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Environmental ResourcesSeveral hundred environmental organizations can be found in the directories and guides previously listed. Below are some of the larger groups who's publications and Internet resources offer information and references to a multitude of nature subjects. Government agencies also provide information about the environment, wildlife and natural resources. Some of these agencies are listed below as well. Amazing Environmental Organization WebDirectory!URL: http://www.webdirectory.com/ With thousands of sites, it is the largest exclusively environmental organization directory on the Web and includes sites from over 100 countries. American Rivers 1025 Vermont Ave., N.W. Suite 720 Washington, D.C. 20005 Tel: 202-547-6900 Fax: 202-347-9240 Email: amrivers@amrivers.org URL: http://www.amrivers.org/ American Rivers is a national river conservation organization in North America. Their mission is to protect and restore America's river systems and to foster a river stewardship ethic. Canadian Wildlife Service Environment Canada 351 St Joseph Boulevard Hull, Quebec K1A 0H3 Tel: 819-997-1095 Fax: 819-997-2756 Email: Sylvie.Sincennes@ec.gc.ca URL: http://www.ec.gc.ca/ The Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS), part of Environment Canada, handles protection and management of migratory birds, nationally significant habitat and endangered species, as well as work on other wildlife issues of national and international importance. Conservation Directory National Wildlife Federation P.O. Box 50281, Hampden Station Baltimore, MD 21211-4281 Tel: 410-516-6583 Fax: 410-516-6998 URL: http://www.nwf.org/conservationdirectory/ This book contains a comprehensive listing of over 3,000 organizations, agencies, colleges, and universities with conservation programs, as well as more than 16,500 officials concerned with the environmental conservation, education, and natural resource use and management. Defenders of Wildlife 1101 14th Street, NW #1400 Washington, D.C. 20005 Tel: 202-682-9400 Fax: 202-682-9400 Email: info@defenders.org URL: http://www.defenders.org/ Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities, with a focus on the accelerating rate of extinction of species and the associated loss of biological diversity, and habitat alteration and destruction. Earth Day Peter Drekmeier, Executive Director 91 Marion Street Seattle, WA 98104 Tel (206) 405-1773 Email: pdrekmeier@earthday.net URL: http://www.earthday.net/ The purpose of Earth Day is to increase awareness, responsibility and action toward a clean, healthy future for all living things. The Earth Day Network Web page has information about resources, events and other Earth Day organizations, as well as a signup page to participate in a major international Earth Day event. Earth Island Institute (EII) 300 Broadway, Suite 28 San Francisco, CA 94133-3312 Tel: 415-788-3666, ext. 123 Fax: 415-788-7324 Email: earthisland@earthisland.org URL: http://www.earthisland.org/ The EII was founded in 1982 by David Brower to foster the work of creative individuals by providing organizational support in developing projects for the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the global environment. Their Web site provides in-depth information and resources from their projects, articles from the Earth Island Journal, and tools to directly impact environmental challenges. Ecolinking : Everyone's Guide to Online Environmental Information By Don Rittner Published by Addison-Wesley Pub Co. This book shows how to bring together the world environmental community through computer networks, bulletin boards, and online services and lists thousands of resources for conducting environmental and scientific research using the latest computer services and technology. EcoNet URL: http://www.igc.org/igc/econet/ A huge listing of environmental groups, sites, resources, headline, action alerts and feature articles. EnviroLink Network 5000 Forbes Ave, Suite 236 Pittsburg, PA 15213 Tel: 412-268-7187 Fax: 412-268-7036 URL: http://www.envirolink.org/ EnviroLink is a non-profit organization...a grassroots online community that unites hundreds of organizations and volunteers around the world with millions of people in over 130 countries. It is dedicated to providing the most comprehensive, up-to-date environmental resources available. Environment Canada's Green Lane 10 Wellington Street Hull, Quebec, Canada K1A 0H3 Tel: 819-994-8162 Fax: 819-953-1599 Email: thegreenlane@ec.gc.ca URL: http://www.ec.gc.ca/ A Web site about Canada's environment, provided by Environment Canada - a science-based government department. Provides a comprehensive source of up-to-the-minute data about Canada's environment, clean water and air, weather forecasting, and wildlife conservation. Contains many links to other environmental Web sites. Environmental News Network (ENN) P.O. Box 1996, Sun Valley, ID 83353 Tel: 208-726-3649 URL: http://www.enn.com/ This Web site contains timely news, information and resources on the environment. Includes a guide to the Web which contains hundreds of sites about nature and the environment. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 401 M Street, SW (3404) Washington, D.C. 20460 Tel: 202-260-5922 Fax: 202-260-6257 Email: public-access@epamail.epa.gov URL: http://www.epa.gov/ The EPA's mission is to protect public health and to safeguard and improve the natural environment - air, water, and land - upon which human life depends. Friends of the Earth 1025 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20005-6303 Tel: 202-783-7400 Fax: 202-783-0444 Email: FOE@foe.org URL: http://www.foe.org/ Friends of the Earth is a national, non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the planet from environmental degradation; preserving biological, cultural, and ethnic diversity; and empowering citizens to have an influential voice in decisions affecting the quality of their environment-and their lives. Greenpeace International Email: supporter.services@ams.greenpeace.org URL: http://www.greenpeace.org/ Greenpeace is an independent, campaigning organization which uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and to force the solutions which are essential to a green and peaceful future. Provides research and publications. Greenpeace USA 1436 U Street NW Washington, DC 20009 Tel: 202-462-1177, 800-326-0959 Fax: 202-462-4507 Email: greenpeace.usa@wdc.greenpeace.org URL: http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/ In Canada: Tel: 416-597-8408 Fax: 416-597-8422 Email: jennifer.good@dialb.greenpeace.org URL: http://www.greenpeacecanada.org/ In Mexico: Tel: 525-523-2314, 525-536-4160 Email: greenpeace.mexico@green2.greenpeace.org International League of Conservation Photographers 432 Walker Rd Great Falls, VA 22066 Tel: 703-304-1440 Fax: 703-759 5370 Email: info@conservationphotography.net URL: http://www.ilcp.com/ The International League of Conservation Photographers was recently created with the mission of using photography to furthering environmental and cultural conservation through photography. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (formerly National Wildflower Research Center) 4801 La Crosse Avenue Austin, TX 78739 Tel: 512-292-4100 Fax: 512-292-4627 Email: nwrc@onr.com URL: http://www.wildflower.org/ The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is the only nonprofit research and educational organization committed to the preservation and re-establishment of native North American wildflowers, vines, grasses, shrubs, and trees in planned landscapes. League of Conservation Voters 1707 L Street, NW, Suite 750 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 202-785-8683 Fax: 202-835-0491 Email: lcv@lcv.org URL: http://www.lcv.org/ The League of Conservation Voters is the national, nonpartisan political arm of the U.S. environmental movement, founded in 1970 to help elect and re-elect pro-environmental candidates to Congress. It monitors environmental laws and rates the voting record of every congressperson. National Audubon Society 700 Broadway New York, NY 10003 Tel: 212-979-3000 Fax: 212-979-3188 Bird Info: 212-979-3080 Email:jbianchi@audubon.org URL: http://www.audubon.org/ The mission of the National Audubon Society is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity. National Environmental Data Index (NEDI) Email: info@esdim.noaa.gov URL: http://www.nedi.gov/ NEDI provides direct access to environmental data and information descriptions, and thereby, improves awareness of and facilitates access to data and information holdings. Data has been furnished by various US government agencies. A searchable database of environmental data and information is located at NEDI's Web site. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NOAA Correspondence Unit 1305 East West Highway, 1st Floor Silver Spring, MD 20910 Tel: 301-713-1208 Fax: 301-713-1211 Email: opca@esdim.noaa.gov URL: http://www.noaa.gov/ NOAA describes and predicts changes in the Earth's environment, and conserves and manages America's coastal and marine resources. Web site contains many links to weather and local forecast centers, as well as information resources. National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) 1300 19th St. NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 202-223-6722, 800-628-7275 Fax: 202-659-0650 Email: npca@npca.org URL: http://www.npca.org/ The NPCA is America's only private, nonprofit, citizen organization dedicated to protecting, preserving, and enhancing the U.S. National Park System. National Religious Partnership for the Environment 1047 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10025 Tel: 212-316-7441 or 800-200-8858 Fax: 1-212-316-7547 Email: nrpe@nrpe.org URL: http://www.nrpe.org/ The National Religious Partnership for the Environment is a federation of major American faith communities with a goal to integrate commitment to global sustainability and environmental justice permanently into all aspects of religious life. National Wildlife Federation (NWF) 8925 Leesburg Pike Vienna, VA 22184 Tel: 703-790-4100, 800-822-9919 Fax: 703-442-7332 Email: info@nwf.org URL: http://www.nwf.org/ NWF advances common-sense conservation policies through advocacy, education, and litigation across the country and around the world. Efforts focus on the conservation of wildlife and wild places and the health of the environment, endangered species and habitats, wetlands, water quality, land stewardship and sustainable communities. National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA) 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW - Suite 311 Washington, D.C. 20007 Tel: 202/298-8095 FAX: 202/298-8155 Email: nwra@refugenet.org URL: http://www.refugenet.com/ The NWRA is the only national membership conservation organization devoted solely to the National Wildlife Refuge System. Their Web site contains information about action alerts, laws that affect refuges, news of what's happening in Washington, and Fax and phone numbers of key senate and house subcommittees. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Ressources naturelles Canada 580 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0E4 Tel: 613-995-0947 Fax: 613-992-7211 Email: questions@NRCan.gc.ca URL: http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/ As the predominant natural resource department of Canada's federal government, NRCan has a mandate to promote the sustainable development and responsible use of Canada's mineral, energy and forestry resources, and to develop an understanding of Canada's landmass. Web site includes forest service and geological survey, with a variety of information and links. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) 40 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011 Tel: 212-727-2700 Email: nrdcinfo@nrdc.org URL: http://www.nrdc.org/ A non-profit organization with more than 350,000 members nationwide, NRDC's mission is to preserve the environment, protect the public health, and ensure the conservation of wilderness and natural resources. Has up to date reports on environmental politics and news. Natural Resources Research Information Pages (NRRIPS) Email: yfleung@vt.edu URL: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~leung/nrrips.html NRRIPS is a private Web page intended to be an Internet resource guide for natural resources students, researchers and practitioners. Web site has links to information on guides, catalogs, databases, literature, publishers, bookstores, and more. Rainforest Action Network (RAN) 221 Pine St., Suite 500 San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel: 415-398-4404 Fax: 415-398-2732 Email: rainforest@ran.org URL: http://www.ran.org/ran/ RAN works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action. Their "Tribal Links" Web page is rich with information regarding groups, conferences, media, and even music about rain forests and the environment. Sierra Club 85 Second Street, Second Floor San Fransisco, CA 94105-3441 Tel: 415-977-5500 Fax: 415-977-5799 Email: information@sierraclub.org URL: http://www.sierraclub.org/ The Sierra Club is a non-profit member supported, public interest organization that promotes conservation of the natural environment by influencing public policy decisions - legislative, administrative, legal, and electoral. Subject Guide to Environmental Literature Tel: 44-1803-865913 Fax: 44-1803-865280 Email: nhbs@nhbs.co.uk URL: http://www.nhbs.co.uk/ This Internet resource is a guide to many environment-related publications. The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog : Access to Tools & Ideas for the Twenty-First Century By Howard Rheingold Produced by Whole Earth Review P.O. Box 3000 Denville, NJ 07834-9879 Tel: 415-256-2800 or 888-732-6739 Fax: 415-256-2808 Email: subs@wholeearth.com URL: http://www.wholeearthmag.com/ The sections on natural history are compendiums of important books and ideas. Also contains reviews of books, magazines, tools, software, video- and audiotapes, organizations, and services plus ideas on whole systems, sustainability, community, health, sex, household, family, technology, politics, communications, travel, livelihood, and learning. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) 4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 100 Arlington, Virginia 22203-1606 Tel: 703-841-5300 Email: comment@tnc.org URL: http://www.tnc.org/ "Nature's real estate agent." That's The Nature Conservancy. Among environmental organizations, they fill a unique niche: preserving habitats and species by buying the lands and waters they need to survive. Involved with international programs. Has an informative Web site and magazine. The Wilderness Society 900 17th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Tel: 202-833-2300 Fax: 202-429-3957 Email: justin_darisse@tws.org URL: http://www.wilderness.org/ The Wilderness Society is a non-profit membership organization devoted to preserving wilderness and wildlife, protecting America's prime forests, parks, rivers, deserts and shorelands, and fostering an American land ethic. U.S. Department of the Interior Executive Secretariat 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20240 Phone: 202 208-3181 URL: http://www.doi.gov/ The mission of the Department of the Interior is to protect and provide access to our Nation's natural and cultural heritage and honor responsibilities to tribes. U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior Reston-ESIC 507 National Center Reston, VA 20192 Tel: 703-648-4585, 800-872-6277 Fax: 703-648-5548 Email: esicmail@usgs.gov URL: http://www.usgs.gov/ The U.S. Geological Survey provides the Nation with reliable, impartial information to describe and understand the Earth. Western Alliance for Nature 22350 Carbon Mesa Rd. Malibu, CA 90265 Phone: (310) 456-0611 URL: http://www.wanconservancy.org/ The Western Alliance for Nature was founded to rescue and protect vanishing lands where wildlife and indigenous cultural resources are threatened by human activity. Who Is Who in Service to the Earth : People, Projects, Organizations, Key Words By Hans J. Keller (Editor, VisionLink Education Foundation) Published by K. G. Saur This book lists and cross-references over 8,000 people, projects and organizations throughout the world who are dedicated to the restoration of the earth's land, water, skies and people. All of the basic information for a person, project or organization is found under the organization listing - all easily accessed by person, project, country, or keyword indexes. Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) Email: wwf@panda.org URL: http://www.panda.org/ The WWF leads efforts in more than 50 countries across five continents to protect the world's threatened wildlife and the habitats they need to survive. A particular emphasis on tropical forests worldwide and, of course, pandas. WWF United States 1250 24th St NW Washington, DC 20037 Tel: 202-293-4800 Fax: 202-293-9211, 202-293-9345 Email: wwfus@wwf.org URL: http://www.wwf.org/ In Canada: Tel: 416-489-8800 Email: PDover@wwfcanda.org URL: http://www.wwfcanada.org/ In Mexico: Tel: 525-286-5631 Fax: 525-286-5637 Email: wwfmexico@igc.apc.org Yahoo Directory on Animals, Insects and Pets URL: http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Zoology /Animals__Insects__and_Pets/ Internet directory which contains many links to Web sites that have information on animal behavior, arachnids, birds, insects, mammals, marine life and more. |
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