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Who We Are VCE Biologists Travel to Specify Workshop in Kansas The Vermont Endangered Species Committee was created in 1983 to advise the state secretary of natural resources on all matters relating to endangered and threatened species – which species to list, how to protect them and more. The committee quickly recognized the value of establishing expert advisory groups to focus on specific wildlife groups in Vermont – birds, reptiles and amphibians, mammals, and of course, invertebrates. With estimates of over 21,000 invertebrate species in Vermont, the Invertebrate Scientific Advisory Group of the Vermont Endangered Species Committee was given perhaps the biggest task of them all. Last year, the advisory group recognized that it needed an authoritative database to help understand the status of all of these species. Natural history museums, research biologists, universities, environmental groups, and dedicated individuals are uniting to create the most complete database of Vermont invertebrates. VIDA is an ambitious project to organize and make available via the Internet virtually all records of invertebrates from Vermont. Staff VIDA is a project administered by the Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Kent McFarland, kmcfarland AT vtecostudies.org Advisory Group Ross Bell - University of Vermont - Professor, Emeritus Become an Alliance Member Do you have data to contribute? Are your an expert with an invertebrate group? Maybe you'd like volunteer to help enter data, sort specimens, or other important tasks? Fill out the VIDA Questionnaire to help us learn about you! Funding Startup funds have been provided by a State Wildlife Grant from the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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