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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Environment And Ecology: Save Trees, Use E-Mail</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND=BACKGRND.JPG><HR> <CENTER><H1>Environment And Ecology</H1></CENTER> <HR> <CENTER>National Wetlands Inventory</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.nwi.fws.gov">http://www.nwi.fws.gov</A></CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://enterprise.nwi.fws.gov/">http://enterprise.nwi.fws.gov/</A></CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="ftp://enterprise.nwi.fws.gov/dlgdata">ftp://enterprise.nwi.fws.gov/dlgdata</A></CENTER> Complete wildlife inventory of our national wetlands. <HR> <CENTER>EnviroLink Network</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="gopher://envirolink.org">gopher://envirolink.org</A></CENTER> Contains an evironment watch report and info on endangered species, energy, environmental laws, environment groups, environmental newsletters and tons more. Read this electronic informational resource and save the paper trail. Look Ma - no paper mill trees! <HR> <CENTER>EnviroWeb</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.envirolink.org">http://www.envirolink.org</A></CENTER> This is an "outgrowth" of the EnviroLink Network and has to be one of the best thought out and laid out web sites around. It contains beautifully done pages that don't take years to download the images. It is a breezy ride through page after page and the links flow so easily and quickly that surfing this web site is not a chore or a task - it is highly enjoyable. There is so much to learn and enjoy here that I doubt you will be able to put your browser down. I mean it. Collaberative ventures between public schools are here courtesy of the Environmental Education Network along with many other on-going projects. A linked list of K-12 education sites is also here. A wealth of information comes from many sources including the Enviro Products Directory and of course links back to the "parent" network - the EnviroLink Network. HAS TO BE SEEN! TEACHER ALERT! YOU MUST CHECK THIS OUT! <HR> <CENTER>GreenPeace World Wide Web Home Page</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.cyberstore.ca/greenpeace/index.html">http://www.cyberstore.ca/greenpeace/index.html</A></CENTER> Everyone who comes to visit this site says the same thing - so where is the information? It seems this site has not been updated on some time and was a let-down. I expected more than this. A few paltry photos (ok a lot of old GreenPeace demonstration photos from the early 90s') and a few scant pieces of info relating to the GreenPeace mission. Stay away until this site is either updated or completely redone. <HR> <CENTER>Eco-Net (Institute for Global Commnications project)</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.icg.apc.org/igc/en.html">http://www.icg.apc.org/igc/en.html</A></CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org">gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org</A></CENTER> Both sites offer info on a wide variety of ecological issues and topics. Climate, development of lands, pesticide use and pollution are just a few of the covered topics. There are many links available to other ecological and environmental resources. Links to the National Wetlands Inventory, The League of Conservation Voters National Environmental Scorecard, (which is a watch dog agency that keeps tabs on Congressional voting on environmental issues), the Electric Green Journal at the Univ of Idaho, and many more. This is a very good site for educational institutions to use as it is both informative and interesting. Even non-environmentalists will like it. <HR> <CENTER>The Wilderness Society's WWW Page</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://town.hall.org/environment/wild_soc/wilderness.html">http://town.hall.org/environment/wild_soc/wilderness.html</A></CENTER> This society is a noble "watchdog" of our nations's (US) 90+ million acres of wilderness protected under The Wilderness Act of 1964. This society is devoted to protecting public lands and stopping mismanagement of these public wilderness lands. The web site includes information on the society itself along with kinks to other information such as fact sheets on areas of the Adirondack Mountains, Endangered Species list and their habitats, Grazing on public lands (still a hot topic), and Yosemite Nat'l Park. It also includes references to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and contains many other links to environmental info and reading. There is a Wetlands page and so much more. This is another must visit in your web itinerary. <HR> <CENTER>Rachel's Environmental and Health Weekly</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="gopher://ftp.std.com">gopher://ftp.std.com</A></CENTER> <CENTER>Select "ftp" then select "The World's Anonymous FTP Archive" then select "Periodicals" and finally select "Rachels"</CENTER> This weekly journal is put out by the "Environmental Research Foundation" and offers information relating to health and environmental issues. The archive contains over 400 back issues but the organization of the archive is first-rate so finding what you want won't be a difficult task. Not only does this journal contain original articles but it contains compilations of articles, info and viewpoints from many other publications. The New York Times, The Nation and The Miami Herald are just a few examples. FDA regulations and how they affect what you eat, farming practices and a whole lot more are included. This is a plethora of information yet its clear and concise layout make it an undaunting archive to find the info you need. A highly recommended site to visit to find health and environmental issues and how they both realte to one another. Informative and well done! <HR> <CENTER>EE-Link (Environmental Education)</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://nceet.snre.umich.edu">http://nceet.snre.umich.edu</A></CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="gopher://nceet.snre.umich.edu">gopher://nceet.snre.umich.edu</A></CENTER> A great educational K-12 resource as there are lesson plans within this site that deal with science and environmental concerns. This site is sponsored by The National Consortium for Environmental for Environmental Education and Training (NCEET) and its mission "...is committed to provide our children with effective tools and strategies that will enable them to start shaping tomorrow's environmental solutions today." Their mission is quite evident within the EE-Link site. Includes links to a solid Waste Recycling course (Univ of Wisconsin) lesson plans galore from all over the United States, links to the Aspen Global Change Institute and even includes lesson plans from The Minnesota National Valley Wildlife Refuge. There is so much more that this brief paragraph can hardly begin to scrape the surface of the breadth and depth of the resources and links to other resources this site provides. Even see and hear a bullfrog plus many other sounds and sights! INCREDIBLE! TEACHER ALERT --> EXCELLENT INTERNET RESOURCE AT EE-NET! If your school is on the net then you should drop what you are doing NOW and surf on over to this site. No excuses. <HR> <CENTER>Gateway to Antarctica home page</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://icair.iac.org.nz/">http://icair.iac.org.nz/</A></CENTER> The International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research operates and runs this web page site and is located in Christchurch, New Zealand. Scads of information on Anarctica and the arctic environment. No mittens needed! Also includes research efforts underway to save this fragile eco-system from pollution and environmental disaster. <HR> <CENTER>EPA Gopher (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="">gopher://gopher.epa.gov</A></CENTER> A comprehensive source of the EPA FAQ lists - includes the most commonly asked questions and answers. Also includes synopses of Federal Regulations as well as six pages of telephone numbers and hotlines to inquire about EPA regulations as well as other Federal guidelines and mandates. <HR> <CENTER>Science Education Home Page</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.macropress.com/science/">http://www.macropress.com/science/</A></CENTER> Macro Press is a company of active mentor teachers who got tired of waiting for an integrated curriculum science program that would work in their classrooms within available budget and resources. They ended up writing their own materials and paid to publish them (K-6). Their students are now winning national awards because the students are learning hands on practical science and sharing that knowledge through the World Wide Web! <HR> <CENTER>Discovery Networks Educator Guides (from the Discovery Channel)</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://Discovery.syr.edu/Discovery/">http://Discovery.syr.edu/Discovery/</A></CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="gopher://discovery.syr.edu 95">gopher://discovery.syr.edu 95</A></CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="ftp://discovery.syr.edu/Discovery/edguide_spring95">ftp://discovery.syr.edu/Discovery/edguide_spring95</A></CENTER> <CENTER>Login as "ftp" or "anonymous" and use your full email address as password.</CENTER> The Discovery Channel is offering public access to all of our Educator Guide files for the Discovery Networks' Winter/Spring '95 programming season. Our site is located at the AskERIC project at Syracuse Univ. home of our Discovery Learning Community. AVAILABLE FILES The site contains all the program information from the current Educator Guide, broken down into numerous files. An outline of the files is also available <FILEGUID.HQX>. All files are in plain-text format and have been binhex encoded to ensure consistency. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AskERIC also houses and maintains our Discovery Learning Community Project. This includes WWW and Gopher areas with complete listings for the Educator Guide, educational resources (CD-ROM etc.), and an extensive area devoted to The Promised Land. DISCOVERY NETWORKS ESTABLISHES ONLINE "LEARNING COMMUNITY" Discovery Networks has announced the February launch of the Discovery Learning Community on the Internet. The site features an electronic version of Discovery Networks' Educator Guide and a pilot project kicking off in conjunction with The Promised Land, a five-hour television series about the massive mid-20th century migration of African Americans from the deep South to the industrial North between 1942 and 1970. "Discovery Networks' programs are not only richly informative in their own right but can and should be the springboard for further academic inquiry. The 'Discovery Learning Community' is designed to support such inquiry and provide additional resources to help young people explore academic themes in rewarding and engaging ways," says Discovery's Hunter Williams, senior manager, educational relations. The Discovery Learning Community, which is accessible on Internet via gopher, world-wide web and ftp, provides teachers, learners, parents and mentors with activities and resources that extend the educational value of programming on The Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel. Throughout the Spring of 1995 the site will have a special focus on the many curricular themes present in The Promised Land, including African-American experience, economics, artistic expression, urban studies, migrations, politics and civil rights. The site provides teachers and students with activity guides, ideas for interdisciplinary study and connections to local mentors and other classes. The site includes special resources for incorporating the oral histories of migration veterans into existing curricular goals and a wealth of diverse resources from leading institutions and organizations that focus on African-American history and culture. To assist the contribution of teachers' and learners' views on The Promised Land, Discovery has set up an online discussion group, or listserv. The Promised Land premieres on The Discovery Channel in prime-time February 12-15. Assignment Discovery, a service of Discovery Networks, presents commercial-free versions of The Promised Land series the week of February 27 - March 3, from 9-10am ET/PT. The entire series also airs the weeks of April 17-21 and June 5-9 at the same time. Media specialists, teachers and parents may tape Assignment Discovery programming and use it for up to one year from the date of taping. The Internet site was designed by Discovery Networks and Duggan Associates, an online communities development firm in Baltimore, MD. The site was built and is maintained at the AskERIC project at the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology, Syracuse University, and the InfoMall program of the Northeast Parallel Architecture Center, also located at Syracuse University. <HR> <CENTER>The Texas Natural History Collections (TNHC)</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http:/www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.www">http:/www.utexas.edu/depts/tnhc/.www</A></CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="gopher://gopher.utexas.edu:3003/11/pub/tnhc">gopher://gopher.utexas.edu:3003/11/pub/tnhc</A></CENTER> TNHC, a division of the Texas Memorial Museum of the Univ. of Texas at Austin, is bringing to the public their large database collection of natural history with emphaisis relating to Texas collections but also offering world-wide links to information and natural history data. The site includes... WAIS-indexed databases from the ichthyology and herpetology collections are searchable, and data from other divisions (geology and invertebrate divisions) will soon be added. The WWW pages of DESERT FISHES COUNCIL include its complete bilingual proceedings of meetings, photographs of fishes, distribution maps, and abstracts of biology, conservation status and management of selected fish species. The Business Office of the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ICHTHYOLOGISTS AND HERPETOLOGISTS, now based at the TNHC, provides (WWW & Gopher) an updated membership directory, meeting announcements, and general information about the society. Finally, the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS BIODIVERSITY RESOURCES AND COLLECTIONS (UT-BRAC) collaborative project (WWW & Gopher) provides links to other natural history and biodiversity resources at UT Austin. Currently the PLANT RESOURCES CENTER and VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY LAB join the TNHC with online databases and related files. Links to other University of Texas natural history and biodiversity-related collections, and to external regional biodiversity resources, will be added in the near future. <HR> <CENTER>Earthwatch Home Page on the WWW</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://gaia.earthwatch.org">http://gaia.earthwatch.org</A></CENTER> Earthwatch Now On the World Wide Web! Earthwatch, an international nonprofit organization funding scientific and environmental enterprise, has launched the first in a series of on-line services. The 1995 Earthwatch research and exploration portfolio is now available on the World Wide Web. Founded in 1972, Earthwatch offers you the chance to participate on over 150 scientific and cultural research expeditions worldwide. No special skills are required - we'll train you in the field on projects ranging from saving endangered rhinos in Africa to monitoring wild dolphins off Monterey to excavating medieval castles in France. As an EarthCorps member, you support the field research and cover your food and lodging expenses with tax-deductible contributions ranging from $500 to $2000. Airfare costs to and from the site are not included though these costs are also generally tax deductible. To date, over 40,000 EarthCorps members have contributed to important environmental and cultural research in 111 countries. The Earthwatch Home Page details the mission of the organization. Readers can then explore a graphically rich catalogue of 150 expeditions, browsing by location (worldwide), time of year, fields of study (such as archaeology, marine mammalogy, paleontology and public health), and issues of concern (endangered species, sustainable development and more). Ground Truth reports of significant expedition findings and applications are also available. Readers can request additional information, sign up as Earthwatch member, or make a reservation for the EarthCorps via e-mail. Future on-line services will provide direct links between scientists at their research sites and classrooms, as well as interactive chat rooms and bulletin board services. <HR> <CENTER>University of Oregon U.S. Outdoor Program</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~opwww">http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~opwww</A></CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~opwww/enviro">http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~opwww/enviro</A></CENTER> Once again the University of Oregon Outdoor Program is exploring the wilderness, except in this case, it's the virtual wilderness. You can now find the latest information about OP trips, events, resources, outdoor conditions, and much more at <A HREF="http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~opwww">http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~opwww</A>. One of the major objectives of our pages is to provide environmental information. We have and are collecting information on environmental concerns, events, politics, local environmental resources and general environmental information. The environmental page is at <A HREF="http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~opwww/enviro">http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~opwww/enviro</A>. We would appreciate any information you may have about local environmental events and groups, ways that we could improve, and general input on our pages. <HR> <CENTER>Hazardous Substances & Public Health Newsletter (ATSDR Homepage)</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080/atsdrhome.html">http://atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080/atsdrhome.html</A></CENTER> The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has announced that their monthly newsletter is available to the public online via the WWW at the ATSDR Homepage. ATSDR's mission is to prevent exposure and the adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life associated with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned toxic releases, and other sources of environmental pollution. If you're unfamiliar with the ATSDR Homepage altogether, it contains links to ATSDR's toxicological profiles of hazardous substances, public health statements about exposure effects, and the HazDat database, which contains information about the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or emergency events and their effect on health. <HR> <CENTER>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Internet Servers</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.fws.gov">http://www.fws.gov</A></CENTER> The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has two new servers on the Internet. These efforts are in support of our The servers are - Fire Management - and - Region 1 (Pacific Region) <HR> <CENTER>The Froggy Page</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.cs.yale.edu/HTML/YALE/CS/HyPlans/loosemore-sandra/froggy.html">http://www.cs.yale.edu/HTML/YALE/CS/HyPlans/loosemore-sandra/froggy.html</A></CENTER> Contains info and links to all sorts of "frog" information. There is an assortment of clip-art and pictures of frogs. How to make an origami frog and information on frog species from around the world. Undaunted by previous reports I could not seem to find recipes =). A frog lover's dream! <HR> <CENTER>Planet Earth Home Page Virtual Library</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://godric.nosc.mil/planet_earth/info.html">http://godric.nosc.mil/planet_earth/info.html</A></CENTER> A great linked list of fun and educational places to surf to. Includes a lot of science related and Earth environment links. <HR> <CENTER>Arcosanti</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.getnet.com/~nkoren/arcosanti/arcosant.html">http://www.getnet.com/~nkoren/arcosanti/arcosant.html</A></CENTER> A self-contained community that is an ongoing experimental project. The community is located on a 4,000 acre preserve and it has an ecologically sound, energy efficient and environmentally friendly mission. The community is self-sustaining and does not depend on outside resources for its food, shelter or water supply. This is supposed to be a model for future cultures and communities to emulate. This site gives you a window into their world. <HR> <CENTER>New Central European Environmental Page</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://pan.cedar.univie.ac.at">http://pan.cedar.univie.ac.at</A></CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="gopher://pan.cedar.univie.ac.at">gopher://pan.cedar.univie.ac.at</A></CENTER> A new site devoted to environmental information and environmental causes. Has info on various ongoing environmentally related projects and contains pointers to associated information. This site keeps growing in scope and depth of information. Considered by some to be an "activist" site for many environmental concerns and issues. Both web and gopher contain essentially the same information although the web interface is a bit more pleasing. Keep in mind that the gopher site will be faster for most modem users. <HR> <CENTER>Forever Wild</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://emall.com/wild/wild.html">http://emall.com/wild/wild.html</A></CENTER> Some call this "Forever Wild" conservatory organization a questionable venture as it is NOT a non-profit organization but who is to say that an organization cannot take its profits and do good to the environment with them. This conservancy purchases forested land and also pays landowners money settlements to not cut down trees on their acreage. I have put this site in BIGSURF for it seems that this organization is genuinely trying to save our forested lands from development and being cut down or bought up by commercial paper pulp and logging interests. For a $40 - $60 fee you can adopt a tree or become a guardian protector of a tree or even purchase a gift certificate sponsorship for someone. Until further info arrives I do remain skeptical but hopeful in this organization's mission. Worth a check to see what's going on here. Yes - they are here to make money but the results are environmentally friendly and rather non-invasive. If anyone has further information on this organization or has experiences to share in regards to "Forever Wild" then please email me (author of BIGSURF). Thanks. <HR> <CENTER>USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service</CENTER> <CENTER><A HREF="http://www.ncg.nrcs.usda.gov/">http://www.ncg.nrcs.usda.gov/</A></CENTER> This US Dept of Agriculture site has great pictures and links to various information on Soils, Air, Water, Plants, Humans, Animals, Data, USDA related info and more. It would seem that this would be a good place to start exploring conservation issues and environmental concerns or even a place to see what the USDA policies are on these issues. Well... this site is not easy to glean information from unless you already know what it is you are looking for. There are a few databases and/or collections of files and information that are evident enough but others have cryptic file names and are quite confusing for the casual visitor. Hey - I'm sure there is a lot here - the site and archive holdings are large enough - but I did not have the time to download all the unknown files and read through each one. What the government needs to do is to get some decent web page writers... <HR> <HR> <CENTER><A HREF=00-Table_Of_Contents><IMG SRC=TABLEOFC.GIF></A> <H3>Click To Return To The Table Of Contents.</H3></CENTER> <HR> </BODY></HTML>