ROCK RIVER BASIN

Rock River Agencies

DNR Upper Rock River Basin Website

DNR Lower Rock River Basin Website 

DNR Rock River Basin State of the Basin Report

USFWS Horicon Marsh National Refuge

Rock River Basin Organizations

Dane County Lakes & Watershed Commission

EnAct (Madison and Dane County)

Friends of Kettle Ponds

Friends of Lake Wingra

Friends of Monona Bay

Friends of Pheasant Branch

Horicon On-Line Almanac

Horicon Marsh Bird Club

Lake Ripley Management District

Lake Sinissippi

Madison Audubon Association

Marsh Haven Nature Center

Roamin' Round the Rock    (Tourism information)

Rock/Koshkonong Lake District

Rock Lake Improvement Association

Rock River Headwaters, Inc

Rock River Rescue Foundation

Sustain Dane (Includes a directory of area organizations)

Token Creek Watershed Association

Town & Country RC & D

Upper Sugar River Watershed Association

RIVER, LAKE AND WATERSHED ORGANIZATIONS: WISCONSIN & NATION


Adopt-A-Lake

American Rivers

Citizens for a Scenic WI

Clean Water Network

Dane County Friends Groups listing

Earth Care Connection USA

Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance

National Watershed Network

North American Water Trails, Inc.

River Alliance of Wisconsin 

River Network

Root-Pike WIN

Soil & Water Conservation Society

Waters of Wisconsin

Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education

Wisconsin Association of Lakes

Wisconsin Lakes Partnership

Wisconsin Year of Water

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FEDERAL AGENCIES


Environmental Protection Agency
Fish Toxic Survey
Local Drinking Water Information
Nonpoint Source News-Notes
Watershed Academy Web-Based Training &  Certificate Program
Year of Clean Water Activities, National
WaterNews

Forest Service
Wildland Waters Newsletter

National Park Service
River & Water Trails Program

Geological Survey
USGS Home Page 
USGS Publications and Data Products

Other Governmental Sites
Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
US Department of Agriculture

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STATE AGENCIES

Department of Agriculture, Consumer Protection

DNR 
Home Page
NR 216 New Rules
NR 151 New Rules
Nonpoint Source Program Grants
Nonpoint Rules &  Fact Sheets
Publications

Water Programs

UWEX  
Census 2000 Demographics of Wisconsin links
Center on Wisconsin Strategy
: Studies on WI Economy, Environment & Healthy Communities
Central Wisconsin Groundwater Center
Environmental Resource Center
Natural Resources Gateway
(link to Basin Educators, Publications, Water Action Volunteers)
Watershed Center
WI Geological and Natural History Survey

UWEX Water Resources
Publications
Storm Water Manual (read online only)
Water Page
Wisconsin Basin Educators

University of Wisconsin
Center on Wisconsin Strategy
Wisconsin Year of Water

Other Wisconsin Sites
Badgerlink (DPI online search service)
Biodiversity Project
State Environmental Resource Center

Wisconsin Statutes
Wisconsin Administrative Codes

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RESOURCE LINKS

ACTION IDEAS

Community Water Education Action Opportunities

Ecoteam Program

EnAct (Madison and Dane County)

Give Water A Hand

Green Acres (EPA guide to natural landscaping )

Yard Care - Grow Green

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AGRICULTURE HORTICULTURE

AMANURE (Decision support tool to calculate land application rates of manure) 

Agriculture Environmental Management Systems

Agri-View (Agriculture newspaper)

Country Today (Agriculture newspaper)

Discovery Farms - Wisconsin

Environmental Assessments - Tools, Resources

Farm*A*Syst and Home*A*Syst

Forestry Industry Directories

Iowa State Weed Science Information

IPM Assessment for Field Corn

Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship (LPES) News

Minnesota River Friendly Farmer Program

National Agriculture Day

Purdue Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory

Purdue Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology

Understanding Soil Phosphorus

Wisconsin Agri Business Federation

WI Cooperative Pest Survey Bulletin

Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation

Wisconsin Farm Report with Pam Jahnke

Pesticides
EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs
EPA Pesticide Topic Page
National Pesticide Information Center
Pesticide Safety Education Institute

BUSINESS - POLLUTION PREVENTION

Pollution Prevention for Wisconsin Businesses

EDUCATION

Aquatic Outreach Programs for Kids

Aldo Leopold Nature Center

Ask-a-Geologist

Badgerlink

Basin Educators (educational programs state-wide)

Conservation Technology Info Center

Council for Environmental Education - WET in the City

Drop of Life - UW-Milwaukee, Center for Science Education (3-5 year program for adults and students (grades 4-12)

Educating Young People about Water

Environmental Education for Kids (EEK)

Environmental Education News with Publications Order Form (last issue)

EE News (Environmental Education in WI Newsletter)

EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

Exploring Biodiversity

Forestry Education - Seno Center

Links for Water Resource Education (UWSP Watershed Center)

Forest Communities of the Eastern US

From the Woods (Natural Resources & Wood Products )

Great Lakes Invasions Curriculum Guide

The Learning Web: K-12 Education

Leopold Education Project

"My Community, Our Earth - Geographic Learning for Sustainable Development" (student project)

National Mapping Program Educational Materials

National Science Teachers Assoc

Nature Net

Nature's Classroom Institute

Online Conversion (convert length,distance,temperature,weight,etc.)

Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)

Project WET in the City

Riveredge Nature Center

River of Words

River Smart

Service Learning

T.E.A.C.H. Great Lakes (lake research and programs in the US and Canada)

U-W Stevens Point College of Natural Resources

Upham Woods 4-H Center

Urban Ecology Center

Water Education Resources

Water Science for Schools

Wisconsin Agriculture in the Classroom

WI Directory of Environmental Education Organizations & Resources

WI Environmental Education Board Grant Program

WI Environmental Education Network

WI K-12 Forestry Education Program

WI Green Schools Project

WI Project Learning Tree & Project WILD

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FORESTRY

Forestry Publications List

Gypsy Moth Management

Threatened & Endangered Species in Forests of Wisconsin

WI K-12 Forestry Education Program

GIS & MAPPING


Atlas of the Biosphere

DNR GIS Information

DOA GIS Services (links to municipal, county state and federal mapping sites)

Finding Your Way with Map and Compass

MapQuest

National Atlas of the U.S.

National Geologic Mapping

National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse USGS Node

Panoramic View of the World from Space

Terraserver (air photos and topographic maps)

Topozone (Interactive USGS maps)

USGS (gateway to many mapping links including National Atlas of the US)

Wisconsin Floodplain Maps

Wisconsin Land Survey Records

Yahoo Maps

GRANT INFORMATION

Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection

Consultants (directory of nonprofit consultants)

Community Development State & Federal Grant Links

Daily News Updates (Michael Gilbert)

DNR Nonpoint Source Program Grants

Environmental Education Grants

Foundation Center

Guidestar (list of financial information for 800,000 nonprofits)

Job Site 

Multi-Agency Land and Water Education Grant Information and Success Stories

Pathways to Nature

Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership Resource Center

Putnam Barber FAQ's

River Fundraising Alert

Techsoup ( technology resource and discounts on software)

Volunteer Managment (how to manage, screen, record-keep)

Volunteer Match (find opportunities by zip code or area)

Volunteer Opportunities

WI Environmental Education Board Grant Program

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GROUNDWATER

American Groundwater Trust

Aquatic Outreach Institute

Bottled Water Quality Report

Central Brown County Water Authority

EPA Local Drinking Water Information

Groundwater & its Role in Comprehensive Planning

Groundwater: A North American Resource (a discussion paper)

Groundwater Foundation

Ground Water Information (USGS)

MN Environmental Initiative Impaired Waters Stakeholders process

Nonpoint Source News-Notes

Pesticide Action Network

Portage County Groundwater

Residential Development & Groundwater Resources

University of Wisconsin Water Resources Institute: Wis Groundwater Programs

Water Quality Info Center

Wisconsin DATCP Atrazine Prohibition Areas

Wisconsin DATCP  Metabolite Study

Wisconsin DNR Groundwater Education Resources Web Page

Wisconsin Groundwater Coordinating Council

Wisconsin Groundwater Guardian Program

Wisconsin Groundwater Quantity legislation

Wisconsin's Water Library: Groundwater recommended reading

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IMAGES & GRAPHICS


Declassified Intelligence Satellite Photos

Digital Backyard

Earth Explorer

Earth Shots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change

Google Images

Farm Photo (need permission from person posting to use photo)

Landsat7 Remote Sensing Satellite Data

National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive

National Pesticide Media Database

Natural Resource Conservation Service Photos

Texas A & M Clipart Collection

PowerPoint Templates

USGS Topographic Maps

University of Wisconsin Photo Gallery

Wisconsin Land Survey Records 

INVASIVE, EXOTIC SPECIES

Great Lakes Invasions Curriculum Guide

Invasive Work Group Report on Zebra Mussels : Dane County

National Invasive Species Page

Nature Conservancy Invasive Plants Page

NRCS Invasive Plant Page

Out of Place (publication)

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JUST FOR KIDS

Adopt-A-Lake

DNR Education & Training Web Page

EEK! Environmental Education for Kids

EPA - Nonpoint Source for Kids

Kids Corner in Biology

National Geographic's "Geography Action 2003! Habitats: Home Sweet Home"

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LAND TRUSTS/PROTECTION

1000 Friends of Wisconsin

Aldo Leopold Foundation

American Farmland Trust

Jefferson County Land Trust

Gathering Waters

Ice Age Parks and Trail Foundation

Madison Audubon Association

Natural Heritage Land Trust (Dane County)

The Nature Conservancy

The Prairie Enthusiasts

Sand County Foundation

Town of Dunn

Walworth County Land Conservancy

Waukesha Land Conservancy

Wisconsin Family Forests

LAND USE 


Computer Assessment Programs
CITYGreen
CommunityViz
Dane County TURM (Temperature Urban Runoff Model)
LGEAN (Local Government Environmental Assistance Network)
LTHIA (Long-Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment)
Midwest Spatial Decision Support System Partnership
Place-IT
RWASTE5 (selection and design of on-site wastewater treatment)
SEAHOME (EPA Software for Environmental Awareness)
What If
Window to My Environment

Conservation Subdivision Design
Grow Green
Livable Neighborhood Program
Low Impact Development
Protecting Our Waters - A Guide to Responsible Development
Puget Sound Action Team
See Storm Water also 

General Land Use Resources

Active Living by Design

Building Better Rural Places

Center for Land Use Education

Community & Environmental Defense Service

Directory of Resources for Comprehensive Planning in Wisconsin

Global Action Plan

Guide to Responsible Development (Milwaukee River Basin)

Historic Preservation and Smart Growth

Impact of Built Environment on Health

Land Use Tracker Newsletter

Measuring the Health Effects of Sprawl

Missouri Land Use Resources

PA & NY Smart Growth Toolbox

Protecting Our Waters - A Guide to Responsible Development

Sense of Place links

Sprawl Watch

Software for Environmental Awareness

Trust for Public Lands

Urban Open Space Links

UW-Impact Fee Articles

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MONITORING

Current Streamflow Conditions

Daily Water Conditions

Illinois Ecowatch

EPA National Monitoring Study Successes and Recommendations

National Environmental Methods Clearing House

National Water Quality Monitoring Council

The Great North American Secchi Dip-In

USGS National Water Information System (NWIS)

USGS Stream Monitoring - Rock Basin -Real time data

Water Action Volunteers (WAV)

WI Ecological Monitoring Listing

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RECREATION


Great Outdoor Recreation Pages

National Park Service - River & Water Trails Program

North American Water Trails, Inc.

Prairie State Canoeists

Trout Unlimited

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SHORELINE MANAGEMENT

Green Lake RSVP Project  (Revitalization of Shoreland Vegetation Project)

Links on Shoreland Management Information - DNR

Native Plant Nurseries and Restoration Consultants

Risdal Bear Creek Virtual Buffer Tour

Wisconsin Shoreland Restoration Website

Wisconsin Shoreland Stewardship Fact Sheets

Wisconsin DNR Shoreland Management  Publications

Shoreland Connection   UWEX and DNR information

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STORM WATER

Center for Watershed Protection

City of Monterey Public Works Storm Water Information

Community Resources

Dane County Erosion Control & Stormwater Mngt Manual

Dane County Joint Storm Water Permit Group Information and Education Plan

Earthwater Stencils

EPA NPDES (Storm Water Permit) Information

EPA Nonpoint Source Information

EPA Tutorial: Six Minimum Control Measures for Stormwater

Fox-Wolf Basin Storm Water/Erosion Control Resources

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

How Adults Learn: A Special Issue of Convene, The Journal of the Professional Convention Management Association

International Association for Public Participation

"Lessons Learned: Implementing a storm water public education program"

Maintaining a Healthy Chemical-free Lawn

Mosquitoes and Storm Water Ponds

Municipal Storm Water Contaminants

National Resources Defense Council Stormwater Strategies Manual

Product Acceptability List (PAL)

Protecting Our Waters - A Guide to Responsible Development

Resources on Stormwater & Polluted Runoff

Roofscapes, Inc.

"Runoff Rundown" Center for Watershed Protection Newsletter

Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program (click on Program Elements then go to Public Information/Public Participation)

SMRC:  The Stormwater Manager's Resource Center

Stormwater magazine

The Challenge of Helping Adults Learn

The Rouge River Project: Public Involvement and Education Programs

Think Blue San Diego

USEPA Watershed Academy Wed, Online Training in Watershed Management

University of Wisconsin-Extension (Raingardens)

Water Education Collaborative (Rochester, MN)

WI Association for Floodplain, Stormwater and Coastal Management

Nutrient Trading and TMDL's

EPA Regional Guidance on Submittal Requirements of Lake and Reservoir Nutrient TMDLs

Great Lakes Trading Network Website

TMDL  (Decision support system)

Rain Gardens

Groundwater Guardian Rain Garden Project

Rain Garden - Dane County (publications and links)

Rain Garden Interactive Plant List

Rain Garden Resources

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SURFACE WATER

Aquatic Plants in Dane County Lakes Report

Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) Resource Links

Conservation Technology Information Center Watershed Calendar

Current Streamflow Conditions

Daily Water Conditions

Dam Decision-Making Guide

DNR Water Management Specialists

Ecoregional Nutrient Criteria Documents for Lakes & Reservoirs

EPA National Report on controlling nps pollution from marinas and recreational boats

EPA Office Of Water

EPA Water Poster

Fox River Watch - PCB Contamination of the Fox River, Wisconsin

Historical Streamflow

Lake Water Quality and Property Values - article

Model Floodplain Zoning Ordinance

National League of Women Voters - Water Policy

National Water Conditions

National Water-Quality Assessment Program

Pesticide Action Network

Phosphorus Roundtable

River Smart

Toxic Substance Hydrology

Water Use Data

WI Nonpoint Rules Information

WI Small & Abandoned Dam Removal Web Page

Wisconsin Water Library

Yahara Lakes Advisory Group

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WEATHER

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Weather Channel

WETLAND

County Enforcement of Wetland Regulations Manual  (DOA)

Ducks Unlimited

EPA Wetland Information

League of Woman Voters Wetland Web Walk 

Mosquitoes and Storm Water Ponds

National Wetland Inventory

National Wetlands Research Center

Society of Wetland Scientists

West Nile Virus and Wetlands Fact Sheet

West Nile Information - DNR

Wisconsin DNR Wetland Information

Wisconsin Waterfowl Association

Wisconsin Wetlands Association

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WILDLIFE & PLANTS


Amphibians

Biological Resources National Programs

Biological Science by State

Breeding Bird Survey

Butterflies of North America

Cats Indoors!

Chronic Wasting Disease Infosource
For audio messages in English, Spanish & Hmong call 1-800-441-4636.

Endangered Species Coalition

Izaak Walton League

National Biological Information Infrastructure

Native Grasses & Wildflowers

North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations

Online Native Plant Guide

Prairie Enthusiasts

 Threatened & Endangered Species in Forests of Wisconsin

USFWS Horicon Marsh National Refuge

UW-Madison Arboretum

West Nile Information - DNR

Wild Ones - Natural Landscapers

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