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Photography ResourcesThe following resources are provided by organizations, companies, and individuals, which can help nature photographers in running their business, locating resources, or planning trips. Most are government agencies and information is free.
Great Outdoor Recreation Pages (GORP) URL: http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/main.htm This Web page has extensive information on parks, forests, wildlife areas, wilderness areas, scenic drives and more - in North America and around the world. Biological Resources Division (BRD) - USGS U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Public Affairs, Mail Stop 302 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, VA 20192 Tel: 703-648-4283 Fax: 703-648-4224 Email: catherine_puckett@usgs.gov URL: http://biology.usgs.gov/ The BRD mission is to work with others to provide the scientific understanding and technologies needed to support the sound management and conservation of America's biological resources. They make data and information on the America's biological resources more accessible to more people at their Web site. Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 Tel: 314-577-5100 Email: cpc@mobot.org URL: http://www.mobot.org/CPC/ The CPC, headquartered at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, is dedicated to conserving rare plants native to the United States in an integrated plant conservation context through a collaborative national program of off-site plant conservation, research, and education. Web site has information about plants in peril and seed storage, and has links to other plant conservation Web sites. Cetacean Society International (CSI) P.O. Box 953 Georgetown, CT 06829 Tel: 203-544-8617 Fax: 203-544-8617 Email: 71322.1637@compuserve.com URL: http://csiwhalesalive.org/ CSI is an all volunteer, non-profit, tax-exempt conservation, education, and research organization based in the USA, with volunteer representatives in 26 countries around the world. CSI is dedicated to the preservation and protection of all cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) and the marine environment on a global basis. Links to other cetacean-related Web sites are available at their Web site. Digital Photo Magazine 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite #1200 Los Angeles, CA 90025-1176 USA Phone: 310-820-1500 Fax: 310-826-5008 URL: http://www.pcphotomag.com/ Digital Photo magazine (formerly PCPhoto) is your #1 guide to better digital photography! Each issue covers the latest photography technologies, trends and methods for beginning to advanced photo enthusiasts who want to creatively shoot, share and save their photos. Sign up for our FREE eNewsletter, show off your pictures in the "Your Best Shot" online gallery and enter contests! Digital Photo Pro Magazine 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite #1200 Los Angeles, CA 90025-1176 USA Phone: 310-820-1500 Fax: 310-826-5008 URL: http://www.digitalphotopro.com/ Digital Photo Pro magazine for photography professionals and enthusiasts is the source for inspiration. The #1 guide to advanced technology and creativity, each Digital Photo Pro issue includes new ideas, new methods, new techniques and new ways of seeing. Learn how digital can be used to improve better picture-taking and enhance photo creativity. Sign up for our FREE eNewsletter, post your images in our online galleries and enter contests! Eagle Page from Rocky Mountain High Email: emily@sky.net URL: http://www.sky.net/~emily/eagle.html This Web resource contains extensive information about eagles and raptors, as well as other birds. Information includes mailing lists, legislation, books, eagle poems and songs, U.S. and state programs, preserves and other resources. Endangered Species Home Page U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Endangered Species Mail Stop 452ARLSQ 1849 C St., NW Washington, D.C. 20240 Email: R9FWE_DES.BIM@fws.gov URL: http://www.fws.gov/r9endspp/endspp.html Their Web site contains information regarding endangered species in the US including lists of species and counts, box scores, state counts, state lists, and information on recovery activities. Florida and Caribbean Science Center 7920 N.W. 71st Street Gainesville, FL 32653-3071 Tel: 352-378-8181 Fax: 352-378-4956 URL: http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/ This web site publishes a number of web reports, research documents, and additional links devoted to answering the regional ecological questions raised by both manmade and natural environmental changes in the southeastern United States and Caribbean Basin. Guide to the National Wildlife Refuges by Laura & William Riley Published by Macmillan General Reference, 1993, ISBN: 0020636601 201 West 103rd Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46290 Tel: 800-428-5331 URL: Amazon.com This book is a guide to some 225 federal preserves across the United States, from Rhode Island's postage-stamp-sized Ninigret to Alaska's 19.5 million-acre Arctic reserves, both homes to a wide range of wildlife. Instituto Nacional De Estadistica, Geografia E Informatica (INEGI) National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Data URL: http://www.inegi.gob.mx/ Mexico´s INEGI is in charge of generating, incorporating, processing and publishing information on the country´s physical environment, geographical features and natural resources, and on its population and productive activities. Web site is a good source of geographical information. Has centers for purchasing publications, maps, etc. L.L. Bean's Park Search URL: http://www.llbean.com/ Internet search tool which allows the user to search America's parks and forests by region, state, name, activity or service. Search results provide park addresses, phone numbers, picnic facilities, campgrounds, visitor centers, fees (if any), and more. Areas include state parks, national parks, national wildlife refuges, national forests, and Bureau of Land Management lands. National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior P.O. Box 37127 Washington, D.C. 20013-7127 Tel: 202-208-6843 Fax: 202-219-0910 Email: waso_public_affairs@nps.gov URL: http://www.nps.gov/ Provides information about U.S. national parks, including visitor information, historical and cultural information, and information regarding natural resources in the parks. National Wildlife Refuge System Public Affairs Office U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1849 C St., NW, MIB 3012 Washington, D.C. 20240 Tel: 202-208-4131, 800-344-WILD Fax: 202-208-6965 Email: Craig_Rieben@mail.fws.gov URL: http://refuges.fws.gov/ Provides information (including a searchable database) about the individual units of the Refuge System, threatened and endangered species, wildlife, plants, wildlife management, habitat management, special management areas, cultural resources and other topics related to the management and operation of National Wildlife Refuge System. Nature's Best Photography Magazine P.O. Box 10070 McLean, VA 22102 USA Courier Adress for FedEx: 11411C Sunset Hills Road Reston, VA 20190 USA Toll-free: 888-884-5999 Local: 703-467-9783 Fax: 703-467-9785 Email: info@naturesbestmagazine.com URL: http://www.naturesbestmagazine.com/ Outdoor Photographer Magazine 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite #1200 Los Angeles, CA 90025-1175 USA Phone: 310-820-1500 Fax: 310-826-5008 URL: http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/ Outdoor Photographer magazine emphasizes the practical use of the camera in the field, highlighting the technique rather than the technical. Each issue stimulates outdoor sporting and nature enthusiasts to expand their recreational and travel enjoyment through scenic, sports, travel and wildlife photography. Sign up for our FREE eNewsletter, share your photos in our online galleries and enter contests! Parks Canada 25 Eddy Street Hull, Quebec Canada K1A 0M5 Tel: 819-997-0055 Fax: 819-953-8770 Email: Parks_Webmaster@pch.gc.ca URL: http://parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/ Provides information on Canada's national parks and world heritage sites, archaeology, natural sciences, fees and reservations. This information is available online at their Web site. Recreation.GOV URL: http://www.recreation.gov/ Recreation.GOV offers information from all of the U.S. federal land management agencies and allows you to search for recreation sites by state, by agency, or by recreational activity. Species in Parks - Flora and Fauna Database Email: info@ice.ucdavis.edu URL: http://ice.ucdavis.edu/nps/ The Information Center of the Environment, in conjunction with the National Park Service, has developed a preliminary database of vascular plant and vertebrate animal species within lands owned by the U.S. National Park Service. Access to the database is via the Web site. U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Public Affairs 1849 C Street, Room 504-LS Washington, DC 20240 Tel: 202-452-5124 Email: woinfo@wo.blm.gov URL: http://www.blm.gov/ Provides information about its management and use of a wide variety of resources on over 264 million acres of land, including energy and minerals, timber, forage, wild horse and burro populations, fish and wildlife habitat, recreation sites, wilderness areas, and archaeological and historical sites. USDA Forest Service 201 14th Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20250 Tel: 202-205-1760 Fax: 202-205-0885 Email: awilson/wo@fs.fed.us URL: http://www.fs.fed.us/ Provides information about publications, maps, recreation areas in the national forests and grasslands, campground reservations, fall color and wildflower information. USGS Earth and Environmental Science Internet Resources USGS Information Services Box 25286 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 Tel: 303-202-4700 Fax: 303-202-4693 Email: esicmail@usgs.gov URL: http://www.usgs.gov/science/ Links to Earth and environmental science, biology, atmospheric science, astronomy and space science on the Internet provided by the USGS as a service to the research community. World Heritage The UNESCO World Heritage Centre 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France Tel: 33-(0)1-4568-1889 Fax: 33-(0)1-4568-5570 Email: wh-info@unesco.org URL: http://www.unesco.org/whc/ The World Heritage Committee defines and conserves the world's most important environmental and cultural sites, including many parks and cultural sites in Canada, Mexico and the United States. |
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