Links
Below is a list of organizations and agencies which provide resources and information related to environmental issues and concepts. It is not a complete list, simply a starting place. If you would like a link added to the page, please contact Lindsay Rogers at lindsayannrogers@yahoo.com. Thanks and enjoy!
Nebraska Organizations & Agencies
- Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: www.ngpc.state.ne.us
- Nebraska Project WILD: www.ngpc.state.ne.us/wildlife/programs/projectwild/projectwild.asp
- Nebraska Project Learning Tree & Project WET: http://4h.unl.edu/eelinks
- Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership: http://ternandplover.unl.edu
- Nebraska Association of Resources Districts: www.nrdnet.org
- Keep Nebraska Beautiful: www.knb.org
- Nebraska Public Power District: www.nppd.com
- Natural Resources Conservation Service: www.ne.nrcs.usda.gov
- Healthy Families Play Outside: www.healthyfamiliesplayoutside.org
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln: www.unl.edu
- Nebraska Wildlife Federation: www.nebraskawildlife.org
- Sierra Club – Nebraska Chapter: http://nebraska.sierraclub.org
- The Nature Conservancy – Nebraska Chapter: www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/nebraska
National Organizations & Agencies
- North American Association for Environmental Education: www.naaee.org
- Children & Nature Network: www.cnaturenet.org
- No Child Left Inside Coalition: www.nclicoalition.org
- National Project Learning Tree: www.plt.org
- National Project WET: www.projectwet.org
- National Project WILD: www.projectwild.org
- EE-Link: www.eelink.net
Education Activities & Resources
Birds & Birding
- Nebraska Birding Trails: www.nebraskabirdingtrails.com
- Audubon Nebraska: www.audubon.org/chapter/ne
- Nebraska Ornithologist’s Union: http://rip.physics.unk.edu/NOU
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology: www.birds.cornell.edu
- All About Birds: www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds
- Smithsonian National Zoological Park – Birds: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Birds
- USGS Bird Information Center: www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/infocenter.html
- International Migratory Bird Day: www.birdday.org/imbd.htm
- Partners in Flight: www.partnersinflight.org
- American Birding Association: www.americanbirding.org
- Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory: www.rmbo.org/education/materials.html
- Central Flyway Council: http://centralflyway.org
Water & Water Quality
- USGS Nebraska Water Science Center: http://ne.water.usgs.gov
- UNL Water Center: http://watercenter.unl.edu
- Nebraska Department of Natural Resources: www.dnr.ne.gov
- Nebraska Association of Resources Districts: www.nrdnet.org
- UNL Extension – Water: http://water.unl.edu/home
- USGS Water Science for Schools: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/mearthgw.html
- National Drought Mitigation Center: http://drought.unl.edu/index.htm
- EPA Water Homepage: www.epa.gov/water/index.html
- The Water Sourcebook: www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/wsb
- Monitoring and Assessing Water Quality: www.epa.gov/volunteer/stream/vms50.html
- UNL NebGuide – “Understanding Watersheds”: www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/pages/index.jsp?what=publicationD&publicationId=48
- UNL NebGuide – “Protecting Your Watershed”: www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/pages/index.jsp?what=publicationD&publicationId=51
- World Water Monitoring Day: www.worldwatermonitoringday.org
- River of Words: www.riverofwords.org
- Exploring the Environment – Water Quality: www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/waterq3/WQassess1.html
- Educating Young People About Water: www.uwex.edu/ces/erc/eypaw/ptact.cfm
- Environment Canada: Water Science: www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/info/pubs/NSKit/e_chap1.htm
- Kentucky Water Watch – Water Quality Parameters: http://kywater.org/ww/ramp/rmtests.htm
- Nebraska Earth System Education Network – Hydrosphere Lessons: http://nesen.unl.edu/hydrophere.htm
- Environmental Literacy Council – Water Cycle: www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/704.php
Prairies
- Prairie Plains Resource Institute: www.prairieplains.org/index.htm
- USGS Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database: http://plants.usda.gov
- Homestead National Monument (Beatrice, NE): www.nps.gov/home
- Prairies Forever: wwe.prairies.org
- Prairie Nebraska: www.prairienebraska.org
- US Forest Service – Nebraska Grasslands: www.fs.fed.us/r2/nebraska
- Konza Prairie: www.k-state.edu/konza
Trees & Forests
- Nebraska Forest Service: www.nfs.unl.edu
- US Forest Service – Nebraska Forests: www.fs.fed.us/r2/nebraska
- Forest History Society – “If Trees Could Talk” Curriculum: www.foresthistory.org/Education/Curriculum
- American Forest Foundation: www.forestfoundation.org
- Project Learning Tree: www.plt.org
- National Arbor Day Foundation: www.arborday.org
- Carly’s Kids Corner: www.arborday.org/kids/carly
- Virginia 4-H Cooperative Extension – Virtual Forest: www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualforest
Wetlands
- Nebraska’s Wetlands: www.unl.edu/agnicpls/wqwetnew.html
- Dialogue 4 Kids – Wild About Wetlands: www.idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/wetlands/classroom.html
- Washington State Department of Ecology – Discover Wetlands Curriculum: www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/8816a.html
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wetlands Homepage: http://wetlands.fws.gov
- Ducks Unlimited Education Homepage: www.greenwing.org/dueducator/noncssdu_educator.html
- National Wildlife Federation – Wetlands: http://nwf.org/wetlands.index.html
- USGS National Wetlands Research Center: http://nwrc.gov