Participants:

 Procedure:

Each paper should have a 'base' page that carries the following main headings with each linking to another page:

1.  Taxonomy:  Discussion of systematic 'context' of the species to include the higher ranks (class, subclass, order, etc.) and the lowest (Genus, related species for infraspecific types, close relatives listed for other States, etc.), any differences of taxonomic opinion that you might dig up.

2.  Ecology/Distribution:  As much info that you can glean from public sources about the range of distribution, ecological amplitude, and maybe ecological 'connections' (other creatures dependent or associated with the species).  Resolution or detail for distributions should not extend beyond the county level (don't cite detailed, specific location info).

3.  History:  Include here both past (when listed and why) and future (increasing, decreasing, going extinct, etc.).  In information is available, you could also include taxonomic history here, i.e., any significant taxonomic changes that have taken place for your species.

4.  References:  page for listing of either hardcopy or web based sources that can be accessed from the other pages via internal links with each ref cited

This represents a 'base' structure that can be expanded with other headings if you come across information that does not 'fit' under the four 'content' items listed above.  The 'base' page should have a link back to the seminar home page (http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/Wilson/481/s99/semhome99.htm) and content pages linked from your 'base' page should have links back to your base page.  All files produced, both HTML and any associated image files, should be named with your initials (3) as the 1st 3 characters (to avoid confusion when these files are transferred to the seminar directory on the server).
 

 Possible Information Resources:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Full listing
Texas Parks and Wildlife page
Texas Endemics from the Flora of Texas Consortium
National Biological Service (not sure if anything of use here - might have to dig)
The Nature Conservancy

Basic HTML - a bit more detail and special character codes and colors
Search: Alta Vista or Webcrawler or HotBot or Lycos or multiple engines
Browse:  Botanical links (see base of this page for more a more detailed botanical listing site which includes a section on conservation and threatened plants)