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Many organizations, both national and in our own Chesapeake Bay watershed, are great sources of information if you want to learn more about this watershed, its beautiful places, people, animals, plants, and habitats, as well as its environmental challenges.

Each Watershed Radio program comes with suggestions for other information resources on the Internet and this page will list some of the more general resources, grouped in categories. Of course, the best place to start learning about your Watershed is by searching the Watershed Radio archive.

Links

• Watersheds in general
• About the Chesapeake Bay
• Research centers and science resources
• Watershed-related publications and reports
• Government agencies
• Animals and plants
• Watershed organizations and environmental groups
• Environmental and science education teacher resources

Watersheds in general

• One great way to find out in what watershed you live is to visit Surf Your Watershed from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
• Other good resources are Know Your Watershed and the Science in your watershed website from the US Geological Survey (USGS).
• Watershedds: Water Quality and Land Treatment Education Component. Although primarily for watershed managers, this website has useful information for anyone interested in water quality in the watershed.

About the Chesapeake Bay

• Chesapeake & Coastal Bay Life. A website by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
• Phytoplankton Guide to the Rhode River and the Chesapeake Bay.
  A guide from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
• Chesapeake Bay program.
• Voices of the Chesapeake Bay. A radio program hosted by WRNR's Michael Buckley.

Research centers and science resources

• Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
• Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative. The Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative (CBWI) is a long-term, multi-state aerospace science and technology program focusing on the Chesapeake Bay watershed, merging environmental education with community service and aerospace science and technology education.
• Phytoplankton Guide to the Rhode River and the Chesapeake Bay.
  A guide from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
• Geology of Virginia. This site has lots of information on geology in Virginia including a geologic time chart.
  
• Maryland Geological Survey. A website with lots of geological information on Maryland.
• Mid-Atlantic Integrated Assessment (MAIA). A source of scientific information on the condition of the natural resources of the Mid-Atlantic region of the eastern United States, including the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
• National Aquarium in Baltimore.
• USGS Activities in the Chesapeake Bay region. Lots and lots of information and links about USGS research in the Chesapeake Bay region. Also available: USGS water resources for:
  • Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C..
  • Virginia.
  • Pennsylvania.
  • New York.
  • West Virginia.
• EPA Office of Water.

Watershed-related reports and publications

• The Bay Journal is a publication of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay.This magazine is available online and in print.
• The Virginia Wetlands Report is a quarterly publication of the Wetlands Program at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science of the College of William and Mary.

Government agencies

• Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
• Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR).

Animals and plants

• Maryland Native Plant Society.
• Virginia Native Plant Society.
• America's Least Wanted. Information about invasive species.
• Eastern Panhandle Native Plant Society.

Watershed organizations and environmental groups

• Sierra Club.
• Anacostia Watershed Society.
• James River Association. Preserving Virginia's River.
• Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers (POWR).
  POWR produces a weekly newsletter in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection UPDATE publication dealing with watershed issues and statewide events.
• Environmental Fund for Pennsylvania (EFP).
  Producers of the online programming of Watershed Weekly, a website that offers a weekly multi-media webcast presentation and website devoted to statewide watershed restoration projects and watershed education.
• Potomac Conservancy. A regional land and water conservation organization dedicated to protecting and enhancing the natural, scenic, recreational, and historical qualities of the Potomac River and its watershed lands.
• Save our Streams. Protecting and restoring Maryland's 17,000 miles of streams since 1970.
• Nanticoke Watershed Alliance.
  
  

Environmental and science education teacher resources

Watershed education

• Watershed Education by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Watershed Education is an educational program for students and teachers in grades 6-12.
• Watershed Weekly a website and webcast devoted to watershed issues and watershed volunteers in Pennsylvania.
• Bridging the Watershed. A program that promotes national parks as learning laboratories. The program is based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, but provides a model that can be replicated in other parks and watersheds.
• Potomac Conservancy Education Programs.
• Living Classrooms Foundation. Learning by doing: Hands-on education and job training for students of all ages.
• Watershed Weekly. Every week this website offers you a new multi-media webcast presentation and website devoted to watershed restoration projects and watershed education in Pennsylvania. The online programming of Watershed Weekly is produced by the Environmental Fund for Pennsylvania (EFP).
• Virginia Naturally. Linking Virginians to the environment.

General environmental and science education

• Education programs at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
• Educating Young People About Water.
• Annenberg/CPB learner.org.
  A partnership between The Annenberg Foundation and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) that uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools.
• ChesSIE: Chesapeake Science on the Internet for Educators is a source of information on watershed-wide K-12 Chesapeake Bay science education.
• Science NetLinks. A “homepage” for K-12 science educators.
• USGS water science for schools. Information, pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge.
• EPA Office of Water Kids Page.
• Energy Efficiency in Schools. Multidisciplinary, hands-on educational opportunities from the Alliance to Save Energy.