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Watershed
links
These links to outside sites are provided
because they are related to watershed resources. Please
use them for your learning and exploration - and please
bookmark us before you leave!
General Resource Links:
- 4-H
Wildlife Stewards Program - The 4-H Wildlife Stewards
Program is an OSU Extension 4-H program. 4-H Wildlife
Stewards are trained volunteers who work in partnership
with public and private organizations to assist students
and teachers to create, use and sustain wildlife habitats
on school grounds.
- Earth
Force - Through Earth Force, youth discover and implement
lasting solutions to environmental issues in their community.
Educators may turn to Earth Force for innovative tools
to engage young people in community problem solving.
- Endangered
Species Act - Status reviews and listing information
provided by the US NOAA.
- Fish Passage Center
- The Fish Passage Center (FPC) provides current and historic
data on salmon and steelhead passage in the main stem
Snake and Columbia river basins.
- Global Rivers Environmental
Education Network - This website can help you make
lasting improvements to your watershed by offering an
online monitoring database and community action tool.
Designed for monitoring groups and interested browsers
alike.
- Groundwater Stewardship
in Oregon - Explore the states underground water resource
with a few clicks of a computer mouse on an Oregon State
University Extension Service Web site.
- Institute for
Natural Resources - The Institute for Natural Resources
at Oregon State University provides a single independent
"storefront" where customers can get information, ask
questions, propose studies, provide opinions and advice,
and learn about the natural resources and environmental
conditions throughout Oregon.
- National Association
of Conservation Districts - NACDnet, the home page
of the National Association of Conservation Districts,
provides news and information for and about the nation's
3000 local conservation districts.
- Network of
Oregon Watershed Councils - The is dedicated to supporting
the work of watershed
councils throughout the state by increasing council
capacity, improving key relationships and promoting public
awareness of watersheds and watershed councils.
- Oregon Forest
Resources Institute - Provides information on Oregons
forest practices and encourages sound forest management.
- Oregon
Forestry Education Program: Project Learning Tree
- PLT is a national natural resources curriculum, teaching
critical thinking and is offered in Oregon through Oregon
State University. PLT brings thought-provoking,
field-tested activities to educators. The workshops
explore the role of trees and forests in our lives
- Oregon Plan for
Salmon and Watersheds - Presents materials of interest
to citizens who care about the future of Oregons fish
resources.
- Oregon Sea
Grant Program - Oregon Sea Grant works to further
knowledge of the marine and coastal environments of the
Pacific Northwest, and the forces - natural and human
- that shape their destiny.
- Oregon Solutions
- OregonSolutions.net communicates new developments in
Oregon state government and connects you with local agencies,
organizations and businesses taking leadership roles in
sustainable development.
- Oregon Trout -
Oregon Trout works to protect and restore native fish
and the habitats upon which they depend.
- OWEB's Watershed Main Page - Provides information on Oregon's watershed councils and resources for watershed councils.
- River
Network - River Network, a national non-profit organization,
offers consulting, publications, acquisition of riverlands
and small grants to help people raise money, build organizations,
and monitor and protect rivers and watersheds.
- Salmon Nation - These
resources developed by For Sake of the Salmon are designed
to assist watershed groups and their partners with their
organizational and technical capacity. The intent is to
provide timely and relevant information, resources, and
assistance to watershed organizations, public agencies,
Tribes and other partners that work to protect and restore
fish habitat and improve water quality throughout Washington,
Oregon and California.
- SOLV - SOLV builds
community through volunteer action to preserve this treasure
called Oregon.
- WeedMapper
- WeedMapper is a web-based database of noxious weeds
for Oregon. The database includes maps, photographs, diagnostic
characteristics, publications, and links to other sources
of information on noxious weeds.
- The Wild Salmon Center -
The mission of the Wild Salmon Center is to identify, understand and protect the best wild salmon ecosystems of the Pacific Rim. They devise and implement practical strategies, based on the best science, to protect forever these extraordinary places and their biodiversity.
- Willamette
Riverkeepers - Willamette Riverkeeper is a non-profit,
501(c)(3) organization whose goal is to enable the Willamette River to function more naturally, with cold, clean water, and provide a healthy habitat for fish and wildlife. A river with good water quality and abundant natural habitat is a basic right for all people.
Regional Resources
Resource Agencies
Other Link Collections
- Research
Sources for Watershed Councils - Collection of reference
materials designed for watershed council coordinators
and members who are working on their watershed assessments
or other projects. From Oregon State University anthropology
department
- Salmon
and Watersheds - From Oregon Sea Grant.
- Water
Resources/Watershed Management Links - from the US
Forest Service
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