Get Involved!
Here are the ways you can get involved with the National Vegetation Classification. Many of these opportunities are in partnership with the Ecological Society of America (ESA), a key partner in the classification effort. At the state level, opportunities exist through involvement with key state partners, working in collaboration with NatureServe and its network of natural heritage programs. At the federal level, opportunities exist through involvement with key agency partners, including USFS, USGS, BLM, NPS and others.
- Encourage your agency to participate in the Federal Geographic Data Committee – Vegetation Subcommittee.
- Attend a NVC related workshop, poster or session at the ESA annual meeting.
- Present your vegetation analyses at the ESA annual meeting.
- Join the ESA Panel on Vegetation Classification Meeting at the annual meeting.
- Become a ESA Vegetation Panel Member member.
- Propose new types to the National Vegetation Classification.
- Become a peer reviewer for the NVC.
- Contribute data to VegBank.
- Get involved with state partners, including state Natural Heritage Programs, to improve the classification or data within your state.
For more information on how to do any of the above, please contact:
NatureServe – Ecology
Don Faber-Langendoen
Conservation Science Department
NatureServe
4600 N Fairfax Drive, 7th Floor
Arlington, VA 22203
703-908-1816
NVC – Implementation Manager
Alexa McKerrow
USGS Core Science, Analytics, Synthesis & Libraries
Raleigh, NC 27695-7617
571-218-5474
ESA – Panel on Vegetation Classification Manager
Jill Parsons
Ecological Society of America
1990 M Street, NW Suite 700
Washington DC 20036
202.833.8773
