/chapter_trips.html#Suksdorfia
OSU Landscape Plants database: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/1plants.htm
Hood River Soil and Water Conservation District: http://hoodriverswcd.org/
Wasco County Soil and Water Conservation District: http://wascoswcd.org
Underwood Soil and Water Conservation District: http://www.ucdwa.org
‘Wild Ones’. Great information and resources on native plants and native landscaping to promote biodiversity. Join or start a local chapter! http://www.wildones.org
Center for Plant Conservation: http://www.centerforplantconservation.org
Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health (find out what invasive species may be in your area); www.invasive.org
Pacific Northwest Invasive Plant Council (Working to protect the PNW from invasive plants) http://pnw-ipc.org/
USFS’ “Celebrating Wildflowers” (a good site for teachers and those with an interest in native pollinators): www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/
Flora and Fauna Northwest: http://science.halleyhosting.com/
Real Gardens Grow Natives: http://www.realgardensgrownatives.com/
Oregon Wildflowers, a community resource for wildflower sites and sharing trip/bloom reports; www.oregonwildflowers.org
Rare Care. Rare plant care and conservation volunteer opportunities:
http://courses.washington.edu/rarecare/Volunteer.htm
Grande Rhonde Overlook Wildflower Institute Serving Ecological Restoration “GROWISER’: www.growiser.net
The Xerces Society, the society for invertebrate conservation. Here you will find some of the best information about native pollinators, beneficial insects and monarch butterflies: http://www.xerces.org
An excellent slideshow presentation by Mace Vaughan of the Xerces Society on attracting native pollinators is viewable online: http://www.slideshare.net/DesLandTrust/2014-nature-night-attracting-native-pollinators-by-mace-vaughan
National Pollinator Partnership (Ecoregional planting guides for attracting native pollinators): www.pollinator.org/guides.htm
Grow Milkweed Plants. Information about monarchs and milkweed: http://www.growmilkweedplants.com
Monarch Watch, information about monarchs and milkweed: http://monarchwatch.org
US Fish & Wildlife Service pollinator page: http://www.fws.gov/pollinators/
Columbia Insight: https://columbiainsight.org/
Friends of Mt. Adams: http://mtadamsfriends.org
United Plant Savers: http://www.unitedplantsavers.org
Leach Botanical Garden: www.leachgarden.org
NRCS PROGRAMS: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs
Conservation Reserve Program: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/crp
Conservation Stewardship Program: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/new_csp/csp.html
Environmental Quality Incentives Program: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/whip
Grassland Reserve Program: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/GRP
Wetland Reserve Program: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/wrp
Groups offering guided hikes to see the wildflowers of the Columbia River Gorge:
Native plant Society of Oregon: http://npsoregon.org
Washington Native Plant Society: http://wnps.org
Friends of the Columbia Gorge: http://gorgefriends.org
Klickitat Trail Conservancy: http://www.klickitat-trail.org/
Oregon Wild: http://www.oregonwild.org/about/hikes_events
Friends of Mt. Adams: http://mtadamsfriends.org
Tom McCall Preserve: http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/oregon/placesweprotect/tom-mccall-preserve-at-rowena.xml