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The "Information Discovery" pages are designed to help you find links
to research, planning, management, and development activities at the watershed
level.
Active Projects - Find active watershed projects in the USGS.
Databases - Listing of available databases from the USGS and other agencies associated with watersheds.
USGS Factsheets - Summaries of research, investigations, and particular activities listed by theme.
Locate Your Watershed - Use the map interface to locate your 8-digit HUC, watershed by clicking on the map. A listing of major USGS water resource links, abstracts and publications are dynamically searched from the "Additional Information for this Watershed" link below each 8-digit HUC - Cataloging Unit Boundary Map.
Links By Watershed - Pick your watershed by hydrologic unit code (HUC) value. A listing of major USGS Water Resource Links and Abstracts are dynamically generated. This application includes all 21 regional watersheds. (large file size)
Publications Warehouse - Search for Selected Water Resource Abstracts (SWRA) available from the USGS.
USGS Water-Resources Reports - Links to Circulars, Data Series Reports, Digital Data Series, Factsheets, Hydrologic Atlases, Open-File Reports, Professional Papers, Scientific Investigations Reports, Techniques and Methods, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, Water Data Reports, Water-Supply Papers, Water Errata Sheets, Posters, Some Reports of National and Regional Interest, General Interest Publications, Reports in Other Languages, USGS Publications and Products, New Publications of the USGS, Educational Resources, Water Resource Memorandums, USGS Publication Warehouse, Reports by Geography, Reports by Geology, Reports by Biology, and a list of link abbreviations. Reports - USGS Registered Online Water-Resource Reports
Online Publications - Search for USGS Publications using the Google™ search engine.
River Network - To help people understand, protect and restore rivers and their watersheds
Biological Resources Status and Trends - Publications by Science Center and National Status and Trends Reports
National Biological Information Infrastructure - (NBII)
Universities Council on Water Resources - A listing of University databases and publications (membership is required to access the most recent information).
Additional Environmental Data Links
Table of Contents
This page is being compiled to provide an environmental
source of online environmental information links. These are government and
private sources of information and the links do not imply any endorsement by the Federal Government. Some of these
citations have been used to help identify various environmental sources of information. If
you have other sources of environmental information which you feel would enhance this page ... please
send an e-mail to the Webmaster.
- AgNic Portal - Agriculture Network Informaion Center - Connecting You to Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Information and Resources
- House Committee on Agriculture
- National Agricultural Statistics Service for U.S. Agriculture Statistical Information
- Soil Science
Society of America (SSSA)
- USDA
National Agricultural Statistics Service: Annual Publication
- Agricultural Statistics is published each year to meet the diverse need
for a reliable reference book on agricultural production, supplies, consumption,
facilities, costs, and returns.
- USDA Forest Service Southern
Research Station The USDA Forest Service, Southern
Research Station Web site offers the largest known collection of
on-line publications related to forestry research. This well designed
site presents the work of over 100 scientists who conduct research on
forest resources, ecosystems, wildlife, and environmental quality in
the Southern United States. Query the publications database, view
on-line database and interact with some of the best and brightest of
forest research.
- USGS
online publication: - Spatial Data in Geographic
Information System Format on Agricultural Chemical Use, Land Use, and
Cropping Practices in the United States.
- United States Permafrost Association
(USPA)
-
Endangered Species Program - page from the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service contains links to listed and candidate species data
and information, along with the Endangered Species Act and regulatory
information.
-
Envirolink Endangered Animals - EnviroLink is a non-profit
organization... a grassroots online community that unites hundreds
of organizations and volunteers around the world with millions of
people in more than 150 countries. EnviroLink - is dedicated to
providing comprehensive, up-to-date environmental information and news.
- NPR -National Public Radio - on Endangered Species
- American Geophysical Union - AGU Hydrology Section
- American Institute of Hydrology
(AIH)
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) contains links to
modeling software, products, government relations, research and provides links to
other information on discussion groups, research labs, technical papers
and much more.
- EPA - Alphabetical List of All Programs
- EPA - Envirofacts
- EPA - STORET
- EPA - WATERS - (Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental ResultS) unites water quality information that was previously available only from several independent and unconnected databases.
- EPA - Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds
- EPA - Window To My Environment
- Fort Collins Science Center
- Global Hydrology and Climate Center
- Hydrology and Remote Sensing
- Instream Flow Incremental Methodology
- National Water
Conditions. USGS maps and data tables, plus graphs, for
water data stations in the US.
- National Weather Service - Office of Hydrologic Development (NOAA)
- NOAA's National
Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) maintains links to
physical, chemical, and biological oceanographic data, international
oceanographic data sets, a bulletin board service, reports, links to
other oceanographic data, and more.
- NWISWeb
These pages provide access to water-resources data collected at approximately
1.5 million sites in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Online access to this data is organized around: Real-time,
Site information, Surface water
Ground water and
Waterquality.
- Spatial Hydrology
- Stream Habitat Analysis Using the Instream Flow Incremental Methodology
- Stream Segment and Stream Network Temperature Models: A Self-Study Course, Version 2.0,
- UCOWR - Universities Council on Water Resources
- USGS Ground Water Atlas of the United States
- USGS Ground Water Climate Response Network
- USGS Ground Water Information
- USGS
Hydro-Climatic Data Network (HCDN) Streamflow Data Set ,
an on-line version of a compact disk with streamflow, watershed
characteristics, and station descriptions from 1874-1988.
- USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program
- USGS Office of Surface Water Information
- USGS Science In Your Watershed
- USGS SPARROW (Public Site)
- USGS SPARROW Web (Internal USGS Access Only)
- USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
- USGS Water Quality Information
- USGS Water
Resources Data. USGS quantity and quality data for regions
of the nation.
- USGS Water Resources
- USGS Water Resources National Research Program
- USGS Water Use .
USGS National information on water use including data tables with
breakout to State level.
- USGS WaterWatch
- Current water resources conditions along with maps of real-time streamflow compared to
historical streamflow for the United States
- DENIX
on the Web! Defense Environmental Network &
Information Exchange, DoD site designed especially for DoD personnel,
but also provides the general public with access to environmental
legislative, compliance, restoration, cleanup, safety &
occupational health, security, and DoD guidance information.
Information on DENIX is updated daily.
- Center of
Excellence for Sustainable Development A project of the
DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy helps communities
design and implement innovative strategies that enhance the local
economy as well as the local environment and quality of life. Includes
access to a "tool kit" of sustainable information including manuals,
workbooks, data bases, case studies and model codes and ordinances.
- The
UCLA Library | Site Map The University of California Los Angeles has numerous online searchable databases, including archives.
- Toxic Release
Inventory (TRI) The EPA is now providing data from the
Toxic Release Inventory in ARC/INFO geographic information system
export file format.
- State Parks, Wildlife Departments and Recreational
Facilities - From the USGS Recreation Web site "Science for Safe and Vital Enjoyment of the Outdoors",
a listing of United States Parks, Wildlife Departments, and Recreation Facilities in Your State.
- The
Bureau of Indian Affairs - The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
responsibility is the administration and management of 55.7 million acres of
land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian tribes,
and Alaska Natives. There are 562 federal recognized tribal governments in the
United States.
- The
Environmental Finance Program - EPA program to assist
communities in their search for creative approaches to funding their
environmental projects.
- Environmental
Indicators Home Page - provided by EPA there
are links to data aggregated Nationally, or by State, County, or Zip
Code.
- The
National Association of State Information Resource Executives
- (NASIRE) StateSearch service provides links, by State, to web pages
dealing with energy, environment and natural resources. The StateSearch
page also provides links to State information in many other categories.
- The
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law: State Government Servers
- provides links to information and data by state, not all of these are
data links.
- California...... The
California Environmental Resources Evaluation System
(CERES)
- Indiana......Indiana Department of Natural Resources
- Louisiana......Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
- Oregon...... Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Montana......Montana
Natural Resource Information System
- New York.....New
York State Government Information Locator The NYS ILS
provides a single point of access to information services provided by
New York State Government agencies, the State Legislature and the
Judiciary.
- San Francisco Bay Area
Regional Database - (BARD). BARD's goal is to make it
convenient to acquire USGS digital data for the San Francisco Bay Area.
Data is available in several native formats and also, for the
convenience of many users, in Arc/Info export format.
- Upper Missisippi and Lower Missouri River Basins..... Scientific Assessment
and Strategy Team SAST Database: An Environmental
Information System for the Upper Missisippi and Lower Missouri River
Basins (USGS).
- Species in Parks - Flora and Fauna Databases
- USGS - NPS Vegetation Mapping Program
- USGS - USGS Recreation Web Site
- CIESIN - Center for International Earth Science Information Network - Columbia University
- The Geological Society
of London (GSL)
- The
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: United Nations and other international
organizations contains links to WWW, gopher, and other
internet sources for organizations worldwide.
- Global Resource
Information Database, a part of the United Nations
Environment Programme, provides access to the extensive data archive of
satellite imagery housed at the EROS Data Center. The primary database
development activities are land cover characterization, digital
elevation mapping, and environmental change analysis. This link is to
GRID-Sioux Falls located in South Dakota and there you will find
information to access other GRID Centers.
- USGS
EDC Global Land Information System (GLIS)is an interactive
computer system developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for
scientists seeking sources of information about the Earth's land
surfaces on a regional, continental, and global scale.
- Spatial Data Infrastructure Links by Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI)
- Australia......
Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO)
- Canada...... Canadian
Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has established a
public registry system for all environmental impact analysis conducted
by the Canadian Federal government. Also includes links to
environmental assesment law, policy, and the Canadian Environmental
Assessment Agency.
- Canada......The
National Atlas Information Service (NAIS) is responsible
for the development and maintenance of an authoritative synthesis of
the geography of Canada. Products, in both digital and conventional
form, include base maps, geographical names and thematic maps that
reflect the social, economic, environmental and cultural fabric of
Canada. NAISMap
allows you to view and manipulate National Atlas spatial data layers to
construct maps.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Online
- earthsystems.org
The source for environmental information. A non-profit organization
expressly dedicated to the advancement of environmental information and
education to the world community.
- Envirofacts Warehouse
(EPA), allows you to retrieve environmental information
from EPA databases on Superfund sites, drinking water, toxic and air
releases, hazardous waste, water discharge permits, and grants
information. You can use this system to query database information and
generate maps and reports.
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EPA's Ecosystems and Communities
- topics include
Wetlands,
Benefical Landscaping,
Clean Water State Revolving Fund,
Community-Based Environmental Protection
(CBEP), National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA and EIS Reviews, Pesticides,
Region 10 Agriculture Strategy,
Regional Geographic Initiatives, Watershed Collaboration & Tools
- The National Technical
Information Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of
Commerce that gathers and markets scientific, technical and business-
related information.
- The National Technology
Transfer Center (NTTC) is the hub of a national network
to link U.S. companies with federal laboratories to convert government
research into practical, commercially-relevant technology.
- US Department of Energy: Energy Sciences Network
(ESnet). The US Dept of Energy/Office of Energy Research
Programs include: Basic Energy Sciences, Health and Environmental
Research, High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Magnetic Fusion Energy, and
the Superconducting SuperCollider. This list includes links to research
facilities, laboratories, and universities .
- Exotic Annual Grasses in Western Rangelands: Predicting Resistance and Resilience of Native Ecosystems Invasion
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