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Effective January 1, 2000, the EPA Headquarters official mailing address will change to: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20460
RCRA, Superfund & EPCRA National Toll-Free No.: (800) 424-9346, Local: (703) 412-9810, TDD National Toll-Free No.: (800) 553-7672.

The following Web sites and Email addresses have been of use and interest to me. I hope they will be useful to you.

From Stoss, 2/17/2000: Folks might want to be aware of a serious loss of environmental information with the temporary closing of the EPA's Web site (yes, the entire site is down for an indefinite period of time). This may have some temporary ramifications for EPA's eMail also. If you need something critical, CALL the EPA: 202-260-8674 (the Headquarters reference number) or the EPA information locator at 202-260-2090.

http://www.epa.gov/owow/birds - EPA Bird Conservation site (1999)

http://www.vt.edu/ - Home page for the University.

See also the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences at http://www.fw.vt.edu/fisheries/

http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/scripts/oicgi.exe/inet_xlate - The Wildlife Information System of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, an amazing reference source for about 1000 animals in Virginia

http://www.nvgc.vt.edu - Northern Virginia Graduate Center where the course Modern Wildlife Resource Management was first presented and where information about graduate programs are available

The Environmental Defense Fund publications

News and weather

http://www.worldwildlife.org - World Wildlife, an international conservation organization

http://ihea.com/ - International Hunter Education Association

http://eeen.realworld.de - European Environmental Education Newsletter

http://www.islandpress.org - Environmental books

http://www.birding.com - Thayer Birding software

http://www.pentax.com - Binoculars and cameras

http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/ - Princeton University Press - Bird books, etc.

http://audubon.org/ - Audubon environmental group

http://www.insecta.com/ - Insects

http://birds.cornell.edu/ - Diverse bird information

CChesapeake Bay Program (multi-agencies)also 1-800-YOUR-BAY

http://www.earthwatch.org - Conservation expeditions (1-2 weeks)

http://soils.ecn.purdue.edu:20002:20002/~wepp.html - Watershed model

GIS data from the government, universities, etc.

http://www.roanoke.com - Regional addresses, news, organizations, realtors

http://www.cnie.org - Committee for a National Institute for the Environment

http://iufro.boku.ac.at/iufro/iufronet/d6/wu60603/pubs/direct/Toc.htm - IUFRO contacts through Forestry Extension

http://www.safnet.org - Award winning Society of American Foresters web site

http://www.tws-west.org - Western Section of the Wildlife Society

http://www.wildlifer.com - Consultant

http://responsivemanagement.com/ - Responsive Management (Bow hunting and other Human Dimensions Topics)

http://nhsbig.inhs.uiuc.edu/www/equipment_suppliers.html - List of suppliers of wildlife radiotelemetry equipment

http://www.peeperpeople.com- television cameras for wildlife observation (in trees, cavities, underwater, etc.)

http://www.wildlifer.com/wildlifesites/ - California pest damage management site (1999)

- American Kennel Club - Dogs and dog care see for raccoon hounds

Rockefeller Foundation - international and other grants

Variety of markets - web markets

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ebm/ - Examples of environmental efforts in Minnesota

http://dieoff.com/page1.htm - Strong environmental concerns

http://www.mapcruzin.com/allfacmap.htm - toxic pollution maps, TIGER files, etc.

http://www.monitor.net/rachel/ - Rachel's Environmental and Health Weekly

http://www.virginiadeerhunters.org - Virginia Deer Hunter's organization and Whitetail Times where Antler Points articles are published

http://www.2nature.org/programs/profiles.nsf -sustainability education

http://www.unep.org - Contact for INFOTERRA the United Nations environmental information database

http://www.ucg.com/govt/tecor.html - Potential environment related contract work from Commerce and Business Daily (subscription required)

http://www.dgif.state.va.us/ - Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries home page with contacts to wildlife information systems

http://ci.moscow.com - Computer Images of Moscow, Idaho. Non-profit GIS interest and work in sustainable development.

http://www.treemail.nl/ - Forestry and horticulture, Netherlands. International contact. Teak wood issues. Radar imagry.

http://www.spatialcomponents.com/products/dbmaps.html - CARIS geographic information system products

http://www.sustainabledevelopment.org - Practices for sustainable development; international contacts

http://www.duckcallers.org/calling.html - Audio duck calling examples (requires speakers)

Matson's Laboratory,LLC provides tooth annuli aging procedures, corpus luteum counts, tetracycline biomarker detection, and skeletochronology

http://home.earthlink.net/~wlpropmg - Wildlife Property Management, LLC Fort Collins, CO(970) 416-1477Specializing in private land management for the preservation and enhancement of your wildlife resource.

http://www.abovetimberline.com/ - Southcentral Colorado field guide

http://www.asces.com - Searches 25 online book stores to allow price comparisons

http://www.arimbey.com - Web page design and development

http://www.scorecard.org/ - Environmental Defense Fund sources of local pollution

http://www.absc.usgs.gov/glba/gistools/index.htm - GIS and radio telemetry - see Arcview extension

htttp://www.lcv.org - League of Conservation Voters

AVM Instruments - radiotelemetry

This site allows you to download free digital raster graphics : scanned usgs quads that are georeferenced. Be sure to go to county section; they are in compressed tif format. (http://data.geocomm.com/catalog/index.html)

The Association of State Wetland Managers

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports

Ministry of Natural Resources, Quebec, Canada

Canadian Geographic Magazine

Six US Forest Service Research Stations

Just a reminder of a tool provided free of charge by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Federal Aid. The Division of Federal Aid works with state agencies to restore fish and wildlife resources using funds from excise taxes collected on hunting and fishing equipment and motorboat fuel taxes. Research reports from state projects are provided to the Fish and Wildlife Reference Service, and can be accessed on the web at:

http://fa.r9.fws.gov/r9fwrs/

Ask for a description of the Reference Service and how to search for publications.

Dee Mazzarese
USFWS - Federal Aid
300 Westgate Center Drive
Hadley, MA 01035
dee_mazzarese@fws.gov

Photos are avaialble:

For wildlife images in the public domain, two sites to start with are the USFWS Image Library and the NOAA Photo Galleries:

http://images.fws.gov

http://www.photolib.noaa.gov

In general, their artistic merit is somewhat wanting; but there are still some great photos to be found with a little searching--especially from the NOAA collection, which is the more extensive and carefully designed of the two.

There are also a number of excellent wildlife photographers with online galleries who are quite willing to give permission for one-time use, especially to student groups or nonprofit organizations. Offering photo credit and a link to their website usually works fine--and if not, just be creative! (One photographer waived his usual fee in exchange for a box of genuine Texas pralines.)Other sites:

http://corbis.com - lots and lots of photos, about 3$/ea

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/ - fewer photos, free with permission

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