VERMONT WATER RESOURCES
Lake Champlain Basin:
ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain--Aquarium and science center on Burlington's waterfront
Lake Champlain Basin Program--information and outreach about issues facing Lake Champlain's watershed.
Lake Champlain Initiative--consortium of environmental education groups throughout the Lake Champlain Basin
Vermont Department of Environment and Conservation:
Water Quality Division
Directory of Watershed and Lake Associations of Vermont
Vermont Lay Monitoring Program
Project WET/Healthy Water Healthy People Program
VT Natural Resources Board Water Resources Panel
VT Water Quality Standards
VT DEC 303(d) list of waters--Vermont's 2006 list of impaired waterways (pdf)
FEDERAL RESOURCES
Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds
Volunteer Monitoring
Surf Your Watershed--locate, use and share information about your watershed
The Volunteer Monitor--the national newsletter of volunteer water quality monitoring
What's Up with Our Nation's Waters?--information about water quality from the EPA's Office of Water
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Rivers - A nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and restoration of North America's rivers.
American Whitewater - American Whitewater restores rivers dewatered by hydropower dams, eliminates water degradation, improves public land management and protects public access to rivers for responsible recreational use.
Clean Water Network - "Working to keep the promise of the Clean Water Act."
River Network - "Connecting people, saving rivers."
BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES
Benthic
Macroinvertebrates in our Waters--from
the EPA Biological Indicator of
Watershed Health site.
Key
to Aquatic Macroinvertebrates--from
the NY Department of Environmental Conservation's Stream Biomonitoring
Unit. Color Pictures of BMIs
FOR EDUCATORS
GREEN--Global Rivers Environmental Education Network; provides great resources on helping
youth develop long-term watershed stewardship.
Educating Young People
About Water--Wisconsin Extension's water education site. Provides links to searchable water curriculum database
USGS Water
Science for Schools--information, pictures, data and maps
related to water science
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