Related Sites

Aquatic Insects

• Aquatic Insect Page
• Aquatic Insects of Colorado, includes descriptions of Stoneflies, Mayflies and Caddisflies
• Field Guide to Freshwater Invertebrates (developed for the Pacific Northwest)
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System, USDA
• North American Benthological Society (NABS)
  • Freshwater Algae and Macroinvertebrate Slide Library (available to order)
• Stream Study
  • Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Identification Key

Biological Monitoring & Projects

• Aquatic Invertebrate Monitoring: Introduction to Monitoring from The Bug Lab, includes glossary
• Biological Indicators of Watershed Health, EPA
• Citizen Shoreline Inventory, Puget Sound, Washington (CSI Database Demonstration)
• Glossary of Bioassessment Terms, Office of Water, EPA
• Kentucky Water Watch
• Lower Columbia River Estuary Program - part of the National Estuary Program which requires that local citizens come together to identify priority issues through research and scientific study and use that data to develop a plan of action to best manage the estuary
• Networking BC Rivers (NBCR)
• Texas Watch, Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (TNRCC) and U.S. EPA
• Washington NatureMapping

Education

• Adopt-A-Stream Foundation

  Resources: Tools and information to teachers on how to initiate stream and watershed inventory, monitoring, protection, and restoration activities; videos, posters, brochures

• American Rivers
• Interpretive Programs, King County Parks Division

  Resources: Puget Sound Connection and Wetlands Connection programs; background information, brochures, classroom visits, curricula, displays/exhibits, field experience, field trips, monitoring, speakers, teacher workshops, tours, and volunteer projects.

• Project WILD - an interdisciplinary conservation and environmental education program emphasizing wildlife (K-12), WDFW

  Resources: includes two activity guides for K-12 educators and special interest topic workshops for educators

• The Seattle Aquarium - Let's Learn

  Resources: On-site and outreach classes and materials on marine life and watersheds.

• Trout in the Classroom ONLINE - classroom trout incubation program and online curriculum
• Watersheds - Cedar Education Program, Watershed Management Division, City of Seattle Public Utilities

  Resources: Integrated hands-on field experience at the Cedar River Watershed, in-class presentations and brochures, exhibits, and displays; pre- and post-field trip materials.

Organizations

• Center for Environmental Law & Policy
• For the Sake of the Salmon
• People for Puget Sound

Salmon

• Fish Management Office, USACE Northwestern Division
  • Columbia River Basin - Dams and Salmon
• Governor's Salmon Recovery Office, Washington State
• Municipal Research & Services Center of Washington (MRSC)
  • Endangered Species: Salmon
• Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
  • Biennial Report on the Status of Wild Fish in Oregon
  • Coastal Salmon Restoration Initiative to preserve and restore coho salmon populations
• Oregon Plan - restoring Oregon's salmon and trout through cooperative efforts
  • Oregon Progress Board - includes information on fish and habitat status for Oregon coastal watersheds
• Pacific Salmon and the Endangered Species Act, Protected Resources Division, NMFS NW Region
  • Fact Sheets, Salmon Species Profiles
• Riverdale School's Salmon Page: information collected by the students on salmon and related information
• Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Project (SSHIAP), Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
• Salmon & Watershed Web Links, Oregon SeaGrant
• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Salmon Facts
  • Salmon in the Classroom Project, Aquatic Education Program
  • Salmon Recovery

Water & Watersheds

• Adopt your Watershed, EPA
• Know Your Watershed
  • National Watershed Network
    • Puget Sound watershed partnership
• Oregon Water Resources Department
• Oregon Water Trust - private, non-profit group working cooperatively to benefit Oregon's streamflows and water rights holders
• Science in Your Watershed, USGS
  • Science in the Puget Sound
• Surf Your Watershed
  • Oregon
  • Washington
    • Puget Sound
• USGS Real Time Water Data
  • Oregon Streamflow Data
  • Washington Streamflow Data
• Water Quality Program, Washington State Department of Ecology

29-Jun-2001