Lake and environmental stewardship resources on the Internet selected for their potential to be of interest to a wide range of environmental professionals and the interested lay public.
INDEX
Algae • Clean & Green • Environmental Engineering • Environmental Data • Environmental Organizations • Environmental Resources • US EPA • GIS Resources • Grants • Microbiology • Computer Models & Software • New York State/Adirondacks • Weather • Webcams
- AlgaeBase – database of information on algae that includes terrestrial, marine and freshwater organisms
- ANSP Algae Image Database – diatoms and other algae
- Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation
- BGSU Center for Algal Microscopy – Algae Images
- Botanical Electronic News
- Botanical Field Techniques Manual – Missouri Botanical Garden
- British Phycological Society
- Cedar Eden Environmental Algae Blog
- Center for Plant Conservation
- Centex Naturalist – Algae pics and much more
- Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
- Chicago Botanical Garden
- Internet Directory for Botany – massive collection of links
- Michael R. Martin’s Aquatic Plant Image Library
- Michael R. Martin’s Phytoplankton Image Library
- Microscopy-UK Micropolitan Museum of Micrographs
- Missouri Botanical Garden (MoBOT) – Research Links
- New York Botanical Garden — Virtual Herbarium
- Northern Ontario Wildflowers
- Ohio U Algae Page
- PhycoTech Algal Links
- Plant Hardiness Zone Maps
- Plant Management Network
- PLANTS National Database
- Q’taxa – Plant Resources Information Library
- Royal Botanical Gardens – Australia
- Scott’s Botanical Link of the Day
- Smithsonian Institute Dept. of Botany Algae Research
- Smithsonian Institute Dept. of Botany
- The World of Algae
- Toxic Plants
- Virtual Library of Botany/Plant Biology
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- Microbiology (cyanobacteria)
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- Conservation Technology Information Center – sustainable agcriculture
- Earth Island Institute
- Earthwatch
- EElinked Networks – Environmental Education Networks
- Enviro Facts – University of Western Cape, Africa
- Environmental News Network
- EPA’s Monitoring and Assessing Water Quality – Volunteer Monitoring
- Give Water A Hand – for young people taking action
- The GLOBE Program – Global Learning & Observations to Benefit the Environment
- The Secchi Dip-In
- Green Pages – The Global Directory for Environmental Technology
- International Rivers Network
- Know Your Watershed
- National Council for Science and the Environment
- National Environmental Directory
- National Field Manual for the Collection of Water Quality Data – USGS
- National Parks and Conservation Association
- NEMO – Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials
- Rain Garden App – design, install, maintain (mobile device app)
- Save Our Streams – Izaak Walton League
- SEEK – Environmental Education Resources
- Society of Environmental Journalists
- Volunteer Monitoring
- Water Quality Fact Sheets NH DES
- Watershed Academy (US EPA)
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- American Water Works Association
- Hydrologic Conversions – NOAA
- Hydrology/Hydraulic shareware
- National Small Flows Clearinghouse
- Technology Fact Sheets – Wastewater
- Water and Wastes Digest
- Water Environment Federation
- Water Quality Association
- Water Web – Directory of Water Websites
- WaterWorld – water and wastewater technology
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- Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
- EPA’s Index of Watershed Indicators
- Great Lakes Information Network
- Lake Access – Real time & historical WQ data for lake users
- National Center for Environmental Publications
- National Climatic Data Center
- National Geospatial Program (USGS)
- National Hydrography Dataset (NHD)
- National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- National Water Quality Standards Database
- National Wetland Inventory (NWI) Wetlands Maps
- USGS Maps, Imagery and Publications
- USGS National Water Information System – Stream Flow Data
- USGS Water Data for the Nation
- WATERS – Watershed Assessment, Tracking and Environmental Results – water quality information about local waters
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- The Adirondack Council
- Adirondack Research Consortium
- American Fisheries Society
- Association for the Sciences of Limnology & Oceanography (ASLO)
- Great Lakes Research Consortium
- GreenPeace
- Izaak Walton League of America
- LakeNET World Lakes websiote – a global network for the conservation and sustainable management of lakes
- LakeSuperiorStreams.org
- Man And the Biosphere (UNESCO)
- National Audubon Society
- National Institutes for Water Resources
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- The Nature Conservancy
- NYS Federation of Lake Associations
- New York State Water Resources Institute
- North American Lake Management Society
- Sierra Club
- Society for Conservation Biology
- Society for the Protection of NH Forests
- Terrene Institute
- Trout Unlimited
- UNESCO Environment Pages
- World Wildlife Fund
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- Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research
- Conservation Technology Information Center
- Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future
- Cornell Science & Arts Gateway for Education (SAGE)
- Ecoregions of the United States – USFS
- Ecology and Society – Journal
- EDIS – Electronic Data Information Source
- The Environment Directory – Environmental Resources Links
- Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)
- EPA EnviroAtlas – mapping tools
- Experimental Lakes Area – University of Manitoba
- Information Center for the Environment (ICE – UC Davis)
- Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
- Global Change Master Directory
- Imperiled Freshwater Organisms of the US
- Integrated Pest & Crop Management
- Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network
- LTER: North Temperate Lakes
- National Atmospheric Deposition Program
- National Park Service
- National Response Center
- National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) (USFWS)
- Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
- NH DES Fact Sheets
- NOAA
- Nonpoint Source News-Notes
- Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
- US ACOE – Enhance Water Resources
- US Geologic Survey (USGS)
- Water on the Web – A National Curriculum for Colleges and High Schools
- Water Quality Information Center
- WWW Sites for Ecologists
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- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Home Pag
- About EPA
- Acid Rain Program
- Clean Lakes Site
- Citizen Action
- Databases and Software
- EnviroFacts
- Learn the Issues
- National Center for Environmental Research – EPA Grants, RFPs, Etc.
- National Water Program: Strategic Plan and Guidance
- Nonpoint Source Funding Opportunities
- Quality of America’s Lakes
- Water Home
- WaterSense
- Watersheds
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- Canada
- Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies
- ColorBrewer – Color Advice for Cartography
- EarthExplorer: satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products from USGS
- Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
- Federal Geographic Data Committee
- GIS Data Depot – free GIS data
- Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)
- List of GIS Data Sources – Wikipedia
- MRLC National Land Cover Database (NLCD)
- National Geospatial Program
- National Map
- National Wetlands Inventory
- Space Physics Interactive Data Resource
- State GIS Data Sources
- Links to State GIS Data Resources (UO)
- California GIS Resource Center
- Connecticut Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC)
- IndianaMAP
- Indiana Spatial Data Portal
- Massachusetts Office of Geographic Information (MassGIS)
- New Hampshire GRANIT
- New Jersey GIS
- New York Cornell University Geospatial Information Repository (CUGIR)
- New York GIS Clearinghouse
- Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)
- Vermont Center for Geographic Info
- TerraServe – aerial photo server
- USDA FSA Aerial Photography Field Office
- USDA NRCS Geospatial Data Gateway – climate. soil survey,
- USDA Web Soil Survey – soil survey data
- The National Map
- Water Resources of the US Maps and GIS Data
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- Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection
- Council on Foundations
- EPA Databases of Funding Opportunities
- EPA Grants & Funding
- EPA Watershed Funding
- EPA Wetlands State, Tribal and Local Initiatives
- Foundation Center
- Funding Sources For Community Based Conservation
- FWS National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grants Program
- Great Lakes Funding Programs – long list of funding source
- GRN Global Restoration Funding Opportunities
- National Park Service List of Funding Sources
- National Science Foundation
- NOAA Habitat Conservation Funding Opportunities
- Nonpoint Source Funding Opportunities
- USDA Funding Sources for Water Quality
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- American Society for Microbiology
- Buckman’s Photomicrographs
- Cells Alive! – pictures & movies
- Center for Disease Control
- Cyanosite – a webserver for cyanobacterial research
- CYANO-TOX – Toxic Cyanobacteria Home Page
- FDA Bad Bug Book
- FDA Foodborne Illness & Contaminants
- Microbes.info – The Microbiology Information Portal
- Microbial Source Tracking
- Microscopy-UK Micropolitan Museum of Micrographs
- Parasitology
- Tree of Life Eubacteria Lineage
- U Berkeley Intro to Bacteria
- U Berkeley Intro to Cyanobacteria
- U Berkeley Intro to Spirochetes
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- BASINS: EPA’s Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources
- CEAM – Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling
- Environmental/Hydrologic/Hydraulic/Water Quality/Water Resources Model Library (ODU)
- EPA Data Systems & Software
- EPA Water Quality Models
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- Adirondack Journal List of Environmental Organizations
- Adirondack Park Agency
- Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program
- Adirondack Photos (Historic)
- Adirondack Research Consortium
- America’s Historic Lakes – Lake George and Lake Champlain
- Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks
- New York State Museum Biological Research Centers
- Environmental Conservation Rules and Regulations – 6 NYCRR
- Lake Champlain Basin Atlas
- Lake Champlain Basin Program
- Lake Champlain Basin Program Water & Environment
- Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
- NYS Department of Health
- NYS Environmental Conservation (Albany)
- NYS Environmental Conservation (Region 5)
- NYS Environmental Notice Bulletin
- NYS Federation of Lake Associations
- New York State — Official Home Page
- New York State Museum
- NYS Water Resources Institute
- Olympic Regional Development Authority(ORDA)
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- Cedar Eden Environmental Local Weather Page
- Adirondack Regional Airport Current Conditions (2.3 miles west of Cedar Eden)
- New York State Forecast – Weather Underground
- Northeast Doppler Radar – Weather Channel
- NWS Snow Analysis
- Saranac Lake Extended Forecast – Intellicast
- Saranac Lake Forecast – Weather Channel
- Saranac Lake Forecast – Weather Underground
- Weathering Heights – Roger Hill’s Weather Forecasting and Data Services
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- Cedar Eden Environmental WebCam
- New York State WEBCAMS
- Roger Hill’s Regional Webcam collection page – very neat!
- Web Cams Worldwide
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