Air & Waste Management
Association
WMA is a nonprofit organization that provides training, information, and networking to
12,000 environmental professionals in 65 countries. Its goals are to strengthen the
environmental profession, expand scientific and technological responses to environmental
concerns, and assist professionals in critical environmental decision making. The
site accesses publications, professional development resources, an education center, and
links to environmental companies, environmental organizations, government agencies, and
North American colleges and universities offering advanced environmental degrees.
Environmental
Health Clearinghouse
Sponsored by Information Ventures, Inc., the Environmental Health Clearinghouse provides
substantive information and key documents on a variety of environmental health issues
including worker exposure, hazardous waste sites, chemical spills and releases, and
environmental justice.
USDA Forest Service
The Forest Service aims to achieve quality land management under sustainable multiple-uses
that serve the diverse needs of people. The home page provides access to the
agency’s staff, programs, and publications, a search engine to the agency’s web
site, as well as information on ordering maps of national forests.
National
Drinking Water Clearinghouse
Funded by the USDA, the NDWC is a non-profit public service group, operating out of West
Virginia University, that maintains services and information related to small community
(populations of less than 10,000) drinking water systems. This includes the latest
information on funding sources for community water treatment infrastructure, regulatory
updates, water treatment technologies, and much more.
National Small Flows Clearinghouse
Funded by the U.S. EPA, the NSFC provides information about innovative, low-cost
wastewater treatments for small communities with populations of less than 10,000. It
focuses on practical, alternative solutions for "small flows" problems involving
one million gallons or less of wastewater daily. Solutions may range
from septic systems to small sewage treatment plants. NSFC helps homeowners, renters,
citizens' groups, local industry leaders, research scientists, educators, local and state
government officials, consultants, manufacturers, operators and maintainers, contractors,
and related professionals. The site links to an online forum, to a calendar of
events, to a newsletter and sources of technical assistance, publications, and databases,
and to a long un-annotated list of federal, state, and private agencies, professional
organizations, and educational institutions.
National Wetlands Inventory
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
The NWI project provides information about the characteristics, extent and status of the
Nation's wetlands and deepwater habitats. The site links to NWI regional wetlands
coordinators, to reports, publications and maps, to educational sites for school children,
to the Fish And Wildlife Service’s homepage and Habitat Assessment Branch, and to a
long un-annotated list of related sites.
Natural Resources
Conservation Service (USDA)
Founded as the Soil Conservation Service in response to the Dust Bowl catastrophe of the
mid-1930s, the NRCS has the lead responsibility for stewarding the health and well-being
of America’s private land and water. It works with farmers, ranchers, local
conservation districts, state and federal agencies, NRCS Earth Team volunteers,
agricultural and environmental groups, and professional societies. It provides
technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to develop conservation systems suited to
their land and ways of doing business and to rural and urban communities to reduce
erosion, conserve and protect water, and solve other resource problems. The site
links to the agency’s partners and programs, to technical guides, databases and
resources, and to education material for teachers.
Nonpoint
Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO)
NEMO is a University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System project using innovative
techniques to teach local officials across the nation about the sources and impacts of
nonpoint source pollution, how different land uses affect water quality, and what towns
can do to protect water quality. The site links to a national network of projects in
25 states.
Universities Council on
Water Resources
About 90 universities in the United States and throughout the world comprise the Universities Council on
Water Resources (UCOWR) organization. Member institutions engage in education, research, public service,
international activities, and information support for policy development related to water resources.
Each member university appoints four faculty members as UCOWR lead delegates.
Others may join as individual members.
US Environmental Protection
Agency
The EPA home page provides links to EPA’s programs, projects, offices, publications
and databases, to environmental laws and regulations, and to services for small business,
industry, schools, teachers, children, and state, local and tribal governments.
