Related Links

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 303_Impaired streams list. pdf--Vermont's 2008 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