Useful Links

Mohonk Preserve is located in the Towns of Gardiner, Marbletown, New Paltz, Rochester and Rosendale, each of which is also committed to open space preservation and protection of our area’s natural assets.

Natural History Sites

General Wildlife

• National Wildlife Federation
• NatureServe Explorer Encyclopedia
• Bureau of Wildlife, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• Wildlife Species Information & Links – NYS DEC
• iNaturalist Project – Animals of Mohonk Preserve and Mohonk Mountain House

Amphibians & Reptiles

• New York State Amphibian & Reptile Atlas Project
• Amphibian Migrations – NYDEC
• Mohonk Preserve Vernal Pool Amphibian Breeding Ecology Monitoring from 1931 to Present Dataset on GBIF

Birds:

• All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
• Audubon New York – Grassland Bird Conservation Program
• iNaturalist Project – Animals of the Mohonk Preserve and Mohonk Mountain House
• Mohonk Preserve 3D Specimens: Birds Dataset on GBIF
• Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center – National Zoo

Insects:

• iNaturalist Project – Animals of Mohonk Preserve and Mohonk Mountain House, Insects
• Invertebrate Conservation Organization
• University of Kansas- Monarch Watch
• Pollinator Protection in NYS

Mammals:

• Beavers:  Wetlands & Wildlife
• iNaturalist Project – Animals of the Mohonk Preserve and Mohonk Mountain House, Mammals
• Mohonk Preserve 3D Specimens: Mammals Dataset on GBIF
• North American Bear Center

Plants:

• iNaturalist Project – Plants of the Mohonk Preserve and Mohonk Mountain House
• U.S.D.A.  Forest Service – Forest Health
• U.S.D.A Forest Service – Conifers & Hardwoods
• Virginia Tech – Forest Biology & Dendrology

Invasive Species:

• NY iMapInvasives

Shawangunk Ridge Biodiversity Partnership Members

• Cragsmoor Association
• Friends of the Shawangunks
• Mohonk Preserve
• New York Natural Heritage Program
• The Nature Conservancy
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
• New York State Museum
• Open Space Institute
• Palisades Interstate Park Commission
• New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Shawangunk Ridge Organizations

• Gunks Climbers’ Coalition

Conservation Organizations in the Hudson Valley

• Appalachian Mountain Club – NY/NJ Chapter
• Black Rock Forest
• Clearwater
• Dutchess Land Conservancy
• Esopus Creek Conservancy
• Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
• Institute of Ecosystem Studies
• Mohonk Consultations
• New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
• NYS Hudson River Valley Greenway
• Riverkeeper
• Scenic Hudson
• Wallkill Valley Land Trust
• Winnakee Land Trust
• Woodstock Land Conservancy

Banner photo of the Shawangunk Ridge by Stephen D. Stewart-Hill