Published by Washington State University Extension. This manual provides strategies to encourage beneficial insects, spiders, and mites to visit and stay in your garden landscape, and set up defense lines against the troublesome herbivores.
University of Washington Restoration Ecology Network
“The core of the UW-REN mission is to advance higher education in restoration while helping the Pacific Northwest region meet the growing needs and challenges of ecological restoration.”
Cascade Cactus and Succulent Society of Washington State
New York Botanical Garden Library
The Mertz Library is one of the world’s largest botanical and horticultural research libraries, with over one million accessioned items (books, journals, original art and illustration, seed and nursery catalogs, architectural plans of glass houses, scientific reprints, and photographs).
University Bookstore
Seattle area independent bookstore.
Garden Communicators International
GardenComm, formerly the Garden Writers Association and GWA: The Association for Garden Communicators, is an organization of professional communicators in the green industry including book authors, bloggers, staff editors, syndicated columnists, freelance writers, photographers, speakers, landscape designers, television and radio personalities, consultants, publishers, extension service agents and more.
Sustainable Urban Landscape Information Series
“The goal of the SULIS is to provide sustainable landscape information to the public and to the horticulture/landscape industry. By utilizing SULIS concepts, homeowners, business owners and related industry personnel will be able to create outdoor spaces that are functional, maintainable, environmentally sound, cost effective and aesthetically pleasing.”
Seattle Public Utility’s Thornton Creek Watershed Characterization Report
“This Thornton Creek Watershed Characterization Report presents background information about the Thornton Creek watershed. It is the first step in developing a Watershed Action Plan that will guide actions by government agencies, citizens and businesses to: reduce non-point source pollution; protect biological resources; preserve, enhance and restore fish and wildlife habitat.”
NatureServe Explorer
An impressive database of information for over 70,000 species of plants and animals and ecosystems of the United States and Canada. NatureServe is a non-profit conservation organization that provides the scientific information and tools needed to help guide effective conservation action. Data includes conservation status, distribution and economic attributes.
Center for Invasive Species Plant Management
The Center for Invasive Species Management (CISM) developed an online Restoration Resource Database to allow land managers to search for literature, books, handbooks, and web sites on restoration, particularly related to invasive species. CISM is by June 2015 no longer in operation, and the website now serves as an archive of the agency’s projects and resources.