[by taxon] e.g. “butterflies,” “fish,” “lichens,” “beetles,” “moss,” etc.
[by town] “Barrington,” “Little Compton,” “Burrillville”
[by waterbody] incl river/stream, pond, bay, reach
animals or try by taxon e.g. “mammals,” “reptiles,” “birds,” etc.
biodiversity as a subject, for documentation of b. use “inventory”
bulletin use this to find the Rhode Island Naturalist
checklist
climate
collections i.e. museum collections, natural history specimens
communities natural communities (“oak-hickory forest,” “red maple swamp,” etc.
condition
CRMC Coastal Resources Management Council (RI)
database
[education] included under “outreach”
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
essay
estuarine
event e.g. “bioblitz,” “conference,” “lecture,” “land & water summit,” etc.
forest
freshwater
geology
grassland
handout
heritage aka natural heritage, aka the state rare species program
history
invasive
inventory (quantitative), and assessment (qualitative); c.f. “monitoring”; aka “survey”
law
library catalog and other docs related to our paper library, at E. Farm, open during office hrs
marine
methodology
monitoring same as inventory or assessment but repeated to detect trends
NBEP Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
newsletter for the Rhode Island Naturalist use “naturalist” or “bulletin”
organization docs primarily concerning another non-profit
outreach incl. education
plants or try by general group e.g. “flowers,” “trees,” “ferns,” etc.
pollinators
project
rare see also “heritage”
report
restoration
RICSC RI Conservation Stewardship Collaborative
RIDEM RI Department of Environmental Management
RIISC RI Invasive Species Council
RINHS RI Natural History Survey
salt marsh
stewardship
[survey] use “inventory”
URI University of Rhode Island
wetland