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Updated 12/06/2007

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Acterra: Action for a Sustainable Earth
Acterra is the new name of Bay Area Action and the Peninsula Conservation Center Foundation. Acterra focuses on environmental issues is California.
Bay Area Volunteer Information Center
A site with information about ecological restoration and opportunities for internships and volunteers.
Biological Soil Crusts
Biological soil crusts are the community of organisms living at the surface of desert soils.
Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC)
Promotes environmentally and economically beneficial natural resource systems by producing and circulating information, data and contracts, coordinating national initiatives, sponsoring interactive meetings, conferences and tours.
Craig's Juicy Native Grass Gossip and Research
Nurseryman and researcher Craig Dremann offers his views on native California grasses, ecotype studies, book reviews, and more.
Eco World
Nature and technology in harmony. Global environmental community.
Environmental Ethics
Eugene Hargrove not only publishes a very useful and provocative quarterly publication about ethics and the environment, he has developed a truly fine web site. This site is worth visiting to see what's being discussed by environmental philosophers.
EnviroSense
Part of EPA's web site, provides a single repository for pollution prevention, compliance assurance, and enforcement information and data bases. Search engine searches multiple web sites (inside and outside EPA) & offers assistance in preparing a search.
IES 900: Restoring Nature
A site created by Nancy Langston and the students in her Environmental Studies class at the University of Wisconsin- Madison.
Konza Prairie
A site with information about the research being done at this large prairie in the Flint Hills of central Kansas.
Maryland Native Plant Society (MNPS)
Dedicated to protecting, conserving, and restoring Maryland's native plants and habitats.
Mycorrhiza.com
Provides information about mycorrhizae, revegetation, and other related topics.
Natural Areas Journal
Provides a forum for communication among persons involved in the identification, preservation, protection and management of natural areas and elements of natural diversity.
Ramas Ecological and Environmental Software
Ramas offers a library of software that will build ecological models for consulting, research, or educational purposes.
Reference List for Plant Re- introductions, Recovery Plans, and Restoration Programmes (Kew Gardens)
A thorough, world-wide bibliography of books, monographs, and articles about plant reintroduction and habitat restoration.
Restore America's Estuaries
This site contains information about the restoration of estuaries in the United States.
Society for Ecological Restoration
This site contains information about the Society and its various chapters, news about upcoming conferences, abstracts from past conferences, and a schedule of New Academy workshops.
Soil and Water Conservation Society
Ankeny, Iowa - books/publications, conferences, links, memberships, etc.
Soil Ecology and Restoration Group (SERG)
The research emphasis of this group is on ecosystem dynamics of arid and semiarid lands with emphasis on microbial ecology and plant-microorganism relationships. Also, links to sources of plant materials and seeds for restoration work.
Tall Timbers Research Station
A site with information about research on longleaf pine forest restoration, prescribed burning, gopher tortoise habitat restoration, and more. An important source for restorationists in the southeastern United States.
The Nature Conservancy
One of the most important environmental groups in the U.S. and a supporter of several large-scale restoration projects.
The Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois
A great site for the tallgrass prairie enthusiast! Lots of information about tallgrass prairie plants and animals, including photos of many prairie plant species.
Tree Pros
Tree Pros sell systems to protect trees from herbivores and a mycorrhizal root dip.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: River Corridor and Wetland Restoration
Public resource for restoration project information.

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