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ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY

4.1. Watersheds and Wetlands

EPA: Watersheds
http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/

EPA: Wetlands
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: National Wetlands Inventory
http://www.fws.gov/nwi/

4.2. Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Consumers Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/

EIA Official Energy Statistic from the U.S. Government
http://www.eia.doe.gov/

Energy Quest
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/index.html

National Renewable Energy Laboratory
http://www.nrel.gov/

Recycle City
http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/

4.3. Environmental Health

AAAS Atlas of Population and Environment
http://atlas.aaas.org/

Biodiversity and Conservation
http://darwin.bio.uci.edu/~sustain/bio65/Titlpage.htm

Biodiversity and Human Health
http://www.ecology.org/biod/

Understanding Biodiversity
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/bri/biodiv.html

Tipping the Scale: The Delicate Balance Between Microbes and Man
http://sciencebulletins.amnh.org/biobulletin/biobulletin/story996.html

4.4. Agriculture and Society

4-H Virtual Farm
http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/main.html

Agriculture in the Classroom
http://www.agclassroom.org/

United States Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

4.5. Integrated Pest Management

Pennsylvania Integrated Pest Management Program
http://paipm.cas.psu.edu/

4.6. Ecosystems and their Interactions

Ecosystems of Our World
http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/ecosystems.htm

MBGnet
http://www.mbgnet.net/

4.7. Threatened, Endangered and Extinct Species

Defenders of Wildlife
http://www.defenders.org/about/

Endangered!
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/Endangered/index.html

Endangered Species Program: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov/endangered/

International Wildlife Coalition
http://www.iwc.org/

National Wildlife Federation
http://www.nwf.org/

World Wildlife Fund
http://www.worldwildlife.org/

4.8. Humans and the Environment

Earthwatch Institute
http://www.earthwatch.org/site/pp.asp?c=8nJELMNkGiF&b=1322375

4.9. Environmental Laws and Regulation

The League of Conservation Voters
http://www.lcv.org/