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Links
The Web is full of great watershed sites. Here are a few that could help you conduct some of the research required by this curriculum.
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American Ground Water Trust
http://www.agwt.org/index.htm
Offers help on groundwater-related subjects, such as human use
of groundwater through wells.
*American Rivers
http://www.amrivers.org/
Provides news about river-restoration efforts across the United
States.
Basic Hydrology & Watershed Education
Gulf of Maine Aquarium homepage
http://octopus.gma.org/streams/streams.html
Gives easy-to-understand, nicely illustrated descriptions of
stream concepts. Provides basic overview of the watershed topic
by using Maine as an example.
EPA National Estuary Program
http://www.epa.gov/owow/estuaries/about3.htm
Provides overview of problems facing estuaries across the country.
For each problem--nutrient overloading, pathogens, habitat loss
and degradation, introduced species, declines in fish and wildlife
populations-gives example of watershed that has been particularly
affected by it.
*EPA Surf Your Watershed
http://www.epa.gov/surf/
Steers people in any part of the country to information about
their own watersheds. Helps students as they apply the general
principles of watersheds taught by the curriculum to investigations
of their own watersheds.
Ground Water Foundation
http://www.groundwater.org/
Provides information on groundwater issues and takes an activist
approach.
National Watershed Manual (National Resources
Conservation Service)
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/watershed/nwsm.html
Offers information from the NRCS about the protection and rehabilitation
of the country's watersheds.
*Plants Database of Natural Resources Conservation
Service
http://plants.usda.gov/
Allows a user to research almost every possible species of plant
through a powerful and sophisticated search engine.
Remove or Decommission the Four Lower Snake
River Dams
http://www.cyberlearn.com/remove.htm
Allows users to consider a proposal to remove or breach four
dams along the Lower Snake River in Washington and Idaho. The
collection of opinions from special interest groups illustrates
the competing viewpoints and controversy that can surround the
construction and use of dams on rivers.
Riparian Ecosystem Creation and Restoration: A Literature Summary
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/ripareco/ripareco.html
Provides an extensive review by the US Geologic Survey of literature
about the restoration of places around water bodies. It dates
from September 1989, so it is not the latest news, but notable
as a succinct and extensive summary.
*TopoZone
http://TopoZone.com
Type in a location anywhere in the country and it will give
you a topographic map of that spot.
USEPA: Ecological Restoration: A Tool to
Manage Stream Quality
http://www.epa.gov/owowwtr1/NPS/Ecology/exsum.html
Discusses stream restoration and the Clean Water Act for about
five pages.
*USEPA Non-Point Source Pollution
http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/
Discusses ways to reduce non-point source pollution, or runoff.
*USEPA: River Corridors and Wetlands Restoration
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/restore/
Lists agencies involved in restoration and links to their Web
sites. Also lists restoration projects by state.
USGS Water Resources of the United States
http://water.usgs.gov/
Offers wealth of authoritative information on water conditions around the United States. and provides portal to related sites. All USGS materials are public.
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Groups
To learn more about the restoration of the Bronx River, and to get involved with that effort, check out some of the groups listed alphabetically below.
Remember, this is not a complete list, so you may be able to check the Web and make phone calls and find some terrific organizations not listed here.
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Bronx River Alliance
The Bronx River Alliance serves as a coordinated voice for the
river and works in partnership to protect, improve and restore
the Bronx River corridor and greenway so that they can be healthy
ecological, recreational, educational and economic resources
for the communities through which the river flows.
(*Hint: If you're looking for more groups and organizations,
check this site's Partners and Funders page.)
1 Bronx River Parkway
Bronx, NY 10462
Phone: (718) 430-4665
Fax: (718) 430-4658
http://www.bronxriver.org/
Gaia Institute
The Gaia Institute couples ecological engineering and restoration
with the integration of human communities in natural systems.
440 City Island Avenue
Bronx, NY 10464
Phone: (718) 885-1906
http://www.gaia-inst.org/
Rocking the Boat
Rocking the Boat is a boatbuilding and on-water education
program based out of the southwest Bronx, New York City.
60 E. 174th St
Bronx, NY 10452
Phone: (718) 466-5799
Fax: (718) 466-2892
http://www.rockingtheboat.org/
Sustainable South Bronx
Sustainable South Bronx is a community organization dedicated
to the implementation of sustainable development projects
for the South Bronx.
889 Hunts Point Avenue
Bronx, NY 10474
United States
Phone: (718) 617-4668
Fax: (718) 617-5228
http://www.ssbx.org
The Point Community Development Center
The Point Community Development Corporation is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to youth development and the cultural
and economic revitalization of the Hunts Point section of
the South Bronx.
940 Garrison Avenue
Bronx, NY 10474
Phone: (718) 542-4139
Fax: (718) 542-4988
http://www.thepoint.org/
Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx
Zoo
The Wildlife Conservation Society at the Bronx Zoo maintains
Riverwalk, an educational trail, open to the public, along
a portion of the river that flows through its grounds. Entrance
to the Riverwalk is through the Bronx River Parkway parking
lot.
The Wildlife Conservation Society
2300 Southern Boulevard
Bronx, New York 10460
Phone: (718) 220-5100
http://www.bronxzoo.com/
Urban Park Rangers
The Urban Park Rangers, part of the New York City Parks Department,
teach natural and cultural history to children, lead guided
nature walks to adults, hike and canoe with the adventurous,
and bird watch with the curious.
The Arsenal
Central Park
830 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Phone: inside New York, dial 311 for all Parks & Recreation
information, outside of NYC call (212) NEW-YORK
http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_divisions/urban_park_rangers/pd_ur.html
Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice
Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice works to redevelop
the Bronx River and Soundview/Bruckner neighborhoods. It seeks
to develop indigenous leadership, improve public health, reclaim
the waterfront and green space for community use, and restore
a positive social environment through youth development and
community organizing.
1384 Stratford Avenue
Bronx, NY 10472
Phone: (718) 328-5622
Fax: (718) 328-5630
http://www.geocities.com/ympj_ny/
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Westchester County Parks Department
Westchester County Parks Department works closely with several
environmental and historical agencies and organizations and
a host of dedicated individual volunteers in initiatives to
preserve the natural environment.
25 Moore Avenue
Mt. Kisco, NY 10549
Phone: (914) 864-7075
http://www.co.westchester.ny.us/parks/
Westchester Land Trust
The Westchester Land Trust is dedicated to protecting open
space and promoting responsible land use throughout Westchester
County, New York. It was founded in 1988.
11 Babbitt Road
Bedford Hills, NY 10507
Phone: (914) 241-6346
Fax: (914) 241-4508
http://www.katonah.americantowns.com/servlets/WebPage?actionid=950&eid=29188
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