Natural Resources and the Environment

General | Ethics & Law |  Pollution & Invasive Species

General Sites

Amazing Environmental Organization WebDirectory! Subtitled the "Earth's Biggest Environment Search Engine," with thousands of sites, it is the largest exclusively environmental organization directory on the Web and includes sites from over 100 countries. Includes searchable categories.  Source: ©1996 The WebDirectory.

Biodiversity and Conservation: Biodiversity basics, conservation issues and efforts, free downloadable lesson plans, and other resources are all here. Source: Chicago's Field Museum.

Commission for Environmental Cooperation Publications:  The Commission for Environmental Cooperation addresses regional environmental concerns in North America, helps prevent potential trade and environmental conflicts, and promotes the effective enforcement of environmental law.  Publications may be downloaded (pdf) Source: Commission for Environmental Cooperation.

Earth's 911:  Provides community specific environmental information on recycling, buying recycled products, and household hazardous waste.  Source: The Public & Private Sector Partnership for the Environment.

EarthTrends:  Free access to global and country-specific environmental data. Information is grouped in 10 topic areas. Source: World Resources Institute.

Ecology and Natural Resources Collection: Includes images from the Aldo Leopold Papers, and the Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory, more commonly called the small-scale Bordner survey maps. This is a useful resource for anyone studying land cover ca. 1930s or wanting to do a comparison between the original land survey, the 1930s survey and present condition of the land. Source: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.

Ecology WWW Sites: A very broad alphabetical listing of ecology sites.  Source: Anthony R. Brach, Missouri Botanical Garden & Harvard University Herbaria.

Ecological Regions of North America:  This hyperlinked color map  provides photos, detailed descriptions, and case studies of North American ecological regions.  Source: Commission for Environmental Cooperation.

Environmental Media Services:  A nonprofit organization "dedicated to providing journalists with the most current information on environmental issues."  Includes a library of information under the general topics of Environmental Health, Energy, Transportation & Sprawl, Climate & Air, Land & Ecology, Oceans & Water, Government, and Consumer information.  Links also access related court cases, subject experts, and databases.  Source:  Librarian's Index to the Internet.

Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920:  This documentary archive of materials contains 62 books and pamphlets, 140 Federal statutes and Congressional resolutions, various Presidential proclamations, 170 prints and photographs, and 2 motion pictures dealing with the Conservation movement in the U.S.  Source: American Memory Project, Library of Congress.

Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network:  "promotes synthesis and comparative research across sites and ecosystems and among other related national and international research programs."  Source: Long Term Ecological Research.

Resources for the Future:  This nonprofit/nonpartisan group conducts research on environmental and natural resource issues.  Scholars examine topics such as government regulation, risk, biodiversity, climate, Superfund policy, technology, and outer space in a variety of freely available discussion papers, articles, project summaries, and reports [pdf].  (Description courtesy of Scout Report, 8/28/98). Source:  Resources for the Future.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:  EPA's Web site includes categories for Kids, Students and Teachers, Concerned Citizens, Researchers & Scientists, Business and Industry, State, Local, and Tribal Governments, EPA News, Offices, Regions & Labs, Programs and Initiatives, Regulations, Contracts, Grants and Environmental Financing, Publications, Information Services, and Systems and Software. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Wilderness.net: A listing of wilderness relevant internet resources: Wilderness Areas, Wilderness Education, The Idea of Wilderness, Wilderness Management, and Wilderness Policy. Source: A partnership of the The University of Montana, the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Institute and the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: Wisconsin's DNR Web site includes News, Notices & Events, Parks, Trails & Recreation, Fish Information, Wildlife Information, Forestry Information, Personnel & Offices, Environment & Permits, DNR Regulations, Public Review Documents, and Publications/Educational Resources. Source: ©1996, Wisconsin DNR.

World Resources Institute:  Provides yearly world resources report, environmental data, and global topics related to the environment. Source: World Resources Institute.

Yahoo: Environment and Nature:   Source: © 1994-97 Yahoo! Inc.
 

Ethics & Law

EcoLex: Gateway to Environmental Law:  A searchable, global database on environmental law. It includes bibliographic information for treaties, national legislation, and court decisions.  Links are made to full text if available. Also in French and Spanish.  Source:  Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, the World Conservation Union (IUCN), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Environmental Ethics Subject Bibliographies:  Includes 36 bibliographies whose intent is "to facilitate research and public discussion of the ethical issues embedded in the environmental concerns of our day." (description from Choice, 4/98).   Source: ©1998, Timothy C. Weiskel.

Natural Resources Law:  Includes links to federal and state statutes, as well as other Internet reference sources that relate to natural resources laws.  Source: Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School.

Pollution & Invasive Species

Invasive Species.Gov:  This site deals with the U.S. federal government's response to the impacts of invasive plants and animals. The site has species profiles, plus information and links for news and events, laws and legislation, agencies and organizations, transportation of species from one location to another, and many other resources on issues involving invasive species. Source:  National Invasive Species Council.

Scorecard: Locate polluting companies in your neighborhood, find information about the type of chemicals being released, and learn the health risks associated with those pollutants.  Discover how their state or county fares in a national ranking of polluters; find maps locating toxic polluters by town, county, and state; and read about the regulatory controls governing these toxic chemicals. Source:  Environmental Defense Fund