Science in Your Watershed

Information Discovery:

The "Information Discovery" pages are designed to help you find links to research, planning, management, and development activities at the watershed level.

Active Projects - Find active watershed projects in the USGS.

Databases - Listing of available databases from the USGS and other agencies associated with watersheds.

Locate Your Watershed - Use the map interface to locate your 8-digit HUC, watershed by clicking on the map. A listing of major USGS water resource links, abstracts and publications are dynamically searched from the "Additional Information for this Watershed" link below each 8-digit HUC - Cataloging Unit Boundary Map.

Links By Watershed - Pick your watershed by hydrologic unit code (HUC) value. A listing of major USGS Water Resource Links and Abstracts are dynamically generated. This application includes all 21 regional watersheds. (large file size)

Publications Warehouse - Search USGS publications for Water Resource information.

Search Explorer - Search for USGS Publications using the Science Explorer.

River Network - To help people understand, protect and restore rivers and their watersheds

Summary Report findings "Circulars" of 51 Study Units sampled by the USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program from 1991-2001

Universities Council on Water Resources - A listing of University databases and publications (membership is required to access the most recent information).

Additional Environmental Data Links

Table of Contents

This page is being compiled to provide an environmental source of online environmental information links. These are government and private sources of information and the links do not imply any endorsement by the Federal Government. Some of these citations have been used to help identify various environmental sources of information. If you have other sources of environmental information which you feel would enhance this page ... please send an e-mail to the Webmaster.

Agricultural

• AgNic Portal - Agriculture Network Informaion Center - Connecting You to Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Information and Resources
• House Committee on Agriculture
• National Agricultural Statistics Service for U.S. Agriculture Statistical Information
• Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
• USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service: Annual Publication - Agricultural Statistics is published each year to meet the diverse need for a reliable reference book on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and returns.
• USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station The USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station Web site offers the largest known collection of on-line publications related to forestry research. This well designed site presents the work of over 100 scientists who conduct research on forest resources, ecosystems, wildlife, and environmental quality in the Southern United States. Query the publications database, view on-line database and interact with some of the best and brightest of forest research.
• USGS online publication: - Spatial Data in Geographic Information System Format on Agricultural Chemical Use, Land Use, and Cropping Practices in the United States.
• United States Permafrost Association (USPA)

Biology

• Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (Biological Resources)
• Alaska Science Center - Biological Science Center
• Fort Collins Science Center
• Fort Collins Science Center (Software and Predictive Models)
• National Wetlands Inventory
• National Wetlands Research Center
• Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
• Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (Wetlands and Other Communities)
• SERDP and ESTCP are the Department of Defense's environmental research programs
• Northern American Migration Flyways - Atlantic Flyways, Central Flyways, Pacific Flyways
• NOROCK Science Emphases - Climate Landuse and Decision Support, Terrestial Ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystems and Water
• Monitoring Trends in Bat Populations of the U.S. and Territories: Problems and Prospects
• North American Breeding Bird Survey
• The North American Bird Banding Program (Laboratory)
• Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative
• Monitoring Amphibians in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Revisiting the historic distribution and habitats of the Whooping Crane
• Local niche differences predict genotype associations in sister taxa of desert tortoise
• Ecosystem Dynamics
• Applied Historical Ecology: Using the Past to Manage for the Future
• Gap Analysis Program: Keeping Common Species Common
• USGS Biology and Ecosystems
• USGS Status and Trends of Biological Resources Program
• Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
• Land Use History of North America
• Global Change Research
• Fire Research
• Contaminants
• National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) - Assessing River Basins and Aquifer Systems
• Toxics Substances Hydrology Program
• Mercury Research in the USGS
• Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Database:
• Coral Mortality and African Dust
• Leetown Science Center
• Flyways of the Americans
• Migration Birds
• Threatened and Endangered Listed Birds
• Migration Flyways: Pacific Flyway
• Conservation Requirements for Bears and Other Carnivorous Mammals
• Monitoring Trends in Bat Populations of the U.S. and territories: Problems and Prospects
• Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - North America Breeding Bird Surveys
• Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - Bird Band Laboratory
• Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative
• Monitoring Amphibians in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Amphibian Research in Southern California
• Fisheries: Aquatic and Endangered Resource Program
• Patuxent Whooping Crane Information and Resources
• Desert Tortoise Research at WERC - Western Ecological Research Center
• Applied Historical Ecology
• Status and Trends
• Nonindigenous aquatic species

Educational Sites

• Meteorology Guides Online meteorology guides covering all things weather, including clouds and precipitation and severe storms.
• Meteorology at NASA A 16-chapter guide to meteorology for both students and teachers.
• Ozone & Meteorology National Park Service monitoring across the United States.
• AQI Forecast A site devoted to dissemination of information about air quality and the Air Quality Index.
• University Corporation of Atmospheric Research A site about the basics of weather and climate.
• Weather Glossary Need to know what a weather or climate term means? Find the definition here.
• El Nino A site about El Nino and climate prediction from the University of Washington.
• Climate System All about atmospheric forces, balances and weather systems from a course at Columbia University.
• Air, Climate & Weather A concise introduction with lots of links to more topics in weather, air quality, biogeochemical cycles and climate.
• Hurricanes In-depth resources to learn about hurricanes.
• Meteorology The complete online text of Aristotle's book entitled Meteorology.

Endangered Species

• Endangered Species Program - page from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contains links to listed and candidate species data and information, along with the Endangered Species Act and regulatory information.
• Envirolink Endangered Animals - 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 more than 150 countries. EnviroLink - is dedicated to providing comprehensive, up-to-date environmental information and news.
• NPR -National Public Radio

Energy

• Department of Energy
• Energy Star
• Energy Information Administration (DOE) - Petroleum, Oil, Gasoline, Crude, Natural Gas, Electric, Coal, Nuclear, Renewable
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Geologic

• Association of American State Geologists - click on a State to visit their Geological Survey - a complete listing of State Geological Sites.
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG)
• American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)
• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
• Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
• Association of Earth Science Editors (AESE)
• Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG)
• Council for Undergraduate Research-Geosciences Div. (CUR)
• Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS)
• Geological Society of America (GSA)
• Geoscience Information Society (GSIS)
• Geothermal Resources Council (GRC)
• International Association of Hydrogeologists/U.S. National Chapter (IAH)
• International Basement Tectonics Association (IBTA)
• Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
• National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
• National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG)
• National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA)
• National Speleological Society (NSS)
• Paleobotanical Section of the Botanical Society of America (PSBSA)
• Paleontological Research Institution (PRI)
• Paleontological Society (PS)
• Seismological Society of America (SSA)
• Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (SME)
• Society for Organic Petrology(TSOP)
• Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
• Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)
• Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
• Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists (SIPES)
• Society of Mineral Museum Professionals (SMMP)
• Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP)
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geologic Discipline
• U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Hazards
• U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Geologic Map Database

Hydrologic

• American Geophysical Union - AGU Hydrology Section
• American Institute of Hydrology (AIH)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) contains links to modeling software, products, government relations, research and provides links to other information on discussion groups, research labs, technical papers and much more.
• EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• EPA - Envirofacts
• EPA - STORET
• EPA - WATERS - (Watershed Assessment, Tracking & Environmental ResultS) unites water quality information that was previously available only from several independent and unconnected databases.
• EPA - Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds
• EPA - My Environment
• Fort Collins Science Center
• Global Hydrology and Climate Center - NASA MSFC Earth Science Office
• Hydrology and Remote Sensing Agricultural Research Service, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
• Instream Flow Incremental Methodology
• National Water Conditions. USGS maps and data tables, plus graphs, for water data stations in the US.
• National Weather Service - Office of Hydrologic Development (NOAA)
• NOAA's National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) maintains links to physical, chemical, and biological oceanographic data, international oceanographic data sets, a bulletin board service, reports, links to other oceanographic data, and more.
• NWISWeb These pages provide access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Online access to this data is organized around: Real-time, Site information, Surface water Groundwater and Waterquality.
• Spatial Hydrology
• Stream Segment and Stream Network Temperature Model
• UCOWR - Universities Council on Water Resources
• USGS Ground Water Atlas of the United States
• USGS Ground Water Climate Response Network
• USGS Ground Water Information
• USGS Hydro-Climatic Data Network (HCDN) Streamflow Data Set , an on-line version of a compact disk with streamflow, watershed characteristics, and station descriptions from 1874-1988.
• USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program
• USGS Office of Surface Water Information
• USGS Science In Your Watershed
• USGS SPARROW (SPAtially Referenced Regression On Watershed attributes)
• USGS SPARROW Web Internal USGS Access Only
• USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
• USGS Water Quality Information
• USGS Water Resources Data. USGS quantity and quality data for regions of the nation.
• USGS Water Resources NSDI Node Access to Archived spatially related water resource datasets and mnodels.
• USGS Water Resources National Research Program
• USGS Water Use . USGS National information on water use including data tables with breakout to State level.
• USGS WaterWatch - Current water resources conditions along with maps of real-time streamflow compared to historical streamflow for the United States

International

• CIESIN - Center for International Earth Science Information Network - Columbia University
• The Geological Society of London (GSL)
• Global Resource Information Database, a part of the United Nations Environment Programme
• USGS EDC Global Land Information System (GLIS)is an interactive computer system developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for scientists seeking sources of information about the Earth's land surfaces on a regional, continental, and global scale.
• Spatial Data Infrastructure Links by Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI)
• Australia...... Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO)
• Canada...... Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has established a public registry system for all environmental impact analysis conducted by the Canadian Federal government. Also includes links to environmental assesment law, policy, and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Online

Meteorologic

• Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - Hydrology Lab The ARS Water Data Base is a collection of precipitation and streamflow data from small agricultural watersheds in the United States. This national archive of variable time-series readings for precipitation and runoff contains sufficient detail to reconstruct storm hydrographs and hyetographs.
• American Meteorological Society (AMS)
• Department of Energy Weather Site with links to the seven meteorology websites for the seven DOE monitoring sites, including Nevada Test Site, Brookhaven, Hanford, and Idaho, Lawrence Livermore, Savannah River and Los Alamos National Laboratories.
• Hydrologic and Meteorologic Monitoring Stations in South Florida Water Management District
• National Predictive ServicesWeather-related support for wildland fires and other emergency situations.
• National Weather Service (NOAA)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialized agency of the United Nations. Contains links to World Weather Watch distributed databases, national weather services of some WMO Members, and more.
• NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) offers links to data, technical reports, research programs, and an interactive visualization of climate data, and more.
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Lab that does work for Homeland Security, EPA, and NASA, in addition to the Department of Energy.
• USGS Hurricanes - USGS Natural Hazards - Hurricanes.

Pollution Prevention

• DENIX on the Web! Defense Environmental Network & Information Exchange, DoD site designed especially for DoD personnel, but also provides the general public with access to environmental legislative, compliance, restoration, cleanup, safety & occupational health, security, and DoD guidance information. Information on DENIX is updated daily.
• The UCLA Library | Site Map The University of California Los Angeles has numerous online searchable databases, including archives.
• Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) The EPA is now providing data from the Toxic Release Inventory in ARC/INFO geographic information system export file format.

Socio-economic

• Department of Interior, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance
• The U.S. Census Bureau offers access to their socio-economic databases allowing the user to create customized tallies and map displays of census data including roads, federal lands, and other information. This site also contains links to other sources of socio-economic data and information.
• TradeWave Census Data Page is a reference and multi-disciplinary listing of links to raw and evaluated socio-economic datasets.
• Land Use History of North America
• Global change
• Fire

Spatial

• The Federal Geographic Data Committee - (FGDC) Fifteen federal agencies make up the FGDC are developing the National Spatial Data Infrastructure in cooperation with organizations from state, local and tribal governments, the academic community, and the private sector.
• Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center - This USGS Center holds the world's largest collection of space and aircraft acquired imagery of the Earth.
• National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse - The USGS segment allows a Wais search of their available GIS digital layers.
• USGS Online Publication: - Spatial Data in Geographic Information System Format on Agricultural Chemical Use, Land Use, and Cropping Practices in the United States.

State and Regional

• State Parks, Wildlife Departments and Recreational Facilities - A listing of United States Parks, Wildlife Departments, and Recreation Facilities in Your State.
• The Bureau of Indian Affairs - The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) responsibility is the administration and management of 55.7 million acres of land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives. There are 562 federal recognized tribal governments in the United States.
• The Environmental Finance Program - EPA program to assist communities in their search for creative approaches to funding their environmental projects.
• Environmental Indicators Home Page - provided by EPA there are links to data aggregated Nationally, or by State, County, or Zip Code.
• The National Association of State Information Resource Executives - (NASIRE) StateSearch service provides links, by State, to web pages dealing with energy, environment and natural resources. The StateSearch page also provides links to State information in many other categories.
• California...... The California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES)
• Indiana......Indiana Department of Natural Resources
• Louisiana......Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
• Oregon...... Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• New York.....New York State Government Information Locator The NYS ILS provides a single point of access to information services provided by New York State Government agencies, the State Legislature and the Judiciary.
• San Francisco Bay Area Regional Database - (BARD). BARD's goal is to make it convenient to acquire USGS digital data for the San Francisco Bay Area. Data is available in several native formats and also, for the convenience of many users, in Arc/Info export format.
• Upper Missisippi and Lower Missouri River Basins..... Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team SAST Database: An Environmental Information System for the Upper Missisippi and Lower Missouri River Basins (USGS).
• Species in Parks - Flora and Fauna Databases
• USGS - NPS Vegetation Mapping Program
• Recreation.gov Web Site

Wetlands

• National Wetlands Inventory - (NWI), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has map data, species information, a searchable wetlands bibliography, and more.
• National Wetlands Research Center
• Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center -
• Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
• Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - Wetlands and Other Communities

Other

• Envirofacts Warehouse (EPA), allows you to retrieve environmental information from EPA databases on Superfund sites, drinking water, toxic and air releases, hazardous waste, water discharge permits, and grants information. You can use this system to query database information and generate maps and reports.
• EPA's Ecosystems and Communities - topics include Wetlands, Benefical Landscaping, Office of Ecosystems, Tribal and Public Affairs, Community-Based Environmental Protection (CBEP), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA and EIS Reviews, Pesticides, Region 10 Agriculture Strategy, Watershed Collaboration & Tools
• The National Technical Information Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce that gathers and markets scientific, technical and business-related information.
• US Department of Energy: Energy Sciences Network (ESnet). The US Dept of Energy/Office of Energy Research Programs include: Basic Energy Sciences, Health and Environmental Research, High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Magnetic Fusion Energy, and the Superconducting SuperCollider. This list includes links to research facilities, laboratories, and universities .

Journals, Magazines, and Other Publications

• E-Journal of Severe Storms Meteorology Peer-reviewed online journal that aims to improve the understanding of severe storm hazards.
• History of Meteorology Open-access journal published by the International Commission on History of Meteorology.
• AMS Publications American Meteorological Society journals available by subscription only that can often be accessed through university libraries.

Organizations and Societies

• American Meteorological Society Online home of the AMS, founded in 1919.
• National Weather Association Member-led group that promotes excellence in operational meteorology.
• World Meteorological Organization An agency of the United Nations dedicated to the safety and welfare of the world's population as relates to weather, climate and water resources.
• International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences: Formed in 1922, this association promotes research in the atmospheric sciences.
• Royal Meteorological Society: This organization welcomes anyone from around the world, with an interest in weather and climate.

Schools with Meteorology Programs

• Rutgers University Learn about Rutgers' Meteorology Undergraduate Program.
• University of Oklahoma This school offers an atmospheric science program that is among the top in the country.
• Florida State University Information about FSU's undergrad and graduates programs in meteorology.
• San Jose State University Offers both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees.

Environmental Hotlist Pages

• Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory
• Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Sustainable Developement
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Urban Environmental Management
• The Argus/University of Michigan Clearinghouse for Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides. The Clearinghouse provides wide access to over 170 guides to the Internet by subject, via popular Internet tools such as anonymous FTP, Gopher, and the World Wide Web.

Tools for Searching the Internet

• Google
• Lycos
• Yahoo!

Abbreviations used for government agencies

• Selected Agencies, Codes and URL's
• State Abbreviations - Useful State Abbreviation List