Science in Your Watershed

Educational Information:

The links on this page are for your convenience. They do not imply endorsement by the U.S. Geological Survey.

• Educational Information by Agency
• Educational Journals and Magazines
• Educational Hotlist Sites
• Educational Bulletin Boards, Listservers, Newsgroups, and Usenet
• Educational Bookstores

Educational Information by Agency

• Universities Council on Water:

- Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR)


• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:

- Adopt Your Watershed
- Drinking Water and Ground Water Kids's Stuff
- Environmental Kids Club
- Watershed Approach Framework
- Watershed Lessons Learned
- Watersheds
- What's Up With Our Nation's Waters?
- Why Watersheds?


• U.S. Geological Survey:

- The USGS and Science Education
- The Water Cycle
- USGS Hydrology Primer
- Water Education Posters
- Water Science for Schools


• U.S Bureau of Reclamation:

- Bureau of Reclamation WaterShare
- WaterLearn's, NatureWater, UrbanWater and AgriWater


• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:

- Education in the National Estuarine Research Reserve System
- NOAA Education Resources
- National Marine Sanctuary Education Activities
- Viewing Protected Marine Species in the Wild


• Other Sources of Educational Information:

- Adopt a Watershed
- American Institute of Hydrology
- Belle W. Baruch Institute For Marine & Coastal Sciences Univ. South Carolina Arts and Sciences )
- Clean Water (Sierra Club)
- Environmental Education Network (North American Association for Environmental Education)
- Estuaries, Where Rivers Meet the Sea (NOAA)
- Institute for Resources, the Environment and Sustainability (IRES) (Univ. British Columbia)
- The Policy and Politics of Coastal Areas (IOWA State University)
- Watershed Academy (EPA)
- Water Management (World Bank)
- Watershed Radio (Sierra Club and Smithsonian Institution)
- Where the River Meets the Sea (Apple Computer)
- World Water and Environmental Resources Congress 2008 (ASCE)

Educational Journals and Magazines:

• Advances in Water Resources
• Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
• Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
• American Water Resources Association (AWRA Publications)
• American Water Works Association, eJournal
• Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management
• Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
• Agronomy Journal
• Biogeochemistry
• Ecology
• Ecosystems
• Environmental Expert.com - magazines, publications, journals, and events
• Environmental Modeling and Assessment
• Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
• Environmental Pollution
• Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
• Environmental Science and Technology
• Forest Science
• Forest Service's Research Publications
• Geology
• Geology Today
• Geotimes
• Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation
• Hydrological Processes Journal
• Hydrology and Earth System Science
• Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
• Journal of Ecosystems and Management
• Journal of Environmental Quality
• Journal of Forestry
• Journal of Hydrology
• Hydrological Sciences Journal
• Land and Water - The Magazine of Natural Resource Management and Restoration
• Nature
• Science
• Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) publications
• Soil Science Society of America Journal
• The Environmentalist
• The Wetland Journal
• Universities Council on Water Resources - Databases and Publications
• University of California, Agriculture and Nature Resources
• Urban Water
• Water, Air and Soil Pollution
• WaterInfoCenter - Water Engineering & Management
• Water Environment Federation (WEF)
  - All WEF Publications
• Water Online
• Water Well Journal (WWJ)
• Water Research
• Water Resources Management
• Wetlands Ecology and Management
• Wetlands

Educational Hotlist Sites:

• Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory
• American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Links
• American Water Works Association
• Planners Resource Web - (USACE)
• Toxic Substances Hydrology Program - Links to Environmental Information
• USGS Surface-water quality and flow modeling interest group
• Water Environment Federation (WEF)
  - Discussion Forums
  - The Water Environment Federation's Technical Exhibition and Conference Events
• WaterShare -Bureau of Reclamation

Educational Bulletin Boards, Listservers, Newsgroups, and Usenet:

• American Water Works Association Discussion Forums
• Colorado University Resources - News Groups and Listservers
• eLeader - the newsletter that was known as Focus and Leader has a new name
• EPA Wetland, Oceans and Watersheds
• EPA - Listservers
• Groundwater Modeling - email to subscribe
• ICM-L - River Basin Management Society listserver
• sci.geo.hydrology - newsgroup Online
• sci.geo.fluids - newsgroup Online
• sci.geo.geology - newsgroup Online
• sci.geo.rivers+lakes - newsgroup Online
• sci.engr.civil - newsgroup Online
• URBAN-DRAINAGE - listserver
• University of Maryland College Park - Search Online
• USGS - Listservers
• USGS SMIG - Surface-water quality and flow modeling interest group
• Watershed Environment Federation - Networking Forums - there are many
• Water Resources - Discussion Lists - USDA

Educational Bookstores:

• Amazon Books (Search on "watershed")
• Barnes and Noble (Search on "watershed")
• Water Environment Federation Online Bookstore