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Evaluating Environmental Performance
Flora and Fauna
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Land
Maps, Stats and Documents
People
Planning and Management
Water Quality
Water Quantity

Environmental Law

KEYWORD: compliance assurance

  
1) Environmental Defense ScoreCard on the Nation's Environmental Health
The Environmental Defense Scorecard site contains data on many environmental problems and how states, regions, counties and cities compare to each other across the US. Environmental problems monitored include air pollution, land contamination, chemical releases from manufacturing facilities and environmental priorities.
2) EPA's EnviroSense
Envirosense provides a single repository for pollution prevention, compliance assurance, and enforcement information and databases.
3) USACE Upper Mississippi River System Environmental Management Program (UMRS-EMP)
The Upper Mississippi River System Environmental Management Program (UMRS-EMP) is a Federal-State partnership to restore and monitor the natural resources of the river system. This site provides the final program report to congress.

KEYWORD: environmental enforcement

  
1) EPA's EnviroSense
Envirosense provides a single repository for pollution prevention, compliance assurance, and enforcement information and databases.

Environmental Organizations

KEYWORD: biology

  
1) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Site gives information on hazards and the health threat they pose along with public health assessments. Tells you the site, the progress on the report, what vehicle the substance is in and what dose - geared towards risk assessment, exposure assessment.
2) Dredging Operations Technical Support Program
The Dredging Operations Technical Support Program, known as DOTS, provides direct environmental and engineering technical support to the US Army Corps of Engineers Operation and Maintenance dredging mission. Technology transfer activities have supported diverse field needs for years and have directly benefited O&M dredging operations throughout the US.
3) EPA's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
Lets you search a discrete set of regions, projects and keywords. Returns hyperlinks for data, QA Code File, Analyte Code File map of data sites, meta data, keywords, contact person, data set, and maps.
4) National Biological Information Infrastructure - Botany Page
Seventeen botanical databases including Aquatic, Wetland, Invasive Plant and Threatened Plants Databases.
5) Pacific Salmon and Endangered Species Act
Detailed ESA information for West Coast Salmon.
6) Species Information and Management Abstracts
This site contains species management abstracts on select species of birds. These abstracts contain information such as breeding season, reproduction, habitat, etc.
7) The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
NMFS provides services and products to support domestic and international fisheries management operations, fisheries development, trade and industry.
8) USFWS Endangered Species Program
US Fish and Wildlife presents lists, maps, database information as well as news briefs and legislation on endangered species.
9) USFWS Environmental Conservation Online System
ECOS organizes and integrates information for the three branches of the Division of Ecological Services: Endangered Species, Environmental Contaminants, and Habitat Conservation.

Evaluating Environmental Performance

KEYWORD: environmental performance

  
1) Ecosystem Valuation - An economic approach to ecosystem value
This website describes how economists value the beneficial ways that ecosystems affect people. It is designed for non-economists and gives explanations of ecosystem valuation concepts, methods and applications.
2) Environmental Defense ScoreCard on the Nation's Environmental Health
The Environmental Defense Scorecard site contains data on many environmental problems and how states, regions, counties and cities compare to each other across the US. Environmental problems monitored include air pollution, land contamination, chemical releases from manufacturing facilities and environmental priorities.
3) State Environmental Goals and Indicators Activity
This site contains a list of individuals and agencies who are working to develop state environmental goals and indicators. It contains name, agency, address and phone numbers of contacts as well as a description of their goals.
4) The World Bank
This World Bank Site contains resources to aid in learning and utilizing environmental valuation, environemental policy, green accounting and environmental indicators in decision making and management. Information contained in Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat format.

Flora and Fauna

KEYWORD: birds

  
1) National Biological Information Infrastructure - Botany Page
Seventeen botanical databases including Aquatic, Wetland, Invasive Plant and Threatened Plants Databases.
2) Species Information and Management Abstracts
This site contains species management abstracts on select species of birds. These abstracts contain information such as breeding season, reproduction, habitat, etc.
3) USGS Biological Resources Division Webpage
The gateway to the USGS Biological Resource Division which includes information on plants and animals with contacts to the regional USGS science research centers.

KEYWORD: botany

  
1) Environmental Defense ScoreCard on the Nation's Environmental Health
The Environmental Defense Scorecard site contains data on many environmental problems and how states, regions, counties and cities compare to each other across the US. Environmental problems monitored include air pollution, land contamination, chemical releases from manufacturing facilities and environmental priorities.
2) EPA's Brownfield Website
This site tells you about brownfield sites as case studies and how to claim a sight.
3) The Brownfields Center - Carnegie Mellon University and The University of Pittsburgh
Purpose of site is to promote The Brownfield Center, which serves to develop processes and decision support tools to help in the brownfield process. Contact names are available. Descriptive case studies, region regulations, and literature references.
4) The Brownfields Non-Profits Network
Grass roots cause "helping to promote the redevelopment of brownfield properties." Site basically tells a group where to go at any political level to get help.
5) USFWS Environmental Conservation Online System
ECOS organizes and integrates information for the three branches of the Division of Ecological Services: Endangered Species, Environmental Contaminants, and Habitat Conservation.
6) USGS Biological Resources Division Webpage
The gateway to the USGS Biological Resource Division which includes information on plants and animals with contacts to the regional USGS science research centers.

KEYWORD: dolphins

  

KEYWORD: endangered species

  
1) USFWS Endangered Species Program
US Fish and Wildlife presents lists, maps, database information as well as news briefs and legislation on endangered species.
2) USFWS Environmental Conservation Online System
ECOS organizes and integrates information for the three branches of the Division of Ecological Services: Endangered Species, Environmental Contaminants, and Habitat Conservation.

KEYWORD: fisheries

  
1) Pacific Salmon and Endangered Species Act
Detailed ESA information for West Coast Salmon.
2) The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
NMFS provides services and products to support domestic and international fisheries management operations, fisheries development, trade and industry.

KEYWORD: food

  

KEYWORD: habitat conservation

  
1) Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection & Restoration Act
This site contains information on projects in Louisiana funded by the Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program. Projects can be searched by title, basin, agency or planning years. Information provided includes maps, sattelite imagery, progress, descriptions of location and size, and project problems.
2) USFWS Environmental Conservation Online System
ECOS organizes and integrates information for the three branches of the Division of Ecological Services: Endangered Species, Environmental Contaminants, and Habitat Conservation.

KEYWORD: migratory birds

  
1) USFWS Office of Migratory Bird Management
Contains summaries of all bird laws and treaties related to migratory birds. Some summaries contain links to more detailed information but none to the direct law on the web. Contains list of migratory birds currently protected by migratory species act.
2) USGS Patuxent Migratory Bird Research
Bird Population Studies including surveys, research and species information.

KEYWORD: plants

  
1) The SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES DIVISION of the National Marine Fisheries Service - Southeast Regional Office
Site offers information on permits and regulations as well as news briefs for the Sustainable Fisheries Division of the National Marine Fisheries of the southeastern United States.

KEYWORD: whales

  

General Environmental Information Gateways

KEYWORD: environmental

  
1) EarthSystems - Environmental education and information resources
Earthsytems is a non-profit organization that develops, compiles, categorizes, and delivers environmental education and information resources to the world at large using leading electronic technologies.
2) USGS Environment
USGS environmental gateway.

Land

KEYWORD: brownfields

  

KEYWORD: Coastal Regions

  
1) Coastal America Partnership
The Coastal America process joins the efforts of Federal agencies with those of state, local, and private alliances to collaboratively address environmental problems along our Nation's coasts.
2) Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection & Restoration Act
This site contains information on projects in Louisiana funded by the Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program. Projects can be searched by title, basin, agency or planning years. Information provided includes maps, sattelite imagery, progress, descriptions of location and size, and project problems.

KEYWORD: forest

  
1) Forest Inventory and Analysis Database Retrieval System
This database is comprised of common forest resource attributes. Customized tables can be made based on selections such as geographic region, stand type and and age, forest type and class, etc.
2) National Forest Health Monitoring Program
FHM is a national program designed to determine the status, changes, and trends in indicators of forest condition on an annual basis. Highlights on this page are the annual Regional Technical Data Summaries which give statistical information.
3) The SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES DIVISION of the National Marine Fisheries Service - Southeast Regional Office
Site offers information on permits and regulations as well as news briefs for the Sustainable Fisheries Division of the National Marine Fisheries of the southeastern United States.

KEYWORD: hazardous waste

  
1) Environmental Defense ScoreCard on the Nation's Environmental Health
The Environmental Defense Scorecard site contains data on many environmental problems and how states, regions, counties and cities compare to each other across the US. Environmental problems monitored include air pollution, land contamination, chemical releases from manufacturing facilities and environmental priorities.
2) EPA's Environmental Quality Website
Source for information on environmental quality, data and trends. Site has a regional, statistical database with info on water and air quality, and hazardous and toxic wastes. Also a digital library with regional reports on environmental quality.

KEYWORD: hello

  

KEYWORD: land use

  

KEYWORD: soils

  

KEYWORD: superfund

  
1) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Site gives information on hazards and the health threat they pose along with public health assessments. Tells you the site, the progress on the report, what vehicle the substance is in and what dose - geared towards risk assessment, exposure assessment.
2) EPA's Superfund Website
An advanced query based search page. Intended for familiar users such as concerned citizens, contracts, and consultants as well as beginner. The EPA has probably posted everything produced on each Superfund site.
3) Site Investigation & Restoration Program in Delaware
A Delaware specific superfund hazardous waste site. Allows the user to look at all of the Delaware site files -these are tiffs and have been scanned in - you need to down load a viewer to look at the files.
4) USFWS Environmental Conservation Online System
ECOS organizes and integrates information for the three branches of the Division of Ecological Services: Endangered Species, Environmental Contaminants, and Habitat Conservation.

KEYWORD: toxic/chemical release

  
1) Environmental Defense ScoreCard on the Nation's Environmental Health
The Environmental Defense Scorecard site contains data on many environmental problems and how states, regions, counties and cities compare to each other across the US. Environmental problems monitored include air pollution, land contamination, chemical releases from manufacturing facilities and environmental priorities.
2) EPA's Environmental Quality Website
Source for information on environmental quality, data and trends. Site has a regional, statistical database with info on water and air quality, and hazardous and toxic wastes. Also a digital library with regional reports on environmental quality.

KEYWORD: wetlands

  
1) Coastal America Partnership
The Coastal America process joins the efforts of Federal agencies with those of state, local, and private alliances to collaboratively address environmental problems along our Nation's coasts.
2) Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection & Restoration Act
This site contains information on projects in Louisiana funded by the Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program. Projects can be searched by title, basin, agency or planning years. Information provided includes maps, sattelite imagery, progress, descriptions of location and size, and project problems.
3) Hydric Soils of the United States
Specific site for hydric soils of the US.
4) National Wetlands Inventory
Wetland map data - site offers many downloads for the spatially experienced but has a dictionary for terms needed for query. Has GIS data for each state for wetlands to download.
5) The SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES DIVISION of the National Marine Fisheries Service - Southeast Regional Office
Site offers information on permits and regulations as well as news briefs for the Sustainable Fisheries Division of the National Marine Fisheries of the southeastern United States.
6) USDA National Resources Inventory
Mostly agriculture related spatial references including: soil, land use, and water use. Has GIS data for regions and state for wetlands, hydrologic info, and land use.
7) Water, Soil, and Hydro-Environmental Decision Support System
A decision support tool that gives you specific queried habitat info about the species you are interested esp. non-point source pollution control. You have to follow its decision structure.

Maps, Stats and Documents

KEYWORD: data warehousing

  
1) US Government Printing Office
This is the primary gateway for the US Government Printing Office. If it is printed by the government, it can be found through this site. The site is also useful for finding information outside of the printing office.

KEYWORD: federal reports

  
1) The World Bank
This World Bank Site contains resources to aid in learning and utilizing environmental valuation, environemental policy, green accounting and environmental indicators in decision making and management. Information contained in Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat format.
2) US Government Printing Office
This is the primary gateway for the US Government Printing Office. If it is printed by the government, it can be found through this site. The site is also useful for finding information outside of the printing office.

People

KEYWORD: cultural resources

  
1) American Cultural Resources Association Webpage
ACRA is a membership society formed to help the needs of the cultural resources industry.
2) NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL DATABASE REPORTS
Offers search for publications, legislation, guidance concerning archealogical information and issues such as the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

KEYWORD: economic forecasts

  
1) Economic Statistics Briefing Room
The purpose of this site is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators.
2) National Biological Information Infrastructure
The NBII (National Biological Information Infrastructure) Metadata Clearinghouse is an initiative to foster the development of distributed electronic biological data and information.
3) The World Bank
This World Bank Site contains resources to aid in learning and utilizing environmental valuation, environemental policy, green accounting and environmental indicators in decision making and management. Information contained in Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat format.
4) United States Census Bureau
The US Census Bureau site contains perhaps as much useful data (although not environmental) as any site reviewed. The site is divided into five basic areas: People, Business, Geography, News, and Special Topics.

KEYWORD: employment

  

KEYWORD: hippies

  
1) USGS Biological Resources Division Webpage
The gateway to the USGS Biological Resource Division which includes information on plants and animals with contacts to the regional USGS science research centers.

KEYWORD: housing

  
1) Economic Statistics Briefing Room
The purpose of this site is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators.
2) National Biological Information Infrastructure
The NBII (National Biological Information Infrastructure) Metadata Clearinghouse is an initiative to foster the development of distributed electronic biological data and information.
3) United States Census Bureau
The US Census Bureau site contains perhaps as much useful data (although not environmental) as any site reviewed. The site is divided into five basic areas: People, Business, Geography, News, and Special Topics.

KEYWORD: income

  
1) EPA's Index of Watershed Indicators
Index of Watershed Indicators (IWI) Data Catalogs. All of the Index of Watershed Indicators (IWI) metadata and datasets are housed with EIMS. Each of the data layers discussed in the IWI homepage and found on the "Surf Your Watershed" page.
2) National Biological Information Infrastructure
The NBII (National Biological Information Infrastructure) Metadata Clearinghouse is an initiative to foster the development of distributed electronic biological data and information.
3) United States Census Bureau
The US Census Bureau site contains perhaps as much useful data (although not environmental) as any site reviewed. The site is divided into five basic areas: People, Business, Geography, News, and Special Topics.

KEYWORD: population

  
1) Economic Statistics Briefing Room
The purpose of this site is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators.
2) National Biological Information Infrastructure
The NBII (National Biological Information Infrastructure) Metadata Clearinghouse is an initiative to foster the development of distributed electronic biological data and information.
3) United States Census Bureau
The US Census Bureau site contains perhaps as much useful data (although not environmental) as any site reviewed. The site is divided into five basic areas: People, Business, Geography, News, and Special Topics.

KEYWORD: projections

  
1) Economic Statistics Briefing Room
The purpose of this site is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators.
2) Environmental Defense ScoreCard on the Nation's Environmental Health
The Environmental Defense Scorecard site contains data on many environmental problems and how states, regions, counties and cities compare to each other across the US. Environmental problems monitored include air pollution, land contamination, chemical releases from manufacturing facilities and environmental priorities.
3) National Biological Information Infrastructure
The NBII (National Biological Information Infrastructure) Metadata Clearinghouse is an initiative to foster the development of distributed electronic biological data and information.
4) United States Census Bureau
The US Census Bureau site contains perhaps as much useful data (although not environmental) as any site reviewed. The site is divided into five basic areas: People, Business, Geography, News, and Special Topics.

Planning and Management

KEYWORD: habitat conservation plans

  
1) USFWS Endangered Species Program
US Fish and Wildlife presents lists, maps, database information as well as news briefs and legislation on endangered species.

KEYWORD: pollution prevention

  
1) EPA's EnviroSense
Envirosense provides a single repository for pollution prevention, compliance assurance, and enforcement information and databases.

Water Quality

KEYWORD: contaminants

  

KEYWORD: dredging

  
1) Dredging Operations Technical Support Program
The Dredging Operations Technical Support Program, known as DOTS, provides direct environmental and engineering technical support to the US Army Corps of Engineers Operation and Maintenance dredging mission. Technology transfer activities have supported diverse field needs for years and have directly benefited O&M dredging operations throughout the US.

KEYWORD: drinking water

  
1) Environmental Defense ScoreCard on the Nation's Environmental Health
The Environmental Defense Scorecard site contains data on many environmental problems and how states, regions, counties and cities compare to each other across the US. Environmental problems monitored include air pollution, land contamination, chemical releases from manufacturing facilities and environmental priorities.
2) EPA's Environmental Quality Website
Source for information on environmental quality, data and trends. Site has a regional, statistical database with info on water and air quality, and hazardous and toxic wastes. Also a digital library with regional reports on environmental quality.

KEYWORD: water quality

  
1) Clean Water Action Plan
Page contains an overview of the Clean Water Action Plan (CWAP), the Clean Water Action Committee, accomplishments and budget. There is a restricted database with status documents, contacts and action item statements.
2) Coastal America Partnership
The Coastal America process joins the efforts of Federal agencies with those of state, local, and private alliances to collaboratively address environmental problems along our Nation's coasts.
3) Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection & Restoration Act
This site contains information on projects in Louisiana funded by the Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program. Projects can be searched by title, basin, agency or planning years. Information provided includes maps, sattelite imagery, progress, descriptions of location and size, and project problems.
4) Environmental Defense ScoreCard on the Nation's Environmental Health
The Environmental Defense Scorecard site contains data on many environmental problems and how states, regions, counties and cities compare to each other across the US. Environmental problems monitored include air pollution, land contamination, chemical releases from manufacturing facilities and environmental priorities.
5) EPA's Environmental Quality Website
Source for information on environmental quality, data and trends. Site has a regional, statistical database with info on water and air quality, and hazardous and toxic wastes. Also a digital library with regional reports on environmental quality.
6) EPA's STORET Environmental Database
STORET (short for STOrage and RETrieval) is a repository for water quality, biological, and physical data and is used by state environmental agencies, EPA and other federal agencies, universities, private citizens, and many others. Contains historical and current water quality data.
7) Monitoring Water Quality
This page contains a lot of information on how to monitor water quality, where to get monitored data, how to use monitored data and who is involved in monitoring water quality.
8) USGS GIS Data for Water Resources - National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
This site serves as a node of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) for finding and accessing USGS spatial and geospatial data related to water resources. Data can be downloaded as ARC/Info or Spatial Data Transfer Standard. Metadata also available. Spatial data from all four USGS themes can be found here; biologic resource, water resources, geologic and national mapping can also be found here (stream flow, water depth, etc.). Also contains links to NWIS and GLIS data.
9) Water Quality Data Files
Water quality and quantity river data from stations with relatively long (30yrs), continuous histories. Data is sorted by USGS Regions and seperated into two categories of basins with large (NASQAN) or little cultural influences (HBN). Site contains links to water quality and quantity data, water quality models (SPARROW) and quality assurance information.

Water Quantity

KEYWORD: water quantity

  
1) EPA's National Water Quality web site
Website containing data and documentation on the water quality status in the United States. Contains National Water Quality Inventory Report to Congress, Geographic Water Quality Information reported under Section 305 (d) of the Clean Water Act, Overview document of the cost of pollutted waters and current status of water quality as well as links to search water quality issues in individual states or regions.
2) USACE Upper Mississippi River System Environmental Management Program (UMRS-EMP)
The Upper Mississippi River System Environmental Management Program (UMRS-EMP) is a Federal-State partnership to restore and monitor the natural resources of the river system. This site provides the final program report to congress.
3) USACE Upper Mississippi River System Environmental Management Program (UMRS-EMP)
The Upper Mississippi River System Environmental Management Program (UMRS-EMP) is a Federal-State partnership to restore and monitor the natural resources of the river system. This site provides the final program report to congress.
4) USGS GIS Data for Water Resources - National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI)
This site serves as a node of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) for finding and accessing USGS spatial and geospatial data related to water resources. Data can be downloaded as ARC/Info or Spatial Data Transfer Standard. Metadata also available. Spatial data from all four USGS themes can be found here; biologic resource, water resources, geologic and national mapping can also be found here (stream flow, water depth, etc.). Also contains links to NWIS and GLIS data.
5) USGS Real-Time Water Data
Most recent flows recorded by USGS. A U.S. map with stations shown as colored dots that depict streamflow conditions as a percentile of normal flows. Can get to any gage station from the map or from state list.
6) Water Quality Data Files
Water quality and quantity river data from stations with relatively long (30yrs), continuous histories. Data is sorted by USGS Regions and seperated into two categories of basins with large (NASQAN) or little cultural influences (HBN). Site contains links to water quality and quantity data, water quality models (SPARROW) and quality assurance information.

KEYWORD: watershed indicators