Conservation has many benefits, including saving money, preventing
pollution, and creating jobs. Carefully protecting and managing
natural resources (often called "environmental stewardship")
means that future generations will enjoy a healthy environment.
On this page, you can learn about different types of conservation
and find out how to prevent pollution. Remember: reduce, reuse,
and recycle!
BirdCast
Funded by EPA, BirdCast is an exciting new collaboration that enables anyone
to track migrating birds as they move through the Mid-Atlantic region.
www.birdsource.org/birdcast.html
Conservation of Marine
Mammals and Endangered Species
Learn what the National Marine Fisheries Service is doing to protect animals
that live in the sea.
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/prot_res.html
Creature Features
This site provides information on numerous endangered and threatened species.
You can find detailed summaries, as well as drawings and photographs.
endangered.fws.gov/kids/spp_mnth.htm
Ecosystem Exhibits
Here you can view beautiful pictures of ecosystems throughout the United States.
You will also learn about the endangered species that inhabit these areas.
endangered.fws.gov/esysgal.html
Endangered Species Program
Link to the Endangered Species Act (which is administered by the Fish and Wildlife
Service) as well as information and educational materials on endangered
and threatened species.
endangered.fws.gov
EPA and Bird Conservation
Healthy wildlife is important for healthy ecosystems; learn aboutbird conservation
initiatives and things you can do.
www.epa.gov/owow/birds
Nature Net
Provides detailed materials about a variety of environmental issues related
to the National Park Service, including information about managing and
conserving plants and animals that live in our National Parks.
www.nature.nps.gov
National Marine Fisheries
Service Office of Protected Resources
Learn what this office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
is doing to protect marine mammals and endangered species.
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/prot_res/prot_res.html
Resources to Learn More About Endangered
Species
From the Fish and Wildlife Service, a list of materials that may give you some
ideas to help a species near you get on its road to recovery, because recovery
is the ultimate goal for each threatened and endangered species.
endangered.fws.gov/education
Wildlife Fact Sheets
From the Fish and Wildlife Service, basic information about species of regular
public interest.
species.fws.gov
Fuel Economy Site
Visit this site to learn about fuel economy, current and future fuel technology,
and its importance to us.
www.fueleconomy.gov/feg
The Consumer's
Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste
Discover why trash is a problem, why recycling is useful, and what you can
do!
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/catbook/index.htm
Linking Girls to
the Land
This partnership between the Girl Scouts of America, US EPA
and other Federal Agencies promotes outdoor education, volunteering
and conservation education. It provides opportunities for 2.8 million
girls nationwide.
epa.gov/linkinggirls/
Municipal Solid
Waste in the United States
What happens to our trash? This report provides the latest facts and figures
on municipal solid waste generation, recycling, and disposal in the United
States, based on data collected from 1960 through 2000.
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/msw99.htm#links
Recycling
Because there's not one simple remedy for our trash problem, this site explains
and explores why we need to consider a combination of solutions to manage
it. Reducing and reusing waste, recycling, burning trash for energy recovery,
and land filling are all parts of the solution.
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/recycle.htm
Recycling Hotline
Type in your ZIP code or find your State on a map to locate recycling centers
in your community for all types of recyclables.
washingtondc.earth911.org/usa/master.asp
Trash
Goes to School - Activities
A range of activities and projects for learning about solid waste and recycling.
Covers reduction, recycling, composting,
incineration,
landfills and risk.
cwmi.css.cornell.edu/TrashGoesToSchool/Activities9-12.html
Volunteer for Change (PDF,
567K)
This guide to environmental community service features the ABCs of volunteering
plus projects on reuse, recycling, composting, and household hazardous waste.
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/docs/vol4chng.pdf
Where
Can I Take My Computer?
Web sites and organizations that can provide information on opportunities for
donating and recycling computers and other electronics.
http://www.epa.gov/epr/products/computers.html
Best Management Practices
for Soil Erosion Software
This downloadable program provides information about soil erosion in the United
States and worldwide, including what causes it and how to control it.
www.epa.gov/grtlakes/seahome/erosion.html
Journey
to Planet Earth
A PBS educational program that explores the fragile relationship between people
and the world we inhabit. Includes videos, teaching guides and internet resource
links.
http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth/
Nature Net
Provides detailed materials about a variety of environmental issues related
to the National Park Service, including information on soil and minerals
management on National Park land.
www.nature.nps.gov
Chesapeake Bay Restoration
The Chesapeake Bay Program is a regional partnership that directs and conducts
the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United
States.
www.chesapeakebay.net/restrtn.htm
Cleaner Water Through Conservation
An explanation about the relationship between the quantity of water and its
quality and discussion of how developing water-use efficiency programs
can help States and local communities achieve cleaner water through conserving
water.
www.epa.gov/OW/you/intro.html
Ground Water Primer
This computer program presents the basic concepts of ground water, the contaminants
that can affect water quality along with the risks they pose, activities
that an individual or community can do to help protect and conserve ground
water, and programs that are now in place to help protect ground water.
www.epa.gov/seahome/groundwater/src/ground.htm
Journey
to Planet Earth
A PBS educational program that explores the fragile relationship between people
and the world we inhabit. Includes videos, teaching guides and internet resource
links.
http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth/
Nature Net
Provides detailed materials about a variety of environmental issues related
to the National Park Service, including information on water resources
planning and conservation.
www.nature.nps.gov
RoboCow
Flash Movie
It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's RoboCow. Able to leap tall silos in a single
bound, this animated environmental advocate uses her radar vision to detect on-farm
perils. She maps out solutions to hazards like improperly stored chemicals, pesticide
runoff and stream contamination. There are six
other videos on water quality and agriculture. You'll need the Flash plug-in
to view the clips.
www.agr.gc.ca/pfra/flash/robocow/en/robocow_e.htm
Surf Your Watershed
A service to help you locate, use, and share environmental information on your
watershed or community.
www.epa.gov/surf
Watershare
Would you like to learn more about water conservation? Check out this site
to find information about water conservation in the city and on the farm.
www.usbr.gov/mp
The Alaska
Native Knowledge Network: Sustainable Resource Management
The Alaska Native Knowledge Network is designed to serve as a resource for compiling
and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways
of knowing. The resources at this site provide examples of how Alaska Native
knowledge systems can contribute to the sustainable management of Alaska's natural
resources and ways in which schools can participate in that effort.
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/resmgmt.html
The Alaska Native
Knowledge Network: Traditional Ecological Knowledge
The Alaska Native Knowledge Network is designed to serve as a resource for compiling
and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways
of knowing. This site provides documentation related to the ways in which Native
people acquire and utilize knowledge related to the ecological system in which
they are situated.
http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/tek.html
Creature
Features
This site provides information on numerous endangered and threatened species.
You can find detailed summaries, as well as drawings and photographs.
endangered.fws.gov/kids/spp_mnth.htm
Ecosystem Exhibits
Here you can view beautiful pictures of ecosystems throughout the United States.
You will also learn about the endangered species that inhabit these areas.
endangered.fws.gov/esysgal.html
Endangered Species Program
Link to the Endangered Species Act (which is administered by the Fish and Wildlife
Service) as well as information and educational materials on endangered
and threatened species.
endangered.fws.gov
Municipal Solid
Waste in the United States
What happens to our trash? This report describes the provide the latest facts
and figures on municipal solid waste generation, recycling, and disposal in
the United States, based on data collected from 1960 through 2000.
www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/msw99.htm#links
Recycling Hotline
Type in your ZIP code or find your State on a map to locate recycling centers
in your community for all types of recyclables.
washingtondc.earth911.org/usa/master.asp
Surf Your Watershed
A service to help you locate, use, and share environmental information on your
watershed or community.
www.epa.gov/surf
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