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Links to Environmental Information about the Cook Inlet Basin

This alphabetical list contains the names and Internet addresses of many agencies or organizations collecting environmental information within the Cook Inlet Basin. The list is not exhaustive; the intent is to provide sites having digital data or project descriptions as starting points for additional data searches. Placement of these links on this page does not imply endorsement or maintenance of these sites by the U.S. Government but is intended for information purposes only. The Internet address information in the list was collected in January 1999 and checked most recently 10 June 2003, but addresses occasionally change. If you have trouble accessing a site using the published address, try typing the name of the organization into an Internet search engine.

Alaska Center for the Environment’s list of environmental organizations in Alaska
http://www.akcenter.org/

Alaska Cooperative Extension
http://www.uaf.edu/coop-ext

Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs
http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_COMDB.htm

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
http://www.dec.state.ak.us/

Contaminated Sites Remediation Section
http://www.dec.state.ak.us/SPAR/csp/

Drinking Water, Wastewater and Solid Waste Management Programs
http://www.dec.state.ak.us/divs_contacts/

Alaska Department of Fish and Game
http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/

Alaska Department of Natural Resources
http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/

Cook Inlet Information Management and Monitoring System
http://info.dec.state.ak.us/ciimms/

Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys
http://wwwdggs.dnr.state.ak.us

Guide to Alaska Geologic and Mineral Information - Information Circular 44
http://wwwdggs.dnr.state.ak.us/pubs/pubs?reqtype=citation&ID=3318

Division of Mining and Water Management, Alaska Hydrologic Survey
http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw

Hydrologic reports by Alaska Hydrologic Survey
http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw/water/hydro/puball.htm

Index to water-quality data collected by Hydrologic Survey
http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw/water/hydro/qw.htm

Streams database - discharge measurements made by Hydrologic Survey
http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/mlw/water/hydro/streams.htm

Division of Support Services-Land Records Information Section- Geographic Information System coverages
http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/ssd

Alaska Earthquake Information
http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/

Alaska Environmental Resources Online -- Links to environmental compliance and pollution prevention in Alaska.
http://www.alaska.net/~jrc/alaska.html

Alaska Geological Society
http://www.alaskageology.org/

Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse -- Geographic Information System coverages
http://agdc.usgs.gov/data/datasets.html

Alaska Native Knowledge Network
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/

Alaska Natural Heritage Program
http://aknhp.uaa.alaska.edu/

Alaska Public Lands Information Center
http://www.nps.gov/aplic/center/

Alaska State Library - Statewide Library Electronic Doorway (SLED)
http://sled.alaska.edu/index.html

Alaska Volcano Observatory
http://www.avo.alaska.edu/

Anchorage Waterways Council
http://www.anchoragecreeks.org

Cook Inlet and Kenai Peninsula Science Newsletter
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/cikpsn/

Cook Inlet Keeper
http://www.inletkeeper.org/

Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council
http://www.pwsrcac.org/

Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council
http://www.circac.org/

Interagency Minerals Coordinating Group – Data from Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (ADGGS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), USDA, Forest Service (FS), and the Geological Survey (USGS).
http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov

Alaska Mineral Locations Database (Minerals Availability System and Mineral Industry Location System, MAS/MILS).
http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/qalaska3.cgi

Mining and geology links
http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/data.html

Searchable bibliography of geologic publications by map quadrangle
http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/digi.html

Searchable bibliography of geologic publications by ID, author, title, or publisher
http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/qbibs.cgi

Kenai Peninsula Borough
http://www.borough.kenai.ak.us/

Municipality of Anchorage
http://www.muni.org/homepage/

Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Services -- Anchorage Areawide Water-Quality Monitoring Program. Streams, lakes, and shallow ground water monitored from 1987-91. Nitrates in ground water. Data are only available in printed publications.
http://www.ci.anchorage.ak.us/Health1/index.cfm

Department of Public Works, Watershed Management Section -- Storm-water monitoring for compliance with National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) regulations. GIS coverages. Data not yet available on-line.
http://wms.geonorth.com/

Water and Wastewater Utility -- Drinking-water-quality data from Ship Creek, Eklutna Lake, and about 20 wells.
http://www.awwu.biz/website/

National Atmospheric Deposition Program - National Trends Network
http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu/nadpdata/

National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/akso/

Denali National Park and Preserve
http://www.nps.gov/dena/

Katmai National Park and Preserve
http://www.nps.gov/katm/

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
http://www.nps.gov/lacl/

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdc.html

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/

Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly Soil Conservation Service)
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/

National plants database
http://plants.usda.gov/

National Soil Survey Center
http://soils.usda.gov

National Weather Service
http://www.arh.noaa.gov/
http://www.nws.noaa.gov

Alaska Aviation Weather Unit
http://aawu.arh.noaa.gov/

Current weather at Anchorage International Airport
http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/currwx.pl?cccc=PANC

Monthly precipitation data for all stations in Alaska from National Climatic Data Center
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/online/coop-precip.html

River forecasts, flood watches, and warnings for Alaska
http://aprfc.arh.noaa.gov/

Weather data for stations in Alaska
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/stationlocator.html

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska district
http://www.poa.usace.army.mil/hm

U.S. Bureau of Land Management - Alaska
http://www.ak.blm.gov/

Alaska Bibliography of Scientific Reports
http://www.ak.blm.gov/affairs/sci_rpts.html

Mining claims and sites on Federal lands
http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/usbmak/mngindex.html

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/

Drinking Water Regulations and Health Advisories
http://www.epa.gov/ost/drinking/standards/

Envirofacts Warehouse database includes information on Superfund sites, drinking water, air pollution, toxic releases, hazardous waste, and water discharge permits.
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/comm.htm

EPA databases and software
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/Data.html

National Environmental Publication Information (NEPI)
http://www.epa.gov/nepis/

National Recommended Water Quality Criteria
http://www.epa.gov/OST

STOrage and RETrieval System for Water and Biological Monitoring Data (STORET)
http://www.epa.gov/storet/

Surf your watershed
http://www.epa.gov/surfnewi/

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 7
http://www.r7.fws.gov/

Water Resources
http://alaska.fws.gov/water

Environmental Contaminants Program
http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/contaminants/

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
http://www.r7.fws.gov/nwr/kenai/

Wetland mapping
http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/nwi/

U.S. Forest Service, Chugach National Forest
http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/chugach/

U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/

Alaska Science Center -- Information and research.
http://alaska.usgs.gov/

National Mapping
http://mapping.usgs.gov/

Earth Resources Observation System (EROS).
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/

Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse. Geographic Information System coverages
http://agdc.usgs.gov/

Earth Science Information Center (ESIC) distributes USGS publications, Alaska topographic maps, aerial photography and digital data.
http://ask.usgs.gov/

Geographic Names Information System
http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/

USGS Search Engine
http://www.usgs.gov/search/

New (since 1995) publications of the USGS
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/index.shtml

Water Resources, Alaska
http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/water/

Alaska Water Index. A list of sites at which streamflow, lake-level, and water-quality data have been collected by USGS.
http://ak.water.usgs.gov/Data/wtrindex.htm

Cook Inlet Basin National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Study

Glacier and snow program. Meteorological, mass balance, and runoff data on Gulkana and Wolverine Glaciers.
http://ak.water.usgs.gov/glaciology/

Historical records of daily streamflow and peak flows for gaging stations in Alaska
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ak/nwis/sw

Listing of USGS reports on Alaskan hydrology, volcanoes, and glaciers.
http://ak.water.usgs.gov/publications/

Real-time Alaska river conditions via satellite.-- Real-time data are considered provisional.
http://ak.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/current?type=flow

Real-time water (stream discharge and/or stage) data – Nationwide. Real-time data are considered provisional.
http://water.usgs.gov/public/realtime.html

Retrieve stream discharge data, select station by borough
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ak/nwis/discharge

Water-use data
http://water.usgs.gov/public/watuse/wudata.html

Western Region Mineral Resources Survey, Alaska
http://www-mrs-ak.wr.usgs.gov/wrmrsAK/

Aeromagnetic maps and data for Alaska
http://geology.cr.usgs.gov/pub/open-file-reports/ofr-97-0520/alaskamag.html

Alaska Mineral Locations (MAS/MILS) Database
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/mrds/

Alaska Mineral Resources Data File describes mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences
http://ardf.wr.usgs.gov/

Alaska National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) and Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) data
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/ofr-97-0492/state/nure_ak.htm

U.S. Geological Survey -- Alaska Mineral Resources
http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/alaska.shtml

Gravity data for Alaska
http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/gump/morin/alaska/gravity/gravity.html

U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) -- Alaska (Outer Continental Shelf )Region
http://www.mms.gov/alaska/

University of Alaska Anchorage, Environment and Natural Resources Institute, Alaska State Climate Center
http://climate.uaa.alaska.edu/

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Alaska Climate Research Center -- Climate data for weather stations in Alaska, including monthly precipitation and temperature records through about 1990.
http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/

West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov

Western Regional Climate Center -- Climate summaries for Alaska
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/climatedata.html

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://ak.water.usgs.gov/Projects/Nawqa/environm.htm
Page Contact Information: Bob Ourso (rtourso at usgs.gov) or Dan Long (dlong at usgs.gov)
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