Organizations

Wisconsin

  • Wisconsin DNR Native Endangered Resources The DNR’s Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation helps protect and restore Wisconsin’s rare plants, animals and state natural areas. The website provides information on endangered species, native plants, native pollinators and invasive species.
  • UW Extension – Native & Naturalized The website provides articles and videos on Wisconsin native plants.
  • UW Extension – Pollinators The website is focused on gardening for pollinators. Includes articles, planting guides, factsheets, videos and upcoming events.
  • The Prairie Enthusiasts Organization seeks to ensure the perpetuation and recovery of prairie, oak savanna, and other associated ecosystems of the Upper Midwest through protection, management, restoration, and education.
  • The Botanical Club of Wisconsin Organization promotes the preservation of native plants through restoration projects, natural area identification, and rare plant protection.
  • Southeast Wisconsin Master Gardeners – Pollinator Group Site includes handouts and books on pollinator and native plant gardening.

National Organizations

  • The Xerces Society The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is an international nonprofit organization that protects the natural world through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats.
  • Homegrown National Park Organization raises awareness and urgently inspires everyone to address the biodiversity crisis by adding native plants and removing invasive ones where we live, work, learn, pray, and play.
  • National Wildlife Federation The National Wildlife Federation unites Americans across the country, committed to conservation, to ensure wildlife thrive in a rapidly changing world.
  • Audubon Society The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation.
  • Cornell Lab of Ornithology Their mission is to interpret and conserve the Earth’s biological diversity through research, education, and participatory science focused on birds and nature.
  • US Forest Service – Celebrating Wildflowers The site is dedicated to the enjoyment of the thousands of wildflowers growing on our national forests and grasslands, and to educating the public about the many values of native plants.