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us the URL so we can add it to the list.
Backyard Conservation.
A program of the USDA, Natural Resource Conservation Service. The site
has information about backyard wildlife/conservation practices. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/forests/phonelist.html Education Organizations
and Projects. Links to many organization with a separate listing
of urban initiatives. GREEN. Global Rivers Environmental
Education Network. Links to Water and Watershed based education
resources Learning Through Landscapes.
Pioneer organization in the UK dedicated to school grounds enhancement.
National Gardening Association.
NGA is committed to providing quality resources, services, networking
opportunities, and professional experiences to help educators use plants
as a springboard to advance education. http://www.garden.org/edu/home.asp National Wildlife Federation.
Schoolyard Habitat Program, School Nature Area Project.
A Minnesota based organization dedicated to environmental education using
local nature areas including schoolyards. State Education and Environment
Roundtable. A cooperative endeavor of state education agencies
working to improve student learning by incorporating the environment into
curricula and school
reform. http://www.seer.org SYEFEST Schoolyard Ecology
For Elementary School Teachers. This is a program to assist
teachers in the use of the schoolyard for inquiry based education. The Evergreen Foundation.
Natural Schools Program
A Thousand Friends of Frogs.
Hamline University. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
Information about the important role of pollinators. Butterflies of North America.
An electronic field guide by state with photographs and species accounts
of all butterflies in the U.S. Butterfly Haven.
Includes an extensive list of articles about butterfly and related backyard
wildlife gardening. Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.
Has educational programs including classroom bird watch and project feeder
watch. http://www.ornith.cornell.edu/ Maryland Native Plant Society.
Provides a list of MD native plants by habitat, a nursery list, techniques
to control of invasive plants and more. Maryland Department of Natural
Resources. Contains information about Maryland's natural resources
including a seedling list from the state tree nursery. North American Bluebird
Society Petes Pond Page.
Information about ornamental ponds. Pond Rushes.
Information about ornamental ponds. Save Our Streams-Stream
Study project. A easy to use water quality assessment tool that includes
methods, assessment form and macroinvertebrate key. The Butterfly website
planting guide USGS Northern Prairie Research
Center. An extensive site with a wealth of natural history
information and photographs of birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, insects
and their habitats. And much more. http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/ Virginia Native Plant Society. Provides infomation about the native plants of Virginia. http://www.vnps.org/ |