IMPORTANT NOTE: Not all resources are tuned in to the importance of native plants! Sometimes, nectar plants are recommended since they do indeed provide nectar, but consider the health of the ecosystem in general and choose native plants!

Insects

• Beneficial Insects in Your Backyard, #7150
• Canadian Wildlife Federation: Beneficial insects
• Pollinator conservation
  • National Academy of Sciences 2006 Report on Status of Pollinators in North America (Report in Brief)
  • Xerces Society - Invertebrate Conservation
  • Pollinator.org
  • Your Urban Garden is Better with Bees
  • Enhancing Nest Sites for Native Bee Crop Pollinators
  • Bumblebees--The Essential, Indefatigable Pollinators
  • Bumble Bees in Decline
  • Bumble Bees in Decline factsheet
  • Xerces publications about Pollinators
  • Wall St. Journal article (including a photo of Janet in her garden!
  • Selecting Planting for Pollinators (available June 22, 2008)
  • Useful pollinator resources
  • Quicktime movie: Pollinators at Risk
  • Miscellaneous pollinator info and some good photos
  • Beneficial Insects and Spiders in Your Maine Backyard - (good for NY, too) Maine Cooperative Extension
  • Understanding Native Bees: The Great Pollinators - Maine Cooperative Extension
  • One commercial source of bee houses: BeeDiverse

Butterflies

• Landscaping for Butterflies in Maine (PDF) - good for NY, too
• Landscaping for Butterflies in Maine - (good for NY, too) Maine Cooperative Extension
• Butterfly gardening - from Xerces Society

Monarch butterflies

• Monarch Waystation - From Monarch Watch (NOTE: They include non-native plants as nectar plants. Please use our many wonderful native plants instead!)
• Stewardship Garden - in Central New York
• Milkweeds - from Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Foundation
• Michoacan Reforestation Fund

Amphibians

• Frog, toads, and other creepy critters

Mammals

Bats

• Bats in New York
• Bat Conservation International
• Bat houses and how to attract bats
• Bats in your home?
• Canadian Wildlife Federation: Bats

Bothersome beasts

• Canadian Wildlife Federation: Banishing bothersome beasts