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resources about Ecological Recovery
April 18, 2005
(Note: Here's one to keep handy for
"connecting the dots." I’ve compiled this 116-page document
from thirty different URLs. Although seemingly daunting, the 278 titles
are listed alphabetically; simply using the “Edit/Find” toolbar
function will help locate search terms. Please be aware that there is
much Language Deception contained herein. There’s nothing about
“National” here: it’s all Global and all about Control. Compiled
by Julie Kay Smithson into one document.)
These are resources in the NBII
(National Biological Information Infrastructure) catalog relating to
ecological recovery.
1. Building
Partnerships to Balance Transportation Planning with Ecosystem Integrity
Resource Identifier: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/ecosystems/ga.htm
Cataloging Node: Southern Appalachian Information Node
Creator: Georgia Department of Transportation
Subject: environmental restoration, ecosystem recovery,
Environmental management, Environments, Regeneration (ecosystems)
Description: Georgia's Dept. of Transportation and Federal
Highway Administration are purchasing and protecting greenspace and
natural habitats in the State.
Publisher: US. Dept. of Transportation Federal Highway
Administration
Resource Type: Bibliographies and Web Indexes, Issue Overviews,
Federal Government Agencies (U.S.), Proceedings, Site Conservation Plans
State: Georgia
2. Coastal
Preserves Program
Resource Identifier: http://mpa.gov/mpa_programs/states/mississippi.html
Cataloging Node: Southern Appalachian Information Node
Creator: Marine Protected Areas of the United States
Subject: Aquatic ecosystems, Coastal ecosystems, Coastal
environments, Coastal zone, Coasts, Terrestrial ecosystems, Wetlands,
Ecosystems, Ecosystem analysis, Ecosystem dynamics, Ecosystem structure,
Environmental restoration, Ecosystem recovery, Environmental management,
Conservation
Description: Information on the Coastal Preserves Program of the
state of Mississippi. The Program was developed in 1992 to provide for
the acquisition, protection, and management of coastal wetland habitats.
The primary goal of the program is to restore, enhance, protect and
manage Mississippi's remaining coastal estuarine marsh ecosystem
Publisher: United States Department of Commerce/NOAA and the
United States Department of the Interior
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Management Plans
State: Mississippi
3. Coastal
Restoration and Protection Projects - Grand Bay Savannah
Resource Identifier: http://www.coastalamerica.gov/text/regions/gm/grandbay_sv2.html
Cataloging Node: Southern Appalachian Information Node
Creator: Coastal America
Subject: Aquatic ecosystems, Coastal ecosystems, Coastal
environments, Coastal zone, Coasts, Terrestrial ecosystems, Wetlands,
Sustainable development, Ecosystem management, Conservation, Resource
management, Environmental restoration, Ecosystem recovery, Environmental
management
Description: An overview of a Coastal America project designed to
initiate/facilitate local discussions relating to land use planning,
compatible economic development and an overall assessment of economic,
environmental and community health of coastal Alabama. Coastal America
is a partnership of federal agencies, state and local governments, and
private organizations working to protect, preserve, and restore the
nation's coasts.
Publisher: Coastal America
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Management Plans, Federal
Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Alabama
4. Conservation
Technical Assistance - Alabama NRCS
Resource Identifier: http://www.al.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/initiatives/techassist.html
Cataloging Node: Southern Appalachian Information Node
Creator: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
Subject: Terrestrial Ecosystems, Farms, Agriculture, Agricultural
production, Agricultural technology, Agricultural products,
Environmental restoration, Environmental management, Resource management
Description: Website of the Conservation Technical Assistance for
Alabama, which helps Alabama landowners plan and apply conservation
practices to control erosion and to properly manage soil, water, air,
plant, animal resources, and cultural resources.
Publisher: Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Alabama
5. Coweeta
Regionalization Progress Report on NSF Grant DEB 96-32854
Resource Identifier: http://sparc.ecology.uga.edu/webdocs/html/progress/progrep99.html#TAG6
Cataloging Node: Southern Appalachian Information Node
Creator: Coweeta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER)
Subject: Ecology, Disturbance, Deforestation, Forest
deterioration, Erosion, Environmental degradation, Soil erosion, Erosion
features, Resource exploitation, Desertification, Erosion control,
Forestry, Forest protection, Forest conservation, Environmental
restoration, Environmental management, Regeneration (ecosystems),
Conservation, Resource management, Terrestrial ecosystems, Mountains,
High altitude environments, Hills, Landforms, Montane environments
Description: This is a document entitled "Long-term studies
of disturbances as they affect ecological processes in landscapes of the
southern Appalachians." The purpose of this document is to look at
various forms of land use, identifying the patterns of the land use, and
how these uses affect aquatic and terrestrial natural environments. The
geographic focus of this document is a ten-county area within the Little
Tennessee and French Broad river basins in the southern Appalachian
states.
Publisher: Coweeta Long Term Ecological Research (LTER)
Resource Type: Case Studies, Journal Articles
State: Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee
6. East
Fork Poplar Creek: Signs of Ecological Recovery
Resource Identifier: http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev27-3/text/envside1.htm
Cataloging Node: Southern Appalachian Information Node
Creator: Carolyn Krause
Subject: environmental restoration, Ecosystem recovery,
Environmental management, Environments, Regeneration (ecosystems)
Description: Homepage explains the increase in fish abundance in
East Fork Poplar Creek, just below Lake Reality at the Y-12 Plant.
Process water used at the Y-12 Plant and then released to the creek
contained chlorine because its source has been the water-treatment plant
that provides Oak Ridge's drinking water. Successful efforts have been
made to remove chlorine from and keep mercury out of water leaving the
plant for the creek.
Publisher: Department of Energy
Resource Type: Case Studies, Issue Overviews, Recommended
Practices, Site Conservation Plans
State: Tennessee
7. Ecosystem
Enhancement Program
Resource Identifier: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/ecosystems/nc.htm
Cataloging Node: Southern Appalachian Information Node
Creator: Tad Boggs
Subject: environmental restoration, Ecosystem recovery,
Environmental management, Environments, Regeneration (ecosystems)
Description: Homepage explains the new program that will allow
the ecosystem teams to assess, restore, enhance, and preserve natural
resources throughout the State.
Publisher: North Carolina Department of Transportation and
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Resource Type: Case Studies, Digital Photographs, Issue
Overviews, Federal Government Agencies (U.S.), Recommended Practices,
Site Conservation Plans
State: North Carolina
8. Georgia
Environmental Restoration
Resource Identifier: http://srwqis.tamu.edu/states/georgia/themes/environment/
Cataloging Node: Southern Appalachian Information Node
Creator: CSREES Southern Regional Water Quality Program
Subject: environmental restoration, Ecosystem recovery,
Environmental management, Environments, Regeneration (ecosystems)
Description: Homepage informs the reader of environmental
restoration projects throughout the state of Georgia. They range from
stream restoration projects, geared at improving bank stability, to
large-scale projects returning rivers to their original course.
Publisher: CSREES Southern Regional Water Quality Program
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Federal Government Agencies
(U.S.), Recommended Practices, Site Conservation Plans
State: Georgia
9. Jackson
- Ecological Services Field Office
Resource Identifier: http://southeast.fws.gov/pubs/facts/jckescon.pdf
Cataloging Node: Southern Appalachian Information Node
Creator: United States Fish & Wildlife Service
Subject: environmental restoration, Ecosystem recovery,
Environmental management, Environments, Regeneration (ecosystems)
Description: Homepage states goals, station facts, photos,
services and question and answer section provided by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service in Jackson, MI.
Publisher: United States Fish & Wildlife Service
Resource Type: Digital Photographs, Issue Overviews, Recommended
Practices, Site Conservation Plans
State: Mississippi
10. Mississippi
Wetlands Bank
Resource Identifier: https://samribits.sam.usace.army.mil/ribits/viewbankdetails.php?bank_id=2
Cataloging Node: Southern Appalachian Information Node
Creator: Regional Internet Bank Information Tracking System
Subject: Environmental restoration, Ecosystem recovery,
Environmental management, Wetlands, Sustainable development, Ecosystem
management, Environmental quality, Quality, Environmental monitoring
Description: A source of information for landowners in the
Mississippi Wetlands Bank. The information is designed to assist
landowners needing to "mitigate" or compensate for authorized
impacts to wetlands associated with development activities.
Publisher: Regional Internet Bank Information Tracking System
Resource Type: Databases and Information Systems, Datasets, Laws
and Regulations, Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Mississippi
11. National
Audubon Society
Resource Identifier: http://www.audubon.org/
Cataloging Node: Southern Appalachian Information Node
Creator: National Audubon Society
Subject: Biodiversity, Natural resources, Conservation, Nature
conservation, Resource conservation, Species, Indigenous species,
Indigenous animals, Indigenous plants, Indigenous populations, Nature
Conservation, Candidate species, Endangered species, Protected species,
Rare species, Species of special concern, Threatened species, Extinct
species, Wildlife conservation, Wildlife management, Ecosystems,
Ecology, Sustainable development, Ecosystem management, Conservation,
Resource management, Environmental restoration, Environmental
management, Regeneration (ecosystems), Organizations, Conservation
organizations, Foundations, Nongovernmental organizations, Research
institutions
Uncontrolled Keywords: Species conservation, Ecosystems recovery
Description: The home page of the National Audubon Society, an
organization dedicated to conserving natural ecosystems and wildlife
habitats in order to preserve biodiversity. Its activities include
environmental education projects, scientific research support, working
with communities to protect ecosystems, and working with lawmakers in
Washington to enact and preserve conservation legislation.
Publisher: National Audubon Society
Resource Type: Announcements and News Articles, Digital
Photographs, Issue Overviews, Laws and Regulations, Management Plans,
Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
12. North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Resource Identifier: http://www.enr.state.nc.us/
Cataloging Node: Southern Appalachian Information Node
Creator: North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural
Resources
Contributor:
Subject: Natural resources, Conservation, Nature conservation,
Resource conservation, Environmental restoration, Ecosystem recovery,
Environmental management, Environmental quality, Quality, Environmental
monitoring, Quality control, Air quality, Air pollution, Air
purification, Water quality, Water, Water analysis, Water conservation,
Water management, Water pollution, Water purification, Water quality
control, Water quality measurement, Water resources, Government
Agencies, State government agencies
Description: Contains data, statistics, reports and maps about
ozone forecasts, wetlands and pollution prevention among other topics
for the state of North Carolina. The NCDENR is a state-run environmental
stewardship organization interested in protecting air quality, water
quality, and the public's health.
Publisher: North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural
Resources
Resource Type: Datasets, Fact Sheets, Laws and Regulations,
Federal Government Agencies (U.S.), Journal Articles
State: North Carolina
13. NOVA on-line
/ Fire Wars
Resource Identifier: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fire/
Cataloging Node: Southern Appalachian Information Node
Creator: WGBH Science Unit
Contributor:
Subject: Ecology, Disturbance, Environmental hazards, Fires, Fire
hazards, Natural disturbance, Environmental restoration, Ecosystem
recovery, Environmental management, Regeneration (ecosystems),
Education, Environmental Education, Environmental awareness
Uncontrolled Keywords: Ecological processes, Images, Teacher
resources
Description: Although wildfire can be quite destructive, some
plants and animals become adapted to and even require this disturbance
for their survival. This companion Web site to the new PBS NOVA program,
Fire Wars, focuses on wildfires, the people who fight them, and the
impact that the fires have on natural ecosystems. A teacher’s guide
accompanies the sites, offering ideas for discussion and activities that
can be used alone or with the television program.
Publisher: WGBH Science Unit
Resource Type: Journal Articles
14. The
Little Tennessee River Watershed
Resource Identifier: http://www.littletennesseewatershed.org/
Cataloging Node: Southern Appalachian Information Node
Creator: The Little Tennessee River Watershed Association
Contributor:
Subject: Nonprofit associations, Organizations, Conservation
organizations, Foundations, Nongovernmental organizations, Research
institutions, Volunteers, Data, Statistics, Biometrics, Statistical
analysis, Biological sampling, Biomonitoring, Erosion, Environmental
degradation, Environmental restoration, Ecosystem recovery,
Environmental management, Environmental quality, Quality, Environmental
monitoring, Quality control, Water quality, Water, Water analysis, Water
conservation, Water management, Water pollution, Water purification,
Water quality control, Water quality measurement, Water resources,
Aquatic ecosystems, Fresh water, Water, Freshwater ecology, Freshwater
ecosystems, Freshwater environments, Wetlands
Description: This is the website of an organization concerned
with protecting and conserving the environment and water quality of the
Little Tennessee Watershed. Includes information on projects in
biomonitoring, streambank erosion, and environmental education. Provides
maps and models of the Little Tennessee River watershed.
Publisher: The Little Tennessee River Watershed Association
Resource Type: Datasets, Issue Overviews, Federal Government
Agencies (U.S.), Journal Articles, Site Conservation Plans
State: Georgia, North Carolina
15. AABR
- Australian Association of Bush Regenerators
Resource Identifier: http://www.zip.com.au/~aabr/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: AABR c, o Total Environment Centre, Level 2 362 Kent
Street, Sydney 2000, Australia
Uncontrolled Keywords: environments; ecosystems; environmental
restoration; ecosystem management; education; Australia
16. Adaptive
Ecosystem Management in the Pacific Northwest: A Cast Study from Coastal
Oregon
Resource Identifier: http://www.consecol.org/vol4/iss2/art6/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Andrew N. Gray
Subject: ecosystem management, old growth, forests, forestry,
riparian environments, ecology, ecosystem management, landscape, models,
monitoring, public awareness, conservation, environmental restoration,
social aspects, economics
Uncontrolled Keywords: adaptive management
Description: Abstract: Adaptive ecosystem management has been
adopted as a goal for decision making by several of the land management
and regulatory agencies of the U.S. government. One of the first
attempts to implement ecosystem management was undertaken on the
federally managed forests of the Pacific Northwest in 1994. In addition
to a network of reserve areas intended to restore habitat for late-successional
terrestrial and aquatic species, "adaptive management areas" (AMAs)
were established. These AMAs were intended to be focal areas for
implementing innovative methods of ecological conservation and
restoration and meeting economic and social goals. This paper analyzes
the primary ecological, social, and institutional issues of concern to
one AMA in the Coast Range in northern Oregon. Based on existing
knowledge, several divergent approaches are available that could meet
ecological goals, but these approaches differ greatly in their social
and economic implications. In particular, approaches that rely on the
natural succession of the existing landscape or attempt to recreate
historical patterns may not meet ecosystem goals for restoration as
readily as an approach based on the active manipulation of existing
structure and composition. In addition, institutions are still adjusting
to recent changes in management priorities. Although some innovative
projects have been developed, adaptive management in its most rigorous
sense is still in its infancy. Indeed, functional social networks that
support adaptive management may be required before policy and scientific
innovations can be realized. The obstacles to adaptive management in
this case are similar to those encountered by other efforts of this
type, but the solutions will probably have to be local and idiosyncratic
to be effective.
Publisher: Resilience Alliance
Resource Type: Case Studies, Recommended Practices, Journal
Articles
State: Oregon
17. African
Blackwood Conservation Project
Resource Identifier: http://www.blackwoodconservation.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: African Blackwood Conservation Project
Uncontrolled Keywords: Dalbergiamelanoxylon; African blackwood
tree; mpingo; conservation; Tanzania; ecological restoration;
distribution; habitat; ecology; biodiversity
18. Afton
Canyon Riparian Restoration Project Fourth Year Status Report (PDF)
Resource Identifier: http://www.cwss.org/1999/130-144.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: California Weed Science Society
Subject: invasive species, introduced species, weed control,
weeds, vegetation, infestation, biological control, monitoring,
herbicides, controlled burning, environmental restoration, flood plains
Uncontrolled Keywords: riparian habitat, canopy,
Description: Proceedings which discuss the efforts to restore
Afton Canyon's riparian system. The project demonstrates that cost
effective saltcedar control at specific sites is feasible and that such
control can assist in improving the proper functioning condition of
saltcedar affected streams.
Publisher: California Weed Science Society
Resource Type: Datasets, Proceedings
State: California
19. American
Field Guide: Teacher Resources
Resource Identifier: http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide/teachers/index.html
Cataloging Node: NBII Program Office
Creator: Oregon Public Broadcasting and PBS
Subject: education, environmental education, ecology, threatened
species, volcanoes, introduced plants, introduced animals, mammals,
plants, botany, protected areas, geology, prairies, oceans, fossils,
habitats, forests, floods, fires, insects, environmental restoration
Uncontrolled Keywords: fire ecology, 4-6, 7-8, 9-12
Description: Joining high quality clips from PBS's American Field
Guide nature and outdoors series with curricula and unit lesson plans,
this interactive resource provides a wealth of material for teachers of
students in grades 6-12. Units include fire ecology, mammals, economic
use of natural areas, flowers and plants, forests, fossils, insects,
landfills, national parks, native species restoration, non-native
species, ocean habitats, prairie habitats, geology, threatened species,
transportation, salmon and dams, and volcanoes. Each video clip is
accompanied by teaching strategies, as well as activities, objectives,
and assessment tools. Video clips are provided in both Real Media and
Windows Media formats, and are optimized both for 56K and high-speed
modems.
Publisher: Oregon Public Broadcasting and PBS
Resource Type: K-12 Curriculum and Lesson Plans
20. American
Heritage Rivers - Willamette River
Resource Identifier: http://www.epa.gov/rivers/98rivers/fswillam.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Subject: rivers, government programs, socioeconomics, planning,
conservation, environmental restoration, cooperation, government
regulations, public policy
Description: The American Heritage Rivers initiative is an
innovative response to help river communities that seek federal
assistance and other resources to meet some tough challenges. Without
any new regulations on private property owners, state, local and tribal
governments, the American Heritage Rivers initiative is about making
more efficient and effective use of existing federal resources, cutting
red-tape, and lending a helping hand. The American Heritage Rivers
designation on the Willamette includes the nearly 200-mile-long reach
from Springfield north to Portland. This stretch of the river flows
through the three largest cities in the state: Eugene/Springfield, Salem
(the state capital), and Portland. More than two million people live in
the Willamette basin, the fastest growing portion of the state.
Publisher: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
State: Oregon
21. Amphibians
and Reptiles in Great Lakes Wetlands: Threats and Conservation
Resource Identifier: http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/factsheets/fs_amphibians-e.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service
Subject: reptiles, amphibians, threatened species, conservation,
environmental protection, wetlands, freshwater environments, wildlife,
habitats, water purification, flood control, recreation, food webs,
vegetation, fishes, introduced species, mating, egg laying, life cycle,
environmental degradation, pollution, exploitation, freshwater fishes,
aquatic plants, biological control, biodiversity, frogs, turtles,
contaminants, salamanders, monitoring, surveys, environmental
restoration, marshes
Uncontrolled Keywords: threats
Description: This fact sheet describes the importance of wetlands
to people, to the ecology of the biosphere as a whole, and especially to
the amphibians and reptiles that depend upon wetlands for their
survival. It examines some of the various threats to our remaining Great
Lakes wetlands and some of the ongoing efforts to protect existing
wetlands and restore degraded ones.
Publisher: Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Management Plans
22. An
Examination of Runoff Water Quality and Nutrient Export from a Forested
Watershed Fertilized with Biosolids
Resource Identifier: http://www.psat.wa.gov/Publications/98_proceedings/pdfs/6a_grey.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Mark Grey, Chuck Henry
Subject: fertilizers, watersheds, runoff, water quality, soils,
organic fertilizers, forests, reclamation, environmental restoration
Uncontrolled Keywords: biosolids
Description: Applying biosolids to both low and high quality
sites in the Pacific Northwest increases the growth and size of Douglas
fir (Henry et al., 1994). Thousands of acres of timber lands are
currently excluded from biosolids fertilization due to existing
guidelines that suggest applications be limited to terrain with slopes
less than 30% (WDOE, 1996). Generally, slopes exceeding 30% are found on
forested sites, and this is certainly the case within a region known as
the Mountains to Sound Greenway (MTSG) between Seattle and Snoqualmie
Pass. Part of the MTSG program involves using biosolids for forest
fertilization and biosolids compost for disturbed land reclamation and
restoration, i.e., stabilization of steep slopes and abandonment of
logging roads. Biosolids is used as an organic fertilizer, as it
contains high concentrations of nitrogen (N) (7%) and phosphorus (P)
(3%) on a weight basis. A concern within the MTSG is water quality
protection and enhancement. One of the largest surface water receiving
bodies is Lake Sammamish and it is P-limited. Dissolved and labile P
entering the lake are both available for uptake, and high total lake P
concentrations cause toxic algae blooms.
Publisher: Puget Sound Online
Resource Type: Management Plans, Recommended Practices,
Proceedings
State: Washington
23. Anacostia Watershed
Resource Identifier: http://www.anacostia.net/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: MWCOG Department of Environmental Programs, 777 North
Capitol Street, NE, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20002-4239
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, Washington DC; Anacostia River; water
quality; environmental monitoring; research programmes; environmental
protection; water pollution; pollution control; maps; mapping;
environmental restoration; habitat improvement
24. Answering
Questions in Management and Research Using Large-Scale Manipulative
Experiments
Resource Identifier: http://birds.cornell.edu/pifcapemay/cooper.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Cornell University
Subject: birds, research, monitoring, forestry, controlled
burning, environmental restoration
Uncontrolled Keywords: land managers; management practices;
power; migratory land birds; manipulative experiments; experimental
design; objectives; controls; randomization; replication; adaptive
resource management; applied research ; manipulation; nongame species;
insect pest management; plot size
Description: Research study that defines how an adequate
information base regarding management practices for migratory landbirds
and other nongame species does not yet exist. Land managers, therefore,
must act with inadequate knowledge of the resources they are charged
with managing. Part of the solution to this problem rests with the land
managers themselves, in that they are in a position to gain new
knowledge about this resource by combining research or monitoring with
the management activities they currently use or anticipate using. By
collaborating with researchers, they can modify some of these
manipulations to take the form of well-designed, large-scale
experiments. Ideally, such experiments should include features of sound
experimental design, such as replication, randomization, and controls.
Where such features are compromised, we offer some suggestions on how to
modify designs appropriately. They also should include estimation of
demographic parameters such as productivity and survival, rather than
just assessment of presence/absence. Presented are four examples from
our own work with silviculture in two forest types, prescribed fire, and
insect pest management. In each case, a long-term, large-scale,
manipulative experiment was developed and funded through collaborative
efforts among researchers, managers, and multiple partners. Benefits to
managers include timely information directly pertinent to their lands.
Benefits to researchers include increased funding opportunities for
basic as well as applied research, and the knowledge that their research
results are being used. Both groups benefit in that they are able to
achieve more together than either could alone.
Publisher: Cornell University
Resource Type: Case Studies, Management Plans, Recommended
Practices
25. Aquatic Habitat
Guidelines: An Integrated Approach to Marine, Freshwater, and Riparian
Habitat Protection and Restoration
Resource Identifier: http://wdfw.wa.gov/hab/ahg/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Habitat Technical Assistance, Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife
Subject: aquatic environments, habitats, habitat improvement,
environmental restoration, marine environments, riparian environments,
freshwater environments, resource management, wildlife management,
environmental protection, environmental impact, construction
Description: The goal is to produce series of guidelines
documents to facilitate the consistent application of good science and
practice for resources and habitat management, project design,
construction, and operation in, near, or affecting aquatic systems.
Objectives of the Aquatic Habitat Guidelines program include: make the
expertise of professional resource managers available to a wide variety
of organizations and citizens who are seeking assistance in habitat
protection and restoration activities, streamline local, state, and
federal regulatory review of activities involving aquatic environments
by providing guidelines based on best available science, provide a
scientific basis for any future changes to current local policies or
activities associated with aquatic resource in the state, maintain
ongoing reviews and updates to the Aquatic Habitat Guidelines documents
to reflect experience and emerging science and technical practice. The
site contains white papers on the following topics: overwater
structures, marine and estuarine shoreline modification issues, water
crossings, channel design, ecological issues in floodplain and riparian
corridors, dredging and gravel removal.
Publisher: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Resource Type: Recommended Practices
State: Washington
26. Aquatic
Reef Restoration
Resource Identifier: http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/reefrest.cfm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Chesapeake Bay Program Office
Subject: coral reefs, reefs, benthos, marine ecosystems,
harvesting, pollution, diseases, environmental restoration,
environmental protection, nature reserves, oysters, fishery industry,
fishery management, environmental restoration
Uncontrolled Keywords: oyster reefs; aquatic reefs; intertidal
oyster reef ; subtidal oyster reef ; high vertical relief; medium
vertical relief; low vertical relief; barges
Description: Maryland and Virginia have been creating aquatic
reefs since the mid 1990's. To date, sanctuaries have been created on
historically productive oyster ground, which serves as the
"footprint" for potential reef projects. This site provides
information about the aquatic reef restoration project in the Chesapeake
Bay.
Publisher: Chesapeake Bay Program Office
Resource Type: Site Conservation Plans
27. Arkansas
Department of Environmental Quality Mining Division
Resource Identifier: http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/mining/default.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, Little
Rock, AK, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, Arkansas; government regulations;
coal; mining; land use; soil contamination; water quality; environmental
restoration
28. Artificial
Reefs of the Florida Keys
Resource Identifier: http://www.indiana.edu/~scuba/artificial.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Indiana University
Subject: coral reefs, artificial reefs, marine environments, reef
formation, coastal environments, habitats, ecosystem management,
environmental restoration, fishes, diving
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Description: Resources about how artificial reefs have been
developed in the Florida Keys.
Publisher: Indiana University
Resource Type: Fact Sheets, Digital Photographs
State: Florida
29. Aspen
Tree Species
Resource Identifier: http://biology.umt.edu/landbird/mbcp/mtpif/Aspen.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Montana Partners in Flight
Subject: trees, stands, coniferous forests, regeneration
(ecosystems), fires, stands, land use, conservation, environmental
restoration, land ownership, grazing, habitats, status
Uncontrolled Keywords: fire suppression, prescribed fires
Description: Fact sheet on the Aspen species in the Rocky
Mountain west including: importance to region, dominant species and
vegetation, historical condition/land use, current status and land use,
potential for conservation and restoration.
Publisher: Division of Biological Sciences, The University of
Montana
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
State: Montana
30. Bay
Stressor
Resource Identifier: http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/stressor.cfm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Chesapeake Bay, 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 109, Annapolis,
MD 21403, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: bay stressor; watersheds; nutrients;
environmental restoration; aquatic organism; depleted stocks; living
resources; sediment pollution; algal blooms; nutrients; toxicants; air
pollution; point pollution; nonpoint pollution; USA, Maryland,
Chesapeake bay
31. Biodiversity
and its Management on the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming (PDF)
Resource Identifier: http://www.yale.edu/environment/publications/bulletin/104pdfs/104Matson.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Noah Matson
Subject: biodiversity, nature reserves, wildlife, birds, mammals,
reptiles, amphibians, environmental protection, riparian environments,
invasive species, management, population decline, environmental
restoration, monitoring, damage, elk, data processing
Uncontrolled Keywords: biodiversity management; refuge ecosystem;
vegetative communities; vascular plants; native fish; Greater
Yellowstone Ecosystem; National Wildlife Refuge System Information Act;
ungulates, supplemental feeding, private land
Description: This paper highlights how supplemental feeding
programs at the National Elk Refuge has supported higher numbers of elk
than the refuge ecosystem can handle and how these ungulates have had
negative impacts on a number of biotic communities. Elk have reduced and
eliminated woody tree and shrub cover along riparian areas, limited
aspen regeneration, reduced sage grassland structural diversity and
rendered areas prone to exotic plant invasion. If current management
continues, these vegetative communities and their associated wildlife
species will continue to decline. This paper makes recommendations for
needs at the refuge.
Publisher: Yale University
Resource Type: Case Studies, Management Plans
State: Wyoming
32. Biodiversity
and Land-use History of the Palouse Bioregion: Pre-European to Present
Resource Identifier: http://biology.usgs.gov/luhna/chap10.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Anne E. Black; J. Michael Scott; Eva Strand; R. Gerald
Wright; Penelope Morgan; Cortney Watson
Subject: biodiversity, climatic change, land use, vegetation,
population dynamics, fires, environmental impact, human impact, mapping,
ecosystem disturbance, grasslands, wetlands, environmental restoration,
conservation, ecology, human settlements
Uncontrolled Keywords: land use history
Description: "The chapter of the Land Use History of North
American (LUHNA) presents a regional land-use history of the Palouse
bioregion of southeastern Washington and west-central Idaho. The
objectives were to develop a history of European-American settlement and
biological diversity in the region and use this history to understand
how human activities have altered the land cover and ecological
integrity of the Palouse bioregion. Available information on people,
plants, animals, and physical resources over time was compiled and
interpreted. A multiscale approach was imperative due to different
spatial scales of key features, different data structures for social and
ecological information, and different time scales and geographic
coverage. Since 1870, 94% of the grasslands and 97% of the wetlands in
the Palouse bioregion have been converted to crops, hay, or pasture. For
a small (875-ha) but representative area examined in more detail, less
than 1% that once supported grasslands or wetlands do so today. Most of
the remaining small patches of grassland and riparian vegetation
disappeared between 1940 and 1989. Today, some once common fauna and
endemic flora survive only in small areas of grassland, shrub, and
forest, and these remnants are threatened by weed invasion, herbicide
drift, and introduced species. Social and ecological changes were
episodic and related to eras of agricultural technology:
European-American settlement (1870-1900), horse-powered agriculture
(1901-30), industrial agriculture (1931-70), and suburbanization
(1971-90). Understanding the biophysical changes that have occurred in
this region provides a useful starting point for outlining future
research needs, establishing conservation goals, and targeting
ecological restoration efforts."
Publisher: United States Geological Survey, Land Use History of
North America (LUHNA) Program
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
State: Idaho, Washington
33. Biodiversity
Conservation in the Context of Tropical Forest Management
Resource Identifier: http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/f308a5a687dbdec8852567eb00658cb7
/4b60eb64638ac2a185256968006de1ac/$FILE/ch1.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Francis E. Putz, Kent H. Redford, J. G. Robinson, Robert
Fimbel, Geoffrey M. Blate
Subject: tropical forests, resource management, sustainable
development, logging, silviculture, biodiversity, conservation,
environmental impact, environmental restoration, ecosystem recovery,
ecosystem management, genetic diversity, genetic resources
Uncontrolled Keywords: natural forest management
Description: This paper disaggregates the term "
biodiversity " into components (landscapes, ecosystems,
communities, species/populations, and genes) and attributes (structure,
composition, and function). It then disaggregates " logging "
by detailing the vast range of activities subsumed under the term
including variation of logging intensities, logging methods, collateral
damage, and silvicultural approaches. Using the richness present in both
terms, a framework for considering the impacts of logging and other
forest management activities on the various components and attributes of
biodiversity is presented. This framework is, in turn, used to evaluate
the extensive literature covering different studies of logging in
tropical forests. This paper does not conclude with uncritical support
for sustainable forest management of timber as a conservation strategy.
Such an endorsement is unwarranted given widespread illegal logging in
the tropics, widespread frontier logging and logging of areas of high
priority for biodiversity protection, the persistence of poor logging
practices despite substantial efforts in research and training, and the
generally slow rate at which most loggers are transforming themselves
from timber exploiters into forest managers. Rather the authors assert,
from a biodiversity maintenance perspective, that natural forest
management is preferable to virtually all land-use practices other than
complete protection.
Publisher: The World Bank
Resource Type: Recommended Practices
34. Biodiversity
Northwest
Resource Identifier: http://www.biodiversitynorthwest.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Biodiversity Northwest
Subject: biodiversity, ecology, old growth, forests,
conservation, sustainable development, regeneration (ecosystems),
logging, roads, environmental restoration, public policy, public
awareness, outreach programs, political action, monitoring
Description: Biodiversity Northwest envisions a bioregion in
which the long-term needs of ecological systems and the communities they
support take priority over short-term economic considerations. The
organization places a high priority on protecting the last of the
old-growth forests on public lands. Preserving these reservoirs of
biodiversity is critical to the health of the forests, the species that
depend on them, and the people of our region. The organization also
emphasizes repairing the damage caused by logging and roadbuilding as a
means to restore ecosystems and revitalize rural economies. The methods
used include public outreach and advocacy, policy analysis, coalition
building, field visits and monitoring, timber sale comments and appeals,
and -- when appropriate -- non-violent direct action.
Publisher: Biodiversity Northwest
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
35. Biological
Status of Fish and Invertebrate Assemblages in a Breached-Dike
Wetland
Site at Spencer Island, Washington
Resource Identifier: http://www.fish.washington.edu/Publications/pdfs/9805.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: J. R. Cordell, H. Higgins, C. Tanner, AND J. K. Aitkin
Subject: embankments, wetlands, juveniles, salmon, status,
surveys, populations, intertidal environments, brackish water, marshes,
environmental restoration, zoo benthos, invertebrates, estuaries,
insects
Description: The purpose of this study was to conduct the first
postbreach sampling of juvenile salmon prey attributes at southern
Spencer Island and an appropriate reference site, and to continue
monitoring juvenile salmon access to the site. While the habitats
associated with this site supported a variety of waterfowl and other
wildlife, they had not been accessible to juvenile salmonids or other
fishes since the early 1900s. Because tidal brackish and other marshes
have been greatly decreased in the Snohomish River estuary and because
they provide direct support for fish and wildlife and indirectly supply
organic material into the estuary, Spencer Island was chosen as a pilot
wetland restoration site under the Puget Sound Water Quality Management
Plan by a partnership of federal, state, and local agencies.
Publisher: Fisheries Research Institute, School of Fisheries,
University of Washington
Resource Type: Case Studies
State: Washington
36. Bird
Conservation Planning in the Interior Low Plateaus
Resource Identifier: http://birds.cornell.edu/pifcapemay/ford.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Cornell University
Subject: birds, spatial analysis, satellites, environmental
restoration, nesting behavior, breeding, forestry, wetlands,
biodiversity, habitats
Uncontrolled Keywords: interior low plateaus; bird conservation;
breeding bird distribution; species assemblages; habitat requirements;
mature hardwood; forest bird species; species assemblages; open lands;
bird species; assemblage; breeding bird atlas block; habitat
restoration; Geographic Information Systems; GAP Analysis; degraded
habitats; nesting songbird management; breeding bird inventories;
landscapes; vegetation maps; breeding bird distribution; mature hardwood
forest birds; forest birds; old field birds; early successional species;
open land species; cooperative management; atlas blocks; habitat
management
Description: Research paper defines the Interior Low Plateaus (ILP)
as a 12,000,000 ha physiographic province that includes middle Kentucky,
middle Tennessee, and northern Alabama. Spatial analysis of Breeding
Bird Atlas data has been used to determine relationships between the
nature of high priority bird communities and broad features of the
habitat. A standardized vegetation classification using satellite
imagery, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), GAP Analysis, and
Breeding Bird Atlas data, were used to develop landscape-level habitat
models for the ILP. The objectives of this effort were to: (1) identify
centers of abundance for species and/or species assemblages within the
ILP, (2) identify and prioritize areas for potential acquisition and/or
public-private partnerships for conservation, (3) identify areas with
the highest potential for restoration of degraded habitats, (4) identify
specific lands managed by project cooperators where integration of
nesting songbird management is a high priority, and (5) identify areas
that require more intensive breeding bird inventories. Sites have been
prioritized by each of the above objectives, as well as by each state
agency for effective implementation.
Publisher: Cornell University
Resource Type: Case Studies, Datasets, Management Plans, Internet
Map Services, Site Conservation Plans
37. Birds
in the Blue Mountains (PDF)
Resource Identifier: http://www.partnersinflight.org/pubs/birdcons/14pg8.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: American Bird Conservancy
Subject: habitats, birds, riparian environments, environmental
restoration, birds, migratory birds, grazing, logging, fires,
disturbance, vegetation, forests, health
Uncontrolled Keywords: fire exclusion, mountain habitats, aspen,
nesting success, neotropical migrants, breeding birds, population
viability
Description: Information about the restoration of priority
habitats in Oregon's Blue Mountains.
Publisher: American Bird Conservancy
Resource Type: Management Plans, Site Conservation Plans
State: Oregon
38. Blackbird
Mine Restoration
Resource Identifier: http://www.darcnw.noaa.gov/Bbird.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Marine Fisheries Service Restoration Center
Subject: mining, environmental restoration, fishes, hazardous
materials, threatened species, population decline, water quality,
financing, introduced species, spawning, rearing
Uncontrolled Keywords: habitat loss, steelhead, injured
resources, livestock exclusion, Salmon river, Panther Creek watershed
Description: Information about the Blackbird Mine Restoration
Project. This is an inactive mine site in the Panther creek watershed, a
tributary of the Salmon River in east central Idaho. Loss of chinook
salmon and steelhead habitat was the primary injury to the site. Goals
are reintroduction of chinook salmon and in-kind habitat restoration
(estimated cost $5.2 million).
Publisher: National Marine Fisheries Service Restoration Center
Resource Type: Management Plans
State: Idaho
39. Border
Environmental Justice Campaign
Resource Identifier: http://www.environmentalhealth.org/border.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Environmental Health Coalition, San Diego, California
USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: education; environmental justice;
environmental restoration; hazardous wastes; international cooperation;
maquiladoras; Mexico, Tijuana; pollution prevention; public health;
technology transfer; USA, California, Baja
40. Bridging
the Worlds of Fire Managers and Researchers: Lessons and
Opportunities
from the Wildland Fire Workshops
Resource Identifier: http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/gtr599.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Seth M. White
Subject: fires, resource management, research, cooperation,
interdisciplinary research, communication, technology transfer,
environmental restoration, ecosystem management
Description: In March and April of 2003, over 250 managers,
researchers, and other participants gathered for a series of workshops
at Oregon State University, the University of Arizona, and Colorado
State University, near the largest wildfires of 2002. In response to the
need for better understanding of large fires, the Wildland Fire
Workshops were designed to create an atmosphere for quality interactions
between managers and researchers and to accomplish the following
objectives: (1) create a prioritized list of recommendations for future
wildland fire research, (2) identify the characteristics of effective
partnerships, (3) identify types of effective information, tools, and
processes, and (4) evaluate the workshops as a potential blueprint for
similar workshops in other regions. Through a series of professionally
facilitated workshops, participants worked toward speaking with one
voice about many key issues. Although differences emerged among
individuals, disciplines, and geographic locations, many common themes
emerged. Participants suggested that research should be framed in the
larger picture of fire ecology and ecosystem restoration, be
interdisciplinary, be attentive to the effects of fire at different
scales over the landscape and through time, and be focused on social
issues. Effective partnerships occur when direct interaction takes place
between people at multiple stages, adequate time is allowed for
partnership building, partners are rewarded and held accountable for
their roles, and when dedicated individuals are identified and
cultivated. Participants identified effective information, tools, and
processes as those that are adequately and consistently funded,
user-friendly, interactive between people at multiple levels, and often
championed by key, dedicated individuals. A survey of participants at
the final meeting in Colorado revealed that the workshops did in fact
create an atmosphere for positive interactions between managers and
researchers, and that with some refinements, similar workshops could be
carried out in other regions with productive results.
Publisher: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Forest Service,
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Resource Type: Recommended Practices, Proceedings
41. California
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Resource Identifier: http://www.fire.ca.gov/php/index.php
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Subject: fires, forests, forestry, resource management, safety,
watersheds, rangelands, environmental restoration, environmental
assessment, education, planning, government programs
Description: The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
protects the people of California from fires, responds to emergencies,
and protects and enhances forest, range, and watershed values providing
social, economic, and environmental benefits to rural and urban
citizens. Sections include: Fire and Emergency, Resource Management,
State Fire Marshal, Board of Forestry, Fire and Restoration Assessment
Program, Careers With CDF, Fire Safety Education, News Releases,
California Fire Plan, CDF Newsletter.
Publisher: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: California
42. California
Ecological Restoration Projects Inventory (CERPI)
Resource Identifier: http://www.ice.ucdavis.edu/cerpi/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Watershed Assistance Teams, Department of Fish and Game,
1807 13th Street, Suite 104,Sacramento, CA 95814, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, California; environmental
restoration; resource management; databases; nature conservation
43. California,
Division of Bird Habitat Conservation
Resource Identifier: http://birdhabitat.fws.gov/nawca/projects/USprojects/CA.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of
Bird Habitat Conservation
Subject: birds, migratory birds, conservation, habitats,
wetlands, financing, development projects, marshes, aquatic birds,
winter, fishes, environmental management, wildlife, breeding,
environmental restoration, riparian environments, population number,
endangered species, nesting behavior, threatened species, grasslands,
flood control
Uncontrolled Keywords: Pacific Flyway population, shore birds,
neotropical songbirds, Arctic-nesting geese, wood ducks, raptors,
neotropical migrants, wading birds, mosquitoes, agricultural habitats
Description: A listing of the Migratory Bird Conservation
Commission, as authorized under the North American Wetlands Conservation
Act, approved projects.
Publisher: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Resource Type: Management Plans
State: California
44. CEDAR - California
Economic Diversification & Revitalization
Resource Identifier: http://www.cedar.ca.gov/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: California State Library, Library and Courts Building I,
Sacramento, CA, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, California; economics; military base
closures; land use; environmental restoration; remediation; pollution
clean-up
45. Center for Invasive
Plant Management
Resource Identifier: http://www.weedcenter.org/
Cataloging Node: NBII Program Office
Creator: Center for Invasive Plant Management
Subject: Botany, Horticulture, Invasive plants, Weeds, Invasive
species, Plants, Introduced plants, Introduced species, Environmental
impact, Environmental restoration, Flora restoration, Biological
control, Weed control, Biodiversity, Agricultural ecosystems,
Agricultural practices, Cultivation techniques, Land improvement,
Resource management, Ecosystem recovery
Uncontrolled Keywords: Weed management, Weed prevention
Description: The Center for Invasive Plant Management represents
a coalition of agencies, organizations, and individuals interested in
managing invasive plants and maintaining healthy ecosystems in western
North America
Publisher: Department of Land Resources and Environmental
Sciences, Montana State University
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Laws and Regulations, Federal
Government Agencies (U.S), Recommended Practices, Journal Articles
46. Center for
Plant Conservation
Resource Identifier: http://www.mobot.org/CPC/welcome.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Missouri Botanical Garden
Subject: botanical gardens, botany, conservation, biodiversity,
rare species, endangered species, flora, flowers, plants, indigenous
species, environmental restoration, weeds
Uncontrolled Keywords: seed banking, imperiled plants
Description: Home page for the Center for Plant Conservation
whose mission is to conserve and restore the rare native plants of the
United States. Links to endangered plant collections, educational tools,
publications, a conservation directory and news briefs are available.
Publisher: Missouri Botanical Garden
Resource Type: Digital Photographs, Museum Collections, Federal
Government Agencies (U.S.), Journal Articles
47. Center
for Restoration Silviculture
Resource Identifier: http://fordcenter.mtu.edu/csi/new/index.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science,
Michigan Technological University
Subject: silviculture, silvicultural practices, environmental
restoration, colleges and universities, research programs, trees,
indigenous species, forests, regeneration (ecosystems)
Description: The Center for Restoration Silviculture was
established to provide a vehicle for the design, development, and
dissemination of innovative silvicultural systems for restoring
underrepresented species on the landscape of the Great Lakes Region.
These species include eastern white pine, eastern hemlock, and yellow
birch, all of which have declined dramatically following the exploitive
log practices and repeated slash fires, which typified the region around
the turn of the century.
Publisher: School of Forest Resources & Environmental
Science, Michigan Technological University
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Michigan
48. Center for
Transportation and the Environment
Resource Identifier: http://grail.cs.washington.edu/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: air quality control; ecosystem
disturbance; emission inventories; environmental restoration; highways;
runoff; water quality control; wetlands
49. Central Scotland
Forest
Resource Identifier: http://www.csct.co.uk/index.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Central Scotland Forest Trust
Subject: forests, forestry, resource management, sustainable
development, environmental restoration, community involvement,
reforestation, recreation, silviculture, agroforestry
Description: The Central Scotland Forest Trust (CSFT) leads the
partnership which is creating the Central Scotland Forest. Major
activity areas include: - Establishing amenity, community and commercial
woodlands on public and private land - Bringing neglected woodlands and
shelterbelts into sustainable management - Constructing and repairing
footpaths, cycleways and bridleways - Removing "eyesores" such
as derelict buildings and fences - Landscaping highly visible transport
corridors and business sites - loping the support and involvement of
local communities - Restructuring existing landholdings into viable
farm-forestry units - Creating, protecting, expanding and enhancing
sites of natural, historic and cultural importance - Connecting to new
initiatives such as health, education, biodiversity and social justice.
Publisher: Central Scotland Forest Trust
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.), Site
Conservation Plans
50. Chesapeake
Bay Program - Habitats - Forests
Resource Identifier: http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/habitats.cfm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Chesapeake Bay Program
Subject: forests, habitats, bays, ecosystems, watersheds,
environmental restoration
Description: Today, the focus on the Chesapeake Bay is not just
on the Bay itself, but on the relationships among living things and
their environment that make up the Chesapeake ecosystem. Forests are an
important part of the Chesapeake ecosystem. Covering almost 60 percent
of the Bay's watershed, forests affect water and air quality and
ultimately wildlife and people. Sections include: Background, Forest
Structure, Benefits of Forests, Partners, Role of the U.S. Forest
Service.
Publisher: Chesapeake Bay Program
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
51. CIFOR's
Research Activities,
Resource Identifier: http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/research/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Subject: forests, forestry, research programs, international
organizations, land use, sustainable development, conservation,
economics, poverty, employment, public policy, biodiversity, watersheds,
climatic change, invasive species, fires, environmental restoration,
decisions, rural areas, urban environments, planning
Description: CIFOR's research structure has three main areas: -
Environmental Services and Sustainable Use of Forests: ENV program will
focus on biodiversity management, conservation of watershed functions,
global change mitigation (climate change, invasive species, etc.),
human-induced fires, rehabilitation of degraded forests, and how to
produce forest goods and improve human well-being without compromising
environmental services; - Governance: The Governance Programme focuses
on the process of making and implementing decisions concerning how
people manage forests and forested landscapes at scales larger than an
individual household or enterprise; - Livelihoods: The Livelihoods
Programme focuses on the contribution of forest resources, their
management, use and trade to the livelihoods of the rural and urban
poor.
Publisher: Consultative Group on International Agricultural
Research
Resource Type: Management Plans, Federal Government Agencies
(U.S.)
52. City
of Los Angeles Brownfields Program
Resource Identifier: http://www.cityofla.org/EAD/labf/index.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, California, Los Angeles; urban areas;
brownfields; socioeconomics; environmental restoration; development
projects; remediation
53. Cliff
Ecology Research Group
Resource Identifier: http://www.uoguelph.ca/botany/research/cerg/index.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Botany Department, University of Guelph
Subject: cliffs, escarpments, rocky environments, ecology,
environmental restoration, population dynamics, forests, disturbance,
research programs
Uncontrolled Keywords: alvars
Description: The Cliff Ecology Research Group is a group of
scientists devoted to studying the ecology of cliffs, alvars and rock
outcrops. Current research activities include: The Impact of Sport
climbing on Cliff Flora, Potential for Restoration of Abandoned Quarry
Floors as Alvars, The Influence of Resource Variability on Invasion and
Dominance in Alvar Herb Communities, Long-Term Cedar Regeneration on
Cliff Faces, The Niagara Escarpment Ancient Tree Atlas Project,
Reconstruction of Paleoclimate using Tree Rings, The Urban Cliff
Hypothesis.
Publisher: Botany Department, University of Guelph
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Washington
54. Coastal
Prairie (PDF)
Resource Identifier: http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/factshts/cstprair.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Department of the Interior, United States
Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center
Subject: invasive species, introduced species, biodiversity,
grasses, endangered species, controlled burning
Uncontrolled Keywords: coastal prairie; grasslands; fires;
rainfall; environmental restoration; tallgrass prairie ecosystem
Description: Technical information about coastal prairie in Texas
and Louisiana. Additional information about biodiversity, restoration
efforts and controlling invasive species are included.
Publisher: National Wetlands Research Center
Resource Type: Fact Sheets, Digital Photographs, Management Plans
State: Louisiana, Texas
55. Collaborative
Approach for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities
and
the Environment: 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy
Resource Identifier: http://www.fireplan.gov/reports/7-19-en.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Fire Plan
Subject: fires, forests, rangelands, planning, fire hazards, risk
assessment, environmental restoration, cooperation, government programs,
resource management
Uncontrolled Keywords: wildfire fuels
Description: This strategy reflects the views of a broad
cross-section of governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders. It
outlines a comprehensive approach to the management of wildland fire,
hazardous fuels, and ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation on Federal
and adjacent State, tribal, and private forest and range lands in the
United States. This strategy emphasizes measures to reduce the risk to
communities and the environment and provides an effective framework for
collaboration to accomplish this.
Publisher: National Fire Plan
Resource Type: Management Plans
56. Collaborative
Approach for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities and the
Environment:
10-Year Comprehensive Strategy - Implementation Plan
Resource Identifier: http://www.fireplan.gov/reports/11-23-en.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Fire Plan
Subject: fires, forests, rangelands, planning, fire hazards, risk
assessment, environmental restoration, cooperation, government programs,
resource management
Uncontrolled Keywords: wildfire fuels
Description: The 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy and
Implementation Plan are needed to protect firefighters, citizens,
communities, forests and rangelands from the undesired effects of
wildland fire. By endorsing the goals, actions, guiding principles,
performance measures and implementation tasks outlined in these
documents, the Secretaries, Governors, Tribes, local officials and other
endorsers reemphasize a unified national commitment to reduce the risks
of wildland fire across the landscape. They also recognize the need to
cooperate with all affected landowners and within all relevant
jurisdictions using a proactive, results-oriented and community-based
approach. The Collaborative Framework established in the 10-Year
Comprehensive Strategy and further explained in the Implementation Plan
will improve cooperation and communication among all parties at
national, regional, and local levels, acknowledging that key project
planning decisions should be made after collaboration at the local
level. It also establishes responsibility among all parties at all
levels for planning, prioritizing and accomplishing the tasks and
related activities needed to achieve results in a timely and
cost-effective manner consistent with changing conditions and relevant
science. The 10-Year Strategy and its Implementation Plan reflect the
views of a broad cross-section of governmental and nongovernmental
interests. The endorsers of this Implementation Plan recognize that a
problem a century in the making will not be solved overnight. With
progress in achieving objectives in the collaborative manner envisioned,
the risks to our communities and environment posed by wildland fire will
be significantly diminished over time.
Publisher: National Fire Plan
Resource Type: Management Plans
57. Comments
on the Palco Hcp/Syp and Eis/Eir with Regard to the Maintenance of
Riparian,
Aquatic, and Late Seral Ecosystems and their Associated Amphibian and
Reptile Species
Resource Identifier: http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/rsl/projects/wild/welsh/plhcp/plhcp.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Hartwell H. Welsh, Jr., Amy J. Lind, Lisa M. Ollivier,
Garth R. Hodgson, Nancy E. Karraker
Subject: forests, riparian environments, conservation,
environmental impact statements, planning, disturbance, streams,
sediments, aquatic ecosystems, research, geomorphology, hydrology,
biotic factors, amphibians, reptiles, logging, environmental restoration
Uncontrolled Keywords: redwoods, Pacific Lumber Company, late-seral
ecosystems, PALCO, habitat conservation plans
Description: Although scientists from many disciplines have
conducted research in the redwood forest region, there are few
comprehensive interdisciplinary studies (but see Ziemer 1998) and no
region-wide overview or synthesis of the unique nature of aquatic
systems in the redwood ecoregion has been published. Fortunately,
however, a large body of applicable science exists on riparian and
aquatic systems and the relationships between geomorphological,
hydrologic, and biotic processes in the Pacific Northwest, with many of
these studies inclusive of the redwood ecoregion (e.g., Meehan 1991,
Spence et al. 1996, National Research Council 1996, Stouder et al.
1997). Collectively these studies agree that "...the retention,
restoration, and protection of aquatic and riparian processes and
landforms that contribute habitat elements to streams and promote good
habitat conditions for fish and other aquatic and riparian-dependent
organisms..." (Sedell et al. 1994) are essential to maintaining
healthy populations of these resources across the landscape in
perpetuity. In light of this science, we examine the validity of the
conclusions and proposals presented by Pacific Lumber Company (PALCO)
for managing riparian and aquatic resources in their habitat
conservation plans (HCP/SYP) and the associated environmental impact
statement (EIS/EIR) prepared by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and
the National Marine Fisheries Service. We also comment on the issue of
late-seral forest habitat, and the implications of herbicide use, as
proposed in the HCP/SYP and in the EIS/EIR. Our approach here is to
first discuss in some detail, based on scientific literature, what
comprises a healthy, functioning riparian/aquatic ecosystem in the
Pacific Northwest ecoregion. We have done this to provide the
appropriate frame of reference against which to measure proposed
management actions. This perspective is also critical to understanding
the ecological and evolutionary context within which the species
addressed in the HCP/SYP and EIS/EIR have evolved over the millennia.
Without this understanding of their place within the ecosystem, there
can be little hope of designing effective strategies to maintain these
species on the landscape. Here we make reference to critical riparian
and aquatic processes, and the spatial and temporal dynamics within
which they operate. We then briefly describe the documented effects of
logging on these processes and dynamics. In this context we address how
well both the California Department of Forestry (CDF) Forest Practice
Rules and the modifications to those rules, as proposed in the HCP/SYP,
currently address or may ameliorate those effects, and whether or not
these rules or proposals serve to maintain a healthy, functioning
riparian/aquatic ecosystem. We then provide a review of the HCP/SYP
species conservation plans for five riparian and/or aquatic amphibian
and reptile species, and analyze the probable effects of the HCP/SYP,
and the various EIS/EIR alternatives. Concurrently, we offer some
suggestions on how viable populations of these species might best be
maintained on the PALCO landscape.
Publisher: Redwood Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Southwest
Research Station, Forest Service, United State Department of Agriculture
Resource Type: Case Studies, Management Plans, Recommended
Practices, Unpublished Documents
58. Comparison
of the South Florida Natural System Model with Pre-canal Everglades
Hydrology
Estimated from Historical Sources
Resource Identifier: http://sflwww.er.usgs.gov/projects/syst_model/index.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Geological Survey
Subject: hydrology, wetlands, environmental impact, civil
engineering, aquatic plants, ecosystem disturbance, landscape,
environmental restoration, vegetation, evapotranspiration, topography,
algorithms, water depth, soils
Uncontrolled Keywords: everglades, hydropatterns, pre-canal
drainage conditions
Description: Links to the abstracts and factsheets for the
comparison of the South Florida natural system model with pre-canal
everglades hydrology estimated from historical sources projects.
Publisher: United States Geological Survey
Resource Type: Fact Sheets, Issue Overviews
State: Florida
59. Conservation
Alternative for the Management of the Four Southern California
National
Forests (Los Padres, Angeles, San Bernadino, Cleveland)
Resource Identifier: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/Programs/forests/4fdoc/con-alt.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Center for Biological Diversity
Subject: conservation, forests, forestry, management,
biodiversity, watersheds, rivers, ecosystems, recreation, education,
planning, riparian environments, endangered species, aquatic ecosystems,
habitats, litigation, environmental restoration, economics, land use,
protected areas
Uncontrolled Keywords: national forests
Description: The most recent management plans for these National
Forests date back to the mid to late 1980s and are riddled with weak and
ambiguous standards and guidelines that resulted in inconsistent
management among the four Forests. The plans also failed to emphasize
riparian protection, despite the fact that a large number of the
threatened, endangered, and sensitive species found in the Forests
depend upon riparian and aquatic habitats for all or part of their life
cycles. As a result of a 1998 lawsuit requiring the Forest Service to
begin updating its forest management plans by 2002, the Forest Service
has the opportunity to design a blueprint for managing, restoring, and
protecting the ecological integrity of these Forests for some of the
country's most diver and dynamic ecological and cultural communities.
Numerous national, state, and local environmental organizations,
scientists, and technical experts throughout California have teamed up
to develop a visionary plan for the future of these irreplaceable
landscapes and their biological richness. This plan is provided to the
Forest Service and the public at large with the aim of ensuring that
these Forests are truly protected for the highest public interest and
future generations. This plan addresses management related to: ecosystem
functions and processes, biological diversity, land designations,
recreational and educational opportunities, economic activities, and
approach.
Publisher: Center for Biological Diversity
Resource Type: Case Studies, Management Plans, Site Conservation
Plans
State: California
60. Conservation
Planning and Monitoring Avian Habitat
Resource Identifier: http://birds.cornell.edu/pifcapemay/twedtloesch.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Cornell University
Subject: birds, migratory birds, conservation, monitoring, remote
sensing, wildlife, distribution, demography, winter, environmental
restoration, wetlands, reforestation
Uncontrolled Keywords: conservation plans; habitat objectives;
population goals; geographic information systems; avian habitats;
management units; public land; private land; habitat restoration
Description: Migratory bird conservation plans should not only
develop population goals, they also should establish attainable
objectives for optimizing avian habitats. Meeting population goals is of
paramount importance, but progress toward established habitat objectives
can generally be monitored more easily than can progress toward
population goals. Additionally, local or regional habitat objectives can
be attained regardless of perturbations to avian populations that occur
outside the geographic area covered by conservation plans. Assessments
of current avian habitats, obtained from remotely sensed data, and the
historical distribution of habitats should be used in establishing
habitat objectives. Habitat planning and monitoring are best conducted
using a geographic information system. Habitat objectives are assigned
to three categories: maintaining existing habitat, restoring habitat,
and creating new or alternative habitat. Progress toward meeting habitat
objectives can be monitored through geographic information systems by
incorporating georeferenced information on public lands, private lands
under conservation easements, corporate lands under prescribed
management, habitat restoration areas, and private lands under
alternative management to enhance wildlife values. We recommend that the
area and distribution of habitats within the area covered by
conservation plans be reassessed from remotely sensed imagery at
intervals appropriate to detect predicted habitat changes.
Publisher: Cornell University
Resource Type: Case Studies, Datasets, Management Plans,
Recommended Practices, Site Conservation Plans
61. Conservation
Value: Focal Species and Connectivity in California's North Coast
Resource Identifier: http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc02/pap0914/p0914.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: ESRI, Robert Brothers, Chris Trudel, Curtice Jacoby
Subject: conservation, biodiversity, environmental restoration,
forests, habitats, environmental protection, fishes, salmon, watersheds,
endangered species, threatened species, protected areas, weather,
grazing, dams, urbanization, pollution, mining, estuaries, introduced
species, hatcheries, fishes, human impact, rare species, freshwater
environments, streams, land ownership, road construction, erosion
Uncontrolled Keywords: overharvesting, indicator species;
ecological threats; geographic information systems; modeling , land
management, timber harvesting, riparian habitats, aquatic habitats,
water projects, channelization, habitat degradation, fire suppression,
sustainable forestry, watershed restoration, conifer trees, roadless
areas
Description: The Pacific Fisher, a rare small carnivore, was used
as an indicator species for the mature forest habitat that once
dominated this 5.5 million acre region. Seven basic factors were used to
prioritize land for the conservation of biodiversity. The largest
concentrations of high value areas are recommended as "Core
Conservation Areas" for the protection and restoration of the
Fisher and other species dependent on mature forests, including aquatic
species such as salmon. Connectivity between these areas was then
assessed using information about distance from roads and human
population. The result is a map of places that will be most important to
protect if biodiversity in this region is to be maintained and restored.
Publisher: ESRI
Resource Type: Case Studies, Datasets, Internet Map Services
State: California
62. Cooperative
Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology
Resource Identifier: http://www.catchment.crc.org.au/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology,
Monash University
Subject: models, decision support systems, catchment areas,
hydrology, resource allocation, water management, environmental impact,
clear cutting, rivers, climate effects, urban runoff, water table,
sediment transport, nutrients, erosion, stream flow, water pollution,
floods, salinity, environmental restoration
Description: The CRC for Catchment Hydrology aims to deliver the
capability to manage catchments in a totally new way. The central goal
is to produce a decision support system able to predict the movement of
water, particulates, and solutes from land to rivers, linking the impact
of climate variability, vegetation, soil, and water management together
in an integrated package. For catchment and water managers, this system
will enable them to fully evaluate the short- and long-term outcomes of
policy decisions at regional scales. The issues to be addressed by the
CRC’s research program are: * water allocation (sustainable allocation
of war resources and more efficient water use) * land-use impacts on
rivers (addressing the consequences of land clearing in the historical
past)* climate variability (the potential to reduce hydrologic risk) *
urban runoff quality (the opportunity to improve city rivers and bays) *
river restoration (to halt and reverse the degradation of streams and
waterways).
Publisher: Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology,
Monash University
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.), Recommended
Practices, Tools and Software
63. Coordinating Group on
Alien Pest Species (CGAPS)
Resource Identifier: http://www.hear.org/cgaps/
Cataloging Node: NBII Program Office
Creator: Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)
Subject: Botany, Horticulture, Invasive plants, Weeds, Invasive
species, Plants, Introduced plants, Introduced species, Invasive
animals, Pests, Environmental impact, Environmental restoration, Flora
restoration, Biological control, Land improvement, Resource
conservation, Resource management, Ecosystem recovery, Environmental
protection, Organizations, Committees, State government agencies, State
programs
Description: CGAPS is a multi-agency partnership to coordinate
more effective protection for Hawaii's economy, environment, health, and
way of life from harmful alien pests.
Publisher: Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)
Resource Type: Announcements and News Articles, Issue Overviews,
Laws and Regulations, Internet Map Services, Federal Government Agencies
(U.S.), Recommended Practices, Journal Articles
State: Hawaii
64. Coral Reef
Resource Identifier: http://www.coralreef.noaa.gov/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Subject: coral reefs, ecosystem management, environmental
restoration, environmental protection, coastal zone management, coral
bleaching, conservation, environmental monitoring, fishery management,
fishes
Uncontrolled Keywords: ecological crisis; living resources;
fishery resources
Description: Home page of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's (NOAA) Coral Reef Conservation Program supports
effective management and sound science to preserve, sustain and restore
valuable coral reef ecosystems.
Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Resource Type: Management Plans
65. Coral
Reefs:Fertile Gardens of the Sea
Resource Identifier: http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/biodiv/coral.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Department of State International
Information Programs
Subject: coral reefs, life history, predation, marine
environments, photosynthesis, coloration, human impact, oceanography,
global warming, ocean temperature, diseases, fishes, fishery industry,
biodiversity, environmental restoration, water quality, government
programs, conservation, zooxanthellae, coral bleaching, limestone
Uncontrolled Keywords: polyps, calcium carbonate
Description: Life history, morphology and conservation programs
for coral reefs.
Publisher: United States Department of State
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
66. Cosumnes
Research Group
Resource Identifier: http://watershed.ucdavis.edu/crg/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Cosumnes Research Group, University of California, One
Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616,USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: watersheds; research programs; rivers;
USA, California; nature conservation; environmental restoration;
ecosystems
67. Creating
Herbaceous Woodland Openings to Improve Wildlife Habitat
Resource Identifier: http://state.vipnet.org/dof/mgt/wildlife/woodland-openings.shtml
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Virginia Department of Forestry
Subject: birds, wildlife, plants, insects, seeds, habitats,
environmental restoration, wildflowers, forests, management, nesting
behavior
Uncontrolled Keywords: herbaceous woodland; herbaceous plants;
annual variations; game birds ; plantings; mowing, clearing; daylighting;
timber stands; herbaceous openings; disking; seeding
Description: Website highlights the benefits of one of the best
wildlife habitat improvements within, or adjacent to large tracts of
woodland as the establishment and maintenance of openings with
herbaceous growth. Details about the addition and maintenance of
herbaceous plants, daylighting, clearing, seeds, annuals, perennials and
mowing are included.
Publisher: Virginia Department of Forestry
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
68. Densities
of Wading Birds on the Floodplain (PDF)
Resource Identifier: http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/erd/krr/krrep/expectations/4_exp31.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: South Florida Water Management District Headquarters
Subject: wetlands, aquatic birds, environmental restoration,
habitats
Uncontrolled Keywords: wading birds; floodplains; aerial surveys,
habitat quality, habitat use, wading bird density, foraging habitats
Description: Report outlines research methods and conditions used
to achieve the expectation of having a significant increase in the use
of floodplain wetlands by wading bird species.
Publisher: South Florida Water Management District Headquarters
Resource Type: Case Studies, Management Plans
State: Florida
69. Department
of Fisheries and Wildlife - Oregon State University
Resource Identifier: http://osu.orst.edu/dept/fish_wild/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State
University
Subject: colleges and universities, education, research programs,
fisheries, wildlife, conservation, sustainable development,
environmental restoration, public awareness
Description: Faculty and students in the Department of Fisheries
and Wildlife acquire, integrate, and disseminate knowledge about fish
and wildlife at all levels of biological organization. We focus on
resource systems influenced by human activities. Our goal is to provide
people with the knowledge needed to make wise decisions on issues of
conservation, sustainable use, and ecosystem restoration. We accomplish
this through a combination of undergraduate and graduate education,
scholarly research, extension education, and public outreach.
Publisher: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State
University
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Oregon
70. Department
of Natural Resource Sciences
Resource Identifier: http://www.natural-resources.wsu.edu/index.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Washington
State University
Subject: colleges and universities, research programs, education,
natural resources, conservation, forestry, wildlife, ecology,
environmental restoration, landscape
Description: The Department of Natural Resources is dedicated to
advancing natural resource conservation, research, and education in the
United States and around the world through its international programs.
The Department offers interdisciplinary degree programs in natural
resources, forestry, wildlife ecology, and supporting specialties such
as conservation biology, and landscape and restoration ecology. The
Department has outstanding, education and hands-on research facilities
right on its large campus, including facilities in the Wildlife Habitat
Nutrition Laboratory, the Steffen Center Research Facility, The Bear
Research, Education and Conservation Center, Colockum Multiple-Use
Research Unit, and other greenhouse and outdoor ecological laboratories.
Publisher: Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Washington
State University
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Washington
71. Department
of Natural Resource Sciences - Washington State University
Resource Identifier: http://www.natural-resources.wsu.edu/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Washington
State University
Subject: colleges and universities, education, research programs,
natural resources, conservation, ecology, ecosystem recovery,
environmental restoration, forestry, wildlife
Description: The Department of Natural Resource Sciences at
Washington State University is dedicated to advancing natural resource
conservation, research, and education in the United States and around
the world through international programs. The Department offers
interdisciplinary degree programs in natural resources, forestry,
wildlife ecology, and supporting specialties such as conservation
biology, and landscape & restoration ecology.
Publisher: Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Washington
State University
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Washington
72. Development
and Evaluation of Ecosystem Indicators for Urbanizing
MidwesternWatersheds
Resource Identifier: http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.
abstractDetail/abstract/13/report/F
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Center For Environmental Research, United
States Environmental Protection Agency
Subject: ecosystems, watersheds, urbanization, freshwater
environments, insects, fishes, land use, water quality, models,
research, biota, pollution, geographic information systems, nutrients,
biodiversity, environmental restoration, biomass
Uncontrolled Keywords: ecosystem indicators; evaluations; runoff;
small streams; habitat disturbance, habitat degradation, hydrologic
changes, aquatic resources, macroinvertebrate communities, L-THIA model
, runoff volume, channel instability, stream periphyton, mussels
Description: This web page provides a summary of accomplishments
for the research project with the objectives of: 1. Quantify the impacts
of urbanization on hydrologic regimes, water quality, and habitat
structure of stream ecosystems using paired experimental watersheds, and
to develop linked models that accurately predict these impacts. 2. Use
the linked models as a virtual laboratory within which to generate and
test indicators of urbanization and hydrologic change in terms of
responses of fish and macroinvertebrate communities. 3. Use these models
and indicators to assess the response of stream communities to
alternative urbanization scenarios with extension to larger watersheds
in the region. The research examined eight 3rd order watersheds in
central Indiana. Seven are in the greater Indianapolis area (Marion
County) and one is located near Purdue University (Tippecanoe County).
Additional streams also were used for particular aspects of the project.
Publisher: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Resource Type: Case Studies
State: Indiana
73. Development
of Management Objectives for Breeding Birds in the Mississippi Alluvial
Valley
Resource Identifier: http://birds.cornell.edu/pifcapemay/mueller.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Cornell University
Subject: birds, forestry, conservation, models, feeding behavior,
breeding, reforestation, environmental restoration
Uncontrolled Keywords: breeding birds; winter habitat; habitat
objectives; bird conservation plans; model conservation plan; species
priorities; meta-population goals; habitat quantity; forest patch size;
target forest patch; habitat protection ; hardwood forests; adaptive
management; Geographic Information System; breeding densities; breeding
pairs
Description: Research study where a six-step process was used to
set habitat objectives and population goals for breeding birds in the
Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Specifically, we used existing empirical
studies and mathematically derived viable population estimates to define
habitat objectives and population goals for bottomland hardwood forest,
the most important habitat type in this physiographic area. Although
habitat objectives must address both quality and quantity, we
concentrate here on the size and number of forest patches in this highly
fragmented landscape. To support source populations of all forest
breeding birds we recommend the protection/restoration of 52 forest
patches that are 4,000-8,000 ha in size, 36 patches of 8,000-40,000 ha,
and 13 patches greater than 40,000 ha. Although every physiographic area
is unique, the methodology applied here should be applicable in other
situations.
Publisher: Cornell University
Resource Type: Case Studies, Datasets, Management Plans, Internet
Map Services
74. Division
of Forest Science - Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and
Management
Resource Identifier: http://cnr.berkeley.edu/espm/divisions/fs.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Division of Forest Science, Department of Environmental
Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
Subject: education, colleges and universities, research programs,
outreach programs, forests, forestry, ecosystems, resource management,
silviculture, watersheds, fires, genetics, models, wood, forest
products, environmental health, environmental restoration
Description: The mission of the Forest Science Division is to
advance the understanding of the management of forest ecosystems. This
mission is accomplished through interrelated programs of education,
research, and outreach. Our undergraduate major in forestry and our
training of graduate students focuses on the application of social,
physical, biological, and managerial knowledge to the management of
forest resources. The research programs of the faculty of the Division
of Forest Science is applied to furthering the understanding of
management of forest resources. The primary areas of research the
Division addressed are in the fields of silviculture, fire management,
watershed management, forest genetics, systems modeling, forest
inventory, wood utilization, forest health, and urban forestry. The
outreach program will focus on the areas of timber management, watershed
management, restoration management, fire management, and wood in
service. The Forest Science Division has close ties with the Forest
Products Laboratory, which extends our capacity for teaching, research,
and outreach in the area of wood science and utilization. The mission of
the division is also assisted by faculty in the Divisions of Ecosystem
Sciences, Insect Biology, and Resources Institutions, Policy, and
Management. Various faculty from these divisions participate in the
teaching of courses required in the forestry major, pursue both basic
and applied research that is relevant to the management of forest
ecosystems, and assist in our outreach programs.
Publisher: Division of Forest Science, Department of
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California,
Berkeley
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: California
75. Ecological
Restoration and Rehabilitation
Resource Identifier: http://www.wri.org/biodiv/ecorest.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: World Resources Institute, 10 G Street, NE (Suite 800),
Washington, DC 20002,USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: ecological restoration; ecological
rehabilitation; resource management; environmental conditions;
biological diversity; degradation; development projects; communities;
ecosystems
76. Ecological
Restoration of Degraded Watershed on the Upper Reaches
of
the Minjiang River; Integration of Qiang Ethno-Botanical Knowledge
and
Practices into a Reforestation Project
Resource Identifier: http://www.unesco.org/most/bpik15.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Management of Social Transformations Programme, United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Subject: indigenous knowledge, environmental restoration,
watersheds, ethnobotany, reforestation, deforestation, population
growth, biodiversity, forestry, water management, trees, vegetation,
soil erosion, indigenous species, agroforestry, medicinal plants,
planting, harvesting, economics, cash crops
Uncontrolled Keywords: water runoff, cultivation, Qiang
ethnobotany, habitat degradation, ecological restoration, economic
sustainability, environmental sustainability, alternating bands
Description: A summary of the ecological restoration of degraded
watershed on the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, Integration of
Qiang ethno-botanical knowledge and practices into a reforestation
project. A project description, indigenous aspects, themes, strengths,
weaknesses, sustainability information, stakeholders and beneficiaries,
and funding information are included.
Publisher: Management of Social Transformations Programme, United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Resource Type: Case Studies, Site Conservation Plans
77. Ecological Society of
America Home Page
Resource Identifier: http://esa.sdsc.edu/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Ecological Society of America, 2010 Massachusetts
Avenue, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036
Uncontrolled Keywords: ecological restoration; sustainability;
ecology; conservation; ecosystem management; biodiversity; habitat
destruction; resource management; population dynamics; scientific
society; USA
78. Ecological Society
of Australia
Resource Identifier: http://life.csu.edu.au/esa/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia
Uncontrolled Keywords: ecological restoration; sustainability;
ecology; ecophysiology; ecosystem management; biodiversity; habitat
destruction; resource management; population dynamics; scientific
society; Australia
79. Ecoregions
- Pacific Northwest
Resource Identifier: http://www.sierraclub.org/ecoregions/pacnw.asp
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Sierra Club
Subject: conservation, planning, salmon, forests, old growth,
watersheds, ecosystems, habitats, rivers, environmental restoration
Uncontrolled Keywords: ecoregions
Description: Region by region, the Sierra Club is developing
multifaceted plans for every major land and water system in the United
States and Canada. Tailored to the particular needs of each ecosystem,
these 21 regional plans will help achieve a global vision: to restore
the ecological health of the planet through concrete local action. This
site describes the Pacific Northwest ecoregion. The Sierra Club hopes to
ensure the future of the Rockies' wildlands by placing them in the
National Wilderness Preservation System. Also, the Club is working to
establish a new form of permanent protection for all remaining ancient
forests -- and for other undisturbed habitat. For salmon's sake, the
Club is calling for restoration and protection of watersheds and more
natural river flows from dams.
Publisher: Sierra Club
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
80. Ecosystem
Restoration and Management: Scientific Principles and Concepts
Resource Identifier: http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/misc/misc_covington.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Wallace Covington, William A. Niering, Ed Starkey, Joan
Walker
Subject: ecosystems, ecosystem management, conservation,
environmental restoration, ecology, ecological evaluation, forests, salt
marshes, fires
Description: This paper summarizes current thinking regarding
ecological restoration from an ecosystem management point of view. The
intended audience is natural resource professionals, natural resource
interest groups, and interested members of the public. Ecological
restoration concepts are discussed in the context of three ecological
restoration efforts with which the authors have been involved and which
are particularly important to contemporary public land management:
ponderosa pine ecosystems, forest ecosystems of the Western Hemlock Zone
of the Pacific Northwest, and tidal wetlands of the Northeast. In
discussing these examples the emphasis is on scientific principles and
concepts fundamental to ecological restoration. The paper closes with a
discussion of ecological restoration and human habitat needs.
Publisher: Southern Research Station, Forest Service, United
States Department of Agriculture
Resource Type: Case Studies, Recommended Practices
81. Ed
Heske's Research Projects
Resource Identifier: http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~e-heske/e-heskeproj.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Subject: mammals, birds, monitoring, environmental restoration,
endangered species, predators, nests, distribution, forests, agriculture
Uncontrolled Keywords: floodplains; Franklin's Ground Squirrel;
landscape effects; habitat fragmentation; chipmunks; phylogeography ,
species abundance, spatial patterns, temporal patterns
Description: Listing of research projects.
Publisher: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Resource Type: Case Studies
State: Illinois
82. Effects
of Management Practices on Grassland Birds
Resource Identifier: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/grasbird/grasbird.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, United States
Geological Survey
Subject: birds, aquatic birds, grasslands, wetlands, wildlife,
population growth, habitats, management, breeding sites, environmental
impact, environmental restoration, predators, brood care, breeding
seasons, site fidelity, phenology
Uncontrolled Keywords: conservation reserve program, grassland
birds, wetland birds, North American Waterfowl Management Plan, Prairie
Pothole Joint Venture
Description: These reports are a series of literature syntheses
on North American grassland birds. The need for these reports was
identified by the Prairie Pothole Joint Venture (PPJV), a part of the
North American Waterfowl Management Plan. The PPJV adopted the goal to
stabilize or increase populations of declining grassland- and
wetland-associated wildlife species in the Prairie Pothole Region. To
further that objective, it is essential to understand the habitat needs
of birds other than waterfowl, and how management practices affect their
habitats. The focus of these reports is on management of breeding
habitat, particularly in the northern Great Plains.
Publisher: United States Geological Survey
Resource Type: Case Studies, Management Plans
83. El
Eden Ecological Reserve
Resource Identifier: http://maya.ucr.edu/pril/el_eden/Home.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of
California at Riverside
Subject: nature reserves, biodiversity, protected areas,
conservation, management, environmental restoration, ecology, archeology
Uncontrolled Keywords: agroecology, chemical diversity
Description: Home on the Web for the El Eden Ecological Reserve.
Here you can learn about research projects in progress at the reserve,
available facilities, and details of the different habitats of the
Yucatan Peninsula.
Publisher: University of California at Riverside
Resource Type: Case Studies, Datasets, Digital Photographs,
Management Plans, Journal Articles
84. Endangered
Species Protection in Canada: An Overview
Resource Identifier: http://www.nextcity.com/EnvironmentProbe/pubs/ev539.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Robert Rishikof
Subject: wildlife, birds, mammals, reptiles, endangered species,
habitats, conservation, migratory birds, legislation, environmental
protection, nesting behavior, fishing, hunting, environmental
restoration, special status species, threatened species, extinct
species, amphibians, fishes, mollusks, plants, lichens, invasive species
Uncontrolled Keywords: Migratory Birds Convention Act; Fisheries
Act; penalties, Endangered Species Protection Act , recovery plans,
human disturbance, federal protection, extirpated species
Description: An overview of endangered species protection in
Canada. Highlights of recovery plans, current provincial protection,
federal protection, environmental legislation, enforcement of laws and
the proposed Canada Endangered Species Protection Act are included.
Publisher: NEXT CITY
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
85. Endangered
Species/Wildlife Income Tax Check-Off Fund
Resource Identifier: http://dep.state.ct.us/cgnhs/nddb/checkoff.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Subject: financing, environmental restoration, endangered
species, threatened species, wildlife, mammals, birds, reptiles,
amphibians, plants, invertebrates, fishes, education, recreation,
environmental protection, government agencies, conservation, management,
monitoring
Uncontrolled Keywords: Wildlife Fund; botanical field surveys;
historic populations; Natural Area Preserves; income taxpayers
Description: Listing of projects that have been funded in the
areas of habitat restoration, inventory, monitoring and education. The
following projects are some that have been totally or partially funded
by the State of Connecticut "Endangered Species/Wildlife Income Tax
Check-off Fund".
Publisher: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Resource Type: Checklists and Identification Guides, Management
Plans, Federal Government Agencies (U.S.), Recommended Practices
State: Connecticut
86. Estuarine
Research Federation Newsletters
Resource Identifier: http://erf.org/newsletter/newsletter.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Estuarine Research Federation
Subject: estuaries, rivers, water quality, environmental
restoration, environmental quality, water pollution, aquatic
environments, human impact, coastal waters, management
Description: Links to highlights of the organization's
newsletters.
Publisher: Estuarine Research Federation
Resource Type: Announcements and News Articles
87. Extent
and condition of U.S. Coral Reefs
Resource Identifier: http://state-of-coast.noaa.gov/bulletins/html/crf_08/crf.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: NOAA, National Ocean Service
Subject: populations, population density, population growth,
geographical distribution, fishes, fishing, natural resources, ecology,
coral reefs, harvesting, aquaculture practices, fishery industry,
fishery management, ecosystems, marine environments, economics,
chemicals, contaminants, coastal waters, algal blooms, oxygen depletion,
sediments, estuarine environments, eutrophic environments, environmental
restoration, environmental protection, oil spills, monitoring
Uncontrolled Keywords: reef resource management; coastal
ecosystem; reef fisheries; environmental quality; human activities ;
natural hazards
Description: On November 9, 2001, NOAA retired its State of the
Coast Project Web site after 45 months on-line. Launched in February
1998 in response to then Vice President Gore's challenge that Federal
agencies develop a "report card" on the state of the Nation's
environment, the project produced 17 essays on a variety of coastal
topics, three CD-ROMs, and a short video featuring former members and
associates of the Stratton Commission. The essays remain available here
as PDF files. The CD-ROMs and video are no longer available. The essays
were organized in a pressure, state and response framework. The
"state" of the environment, the centerpiece of the framework,
focuses on conditions of environmental systems. Conditions result from a
combination of human-induced pressures on the environment and societal
responses to environmental degradation. The essays are factual
presentations, inferences are minimal and are presented within this
website.
Publisher: NOAA, National Ocean Service
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
88. Failure
of the Northwest Forest Plan to Protect and Restore the Region
Resource Identifier: http://www.wildcalifornia.org/projects/natlforest/reports/failure.doc
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Environmental Protection Information Center
Subject: forests, planning, government programs, performance
assessment, evaluation, resource management, environmental protection,
environmental restoration, logging, habitat improvement, old growth,
monitoring
Uncontrolled Keywords: Northwest Forest Plan
Description: Six years after adoption of the Northwest Forest
Plan, federal agencies charged with protecting public lands continue to
log ancient forests at an alarming rate, threatening the continued
existence of several plant, fish, and wildlife species. Logging still
drives the process despite new rules and rhetoric. Timber harvest
objectives, combined with counterproductive incentive and reward
systems, obstruct, impede, and directly conflict with habitat protection
and restoration objectives. Discretionary language and loopholes in the
Plan are being exploited, and safeguards for streams, salmon, drinking
water, wildlife, and ancient forests are often ignored. Mitigation
measures promised in the Plan are not being consistently implemented,
survey and monitoring requirements have been delayed or are not being
met, ecologically sensitive areas are not being protected, and watershed
restoration is not adequately funded or effectively conducted. Because
of these and other reasons, the NWFP has fallen far short of its goal to
adequately protect and restore the region. Sections in this document
are: background, description of the plan, problems with the plan, and
recommendations to improve the plan.
Publisher: Environmental Protection Information Center
Resource Type: Management Plans
89. Fire
- Research on Endangered Species and Habitats in South Okanagan -
Similkameen
Resource Identifier: http://faculty.forestry.ubc.ca/krannitz/fire.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Pam Krannitz
Subject: fires, resource management, forests, conifers,
grasslands, density, semiarid environments, environmental restoration,
research
Description: Fire plays a large role in both grassland and
forested ecosystems. It can affect plant species composition and
abundance in grasslands and may prevent tree encroachment. Tree
encroachment is the establishment of new trees on grassland areas and
increasing tree density in forested areas. Dr. Krannitz and her team
have conducted research on tree encroachment and the effects of fire
within grassland and open Ponderosa Pine forest ecosystems. Research
topics include: - Conifer Density Increases in Semi-desert Habitats of
British Columbia in the Absence of Fire - Fire as a Restoration Tool in
the South Okanagan Shrub-Steppe
Publisher: Forest Sciences Department, University of British
Columbia, Canada
Resource Type: Journal Articles
90. Fire and Fire
Surrogate Treatments for Ecosystem Restoration
Resource Identifier: http://www.fs.fed.us/ffs/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Joint Fire Science Program
Subject: fires, environmental restoration, ecosystem management,
controlled burning, thinning, forests, resource management, hazard
assessment, evaluation, research programs
Uncontrolled Keywords: wildfire fuels, fire surrogates
Description: The Forest Service seeks to reduce fire hazard and
restore historic forest conditions by increasing the area treated by
mechanical and prescribed fire treatments to 3,000,000 acres per year in
fire-dependent ecosystems by the year 2005. National Park Service plans
also call for acceleration of fuel treatments. Thus the reality of large
increases in the use of restorative management practices is clear. Less
clear, however, is the appropriate balance among silvicultural cuttings,
mechanical fuel treatments, and prescribed fire. Economics and
practicability in light of current stand and landscape conditions are
also important considerations that often affect a managers' decisions
about which tools to use. To achieve goals for ecosystem integrity and
sustainability, we need better information about economics and
ecological tradeoffs of alternative restoration practices. The frequent,
low- to moderate-severity fires that characterized presettlement
disturbance regimes in many of our forests affected not only overall
forest structure, composition, and fuel levels, but also a wide range of
other ecosystem components and processes. What components or processes
are changed or lost, and with what effects, if fire
"surrogates" such as cuttings and mechanical fuel treatments
are used instead of fire, or in combination with fire? The Fire and Fire
Surrogates study hopes to answer that question.
Publisher: Forest Service, United State Department of Agriculture
(USDA)
Resource Type: Recommended Practices
91. Fire
and Fire Surrogates National Study - Mission Creek Site, Okanogan
and
Wenatchee National Forests
Resource Identifier: http://www.fs.fed.us/ffs/docs/studyplans2001/missionck.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: James K. Agee, Robert L. Edmonds, William L. Gaines,
Richy J. Harrod, Paul F. Hessburg, J. F. Lehmkuhl, Darlene Zabowski
Subject: fires, thinning, controlled burning, resource
management, research programs, environmental restoration, ecosystem
management, ecosystem assessment, vegetation, understory, environmental
impact, soils, biodiversity, insects, diseases, wildlife, habitats
Uncontrolled Keywords: fire surrogates, wildfire fuels, national
forests
Description: This is one of the twelve study sites for the Fire
and Fire Surrogate Treatments study. This study into the various impacts
of fuels treatments contains the divisions of: vegetations,
Publisher: Forest Service, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA)
Resource Type: Case Studies, Recommended Practices
State: Washington
92. Fire
and Fuel in a Sierra Nevada Ecosystem
Resource Identifier: http://biology.usgs.gov/s+t/SNT/noframe/ca163.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Jan W. van Wagtendonk
Subject: fires, ecosystems, environmental restoration, ecosystem
management
Uncontrolled Keywords: prescribed fires, fire suppression,
wildfire fuels
Description: If natural conditions and processes are to be
restored and perpetuated in the Sierra Nevada, fire must be
reintroduced. In large wilderness areas and parks, naturally occurring
lightning fires should be allowed to burn under prescribed conditions.
Where this is not possible because the area is too small or because
other human factors (such as the presence of human dwellings, timber
harvest areas, and so forth) preclude the implementation of a program to
monitor wildland fires, surrogates for fire must be found. Prescribed
burns, mechanical manipulation, and artificial cutting are possible
options. In any case, it is important that naturally managed ecosystems
not be denied ecologically significant processes such as fire.
Publisher: Biological Resources Division, United State Biological
Survey
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Recommended Practices, Journal
Articles
93. Fire
Ecology in the Southeastern United States
Resource Identifier: http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/factshts/018-00.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Wetlands Research Center
Subject: fires, ecology, resource management, research programs,
government programs, controlled burning, ecosystem recovery,
environmental restoration, savannahs, wetlands, models, remote sensing,
satellite sensing
Uncontrolled Keywords: wildfire fuels
Description: Reintroduction of prescribed fire as a land
management tool is a proactive means of reducing the threat posed by
wildland fire to both people and property. For the reintroduction of
fire to be ecologically effective, though, it must be based on the best
available science. Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey's National
Wetlands Research Center are participating in the effort to better
understand the role fires play in natural systems and the effects of
fire and fire exclusion on certain species. Fire research at the NWRC
focuses primarily on the role of fire on the southeastern Coastal Plain.
Publisher: National Wetlands Research Center
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
94. Fishery,
Aquaculture, and Marine Mammal Legislation in the 106th Congress
Resource Identifier: http://cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/Marine/mar-27.cfm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Eugene H. Buck, Congressional Research Service Reports,
National Council for Science and the Environment
Subject: legislation, marine environments, marine mammals,
aquaculture, fishery industry, coastal waters, fishes, environmental
policy, fishery management, fishing vessels, sport fishing,
conservation, coral reefs, estuaries, habitats, ecosystems, salmon,
harvesting, dolphins, mortality, financing, whales, hunting, commercial
fishing, overfishing, migratory species, population decline, natural
resources, national parks, environmental restoration, endangered
species, safety, wildlife, invasive species, water quality, crops,
research, oil spills, whales, taxation, ocean policy, oil exploration,
methylmercury, sea lions
Uncontrolled Keywords: government policy; shark finning, fishery
management plans, congressional actions, pelagic longline fishery,
Pacific salmon, salmon recovery, fishery restoration, striped bass,
bankruptcy, Pfiesteria, sea lamprey, licensing, double crested
cormorants, wildlife protection
Description: Legislation related to commercial and sport
fisheries enacted by the 106th Congress addressed numerous concerns,
including regulation of large fishing vessels, reauthorization of the
Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act and the Atlantic Coastal
Fisheries Cooperative Management Act, prohibition of shark finning,
coral reef conservation, authorization for new fishery survey vessels,
new salmon restoration measures for the Army Corps of Engineers in the
Columbia River basin, estuarine habitat restoration, a pilot program to
insure wild salmon fishermen for harvest failure risks, and creation of
a Commission on Ocean Policy. Further details for the Congressional
actions taken are provided.
Publisher: National Council for Science and the Environment
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Laws and Regulations, Management
Plans
95. Florida
Keys Coral Reef Monitoring Project
Resource Identifier: http://www.cofc.edu/~coral/epacrmp/crmp.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Department of Biology, University of Charleston
Subject: coral reefs, monitoring, research, marine ecosystems,
marine environments, nature reserves, environmental protection, water
quality, environmental restoration, species richness, landscape
Uncontrolled Keywords: station installation; sampling protocol;
project implementation; project design; project team ,offshore reefs,
patch reefs, and hardbottom communities , dynamic equilibrium , reef
decline, reef increase
Description: The Florida Keys Coral Reef Monitoring Project is a
large-scale, multiple-investigator project funded by the EPA and
designed to assess the status and trend of Florida's offshore reefs,
patch reefs, and hardbottom communities over a 5-year period.
Publisher: University of Charleston
Resource Type: Management Plans
State: Florida
96. Forest
Ecology Branch
Resource Identifier: http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/about/feb/frst_eco.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Wetlands Research Center, United States
Geological Survey (USGS)
Subject: wetlands, forests, government programs, research
programs, models, ecology, ecosystem recovery, reforestation,
environmental restoration, conservation, genetics, fires
Description: Most forest research at the National Wetlands
Research Center focuses on forested wetlands, the most common and
widespread wetland type in the South. They include bottomland hardwood
forests, cypress-tupelo swamps, and mangrove forests, and are of great
economic and ecological value. Despite dramatic losses this century (80%
of bottomland hardwoods in the lower Mississippi Valley alone), southern
forested wetlands still account for more than a third of all wetlands in
the contiguous 48 states. The mission of the Forest Ecology Branch of
the National Wetlands Research Center is to provide ecological,
modeling, and restoration research on forested wetlands in the South.
Areas of research include: Computer Modeling, Conservation Genetics,
Dendroecology, Fire Science, Functions and Processes,
Reforestation/Restoration.
Publisher: National Wetlands Research Center, United States
Geological Survey (USGS)
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
97. Forest
Ecosystem Management Plan
Resource Identifier: http://www.ci.boulder.co.us/openspace/planning/Forest/forestmain.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Open Space & Mountain Parks Department, City of
Boulder
Subject: forests, resource management, planning, environmental
restoration, fires, public policy, ecosystem management, wildlife,
public awareness, habitats, biodiversity, cities, urban environments
Description: This draft Forest Ecosystem Management Plan takes an
holistic approach to restoring and nurturing essential natural forest
ecosystem components and processes and to reducing the risk of
catastrophic wildfire. In addition, the plan is comprehensive, grounded
on the best available science, long-term in focus, and geared to
managing across ownership and agency boundaries. Given how far existing
forest conditions have diverged from natural presettlement conditions,
the proposed forest ecosystem management plan is essentially an
ecological restoration program. Major restoration objectives include: -
Restoring forest structure and function. - Restoring the diversity of
plant and animal habitats and communities. - Restoring a natural fire
regime, which involves frequent low-intensity surface fires. Restoring a
natural fire regime will reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and
help maintain more natural forest ecosystem conditions.
Publisher: Open Space & Mountain Parks Department, City of
Boulder
Resource Type: Management Plans
State: Colorado
98. Forest Fire
in the U.S. Northern Rockies: A Primer
Resource Identifier: http://www.northernrockiesfire.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Amy Cilimburg, Karen Short
Subject: forests, fires, information centers, resource
management, life history, ecology, environmental impact, environmental
restoration, environmental effects, ecosystem recovery
Description: The goal of this site is to provide a clearinghouse
of scientific information regarding the historic role and present place
of fire in western Montana and northern Idaho. These pages house
comprehensive reviews of topics - from fire history, to the ecological
effects of fire, to the rationale behind forest restoration and
rehabilitation - all based on information specific to forests of this
region. Sections include: Region's Forests, Fire History, Fire Effects,
Fire Exclusion, Restoration, Rehabilitation.
Publisher: Montana Natural History Center
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
State: Idaho, Montana
99. Forest
Habitat Guidelines
Resource Identifier: http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/docs/frame-forest-e.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Environment Canada - Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario
Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Ministry of Environment
Subject: forests, wildlife, habitats, site rehabilitation,
environmental restoration, planning, regeneration (ecosystems),
government programs
Description: This is a section of a larger document: A Framework
for Guiding Habitat Rehabilitation. This rehabilitation framework has
been developed for Remedial Action Plan (RAP) teams and Public Advisory
Committees (PACs) working to rehabilitate ecosystems in the 16 Canadian
Areas of Concern (AOCs) across the Great Lakes basin. A series of
guidelines have been developed for forest habitat. These guidelines
relate to overall forest cover, size of forest patch, percent of
interior forest, shape and proximity of a forest patch to other patches,
corridors, and forest quality.
Publisher: Canadian Wildlife Service, Ontario Region, Environment
Canada
Resource Type: Management Plans, Recommended Practices
100. Forest
Restoration Programme
Resource Identifier: http://www.gva.es/ceam/index_i.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Mediterranean Centre for Environmental Studies
Foundation (CEAM)
Subject: forests, forestry, conservation, fires, environmental
restoration, forest productivity, rangelands, research programs
Description: The objective for the Forest Restoration Programme
are: 1) Improve available instruments for minimising the negative
effects of forest fires: short and long-term ecosystem protection, 2)
Restore burnt and degraded areas: establishment of drought-resistant and
fire-resilient plant communities, 3) Conserve, improve and increase the
value of Valencian forest and shrubland: Reduce rangeland inflammability
and combustibility, thus promoting their stability, improve the
structure and maturity of forests, promote forest productivity.
Publisher: Mediterranean Centre for Environmental Studies
Foundation (CEAM)
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
101. Forest
Vegetation Maps of Western Ghats
Resource Identifier: http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/environment/conservation/frcm0002.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Marie-Claire Guero, B.R. Ramesh
Subject: forests, resource management, remote sensing, mapping,
vegetation cover, environmental monitoring, satellite sensing, surveys,
conservation, deforestation, environmental restoration, geographic
information systems
Description: The State of West Bengal has a total geographical
area of 88,750 Sq. Km. i.e. 13.4% of its land area is under recorded
forest. Out of this recorded forest area, nearly 34% of the forest has
been brought under Protected Area network, which includes National Parks
and Sanctuaries. West Bengal has one of the highest population densities
in the country and there is tremendous pressure on forestland. During
the Sixties and Seventies of twentieth century, because of a series of
development activities and population explosion, there had been
large-scale degradation of natural forest. However, from the early
Eighties, with the adoption of the technique of Joint Forest Management,
the process of degradation could not only be stopped but also reversed.
Peoples’ participation in management of forest and sharing of usufruct
from the resuscitated forest was the key to success of Joint Forest
Management. Since the natural eco-system has been undergoing rapid
changes in the recent times, the conventional methodology of forest
vegetation monitoring through the long-term process of preparation of
forest stock maps through manual survey has become almost obsolete. For
better management of this dynamic eco-system, a more realistic method
has been felt necessary. The modern technology of GIS and vegetation
mapping through Satellite Imagery provides an opportunity for such
real-time monitoring of the eco-system. Rapid appraisal of the forest
inventory will help identification of the correct strategy to achieve
the desired goal of conservation of forests and bio-diversity.
Publisher: GIS Development
Resource Type: Case Studies, Internet Map Services, Recommended
Practices
102. Forest
Working Plan in New Millennium
Resource Identifier: http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/environment/conservation/frcm0001.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: A. K. Raha
Subject: forests, resource management, deforestation,
environmental restoration, environmental monitoring, remote sensing,
vegetation cover, mapping, satellite sensing, conservation, geographic
information systems
Description: The State of West Bengal has a total geographical
area of 88,750 Sq. Km. i.e. 13.4% of its land area is under recorded
forest. Out of this recorded forest area, nearly 34% of the forest has
been brought under Protected Area network, which includes National Parks
and Sanctuaries. West Bengal has one of the highest population densities
in the country and there is tremendous pressure on forest land. During
the Sixties and Seventies of twentieth century, because of a series of
development activities and population explosion, there had been
large-scale degradation of natural forest. However, from the early
Eighties, with the adoption of the technique of Joint Forest Management,
the process of degradation could not only be stopped but also reversed.
Peoples’ participation in management of forest and sharing of usufruct
from the resuscitated forest was the key to success of Joint Forest
Management. Since the natural eco-system has been undergoing rapid
changes in the recent times, the conventional methodology of forest
vegetation monitoring through the long-term process of preparation of
forest stock maps through manual survey has become almost obsolete. For
better management of this dynamic eco-system, a more realistic method
has been felt necessary. The modern technology of GIS and vegetation
mapping through Satellite Imagery provides an opportunity for such
real-time monitoring of the eco-system. Rapid appraisal of the forest
inventory will help identification of the correct strategy to achieve
the desired goal of conservation of forests and bio-diversity.
Publisher: GIS Development
Resource Type: Case Studies, Internet Map Services, Recommended
Practices
103. Forests
Resource Identifier: http://www.unep-wcmc.org/index.html?http://www.unep-wcmc.org
/forest/homepage.htm~main
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: World Conservation Monitoring Centre, United Nations
Environment Programme
Subject: forests, information centers, data, conservation,
biodiversity, mapping, vegetation cover, distribution, classification,
resource management, protected areas, environmental changes,
environmental restoration, status, ecosystem assessment
Description: UNEP-WCMC's Forest, Dryland and Freshwater Programme
offers information, analysis and capacity building at regional, national
and international levels for the conservation, protection and
restoration of the world's forests and their biodiversity, in addition
to supporting the management and distribution of this information
world-wide. Information Resources and Services section includes the
following: Data Sets and Maps, Analysis for Decision Making: Trends and
Indicators, Regional Information, Collaboration and Networking, Forest
Web Links, Non-Timber Forest Products, Forestry Stewardship Council
Certification.
Publisher: World Conservation Monitoring Centre, United Nations
Environment Programme
Resource Type: Datasets, Internet Map Services
104. George Miksch
Sutton Avian Research Center
Resource Identifier: http://www.suttoncenter.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center
Subject: birds, conservation, habitats, environmental
restoration, research, education, population decline
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Description: Home page of the George Miksch Sutton Avian Research
Center which is dedicated to finding cooperative conservation solutions
for birds and the natural world through science and education. The scope
of the center's projects ranges from the reintroduction of Southern Bald
Eagles, intensive field research on declining grassland birds, captive
breeding of endangered species, raptor surveys world wide, to the use of
NASA thermal-imaging cameras to study incubation temperature. Links to
the main projects are available through this site.
Publisher: George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
105. Grassland
Birds: An Overview of Threats and Recommended Management Strategies
Resource Identifier: http://birds.cornell.edu/pifcapemay/vickery.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Cornell University
Subject: birds, grassland management, controlled burning,
environmental restoration, grazing, herbivores, population decline,
winter, breeding, distribution
Uncontrolled Keywords: grassland birds; habitat disturbance;
grassland bird conservation programs; western shortgrass prairie;
Midwestern tall grass prairie; eastern grasslands; native grazing
communities; mowing; haying; habitat preferences; neotropical migrants;
grassland ecosystems; threats; habitat loss; grassland landscapes
Description: Research paper defines how grassland ecosystems are
dependent on periodic disturbance for habitat maintenance. Historically,
grazing by native herbivores and prairie fires were the agents
principally responsible for maintaining grassland areas. However,
elimination of native herbivores, widespread fire suppression, and
conversion for agriculture have greatly altered grasslands in the United
States and Canada. Because of these landscape changes, many grassland
birds are increasingly dependent on land managers for habitat creation,
maintenance, and health. Grazing, prescribed burning, and mowing/haying
are the most frequently used, and versatile, grassland management
techniques. Grassland birds prefer a wide range of grass heights and
densities, with some species preferring short sparse vegetation, and
others preferring taller, more dense vegetation. Due to differences in
species habitat preferences and regional differences in soils and
floristics, the responses of individual grassland species to specific
grassland management practices can be variable and often are regionally
dependent. As a result, management of grassland areas is best directed
toward the creation of a mosaic of grassland habitat types. This habitat
mosaic is probably best maintained through some type of rotational
management system in which sections of large grassland areas receive
management on a regular schedule. Such a rotational system would provide
a variety of habitat types in every year, would ensure the availability
of suitable habitat for birds at either end of the grassland management
spectrum, and also would provide habitat for birds whose preferences lie
between these extremes.
Publisher: Cornell University
Resource Type: Case Studies, Management Plans, Recommended
Practices, Site Conservation Plans
106. Grassland
Management and Restoration for Breeding Birds: An Annotated Bibliography
Resource Identifier: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/birdbibl/birdbibl.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, United States
Geological Survey
Subject: birds, grassland management, environmental restoration,
breeding, habitats
Uncontrolled Keywords: breeding birds
Description: This resource is an annotated bibliography of
references that deal with the management and restoration of grasslands
and their associated breeding birds. Following each citation is a
summary of the results of the paper that seem most significant with
respect to the management of grassland habitats. Not all significant
results of each paper are discussed, just those that appear to be most
pertinent to grassland management. This bibliography includes research
dealing primarily with grasslands and grassland birds from the United
States, but is not exhaustive. Some references have certainly been
missed. Nevertheless, this list should provide a pretty good, general
overview of the literature pertaining to grassland management and
restoration for breeding birds.
Publisher: United States Geological Survey
Resource Type: Bibliographies and Web Indexes
107. Great
Egret
Resource Identifier: http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/wildlife/factshts/gegret.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Subject: birds, geographical distribution, habitats,
reproduction, threatened species, population decline, environmental
protection, government agencies, legislation, nesting behavior,
breeding, clutch size, wetlands, conservation, environmental
restoration, predation, marshes, aquatic birds, life history
Uncontrolled Keywords: bird morphology; special adaptations;
protective legislation; heron species; habitat loss
Description: Fact sheet for great egret. Information about its
identification, physical characteristics, distribution, reproduction,
decline, life history, facts, protective legislation and suggestions for
wetland habitats are provided.
Publisher: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Resource Type: Fact Sheets, Digital Photographs, Laws and
Regulations, Internet Map Services
108. Ground-Water Remediation
Technologies Analysis Center
Resource Identifier: http://www.gwrtac.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: economics; pollution clean-up;
environmental restoration; remediation; groundwater pollution; soil
remediation; water quality control
109. Gulf Coast
Hazardous Substance Research Center
Resource Identifier: http://www.gchsrc.lamar.edu/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center, Lamar
University, P.O. Box 10009, Beaumont, Texas, 77710
Uncontrolled Keywords: technology transfer; pollution prevention;
innovative technologies; remediation; environmental technology;
hazardous wastes; research programs; education; technology; waste
treatment; pollution control; environmental restoration; coastal
environments
110. Hawaii
Bird Conservation and Restoration
Resource Identifier: http://www.peregrinefund.org/conserv_hawaii.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Peregrine Fund
Subject: birds, conservation, environmental restoration,
endangered species, extinction, biodiversity
Uncontrolled Keywords: global environment health
Description: An overview of the Peregrine Fund's Hawaiian bird
conservation and restoration program. The goal of this program is to
restore viable populations of endangered Hawaiian birds and remove them
from the Endangered Species List. The success of the program is
discussed in detail.
Publisher: Peregrine Fund
Resource Type: Case Studies, Site Conservation Plans
State: Hawaii
111. Hawaii
Endangered Bird Conservation Program
Resource Identifier: http://www.state.hi.us/dlnr/dofaw/captiveprop/consprog.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
Subject: birds, conservation, endangered species, habitats,
environmental restoration, environmental protection, forests,
management, identification, eggs, incubation, monitoring, habitat
availability
Uncontrolled Keywords: captive propagation, threats, forest
birds, natural history, population viability
Description: Overview of the Hawaii Endangered Bird Conservation
Program. The causes of Hawaiian bird declines are numerous and
extensive, including loss and degradation of habitat, introduced
diseases, predators and competitors. The task of preventing further
declines and recovering imperiled species will require wide-ranging
efforts to address and mitigate the diversity of threats faced by
species in natural populations. The Hawaiian Endangered Bird
Conservation Program has partnered with other agencies and the mission
of this partnership is to contribute to these multifaceted efforts to
aid the recovery of native Hawaiian ecosystems and endangered bird
species and communities at the landscape-level. Details of the success
of the partnership program are included.
Publisher: Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
State: Hawaii
112. Hawaii State
Island Invasive Species Committees
Resource Identifier: http://www.hear.org/alliscs/
Cataloging Node: NBII Program Office
Creator: Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)
Subject: Botany, Horticulture, Invasive plants, Invasive animals,
Weeds, Invasive species, Plants, Introduced plants, Introduced species,
Invasive animals, Environmental restoration, Flora restoration,
Biological control, Land improvement, Resource conservation, Resource
management, Ecosystem recovery, Organizations, Environmental protection
Description: Hawaii State Island Invasive Species Committees (ISCs)
are voluntary partnerships of private, governmental, and non-profit
organizations--as well as interested individuals--united to combat
problems in Hawaii posed by invasive non-native (alien) species.
Publisher: Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)
Resource Type: Announcements and News Articles, Bibliographies
and Web Indexes, Issue Overviews, Management Plans, Federal Government
Agencies (U.S.), Recommended Practices, Journal Articles
State: Hawaii
113. Herpetolgy
Project
Resource Identifier: http://cars.er.usgs.gov/amphibians2.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Geological Survey
Subject: zoology, reptiles, amphibians, endangered species,
research, habitats, reproduction, life history, fauna, conservation,
environmental protection, biodiversity, population status, environmental
management, environmental restoration, population decline, threatened
species, snakes, turtles, monitoring, telemetry, data, information,
ecosystems
Uncontrolled Keywords: population modelling; habitat use, genetic
analysis; federal lands
Description: The Herpetology Project focuses on the life
histories, diversity and importance of amphibians and reptiles in a wide
variety of Southeastern and Caribbean ecosystems.
Publisher: United States Geological Survey
Resource Type: Management Plans
114. Highlighted
Scientific Findings of the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management
Project
Resource Identifier: http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/gtr_404.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Thomas M. Quigley, Heidi Bigler Cole
Subject: ecosystem management, ecosystem assessment, ecological
evaluation, socioeconomic factors, risk assessment, environmental
conditions, regeneration (ecosystems), environmental restoration
Description: Decisions regarding 72 million acres of Forest
Service- and Bureau of Land Management-administered lands will be based
on scientific findings brought forth in the Interior Columbia Basin
Ecosystem Management Project. Some highlights of the scientific findings
are presented here. Project scientists drew three general conclusions:
(1) Conditions and trends differ widely across the landscape; as a
result, one-size-fits-all strategies will neither effectively restore
nor maintain ecosystems. (2) Ecosystem elements are linked to one
another; effective ecosystem management requires an understanding of
these linkages. (3) The scientific assessment highlighted a wide variety
of risks important to ecological and socioeconomic systems. It also
brought forth numerous opportunities to restore ecological systems and
provide goods and services. To realize the opportunities, managers must
recognize and manage the risks. Three management options were analyzed:
current direction, active restoration, and reserve system establishment.
Analysis revealed that active restoration was effective in addressing
basinwide risks and opportunities.
Publisher: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Forest Service,
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Resource Type: Recommended Practices
State: Oregon, Washington
115. How
Much Habitat is Enough?
Resource Identifier: http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/wildlife/factsheets/fs_habitat-e.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Environment Canada
Subject: environmental restoration, habitats, wetlands,
watersheds, reforestation, water quality, marshes, vegetation, swamps,
land use, environmental protection, fishes, wildlife, riparian
environments, forests
Uncontrolled Keywords: rehabilitation sites; natural heritage
systems; satellite imagery; sediments; forest patches; forest birds;
forest cover
Description: Great Lakes factsheet. Information about habitat
guidelines for wetland habitats, riparian habitats, forest habitats,
land reforestation and watershed reforestation are included.
Publisher: Environment Canada
Resource Type: Fact Sheets, Digital Photographs, Management Plans
116. How
to Restore Forests on Surface-Mined Land - Powell River Project:
Reclamation
Guidelines for Surface-Mined Land in Southwest Virginia
Resource Identifier: http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/mines/460-123/460-123.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: James A. Burger, Carl E. Zipper
Subject: forests, environmental restoration, strip mines,
reclaimed land, soils, erosion, reforestation, silviculture, cultivation
techniques, land reclamation, government regulations, licenses and
permits, economics
Description: The purpose of this publication is to provide
practical, cost-effective guidelines to ensure successful forestland
reclamation using the principles of reforestation silviculture. The
following guidelines were developed from research and practical
experience, they should help reclamation managers and landowners achieve
reforestation success and renewal of the many benefits that forests
provide. Sections include: Principles of Reforestation, Regulations and
Performance Bonds, Selection, Placement, and Grading of Mine Soil
Material, Tree-Compatible Ground Covers for Erosion Control, Tree
Establishment, Tree Seeding Handling and Planting Techniques, Economic
Consideration.
Publisher: Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, Virginia State University
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
State: Virginia
117. Hydropower
Research and Development
Resource Identifier: http://hydropower.inel.gov/research/default.shtml
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Department of Energy
Subject: environmental impact, hydrology, water quality,
electricity, environmental effects, pollution, fishery industry, fishery
management, environmental restoration, environmental protection, fishes,
legislation, economics, research programs
Uncontrolled Keywords: renewable energy; hydroelectric power; dam
safety; fish passage
Description: Information about the efforts to reduce
environmental problems associated with hydropower operations, such as
providing safe fish passage and improved water quality, have received
considerable attention in the past decade both at Federal facilities and
non-Federal facilities licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission. Also mentioned are the need for improvements in water
quality in the Nation's rivers and the relicensing requirements for
hundreds of non-Federal hydropower facilities that provide an
opportunity to reexamine operations and consider the possibility of
restoring fisheries. Ongoing efforts to ensure the safety of dams and
use newly available computer technologies to optimize operations provide
additional opportunities to improve the environment.
Publisher: United States Department of Energy
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Laws and Regulations, Management
Plans
118. Idaho Rivers United
Resource Identifier: http://www.idahorivers.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Idaho Rivers United
Subject: rivers, environmental protection, natural areas
protection, political action, community involvement, environmental
restoration, dams, salmon, conservation
Uncontrolled Keywords: Wild and Scenic Rivers
Description: Idaho Rivers United's mission is to protect, restore
and improve the rivers of Idaho and the communities that depend on them.
The focus is the ecological integrity of our rivers; the main strategy
is citizen involvement. Volunteers and members are involved in issues
such as establishment of instream flows, protection of wild rivers,
keeping rivers clean and healthy, defending at-risk populations of fish,
and minimizing the impacts of dams on Idaho's rivers. Idaho Rivers
United builds river protection campaigns that effectively team up staff
and volunteers.
Publisher: Idaho Rivers United
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Idaho
119. Identifying
Management Actions on DoD Installations to Reverse Declines in
Neotropical
Birds (PDF)
Resource Identifier: http://www.birdpop.org/DownloadDocuments/BigOaksNWR2002.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: M. Philip Nott, Institute for Bird Populations
Subject: birds, landscape, habitats, models, monitoring, natural
resources, environmental restoration, population decline, forests,
breeding, predation, capture, migratory birds
Uncontrolled Keywords: neotropical birds; land cover; woodlands,
patch size, productivity, military installations, species-habitat
relationships
Description: This study shows that the MAPS protocol has great
potential for both monitoring the response of bird species to landscape
change and providing data that can be used to construct landscape level
avian population or community models. These models can be used to assess
the effects of proposed land management scenarios designed to restore,
maintain or harvest natural resources that provide breeding habitat for
a suite of neotropical landbird species.
Publisher: Institute for Bird Populations
Resource Type: Case Studies, Datasets, Internet Map Services
120. Improving
Fish Habitat (PDF)
Resource Identifier: http://www.lrconline.com/Extension_Notes_English/pdf/fsh_hab.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Land Owner Resource Center
Subject: food, human impact, environmental restoration, habitats,
fishes, marine environments, biodiversity, natural resources, artificial
reefs
Uncontrolled Keywords: spawning bed; northern pike; bass;
erosion; underwater structures; half logs; brush shelters; log cribs;
boulder clusters; rock piles; in-stream structures; rootwads; brush
bundles
Description: The health of fish populations often depends on
naturally occurring elements, such as the availability of food, and the
impact of human activities. Unfortunately, of the two, human activities
are often the more destructive. There are, however, many things that
individuals and groups can do to restore or enhance aquatic habitats and
improve local fisheries. This Extension Note highlights some of them.
Publisher: Land Owner Resource Center
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
121. Innovative
Uses of Compost - Reforestation, Wetlands Restoration, and Habitat
Revitalization
Resource Identifier: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/compost/reforest.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Solid Waste and Emergency Response, United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Subject: composts, composting, environmental restoration,
reforestation, wetlands, habitats, soils, environmental degradation
Description: Discusses the roles and benefits of compost, with
demonstration examples, in the areas of reforestation (Nantahela
National Forest and the Qualla Cherokee Reservation); habitat
restoration (Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Project); and regaining
wetlands (Clean Washington Center Project).
Publisher: Solid Waste and Emergency Response, United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
122. Interactive
Effects of Climate Change and Fire on Bird Communities:
Landscape
and Regional Projections
Resource Identifier: http://www.nrel.colostate.edu/brd_global_change/proj_42_big_bend.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Geological Survey
Subject: birds, climatic change, fires, habitats, ecology,
environmental restoration, management, distribution, vegetation,
statistical models
Uncontrolled Keywords: Chihuahuan Desert; habitat loss,
geographic information system, spatial dynamics, temporal dynamics, bird
landscape models, wildfires, fire frequency
Description: Information and objectives of project to assess the
vulnerability of the Trans-Pecos Region to climate change and increased
fire frequency, and to develop effective management and restoration
practices to accommodate such changes.
Publisher: Colorado State University
Resource Type: Case Studies
State: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
123. Invasive
Exotic Species
Resource Identifier: http://sofia.usgs.gov/sfrsf/rooms/species/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: South Florida Restoration Science Forum, United States
Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, Center for
Coastal Geology
Subject: invasive species, biological control, introduced
species, environmental restoration, weeds, fishes
Uncontrolled Keywords: control programs, noxious exotic weeds
Description: Web page provides link to invasive species control,
biological control methods, non-native fish information and the Noxious
Exotic Weed Task Team.
Publisher: United States Geological Survey
Resource Type: Fact Sheets, Digital Photographs, Management Plans
124. Invasive
Species
Resource Identifier: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/er/invasive/
Cataloging Node: NBII Program Office
Creator: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Subject: Botany, Horticulture, Invasive plants, Weeds, Invasive
species, Plants, Introduced plants, Invasive animals, Animals,
Introduced species, Environmental impact, Environmental restoration,
Flora restoration, Biological control, Weed control, Land improvement,
Resource conservation, Resource management, Ecosystem recovery,
Environmental protection, Conservation, Biodiversity, Indigenous
species, State government agencies, State programs, Identification
Description: Follow well-organized charts for information about
invasive plant species in Wisconsin and their habitats.
Publisher: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Resource Type: Bibliographies and Web Indexes, Fact Sheets,
Digital Photographs, Issue Overviews, Laws and Regulations, Internet Map
Services, Federal Government Agencies (U.S.), Recommended Practices,
Journal Articles
State: Wisconsin
125. Invasive
Species of the Forest Ground Plane
Resource Identifier: http://www.hort.agri.umn.edu/h5015/00papers/oversabo.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Autumn E. Sabo
Subject: invasive species, understory, forests, environmental
restoration, vegetation, indigenous species, habitats, biodiversity,
populations, ecosystems, conservation, introduced plants, reclamation
Description: Introduction to an issue of Restoration and
Reclamation Review, providing an overview of the issue related to the
importance of understory to restoration and the impact of invasive
species on that activity.
Publisher: Department of Horticultural Science, University of
Minnesota
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Recommended Practices, Journal
Articles
126. Joint Forest
Management
Resource Identifier: http://www.teriin.org/jfm/jfm.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Subject: forests, resource management, government programs,
cooperation, indigenous populations, sustainable development, forest
protection, conservation, resource development, development policy,
socioeconomics, deforestation, environmental restoration
Description: Joint Forest Management is a concept of developing
partnerships between fringe forest user groups and the FD (forest
department) on the basis of mutual trust and jointly defined roles and
responsibilities with regard to forest protection and development. Under
the JFM programme, the user (local communities) and the owner
(government) manage the resource and share the cost equally. The
effective and meaningful involvement of local communities in evolving
sustainable forest management systems is now being looked upon as a
significant approach to address the longstanding problems of
deforestation and land degradation in India. The linking of
socio-economic incentives and forest development has been singularly
instrumental in eliciting community participation.
Publisher: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Resource Type: Recommended Practices
127. Karner
Blue Butterfly
Resource Identifier: http://www.rom.on.ca/ontario/risk.php?doc_type=fact&lang=&id=57
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto,
Ontario, M5S 2C6,Canada
Uncontrolled Keywords: karner blue butterfly; Lycaeides melissa
samuelis; description; lupine; larvae; endangered species; ecosystem
recovery; distribution; environmental restoration; language; threats
128. Kern River
Resource Identifier: http://www.amrivers.org/20-4.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: American Rivers, 1025 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 720,
Washington, D.C. 20005
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, California; environmental
restoration; freshwater environments; inland water environment;
ecosystem management; environmental impact; hydropower projects;
electric power; electricity; rivers; power plants; dams; reservoirs;
barrages
129. Klamath
River Restoration Program
Resource Identifier: http://endeavor.des.ucdavis.edu/kris/RestProg.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: University of California, Davis
Uncontrolled Keywords: environmental restoration; Klamath Basin;
USA; California; water quality; salmon; Oncorhynchus
130. Lahontan
Cutthroat Trout
Resource Identifier: http://sacramento.fws.gov/es/animal_spp_acct/lahontan_cutthroat.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office
Subject: fishes, threatened species, geographical distribution,
spawning, environmental protection, environmental restoration,
endangered species, management, freshwater environments
Uncontrolled Keywords: restoration plan
Description: Links to the restoration plans for Lahontan
Cutthroat Trout in Nevada.
Publisher: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Resource Type: Management Plans
State: Nevada
131. Landbird
Monitoring Program 2001 Proposal - East Side Forests Structure
and
Grazing in Tall-Willow Riparian Communities
Resource Identifier: http://biology.umt.edu/landbird/willow.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana
Subject: birds, conservation, forestry, riparian forests,
management, environmental restoration, vegetation changes
Uncontrolled Keywords: avian species; avian habitats; riparian
habitats; woodlands; livestock grazing; vegetation; breeding birds;
neotropical migrants; riparian birds; willow riparian birds; tall willow
riparian areas; bird communities; elevation; bird sampling; vegetation
sampling; treatments
Description: Project to collect and develop information on avian
species response to guide riparian management in Region One and the
west. By combining survey efforts across multiple forests in Region One
and with other potential collaborators in western Montana we can gain
important insight into the health of riparian systems, identify key
universal and site-specific features to guide acquisition and
restoration, and identify the most effective techniques for active land
management and the conservation of avian habitats. Monitoring needs,
study objectives, bird sampling methods, vegetation sampling methods,
design and literature resources are identified.
Publisher: University of Montana
Resource Type: Case Studies, Datasets, Management Plans,
Recommended Practices
132. Landbird
Monitoring Program 2001 Proposal - West Side Forests Ponderosa
Pine
Dry Forest Restoration
Resource Identifier: http://biology.umt.edu/landbird/ppine.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana
Subject: birds, monitoring, conservation, environmental
restoration, management, logging, fires, old growth, forestry, breeding,
controlled burning, vegetation
Uncontrolled Keywords: avian species; landbirds; dry forests; dry
forest habitat; crown fires; species abundance ; site selection
Description: Project to collect and develop information on avian
species response to guide management of dry forests in Region One and
the west. By combining survey efforts across multiple forests in Region
One (and possibly with other collaborators in the west), we can gain
important insight into the health of dry forests, identify universal and
site specific features to guide restoration, and identify the most
effective techniques for active land management and the conservation of
avian habitats. Monitoring needs, study objectives, methods, design and
literature resources are identified.
Publisher: University of Montana
Resource Type: Case Studies, Issue Overviews, Recommended
Practices
133. Louisiana
Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Project
Resource Identifier: http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/prj/lca/
Cataloging Node: Central Southwest/Gulf Coast Information Node
Creator: United States Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans
District, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Subject: Wetlands, state programs, environmental restoration,
coastal erosion, environmental management, ecosystem recovery
Description: Louisiana Coastal Area Ecosystem Restoration Study
Web site. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Louisiana Department
of Natural Resources, in conjunction with federal and state agencies,
are undertaking this feasibility study, which covers 20,000 square miles
of the Louisiana coast from Texas to Mississippi. The site was developed
to provide you with up-to-date information about the project scope and
related activities
Publisher: United States Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans
District, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Federal Government Agencies
(U.S.)
State: Louisiana
134. Low
Access Forests and their Level of Protection in North America
Resource Identifier: http://pdf.wri.org/gfw_namerica_full.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Ruth NoguerĂł
Contributor: Dirk A. Bryant, James Strittholt, Jonathan Kool
Subject: forests, ecosystem assessment, environmental
restoration, public access, roads, logging, protected areas, mapping,
status
Description: This paper presents the results of a map-based
analysis of the location and status of North American forests (excluding
Mexico) that remain mostly undivided by roads and other access routes,
so-called low-access forests. It provides a regional look at where large
tracts (larger than 200 square kilometers (km2) of low-access forest are
located, as well as an assessment of the degree to which these tracts
are currently protected. Because of data limitations (for example, the
analysis does not factor in the presence of logging roads), these
results create only a coarse picture, at a continental scale, of the
location and status of large, low-access forest tracts. The results are
useful for identifying forests that, due to their limited development,
offer opportunities for expanding protected area networks and/or for
restoration, as well as priority areas for future mapping to
characterize intact forests at finer scales.
Publisher: World Resources Institute
Resource Type: Case Studies, Issue Overviews, Internet Map
Services
135. Low-Access
Forests and their Level of Protection in North America
Resource Identifier: http://www.globalforestwatch.org/common/pdf/report.north.america.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Ruth NoguerĂł
Contributor: Dirk A. Bryant, James Strittholt, Jonathan Kool
Subject: forests, protected areas, mapping, surveys, roads,
environmental assessment, environmental restoration
Uncontrolled Keywords: low-access forests
Description: This paper presents the results of a map-based
analysis of the location and status of North American forests (excluding
Mexico) that remain mostly undivided by roads and other access routes,
so called low-access forests. It provides a regional look at where large
tracts (larger than 200 square kilometers (km2) of low-access forest are
located, as well as an assessment of the degree to which these tracts
are currently protected. Because of data limitations (for example, the
analysis does not factor in the presence of logging roads), these
results create only a coarse picture, at a continental scale, of the
location and status of large, low-access forest tracts. The results are
useful for identifying forests that, due to their limited development,
offer opportunities for expanding protected area networks and/or for
restoration, as well as priority areas for future mapping to
characterize intact forests at finer scales.
Publisher: Global Forest Watch, World Resources Institute
Resource Type: Internet Map Services
136. Management
of Bottomland Hardwoods and Deepwater Swamps for
Threatened
and Endangered Species
Resource Identifier: http://www.wes.army.mil/el/elpubs/pdf/trserdp99-5.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Richard A. Fischer, Chester O. Martin, Kevin Robertson,
William R. Whitworth, Mary G. Harper
Subject: endangered species, species of special concern, resource
management, ecology, land use, forests, hardwoods, wetlands,
environmental impact, environmental restoration, military, habitats,
planning, research, landscape, silviculture
Description: Bottomland hardwood forests (BLH) and deepwater
swamps are forested wetlands that include stream and river floodplain
forests and basin mixed hardwood forests throughout the southeastern
United States. The ecology and management of these communities are
reviewed here with an emphasis on land uses associated with Department
of Defense (DoD) installations. This effort is directed at developing
strategies to manage threatened, endangered, sensitive species (TES) and
their habitats on a plant community basis using methods that apply to
multiple species and military training lands across the southeastern
United States. The objectives of this research were to compile
information, identify gaps in knowledge, and stimulate future research
efforts on the potential positive and negative effects of landscape
planning, silviculture, military training, and other resource-based
activities on BLH and deepwater swamps that serve as high quality
habitat for TES on military lands in the southeastern United States.
Publisher: Engineer Research and Development Center, United
States Army Corps of Engineers
Resource Type: Case Studies, Recommended Practices
137. Management
Recommendations for Washington's Priority Habitats: Riparian
Resource Identifier: http://wdfw.wa.gov/hab/ripxsum.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: K. Lea Knutson, Virginia L. Naef
Subject: habitats, habitat utilization, habitat changes, riparian
environments, wildlife management, resource management, land use,
wildlife conservation, watersheds, agriculture, grazing, chemicals,
roads, recreation, streams, forest practices, urbanization, habitat
improvement, environmental restoration, planning
Description: The Department has developed management
recommendations for Washington’s priority habitats and species to
provide planners, elected officials, landowners, and citizens with
comprehensive information on important fish, wildlife, and habitat
resources. These management recommendations are designed to assist in
making land use decisions that incorporate the needs of fish and
wildlife. Management recommendations for each priority habitat are
written in six sections: Definition, Rationale, Distribution, Habitat
Description, Fish and Wildlife Use, Impacts of Land Use, Management
Recommendations. Recommendations on major land use activities commonly
conducted within or adjacent to riparian areas are provided, including
those relative to agriculture, chemical treatments, grazing, watershed
management, roads, stream crossings and utilities, recreational use,
forest practices, urbanization, comprehensive planning, restoration, and
enhancement. Management recommendations for riparian habitat are
developed to meet the goal of maintaining or enhancing the structural
and functional integrity of riparian habitat and associated aquatic
systems needed to perpetually support fish and wildlife populations on
both site and landscape levels.
Publisher: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Resource Type: Recommended Practices
State: Washington
138. Managing
Regeneration in Conifer Plantations to Restore a Mixed, Hardwood Forest
Resource Identifier: http://www.lrconline.com/Extension_Notes_English/pdf/cnfr.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Land Owner Resource Center
Contributor: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Eastern
Ontario Model Forest
Subject: conifers, plantations, hardwoods, forests, regeneration
(ecosystems), environmental restoration, hardwoods, forest products,
wood, wildlife, habitats
Description: This Extension Note tells you how to manage the
hardwood regeneration in 20- to 70-year-old conifer plantations to speed
the restoration of a more diverse, hardwood forest. In addition to
improving habitat for wildlife, restoration can also increase the
quality and commercial value of the conifer plantation and the future
hardwood forest for wood products.
Publisher: Land Owner Resource Center
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
139. Managing
Small Woods
Resource Identifier: http://www.enfo.ie/Library/as/as13.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Forest Service, David Hickie
Subject: forests, resource management, land ownership, stock
assessment, environmental restoration, forest products, harvesting,
forest practices, grants, financing
Description: This leaflet, from the United Kingdom's Forest
Service, gives advice on: how to take stock of woodlands; how to
renovate woods; harvesting and marketing; sources of grant-aid and
further advice.
Publisher: Information on the Environment, Department of the
Environment and Local Government
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
140. Managing
Wetlands for Water birds: How Managers Can Make a Difference
in
Improving Habitat to Support a North American Bird ConservationPlan
Resource Identifier: http://birds.cornell.edu/pifcapemay/erwin.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Cornell University
Subject: birds, aquatic birds, wetlands, pesticides, threatened
species, endangered species, government agencies, environmental
restoration, wildlife, riparian environments, winter, agriculture,
grazing, invasive species, runoff
Uncontrolled Keywords: wetland loss; wetland management;
waterbird populations; sedimentation; agricultural conversions; flood
control; human disturbances; beaches; forest fragmentation; colonial
waterbirds; shorebirds; rails; allies; freshwater marshes; coastal
beaches; migration habitat; metal contamination; estuaries; timber
harvest; mosquito control; single species management; forested wetlands;
prairie regions
Description: Research paper defines how wetlands are the most
productive ecosystems in the world, yet they have suffered more loss and
degradation than any other ecosystem. Not surprisingly, 50% (29 of 58)
of all the bird species in the U. S. (excluding Hawaii and territories)
that are listed either as federally threatened or endangered, or are on
the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service 1995 List of Migratory Nongame
Birds of Management Concern, occupy wetland or aquatic habitats even
though many remaining wetlands across the North American landscape
already are managed primarily for waterbirds. Some of these wetlands are
administered by federal and state entities (e.g., national wildlife
refuges, national and state parks, state wetland management areas) or
are maintained on private lands through federally supported restoration
and enhancement programs (e.g., Conservation Reserve Program, Wetland
Reserve Program, Waterfowl Production Areas, and Partners for Wildlife).
Private organizations, such as the National Audubon Society, The Nature
Conservancy, and private hunting clubs, also own wetland areas that are
managed specifically to benefit wildlife. If management philosophies are
altered to consider the entire complex of wetlands, many wetlands can
provide benefits to a broad array of waterbirds, as opposed to just one
or a few species. However, challenges for natural resource managers are
in forming partnerships with owners-managers of wetlands where the
objectives are not primarily wildlife oriented. These owners or managers
need to be included in wetland training workshops in an attempt to
educate them about wetland values and secondary wildlife benefits that
may be derived in flooded agricultural lands, aquaculture ponds, altered
coastal marshes (mosquito control), and salt evaporation ponds. In some
cases, compensation for crop damages by wildlife may be a necessary part
of any cooperative agreements. In the development of a North American
Bird Conservation Plan we propose a four-step approach and recommend
that emphasis be placed on working with Joint Ventures of the North
American Waterfowl Management Plan to ensure that a diverse array of
waterbird species will benefit. Efforts also should be devoted to
developing similar partnerships in areas where important wetland
resources exist but no Joint Ventures are planned.
Publisher: Cornell University
Resource Type: Case Studies, Management Plans, Site Conservation
Plans
141. Mangrove
Action Project
Resource Identifier: http://www.earthisland.org/map/index.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Mangrove Action Project
Subject: mangroves, deforestation, environmental restoration,
coastal ecosystems, sustainable development, indigenous populations,
economics, employment, developing countries, fishing, agriculture,
public awareness
Description: MAP is dedicated to reversing the degradation of
mangrove forest ecosystems worldwide. Its central tenet is to promote
the rights of local coastal peoples, including fishers and farmers, in
the sustainable management of coastal environs. MAP provides four
essential services to grassroots associations and other proponents of
mangrove conservation: 1) It coordinates a unique international NGO
network and information clearinghouse on mangrove forests; 2) It
promotes public awareness of mangrove forest issues; 3) It develops
technical and financial support for NGO projects; and 4) MAP helps
publicize within the developed nations the basic needs and struggles of
Third World coastal fishing and farming communities affected by the
consumer demands of the wealthy nations.
Publisher: Earth Island Institute
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
142. Manual
for Monitoring Coral Reefs with Indicator Species (PDF)
Resource Identifier: http://www.coral.noaa.gov/themes/butterfl.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Michael Crosby, Ernst Reese, National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration
Subject: coral reefs, environmental monitoring, fishes, tropical
fishes, atolls, barrier reefs, habitats, mangroves, ecosystem
management, conservation, environmental restoration, damage, behavior,
food, feeding behavior
Uncontrolled Keywords: indicator species; butterfly fishes; reef
health; stress levels; behavioral ecology; transect lines
Description: The development of the coral reef monitoring
approach described in this manual will provide the basis for a future,
more comprehensive effort to provide scientific evidence of the
compatibility of amphibious exercises or highlight potential damages and
recommendations for mitigating alternatives to minimize effects of these
exercises.
Publisher: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
Resource Type: Case Studies
State: Hawaii
143. Maryland
Sea Grant Research: Oyster Disease Research Program
Resource Identifier: http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/Research/OysterDisease.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Maryland Sea Grant
Subject: fishery industry, oysters, diseases, animal diseases,
disease control, environmental protection, environmental management,
environmental restoration, coastal environments
Uncontrolled Keywords: oyster fisheries; MSX; Dermo; disease
detection; parasitic diseases; Crassostrea virginica ; disease
resistance
Description: This extensive program of ongoing research coupled
with outreach and management efforts aims to better serve the
restoration of healthy populations of oysters in the nation's coastal
waters. Restoring Oysters to U. S. Coastal Waters summarizes the program
to date and highlights successful application of research efforts on the
east and west coasts.
Publisher: University of Maryland
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
144. Mission
of the EPA's US Coral Reef Task Force
Resource Identifier: http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/coral/taskforce.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Wetlands,
Oceans, & Watersheds
Subject: coral reefs, government agencies, environmental
protection, biodiversity, conservation, marine environments,
environmental degradation, environmental restoration, mapping,
monitoring, research
Uncontrolled Keywords: Environmental Protection Agency; EPA ;
task force; environmental legislation
Description: The Executive Order directs all federal agencies to
protect coral reef ecosystems to the extent feasible, and instructs
particular agencies to develop coordinated, science-based plans to
restore damaged reefs as well as mitigate current and future impacts on
reefs, both in the United States and around the globe. Also, the
Executive Order on Coral Reef Protection establishes the interagency
U.S. Coral Reef Task Force
Publisher: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Resource Type: Laws and Regulations
145. Multi-resource
and Multi-scale Approaches for Meeting the Challenge
of
Managing Multiple Species
Resource Identifier: http://birds.cornell.edu/pifcapemay/thompson_etal.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Cornell University
Subject: birds, migratory birds, habitats, conservation,
ecosystem management, spatial analysis, distribution, breeding,
population dynamics, threatened species, endangered species,
environmental economics, environmental restoration, riparian
environments, population decline
Uncontrolled Keywords: neotropical migratory bird species;
habitat requirements; multi-resource conflicts; multi-species conflicts;
management indicator species; priority species; mapping methods;
Southern Appalachian Subregional Assessment; ecological processes;
habitat requirements; pesticide contamination; forest fragmentation;
wetland loss; riparian habitat degradation; species prioritization;
landscape habitat suitability
Description: Research paper highlights how the large number of
Neotropical migratory bird (NTMB) species and their diverse habitat
requirements create conflicts and difficulties for land managers and
conservationists. We provide examples of assessments or conservation
efforts that attempt to address the problem of managing for multiple
NTMB species. We advocate approaches at a variety of spatial and
geographic scales, and believe that successful NTMB conservation will
require a broad “top-down” perspective combined management actions
taken from the “bottom up.” A top-down approach is needed to
establish priorities or objectives at regional and sub-regional scales
for species, ecosystems, and ecological processes (e.g., the role of
fire in grasslands and woodlands). Multi-species or multi-resource
concerns require broad spatial perspectives (regional, continental,
global), because many ecological processes and economic concerns are
regional, continental, and global in scope. We believe that
multi-resource, multi-species conflicts can be reduced if managers at a
local level try to contribute to regional priorities.
Publisher: Cornell University
Resource Type: Case Studies, Management Plans, Recommended
Practices
146. Mycorrhizae
in Bottomland Hardwood (BLH) Wetland Forests
Resource Identifier: http://www.wes.army.mil/el/wrtc/wrp/tnotes/vnrs4-2.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: M. M. Davis, Judy Shearer
Subject: wetlands, hardwoods, forests, mycorrhizae, environmental
restoration, reforestation, agricultural land, regeneration
(ecosystems), inoculation
Description: This technical note describes the distribution of
mycorrhizae in several bottomland hardwood (BLH) wetland forests of the
Southeast and their potential importance in restoration of BLH wetland
forests from agricultural lands. The large number of fungal species that
have little overlap among tree species suggests that several fungal
species may perform ecologically similar roles in the symbiotic
relationship with the host tree. This indicates that the development of
the mycorrhizal inoculum for plantings to be used in restoration
projects should involve only a limited number of species. If the common
mycorrhizal fungi or fungi that exhibit desirable characteristics can be
easily cultured, commercial inoculation of large numbers of seedlings
will be economically feasible.
Publisher: Waterways Experiment Station, Research and Development
Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers
Resource Type: Fact Sheets, Recommended Practices
147. National
Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Resource Identifier: http://web.infoave.net/~ncamr/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation,
Highway 41, P.O. Box 177, Tracy City, TN, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: coal; mining; water quality; public
health; economics; land reclamation; environmental restoration
148. National
Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program
Resource Identifier: http://www.fws.gov/cep/cwgcover.html
Cataloging Node: Central Southwest/Gulf Coast Information Node
Creator: Division of Fish and Wildlife Management, United States
Fish and Wildlife Service
Subject: Wetlands, grants, government agencies, environmental
restoration
Description: The Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and
Restoration Act (Title III of P.L. 101-646) established the National
Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program to acquire, restore, and
enhance wetlands of coastal States and the Trust Territories. Includes
information on past grant awards, program fact sheets, and application
guidelines.
Publisher: Division of Fish and Wildlife Management, United
States Fish and Wildlife Service
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
149. National
Fire Plan
Resource Identifier: http://www.fireplan.gov/content/home/?LanguageID=1
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Fire Plan
Subject: fires, forests, rangelands, environmental restoration,
government programs, research programs, cooperation, planning
Uncontrolled Keywords: wildfire fuels
Description: The National Fire Plan is a long-term investment
that will help protect communities and natural resources, and most
importantly, the lives of firefighters and the public. It is a long-term
commitment based on cooperation and communication among federal
agencies, states, local governments, tribes and interested publics.
Sections on the site include: firefighting, rehabilitation, fuels
reduction, community assistance, accountability, research, reports,
activity by state.
Publisher: National Fire Plan
Resource Type: Management Plans, Federal Government Agencies
(U.S.)
150. National
Forests as the New Appalachian Commons
Resource Identifier: http://www.mtnforum.org/resources/library/bolgc99a.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Chris Bolgiano
Subject: deforestation, ecosystem recovery, environmental
restoration, public policy, land use, conservation, resource
exploitation
Uncontrolled Keywords: national forests, commons
Description: Part of a panel discussion on the book,
"Transforming the Appalachian Countryside: Railroads,
Deforestation, and Social Change in West Virginia, 1880-1920" by
Ronald Lewis (University of North Carolina Press, 1998). The author
proposes that the Appalachian national forests embody a new, modern form
of the commons, which offers this region an unprecedented opportunity.
The reincarnation of the Appalachian commons can maintain and maybe even
reinvigorate traditional Appalachian values. At the same time, the
national forests offer a structure by which to avoid the original
tragedy of the commons, that is, overexploitation. The requirement for
public participation in national forest planning provides a mechanism
for local communities to help shape land use policies. In turn,
ecological monitoring and reporting by the Forest Service can provide
the necessary feedback for long-term protection of resources.
Publisher: Mountain Forum
Resource Type: Recommended Practices, Proceedings
151. Native
Forest Network
Resource Identifier: http://nativeforest.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Native Forest Network
Subject: forests, forestry, environmental protection,
conservation, ecology, sustainable development, indigenous populations,
environmental restoration, regeneration (ecosystems), fires
Description: The Native Forest Network is a global autononomous
collective of forest activists, indigenous peoples, conservation
biologists and non-governmental organizations. The mission of NFN is to
protect the world's remaining native forest be they temperate or
otherwise, to ensure they can survive, flourish and maintain their
evolutionary potential.
Publisher: Native Forest Network
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
152. Native
Plants Journal
Resource Identifier: http://nativeplants.for.uidaho.edu/
Cataloging Node: NBII Program Office
Creator: United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service,
University of Idaho
Contributor: United States Department of Agriculture Research
Service, United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Subject: Botany, Horticulture, Indigenous plants, Plants,
Conservation, Reforestation, Landscaping, Flora restoration,
Environmental restoration, Sustainable development, Ecosystem
management, Natural vegetation, Environmental protection, Cultivation
techniques
Uncontrolled Keywords: Green landscaping
Description: A semi-annual electronic journal, providing
technical and practical information on the growing of native plants for
restoration, conservation, reforestation, and landscaping.
Publisher: University of Idaho
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Recommended Practices, Journal
Articles
153. Natural
History
Resource Identifier: http://www.elkhornslough.org/nathist.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Elkhorn Slough Foundation, Elkhorn Slough National
Research Reserve
Subject: birds, plants, fishes, wetlands, aquatic birds, aquatic
plants, conservation, biota, habitats, nature reserves, environmental
restoration, basidiocarps, sharks
Uncontrolled Keywords: Elkhorn Slough; estuaries; coastal
wetlands; mud, wild birds, rays
Description: Located in the middle of Monterey Bay, Elkhorn
Slough harbors the largest tract of tidal salt marsh in California
outside of San Francisco Bay. The Elkhorn Slough is one of the state's
largest and last remaining coastal wetlands. This site provides
information about birds, plants, sharks, rays and microscopic slough
that inhabit the Elkhorn Slough area.
Publisher: Elkhorn Slough Foundation, Elkhorn Slough National
Research Reserve
Resource Type: Checklists and Identification Guides, Fact Sheets,
Digital Photographs
State: California
154. NBII California
Information Node
Resource Identifier: http://cain.nbii.gov/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Biological Information Infrastructure
Contributor: University of California, Davis - Information Center
for the Environment
Subject: invasive species, introduced species, biological
control, environmental management, conservation, environmental
restoration, flora, fauna, watersheds, mapping, weeds, birds
Description: The California Information Node provides access to
data and information about California's environment. Among the topics
covered are: invasive species, resource management, conservation,
restoration, plants, animals, watersheds and policies. Images, maps and
spatial data are also provided. Links to biological issues, biological
disciplines, teacher resources and other data resources are available.
Publisher: United States Geological Survey
Resource Type: Datasets, Databases and Information Systems, Fact
Sheets, Digital Photographs, Management Plans, Internet Map Services,
Site Conservation Plans, Standards and Guidelines
State: California
155. NBII Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources Node
Resource Identifier: http://far.nbii.gov/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
National Program Office, USGS Biological Informatics Office
Subject: fishing, aquatic plants, crustaceans, aquatic insects,
mollusks, watersheds, hatcheries, wildlife management, fishes, water
quality, conservation, environmental restoration, fishery management,
fishery industry, wildlife, aquatic environments, animal diseases,
diseases
Uncontrolled Keywords: fish species; fish population dynamics;
fish diseases; habitat alteration, habitat degradation, datasets
Description: A brief overview of the Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources Node (FAR) node was established to provide an integrated,
comprehensive web-based resource that will: 1) serve and access fishery
and aquatic databases, 2) link to fishery and aquatic resource
information sites and 3) act as larger scale coordinating site for
fisheries and aquatic resources standards. Information about StreamNet,
which provides a variety of data types, informational products, and data
services in support of the region's Fish and Wildlife Program and other
efforts to manage and restore the region's aquatic resources.
Publisher: National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
National Program Office
Resource Type: Databases and Information Systems, Fact Sheets,
Digital Photographs, Management Plans
156. NCSU
Water Quality Group Newsletter
Resource Identifier: http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/bae/programs/extension/wqg/issues/index.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: North Carolina State University
Subject: marine environments, water quality, pollution, land use,
natural resources, watersheds, freshwater environments, environmental
restoration, monitoring, agriculture, forestry
Uncontrolled Keywords: nonpoint source pollution; waste
management
Description: Home page of the North Carolina State University
Water Quality Group. Website highlights news, recent publications and
upcoming events. The North Carolina State University (NCSU) Water
Quality Group is a multidisciplinary team that analyzes and conducts
natural resource management programs with an emphasis on nonpoint source
(NPS) pollution policy, assessment, and control technologies.
Publisher: North Carolina State University
Resource Type: Announcements and News Articles, Journal Articles
157. NOAA
Restoration Center
Resource Identifier: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/
Cataloging Node: Central Southwest/Gulf Coast Information Node
Creator: Nancy Lou, NOAA Fisheries, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
Subject: Marine ecology, marine ecosystems, marine environments,
marine aquaculture, environmental restoration, government agencies
Description: The NOAA Restoration Center enhances living marine
resources to benefit the nation's fisheries by restoring their habitats.
The NOAA Restoration Center is the focal point for marine and estuarine
habitat restoration within NOAA. The Restoration Center (housed in the
National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Habitat Conservation)
performs restoration pursuant to federal legislation and improves the
state of restoration ecology and habitat management.
Publisher: NOAA Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
158. Nooksack Salmon
Enhancement Association
Resource Identifier: http://www.n-sea.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association
Subject: fisheries, conservation, wildlife management, salmon,
streams, environmental restoration, habitat improvement
Description: Formed in 1990 as a non-profit organization, NSEA is
a coalition of community members with a common vision of seeing
naturally spawning salmon returning to Whatcom County streams.
Publisher: Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Washington
159. North
American Bird Conservation Initiative in the United States: A Vision of
American Bird Conservation (PDF)
Resource Identifier: http://www.partnersinflight.org/nabci/NABCIfndtn.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Partners in Flight
Subject: birds, conservation, recreation, tourism, migratory
birds, population decline, habitats, environmental restoration,
management, financing, government agencies
Uncontrolled Keywords: bird population; birding; nature-based
recreation, wildlife protection, life cycles, bird conservation
landscape
Description: Report identifies the vision of the North American
Bird Conservation Initiative which is to see populations and habitats of
North America's birds protected, restored and enhanced through
coordinated efforts at international, national, regional, state and
local levels, guided by sound science and effective management. Further
details to accomplish this vision are provided.
Publisher: Partners in Flight
Resource Type: Management Plans
160. North
American Waterfowl Management Plan
Resource Identifier: http://birdhabitat.fws.gov/NAWMP/nawmphp.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of
Bird Habitat Conservation
Subject: birds, migratory birds, aquatic birds, population
decline, nesting behavior, winter, conservation, wetlands, endangered
species, development projects, environmental restoration
Description: An overview of the plan recognizing the importance
of waterfowl and wetlands to North Americans and the need for
international cooperation to help in the recovery of a shared resource,
the Canadian and United States governments developed a strategy to
restore waterfowl populations through habitat protection, restoration,
and enhancement. The strategy was documented in the North American
Waterfowl Management Plan signed in 1986 by the Canadian Minister of the
Environment and the United States' Secretary of the Interior. The plan's
premise, committee and accomplishments are identified.
Publisher: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Resource Type: Management Plans, Site Conservation Plans
161. Northwest
Ecosystem Alliance
Resource Identifier: http://www.ecosystem.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Northwest Ecosystem Alliance
Subject: environmental protection, environmental restoration,
conservation, political action, conservation, natural resources,
resource management, forests, endangered species, special status species
Description: Northwest Ecosystem Alliance (NWEA) protects and
restores wildlands in the Pacific Northwest and supports such efforts in
British Columbia. NWEA bridges science and advocacy, working with
activists, policy makers and the general public to conserve the Pacific
Northwest's natural heritage. NWEA has fought relentlessly to maintain
the ecological integrity of the Northwest's wildlands. In doing so, it
has established itself as one of America's premier regional conservation
forces, combining organizing, media and science skills with innovative
strategy and fieldwork. Along with protecting countless acres of
forestland, NWEA has worked diligently to protect endangered and
threatened species such as the lynx, gray wolf and salmon.
Publisher: Northwest Ecosystem Alliance
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
162. Northwest
Habitat Institute
Resource Identifier: http://www.nwhi.org/NHI/default.asp
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Northwest Habitat Institute
Subject: wildlife, fishes, habitats, endemic species,
conservation, education, data, mapping, models, monitoring,
environmental restoration, land use, planning, information centers
Description: The Northwest Habitat Institute (NHI) is a
non-profit scientific and educational organization. Its mission is to
promote and facilitate the conservation of Pacific Northwest native
species and habitats through: development and dissemination of data-rich
and verifiable information, maps, and tools, and restoration and
enhancement of native habitats. Specific objectives of the institute
include developing products and tools that assist landowners and land
managers conserve native species and habitats, developing and
implementing inventorying and monitoring programs, and coordinating and
facilitating activities (e.g., habitat restoration, land-use planning
and management objectives) that promote the conservation and management
of natural resources. To achieve its mission, NHI has developed three
specialized programs: Habitat Mapping, Data Modeling, and Habitat
Restoration.
Publisher: Northwest Habitat Institute
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
163. Oaks
in California's Changing Landscape
Resource Identifier: http://danr.ucop.edu/ihrmp/proceed/symproc02.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: University of California, Integrated Hardwood Range
Management Program, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources,
Berkeley College of Natural Resources
Subject: ecology, resource management, trees, wood, forest
products, research, soils, conservation, regeneration (ecosystems),
fires, wildlife, urban environments, public policy, seedlings,
environmental restoration, diseases, damage, sustainable development,
planning, grazing, genetics, monitoring
Uncontrolled Keywords: oaks, Sudden Oak Death
Description: Online version of the Proceedings of the 5th
Symposium on Oak Woodlands, "Oaks in California’s Changing
Landscape". There are peer reviewed scientific articles, and
abstracts from 12 poster presentations on the latest information on the
ecology, management, uses, and products from California’s oak
woodlands. There is a special section with 8 papers on Sudden Oak Death.
The fifth oak symposium was designed to provide a forum for current
research and outstanding case studies on oak woodland conservation and
sustainability in California. The previous conferences -- held in 1979,
1986, 1990, and 1996 -- serve as rich sources of information about a
wide range of subjects on oak ecology, management, uses, planning and
conservation. This conference is aimed at natural resource managers,
researchers, policy makers, and public and private interest groups.
Seventy-two papers are presented in the proceedings. Topics covered
include: grazing relations, soil relations, Garry oak conservation, oak
regeneration and restoration, fire relations, wildlife relations, urban
forestry, oak woodland policy, genetic factors, monitoring, ecology, and
a special session on "Sudden Oak Death."
Publisher: University of California, Integrated Hardwood Range
Management Program
Resource Type: Proceedings
State: California
164. Oculina
Bank - Geology of a Deep-Water Coral Reef Habitat off Florida
Resource Identifier: http://pubs.usgs.gov/factsheet/fs108-99/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Department of the Interior, United States
Geological Survey
Subject: coral reefs, habitats, overfishing, trawling,
environmental restoration, human impact, fishes, marine environments,
fishery industry
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, Florida, Oculina Bank; coral reefs;
habitat; limestone pinnacles ; reef-dwelling fish; gag grouper;
Shelf-edge prominences; coral transplantation ; dredging
Description: Fact sheet provides information about Oculina
varicosa which is a fragile, branching coral and grows only on the
limestone pinnacles. Three decades of dredging and trawling in the
Florida area had crushed many of the delicate corals. The scientists
concluded that recovery of the overfished grouper population would not
be possible without the restoration of the Oculina Bank habitat.
Publisher: United States Department of the Interior, United
States Geological Survey
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
State: Florida
165. Oklahoma
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program
Resource Identifier: http://www.okcc.state.ok.us/Divisions/Mine_Reclamation/mine_reclamation.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Oklahoma Conservation Commission, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, Oklahoma; mining; environmental
restoration; land reclamation; coal; government programs
166. Oklahoma,
Division of Bird Habitat Conservation
Resource Identifier: http://birdhabitat.fws.gov/nawca/projects/USprojects/OK.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of
Bird Habitat Conservation
Subject: birds, migratory birds, habitats, wetlands,
conservation, financing, development projects, wildlife, wildlife
management, environmental restoration, aquatic birds, breeding, winter,
water quality, population decline, population number
Uncontrolled Keywords: wading birds, brood-rearing habitat,
uplands, aqueduct, shorebirds, wading birds, ducks, geese, sandhill
cranes, grassland birds
Description: A list of the Migratory Bird Conservation
Commission, as authorized under the North American Wetlands Conservation
Act, approved projects.
Publisher: United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Resource Type: Management Plans, Site Conservation Plans
State: Oklahoma
167. Old
Growth and Biodiversity Stewardship Fact Sheet for Michigan
Resource Identifier: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/IC4236_23007_7.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Forest Mineral And Fire Management Division, Michigan
Department of Natural Resources
Subject: old growth, biodiversity, forests, resource management,
ecosystem recovery, environmental restoration, planning, government
programs
Description: Michigan is one of the first states to formally
develop a plan that specifically addresses native old growth forest
condition and biodiversity restoration on state-owned forest lands and
other state owned lands (such as state park and recreation areas). This
fact sheet describes the old growth/bio-diversity stewardship (OG/BS)
program with sections on: criteria for OG/BS designation, public
involvement, planning process, design and criteria phase, resource
selection phase, and timeline.
Publisher: Forest Mineral And Fire Management Division, Michigan
Department of Natural Resources
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
State: Michigan
168. Old-Growth
Forests of Southern Ontario
Resource Identifier: http://www.lrconline.com/Extension_Notes_English/pdf/oldgwth.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Land Owner Resource Center
Contributor: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Eastern
Ontario Model Forest
Subject: forests, old growth, succession, population structure,
community composition, natural disturbance, biodiversity, environmental
restoration, ecosystem recovery
Description: This Extension Note provides information on the
characteristics of old-growth forests and the many species that depend
on these features for survival. Sections include: Loss of Old-Growth,
What Did Southern Ontario's Old-Growth Forests Look Like, Structure of
Old-Growth Forests, Composition of Old-Growth Forests, Natural
Disturbances Shaped the Old-Growth Forest, Importance of Diversity,
Restoring Old-Growth, Life in the Old-Growth Forest.
Publisher: Land Owner Resource Center
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
169. On
Sparing Farmland and Spreading Forest
Resource Identifier: http://phe.rockefeller.edu/SAF_Forest/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Jesse H. Ausubel
Subject: intensive farming, forests, land use, farms,
agricultural technology, agricultural production, crop yield, precision
farming, forestry, environmental restoration
Description: Farmers have so successfully learned to extract more
crop from a given area that land needed for agriculture is shrinking,
even as people become more numerous and eat better. In many countries
forests have begun to enlarge, as farmers spare land and foresters also
shift from extensive to intensive strategies. This great reversal in
land use could forerun a great restoration of the landscape by 2050,
expanding the global forest by 10 percent, about 300 million hectares or
the area of India.
Publisher: Program for the Human Environment, The Rockefeller
University
Resource Type: Recommended Practices, Presentations
170. Operational
Strategy of the Global Environment Facility: International Waters
Resource Identifier: http://www.gefweb.org/PUBLIC/opstrat/ch4.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Global Environment Facility
Subject: coral reefs, environmental management, international
waters, marine pollution, water quality, aquatic organisms,
environmental protection, developing countries, invasive species,
environmental degradation, habitats, fishing vessels, fishery industry,
overexploitation, freshwater environments, marine environments,
economics, health, ecosystem management, international agreements,
biodiversity, hydrology, environmental restoration, climatic change,
sustainable development, eutrophication, toxicity, contaminants
Uncontrolled Keywords: trans-boundary pollution; operational
programs
Description: The GEF's objective in the international waters
focal area is to contribute primarily as a catalyst to the
implementation of a more comprehensive, ecosystem-based approach in
managing international waters and their drainage basins as a means to
achieve global environmental benefits. The GEF will act as a catalyst to
ensure that countries better understand the functioning of their
international waters systems, gain an appreciation of how their sectoral
activities influence the water environment, and find means for
collaborating with neighboring countries to collectively pursue
effective solutions. As such, the GEF will primarily fund the
transactions costs of these learning processes so that countries may
make changes in the ways that human activities are conducted in
different sectors and make priority environmental interventions. The aim
is to overcome barriers to action so that the capacity of any particular
waterbody to sustainably support human activities is not exceeded.
Publisher: Global Environment Facility
Resource Type: Management Plans
171. Oregon
Aquatic Habitat: Restoration and Enhancement Guide
Resource Identifier: http://www.oweb.state.or.us/pdfs/habguide99/habguide99-complete.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds, Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board
Subject: aquatic environments, habitat improvement, environmental
restoration, regeneration (ecosystems), land ownership, standards, land
use, salmon, government regulations, planning
Description: This handbook is designed to facilitate and
encourage habitat restoration across all land uses and ownerships under
the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds (OPSW). Purpose of the guide:
1) To provide information as part of the OPSW to watershed councils,
landowners and other interests to help them develop effective
restoration projects across all land uses and ownerships. 2) To define
aquatic restoration and to identify and encourage aquatic habitat
restoration techniques that restore salmonids. 3) To define standards
and priorities that will be considered for approving State funded or
authorized restoration projects. 4) To identify state and federal
regulatory requirements and available assistance for completing
restoration projects.
Publisher: Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
Resource Type: Laws and Regulations, Management Plans,
Recommended Practices
State: Oregon
172. Oyster
Reef Restoration Projects
Resource Identifier: http://www.vims.edu/fish/oyreef/rest.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Uncontrolled Keywords: habitat improvement; oyster reefs;
environmental protection; ecological restoration; ecological
associations; USA, Chesapeake Bay
173. Palouse-Clearwater
Environmental Institute
Resource Identifier: http://www.pcei.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute
Subject: environmental education, conservation, environmental
restoration, watersheds, wetlands, agriculture, pollution,
transportation, community involvement, community organizations
Description: The mission of the Palouse-Clearwater Environmental
Institute (PCEI) is to increase citizen involvement in decisions that
affect the region's (Idaho and eastern Washington) environment. The
Institute has programs in Community Agriculture, Watershed Restoration,
Environmental Education, and Transportation.
Publisher: Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Idaho, Washington
174. Patuxent Wildlife
Research Center
Resource Identifier: http://www.pwrc.nbs.gov/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Geological Survey- Biological Resources
Division
Uncontrolled Keywords: ecosystem disturbance; endangered species;
environmental restoration; Patuxent Wildlife Research Center; species
composition
175. Peggy
Fong
Resource Identifier: http://research.mednet.ucla.edu/cfm/lifesci/OBEEfacultyindiv.cfm?
Faculty Key=1116
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Peggy Fong, University of California, Los Angeles
Subject: coral reefs, education, oceanography, research, marine
ecology, coastal ecosystems, ecosystem models, simulation, populations,
ecology, nutrient dynamics, environmental restoration, ecology,
statistical analysis
Uncontrolled Keywords: experimental design, disturbance ecology,
macroalgal community, seagrass community
Description: Research interests and publications by Peggy Fong.
Publisher: University of California, Los Angeles
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
176. Pend Oreille
Conservation District
Resource Identifier: http://www.pocd.org/main.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Pend Oreille Conservation District
Subject: resource management, water conservation, soil
conservation, land ownership, land use, natural resources, conservation,
environmental protection, environmental restoration
Description: The Pend Oreille Conservation District (POCD) is a
"grass roots" alliance of volunteer landowners, non-profit
corporations, private businesses, scientific organizations, conservation
and environmental agencies. Its activities and partnerships initiate or
augment land and water management practices which conserve and renew
natural resources in Pend Oreille County. It is one of nearly fifty
conservation districts in the State of Washington working with private
landowners to improve the renewable resources on their properties.
Natural resource stewardship begins with individuals, on their own land.
The district offers cooperating landowners assistance in protecting,
restoring, and enhancing these assets.
Publisher: Pend Oreille Conservation District
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Washington
177. Pennsylvania
Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Resource Identifier: http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/bamr/bamr.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection,
Harrisburg, PA, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, Pennsylvania; mining; land
reclamation; environmental restoration; pollution clean-up; acidic
wastes; water quality control
178. Physiographic
Area Plan: Subtropical Florida
Resource Identifier: http://www.blm.gov/wildlife/pl_01sum.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Bureau of Land Management, Office of
Public Affairs
Subject: birds, habitats, ecology, disturbance, forests, fires,
vegetation, biodiversity, seasons, marshes, prairies, hurricanes,
populations, grasslands, mangroves, conservation, population growth,
agriculture, land use, management, environmental restoration, deciduous
forests
Uncontrolled Keywords: pine forests, tropical ecosystems,
everglades
Description: Maps and description of the physiographic area of
subtropic Florida. Details about its sub-regions and ecological
disturbances. Also, links to fact sheets and images of various priority
bird populations and habitats.
Publisher: United States Bureau of Land Management, Office of
Public Affairs
Resource Type: Fact Sheets, Internet Map Services, Site
Conservation Plans
State: Florida
179. Phytoremediation
Resource Identifier: http://www.engg.ksu.edu/HSRC/phytorem/home.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Army Corps of Engineers
Uncontrolled Keywords: phytoremediation; groundwater; explosives;
pollution cleanup; wetlands; environmental restoration; biotechnology
180. Pied-Billed
Grebe
Resource Identifier: http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/wildlife/factshts/pbgrebe.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Subject: birds, aquatic birds, endangered species, life history,
habitats, geographical distribution, reproduction, marshes, food,
winter, breeding seasons, nests, nesting behavior, population decline,
wetlands, diving, territorial behavior, government agencies,
legislation, environmental restoration, monitoring
Uncontrolled Keywords: bird morphology, marine habitats
Description: Fact sheet for pied billed grebe. Information about
its identification, physical characteristics, status, distribution,
reproduction, decline, life history, facts, protective legislation and
nesting activities are detailed.
Publisher: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Resource Type: Fact Sheets, Digital Photographs, Internet Map
Services
181. Plant
Conservation Alliance
Resource Identifier: http://www.nps.gov/plants/index.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Plant Conservation Alliance, Bureau of Land Management,
1849 C Street NW, LSB-204, Washington, D.C. 20240
Uncontrolled Keywords: botanical resources; nature conservation;
introduced species; plant populations; environmental protection; plant
control; rare species; endangered species; environmental restoration
182. Pocomoke
River
Resource Identifier: http://www.amrivers.org/20-3.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: American Rivers, 1025 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 720,
Washington, D.C. 20005
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, Pocomoke river; environmental
restoration; freshwater environments; nutrient loading; ecosystem
management; environmental impact; water discharge; microbes; Pfiesteria
piscicida; effluents; waste disposal; industrial wastes; water
pollution; rivers
183. Proceedings
of the Fifth Symposium on Oak Woodlands: Oaks in
California’s
Changing Landsca
Resource Identifier: http://danr.ucop.edu/ihrmp/proceed/symproc01.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Richard B. Standiford, Douglas McCreary, Kathryn L.
Purcell
Subject: hardwoods, rangelands, conservation, public policy,
sustainable development, ecology, environmental restoration, diseases,
resource management, planning, ecosystems
Description: The fifth oak symposium was designed to provide a
forum for current research and outstanding case studies on oak woodland
conservation and sustainability in California. The previous conferences
-- held in 1979, 1986, 1990, and 1996 -- serve as rich sources
information about a wide range of subjects on oak ecology, management,
uses, planning and conservation. This conference is aimed at natural
resource managers, researchers, policy makers, and public and private
interest groups. Seventy-two papers are presented in the proceedings.
Topics covered include: grazing relations, soil relations, Garry oak
conservation, oak regeneration and restoration, fire relations, wildlife
relations, urban forestry, oak woodland policy, genetic factors,
monitoring, ecology, and a special session on "Sudden Oak
Death."
Publisher: Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program,
University of California
Resource Type: Proceedings
State: California
184. Proposed
Old Growth And Biodiversity Stewardship Planning Process and
Draft
Criteria for Michigan's State Forests
Resource Identifier: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/oldgrowthrpt_23005_7.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Subject: old growth, biodiversity, forests, resource management,
criteria, planning, environmental restoration, ecosystem recovery,
public policy, indigenous species, land use
Description: With this report, the Michigan Department of Natural
resources is attempting to bring clarity of purpose and policy to the
old growth debate by beginning a process for establishing criteria and
guidance for contemporary old growth and biodiversity management by the
MDNR. The proposals for old growth management in this report are
intended to restore a representation of those native forested ecosystems
and vegetation communities that were destroyed over a century or more
ago. To this end, two key design documents have been developed to guide
the Department in developing and implementing a statewide restoration
effort on state forest and other state owned lands. The first document
proposes criteria containing eight design elements, including the use of
land-type associations, species age, size and species scarcity. The
second document proposes the establishment of land use guidelines for
MDNR land managers. Additionally, a public participation strategy is
proposed that will allow the MDNR to seek extensive public input on how
to best plan, design and implement a statewide old growth and
biodiversity plan that restores a representative portion of Michigan’s
original native forest vegetation communities, ecosystems and native
biodiversity
Publisher: Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Resource Type: Management Plans
State: Michigan
185. Rainforest
CRC
Resource Identifier: http://www.rainforest-crc.jcu.edu.au/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest
Ecology and Management
Subject: rain forests, tropical forests, research programs,
education, interdisciplinary research, resource management, indigenous
populations, conservation, planning, environmental restoration
Description: The Rainforest CRC is a research and education
partnership. The multi-faceted nature of the rainforest is reflected in
the multi-disciplinary research of the Centre, which brings together a
range of experts in an exciting portfolio covering the following key
areas of research. - Environmental planning and management in rainforest
regions. - Evaluating ecosystem goods and services in a dynamic
landscape. - Rainforest visitation, business, interpretation and
presentation. - Managing and monitoring impacts arising from rainforest
access. - Rehabilitation and restoration, including riparian. -
Conservation principles and management. - Aboriginal and collaborative
management. Research delivery includes a mix of strategic and tactical
research and the Centre also undertakes contract research for a broad
range of clients with widely divergent needs and requirements.
Publisher: Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest
Ecology and Management
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
186. Red River
Meadow Restoration Project
Resource Identifier: http://www.redriver.uidaho.edu/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Red River Meadow Restoration Project
Subject: rivers, watersheds, meadows, environmental restoration,
aquatic ecosystems, water quality, habitats, fishes, wildlife, wetlands
Uncontrolled Keywords: holistic
Description: This demonstration project is designed as a model to
restore the Lower Red River Meadow, using a holistic watershed approach,
to a naturally functioning wet meadow ecosystem. The project purpose is
to increase the quality and quantity of fish and wildlife habitat,
improve water quality, and promote watershed and river restoration
education.
Publisher: College of Engineering, University of Idaho Boise
Resource Type: Management Plans, Site Conservation Plans
State: Idaho
187. Red-Cockaded
Woodpeckers
Resource Identifier: http://www.nwf.org/wildalive/woodpecker/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Wildlife Federation, 8925 Leesburg Pike,
Vienna, VA 22184,USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: red-cockaded woodpeckers; Picoides
borealis; population; USA; description; pine trees; habitat;
environmental restoration; environment management; endangered species;
threats
188. Region
10 Superfund: Tulalip Landfill
Resource Identifier: http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/9f3c21896330b4898825687b007a0f33/d449
2f7b40c9101b882565060082bc3f?OpenDocument
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Subject: CERCLA, pollution, pollution cleanup, environmental
restoration, landfills, government programs
Description: Tulalip Landfill is a 147-acre site located on North
Ebey Island, within the boundaries of the Tulalip Indian Reservation
near Marysville, Washington. The landfill is surrounded by Ebey Slough
to the north and Steamboat Slough to the south. Surface water from these
sloughs flows into northern Puget Sound, a federally-designated national
estuary that is a recognized habitat for shellfish and some endangered
species, including salmon. The Tulalip Tribe leased land to the Seattle
Disposal Company from 1964 to 1979. During that time, an estimated four
million tons of commercial, industrial, and hospital waste were
deposited in the landfill. In 1979, the landfill was closed. This site
contains background information, facts sheets, news releases, documents,
and contacts.
Publisher: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Resource Type: Case Studies, Fact Sheets, Issue Overviews
State: Washington
189. Regional
Conservation Projects - Northwest Region
Resource Identifier: http://www.coastalamerica.gov/text/regions/nwregion.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Coastal America
Subject: coastal ecosystems, environmental restoration,
environmental degradation, costs, shore protection, conservation,
habitats
Description: Coastal America is committed to protecting,
preserving, and restoring America's coastal heritage. In doing so, the
organization supports projects in various regions in the United States -
in this case the Northwest. Project summaries include: project
description, problem being addressed, goals/benefits, partners, funding,
legislative authorities, status, contacts.
Publisher: Coastal America
Resource Type: Site Conservation Plans
State: Idaho, Oregon, Washington
190. Regional
Fisheries Enhancement Groups
Resource Identifier: http://wdfw.wa.gov/volunter/index.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Subject: salmon, stocks, populations, environmental restoration,
habitat improvement, watersheds, public awareness, public sector,
community involvement, education, monitoring
Uncontrolled Keywords: recovery
Description: The 14 Regional Fisheries Enhancement Groups (RFEGs)
share the unique role of working within their own communities across the
state to recover salmon. The RFEGs have a common goal of restoring
salmonid populations and habitat to their regions, relying on support in
local communities. The RFEGs create dynamic partnerships with local,
state and federal agencies, Native American tribes, local businesses,
community members, and landowners. Through these collaborative efforts,
RFEGs help lead their communities in successful restoration, education
and monitoring projects. Each RFEG works within a specific geographic
region based on watershed boundaries. Every group is a separate,
nonprofit organization led by their own board of directors and supported
by their members. Contains links to the RFEG web site as well as each
individual RFEG web site, to key documents and reports, to volunteer
information, to governance.
Publisher: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Washington
191. Regulations
Amending the Migratory Birds Regulations (PDF)
Resource Identifier: http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/1_pdf/2001-03-14.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada
Subject: environmental regulations, migratory birds, birds,
hunting, habitats, conservation,
population decline, biodiversity,
survival, wetlands, environmental protection, environmental restoration,
population number, farms, rivers, environmental impact
Uncontrolled Keywords: overabundant birds; artic wetland
ecosystem; plant community , economic loss, harvest rates
Description: The goal of this regulation is to help to protect
and restore the biological diversity of arctic wetland ecosystems of
important migration and wintering areas by reducing the population size
of overabundant snow goose populations.
Publisher: Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada
Resource Type: Datasets, Laws and Regulations
192. Research
in Parks
Resource Identifier: http://www.nps.gov/noca/rescat/rescat1.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: North Cascades National Park Service Complex
Subject: national parks, research, ecosystems, ecology, aquatic
ecosystems, fires, geology, historical ecology, paleoecology, plants,
habitats, natural resources, environmental restoration, social sciences,
wilderness, resource management, wildlife management, requirements
Uncontrolled Keywords: catalog
Description: This catalog describes some of the applied research
needs of Mount Rainier National Park, North Cascades National Park
Service Complex, and Olympic National Park. This first edition is a
work-in-progress; the list it provides is not intended to be
all-inclusive. It is intended to encourage research, stimulate
discussion, and facilitate new partnerships in science. In addition, the
catalog describes how to apply for a research permit, who to contact,
and the support available to scientists in each park. The catalog is
arranged by broad subject areas, including aquatic ecology, fire
ecology, geology, historical studies, paleoecology, plant ecology,
natural areas, restoration ecology, social science, wilderness
management, and wildlife ecology. Each subject area is divided into
smaller resource issues that are summarized in a background statement.
Following each background statement is the Park Focus identifying which
parks are interested in research on this issue. Finally, a series of
research questions or topics is presented for the resource issue. If
park data is available on the resource issue, it's summarized after the
research questions.
Publisher: North Cascades National Park Service Complex
Resource Type: Checklists and Identification Guides, Issue
Overviews, Management Plans
State: Washington
193. Resource
Damage Assessment and Restoration Program - Northwest Region
Resource Identifier: http://www.darcnw.noaa.gov/homepage.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Subject: environmental restoration, natural resources, water
pollution, contaminants, hazardous materials, damage, environmental
assessment, coastal environments, marine environments, oil spills,
government programs, planning
Uncontrolled Keywords: compensation
Description: The mission of the Damage Assessment and Restoration
Program (DARP) is to restore coastal and ocean resources that have been
injured by releases of oil or hazardous substances and to obtain
compensation for the public for their losses. DARP's Northwest Regional
office is responsible for ongoing natural resource damage assessments
and restoration in the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska.
Publisher: Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
194. Restoration
of Mangrove Habitat
Resource Identifier: http://www.wes.army.mil/el/wrtc/wrp/tnotes/vnrs3-2.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Roy Robin Lewis III, Bill Stre
Subject: mangroves, wetlands, habitats, environmental
restoration, regeneration (ecosystems), ecology
Description: This technical note provides general guidelines for
restoration of mangrove habitat. Ecological restoration of mangrove
habitat is feasible, has been done on a large scale in various parts of
the world, and can be done cost-effectively. The simple application of
the five steps to successful mangrove restoration described here would
at least ensure an analytical thought process and less use of
"gardening" of mangroves as the solution to all mangrove
restoration problems. Sections include: background, costs, restoration
techniques, hydrology, planting.
Publisher: Waterways Experiment Station, Research and Development
Center, United States Army Corps of Engineers
Resource Type: Fact Sheets, Recommended Practices
195. Restoration
of Threatened Wetlands
Resource Identifier: http://www.qc.ec.gc.ca/faune/faune/html/restoration.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Environment Canada, 351 St. Joseph Boulevard, Hull,
Quebec, K1A 0H3,Canada
Uncontrolled Keywords: threatened wetlands; environmental
restoration; wildlife management; Saint-Laurent river; ecosystem
recovery; environment management; Canada; language; wildlife
conservation
196. Restore America's
Estuaries
Resource Identifier: http://www.estuaries.org/
Cataloging Node: Central Southwest/Gulf Coast Information Node
Creator: Restore America's Estuaries
Subject: estuaries, bays, environmental restoration, wetlands,
conservation, private sector
Description: Restore America's Estuaries is a national nonprofit
organization established in 1995. Our mission is to preserve the
nation's network of estuaries by protecting and restoring the lands and
waters essential to the richness and diversity of coastal life. Our
sphere of work includes: On-the-ground restoration projects as part of a
national campaign to restore one million acres of coastal and estuarine
habitat by the year 2010. Production of an array of collaborative tools
and resources to guide the restoration process, including A National
Strategy to Restore Coastal and Estuarine Habitat, Funding for Habitat
Restoration Projects: A Citizen's Guide and Principles of Estuarine
Habitat Restoration. Uniting the national restoration community, key
decision makers and local citizens through our biennial national
conference and through our national outreach efforts. In this new age of
restoration, we commit ourselves to acting as the cohesive force and
guiding beacon for coastal and estuarine habitat restoration across the
country.
Publisher: Restore America's Estuaries
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
197. Restoring
Conservation Forests in Northern Thailand and the Monitoring
of
Frugivorous Birds: 1
Resource Identifier: http://www.orientalbirdclub.org/publications/features/frugivor.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: David Blakesley, Stephen Elliott
Subject: birds, forests, deforestation, conservation,
environmental restoration, logging, watersheds, environmental
protection, ecosystems
Uncontrolled Keywords: frugivorous birds; black-and-yellow
broadbills
Description: An overview of deforestation in Thailand and
restoring conservation forests.
Publisher: Oriental Bird Club
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
198. Restoring
Life to the Dead Zone: Addressing Gulf Hypoxia, a National Problem (PDF)
Resource Identifier: http://www.nwrc.gov/factshts/hypoxia.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Department of the Interior, United States
Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, 700 Cajundome
Boulevard, Lafayette, Louisiana 70506
Uncontrolled Keywords: environmental restoration; nutrient
concentrations; hypoxia; agricultural wastes; fertilizers; food chains;
algal blooms; Gulf of Mexico
199. Restoring
Old-Growth Features To Managed Forests In Southern Ontario
Resource Identifier: http://www.lrconline.com/Extension_Notes_English/pdf/rstr_oldgwth.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Land Owner Resource Center
Contributor: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Eastern
Ontario Model Forest
Subject: forests, old growth, environmental restoration,
ecosystem recovery, understory, succession, trees, wildlife,
environmental health
Description: This Extension Note provides information on ways of
restoring the diversity and increasing the number of old growth features
in managed forests, while maintaining their ability to provide timber,
fuelwood, maple syrup, nuts and places for recreation. Sections include:
Benefits of Restoring Old-Growth Features, Restoration Builds on Natural
Processes, Speeding Succession, Rebuilding the Forest Floor, Creating
and Protecting Wildlife Trees, Features of a Healthy Diverse Forest.
Publisher: Land Owner Resource Center
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
200. Restoring
the Provincial Forest Ecosystem in Temagami, Ontario
Resource Identifier: http://www.ancientforest.org/rr10.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Peter A. Quinby
Subject: old growth, forests, conservation, planning,
environmental restoration, genetic diversity, public policy, planning,
logging, environmental protection
Description: It is proposed that white and red pine forest be
officially designated as Ontario's Provincial Forest Ecosystem, that all
of Temagami's remaining white and red pine forest be protected and that
white and red pine forest in Temagami be restored to pre-settlement
levels. This proposal is supported by government policy, scientific
evidence and public demand. In the Contingency Forest Management Plan (CFM)
for the Temagami Management Unit (TMU), the Ministry of Natural
Resources (MNR) has made a commitment to (1) "maintain genetic
diversity within tree species", (2) "ensure continued
existence of ecological units [by protecting] rare forest
complexes", and (3) "move towards a natural level of
biodiversity using our knowledge of the pre-settlement forest as a
guide". Despite these commitments, however, the MNR has made a
total of 2,431 hectares of white and red pine forest available for
logging over the next two years. Of this total, 325 hectares is
endangered old-growth white and red pine forest. This amount of
old-growth white pine forest is slightly less than the known old-growth
white pine forest in all the other provinces of Canada combined.
Publisher: Ancient Forest Exploration and Research
Resource Type: Case Studies, Management Plans
201. Richard
R. Vance
Resource Identifier: http://research.mednet.ucla.edu/cfm/lifesci/OBEEfacultyindiv.cfm?
Faculty Key=1136
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Richard R. Vance, University of California, Los Angeles
Subject: coastal ecosystems, marine ecosystems, environmental
restoration, salt marshes, endangered species, coral reefs, population
dynamics, estuaries , plants, fishes
Uncontrolled Keywords: toxic metals; sludge recycling;
fertilizers; gobies; competitive coexistence; light use; reef fish
Description: Research interests and publications by Richard R.
Vance.
Publisher: University of California, Los Angeles
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
202. Riparian
Forest Buffers
Resource Identifier: http://www.chesapeakebay.net/ripar1.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Chesapeake Bay Program
Subject: riparian forests, bays, environmental restoration,
resource management, rivers, streams, coasts, pollution control,
conservation, water quality, watersheds
Uncontrolled Keywords: riparian buffers
Description: In 2003, the Chesapeake Bay Program established a
new, expanded riparian forest buffer goal. The new goal commits to
restoring 10,000 miles by 2010. The new goal also includes several new
components: - A long term goal of restoring riparian forest buffers on
at least 70% of all streams and shorelines; - Working with at least 5
jurisdictions per state to complete an assessment of their urban forest,
adopt a local goal to increase urban tree canopy cover, and encourage
measures to attain the goal; - Ensuring that buffers have well-stocked
stands of trees after five years; - Advancing the effort to conserve
existing forested buffers; - Restoring and conserving buffers on public
lands and on private lands through programs that protect land from
development; and - Revising each Bay signatory’s Riparian Buffer
Implementation Plan.
Publisher: Chesapeake Bay Program
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Management Plans, Federal
Government Agencies (U.S.)
203. Role
of Fire in Nongame Wildlife Management and Community Restoration:
Traditional
Uses and New Directions - Proceedings of a Special Workshop
Resource Identifier: http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/newtown_square/publications/technical_
reports/pdfs/2002/gtrne288.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: W. Mark Ford, Kevin R. Russell, Christopher E. Moorman
Subject: fires, wildlife, controlled burning, habitats, resource
management, arthropods, birds, amphibians, herpetofauna, birds,
environmental restoration, herbicides
Description: Fire is a major influence shaping wildlife habitats
in the eastern United States. Lightning and Indian-ignited fires burned
frequently and extensively over the pre-Columbian landscape and shaped
the character of numerous ecosystems. Depending upon the frequency,
intensity, and severity of the fires, various assemblages of plants
developed along environmental gradients, creating a shifting mosaic of
habitats for wildlife. For millennia, fire was a major ecological
process, mostly burning as frequent, light to moderate intensity surface
fires in some ecosystems and as intense, stand-replacing fires in
others. Within the past 100 years, fire has been excluded from most of
the East and fire-maintained habitats have dramatically declined. In
many cases, wildlife species dependent on these habitats are in decline
or experiencing dangerously low numbers. Unfortunately, the trend toward
a relaxation of bans on burning may soon be reversed due to the adverse
publicity from recent disastrous fire in the West. This symposium
attempted to synthesize the widely scattered information and disparate
databases that exist regarding the role of fire for managing nongame
wildlife and relictual communities. Accordingly, this symposium drew
upon the expertise of regional and nationally recognized wildlife
scientists, resource managers, and fire ecologists with papers presented
on the historical background, current issues, ongoing management
efforts, and research and management needs of prescribed burning for
both eastern and western landscapes.
Publisher: Northeastern Research Station, Forest Service, United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Resource Type: Recommended Practices, Proceedings
204. Salmon
Recovery
Resource Identifier: http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/recovery.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Subject: environmental restoration, public sector, public
awareness, ecosystem recovery, education, public policy, hatcheries,
harvesting, planning, community involvement, organizations, salmon
Description: As one of the state's overriding environmental
challenges, the job of restoring troubled wild salmon stocks involves
every Washington citizen. This web site is intended to provide natural
resource managers, local governments, volunteers, educators and other
citizens with the information and resources they need to become
effective participants in salmon recovery. Includes: hatcheries,
harvest, local recovery planning support, fish facts, habitat technical
assistance, educational material, links to organizations involved in
fish recovery.
Publisher: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Resource Type: Fact Sheets, Issue Overviews, Laws and
Regulations, Federal Government Agencies (U.S.), Recommended Practices
State: Washington
205. SalmonWeb
Resource Identifier: http://www.salmonweb.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: SalmonWeb
Subject: watersheds, salmon, monitoring, standardization, models,
streams, rivers, environmental restoration, volunteers, public
awareness, education, habitats
Description: NOTE: SalmonWeb ceased active operations on June 29,
2001. However, the organization plans to communicate future activities
and decisions related to the future of SalmonWeb through the website
which will remain active. The purpose of the SalmonWeb is to create,
distribute, and coordinate a set of tools that support education,
communication, and ecological science focusing on salmon habitat. These
tools include this web page with attached database that allows access to
biomonitoring data and networking opportunities and a monitoring video
showing in detail how and why to conduct biomonitoring. The objective is
to harness and coordinate the efforts of citizen and student groups in
the Northwest, creating a "virtual" community aimed at
preserving and restoring wild salmon and their habitat throughout the
region.
Publisher: SalmonWeb
Resource Type: Datasets, Databases and Information Systems,
Internet Map Services, Federal Government Agencies (U.S.), Recommended
Practices
State: Washington
206. Savannah River Site Home
Page
Resource Identifier: http://www.srs.gov
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Department of
Energy
Uncontrolled Keywords: economics; environmental restoration;
hazardous wastes; National Environmental Policy Act; radioactive wastes;
technology transfer; waste management
207. Seagrass
Restoration in the Galveston Bay Estuary
Resource Identifier: http://gbep.tamug.tamu.edu/SOBS/SOBSpapers/Sheridan.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Pete Sheridan, National Marine Fisheries Service
Subject: environmental restoration, habitats, plant structures,
marine environments, estuaries, aquatic plants, botany, rhizomes,
germination, biomass, fishes, crustaceans, predators, human impact,
fertilizers, survival, research, coastal development, planting depth,
planting density
Uncontrolled Keywords: seagrass; aquatic vegetation; flowering
plants, habitat decline, dredging, shoot density, peat pot methods,
seagrass plugs, sediment, planting success, injector boats
Description: Information Galveston Island State Park (GISP)
experimental restoration projects which evaluated the utility of
seagrass restoration methods through seagrass planting conducted using
broadcast, plug, and injector boat methods.
Publisher: Texas A&M University
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Management Plans, Recommended
Practices
State: Texas
208. SERCAL - California
Society for Ecological Restoration
Resource Identifier: http://www.sercal.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: SERCAL, 2701 20th Street, Bakersfield, CA 93301-3334,
USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, California; ecosystem management;
environmental restoration; nature conservation; databases
209. Skagit Conservation
District
Resource Identifier: http://www.skagitcd.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Skagit Conservation District
Subject: conservation, government programs, natural resources,
resource management, public policy, planning, water quality, ground
water, surface water, watersheds, riparian environments, forests,
wildlife, habitats, environmental restoration, agriculture, land use,
education
Description: As legal sub-divisions of Washington State
government, conservation districts are self-governed by volunteers who
establish priorities and set policy. The Skagit Conservation District
(SCD) is composed of local farmers, landowners, and concerned citizens
and is dedicated to maintaining Skagit County's renewable natural
resources. The SCD's priorities and goals include: Protection and
improvement of surface and groundwater quality, Watershed planning and
implementation, Riparian restoration and enhancement, Forest
stewardship, Wildlife habitat enhancement, Conservation education,
Protection and preservation of prime agricultural land, County
government assistance.
Publisher: Skagit Conservation District
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Washington
210. Skokomish:
The Value of a River
Resource Identifier: http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~lansing/skokomish/skokintro.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Steve Lansing
Subject: watersheds, rivers, dams, salmon, environmental
restoration, models, indigenous populations
Uncontrolled Keywords: ecological anthropology, alternative
management scenarios
Description: The Skokomish river was once the largest and most
productive salmon river in Puget Sound. In 1930, despite the opposition
of the Skokomish Tribe, the City of Tacoma built two dams on the North
Fork of the river, and diverted the flow into a pipe to drive a
hydropower plant. The resources available from this Web site (an
article, a videotape and a simulation model) were developed in support
of the Tribe's efforts to restore the river to its banks. The model
enables users to evaluate the economic and ecological effects of
alternative management scenarios for the Skokomish River. You will need
to obtain a free run-time version of the Stella modelling software in
order to run this model. (The site provides instructions on downloading
the software.)
Publisher: Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona
Resource Type: Case Studies, Issue Overviews, Tools and Software
State: Washington
211. Snohomish
Conservation District
Resource Identifier: http://www.snohomishcd.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Snohomish Conservation District
Subject: conservation, natural resources, government programs,
resource management, planning, farms, agriculture, dairy farms,
education, outreach programs, habitats, environmental restoration
Description: Conservation districts are a nationwide, grassroots
conservation agency. There are 48 districts in Washington State. All are
governed by a local board of supervisors, elected or appointed,
consisting of local residents. All conservation districts work with
landowners on a voluntary, non-regulatory basis, to address resource
issues involving agriculture, forestry, wetlands, wildlife/fisheries,
soil and water. Snohomish Conservation District provides the following
services to residents and farmers: Small Farm Cost-Share Assistance,
Dairy Engineering/Technical Assistance, Workshops, Classes, Tours,
Natural Resource Management and Planning, Farm Planning, Native Plant
Sale, Youth Programs, Habitat Restoration Planning and Cost Share
Assistance.
Publisher: Snohomish Conservation District
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Washington
212. So
a Mighty Oak Can Grow (PDF)
Resource Identifier: http://www.partnersinflight.org/pubs/birdcons/14pgs6-7.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Partners in Flight
Subject: birds, migratory birds, habitats, environmental
restoration, landscape, vegetation, wildlife, monitoring
Uncontrolled Keywords: oak habitat; habitat loss, land birds
Description: Information about the Garry oaks woodlands where a
large percentage of the historical range of oak woodlands has been lost
due to urbanization, agricultural and forestry conversion, fire
suppression and invasion of exotic species. The solution was for
immediate conservation actions by a coalition of groups and agencies
from British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington.
Publisher: Partners in Flight
Resource Type: Management Plans, Site Conservation Plans
State: Oregon, Washington
213. Society for
Conservation Biology
Resource Identifier: http://conbio.rice.edu/scb
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: biological diversity; conservation;
education; environmental management; environmental restoration;
interdisciplinary communication; natural resources; scientific societies
214. Society
for Conservation Biology Newsletter
Resource Identifier: http://conbio.rice.edu/scb/newsletter/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Center for Conservation Biology Network, Rice University
Uncontrolled Keywords: newsletters; biological diversity;
conservation; education; environmental management; environmental
restoration; natural resources
215. Soil
Rehabilitation Guidebook
Resource Identifier: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/tasb/legsregs/fpc/FPCGUIDE/soilreha/rehabtoc.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: British Columbia Ministry of Forests
Subject: forests, forestry, resource management, planning,
government regulations, soils, soil remediation, soil conservation,
watersheds, environmental restoration
Description: This guidebook provides information that will help
forestry practitioners -- and in particular those who are preparing soil
rehabilitation plans -- meet the Forest Practices Code requirements. The
guidebook focuses on answering the following questions: - en is a soil
rehabilitation plan required? - What are the format and content
requirements of soil rehabilitation plans? - What factors should be
considered in drafting plans for successful soil rehabilitation? The
information provided here can also be applied to backlog rehabilitation
or watershed restoration projects.
Publisher: British Columbia Ministry of Forests
Resource Type: Laws and Regulations, Recommended Practices
216. South Florida
Information Access (SOFIA) : Supporting the South Florida
Ecosystem
Restoration Effort
Resource Identifier: http://www.sofia.usgs.gov/
Cataloging Node: Central Southwest/Gulf Coast Information Node
Creator: Heather S. Henkel
Subject: Ecosystems, environmental restoration, water quality,
wildlife restoration, bays, estuaries, coasts
Description: The SOFIA website provides scientific information in
support of research, decision-making, and resource management for the
South Florida ecosystem restoration effort.
Publisher: United States Geological Survey
Resource Type: Bibliographies and Web Indexes, Case Studies,
Databases and Information Systems, Datasets
State: Florida
217. Southeast Exotic Pest
Plant Counsil (SE-EPPC)
Resource Identifier: http://www.se-eppc.org/
Cataloging Node: NBII Program Office
Creator: Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Counsel (SE-EPPC)
Subject: Botany, Horticulture, Invasive plants, Weeds, Invasive
species, Plants, Introduced plants, Introduced species, Environmental
impact, Environmental restoration, Flora restoration, Biological
control, Weed control, Land improvement, Resource conservation, Resource
management, Ecosystem recovery, Identification, Organizations,
Conservation organizations
Description: Include links to Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida,
Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Mid-Atlantic, and New
England EPPCs.
Publisher: The Bugwood Network, The University of Georgia,
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Warnell School of
Forest Resources
Resource Type: Fact Sheets, Digital Photographs, Issue Overviews,
Management Plans, Federal Government Agencies (U.S.), Recommended
Practices, Journal Articles
State: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
218. Southern Appalachian
Forest Coalition
Resource Identifier: http://www.safc.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition
Subject: forests, conservation, land use, forests, environmental
restoration, ecosystem management, public awareness, education,
political action, protected areas, old growth, roads, habitats,
organizations
Description: Originally created by conservation groups who
believed a regional voice was needed to address the increasing threats
facing our Southern Appalachian public lands. Today we have created a
compelling conservation vision for the 21st Century; greater regional
representation in Washington DC; and have helped strengthen twenty-one
national, regional and grassroots organizations spanning the six states
of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and
Virginia. Through SAFC’s Conservation Vision and with our growing list
of members and partners, we work to: Improve management of the 4.6
million acres of public land in the region -- especially roadless areas,
old growth forests, and key habitats; Add acres to our protected
landscape through public and voluntary private actions; Strengthen
grassroots organizations and citizen leadership in the region.
Publisher: Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
219. Southern
Rockies Restoration Project
Resource Identifier: http://www.earthisland.org/srwn/srrp.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: SRRP, P.O. Box 1351, Boulder, CO 80306-1351, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: environmental restoration; management;
USA; Rocky Mountains; habitat improvement; land reclamation; water
reclamation; watersheds; New Mexico; Colorado
220. Southwest Forest
Alliance
Resource Identifier: http://www.swfa.org/index.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Southwest Forest Alliance
Subject: forests, old growth, resource management, conservation,
public policy, political action, planning, education, regeneration
(ecosystems), environmental restoration, public awareness
Description: The Southwest Forest Alliance is a Flagstaff based
forest advocacy group that since 1994 has focused on grassroots
organizing within the environmental community in Arizona and New Mexico.
The Southwest Forest Alliance was formed to develop a scientifically
based vision for restoring degraded forest ecosystems and to seek public
support for this vision. These efforts have focused on the protection of
old growth forests and damaged watersheds. An integral part of the
SWFA's campaign includes public education and grassroots organization
within local forest dependent communities. The collaboration between
sixty community and environmental organizations resulted in a shared
vision entitled "Forests Forever!". "Forests
Forever!", published in 1996, provided a scientifically based plan
to restore ecological and economic integrity to national forests and
forest dependent communities in both Arizona and New Mexico.
Publisher: Southwest Forest Alliance
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
State: Arizona, New Mexico
221. State
of the Coast
Resource Identifier: http://state-of-coast.noaa.gov/bulletins/html/ccom_05/ccom.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Subject: pollution, health, crustaceans, fishery industry,
population growth, population density, fishing, fishes, coral reefs,
invertebrates, coastal waters, oxygen depletion, algal blooms, toxicity,
estuarine environments, environmental restoration, oil spills,
monitoring, management
Uncontrolled Keywords: water pollution; coastal ecosystem;
environmental quality; mussels; oysters; chemical contaminants; trace
metals; commercial harvest; marine habitat; economic factors; human
activities , eutrophic conditions, natural hazards
Description: Links to 17 essays on a variety of coastal topics.
Publisher: NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Resource Type: Journal Articles
222. State
of the Reefs, Regional and Global Perspectives
Resource Identifier: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/outreach/coral/sor/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Stephen Jameson, John McManus, Mark Spalding, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Subject: coral reefs, coastal zone management, monitoring, marine
pollution, coral bleaching, conservation, protected areas, ecosystem
management, environmental degradation, mangroves, geographical
distribution, seagrasses, biodiversity, human impact, fishery industry,
fishery management, damage, pollution, construction, land use,
exploitation, sewage, wastes, tourism, economics, conservation,
environmental regulations, monitoring, mapping, environmental
restoration, research, ecosystem management
Uncontrolled Keywords: sedimentation ; reef status; reef trends;
threats; anthropogenic stress; natural disturbances; capacity building
Description: The status and trends of complete coral reef
ecosystems around entire islands or reef tracts (e.g., the entire
Florida reef tract) have never been comprehensively evaluated because of
the complexity, length of time, and cost of such endeavors. Because of
this lack of a comprehensive understanding of the status and trends of
coral reef ecosystems on large scales, this report takes a very broad
look at general patterns in the status and trends of these ecosystems
today, the consequences of coral reef ecosystem degradation to human
populations, and some of the major existing management and research
programs.
Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Resource Type: Management Plans, Journal Articles
223. Stonycreek
Conemaugh Rivers Improvement Project (SCRIP)
Resource Identifier: http://www.ctcnet.net/scrip/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: SCRIP, Johnstown PA, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: acidic wastes; coal mining; environmental
restoration; mine drainage; recreation areas; USA, Pennsylvania; water
quality
224. Stream
Corridor Restoration
Resource Identifier: http://www.usda.gov/stream_restoration/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Department of Agriculture, Federal
Interagency Stream Corridor Restoration Working Group, Washington, DC,
USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: stream corridors; ecosystem management;
environmental restoration; government programs; sedimentation;
nutrients; water quality control
225. Strengthening
the Use of Science in Achieving the Goals of the Endangered Species Act
Resource Identifier: http://www.esa.org/publications/esarpt.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Ronald Carroll, Carol Augspurger, Andy Dobson, Jerry
Franklin, Gordon Orians, Walter Reid, Richard Tracy, David Wilcove, J.
Wilson, Jane Lubchenco
Subject: endangered species, biodiversity, niches, niche
position, environmental restoration, habitats, habitat improvement,
environmental planning, ecosystems, viability
Uncontrolled Keywords: Endangered Species Act, biological units,
inclusive benefits, taxonomic distinctness, recovery, species listing,
critical habitat, species recovery; umbrella species, Population
Viability Analysis
Description: An analysis of how scientific information could be
used more effectively to assist in the preservation of the Nation's
biological resources through the Endangered Species Act.
Publisher: Ecological Society of America
Resource Type: Unpublished Documents
226. Study
Plan - Consequences of Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatments - The Hungry
Bob Project, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Resource Identifier: http://www.fs.fed.us/ffs/docs/studyplans2001/hbob2001.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Andrew Youngblood
Contributor: Jim McIver, Jane Haynes, Tom Quigley
Subject: forests, fires, controlled burning, thinning,
evaluation, ecosystem assessment, ecosystem management, research
programs, mitigation, economics, cost-benefit analysis, soils, wildlife,
habitats, insects, diseases, environmental restoration, environmental
impact, vegetation
Uncontrolled Keywords: fire surrogates, wildfire fuels, national
forests
Description: This is one of the twelve study sites in the network
of Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatments. Objectives of the Hungry Bob
project are: 1) Assess the extent to which treatments reduce fuels. 2)
Determine operation production rates and economics, and identify the
principal factors that explain them. 3) Determine the value of timber
products removed. 4) Identify how different stand conditions and fuel
loadings effect the economics of operations and the value of resources
removed. 5) Assess how treatments directly influence residual tree
damage or mortality, vegetation, soil structure, soil chemistry, the
soil and litter food web, wildlife habitat, and insect and disease
populations. 6) Determine how treatment impacts on fuels, the chemical
and physical properties of soils, and residual trees influence wildlife
habitat and insect and disease populations. 7) Develop a matrix that
identifies economic and environmental tradeoffs that occur among
treatments.
Publisher: Forest Service, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA)
Resource Type: Case Studies, Recommended Practices
State: Oregon
227. Study
Plan for the Southern Cascades Site of the National Study of the
Consequences of Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatments
Resource Identifier: http://www.fs.fed.us/ffs/docs/studyplans2001/scascades-study-plan2001.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Carl N. Skinner, Ralph Boerner, Chris Fettig, William
Otrosina, Steve Zack
Subject: forests, fires, controlled burning, thinning,
evaluation, ecosystem assessment, ecosystem management, research
programs, soils, wildlife, habitats, insects, diseases, vegetation,
environmental restoration, environmental impact
Uncontrolled Keywords: fire surrogates, wildfire fuels, national
forests
Description: This is one of the twelve study sites of the Fire
and Fire Surrogate Treatments program. The primary objectives of this
study are: 1) Determine the effects of alternative cutting, burning, and
cutting/burning treatments on tree growth, tree mortality, tree
regeneration, and undergrowth species composition and abundance. 2)
Determine the effects of alternative treatments on the type, volume,
size, and distribution of fuel loadings over time and their effects on
modeled fire behavior. 3) Determine the effects of alternative
treatments on soil physical, chemical, and microbial properties. 4)
Determine the effects of alternative treatments on nest productivity of
birds, functional response of bark gleaners, and abundance and diversity
of small mammals and herpetofauna. 5) Determine the effects of
alternative treatments on bark beetle populations, prevalence of above-
and below-ground pathogens, and associated tree mortality. 6) Determine
the treatment costs and product revenues (if applicable) associated with
alternative treatment scenarios.
Publisher: Forest Service, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA)
Resource Type: Case Studies, Recommended Practices
State: California
228. Summaries
of Major Laws Implemented by the National Marine Fisheries Service
Resource Identifier: http://cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/legislative/leg-11.cfm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Eugene H. Buck, Congressional Research Service Reports
Subject: legislation, marine environments, fishery industry,
anadromous species, research, freshwater environments, hatcheries,
management, water bodies, fishes, wildlife, financing, fishery
management, commercial fishing, endangered species, extinction,
threatened species, diseases, predation, economics, aquatic animals,
marine mammals, fishing vessels, marine mammals, population dynamics,
ecology, ecosystems, stocks, human impact, mortality, monitoring,
environmental protection, research, pollution, overfishing, natural
resources, oil spills, environmental restoration
Uncontrolled Keywords: appropriations, statutes, biological
surveys, stream clearance, moratorium, habitat destruction, habitat
modification, disaster relief funds, jurisdictions, foreign harvest,
domestic offshore catch,
Description: This report summarizes the major laws implemented by
the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), with divisions into five
categories: a) laws for which Congress authorizes specific annual
appropriations, b) laws for which Congress has permanently or
indefinitely authorized appropriations, c) laws implementing
international treaties or agreements, d) laws wherein NMFS provides
consultation or acts as a trustee, and e) other laws. In many of these
enactments where the Secretary of Commerce is specifically authorized or
directed to take action, NMFS has been delegated the authority to
implement the provision or take specific action.
Publisher: National Council for Science and the Environment
Resource Type: Laws and Regulations, Management Plans
229. Surf Your Watershed -
Idaho
Resource Identifier: http://aee.ag.uidaho.edu/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Subject: watersheds, monitoring, evaluation, environmental
assessment, metropolitan areas, rivers, streams, water quality, water
pollution, government programs, wetlands, environmental restoration,
beaches, stream flow
Description: Surf Your Watershed is a service to help users
locate, use, and share environmental information about a state and its
watershed. Sections include: Assessments of Watershed Health (State
Water Quality, State Impaired Waters Program), Environmental Information
(Environmental Websites, River Corridors and Wetlands Restoration
Efforts), Places Involving this State (Watersheds, Counties, American
Heritage Rivers, National Estuary Programs), Drinking Water Information,
Section 319 Success Stories, Beach Monitoring Sites, National Priorities
List Sites, Bioassessment Projects Case Studies, Information provided by
United States Geological Survey (Water Resources, Real-time Streamflow
Data, Fact Sheets), Selected Real Time Air Pollution Data, National
Watershed Network, Volunteer Monitoring Efforts, Catalog of Watershed
Groups.
Publisher: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
State: Idaho
230. Surf
Your Watershed - Oregon
Resource Identifier: http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/state.cfm?statepostal=or
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Subject: watersheds, monitoring, evaluation, environmental
assessment, metropolitan areas, rivers, streams, water quality, water
pollution, government programs, wetlands, environmental restoration,
beaches, stream flow
Description: Surf Your Watershed is a service to help users
locate, use, and share environmental information about a state and its
watershed. Sections include: Assessments of Watershed Health (State
Water Quality, State Impaired Waters Program), Environmental Information
(Environmental Websites, River Corridors and Wetlands Restoration
Efforts), Places Involving this State (Watersheds, Counties, American
Heritage Rivers, National Estuary Programs), Drinking Water Information,
Section 319 Success Stories, Beach Monitoring Sites, National Priorities
List Sites, Bioassessment Projects Case Studies, Information provided by
United States Geological Survey (Water Resources, Real-time Streamflow
Data, Fact Sheets), Selected Real Time Air Pollution Data, National
Watershed Network, Volunteer Monitoring Efforts, Catalog of Watershed
Groups.
Publisher: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
State: Oregon
231. Surf
Your Watershed - Washington
Resource Identifier: http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/state.cfm?statepostal=WA
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Subject: watersheds, monitoring, evaluation, environmental
assessment, metropolitan areas, rivers, streams, water quality, water
pollution, government programs, wetlands, environmental restoration,
beaches, stream flow
Description: Surf Your Watershed is a service to help users
locate, use, and share environmental information about a state and its
watershed. Sections include: Assessments of Watershed Health (State
Water Quality, State Impaired Waters Program), Environmental Information
(Environmental Websites, River Corridors and Wetlands Restoration
Efforts), Places Involving this State (Watersheds, Counties, American
Heritage Rivers, National Estuary Programs), Drinking Water Information,
Section 319 Success Stories, Beach Monitoring Sites, National Priorities
List Sites, Bioassessment Projects Case Studies, Information provided by
United States Geological Survey (Water Resources, Real-time Streamflow
Data, Fact Sheets), Selected Real Time Air Pollution Data, National
Watershed Network, Volunteer Monitoring Efforts, Catalog of Watershed
Groups.
Publisher: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
State: Washington
232. Taiga Rescue
Network
Resource Identifier: http://www.taigarescue.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Taiga Rescue Network
Subject: taiga, forests, environmental protection, resource
management, sustainable development, conservation, indigenous
populations, education, research programs, political action, old growth,
environmental restoration
Description: The mission of the Taiga Rescue Network is to
support local struggles and strengthen the cooperation between
individuals, NGOs and indigenous peoples and nations concerned with the
protection, restoration and sustainable use of the world' boreal forests
by means that ensure the integrity of natural processes and dynamics.
Publisher: Taiga Rescue Network
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
233. Taking
the High Road to Forest Restoration: A Quality Jobs Approach
Resource Identifier: http://biodiversitynw.org/restoration/qualityjobs.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Chris van Daalen
Contributor: New Initiatives Working Group of the Alliance for
Sustainable Jobs and the Environment
Subject: forests, forestry, environmental restoration,
employment, sustainable development, resource development, environmental
management, unemployment, globalization, international trade
Uncontrolled Keywords: Northwest Forest Plan, ecosystem
restoration industry, high road, adaptive management
Description: A proposal for a new approach to sustainable
development through the creation of jobs in support of environmental
restoration. Public and private land managers are responding to the
current economic and environmental problems by shifting priorities to
forest restoration and ecosystem management. This shift offers hope for
new high-skill, dependable family wage jobs in the context of
revitalized communities and environmental stewardship-termed by some a
"high-road" approach to forest restoration. This high-road
approach could resolve the long-standing "jobs vs. the
environment" conflict by creating quality jobs for the environment.
Publisher: Biodiversity Northwest
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Recommended Practices, Journal
Articles
234. Tampa Bay Estuary Program
- Saving Tampa Bay
Resource Identifier: http://www.tbep.org/
Cataloging Node: Central Southwest/Gulf Coast Information Node
Creator: Tampa Bay Estuary Program
Subject: Estuaries, bays, environmental restoration, wildlife
restoration, wetlands, marshes, water pollution, estuarine pollution,
marine pollution, pollution control, pollution effects, pollution
sources, water conservation, water pollution control, water pollution
treatment
Uncontrolled Keywords: Tampa Bay
Description: The Tampa Bay Estuary Program is charting the course
for the preservation of the Tampa Bay Estuary system. The entire Tampa
Bay region is also involved in saving the Bay. Site has press materials,
materials for teachers, and link to TBEP Technical Website, which offers
databases, GIS maps and files, and preliminary and final reports on
issues addressed by TBEP and its partners.
Publisher: Tampa Bay Estuary Program
Resource Type: Announcements and News Articles, Databases and
Information Systems, Datasets, Fact Sheets, Issue Overviews, K-12
Curriculum and Lesson Plans, Internet Map Services, Federal Government
Agencies (U.S.), Journal Articles
State: Florida
235. Technical
Basis and Management Strategy for Reopening a Closed Shellfishing Area
Resource Identifier: http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/CIL/WRRI/reports/report321.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: North Carolina State University, Water Resources
Research Institute, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: aquaculture; environmental restoration;
USA, North Carolina; fecal coliforms; watersheds; water quality control;
microbial contamination
236. Tenyo Maru
Oil Spill Off Washington Coast
Resource Identifier: http://www.darcnw.noaa.gov/tenyo.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Marine Fisheries Service Restoration Center
Subject: birds, environmental restoration, habitats, colonies,
environmental protection, financing, oil spills, national parks,
pollution, aquatic birds, education, nature reserves, natural resources,
breeding sites, nests, conservation, distribution, wildlife
Uncontrolled Keywords: settlement; environmental assessment;
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary; Olympic National Park
Description: Summary of the Tenyo Maru oil spill and financial
settlement used to reimburse damage assessment costs and natural
resource damages. Also, details about the restoration projects to
restore wildlife and habitats.
Publisher: National Marine Fisheries Service Restoration Center
Resource Type: Management Plans, Site Conservation Plans
State: Washington
237. Texas
Brownfields Redevelopment Initiative
Resource Identifier: http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/permitting/remed/vcp/brownfields.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Austin,
TX, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, Texas; brownfields; environmental
restoration; pollution cleanup; economics; taxation
238. Texas
Natural Resource Conservation Commission - Environmental Equity
Resource Identifier: http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/comm/opa/envequ.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Austin,
TX, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, Texas; environmental equity;
socioeconomics; public health; hazardous materials; legal aspects;
environmental restoration; litigation
239. Texas
Society for Ecological Restoration
Resource Identifier: http://www.cep.unt.edu/sertex.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Texas SER Office, 225D EESAT, University of North Texas,
Denton, TX, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: environmental restoration; ecosystems;
USA, Texas; education; researcher programs
240. Texas
Superfund Program
Resource Identifier: http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/permitting/remed/superfund/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, P.O. Box
13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087,USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, Texas; Superfund; state programs;
government programs; economics; environmental restoration; land
reclamation; pollution clean-up; land use
241. Tillamook
Bay National Estuary Project
Resource Identifier: http://www.co.tillamook.or.us/gov/estuary/tbnep/nephome.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Tillamook Bay National Estuary Project, Tillamook County
Performance Partnership
Subject: estuaries, conservation, environmental restoration,
regeneration (ecosystems), habitat improvement, planning
Description: The Tillamook Bay National Estuary Project (TBNEP)
is part of the National Estuary Program of 28 projects around the
country. The National Estuary Project's (NEP) mission is to protect and
restore the health of estuaries while supporting economic and
recreational activities. The TBNEP works with the local community to
address environmental problems. The purpose of the TBNEP is to
coordinate the development and implementation of the Comprehensive
Conservation Management Plan (CCMP).
Publisher: Tillamook County
Resource Type: Management Plans, Federal Government Agencies
(U.S.), Site Conservation Plans
State: Oregon
242. Timber
Harvesting Plan Enforcement and Watershed Restoration Program
Resource Identifier: http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/thp/index.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: California Geological Survey, Department of Conservation
Subject: forests, watersheds, logging, landslides, erosion,
sediments, geological hazards, land use, water quality, fishes,
habitats, government programs, prevention, mitigation, information
centers, environmental restoration, mapping, planning
Description: The Timber Harvesting Plan Enforcement and Watershed
Restoration Program (THPEWRP) provides technical information and advice
about landslides, erosion, sedimentation and other geologic hazards to
the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF), the
Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, the Department of Fish and Game (DFG),
the Regional Water Quality Control Boards (RWQCB) and other agencies,
industries and the public that make land-use decisions on California's
forested lands and in watersheds where proposed activities may affect
water quality and fish habitat.
Publisher: California Geological Survey, Department of
Conservation
Resource Type: Management Plans, Internet Map Services, Federal
Government Agencies (U.S.), Recommended Practices
State: California
243. Tourism and
Coastal Resources Degradation in the Wider Caribbean
Resource Identifier: http://www.irf.org/irtourdg.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Island Resources Foundation
Subject: coral reefs, coastal environments, environmental
degradation, tourism, human impact, marine environments, pollution,
environmental impact, economics, reefs, beaches, damage, wastes,
environmental restoration
Uncontrolled Keywords: mitigation; coastal zone; coastal
degradation; sediments
Description: This report is one of a series of studies to
determine the level of coastal degradation, the best approaches and
practices available to address these issues, and effective public
awareness and training activities. The information contained in these
studies will be used inter alia to further develop the activities of
this project, which include pilot projects, training workshops and
courses, public awareness activities and networking. This report of
Tourism and Coastal Resources Degradation includes Island Resources
Foundation's assessment of the extent of coastal resource degradation
due to tourism and recommends approaches to address this degradation in
the Wider Caribbean. The assessment and recommendations have been
written with special attention to promoting the use of the information
by regional and national planners and policy managers.
Publisher: Island Resources Foundation
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
244. Toxics
Cleanup Program - Site Cleanup and Underground Storage Tanks
Resource Identifier: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/tcp/cleanup.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Washington Department of Ecology
Subject: government regulations, pollution cleanup, environmental
restoration, storage tanks, toxic materials, leakage, hazardous
materials, government programs, sediments, waste management, grants
Description: Major sections on the web site are: Cleanup Site
Information, Sediment Management, Underground Storage Tanks and Leaking
Underground Storage Tanks, Voluntary Cleanup Program, Policies &
Guidance, Public Notices, Regulations & Related Information, Grant
Information, Tools.
Publisher: Washington Department of Ecology
Resource Type: Datasets, Laws and Regulations, Management Plans,
Standards and Guidelines, Tools and Software
State: Washington
245. Tropical
Forestry and the Environment
Resource Identifier: http://www.rcfa-cfan.org/english/issues.8.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: J. Roper
Subject: tropical forests, forestry, deforestation, environmental
degradation, desertification, climatic change, biodiversity, logging,
watersheds, resource management, land use, public policy, sustainable
development, environmental restoration
Description: This FORESTRY ISSUES paper examines the major
environmental problems facing tropical forests and looks at practical
approaches to address them. In rural areas, the deterioration of natural
resources not only destroys the environment but also undermines the very
foundation on which economic growth and development depend. The
catastrophic impact is seen in accelerating soil erosion, which results
in permanent loss in agricultural productivity, in advancing
desertification accompanied by drought and famine, in declining coastal
and inland fisheries, in the misuse of agrochemicals that poison both
farmers and the environment, in the alarming sedimentation of fragile
coral reefs, and in the destruction of biodiversity-rich wetlands. None
of these natural resource problems is more threatening, none more in
need of immediate action, than those related to the tropical forests.
Publisher: CIDA Forestry Advisers Network, Canadian International
Development Agency
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
246. U.S.
Code Collection: Sec. 4401. - Findings and Statement of Purpose
Resource Identifier: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/16/4401.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Government, Legal Information Institute at
Cornell University
Subject: wetlands, ecosystems, habitats, water, wildlife,
endangered species, migratory birds, environmental restoration,
distribution, aquatic birds, government agencies, legislation
Uncontrolled Keywords: United States Code, wetlands destruction;
diversity; North American waterfowl management plan
Description: U.S. Code Chapter 64 defines North American Wetlands
Conservation. This page highlights section 4401 of the Code, which is
the findings and statement of purpose for migratory populations.
Publisher: Cornell University
Resource Type: Laws and Regulations
247. United
States Announces Agreement With Canada On Pacific Salmon
Resource Identifier: http://clinton4.nara.gov/CEQ/990603.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Department of State, United States
Department of Commerce
Subject: fishery management, fishery industry, conservation,
management, legislation, environmental protection, environmental
restoration, harvesting, survival, hatcheries, spawning, relative
abundance
Uncontrolled Keywords: international cooperation; salmon
fisheries; international disputes; fishery resources, harvest quotas,
fish stocks, habitat restoration, Pacific Salmon Treaty of 1985
Description: An overview of the agreement which establishes new
fishing regimes under the 1985 Pacific Salmon Treaty to protect and
rebuild salmon stocks while ensuring fair sharing of harvest
opportunities by fishermen of both countries. It also establishes two
bilaterally managed regional funds to improve fisheries management and
includes provisions to enhance bilateral scientific cooperation. The
agreement represents a critical step in the Administration's long-term
strategy for restoring salmon in the Pacific Northwest.
Publisher: United States Government Whitehouse
Resource Type: Laws and Regulations
248. University
of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Resource Identifier: http://www.umces.edu/research/research.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science,
P.O. Box 775, Cambridge, MD 21613, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, Chesapeake Bay; environmental
restoration; water quality; salinity; coastal zone; estuaries; pollution
detection; environmental protection; environmental economics; trophic
relationships; sustainable development; ecosystem analysis
249. Volcanic Impacts on
Coral Reefs in Montserrat
Resource Identifier: http://sei.org/impacts.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Sustainable Ecosystem Institute, Dr. Deborah M. Brosnan
Subject: coral reefs, volcanoes, environmental impact, marine
environments, mangroves, biodiversity, acid rain, sulfur, pH effects,
forestry, sediments, birds, seed dispersal, environmental restoration,
ecosystem recovery, vegetation, animals, mortality
Uncontrolled Keywords: coral disease; coral bleaching;
terrestrial habitats; semi desert vegetation; vegetation loss; cloud
forest
Description: Ecological impacts of the Montserrat volcano: A
pictorial account of its effects on land and sea life.
Publisher: Sustainable Ecosystem Institute
Resource Type: Fact Sheets
250. Walla Walla Basin
Watershed Council
Resource Identifier: http://www.wwbwc.org/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council
Subject: rivers, watersheds, environmental protection, political
action, environmental health, public awareness, education, resource
management, planning, environmental restoration
Description: The mission of the Walla Walla Basin Watershed
Council is to protect the resources of the Walla Walla Watershed, deal
with issues in advance of resource degradation, and enhance the overall
health of the watershed, while also protecting, as far as possible, the
welfare, customs, and cultures of all citizens residing in the basin.
Publisher: Walla Walla Basin Watershed Council
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Management Plans, Federal
Government Agencies (U.S.), Site Conservation Plans
State: Oregon
251. Washington
State Natural Areas Program
Resource Identifier: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/nap/index.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Washington State Natural Areas Program
Subject: natural areas protection, protected areas, government
programs, conservation, resource management, ecosystems, monitoring,
environmental restoration
Description: The Natural Areas of Washington State protect
outstanding examples of the state's extraordinary diversity. These lands
represent the finest natural, undisturbed ecosystems in state ownership,
often protecting one-of-a-kind features, which are unique to this
region. Natural Resources Conservation Areas (NRCA) and Natural Areas
Preserves (NAP) are the two types of natural areas managed by the
Department of Natural Resources. Sections on the site include: History
of the Natural Areas Program, Natural Area Preserves, Natural Resources
Conservation Areas, Monitoring and Restoration, Research on Natural
Areas, Education and Public Access, Stewardship and Volunteers,
Protection and Acquisition, Publications.
Publisher: Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Federal Government Agencies
(U.S.)
State: Washington
252. Washington
Summary - Waste Site Reports
Resource Identifier: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/wastesites/states/summaries/wash.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Coastal Protection and Restoration, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Subject: coastal environments, marine environments, hazardous
wastes, risk assessment, environmental assessment, land trusts, natural
resources, environmental degradation, pollution cleanup, environmental
restoration, planning, threatened species
Description: The Coastal Waste Site Reports are prepared by
Coastal Protection and Restoration (CPR) scientists to describe
uncontrolled hazardous waste sites that pose a threat to natural
resources for which NOAA acts as a trustee. NOAA is a Federal trustee
for natural resources under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan. As trustee, CPR
scientists identify sites that could affect natural resources, determine
the potential for injury to the resources, evaluate cleanup
alternatives, and carry out restoration actions. The CPR Program works
with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify and
assess risks to coastal resources from hazardous waste sites, and to
develop strategies to minimize those risks. The Coastal Waste Site
Reports are prepared soon after a hazardous waste site is proposed to
the National Priorities List (NPL)
Publisher: Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Resource Type: Case Studies, Issue Overviews
State: Washington
253. Waste
Site Review - Delaware
Resource Identifier: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/wastesites/states/summaries/delaware.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Subject: anadromous species, catadromous species, fishes, marine
fishes, toxicity, chemicals, natural resources, contaminants, hazardous
wastes, protected areas, health, aquatic birds, freshwater environments,
environmental restoration, environmental protection, ecosystem
management, land use, habitats
Uncontrolled Keywords: estuarine fishes; military-related
contaminants of concern
Description: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
NOAA, acts on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce as a Federal trustee
under CERCLA for natural resources in coastal and marine areas. This
summary includes information about the military installations in
Delaware, clean up procedures at these locations and other areas of
special concern in Delaware.
Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
State: Delaware
254. Waste
Site Review - Florida
Resource Identifier: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/wastesites/states/summaries/florida.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Subject: hazardous wastes, fishes, protected species, protected
areas, natural resources, endangered species, threatened species,
chemicals, toxicity, health, environmental protection, environmental
restoration, mangroves, estuaries, coastal waters, invertebrates,
freshwater fishes
Uncontrolled Keywords: military installations; estuarine fishes,
waste cleanup
Description: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
NOAA, acts on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce as a Federal trustee
under CERCLA for natural resources in coastal and marine areas. This
summary includes information about military installations in Florida,
ecological problems and cleanup procedures at these locations and other
areas of special concern, which include mangroves, estuaries, and
coastal rivers and wetlands since they provide nursery and adult habitat
for fish, invertebrates, and federally threatened and endangered
species.
Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
State: Florida
255. Waste
Site Review - Hawaii
Resource Identifier: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/wastesites/states/summaries/hawaii.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Subject: hazardous wastes, fishes, PCB compounds, volatile
organic compounds, pesticides, heavy metals, natural resources,
freshwater fishes, spawning, invertebrates, estuaries, threatened
species, contaminants, sediments, marine environments, health,
environmental protection, environmental restoration, ecosystem
management, surface water, habitats
Uncontrolled Keywords: military installations, amphidromous
endemic finfish , coastal areas, forage habitat
Description: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
NOAA, acts on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce as a Federal trustee
under CERCLA for natural resources in coastal and marine areas. This
summary includes information about military installations in Hawaii, an
investigation of sediments, military-related contaminants and cleanup
procedures at these locations and other areas of special concern in
Hawaii.
Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
State: Hawaii
256. Waste
Site Review - Maine
Resource Identifier: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/wastesites/states/summaries/maine.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Subject: hazardous wastes, anadromous species, catadromous
species, fishes, PCB compounds, benzene, xylene, endangered species,
marine fishes, invertebrates, crustaceans, commercial fishing, fishery
industry, marine mammals, chemicals, toxicity, contaminants, DDT,
natural resources, health, environmental protection, environmental
restoration, freshwater fishes, freshwater environments, spawning,
habitats
Uncontrolled Keywords: military contaminants; estuarine fishes,
recreational fishing, waste cleanups
Description: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
NOAA, acts on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce as a Federal trustee
under CERCLA for natural resources in coastal and marine areas. This
summary includes information about military installations in Maine,
military contaminants of concern and cleanup procedures at these
locations and the Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers, as well as
Merrymeeting Bay where the two rivers meet, which are of special concern
to NOAA.
Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
State: Maine
257. Waste
Site Review - Maryland
Resource Identifier: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/wastesites/states/summaries/maryland.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Subject: hazardous wastes, anadromous species, catadromous
species, fishes, explosives, PCB compounds, pesticides, contaminants,
natural resources, environmental protection, environmental restoration,
marine fishes, commercial fishing, fishery industry, chemicals,
toxicity, volatile organic compounds, health, heavy metals, wetlands,
environmental degradation
Uncontrolled Keywords: chemical warfare agents; military
contaminants, estuarine fishes, recreational fishing, ecological
problems, waste cleanup, coastal areas,
Description: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
NOAA, acts on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce as a Federal trustee
under CERCLA for natural resources in coastal and marine areas. This
summary includes information about the military installations in
Maryland, defense-related contaminants of concern and clean up
procedures at these locations and the Chesapeake Bay which is of special
interest to NOAA because it supports diverse trust species and habitats
and important commercial and recreational fisheries.
Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
State: Maryland
258. Waste
Site Review - Massachusetts
Resource Identifier: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/wastesites/states/summaries/massachu.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Subject: hazardous wastes, fishes, anadromous species,
catadromous species, crustaceans, invertebrates, chemicals, toxicity,
heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides, natural resources, health,
environmental restoration, environmental protection, contaminants,
commercial fishing, fishery industry, spawning, PCB compounds, sediments
Uncontrolled Keywords: radionuclides; acids; chlorinated
solvents; photographic chemicals , military installations, recreational
fishing, migratory habitats, ecological risks
Description: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
NOAA, acts on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce as a Federal trustee
under CERCLA for natural resources in coastal and marine areas. This
summary includes information about the military installations in
Massachusetts, military-related contaminants of concern and cleanup
procedures at these locations. Also, the New Bedford Harbor and
associated PCB sediment contamination is of special concern because
elevated levels of PCBs have accumulated in many marine species,
resulting in bans to all recreational fisheries and several commercial
fisheries in the area as well as another area of concern for NOAA is the
Merrimack River and its tributaries since it provides extensive spawning
and migratory habitat for some NOAA trust resources.
Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
State: Massachusetts
259. Waste
Site Review - New York
Resource Identifier: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/wastesites/states/summaries/newyork.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce
Subject: hazardous wastes, fishes, chemicals, anadromous species,
invertebrates, crustaceans, marine mammals, endangered species,
threatened species, marine environments, coastal waters, natural
resources, PCB compounds, rivers, freshwater environments, contaminants,
environmental protection, conservation, food consumption, spawning,
environmental restoration, foraging behavior, nursery grounds,
wastewater discharges
Uncontrolled Keywords: estuarine species, fish tissue,
groundwater contamination
Description: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
NOAA, acts on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce as a Federal trustee
under CERCLA for natural resources in coastal and marine areas. This
summary includes information about the elevated concentrations of
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) found in the Hudson River, the elevated
PCB levels found in area fish tissue and the efforts to characterize the
extent and degree of contamination, including the fate and transport of
PCBs, and potential threats to natural resources in the Hudson River.
Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Management Plans
State: New York
260. Waste
Site Review - Texas
Resource Identifier: http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cpr/wastesites/states/summaries/texas.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce
Subject: hazardous wastes, fishes, contaminants, mercury (metal),
sediments, environmental restoration, fishery industry, endangered
species, threatened species, natural resources, nursery grounds,
environmental protection, estuarine environments, commercial fishing,
sport fishing, wetlands, surface water, ground water
Description: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
NOAA, acts on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce as a Federal trustee
under CERCLA for natural resources in coastal and marine areas. This
summary includes information about areas of special concern, which
includes Lavaca Bay since it provides protected nursery habitat for
brown shrimp and habitat for green and Kemp's ridley turtles. Elevated
levels of mercury have been found in this area. Also, the Galveston Bay
/ Houston area provides important estuarine habitat for a number of
commercial and sport fisheries. Numerous waste sites are located in this
area, which also cause concern.
Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Management Plans
State: Texas
261. Water
and Watershed Research (PDF)
Resource Identifier: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/publications/starreport/starsix.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Science to Achieve Results, United States Environmental
Protection Agency
Subject: watersheds, water quality, land use, pollution, models,
research programs, environmental restoration, weather, hydrology,
climatic change, aquatic environments
Uncontrolled Keywords: urbanized watersheds; agricultural
watersheds; statistical design; groundwater; toxicology; aquatic
pollutants; public policy
Description: This program addresses multiple stresses affecting
watersheds and early warning signals of emerging impacts. Included is
research on ecology, hydrology, and environmental management. An
important criterion for project selection is that there is good promise
for transferring results from one area to others.
Publisher: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Resource Type: Case Studies, Internet Map Services
262. Water
Quality Program
Resource Identifier: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/wqhome.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Washington State Department of Ecology
Subject: water quality, water pollution, prevention, pollution
cleanup, ground water, government regulations, environmental assessment,
environmental restoration, public awareness, aquatic plants, lakes,
grants, licenses and permits, watersheds, runoff, waste water,
monitoring, standards
Description: The mission of the Washington State Department of
Ecology's Water Quality Program is to protect and restore Washington's
waters. The objectives of the Water Quality Program are: 1) to protect,
preserve, and enhance the quality of the state surface and ground water,
ensuring the wise environmentally sound use of the state's water
resources; 2) to prevent generation of pollutants; and 3) to achieve a
water quality stewardship ethic and an educated public. Sections on the
site include: Aquatic Plants and Lakes, Committees, Data Sources, Grants
and Loans, Ground Water, Nonpoint Source Pollution (Polluted Runoff),
Permits, Publications, Stormwater, Wastewater and Water Reuse, Water
Quality Assessments for Washington Waters, Water Quality Standards and
Monitoring, Watershed.
Publisher: Washington State Department of Ecology
Resource Type: Datasets, Laws and Regulations, Management Plans,
Standards and Guidelines
State: Washington
263. Water
Resources Program
Resource Identifier: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/wrhome.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Washington State Department of Ecology
Subject: water resources, water management, water rights,
watersheds, streams, environmental restoration, government programs,
conservation, recycling, water supplies, water wells, government
regulations, dams, safety, droughts
Description: The mission of the Water Resource Program is to
manage water resources to meet the current and future needs of the
natural environment and Washington's communities. Major activities
include: administer water rights, local watershed management, restoring
d maintaining stream flows, water rights compliance, conservation and
reuse of agricultural and municipal water supplies, adjudication, well
construction regulation, dam safety, drought response.
Publisher: Washington State Department of Ecology
Resource Type: Datasets, Laws and Regulations, Management Plans,
Standards and Guidelines
State: Washington
264. Watershed
Institute
Resource Identifier: http://www.monterey.edu/academic/institutes/watershed/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: California Sate University, Monterey
Uncontrolled Keywords: watersheds; USA, California; environmental
restoration; Monterey Bay; education; rivers; streams; marshes
265. Watershed
Projects Inventory (WPI)
Resource Identifier: http://endeavor.des.ucdavis.edu/WPI/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: University of California at Davis
Subject: water resources, freshwater environments, reservoirs,
flooding, air quality, water quality, environmental monitoring,
environmental management, riparian environments, forestry, nature
conservation, environmental restoration, biodiversity, natural resources
Uncontrolled Keywords: riparian enhancement, water resource
management
Description: The Watershed Projects Inventory (WPI) and the
California Watershed Project Inventory (CWPI) are part of the
comprehensive Natural Resource Project Inventory (NRPI). WPI chronicles
past, current and future resource-based restoration, mitigation and
conservation projects, in or bordering California. WPI focuses on
projects that handle multiple resource issues involving several
cooperators such as Coordinated Resource Management Plans (CRMPs) and
local cooperative conservation efforts.
Publisher: University of California at Davis
Resource Type: Databases and Information Systems
State: California
266. Watershed, Fish,
Wildlife, Air & Rare Plants
Resource Identifier: http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Subject: forests, forestry, resource management, government
programs, conservation, sustainable development, ecosystem management,
biodiversity, environmental restoration, environmental education,
watersheds, wetlands, water quality, riparian environments, fishes,
wildlife, ecology, air quality, weather, droughts, soils, endangered
species, plants, botany, special status species, rare species, habitats,
government regulations
Uncontrolled Keywords: national forests
Description: The Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Air, Rare Plants,
Soil & Threatened, Endangered & Sensitive Species Programs in
Ecosystem Management has a responsibility to: - Protect ecosystems by
ensuring that proposed management activities promote conservation of
biological diversity. - Restore deteriorated ecosystems by ensuring
their biological health, diversity, and productivity. - Provide multiple
benefits to people within the capabilities of ecosystems by enhancing
ecosystem productivity, managing public access, and increasing
environmental education. 'Watershed' includes the areas of Watershed
Restoration, Water Rights, Water Quality, Hydrology, Riparian, and
Wetlands and the National Riparian Service Team (NRST). 'Fish' includes
the National Fisheries Program and the National Fish & Aquatic
Ecology Unit. 'Wildlife' includes the National Wildlife Program and the
National Wildlife Ecology Unit. 'Air' includes the areas of weather
(drought) and air quality. 'Botany & Rare Plants' includes the
National Botany & Rare Plants Program, the planning, litigation and
appeals aspect of botanical resources, and the National Botanical
Ecology Unit. 'Soil' includes on soil productivity, sustainability, and
inventories. 'TES' (Threatened, Endangered & Sensitive Species)
includes recovery of threatened and endangered species and their
habitats, conservation of sensitive species and their habitats, and
providing for the diversity of plant and animal communities on National
Forest System lands.
Publisher: Forest Service, United States Department of
Agriculture
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
267. Watersheds,
Fish, Wildlife, Air & Rare Plants - Watershed Section
Resource Identifier: http://www.fs.fed.us/biology/watershed/index.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Subject: watersheds, forests, hydrology, water quality, riparian
environments, resource management, water rights, public policy,
environmental laws, environmental restoration, wetlands, water use
Description: Watershed includes the areas of Watershed
Restoration, Water Rights, Water Quality, Hydrology, Riparian, and
Wetlands and the National Riparian Service Team (NRST). Topical areas
include Watershed Conditions and Water Quality and Uses.
Publisher: Forest Service, United States Department of
Agriculture
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
268. Wetland
Protection
Resource Identifier: http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/wetlands/vital/protection.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460,USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: wetland protection; environmental
protection; regulation; watershed protection; environmental restoration;
environment management
269. Wetland
Restoration Project, Exotic Plant Removal; Borderfield State Park (0471)
Resource Identifier: http://endeavor.des.ucdavis.edu/weeds/ProjectDescription.asp?ProjectPK=4874
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: University of California, Davis, Center for the
Environment
Subject: invasive species, introduced species, habitats,
wetlands, environmental restoration, indigenous species, eradication
Description: The Borderfield park area is relocating its entrance
road and undergoing a wetlands restoration project. Exotic plants such
as tamarisk, castor bean, and giant reed would be eradicated from the
park area as part of the wetland restoration projects. Removal of
exotics will be followed by planting of native species. Data sheet
explains how exotic plants such as tamarisk, castor bean, and giant reed
would be eradicated from the Park area as part of the wetland
restoration project.
Publisher: University of California, Davis
Resource Type: Fact Sheets, Management Plans
State: California
270. Wetlands:
Cradle of Species Diversity
Resource Identifier: http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/biodiv/wetlands.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Department of State, International
Information Programs
Subject: wetlands, biodiversity, environmental restoration,
population decline, legislation, government agencies, fishes, mammals,
amphibians, reptiles, birds, nesting behavior, endangered species,
pollutants, fertilizers, runoff, nitrogen, sulfur, breeding, mangrove
swamps
Uncontrolled Keywords: habitat loss , vernal pools, artificial
wetlands
Description: Website provides information about wetlands within
the United States. Details about wetland loss, biodiversity, animals,
federal legislation, restoration and preservation information is
provided.
Publisher: United States Department of State, International
Information Programs
Resource Type: Issue Overviews
271. What
is Phytoremediation
Resource Identifier: http://www.uga.edu/~srel/Fact_Sheets/phytoremediation.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology
Laboratory, Aiken, GA, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: USA, Savannah River Site; wetlands;
environmental restoration; pollutant removal; phytoremediation;
economics; soil remediation; groundwater pollution
272. Width
of Riparian Zones for Birds (PDF)
Resource Identifier: http://www.wes.army.mil/el/emrrp/pdf/si09.pdf
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: United States Army Corps of Engineers
Subject: birds, conservation, habitats, riparian environments,
management, environmental restoration, birds, migratory birds, breeding,
width, length, habitat fragmentation, vegetation, species richness
Uncontrolled Keywords: riparian zones; riparian corridors,
riparian buffer strips, habitat degradation, avian communities,
neotropical migrants, resident birds, short distance migrants,
vegetation layers, Partners in Flight, Corps of Engineers
Description: Report addresses that retaining riparian vegetation
of proper width not only minimizes the impacts of erosion and nonpoint
source pollution, these areas also provide habitat and movement
corridors for wildlife as well as benefits to fish populations.
Information about the importance of riparian zones as habitats for bird
species, literature on appropriate widths, Partners in Flight and Corps
of Engineers are included as well.
Publisher: United States Army Corps of Engineers
Resource Type: Management Plans, Site Conservation Plans
273. Wildfire
Management in Stehekin Valley - North Cascades
Resource Identifier: http://www.nps.gov/noca/sfire.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: National Park Service
Subject: fires, controlled burning, thinning, forests, national
parks, environmental health, environmental restoration
Uncontrolled Keywords: wildfire fuels
Description: The National Park Service plans to return the forest
of the Stehekin Valley to a more stable condition, reducing the threat
of uncontrollable fire. This will require both prescribed fires and
manual tree thinning. A long-term monitoring program will measure the
changes in vegetative composition, fuel loading and wildlife habitat.
The thinned and burned forest fuel reduction areas will be compared to
control plots. This will enable the National Park Service to continually
evaluate the results and refine the management plan for desired
conditions.
Publisher: National Park Service
Resource Type: Announcements and News Articles, Fact Sheets
State: Washington
274. Wildlands
Restoration
Resource Identifier: http://biodiversitynw.org/NatFor/RestoreIndex.htm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Biodiversity Northwest
Subject: forests, forestry, habitats, environmental restoration,
watersheds, roads, public policy, public awareness, congress, interest
groups, financing, logging, plantations, old growth, thinning,
biodiversity
Uncontrolled Keywords: Northwest Forest Plan, national forests
Description: Biodiversity Northwest coordinates a Wildlands
Restoration program focusing on the Northwest Forest Plan and the
Olympic National Forest. Watershed restoration is a major component of
this program. Other goals include: Raising broad awareness over
restoration needs in the area covered by the Northwest Forest Plan,
particularly on the Olympic National Forest; Raising congressional
awareness of the importance of watershed restoration and securing
increased funding for projects in the region and on the Olympic National
Forest; and, Building diverse coalitions in support of watershed
restoration.
Publisher: Biodiversity Northwest
Resource Type: Management Plans
State: Washington
275. Wildlife
Restoration Projects Fund
Resource Identifier: http://cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/Biodiversity/biodv-30.cfm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Congressional Research Service Reports, NCSE, 1725 K
Street, NW, Suite 212, Washington, DC 20006, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: government policy; legislation; biological
diversity; species diversity; wildlife management; environmental
restoration
276. Wildlife
Restoration Projects Fund
Resource Identifier: http://cnie.org/NLE/CRSreports/Biodiversity/biodv-20.cfm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Congressional Research Service Reports, NCSE, 1725 K
Street, NW, Suite 212, Washington, DC 20006, USA
Uncontrolled Keywords: government policy; legislation; wildlife;
environmental restoration; economics; conservation; biological diversity
277. WWF
Forests for Life Campaign
Resource Identifier: http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/forests/index.cfm
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: World Wildlife Federation
Subject: forests, habitats, conservation, logging, crime,
plantations, fires, climatic change, resource management, environmental
restoration, reforestation
Description: WWF is working to provide solutions to the threats
facing the world's forests which could potentially undermine forest
conservation. Of particular concern to WWF are illegal logging and
forest crime, conversion of forests to plantation crops of palm oil and
soy, forest fires and climate change. WWF's 'Forests for Life' programme
is attacking many of these problems with a 3-pronged approach, working
to protect, manage and restore the world's forests.
Publisher: World Wildlife Federation
Resource Type: Federal Government Agencies (U.S.)
278. Young
Stand Thinning and Diversity Study
Resource Identifier: http://www.fsl.orst.edu/ccem/yst/ystd.html
Cataloging Node: CSA
Creator: Cascade Center for Ecosystem Management
Subject: forests, forestry, thinning, logging, research,
environmental restoration
Uncontrolled Keywords: Central Cascades Adaptive Management Area,
late-successional habitat
Description: The Young Stand Thinning and Diversity Study is a
long-term research and demonstration project in the Central Cascades
Adaptive Management Area designed to determine if different thinning,
underplanting, and snag creation treatments can accelerate the
development of late-successional habitat in 35-50 year old plantations.
Publisher: Corvallis Forestry Research Community
Resource Type: Issue Overviews, Management Plans, Recommended
Practices
State: Oregon, Washington
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NBII Partners
The National Biological Information
Infrastructure is broad-based, collaborative program amongst federal,
state, international, non-government, academic, and private industry
partners. To learn more about the wide scope and variety of our
current partnerships, select from the links below. If you
would like more information about becoming an NBII partner, please contact
the Program Manager.
http://www.nbii.gov/about/partner/
Alphabetical
List of NBII Partners
·
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is a key partner in the development and
operation of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
They develop and maintain the Canadian version of the ITIS Web site (ITIS*ca),
provide taxonomic specialists who contribute to data development in ITIS,
and cooperate with the U.S. ITIS partners in planning and developing
enhancements to ITIS.
·
American Institute of Biological
Sciences (AIBS)
The AIBS and the NBII cooperated in sponsoring a national expert panel
of biological scientists in 1999 to provide a formal peer review of the
NBII Biological Metadata Standard.
·
Appalachian Trail
Conference (ATC)
The Appalachian Trail Conference is a non-profit organization originally
founded in 1925 to coordinate the building of the Appalachian Trail.
Now, its job is to protect and oversee the maintenance of the trail, in
partnership with over 30 maintaining clubs up and down the East Coast,
as well as with various governmental agencies. As part of its
"information" arm, it publishes and sells guidebooks and maps,
and publishes the magazine Appalachian Trailway News. In addition, it
runs summer work camps where you can spend between one and eight weeks
doing various trail projects, either maintaining what's already there or
building anew. The NBII Southern Appalachian Information Node is working
with ATC and its partners to demonstrate the value of more-readily
available information for the management of the many natural and scenic
values of the trail corridor and its associated Appalachian environment.
·
Bandelier National Monument
Bandelier National Monument supports NBII Southwest Information Node
efforts to provide pertinent biological information and analysis tools
to aid in science-based natural resources decision making.
·
Big Sky Institute for
Science and Natural History
Montana State University established the Big Sky Institute to promote
the distribution of science-based knowledge related to natural
ecosystems and the human communities that depend on them. BSI is
partnering with the USGS to develop and use innovative educational
resources and high-technology interpretive outreach programs that
combine research with hands-on education. The Institute will serve as a
test-bed for products developed for the NBII's Northern Rockies
Information Node.
·
Biodiversity
and Ecosystems Informatics Work Group (BioEco) [no longer a
working hyperlink] Working hyperlink: http://www.nbii.gov/about/partner/bioeco/
and http://www.nbii.gov/about/partner/bioeco/nbiiframework.html
A subcommittee work group of the Committee on Environment and Natural
Resources Research, BioEco coordinates federal biodiversity and
ecosystems informatics activities and identifies opportunities for
partnerships at non-federal, non-profit, private-sector, and
international levels. BioEco works to ensure the sharing of
technologies, compatibility in standards and approaches, and provides
for reciprocity and equity in data access and exchange.
·
Biota of North America Program
(BONAP)
BONAP has provided information from a multi-million dollar dataset on
the invasive plant species data by county for the entire nation to the
NBII's Invasive Species Information Node.
·
The Bishop Museum
Hawaii's Bishop Museum has one of the largest natural history specimen
collections in the world. Drawing upon this collection and associated
expertise, the museum will partner with the NBII's Pacific Basin
Information Node to provide integrated taxonomic databases in a single
access query system, linked to the Integrated Taxonomic Information
System, for determining and maintaining taxonomic authorities for
Pacific Basin species.
·
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
BLM and the NBII California Information Node (CAIN) are collaborating on
assessments for rivers and riparian areas. A tool developed by the BLM
and the U.S. Forest Service to allow landowners and biologists to assess
impacts of management practices on biodiversity and hydrological
function will be available through CAIN. BLM also was a co-founder and
major supporter of the Natural Resources Project Inventory, an online
catalog of environmental management and environmental restoration
projects in California, and of CalWeed, a catalog of invasive species
management efforts. Both are being re-written as NBII Web services. BLM
also sponsored a dataset on native and non-native plant species
diversity, soils, and crusts in Grand Staircase-Escalante National
Monument, Utah, which is being analyzed by the data consortium of NBII's
Invasive Species Information Node.
·
Burns Telecommunications
Center (BTC)
A high-tech community resource that joins with individuals, schools,
non-profit organizations, and businesses to assist them in using
multimedia, telecommunications, and networking technologies to enhance
their programs and services, the BTC is collaborating with the USGS on
the NBII's Northern Rockies Information Node. The Center will advise on
the node's educational components, including applications for
telecommunications and multimedia technologies that will enhance
education, business, and personal growth. The Center will be a major
partner in delivering products through a distance-learning network
across Montana.
·
CALFED Bay-Delta Program
The NBII California Information Node (CAIN) is collaborating with the
CALFED Bay-Delta Program to develop standards for data interoperability
among multiple monitoring efforts and research projects. CAIN is also
co-developing a planned technical publication series for CALFED and the
Bay-Delta Science Consortium, with the first online publications
expected in summer 2002. The CALFED Bay-Delta Program is a cooperative
effort among state and federal agencies and California's environmental,
urban, and agricultural communities to address environmental and water
management issues in the region. The project is one of the largest
large-river and riparian area restoration projects in the nation and
focuses on waterways created at the junction of the San Francisco Bay
and the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers.
·
CalFlora
CalFlora is a non-profit organization providing information on
California plant biodiversity for conservation, research, and education.
They are collaborating with the NBII California Information Node to
develop integrated methodologies for data systems and taxonomy, and to
provide online access to species distribution maps, photographs, and
species fact sheets.
·
California Department of
Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
The CDFA provides invasive species mapping, global positioning system
and geographic information systems workshop hosting, and weed
information training exercises for the NBII California Information Node
(CAIN). The CalWeeds database, co-sponsored by the CDFA, provides a list
of invasives control and eradication projects in the state. These data
will be expanded and re-written as an NBII Web service under the
invasives component of the CAIN project.
·
California Department of
Forestry and Fire Prevention
The Department is providing technical information to the NBII's
California Information Node through databases developed as part of the
National Vegetation Mapping Initiative.
·
California Department of
Transportation (CalTrans)
CalTrans is collaborating with the NBII California Information Node
(CAIN) to improve methods for modeling distributions of rare species and
unusual habitats using remotely sensed data. CAIN will use the invasive
species model developed in year one towards the modeling of rare
species, unusual habitats, and threats. CalTrans and CAIN are also
developing data structures for other classes of biodiversity data.
·
California Environmental
Resources Evaluation System (CERES)
CERES is a major partner in the development of the NBII's controlled
vocabulary. CERES is continuing its collaboration in this area, working
with the NBII California Information Node on cataloging technologies and
vocabulary development.
·
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
(CSA)
A privately-owned information company, CSA has been publishing abstracts
and indexes to scientific and technical research literature for over 30
years. CSA has partnered with the NBII to develop the Biocomplexity
Collection, a rich assemblage of bibliographic citations and Web
resources related to issues of human population and the environment. In
addition, CSA will make available a comprehensive thesaurus of
biocomplexity terms as a major part of the NBII's controlled vocabulary.
·
Canada/Mexico/U.S. Trilateral
Committee for Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation and Management
The NBII Program is a participant in the Biodiversity Information Table
of the Trilateral Committee, which seeks to facilitate access to
biodiversity information needed for the management and conservation of
wildlife and ecosystems.
·
Center for the
Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML)
A research and service unit within the College of Natural Resources at
Colorado State University, the Center supports the national defense
mission by providing professional services and technical support to the
Department of Defense in conservation, environmental protection, and
natural and cultural resources management. CEMML has agreed to share
military lands invasive species information to the data consortium of
the Invasive Species Information Node.
·
Center for Invasive Plant
Management (CIPM)
The CIPM promotes proactive, ecologically sound management of invasive
plants in western North America through research and public education,
and by facilitating collaboration and communication among researchers,
educators, and land managers. CIPM will contribute its expertise toward
the NBII Northern Rockies Information Node.
·
Center
of Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS)
CABS, a major branch of Conservation International, is a scientific
research center that brings together leading experts to collect and
interpret data about biodiversity and to accurately identify and quickly
respond to the emerging threats to the Earth's biological diversity.
CABS and its collaborators develop strategic plans for conservation,
forge key partnerships to promote conservation goals, and invigorate
public awareness of and involvement in conservation solutions. One goal
of the Center has been to become a leading resource center for academic
and research institutions, government agencies, non-governmental
organizations, and other groups interested in studying biodiversity
science. CABS is partnering with CSA to assist in developing the
Biocomplexity Collection and the forthcoming series, "Toward Best
Practices."
·
Chattanooga-Hamilton County
Regional Planning Agency
The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency's (RPA) mission
is to provide a comprehensive vision and guide for Hamilton County
communities that enhances the quality of life by integrating growth with
the conservation of resources. This vision includes both short- and
long-range goals and strategies that public and private community
leaders can use to implement these objectives. A Southern Appalachian
Man in the Biosphere/NBII Southern Appalachian Information Node (SAIN)
summer intern working with the RPA surveyed zoning ordinances from
around the country and environmental data available for the Town of
Walden. The RPA is assisting the town in revision and review of the
town's zoning ordinance controlling development on steep slopes and
ecologically sensitive areas based on that information. SAIN is
assisting RPA and town leaders with geographic information systems
instruction and provision of data for the area, and through the process
demonstrating the value of scientific data for guiding land use.
·
Colorado Coalition
Colorado universities are partnering with the NBII in a
multi-disciplinary demonstration of "research to practice."
The concept links information resulting from research activities with
natural resources practitioners to enhance problem-solving and
decision-making. The current participants in this collaborative are: Colorado
State University (Libraries and College of Natural Resources); University
of Colorado at Boulder (Libraries and Geography Department); University
of Colorado at Colorado Springs (Library and Department of
Geography); and University of Denver
(Library and Information Science Program and Graduate School of Social
Work).
·
Colorado Natural
Heritage Program (CNHP)
CNHP is contributing vegetation plot data to the NBII Invasive Species
Information Node to be used in mapping and predicting invasive species.
·
Columbia
University Earth Institute
The Columbia University Earth Institute is creating an online data and
information service focused on urban ecologies, invasives species, and
emerging infectious diseases within the Northeastern United States (New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New
Hampshire, and Maine). This information portal, which initially focuses
on the New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Area and the Hudson River
Watershed, will provide information about urban impacts on environment
and health, and on natural resources in the surrounding regions. In
partnership with the NBII, the Institute's integration of scientific
data, information, and understanding in an urban ecology information
system, combined with the online tools and methodologies for their
effective application, will give resource stewards, decision-makers, and
citizens fast, easy access to a larger, more inclusive picture on which
to base assessments.
·
Comision Nacional para el
Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO)
CONABIO is a Mexican partner that has developed comprehensive
biodiversity information systems for Mexico. CONABIO and the NBII are
collaborating in the planning and development of regional information
networks, such as the North American Biodiversity Information Network
and the Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network. CONABIO also
participates in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System and the
Biodiversity Information Table of the Canada/Mexico/U.S. Trilateral
Committee.
·
Conservation Management
Institute (CMI)
Based at Virginia Tech, CMI works collaboratively at state and national
levels to bring multi-disciplinary approaches to research questions that
affect conservation management. CMI and the NBII, along with other state
agency partners, are cooperating to increase access to fish and wildlife
information from state and federal agencies through the NBII. The NBII
Program is assisting CMI in the development of the Wild Animal and Plant
Information Transfer Infrastructure, which will provide integrated
access to species-based data from multiple state fish and wildlife
agency databases through one Internet query portal. CMI and the NBII
also cooperate in providing biological metadata training courses to
state and federal agency staff at locations around the United States.
CMI uses the Integrated Taxonomic Information System as its source for
scientific nomenclature and the taxonomy of plant and animal species,
and has adopted the NBII Biological Metadata Standard. A new project
with CMI is the creation of invasive species profiles to help populate
the Global Invasive Species Database with the Invasive Species
Specialist Group.
·
Draper Museum of
Natural History
To interpret the full story of the American West, the Buffalo Bill
Historical Center is building a new natural history museum with a
geographic emphasis on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and its
surrounding region. The Draper Museum and the USGS are collaborating on
the development and use of audiovisual and information databases related
to regional flora, fauna, geological features, and human presence.
·
Ducks Unlimited
Ducks Unlimited is working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to
develop the Latin American/Caribbean Winter Waterfowl Survey database as
a contribution to the Bird Conservation Node. These data are of interest
to those engaged in international waterfowl conservation planning
through the North American Waterfowl Management Plan and to researchers
interested in annual variation in wintering waterfowl distribution and
abundance.
·
Ecological Society of America (ESA)
The ESA and the NBII are cooperating to develop the Ecological
Information Network (EIN), an online directory of ecologists
available through the NBII. Through a Memorandum of Understanding, the
ESA and the NBII, as well as the Federal Geographic Data Committee and
The Nature Conservancy, help further the development and use of the National
Vegetation Classification System and also use the NBII as the
distribution and exchange mechanism for vegetation classification data.
·
Environment Canada
Environment Canada's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN)
cooperates with the NBII Program in training EMAN scientists and
technologists in the use of the NBII Biological Metadata Standard, and
in metadata clearinghouse operation. EMAN operates a node on the NBII
Clearinghouse Gateway, which contains metadata from more than 90
research and monitoring sites, partners, and volunteer observers that
are spread across the fifteen terrestrial eco-zones in Canada. EMAN
metadata describes a wide variety of ecological data, including forest
biodiversity, acidic deposition, and animal behavior.
·
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
EPA is a federal partner in the development and operation of the
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
·
Federal Geographic Data
Committee (FGDC)
The NBII Program is an active participant in the FGDC, cooperating with
other FGDC members to broaden participation in the National Spatial Data
Infrastructure (NSDI). The NSDI focuses on increasing access to and use
of geospatial data from many agencies and organizations through a
broadly distributed federation. The NBII and NSDI networks complement
and support each other through reliance on common standards and
protocols, joint funding for selected projects, shared resources to
support metadata and clearinghouse training activities, and an emphasis
on collaborations and partnerships among government and non-government
agencies and organizations. NBII Program representatives participate in
several FGDC sub-committees and working groups, including the Biological
Data Working Group, the Vegetation Subcommittee, and the Clearinghouse
Working Group.
·
Flora of North
America (FNA)
FNA is a broad collaboration of institutions and individuals working to
create the first comprehensive catalog of the flora of North America.
FNA and the NBII have cooperated in making data and information from FNA
accessible electronically through the NBII.
·
Gap Analysis Program
(GAP)
Gap analysis is a U.S. Geological Survey-coordinated program within 49
states. GAP works cooperatively with individual state projects,
conducted by a variety of institutions, including universities, state
natural resource agencies, and others. GAP identifies "gaps"
in the protection of biodiversity on a state-by-state basis. The key
components of this program are the mapping of land cover according to
dominant plant groups, the mapping of the distribution of vertebrate
animal species, and the delineation of the level of protection within a
state. Display of this information using a geographic information
systems format, and analysis of the data collected, provides a snapshot
of the status of plant and animal communities. It also provides land and
resource managers with the key information they need to make
scientifically-based resource decisions. Data and information developed
through GAP projects are made available through the NBII and are made
more useful through NBII analytical tools, user support, and through
their integration with other available data sets. Typically, each state
project includes five or more key partners.
·
Global Biodiversity Information
Facility (GBIF)
The NBII Program is the United States node for GBIF, which seeks to
increase access to biodiversity information by linking biodiversity
databases and tools into a single global information resource. The NBII
Pacific Basin Information Node is hosting a meeting with interested
delegates to plan an international Pacific Basin Information System.
·
Global Invasive
Species Programme (GISP)
GISP provides an international perspective in the development of
information and management strategies for invasive species. The NBII
California Information Node and the NBII Pacific Basin Information Node
are working with GISP to incorporate issues at the state level and to
implement recommended strategies.
·
Global Learning Observations
for the Betterment of the Environment (GLOBE) Program
The GLOBE Program is a hands-on environmental science and education
program coordinated by the U.S. Government. It creates an international
network of students in primary and secondary schools studying
environmental issues, making environmental measurements, and sharing
useful environmental data with the international environmental science
community. Southern Appalachian Information Node's University of
Tennessee-Chattanooga (UTC) partner has teamed with the GLOBE program to
bring a biological/NBII component to the GLOBE Program. UTC has engaged
K-12 students, teachers, community members, undergraduates, graduates,
and UTC faculty in training to collect, analyze, and map biological data
for the GLOBE Program.
·
Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee (GYCC)
The Committee is composed of managers from the National Parks and
National Forests in the Greater Yellowstone Area and works to formulate
and coordinate the region's Park and Forest agency plans and activities,
share information and resources, and provide for the resolution of
emerging issues within the area. The GYCC also provides a forum for
interaction with other federal, state, and local agencies as well as
private organizations and the public. The NBII Northern Rockies
Information Node will serve as a Web presence for the GYCC.
·
Hiawatha Island Software
LLC (HI Software)
NBII has partnered with HI Software to provide customized metadata
tools, applications, and technology research to the NBII community and
its partners.
·
Horne Engineering Services,
Inc.
The NBII has contracted with Horne Engineering, an environmental
engineering firm, to establish a formal partnership and develop a
proof-of-concept related to Department of Defense managed lands.
·
Information International
Associates, Inc., (IIa)
IIa manages information as a strategic resource for government and
commercial clients. Since 1994, IIa has been providing biodiversity
informatics support to the U.S. Geological Survey-Biological Resources
Discipline in the development of the NBII. IIa has been a key partner in
the NBII Southern Appalachian Information Node (SAIN), as liaison with
the NBII coalition, and with responsibilities for the collection and
expansion of SAIN's inventory of data, information, and Internet tools.
·
Institute for Bird
Populations (IBP)
IBP is a California nonprofit organization founded in 1989 to foster a
global approach to research and the dissemination of information on
changes in the abundance, distribution, and ecology of bird populations.
IBP is best known for its Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship
(MAPS) program, a network of over 500 standardized bird-banding stations
throughout the continental United States and Canada. MAPS utilizes
constant-effort mist netting to monitor population demographics of
dozens of North American land bird species. The NBII Bird Conservation
Node will work with IBP to provide downloadable summaries of MAPS data
via the Web.
·
Integrated Taxonomic
Information System (ITIS)
The NBII actively supports and participates in the planning and
development of ITIS, a collaborative effort among U.S., Canadian, and
Mexican government agencies, non-government organizations, and
individual taxonomic scientists. ITIS is the only online, scientifically
authoritative list of biological names and taxonomy for the plants and
animals of North America. ITIS serves as the standard list of species
names for the NBII.
·
Interagency
Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC)
The IGBC was created in 1983 to lead efforts toward grizzly bear
recovery in the lower 48 states. Composed of representatives of state
and federal agencies responsible for research and management action, the
IGBC coordinates efforts to investigate factors affecting species
recovery, and to effect management actions needed for recovery. Data and
information compiled by the IGBC will be served through the NBII
Northern Rockies Information Node.
·
InterAmerican Biodiversity
Information Network (IABIN)
The NBII Program participates in the planning and development of IABIN,
which seeks to increase access to and integration of biodiversity data
across the Western Hemisphere. IABIN comprises all of the countries of
the Americas, with 28 countries designated official IABIN Focal Points.
·
International Association of
Fish and Wildlife Agencies (IAFWA)
IAFWA represents states' interests in fish and wildlife management
issues. The NBII and IAFWA have formed a cooperative agreement to work
towards increased access to state conservation data through the NBII.
IAFWA represents all of the fish and wildlife agencies in the United
States (and the non-states of D.C., Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and
Guam). IAFWA is housing an NBII staff member who is assisting in the
identification of relevant data for inclusion in the Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources node.
·
Invasive Species Specialist
Group (ISSG)
The ISSG is part of the Species Survival Commission of the World
Conservation Union (IUCN). The ISSG provides advice on threats from
invasives that cause biodiversity loss to IUCN members, conservation
practitioners, and policymakers. Having created the Global Invasive
Species Database, the NBII has partnered with them to further populate
the database. Another goal of the partnership is to stimulate the
development and implementation of technologies, protocols, and practices
needed to share knowledge relevant to invasive species.
·
Little
Tennessee Watershed Association (LTWA)
The LTWA is organized to work with public agencies, conservation
interests, community groups, and public and private landowners to
develop and implement a strategy for the conservation and improvement of
the water quality and habitat of the Little Tennessee River and its
tributaries above the Fontana Reservoir. The LTWA has been collecting
aquatic biomonitoring information from numerous stream segments in the
Upper Little Tennessee Basin for as much as 14 years at some sites. The
Southern Appalachian Information Node is working with the LTWA to make
these data available in maps and graphic formats that are accessible and
educational for numerous stakeholders and decision makers in the
watershed communities.
·
Mailman School
of Public Health at Columbia University
Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health is the only
accredited school of public health in the New York metropolitan area,
and among the first in the nation. The multidisciplinary family of more
than 700 graduate students and 150 faculty is dedicated to promoting
health and preventing disease through research, education, and service
in New York City, the United States, and around the world. The Mailman
School houses six divisions, including biostatistics, environmental
health sciences, epidemiology, health policy and management, population
and family health, and sociomedical sciences. One of the strengths of
the School is the ability to foster collaboration and synergy among many
disciplines, bringing fresh ideas to the increasingly complex health
problems of today.
·
Maryland Ornithological
Society (MOS)
The MOS is a nonprofit, statewide organization of those who are
interested in birds and nature. MOS promotes knowledge about our natural
resources and fosters its appreciation and conservation. MOS publishes a
wide variety of publications including the Atlas of the Breeding Birds
of Maryland and the District of Columbia. The Atlas provides extensive
data about the 199 species that are known to breed in Maryland and the
District, based on a five-year study conducted during the 1980s. MOS
will conduct a second breeding bird atlas of Maryland and the District
of Columbia for a five-year period, beginning in 2002. The USGS Patuxent
Wildlife Research Center and the NBII Bird Conservation Node will work
together with MOS to develop a relational database for breeding bird
atlas data; populate the database with data from the 1980s atlas; and
develop Web-based data entry, data review, and data retrieval Web pages
for the current atlas data.
·
Meadowlands
Environmental Research Institute (MERI)
Established in 1998, the MERI is administered by the Rutgers University
Center for Information Management, Integration, and Connectivity in
collaboration with the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission. MERI is
dedicated to the scientific study of the Meadowlands District, an urban
area dominated by coastal wetlands in northeastern New Jersey. They have
brought together some of the world's best scientists to provide both
basic science and practical technologies to monitor, protect, and
ultimately improve the environment in the Meadowlands District.
Techniques that are successful in the District have broad practical
application throughout similar areas in the United States and the world.
Teaming with NASA, MERI uses the most advanced satellite imaging
available to provide vast and varied information about New Jersey.
Sensors placed throughout the Meadowlands District collect continuous
data regarding weather and air and water quality. The information
technology component of MERI has developed advanced computer mapping
applications to put this mountain of satellite, sensor, and chemical
analytical data into usable visual formats. MERI has also sought to
reach outside the laboratory and let citizens know what their scientists
are learning through educational programs for students, local government
officials, and the general public. The knowledge, techniques, and
technologies developed by MERI will have a significant, positive impact
on the Meadowlands and similar areas and, thus, on people throughout the
world.
·
The
Metropolitan East Coast Assessment
The Metropolitan East Coast Regional Assessment (Climate Change and a
Global City), a collaborative partnership between Columbia Earth
Institute, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Montclair State
University, focuses on the issues of climate change in a major urban
center. The assessment covers the 31 counties of the New York City
metropolitan region. The area consists of 13,000 square miles, with
jurisdictions involving 1,600 cities, town, and villages in the three
states of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The 2000 U.S. Census
numbered the total regional population at 21.5 million, of which 8
million live in New York City. The assessment focuses on seven sectors:
Coasts, Wetlands, Transportation Infrastructure, Water Supply
Management, Public Health, Energy, and Land-Use and Infrastructure
Decision-Making. Key to the assessment process is the focus on the
identification of vulnerability, adaptation strategies, policy
recommendations, and gaps in knowledge.
·
Montana State
University Geographic Information and Analysis Center
The Center is a major partner with USGS in the initial development of
data and information products for the NBII Northern Rockies Information
Node, including an extensive metadata set for the Greater Yellowstone
Area.
·
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
NASA's Global Change Master
Directory (GCMD) and the NBII Program cooperate in the development
of standardized metadata descriptions of biological data sets from many
sources, and in the serving of these metadata through the NBII
Clearinghouse and the GCMD. NASA's Goddard
Space Flight Center has also partnered with USGS and the NBII
Invasive Species Information Node to utilize high-performance computing
capabilities for the predictive spatial modeling of invasives.
·
National Atlas of the
United States
The NBII Program participates in the development of the National Atlas
by supporting the preparation and inclusion of key biological data sets
from the NBII in the National Atlas.
·
National Center for
Ecological Analysis & Synthesis (NCEAS)
NCEAS participates in the Federal Geographic Data Committee's Biological
Data Working Group, and assisted in the development of the NBII
Biological Metadata Standard. With the University of California-Davis,
NCEAS is exploring the mapping and modeling of biodiversity data,
particularly with respect to land use planning. This work, in addition
to technical support from their University of California-Santa Barbara
facility, will play a key role in the development of the NBII California
Information Node.
·
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
NOAA is a federal partner in the development and operation of the
Integrated Taxonomic Information System, particularly through the
involvement of the National Marine
Fisheries Service and the National
Oceanographic Data Center. NOAA's Coastal Services Center cooperates
with the NBII Program in providing biological metadata training courses
to federal and non-federal agency staff.
·
National Park Service (NPS)
The NPS protects and preserves the nation's natural and cultural
heritage for the American people. The NPS uses the Integrated Taxonomic
Information System as its source for scientific nomenclature and
taxonomy of plant and animal species in the National Parks. NPS and the
NBII Program cooperate on providing biological metadata training courses
to federal and non-federal agencies. The Park Service is a member of the
NBII Pacific Basin Information Node, where it provides access to
information and as a customer shares in developing direction for the
node. NBII Southern Appalachian Information Node (SAIN) partners with a
number of units of the NPS to facilitate access to biological
information held by the NPS. The NPS is also providing valuable data to
NBII's newly-forming Invasive Species Information Node.
- Appalachian
Highlands Network and Cumberland-Piedmont Network of the NPS Natural
Resource Challenge
-- The Natural Resource Challenge is the NPS action plan for
preserving natural resources. NPS is undertaking a nationwide
endeavor to advance the management and protection of natural
resources in the national park system. The Challenge focuses energy,
commitment, and resources on the NPS mission to preserve and protect
our natural heritage for the American people. SAIN is working with
these two NPS networks in the Southern Appalachian region and beyond
to assist with information synthesis and dissemination.
- Appalachian Trail Park Office (ATPO)
-- The ATPO in Harpers Ferry, WV, manages the Appalachian Trail with
its primary partner, the Appalachian Trail Conference, through a
multi-organizational cooperative management system. SAIN is working
through Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere with the ATPO and
partners to prototype information exchange that will assist the
cooperative management system in managing resources along the
2167-mile length of the Appalachian Trail.
- Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI)
-- Scientists and staff of the Great Smoky Mountains have teamed
with the not-for-profit group Discover Life in America in a research
effort that is taking a comprehensive inventory of all life forms in
the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The project taps the
expertise of taxonomists (people who differentiate and classify
plants and animals), data specialists, biologists, botanists, and
ecologists, among others. The ATBI provides information for resource
management, education, and a baseline from which to measure change.
SAIN is working with the ATBI to help define and implement means of
disseminating the many types of data being collected, analyzed, and
summarized.
·
National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF and the NBII Program are collaborating to sponsor selected workshops
to broaden understanding and participation in the NBII within key
communities, including research scientists; federal, state, and local
government agencies; private industry; non-government organizations; and
international biodiversity informatics organizations. NSF worked with
the NBII Program and other federal and non-federal partners in leading
U.S. participation in planning for the Global Biodiversity Information
Facility.
·
Natural Resource
Ecology Laboratory (NREL)
A key research center in the international biological program of
Colorado State University at Fort Collins, NREL faculty and students are
the focal point for the NBII Invasive Species Information Node and its
data consortium on invasives.
·
Natural Science
Collections (NSC) Alliance (formerly the Association of Systematics
Collections)
The NSC Alliance and the NBII collaborate in developing and maintaining
the Taxonomic
Resources Expertise Directory (TRED) and the Directory
of Research Systematics Collections on the NBII. The NSC Alliance
and its member institutions are active participants in the overall
development of the NBII, focusing particularly on efforts to help
increase electronic access to data from natural history collections
throughout the United States.
·
The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Since 1951, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has been working with
communities, businesses, and individuals to protect more than 92 million
acres around the world. Its primary mission is to preserve the plants,
animals, and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on
Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. The NBII
has a history of close collaboration with TNC. TNC and the NBII
cooperated to develop the initial Natural Heritage Network Web site and
are working together with other partners to help provide increased,
integrated access to selected data from TNC's central databases,
including their rich geospatial data sets. Through a Memorandum of
Understanding, TNC and the NBII, along with the Federal Geographic Data
Committee and the Ecological Society of America, help further the
development and use of the National Vegetation Classification System and
use the NBII as the distribution and exchange mechanism for vegetation
classification data. The NBII is also exploring ways to collaborate with
ConserveOnline, TNC's public library of conservation tools, techniques,
and experience. The NBII Southern Appalachian Information Node is
working with various regional offices of TNC in providing regional data
and information. TNC is also contributing to the NBII California
Information Node focus on invasive species, assessing various monitoring
strategies that emphasize invasive species control methods. They are
also key collaborators for the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) as
they serve to identify partners and potential data sets, assess
protocols, and provide other information products for PBIN.
·
NatureServe (formerly
the Association for Biodiversity Information)
NatureServe and the NBII are working together to make information about
species and ecosystems at risk more broadly available for government,
industry, and the public, and are exploring opportunities for
establishing NatureServe as a national-level NBII node. NatureServe
represents the biological inventory, exploration, and information
management activities formerly carried out by The Nature Conservancy and
serves as secretariat for the state agency-based natural heritage
programs, which are leading sources of biological data in every U.S.
state and each province in Canada. The NBII has supported the
establishment of key NatureServe Web resources, including the electronic
directory of natural heritage programs, and is currently working with
NatureServe to advance such public Web offerings as NatureServe
Explorer, which provides access to detailed information on more than
50,000 North American species and ecosystems.
·
New Jersey
Meadowlands Commission
The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission was created by an act of the New
Jersey Legislature in 1968 and was passed into law in January 1969,
covering 10 communities in Bergen County and four in Hudson County. The
act gave the Commission three mandates: Environmental Protection,
Economic Development, and Solid Waste Management. The District is now
home to more than 265 different species of birds and is recognized as a
major migratory fly-over and resting preserve. Shellfish and finfish
have returned in abundance.
·
North American Biodiversity Information Network (NABIN)
The NBII Program participates on the Steering Committee for the
development of NABIN, which seeks to increase access to and integration
of biodiversity data from Canada, Mexico, and the United States.
·
North Chickamauga
Creek Conservancy (NCCC)
The NCCC is a citizen-created nonprofit organization that provides a
structured, dedicated framework for constructive, proactive citizen
involvement and support in conserving the significant natural, historic,
and cultural resources located within and near the watershed area of
North Chickamauga Creek. NCCC's work is supported through a combination
of grants from local and national foundations and contributions and
volunteer services from supportive individuals, companies, and
organizations. The NCCC pursues its initiatives through the efforts of
its committees and works in partnership with other organizations and
governmental entities to accomplish common conservation goals.
University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, as an NBII Southern Appalachian
Information Node partner, is assisting the NCCC with environmental data
and geographic information systems tools and education. This pilot
project will further demonstrate the value of scientific information and
decision-aiding tools in conserving the environs of the scenic city of
Chattanooga.
·
Northwest Alliance for
Computational Science and Engineering (NACSE)
Located at Oregon State University, NACSE is part of the Metacenter
Regional Alliances program sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
Their goal is to provide Web-based training materials and tools for
learning about computational techniques and parallel programming to
scientists, engineers, and students. NACSE is partnering with the NBII
Pacific Northwest Information Node to Web-enable complex biological
databases and provide assistance with geographic information systems
mapping capabilities.
·
Northwest Habitat Institute (NHI)
The NHI is a non-profit scientific and educational organization. Their
mission is to promote and facilitate the conservation of Pacific
Northwest native species and habitats through the development and
dissemination of data-rich and verifiable information, maps, and tools
as well as the restoration and enhancement of native habitats. The NHI
is working with the NBII Pacific Northwest Information Node to provide
Web-enabled wildlife, fish, and habitat data about the Pacific Northwest
through their Interactive Biodiversity Information System.
·
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
The Department of Energy's ORNL conducts basic and applied research and
development to: create scientific knowledge and technological solutions
that strengthen the nation's leadership in key areas of science;
increase the availability of clean, abundant energy; restore and protect
the environment; and contribute to national security. The 35,000-acre
Oak Ridge Reservation is a core unit of the Southern Appalachian
Biosphere Reserve, with over 1200 vascular plants and a diverse
assemblage of other organisms occupying one of the few remaining intact
areas of the Ridge and Valley province in the region. ORNL's
Environmental Sciences Division is providing technical leadership to the
NBII Southern Appalachian Information Node, environmental data for the
region, ecological modeling capabilities, and a national NBII
Clearinghouse that provides the metadata infrastructure and information
support for utilization by all the NBII regional nodes.
·
Pennsylvania Spatial Data
Access (PASDA)
PASDA is Pennsylvania's official geospatial information clearinghouse
and was developed as a service to the citizens, governments, and
businesses of Pennsylvania. Federal, state, local, and regional
government agencies as well as non-profit organizations and academic
institutions throughout the region provide data on PASDA. The USGS
Northern Appalachian Research Laboratory (NARL) is partnering with PASDA
to develop the NBII Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Node. PASDA will
develop site infrastructure, Web geographic information systems,
interactive mapping capabilities, and online metadata documentation
tools, as well as ensure the integration of fisheries data with existing
framework data available on the PASDA site.
·
Plumtree
Plumtree is the private sector firm whose tools are being used to
develop the NBII portal, My.NBII.Gov.
·
Point Reyes Bird Observatory (PRBO)
The PRBO is the leading private avian science research organization on
the West Coast, and leads the Partners In Flight and several Habitat
Joint Ventures in California. PRBO is beginning a project with the NBII
California Information Node (CAIN) to provide data on the region's bird
populations, particularly in riparian and flood plain areas. The data
will be used in conjunction with CalFED's river and riparian restoration
projects and will be made available through CAIN.
·
The
Polistes Foundation
A non-profit organization whose mission is to encourage nature-based
learning and discovery research to improve public awareness of
environmental issues and protect the diversity of life on Earth. The
NBII is partnering with the foundation to create innovative Web-based
identification keys to living things. Emphasis in the near term will be
on butterflies, flowers, caterpillars, and invasive species. A system of
"easy names" as unique identifiers will link to the scientific
names in the Integrated Taxonomic Information System database.
·
Profusion
Profusion has provided the NBII with technology and applications support
for the creation and management of, and enhancements to, the NBII's
BioBot intelligent search agent.
·
Regional Ecosystem Office
(Portland, OR)
Provide access to Northwest Forest Plan documents and monitoring
databases.
·
Rocky
Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
The CESU provides research, technical assistance, and education to
federal land management, environmental, and research agencies, and their
potential partners. It develops programs of research, technical
assistance, and education that involve the biological, physical, social,
and cultural sciences needed to address resources issues and
interdisciplinary problem-solving at multiple scales and in an ecosystem
context. The CESU places special emphasis on the working collaboration
among federal agencies, universities, and related partner institutions.
The NBII Northern Rockies Information Node will partner with the CESU
and will provide a significant Web presence for the unit's information
holdings.
·
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)
SDSC has collaborated with the NBII in developing techniques for making
biological and ecological analysis tools available online through the
NBII. With other NBII partners, SDSC participates in the development of
a strategic plan for providing increased electronic access to biological
data from U.S. natural history collections.
·
SAS Institute, Inc.
The SAS Institute is working with the NBII on various data warehousing
and data mining technologies for the NBII.
·
Science Applications
International Corporation (SAIC)
The NBII has contracted with SAIC, a research and engineering company,
to evaluate the most effective alternatives for integrating geographic
information systems data/information on the Web.
·
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian is a federal partner in the development and operation of
the Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Smithsonian Environmental
Research Center
The Center is providing data and technical support on multiple
databases, related to the identification and tracking of invasive
marine species. This data will be made available through both the
NBII California Information Node and the NBII Pacific Basin
Information Node.
·
Sonoma (CA) Ecology Center
The Sonoma Ecology Center is a non-profit organization working toward a
condition of sustainable ecological health in the Sonoma Valley through
community-supported research, education, restoration and preservation.
The Center is working with the NBII California Information Node to
provide access to mapping and species distribution prediction data from
their Arundo donax (Giant reed) eradication project.
·
Southern Appalachian
Man and the Biosphere Program (SAMAB)
The vision of the SAMAB Program is to promote the achievement of a
sustainable balance between the conservation of biological diversity,
compatible economic uses, and cultural values across the Southern
Appalachians. This balance is achieved by collaborating with
stakeholders through information gathering and sharing, integrated
assessments, and demonstration projects directed toward the solution of
critical regional issues. The Southern Appalachian Information Node (SAIN)
partnership with SAMAB leverages data and resources from 11 federal
agencies and three states in the region, including the Southern
Appalachian Assessment and related follow-on efforts. It also provides a
mechanism for collaboration with universities, community organizations,
non-profits, and private-sector/corporate organizations in the region
through the SAMAB Foundation. SAMAB has been key to the administration
of SAIN through partnership with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and
University of Tennessee-Knoxville. SAMAB contributes to the technical
leadership of SAIN as well as project management and coordination.
·
Southwest Strategy (SWS)
The SWS, a multi-agency group, collaborates with the NBII Southwest
Information Node in defining key issues and information and analytical
tool needs of resource managers for the southwest region.
·
Tennessee Aquarium/Tennessee
Aquatic Research Institute (TARI)
The Tennessee Aquarium inspires wonder and appreciation for the natural
world. Guests can journey through a spectacular 60-foot canyon and two
living forests, where there are over 9,000 animals that swim, fly, and
crawl in natural habitats. The TARI is a not-for-profit enterprise
created in 1996 through collaboration among the Tennessee Aquarium, the
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and the Tennessee River Gorge
Trust. TARI's mission is to carry out environmental research to help
ensure the health and long-term sustainability of regional natural
resources. TARI is conducting an aquatic GAP project in association with
the Southern Appalachian Information Node (SAIN) and making aquatic
ecology data available through SAIN.
·
Tennessee River Gorge Trust (TRGT)
The TRGT owns and/or protects 25,000 acres of land carved through the
Cumberland Mountains by 26 miles of the Tennessee River. This core unit
of the Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve is one of the most unique
natural treasures in the Southeast. It is the only large river canyon
bordering a mid-size city and is the fourth largest river canyon east of
the Mississippi. The scenic terrain of the Tennessee River Gorge creates
a unique diversity of landforms and provides habitats for more than a
thousand varieties of plants, ferns, trees, grasses, and flowers as well
as a rich wildlife population. The TRGT protects the ecological
diversity, scenic beauty, and historic past of the nationally
significant river canyon. The site serves as an ecosystem research
center for the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga and the TRGT has
worked integrally with the Southern Appalachian Information Node in
developing the river-gorge pilot project with a primary deliverable.
·
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
The TVA supplies low-cost, reliable power; supports a thriving river
system by managing an integrated, technically elegant system of dams,
locks, and reservoirs in the Tennessee River watershed; and stimulates
economic growth through a network of reservoirs and power plants that
reaches across the Tennessee Valley. The TVA contributes a wide variety
of data and information to many partners across the valley on a regular
basis. The Southern Appalachian Information Node is working with the TVA
to develop means of making its data and information more readily
accessible.
·
Tennessee Wildlife
Resources Agency (TWRA)
The TWRA, formerly the Game and Fish Commission, consists of more than
500 professionals dedicated to the preservation, conservation, and
enhancement of Tennessee's fish and wildlife for the enjoyment of all
Tennesseans and visitors. Unlike most departments, which are supported
by tax revenues, the TWRA is funded largely through monies generated by
licenses and permits purchased by hunters, anglers, and other outdoor
enthusiasts. TWRA specialists conduct wildlife and aquatic education
workshops, protect the state's vital wetlands, monitor water quality,
and preserve the state's disappearing wildlife species. TWRA engineers
construct boat ramps and docks for the boating and fishing public, while
other professionals create accurate, updated maps of agency-managed
properties through a state-of-the-art computer imaging system. The
Southern Appalachian Information Node is collaborating with this partner
by assisting the agency with the documentation of its data sets and in
providing online access to TWRA data and information.
·
Town of Walden, Tennessee
The town of Walden, Tennessee -- in partnership with the Regional
Planning Agency and the NBII
Southern Appalachian Information Node -- is using scientific data
and decision-aiding tools for revision of their zoning ordinance and
implementing that ordinance to guide land-use decisions in the town.
·
United States-Colombia Alliance
A program of cooperation between the U.S. Department of the Interior and
the Colombian Ministry of the Environment. The NBII Program shares
expertise on the development of biodiversity information networks and
collaborates on joint projects.
·
University of California
Davis
Riverside
- Center
for Conservation Biology (CCB) -- The CCB focuses on tracking and
evaluating restoration efforts for critical habitat and other
regions of concern. CCB and CAIN collaborate on metadata and
catalogs and plan to develop strategies for more extensive
information exchanges on regional biological monitoring data.
White Mountain
- The
White Mountain Research Station (WMRS) -- The WMRS teaches field
courses in landscape ecology and environmental assessment focused
on public lands in the Eastern Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley. It
is also a Federal Geographic Data Committee regional
clearinghouse. CAIN scientists participate in WMRS training
activities and metadata development and are developing proposals
for more extensive bioregion-to-statewide information exchanges on
biological and geospatial data.
·
University of Georgia
The Southern Appalachian Information Node (SAIN) is working with Dr.
John Pickering at the University of Georgia -- in partnership with the
Polistes Foundation, the USGS Logan Laboratory, and the USGS Patuxent
Wildlife Research Center -- to provide SAIN with Web-based species
identification tools. The tools are developed by Pickering with the
Polistes Foundation, whose mission is to encourage nature-based learning
and discovery research to improve public awareness of environmental
issues and protect the diversity of life on Earth.
·
University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii is a key participant in the NBII Pacific Basin
Information Node (PBIN) and partners through a variety of programs and
organizations as well as provides space for the PBIN office at the Maui
Research and Technology Park.
- Center for Conservation
Research and Training --The Center provides opportunities for students to participate in
PBIN development as well as data and information products relevant
to conservation. It is also the organization that currently houses
the Hawaii Natural Heritage Program.
- Hawaii Natural
Heritage Program (HINHP) -- HINHP compiles and maintains
detailed, comprehensive information on Hawaii's rarest biological
resources. HINHP's mission is to synthesize, interpret, and
distribute this information to a wide set of appropriate users
toward making a positive impact on biodiversity protection. HINHP
will provide geographic information systems and geospatial mapping
capabilities to PBIN.
- Maui High Performance
Supercomputing Center -- The Center provides PBIN access to
unique supercomputing resources. The resources include
high-bandwidth for PBIN, access to vase storage capacity and
technology, and technical support for high-end computations.
·
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a partner in various museum and collection
efforts as they relate to data and information management.
·
University of New Mexico
- Department of Biology
-- The Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program
collaborates with the NBII Southwest Information Node (SWIN) in
defining ecological issues and research needs relevant to the
southwest region.
- Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC)
-- EDAC provides technical support and image processing of data sets
incorporated into SWIN mapping applications.
- Museum of Southwestern
Biology -- The Museum of Southwestern Biology collaborates
with the SWIN in providing pertinent museum collection information
on vertebrate species for the southwest region.
·
University of
the South
The Southern Appalachian Information Node is working with Dr. Jonathan
Evans of the University of the South to make available data and
information from their recent study of forest sustainability on the
southern Cumberland Plateau.
·
University of Tennessee
A number of programs of the University of Tennessee on the Knoxville and
Chattanooga campuses are core partners in the Southern Appalachian
Information Node (SAIN), providing a wide range of staff expertise,
facilities, and access to biological and related data.
Chattanooga
- Department
of Biological and Environmental Sciences. -- The
University of Tennessee, Chattanooga (UTC) Department of
Biological and Environmental Sciences has research and teaching
laboratories, a darkroom, a scanning electron microscope, a
geographic information systems (GIS) computer laboratory, animal
quarters, greenhouse, and an aquatic field station on the
Tennessee River. The department is affiliated with the Gulf Coast
Research Laboratories in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, which
provides facilities and equipment for formal classroom studies in
marine biology and oceanography. It is also affiliated with the
Highlands Biological Station in North Carolina, which is a
regional field station for biological research and education in
the southern Appalachian Mountains. As a SAIN partner, UTC has
been developing a curriculum for GIS education and application,
providing long-term biological monitoring protocols, creating
metadata and metadata submission protocols, and developing
cross-node educational outreach. Bright Elementary School and
Nolan Elementary School are beneficiaries of the UTC education
outreach efforts, which have been initiated in collaboration with
the Chattanooga/Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency, and the
GLOBE Program.
Knoxville
- The
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) SunSITE (Sun Software,
Information, and Technology Exchange) is part of Sun Microsystems'
pioneering program to showcase the value of networked information
technology through grants and partnerships with selected
universities. From its inception in 1992, the SunSITE program has
grown to include more than 25 universities around the world.
SunSITEs provide online libraries, software distribution centers,
and electronic publishing agencies for their respective regions
and for the Internet at large. Moreover, SunSITEs have shown
tremendous leadership in creating, implementing, and exhibiting to
the Internet some of the most innovative information technology
available. UTK's SunSITE plays a role as repository and
distribution center for important information and software, but
its primary goal is to support the creation within the Internet
community of the network-information tools required to build the
next generation of learning environments for higher education.
SunSITE is working with SAIN in the development and implementation
of its computing infrastructure including Web site, database,
Internet map service, and related hardware and software. SunSITE
has contributed system hardware and software, system
administration, and database administration support on an in-kind
basis.
- UTK's
Systems Development Institute is providing leadership, design,
development, and facilitation to SunSITE for the SAIN systems
infrastructure.
- The
Joint Institute for Energy and the Environment, a joint activity
of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee Valley Authority, and
UTK, hosts the Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere program,
and provides much of the administrative assistance for SAIN's
contractual relations with USGS and the various SAIN partners.
- UTK's
Applied Visualization Laboratory is facilitating student
development of a 3-D model for visualization of alternative land
development scenarios in the Tennessee River Gorge.
- SAIN
is working with faculty and students in the UTK Geography
Department and Planning School on GIS applications and planning
tools for decision-making.
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University of
Washington, College of Forest Resources
The University of Washington provides support to the USGS Pacific
Northwest Information Node through hosting the Web site and offering
other technical assistance.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA)
- USDA Agricultural Research Service
(ARS) -- ARS
is a federal partner in the development and operation of the
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). The ARS
National Agricultural Library is cooperating with the NBII
Program to develop and operate a new government-wide Web site that
will help provide increased access to invasive species information
from federal agencies and other sources.
- USDA Forest Service (USFS)
-- The NBII California Information Node (CAIN) is collaborating with
the Sierra Nevada Science Center, which is part of the Pacific
Southwest Research Station, on a Sierra Nevada Science Symposium
planned for October 2002. The partnership will focus on developing a
catalog and assessment of information needed for adaptive management
on Sierra Forest Service lands and on information resources and
models needed to assess prospects for increasing energy production
from forest biomass. In addition, the Forest Service is working with
the CAIN to assess opportunities for developing biomass fuel
policies, with goals of fire prevention, greenhouse gas management,
and watershed and open-space protection. Landscape-level geographic
information systems will support strategies for changing land use
patterns to address global warming, and fire protection, and to
predict fire effects on California plant communities. These products
will be available in the future years of the CAIN project. In
Hawaii, the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry provides
information to PBIN on exotic pest plant species in the Pacific
Islands through its Pacific Island Ecosystem at Risk project and on
the risk potential of plants in the horticultural and forestry
trade.
- USFS
Pacific Northwest Research Station, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences
Lab
(Seattle, WA) -- The Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab is a data
partner of the Pacific Northwest Information Node, serving as a
source of forest and fire-related data.
- USFS
Southern Research Station (SRS) -- The USFS SRS mission is to create the science and technology
needed to sustain and enhance southern forest ecosystems and the
benefits they provide. SAIN is working with the SRS to make more
visible and accessible the results of SRS research, including the
hypertext Encyclopedia of Southern Forest Ecosystems and results
from regional Forest Inventory and Analysis and Forest Health
Monitoring.
- USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) -- NRCS is a federal partner in the development and operation of
ITIS. NRCS operates the National
PLANTS Database, which is a key source of plant-related
information for the NBII and ITIS. NRCS is working with the NBII
program to develop information on identification, biology, and
distribution of invasive, non-native plants (weeds), and to make
this information available through the NBII, PLANTS, and the
National Atlas of the United States.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS)
Via the USGS, an electronic survey is being distributed to every USFWS
Refuge to collect information about the composition and extent of
species invasion. The NBII Invasive Species Information Node will
compile this data into a central database to facilitate early detection
and predictive modeling efforts for invasives in each Refuge.
- USFWS Division of Bird Habitat
Conservation
-- A co-lead of the NBII Bird Conservation Node, the Division of
Bird Habitat Conservation contributes data and expertise regarding
national and international management plans that conserve habitat
for migratory birds.
- USFWS Division of
Migratory Bird Management -- A co-lead of the NBII Bird
Conservation Node, the Division of Migratory Bird Management will
provide access to population and habitat database holdings,
including the Breeding Waterfowl Population and Habitat Survey, and
the Mid-winter Waterfowl Survey. These data sets will also be
contributing to the data consortium of the Invasive Species
Information Node.
- USFWS Pacific Islands Fish
and Wildlife Office
-- This project was begun as a pilot project to test the feasibility
of creating a geo-referenced bibliography to scientific products
relevant to biodiversity management in the state of Hawaii. The
pilot was completed with a map of Oahu containing imbedded links to
2300 references to bibliographic information. To date the map of
Oahu is imbedded with links to a bibliographic list of references.
The references may also be queried by selecting key words.
Approximately 50% of the references have been added to the
University of Hawaii's Hamilton Library.
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U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
The USGS is the nation's integrated-science agency, with research
efforts across a broad range of geological, biological, hydrological,
and cartographic sciences. The USGS administers the NBII Program through
the USGS Biological Informatics Office (BIO) and the USGS
Center for Biological Informatics (CBI). USGS funds many NBII
activities and makes its biological data sets accessible -- such as the
North American Breeding Bird Survey -- through the NBII.
- USGS
Appalachian Integrated Science Initiative -- The USGS is
planning a research program that would perform integrated,
interdisciplinary analysis of selected issues in the Appalachian
region. The Southern Appalachian Information Node (SAIN) is
participating in the planning efforts with the goal of providing
support to the program for the communication and dissemination of
results.
- USGS Center for Biological
Informatics (CBI) -- The Center is active in the development
of the national infrastructure for NBII. It provides for day-to-day
management of the NBII, research into new technologies, pilot
projects to test new and innovative technology solutions, and access
to data sets collected by Center scientists and partners. CBI is
also a partner to the Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN), where
CBI staff assist with the design and development of the node and are
collaborating in pilot studies to test new technology solutions in a
distributed (node) environment.
- USGS Center for Coastal and
Regional Marine Studies -- Located in St. Petersburg, Florida, this Center serves as a key
partner in the proposed NBII Southeast and Caribbean Information
Node, a new node that will provide access to data and information on
such topics as coral reefs, Everglades restoration, coastal
processes, invasive species, and offshore studies.
- USGS Colorado Plateau Field
Station -- The Station's Southwest
Exotic Mapping Program is working with the NBII California
Information Node to develop joint data collection and data sharing
strategies for non-indigenous plant distributions.
- USGS Florida Caribbean
Science Center -- This Center's Non-Indigenous
Aquatic Species Program is working with the NBII California
Information Node to develop joint data collection and sharing
strategies for freshwater invasive species. They are also partnering
with the PBIN in developing content for the site, helping in testing
of portal software, and aiding in the incorporation of invasive
species data including marine, estuarian, and freshwater habitats.
- USGS Forest and Rangeland
Ecosystem Science Center -- provides assistance to the
Pacific Northwest Information Node by identifying new partners and
providing technical support to the node.
- USGS GAP Analysis Program (Southeastern GAP)
-- The mission of the Gap Analysis Program (GAP) is to provide
regional assessments of the conservation status of native vertebrate
species and natural land cover types and to facilitate the
application of this information to land management activities. It is
a cooperative effort among regional state and federal agencies and
private groups, as well as the BRD functions of inventory,
monitoring, research, and information transfer. The SAIN is
exploring, with state GAP programs in the region, means by which the
state programs can leverage or make better use of their data by
applying them to regional issues that transcend state boundaries.
- USGS Fort Collins Science Center
-- This Center is a lead agency in the NBII Southwest Information
Node and the NBII Invasive Species Node.
- USGS National Wildlife Health
Center --
This Center is the lead agency for the proposed NBII Wildlife
Disease-Human Health Information Node.
- USGS Northern
Appalachian Research Laboratory -- This field station is the lead agency for the NBII Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources Node.
- USGS Northern Rocky Mountain
Science Center
-- This Center is the lead agency for the NBII Northern Rockies
Information Node.
- USGS Pacific Island
Ecosystems Research Center -- This Center helped to forge the initial partnership and provides
a wealth of data and scientific leadership critical to the
development of PBIN. The Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, a
PIERC initiative dealing with invasive species, will be a major
source of data for PBIN. The Center is also providing a large set of
bird data and developing the bird theme for the node.
- USGS Patuxent Wildlife
Research Center (PWRC) -- A co-lead of the NBII Bird
Conservation Node, PWRC contributes data and expertise regarding the
monitoring and research of non-game migratory birds. They will
provide online access to such bird monitoring and populations
databases as the Breeding Bird Survey and the Colonial Waterbirds
Survey.
- USGS Southern
Appalachian Field Laboratory -- The mission of the Southern Appalachian Field Laboratory is to
conduct basic and applied research to address natural resource
management problems on Department of Interior lands, with an
emphasis on experimental research; long-term or regional, national,
or global issues; and a holistic perspective of problem-solving
directed toward entire ecosystems. The Field Laboratory has
contributed spatial data on potential black bear habitat for the
Southern Appalachians and on habitat conditions conducive to
butternut canker across the region. A member of the Field Laboratory
staff has participated in the Tennessee River Gorge pilot project,
directing student work on a three-dimensional model of the Gorge and
an evaluation of the use of scientific information in the process of
revision of the Town of Walden's zoning ordinance.
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Valles Caldera
National Preserve Trust
The Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP) Trust and its Board of
Trustees is a federal-state-local-private organization overseeing the
VCNP, purchased by the federal government in 2001. It supports NBII
Southwest Information Node efforts to provide pertinent biological
information and analysis tools to aid in science-based natural resource
decision-making.
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Wildlife Trust
Wildlife Trust is a U.S.-based conservation science organization that
works with local scientists and educators in communities worldwide to
save threatened species by saving the places they live and by making
allies of the people who live with them. With three decades of
international experience, Wildlife Trust works on the ground, around the
globe, targeting the hardest cases -- those in which development for
humans is threatening the survival of wildlife and their ecosystems.
Their work focuses on applied wildlife science, conservation medicine,
conservation education, and professional development. Community by
community, Wildlife Trust helps people see that the conditions that
permit the survival of species and biodiversity are the very same
conditions that support their own health and prosperity.
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