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- Center for Plant Conservation - Collaborative organization dedicated to conserving and restoring the rare native plants of the United States. Includes information on collections of rare and endangered plants.
www.mobot.org/CPC
- EPA's Surf Your Watershed - Environmental Protection Agency's service to help citizens locate environmental information about their local regions.
www.epa.gov/surf
- Forest Cover Types - Major timber cover type maps for the United States.
forestry.about.com/library/tree/bltypdex.htm
- Gold and Green 2000 - Report by the Institute for Southern Studies compares the states on environmental and economic criteria. The authors say the study demonstrates that states with the highest environmental standards have the best economic performance.
www.southernstudies.org/goldgreen2000.html
- Heritage Forests Campaign - An alliance of conservationists, wildlife advocates, clergy, educators, scientists, and other Americans who are working together to uphold protection of the National Forests.
www.ourforests.org
- National Association of State Conservation Agencies (NASCA) - News, membership and annual meeting information, policies, and newsletter.
www.nascanet.org
- National Biological Information Infrastructure - An electronic gateway to biological data and information maintained by federal, state, and local government agencies.
www.nbii.gov
- National Resources Inventory - Combines field observations with remote sensing to monitor land use changes and trends nationwide. Data and trends from inventories done at 5-year intervals beginning in 1982 (most recently in 1997).
www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI
- Science and Engineering State Profiles: 1998-99 - The Division of Science Resources Studies (SRS) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) publishes the report, Science and Engineering State Profiles, annually.
www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/nsf01317/htmstart.htm
- Student Conservation Association - Provides students of all ages in the USA the opportunity to serve and protect national parks, forests and urban communities.
www.sca-inc.org
- The Conservation Fund - Non-profit partnerships to preserve the USA outdoor heritage -- background information, news, publications, programs.
www.conservationfund.org
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