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- Selections from Among the Best
- Pace University Land Use Law Center or their Land Use Law Library (often specific to New York).
- Pace has given a gift to all living things (and politicians who'd like to be), by clarifying how land use policy works. Bookmark, and read all of the Local Leader's Guide.
- Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) or their recommended links.
- GLIN's site is so big and comprehensive, you may not need other suggestions. It's organized to help you to find what you want by location, or by subject.
- Land Trust Alliance (LTA) or their recommended links.
- LTA is a clearinghouse for policy and practice in preserving quality lands. It has member organizations everywhere. A thousand lands trusts can't be wrong.
- Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) or their recommended links.
- SWS delivers the science on everything wetlandish. Don't worry if you don't understand part of it; the folks destroying wetlands don't understand any of it.
- National Audubon Society (NAS) or their recommended links.
- You already know NAS. Their recommended links run the gamut, and may lead you to data and solutions you couldn't find with ten good search engines.
- National Wetlands Conservation Alliance (NWCA) or their recommended links.
- NWCA emphasizes voluntary landowner restoration of wetlands. This is a good site to begin research on methods, technical resources, and financial support.
- Internet Resources for the Environmental Scientist
- Maintained by a former environmental chemist named David Councill, this list of links is better than average--and more useful, especially the government links.
- Clay Net Environmental Professionals' Page
- These great pages really are "...a quick-load, no-nonsense work platform for rapid information retrieval designed specifically for environmental consultants..."
- US Department of Energy
- Ironically, the same agency that promotes cheap petroleum and expensive fission has a well organized list of sustainable development resources. Welcome to reality!
- Code of the West
- John Clarke, a Commissioner in Larimer County, Colorado has captured the realities missing from your realtor's marketing brochure: "life in the country is different from life in the city."
- 1999 Sprawl Report
- The Sierra Club made a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of all 50 United States' land use policies; Michigan tied for last place. Send your comments to Governor Engler.
- Michigan DEQ Land and Water Management Division
- Speaking of "Fill 'n' Pave" Engler, his puppies at LWMD in Lansing couldn't care less about wetlands. But some local offices may be helpful, in spite of political pressure to ignore state law.
...we will review more sites as time allows. Our apologies. Local land use policy and associated legal battles to protect critical habitat have taken priority over this publication.
At the risk of adding another un-edited list of links to the web, we provide our rough draft, below. Perhaps something will appeal to you. All links were current as of 01 Oct 2001.
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Michigan and Great Lakes Data Resources
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Great Lakes Information Network
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
Michigan Land Use Institute (see especially publications)
Michigan Biological Statistics
Michigan Government Census and Statistics
Flow Data for Upper Peninsula Streams Tributary to Lake Michigan
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Wetland Definition and Delineation
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US Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual
US Army Corps of Engineers District Regulatory Offices
US Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District
WetNet Wetland Resources (some specific to Texas)
Types of Wetlands and Their Roles in the Watershed
Hydric Soils Technical Notes
EPA Office of Wetlands
State Wetland Managers' Book Service
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Wetland Flora and Fauna
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Midwestern Wetland Flora
Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
Research information from National Wildlife Refuges
Division of Habitat Conservation, National Wetlands Inventory
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Species, Biodiversity, and Ecology
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National Biological Survey and Online Biological Information
USFWS Habitat Assessment
USFWS Online Conservation Journals
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Plants Database
Northern Prairie Biological Resources
Ecological Society of America
Endangered Species of the Great Lakes
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Agriculture
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Agronomy.org: Links
USDA: Water Resources and Agriculture
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Academic and Research Resources
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NorthernLight: a search engine for academic research
IDEAL: Academic Journals (cookies required)
Congressional Research Service Reports
Internet Resources for the Environmental Scientist
Earth's Biggest Environment Search Engine
Forest Resources Institute
Code of Federal Regulations On Line
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Natural Resource Jobs and Employment
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Jobs in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Search Science Magazine Jobs
USGS Job Announcements
Cyber-Sierra: Jobs in Water, Wetland and Fisheries
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Other Links
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American Geophysical Union
Environmental RouteNet
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