Creating gardens for butterflies and hummingbirds, like this one at Shadow Wood Country Club in Florida, is among the many habitat enhancement projects our members undertake. Check out these links, as well as our fact sheets for project information.

Environmental Resource Links

Scroll down for links to resources for Wildlife, Water, Outreach and Education, Eco-Efficiency, and Community. Also visit our Fact Sheet Library for more great environmental information.

Wildlife

Amphibian Conservation

Frogwatch USA: http://www.nwf.org/frogwatchUSA/
Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (PARC): http://www.parcplace.org

Bat Conservation

Bat Conservation International: http://www.batcon.org
Bat Conservation and Management: http://www.batmanagement.com

Bird Feeding and Monitoring

Attracting Birds To Your Backyard: http://birding.about.com/od/backyardbirds/
Cornell Lab of Ornithology – Classroom Feeder Watch: http://birds.cornell.edu/cfw/index.html
National Bird-Feeding Society: http://www.birdfeeding.org
Wild Birds Unlimited – Educational Resources: http://www.wbu.com/edu/

Go Wild at School (schoolyard naturalization)

Animal Inn (Importance of dead and dying trees): http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/nr/wildlife/animalinn/
Schoolyard Greening Consortium Curricular Resources: http://www.dcschoolyardgreening.org/research.html
Toyota Evergreen Learning Grounds: http://www.evergreen.ca/en/index.html
Wildlife Habitats on School Grounds: http://www.ecoschools.com/Wildlife/Wildlife_wSidebar.html

Green Facilities

Environmental Protection Agency: http://epa.gov/pesticides/ipm/schoolipm/
IPM Institute of North America: http://www.ipminstitute.org/
Municipal Waste Management Association: http://www.usmayors.org/mwma/
Pennsylvania IPM Program (publications): http://paipm.cas.psu.edu/
Purdue University Cooperative Extension: http://www.entm.purdue.edu/entomology/outreach/schoolipm/1tch/tch1.htm
USDA Regional IPM Centers: http://www.ipmcenters.org/
University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS): http://www.schoolimp.ifas.ufl.edu

Gardens for Wildlife

American Natives™ by Prairie Nursery (native plants and seeds wholesale catalog): www.american-natives.com.

EPA- Landscaping with Native Plants: http://www.epa.gov/greenacres/
Kids Gardening—National Gardening Association: http://www.kidsgardening.com
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: http://www.wildflower.org/
Native Plant Societies of the U.S. and Canada: http://www.michbotclub.org/links/native_plant_society.htm
U.S. Department of Agriculture plant database: http://plants.usda.gov/
Wildlife Gardening: http://birding.about.com/od/gardening/
Go to your search engine and type in the key words native plants and your state. Many state native plant society sites are available.

Nest Boxes and Bird Conservation

Bird Conservation & Research: http://birding.about.com/od/conservationresearch/
Birdlife International: http://www.birdlife.org

Birds of North America: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA/
Bird Bibliography from Partners in Flight: http://www.partnersinflight.org/birdbib/
The Birdhouse Network: http://birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/
Bird Conservation Alliance: http://www.birdconservationalliance.org/index.htm
Birder’s Essential Resource Guide: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/homestudy/Ch2BESGuide.html
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: http://birds.cornell.edu
Ducks Unlimited: http://www.ducks.org
HawkWatch International: http://www.hawkwatch.org/
How to Build Bird Houses and Nest Boxes: http://birding.about.com/od/buildhouses/
International Crane Foundation: http://www.savingcranes.org
Journey North: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/index.html
North American Bluebird Society: http://nabluebirdsociety.org/index.htm
Nutty Birdwatcher: http://www.birdnature.com
Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter: http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/infocenter.html
Peregrine Fund: http://www.peregrinefund.org
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (birds): http://www.fws.gov/birds
World Parrot Trust: http://www.worldparrottrust.org

Wildlife Information and Conservation Organizations

American Zoo and Aquarium Association: http://www.aza.org
AZA’s Web: http://www.azasweb.com/
Conservation International: http://www.conservation.org
Defenders of Wildlife: http://www.defenders.org
IUCN – The World Conservation Union: http://www.iucn.org
Nature Conservancy: http://nature.org
National Audubon Society: http://www.audubon.org
National Wildlife Federation: http://www.nwf.org
Ocean Conservancy: http://www.oceanconservancy.org
Rare Center for Tropical Conservation: http://www.rareconservation.org
Rare Species Conservatory Foundation: http://www.rarespecies.org
Sierra Club: http://www.sierraclub.org
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: http://www.fws.gov
Wildlife Conservation Society: http://www.wcs.org
Wildlife Trust: http://www.wildlifetrust.org
World Wildlife Fund: http://www.wwf.org
State fish and wildlife agency listing: http://www.fws.gov/offices/statelinks.html
Various conservation organizations listing: http://www.responsiblewildlifemanagement.org/conservation_links.htm

Water

Groundwater

Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/wsb
The Groundwater Foundation: (Take Action, Kids Corner) http://www.groundwater.org/

Stream Quality Monitoring

Cornell Cooperative Extension Pond and Stream Safari http://www.cce.cornell.edu/store/customer/product.php?productid=16257&cat=&page=1
EPA’s Volunteer Stream Monitoring Manual: http://www.epa.gov/volunteer/stream/
Healthy Water, Healthy People: http://www.healthywater.org/
PathFinder Science Stream Monitoring: http://pathfinderscience.net/stream/index.cfm
Stewardship Centre for British Columbia Streamkeepers Handbook: http://www.stewardshipcentre.bc.ca/sc_bc/stew_series/bc_stewseries.asp#sk

Stream Restoration

American Rivers Stream Restoration Toolkit; http://www.americanrivers.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AMR_srtk
Izaak Walton League Save Our Streams Program: http://www.iwla.org/sos/restoration.html
Ohio State University: Teacher Resources on Stream Restoration http://streams.osu.edu/teachers.php
US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/stream_restoration/

Water Conservation

EPA's Surf Your Watershed: http://cfpub1.epa.gov/surf/locate
H₂OUSE Water Saver Home: http://www.h2ouse.net/index.cfm
Project WET: http://www.projectwet.org/
USGS’s Water Science for Schools: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/index.html
Water Resources of the United States: http://water.usgs.gov
Water Education Posters http://water.usgs.gov/outreach/OutReach.html
Give Water A Hand http://www.uwex.edu/erc/eypaw

Watersheds

Adopt-A-Watershed http://www.adopt-a-watershed.org
Rivers of Life http://cgee.hamline.edu/rivers/
Watersheds/NPS teaching tool, Protecting Our Watersheds, Non-Point Source Curriculum http://www.enviroscapes.com
Global Rivers Environmental Education Network http://www.green.org
Discover a Watershed http://www.discoverawatershed.org
Stormwater Coalition Educator’s Toolbox http://www.stormwatercoalition.org/html/et/et_lp_1.html
Teacher Resources: Watershed Lesson Plans and Teaching Tools http://www.deq.state.ms.us/MDEQ.nsf/pdf/NPS_WatershedLP/$File/WatershedLessonPlans.pdf
Water on the Web http://waterontheweb.org/
Yahara Watershed Education Network http://danenet.wicip.org/ywen/index.html

Wetlands

Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/education
Izaak Walton League (Conservation Programs--Save Our Streams & American Wetlands Campaign): http://iwla.org
A resource for wetlands education: Ducks Unlimited http://www.greenwing.org/dueducator/alph_educator.html
Freshwater Wetlands Teaching Guide http://www.envmedia.com/guides/freshwater_wetlands.pdf
The Fragile Fringe: A Guide for Teaching About Coastal Wetlands http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/fringe/ff_index.html
National Wetlands Inventory http://www.nwi.fws.gov/educator.htm

Outreach and Education

Environmental Education Curricula (general)

Access Nature and Nature Scope: National Wildlife Federation http://www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/natureactivities.cfm
The Canadian Biodiversity Institute http://www.biodiversityonline.ca/schoolgrounds/
Chicago Academy of Sciences: http://www.chias.org; Environmental Issues Forum: http://www.chias.org/www/edu/ecocit/eif.html
Classroom Earth: http://www.classroomearth.org/
David Suzuki Foundation: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/kids/
Environmental Protection Agency Kids Club: http://www.epa.gov/kids/
Environmental Protection Agency- High School EE: http://www.epa.gov/highschool/
The Evergreen Foundation http://www.evergreen.ca/en/lg/lg-teach.html
Global Change and Environmental Education Resources: http://www.gcrio.org/edu.html
Green Teacher Magazine: http://www.greenteacher.com
Institute of Ecosystem Studies: http://www.ecostudies.org/ed_eco_resources.html
Izaak Walton League, Young Ikes Program: http://www.iwla.org/yikes
National Resources Defense Council: http://www.nrdc.org; Greensquad (Kids taking action for greener, healthier schools): http://www.nrdc.org/greensquad/intro (interactive)
North American Alliance for Environmental Education: http://naaee.org/
Planet Scouts: http://www.planetscouts.org
Project Learning Tree: http://www.plt.org/
Project WILD: http://www.projectwild.org

General Environmental Information

eNature: http://www.eNature.com
Environmental Protection Agency: http://www.epa.gov
Natural Resource Conservation Service (Backyard Conservation): http://www.nrcs.usda.gov
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: http://www.fws.gov
USDA Forest Service: http://www.fs.fed.us/
U.S. Geological Survey: http://www.usgs.gov

Eco-Efficiency

Composting

Clean Sweep U.S.A. (Keep America Beautiful): http://www.kab.org/kids/educators.htm
Cornell University, Composting in Schools: http://compost.css.cornell.edu/schools.html, also from Cornell: http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/TrashGoesToSchool/TrashIntro.html
Greening Schools composting resources: http://www.greeningschools.org/resources/view_cat_admin.cfm?id=74
Kids Recycle: http://www.kidsrecycle.org/composting.php

Energy Conservation

Airhead: http://www.airhead.org/
Alliance to Save Energy: http://www.ase.org
Energy Information Administration: http://eia.doe.gov
Green Schools: http://www.ase.org/section/program/greenschl
National Energy Foundation: http://www.nef1.org/academy.html
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: http://www.eere.energy.gov/
U.S. Department of Energy-Energy Smart Schools: http://energysmartschools.gov

Global Warming

Environmental Protection Agency Global Warming Kids Page: http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/animations.html
EPA's Global Warming Site: http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/VisitorCenterEducators.html
Global Change and Environmental Education Resources: http://www.gcrio.org/edu.html
Global Warming: http://www.globalwarming.org/
Union of Concerned Scientists, Curriculum Guide for the Climate Impacts Map: http://www.climatehotmap.org/curriculum/index.html

Waste Reduction and Recycling

Clean Sweep U.S.A. (Keep America Beautiful): http://www.kab.org/kids/educators.htm
Community Gardening, Recycling and Parks: http://www.treelink.org/linx/?navSubCatRef=6
Cornell Waste Management Institute Trash Goes to School curriculum and activities: http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/TrashGoesToSchool/TrashIntro.html
EPA's "Make a Difference" Campaign (for teens): http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/mad.htm

Kids Recycle: http://www.kidsrecycle.org
Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance Reduce Waste Campaign: http://www.reduce.org
NYS DEC Recycling and Waste Reduction Information: http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dshm/redrecy/index.htm and http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dshm/redrecy/schoolhb.pdf
Planet Protectors Club (includes activities, games, and reading material): http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/index.htm
The Quest for Less: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/quest/intro.htm
The Resourceful Schools Project: http://www.resourcefulschools.org/teachers.html
Solid Waste Links: U.S. EPA http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/index.htm
Waste Free Lunch.org: http://www.wastefreelunches.org/
Waste Wise (Waste Audit for Schools): http://www.gould.edu.au/wastewise/planning/audit.htm#table3

Community

Community Clean-Up

Clean Sweep U.S.A. (Keep America Beautiful): http://www.kab.org/kids/educators.htm
Earth Day Canada

Community Clean-up and Audit

http://earthday.ca/EDy2k/Images/PDFs/CommunityReuse.pdf

Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service

Conducting a Community Clean-up Fix-up Campaign

http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/agec2/mf931.pdf

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Let’s Pick It Up New York!

http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dshm/redrecy/litter.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

National Youth Network - Youth in Action Bulletin - Community Cleanup

http://www.ncjrs.org/html/youthbulletin/9907-5/comm-1.html or

http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/171690.pdf

Community Involvement

Community Gardening, Recycling and Parks: http://www.treelink.org/linx/?navSubCatRef=6
Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit: http://www.esdtoolkit.org/
US EPA Volunteer Wetlands Monitoring: http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/monitor/volmonitor.html

Service Learning

Idealist-Action Without Borders: http://www.idealist.org; for teachers: http://www.idealist.org/kt/
Learn & Serve America: http://www.learnandserve.org/
Learning to Give: http://www.learningtogive.org
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse: http://www.servicelearning.org/
National Service-Learning Partnership: http://www.service-learningpartnership.org/
National Service-Learning Exchange: http://www.nslexchange.org/

Sustainable Communities

Institute for Sustainable Communities: http://www.iscvt.org/
Michigan State University Extension, This Land Is Your Land: http://web4.msue.msu.edu/msuewc/kent/yourland/
Smart Communities Network: http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/
Sustainable Communities Network: http://www.sustainable.org/
Urban Options: http://urbanoptions.org/SustainEdHanbdbook/Introduction.htm

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