Links

Index

• National and International Links
• Regional Listings
• Organization
• Water Resources
• Forests
• Environmental Studies Programs in the Region
• Other Links

National and International Links

• Greenpeace's comprehensive list of links
• Endangered Species Program - a site maintained by Fish and Wildlife Service devoted to all aspects of Endangered Species: listings, proposals, the 1973 Act.
• Environment and Development - websites focusing on sustainability and development.
• ENN - The Environmental News Network.
• Sustaining Marine Fisheries - A pre-publication report.

Regional Listings

• Cascades Volcano Observatory - from the United States Geological Survey. 
• Cascadia - the bioregional website from Cascadia.
• King County's Hazardous Waste Management Program
• Earth Island Institute - Innovative Action for the Environment.
• Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment - Based in Seattle - good regional links.
• Northwest Trek - The Home Page of Northwest Trek Wildlife Park in Eatonville, WA. Good links also to zoos and wildlife parks.
• High Country News - the chronicle of the changing west, and all on line.
• Sightline Institute - based in Seattle, base for Alan Durning and creative steps towards regional sustainability.
• Pacific Northwest Labs - Battelle's Pacific Northwest Lab's Environmental Sustainability Program.
• Save our Wild Salmon - returning salmon by restoring rivers
• Wildfire - the home of Wildfire magazine, with links to regional, national and international wildland fire link s
• Wild Salmon Center - Protecting the last, best wild salmon ecosystems of the Pacific Rim
• Wolf Haven International- This site, based in Tenino, Washington, brings you up to the minute information on wolves, especially the reintroduction program.

Agencies and Organizations

• Army Corps of Engineers
• Bonneville Power Administration
• Boise Cascade Corporation
• Bureau of Land Management
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• U.S. Department of Energy - Hanford
• U.S. Forest Service

Water Resources

• Water Resources of the United States - Take a look at the wide range of monitoring, assessment, and research activities conducted by the USGS to help understand and protect the quality of our drinking-water resources.
• USGS Water Resources of Oregon
• USGS Water Resources of Washington State
• Washington State Salmon Recovery Homepage - The Salmon office’s role is to coordinate and produce a statewide salmon strategy, assist in the development of regional salmon recovery plans, and submit the strategy and plans to the federal government.
• Wild Salmonid Policy- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
• U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service- "Conserving the Nature of America"
• National Wetlands Inventory Center- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Watershed Planning Home Page- from the Washington Department of Ecology.  New and Pertinent Information to Local Watershed Planning Efforts
• Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council- fostering cooperation and education among all parties with interests in the Walla Walla River Basin Watershed in Oregon.
• American Water Works Association- "Dedicated to Safe Drinking Water"
• Water Quality Association - The Water Quality Association is the international trade association representing the household, commercial, industrial, and small community water treatment industry.  
• USGS National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program - The NAWQA program is designed to describe the status and trends in the quality of the Nation's ground and surface-water resources and to provide a sound understanding of the natural and human factors that affect the quality of these resources.
• Water Quality Standards - From the EPA, water quality standards by state.
• Bureau of Reclamation (http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/more/soil2/water.html)- Managing water in the American West
• Surf Your Watershed- A service to help you locate, use, and share environmental information about your place.
• Hydrology Web - Hydrology Web is a site that hosts a comprehensive list of links to Hydrology and related Hydrology resources.
• El Nino Theme Page- provided by NOAA for information on El Nino and La Nina
• GLIN-Great Lakes Information Network
• Oceanic - The Ocean Information Center - Provided by the Graduate College of Marine Studies 
• Ocean Portal - Smithsonian Institution
• NOAA Homepage - resource for weather news and information
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency- "to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment"
• International Rivers Network - Linking human rights and environmental protection

Forests

• American Forests - Global relief
• FSEE - Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics.
• Rainforest Action Network.

Environmental Studies Programs in the Region

• Duke University School of the Environment - Whitman participates in a 3-2 program with Duke.
• The Evergreen State College - graduate programs.
• Huxley College of Environmental Studies - Bellingham, Washington.
• University of Idaho - Program in Environmental Science.
• University of Oregon at Eugene.
• Portland State University - Environmental Sciences and Resources Program
• The Institute for a Sustainable Environment - at the University of Oregon.

Other Links

• Connecting With Nature - a focus on ecopsychology.
• Environmental Emergencies - information and response data provided by the World Conservation Service.
• Greennet - the network connecting the environment, peace, and human rights.
• Pesticide Action Network - for North America.
• What's the world's population right now? - rapid updates, and U.S. population figures too.
• El Niño Southern Oscillation
• Environmental Studies Home Page