- Special Interest Groups

The following links are to state and regional native plant societies, native plant groups, wildflower societies, prairie groups and conservation organizations with an interest in or relation to prairie or native vegetation.

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, formerly the National Wildflower Research Center. Native plants and wildflowers popular appeal started here. Comprehensive site with nationwide information.

The Nature Conservancy - State and Regional Programs.
Click on the state of your interest and follow the link to Preserve Profiles to find what prairie projects The Nature Conservancy is conducting in your state.

NatureServe
A source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada.

Grand Prairie Friends.
Grand Prairie Friends (GPF) is a nonprofit organization composed of people from many walks of life who share a commitment to preserving and restoring tallgrass prairie in East-Central Illinois.

High Altitude Revegetation Committee.
This is an informal group that got started at Colo. St. University in the early 1970s. It is not so much an organization as a mailing list. The group sponsors the High Altitude Revegetation Workshop every two years and a summer field tour every year (the latter is free). Someone finally put together a web site which has more information about the group and the workshops and tours.

The Prairie Enthusiasts.
The Prairie Enthusiasts is a grassroots, volunteer based organization concerned with the maintenance and recovery of the tallgrass prairie and oak savanna ecosystems of Wisconsin and northern Illinois. There is a Discussion Group that may be helpful.

Iowa Prairie Network is a grassroots organization of over 800 members dedicated to creating awareness of and preservation of our tallgrass prairie heritage. Good links section.

Wild Ones - Natural Landscapers Ltd. National home page.
A non-profit organization with a mission to educate and share information with members and community at the "plant-roots" level and to promote biodiversity and environmentally sound practices. Interested in landscaping using native species in developing plant communities.

Illinois Prairie Page.
Good resource of general information about prairies. Check the Illinois Prairie Index for locations of Illinois prairies.

Society for Range Management
A professional partnership in the scientific study, protection and management of all rangeland resources. Find Rangelands and The Journal of Range Management online along with other resources. Abstracts from papers published in The Journal of Range Management are archived.

A Practical Use for Mycorrhiza
An informational resource for mycorrhiza. Links to other mycorrhiza sites and downloads.