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Environmental Science Links |
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The following list of websites is a compilation of all the links presented throughout the text. |
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Unit 1: Introduction to Ecology Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents, 2 Cornell Lab of Ornithology http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ivory, 6 North American Bluebird Society http://nabluebirdsociety.org, 7 Ducks Unlimited: Southern Regional Office http://southern.ducks.org/wood_ducks.php, 8 Department of Agriculture: Government of Western Australia http://www.agric.wa.gov.au (search rabbit control), 11 Pennsylvania Game Commission http://www.pgc.state.pa.us, 11 Hawk Mountain http://www.hawkmountain.org, 20 Missouri Department of Conservation http://www.mdc.mo.gov (search coyote), 21 Pennsylvania Game Commission http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/ (search coyote), 21 Texas Parks & Wildlife Department http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us (search coyote), 21 Timber Wolf Information Network http://www.timberwolfinformation.org, 24 Woods Hole Research Center http://www.whrc.org/carbon/carbon.htm, 31 The Water Cycle http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/Water/, 33 Wildland Fire http://www.nps.gov/yell/nature/fire/index.htm, 38 Fire and Aviation Management http://data2.itc.nps.gov/fire/index.cfm, 38 Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/mshnvm, 42 Wetlands: Bogs http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/types/bog.html, 43 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov (search bog turtles), 43 SEI Endangered Species: Marbled Murrelet http://www.sei.org/murrelet.html, 46 US Fish & Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov (search marbled murrelet), 46 Forest Stewardship Council http://www.fscuc.org, 55 Texas Parks & Wildlife http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us (search red-cockaded woodpecker), 58 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Red-cockaded Woodpecker Recovery http://rcwrecovery.fws.gov, 58 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov (search avian influenza), 62 Gypsy Moth in North America http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/morgantown/4557/gmoth/atlas, 67 Agricultural Research Service http://www.ars.usda.gov (search Africanized bees), 68 Invasive and Exotic Species http://www.invasive.org, 68 USDA-CDFA Mediterranean Fruit Fly Exclusion Program http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/pdep/prpinfo/, 69 Endangered Species Information http://www.fws.gov/endangered/wildlife.html#Species, 72 Florida Panther Net http://www.panther.state.fl.us, 73 US Fish & Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov (search Florida panther), 73 The Case of the Disappearing Frogs http://www.aquarium.org/disappearingfrogs/corepage.htm, 73 Desert Tortoise Recovery Office http://www.fws.gov/nevada/desert_tortoise/dt_life.html, 73 World Wildlife Fund: Tiger Study http://www.worldwildlife.org/tigers, 73 The Peregrine Fund http://www.peregrinefund.org, 76 National Park Service - Current Issues: Bison and Brucellosis http://ww.nps.gov/yell/nature/animals/bison/issues/index.htm, 77 US Fish & Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov (search gray wolves, Mexican wolves, red wolves), 78 National Park Service http://www.nps.gov (search gray wolves, Mexican wolves, red wolves), 78 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources http://www.dnr.state.mn.us (search gray wolves), 78 US Fish & Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov (search Habitat Conservation Plan), 79 National Wildlife Federation http://www.nwf.org (search Habitat Conservation Plan), 79 America’s National Wildlife Refuge System http://www.fws.gov/refuges/ (click find a refuge), 83 Deer Management http://www.dnr.state.md.us (search deer management), 85 Unit 2: The Atmosphere Windows to the Universe http://www.windows.ucar.edu, 90 SunWise Program: UV Index http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/uvindex.html, 93 Stratospheric Ozone http://www.ozonelayer.noaa.gov, 93 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer http://jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov, 96 Ozone Hole Watch http://ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov, 96 NASA's Hurricane Resource Page http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/hurricane_2005.html, 102 National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration http://www.noaa.gov, 102 National Severe Storms Laboratory http://www.nssl.noaa.gov, 105 National Hurricane Center http://www.nhc.noaa.gov, 105 Interactive Weather Information Network http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov, 105 National Weather Service http://www.nws.noaa.gov, 105 ReefBase http://www.reefbase.org, 111 Global Warming-Where You Live http://yosemite.epa.gov/OAR/globalwarming.nsf/content/GeographicPortalUnitedStatesStates.html, 113 USGS Repeat Photography Project http://nrmsc.usgs.gov/repeatphoto/, 113 Climate Change Calculator http://www.americanforests.org/resources/ccc, 115 Weather & Climate Basics http://eo.ucar.edu/basics/index.html, 117 National Renewable Energy Laboratory http://www.nrel.gov, 117 National Climatic Data Center http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov, 117 NASA http://www.nasa.gov (search climate change), 117 Degassing Nyos http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mhalb/nyos/index.htm, 120 AIRNow http://cfpub.epa.gov/airnow/, 120 Nonattainment Area Map http://www.epa.gov/air/oaqps/greenbk/mapnpoll.html, 121 Green Book: Nonattainment Areas for Criteria Pollutants http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/greenbk/index.html, 124 Indoor Air Quality http://www.epa.gov/iaq/ia-intro.html, 125 Tobacco Information and Prevention Source http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco, 129 Lead in Paint, Dust, and Soil http://www.epa.gov/lead, 131 Lead Poisoning Prevention Program http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead, 131 National Park Service http://www.nature.nps.gov (search ozone injury), 133 National Park Service Web Cameras http://www2.nature.nps.gov/air/WebCams/index.cfm, 135 Public Health Assessment: Libby Asbestos Site http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/pha/libby3/lby_p1.html, 139 Region 8-Libby Asbestos http://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/libby/, 139 Calculate Your Radiation Dose http://www.epa.gov/radiation/students/calculate.html, 142 Radon http://www.epa.gov/iaq/radon, 146 National Radon Proficiency Program http://www.radongas.org, 147 National Radon Safety Board http://www.nrsb.org, 147 Indoor Air Quality: Where You Live http://www.epa.gov/iaq/whereyoulive.html, 149 Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm, 155 2005 CERCLA Priority List of Hazardous Substances http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/cercla/05list.html, 159 Mid-Atlantic Superfund—Palmerton Zinc http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/super/sites/PAD002395887/, 161 Palmerton Citizens for a Clean Environment http://www.palmertoncitizens.org, 161 National Priorities List Sites http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/npl.htm, 162 Superfund's 25th Anniversary Photograph History Project http://www.epa.gov/superfund/25anniversary/photo/, 162 Bhopal Information Center http://www.bhopal.com, 165 Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department http://www.mp.nic.in/bgtrrdmp/default.htm, 165 International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal http://www.bhopal.net/index1.html, 165 Toxics Release Inventory Program http://www.epa.gov/tri, 168 Acid Rain http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/acidrain/index.html, 171 Air Quality Monitoring & Access to Data http://www2.nature.nps.gov/air/monitoring/, 171 National Atmospheric Deposition Program http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu, 172 Clean Air Markets-Allowance Trading http://www.epa.gov/airmarkt/trading/index.html, 184 Acid Rain Program SO2 Allowances Fact Sheet http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/arp/allfact.html, 184 TDM Encyclopedia http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm71.htm, 190 Unit 3: Food for the Table Corn Palace http://www.cornpalace.org, 201 List of Soil Surveys by State http://soils.usda.gov/survey/printed_surveys/, 212 State Soils http://soils.usda.gov/gallery/state_soils/, 216 Farm Service Agency: Conservation http://www.fsa.usda.gov/dafp/cepd/default.htm, 228 Badlands National Park: Critical Park Issues http://www.nps.gov/badl/exp/issues.htm, 231 Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org, 233 CIA-The World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html, 233 History of Food Irradiation http://ccr.ucdavis.edu/irr/history.shtml, 236 CDC: Food Irradiation http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/foodirradiation.htm, 236 NCL: Food Irradiation http://www.nclnet.org/publications/irradiation.pdf, 236 National Organic Program http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/indexIE.htm, 244 Idaho OnePlan—Organic Farming http://www.oneplan.org/Crop/OrganicFarming.shtml, 244 California Certified Organic Farmers http://www.ccof.org, 244 The New York City Compost Project http://www.nyccompost.org, 246 WeedScience http://www.weedscience.org/in.asp, 254 The Extension Toxicology Network: Pesticide Information Profiles http://extoxnet.orst.edu/pips/ghindex.html, 262 Pesticides and Food http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/food/govt.htm, 266 Pesticides: Topical & Chemical Fact Sheets http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/chemicals/mbrcue_qa.htm, 272 Amber Waves: Methyl Bromide Phaseout Proceeds http://www.ers.usda.gov/Amberwaves/April03/Features/MethylBromide.htm, 272 Pesticides: Organophosphate Pesticides http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/op/azm.htm, 274 Safer Pest Control Project: IPM in Schools "http://www.spcpweb.org/schools, 281 Unit 4: Water as an Ecosystem Bureau of Land Management Learning Landscapes http://www.blm.gov/education/index.html, 285 The Stream Study http://www.people.virginia.edu/~sos-iwla/Stream-Study/StreamStudyHomePage/StreamStudy.HTML, 292 Aquatic Weed Control http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/nreos/wild/fisheries/weed_mgt/grasscarp/triploid.html, 303 Effects of Acid Rain: Lakes & Streams http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/effects/surfacewater.html, 308 American Rivers: Dam Removal http://www.americanrivers.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AMR_Dam_Removal, 315 Kissimmee River Restoration http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/erd/krr/index.html, 316 Kissimmee River Past/Present http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/erd/krr/pastpres/3_krrpp.html, 316 Can the Everglades Survive? http://www.nps.gov/ever/home.htm, 318 Mono Lake http://www.monolake.org, 323 Wetlands, Oceans, & Watersheds http://www.epa.gov/owow, 327 Louisiana Coast http://www.lacoast.gov, 327 Chesapeake Bay Foundation http://www.savethebay.cbf.org, 336 Chesapeake Bay Program http://www.chesapeakebay.net, 336 Snake River 20/20 http://www.snakeriver2020.com/#, 347 American Rivers http://www.amrivers.org, 347 Charles River Watershed Association http://www.crwa.org, 363 2002 National Assessment Database http://www.epa.gov/waters/305b/index.html Unit 5: Water for the People Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov (search Superfund), 376 Superfund Information Systems: Wells G & H http://cfpub.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0100749, 378 Beyond a Civil Action http://www.civil-action.com, 378 Fish Advisories: Where You Live http://epa.gov/waterscience/fish/states.htm, 379 Fish Advisories http://www.epa.gov/OST/fishadvice, 379 What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/admehg3.html, 379 Hudson River PCBs http://www.epa.gov/hudson, 379 Underground Storage Tanks http://www.epa.gov/swerust1/, 381 Navarro River Total Maximum Daily Loads for Temperature and Sediment http://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/examples/sediment/ca_navarro.pdf, 384 Total Maximum Daily Loads: National Overview http://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/status.html, 384 Fresh Kills: Landfill to Landscape http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/fkl/ada/about/1_0.html, 388 Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation http://www.rbrc.org, 391 World Health Organization http://www.who.int/en/ (search cholera), 393 National Primary Drinking Water Standards http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw/consumer/pdf/mcl.pdf, 393 Water Where You Live http://www.epa.gov/ow/states, 394 Local Drinking Water Information http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo/index.html, 394 Lead in Drinking Water http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead/index.html, 395 NSF International http://www.nsf.org, 399 New York City's Water Supply System http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/watersup.html, 402 City Water Tunnel No. 3 http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/news/3rdtunnel.html, 402 International Bottled Water Association http://www.bottledwater.org, 408 National Sanitation Foundation International http://www.nsf.org (search bottled water), 408 My Water's Fluoride http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/MWF/index.asp, 413 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov (search fluoride in drinking water), 414 American Dental Association http://www.ada.org (search fluoride in drinking water), 414 National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov (search fluoride in drinking water), 414 American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org (search fluoride in drinking water), 414 Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov (search fluoride in drinking water), 414 National Center for Fluoridation Policy and Research http://fluoride.oralhealth.org (search fluoride in drinking water), 414 Phoenix in Drought: Drought Preparation Techniques http://phoenix.gov/WATER/drprep.html, 424 Tucson Water http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/water/index.htm, 424 New York City http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us, 424 Unit 6: Energy Oil Program http://www.epa.gov (click on Oil Spills and then click on Learning Center), 442 FWS: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge http://arctic.fws.gov/index.htm, 442 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge http://www.anwr.org, 442 American Petroleum Institute http://www.api.org (search ANWR), 442 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge http://www.arcticwildlife.org/sites.htm, 442 American Petroleum Institute http://www.api.org, 443 U.S. Department of Energy http://www.doe.gov, 443 Worldwatch Institute http://www.worldwatch.org, 443 Natural Resources Defense Council http://www.nrdc.org, 443 National Wildlife Federation http://www.nwf.org, 443 Kentucky Educational Television http://www.ket.org (search coal), 446 The Energy Resources Program http://energy.usgs.gov, 446 Ultra Clean Fuels http://www.ultracleanfuels.com, 446 US Department of Energy http://www.doe.gov, 447 U.S. Department of Energy: Fossil Energy http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/powersystems/futuregen/index.html, 447 Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/ (click on energy), 449 Energy Guide http://www.energyguide.com, 450 National Renewable Energy Laboratory http://www.nrel.gov, 450 U.S. Department of Energy: Civilian Radioactive Waste Management http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov (click on Yucca Mountain Repository), 452 U.S. Department of Energy http://www.energy.gov (search Yucca Mountain), 452 EPA: Yucca Mountain http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/radiradioactivewayuccamountain.html, 452 Geothermal Technologies Program http://www1.eere.energy.gov/geothermal/history.html, 453 National Renewable Energy Laboratory http://www.nrel.gov, 453 Solar Energy Technologies Program http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar/cfm/faqs/, 453 American Wind Energy Association http://www.awea.org, 455 California Energy Commission http://www.energy.ca.gov, 455 Infinite Power http://www.infinitepower.org, 455 Biomass Program http://www1.eere.energy.gov/biomass/, 456 State Energy Alternatives http://www.eere.energy.gov/states/alternatives/resources_by_state.cfm, 456 NAIT Fuel Cell Applied Research Project http://www.nait.ca/fuelcell/fun.htm, 458 Bottle Bill Resource Guide http://www.bottlebill.org, 470 Municipal Solid Waste http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/states.htm, 470 |
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