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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. |