WINNER’s CIRCLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL WEB SITES

prepared by Alison M. Keyes and Langhorne Chipley,
presented by Penny Boyle,
for the Environmental Resources Management Division of SLA, at San Antonio, TX, June 2001.

Winning Web Sites from the EPA:

EPA Terminology Reference System (TRS): has been created to provide a single source of general terminology for the Agency by incorporating glossary entries from Terms of the Environment (http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms) with other EPA sources, as well as with non-EPA environmentally-related terminology sources. http://www.epa.gov/trs/

EPA's Chemical Registry System: Find info about a chemical; search regulations to see what chemical substances they regulate by the EPA. http://www.epa.gov/crs/

ECOTOX: identifies and retrieves toxicity data for aquatic life, terrestrial plants and wildlife. http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/quicksearch.htm

AIRSData: access to air pollution data for the entire United States; creat reports, search, identify sites, get contact information. http://www.epa.gov/air/data/index.html

RCRA Online: Full text database of 2900+ letters, memos, and Q&As, from EPA's Office of Solid Waste. RCRA Online, part of the hidden web, is complemented by the policy section of Enviro$en$e (http://es.epa.gov/oeca/main/strategy/index.html), EPA's buried treasure. http://www.epa.gov/rcraonline/

Ozone Depletion Home Page from EPA: comprehensive site contains information about ozone depletion, regulations designed to protect the ozone layer, information on methyl bromide, flyers about the UV index, and other topics. http://www.epa.gov/ozone/index.html

EPA Reach It: a detailed system providing information about innovative remediation and characterization technologies. http://www.epareachit.org/index3.html

The Ag Center: EPA's information center that provides access to information and publications about the environmental impact of agriculture, and regulatory requirements that impact the agricultural community. http://es.epa.gov/oeca/ag/

and of course, the "must-have" EPA sites:
EnviroFacts: http://www.epa.gov/enviro/
EPA Maps on Demand: http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/mod/index.html
Index to EPA Test Methods: http://www.epa.gov/epahome/index/

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Arctic and Polar Environment Web Sites:

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC): is an information and referral center about snow cover, avalanches, glaciers, ice sheets, freshwater ice, sea ice, ground ice, permafrost, atmospheric ice, paleoglaciology, and ice cores. Site includes reports, a newsletter and onward links. http://nsidc.org/index.html

The Cold Regions Bibliography: excellent resource for information on cold regions science, environment, and technologies. http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/scitech/coldregions/welcome.html

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Invasive Species Links:

Invasivespecies.gov from the National Biological Information Infrastructure. http://www.invasivespecies.gov/

Sea Grant NonIndiginous Species (SGNIS) Database: comprehensive collection of research citations on aquatic nuisance species, some full-text articles and additional links. http://www.sgnis.org/

Invasive Species Home Page: from the U.S. F&WS. http://invasives.fws.gov/

EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW) Invasive Species Home Page:
http://www.epa.gov/owow/invasive_species/intro.html

Great Lakes Network: Invasive Species in the Great Lakes Region includes overviews and links to other sites for invasive species in general and for specific species found in the great lakes. http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/invasive.html

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Roadless Areas (also called unroaded areas) Links:

Roadless Areas Conservation: the US Forest Service page that gives information in detail about the The Roadless Area Conservation Rule, the impacts, background information, and data and maps of roadless areas. (The Government view). http://roadless.fs.fed.us/

Wildlands Center for Preventing Roads: an citizen activist organization that works to protect and restore wildland ecosystems by preventing and removing roads and limiting motorized recreation. Includes their newsletter, the Road RIPorter. (The Activist view). http://www.wildlandscpr.org/

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Personal Water Craft, Snowmobiles, All Terrain Vehicles and the Environment:

Final Rule: Personal Watercraft Use Within the NPS System:
AGENCY: National Park Service, (NPS).
http://www.nps.gov/fiis/pwcreg1.htm

GAO Report: Federal Lands: Agencies Need to Assess the Impact of Personal Watercraft and Snowmobile Use. RCED-00-243. 31 pp. plus 6 appendices (54 pp.) September 15, 2000.
(Linked from GPO Access http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces160.shtml)

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Winning Sites in Forestry (and Related) Industries:

Canadian Sustainable Forestry Certification Coalition: The Coalition’s goal is to promote the use of sustainable forest management standards, nationally through the Canadian Standards Association and internationally through the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), in order to continually strive toward sustainable forest management, secure a sustainable supply of forest products, and ensure support for our practices at home and abroad. http://www.sfms.com/

Earth Island Institute: Innovative Action for the Environment: Earth Island Institute (EII), founded in 1982, provides activists the freedom to develop program ideas, supported by services to help them pursue those ideas, with a minimum of bureaucracy. Its more than 30 projects (to date) cover protecting rainforests, promoting ecological paper alternatives, and pursuing community-based habitat restoration, among many other related areas. http://www.earthisland.org

Ecoforestry Institute: The Ecoforestry Institute is dedicated to the art, science, philosophy, and practice of sustainable forest in healthy forests. EI reaches out to landowners, foresters, conservationists, workers, restorationists, academics, researchers, and professionals through educational programs, communications and publications, research programs, information on and assistance with certification, consulting on and management of forests, and restoration projects. http://ecoforestry.ca/

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO is the largest specialized agency in the United Nations system and the lead agency for agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and rural development. An intergovernmental organization, FAO has 180 member countries plus one member organization, the European Community. http://www.fao.org/

Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics (FSEEE): The FSEEEE is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to forge a socially responsible value system for the Forest Service based on a land ethic that ensures ecologically and economically sustainable resource management. Its programs include public education through publications and reports and a middle-school environmental curriculum; monitoring and organizing the successes and failures of the Forest Service, and; protecting integrity and ethics by acting as a screening and referral agency for Forest Service whistleblowers who risk their careers to protect our natural resources. http://www.afseee.org/

Model Forest Program: The Government of Canada, through the Candadian Forest Service, launched Canada’s Model Forest Program to address the challenge of balancing the extensive range of demands that we place on our forests today, and the needs of tomorrow’s generations. Each model forest serves as a demonstration of partners representing a diversity of forest values, working together to achieve sustainable forest management. http://mf.ncr.forestry.ca/

Pacific Forestry Centre: PFC is one of five Canadian Forest Service research and development centers committed to the sustainable development and competitiveness of the Canadian forest sector. The Forestry Center provides vital forestry research to a nationwide network system, including: Effect of Forestry Practices, Landscape Management, Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Climate Change, Ecosystem Processes, Fire Management, Forest Health, Pest Management Methods, and Socio-Economic Research. http://www.pfc.forestry.ca/index_e.html

Quebec Forest Industries Association (QFIA): The Quebec Forest Industries Association (QFIA) represents 97% of the pulp and paper production and two-thirds of the lumber production in Quebec (Canada). QFIA is involved in a number of issues relating to the sustainable management of Quebec forests, mill fibre supplies, management of mill effluents, wastes and emissions, energy efficiency, transportation and human resources. Because of its massive exports, the forest industry is the one manufacturing sector which contributes the most to Quebec’s trade balance. http://www.aifq.qc.ca

Rethink Paper: ReThink Paper® is a network of environmental activists, scientists, and paper-industry experts working to achieve ecological sustainability in the U.S. pulp and paper market. Its mission is to convince the consumer, paper industry, farming, and government sectors of society to rethink - and then replace - current paper consumption and production practices with environmentally sound alternatives. http://www.rethinkpaper.org/

SGS United Kingdom, Ltd: The SGS (Societe Generale de Surveillance) Group of companies is a world leader in inspection, testing and certification and operates in more than 140 countries through its network of subsidiaries and laboratories. Its main office is in Geneva, Switzerland. The UK branch - SGS United Kingdom Ltd - is maintained through its SGS QUALIFOR Programme, one of the bodies approved by FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) for forest certification. The site home page provides links to information on certification and to some environmental sites. http://www.sgs.co.uk/

Skoggssallskapet: The Economy and Environment in Harmony: Skogssallskapet is a Swedish foundation whose mission is to promote good forest management and environmental care. The foundation contributes to forest research, to forest and forestry information, and to the environment work in the forests. http://www.skogssallskapet.se/english/index_eng.html

World Timber Network: Contains information on the environmental programs of various trade organizations. http://www.leje.com/wtn.html

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Other links of note:

The Greylit Database: an easy way to search several of collections of technical resources from government together.
http://www.osti.gov/graylit/

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Reference Service On-Line Databases
http://fa.r9.fws.gov/r9fwrs/dbinfo.htm

U.S. GAO Reports:
New reports by subject - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/bysubject.htm

Searchable via GPO Access - http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces160.shtml

Internet NewsBrief: A Weekly list of sites on a specific environmental topic which includes sites from EPA, other government, industry, academic, business/non-profit , and international sources. http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/hqirc/inb.htm

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5/24/2001