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This page offers some links to topical resources that may be help with writing refections/essays associated with participation in the service learning projects offered at CEES IUPU. Scroll through the page to find relavent links.
For information on Non-native Invasive Species
"Alien Invasion", PBS Online News Hour
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/july-dec04/species_7-1.html
Amur Honeysuckle, Its Fall From Grace
http://arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/470.pdf
Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Invasive Species
http://www.in.gov/dnr/3123.htm
Indiana Native Plant And Wildflower Society, Invasive Exotic Plants & Landscaping with Native Plants
http://www.inpaws.org/
Midwest Invasive Plant Network
http://www.mipn.org/
The Nature Conservancy Invasive Species
http://nature.org/initiatives/invasivespecies/
Invasive Species - Federal Government Agency
http://www.invasivespecies.gov
National Invasive Species Information Center
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database
http://plants.usda.gov/index.html
Indiana Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS)
http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/CAPS/index.html
The Nature Conservancy
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/indiana/journeywithnature/asian-bush-honeysuckle.xml
For information on Ecosystem Restoration
Ecological Restoration - Journal
http://uwpress.wisc.edu/journals/journals/er.html
Ecological Society of America
http://www.esa.org/
Nature Serve Explorer
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/
Natural Heritage of Indiana - WFYI Program
http://www.naturalheritageofindiana.org/
Society for Ecological Restoration
http://www.ser.org/
For information on Combined Sewer Overflows (aka "CSOs")
Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Combined Sewer Overflows
http://www.in.gov/idem/4897.htm
SustainIndy Combined Sewer Overflows
http://www.indygov.org/eGov/City/DPW/SustainIndy/WaterLand/Pages/CombinedSewerOverflows.aspx
For information on Ocean Plastics, Marine Debris, and Coastal Clean-ups
Microplastic Marine Debris https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/MicroplasticsOnePager_0.pdf
NOAA Marine Debris Program Accomplishments Report https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/publications-files/FY17_NOAA_MDP_Accomplishments_Report_0.pdf
NOAA Marine Debris Program https://blog.marinedebris.noaa.gov/mississippi-coastal-cleanup
Citizen's Guide to Protecting the Mississippi Gulf Coast from Marine Debris http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/publications/citizen%E2%80%99s-guide-protecting-the-mississippi-gulf-coast-marine-debris
For information on Oceanography, Hypoxia and Indiana/Midwest Watersheds/Water Quality
http://www.wfyi.org/programs/journey-with-nature/radio/The-Dead-Zone:-Gulf-of-Mexico-Hypoxia
http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/topics/deadzone/index.html
http://water.epa.gov/type/watersheds/named/msbasin/hypoxia101.cfm
For additional information on Oceanography/Watersheds/Water Quality
"After the Storm" - Watershed Program, United States Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/weatherchannel/
Blue-green Algae Website - State of Indiana
http://www.in.gov/idem/algae/
CEES Algal Toxicology and Dynamics
http://cees.iupui.edu/research/algal-toxicology
Drop By Drop: Protecting Indiana's Water Supply
http://www.wfyi.org/programs/drop-by-drop-protecting-indianas-water-supply/television/drop-by-drop
Eagle Creek Watershed Alliance
http://www.eaglecreekwatershed.org/
"Hiring in Hydrology Resists the Slump"
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/jobs/08start.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
Indiana Department of Environmental Management Source Water Protection
http://www.in.gov/idem/4142.htm
Indiana Department of Natural Resources Office of Water
http://www.in.gov/dnr/water/
Indiana Department of Natural Resources Lake and River Enhancement Program
http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/2364.htm
Indiana Water Quality Atlas
http://www.in.gov/idem/5219.htm
Marion County Health Department – Water Quality Sampling
http://www.mchd.com/wq/html/waterq.htm
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/
Surf Your Watershed
http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Water
http://www.epa.gov/water/
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Mississippi River Basin and Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia
http://www.epa.gov/msbasin/
United States Commission on Ocean Policy Final Report
http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/oceancommission/documents/full_color_rpt/welcome.html
U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone—The Last 150 Years
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2006/3005/fs-2006-3005.pdf
U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources of the United States
http://water.usgs.gov/
World Health Organization - Water Sanitation and Health
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/en/
For information on Environmental Policy
Clean Water Indiana
Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts
http://iaswcd.org/
Hoosier Chapter Soil and Water Conservation Society
http://www.hoosierchapterswcs.org/
Indiana Heritage Trust - IN Environmental License Plates
http://www.in.gov/dnr/heritage/
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
http://www.in.gov/idem/
League of Conservation Voters
http://www.lcv.org/
United States Environmental Protection Agency - Compliance
http://www2.epa.gov/enforcement
The White House - Issues: Energy and Environment
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/energy-and-environment
For information on Environmental Sociology
The Encyclopedia of the Earth, Applied Environmental Sociology
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Applied_environmental_sociology
The Encyclopedia of the Earth, Treadmill of Production
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Treadmill_of_production
Environmental Sociology - A Resource Page
http://www.environment.gen.tr/environment-writings/114-environmental-sociology.html
For information on Landscaping and Natural Lawn Care
Earth Easy: Organic Lawns and Gardens
http://eartheasy.com/grow_menu.htm
National Wildlife Federation Garden for Wildlife
http://www.nwf.org/Get-Outside/Outdoor-Activities/Garden-for-Wildlife.aspx
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Home Landscapes for Environmental Sensitivity
http://www.esf.edu/pubprog/brochure/landscap/landscap.htm
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Green Landscaping: Greenacres
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/greenacres/
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Landscaping with Native Plants Factsheet
http://www.epa.gov/greenacres/nativeplants/factsht.html
United States Environmental Protection Agency, A Source Book on Natural Landscaping for Public Officials
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/greenacres/toolkit/
Wild Ones Organization
http://www.wildones.org/
For information on Public Health and Greenspace
The Landscape and Human Health Laboratory http://lhhl.illinois.edu/
American Lung Association http://www.lung.org/#
For information on Recycling and Waste Reduction
E-cycling Central - Electronics Recycling
http://www.eiae.org/
Indiana University~Purdue University Indianapolis Recycling Program
http://inside.iupui.edu/features/videos/2014-01-14-recycling-at-iupui.shtml
Recycle Indiana
http://www.in.gov/recycle/index.htm
SustainIndy - Recycling
http://www.indy.gov/eGov/City/DPW/SustainIndy/RRR/Pages/Reduce,Reuse,RecycleHome.aspx
United States Environmental Protection Agency: Source Reduction and Reuse
http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/index.htm
United States Environmental Protection Agency: Energy Kid's Page
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/saving/recycling/solidwaste/wastetoenergy.html
For information on Sustainability
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
Office of Campus Sustainability
Campus Ecology - National Wildlife Federation
http://www.nwf.org/campusecology/index.cfm
http://www.nwf.org/campusecology/index.cfm
Clean Air Cool Planet
http://coolplanet.org/index.html
Conservation International
http://www.conservation.org
The Daily Green
http://www.thedailygreen.com/
Earth 911
http://earth911.org/
Earth Day Network
http://www.earthday.net/
Ecological Footprint Quiz
http://www.myfootprint.org/
Environmental Defense Fund
http://www.edf.org
The Girl Effect
http://www.girleffect.org
Green Piece Indianapolis
https://www.facebook.com/GreenPieceIndy
Indiana Living Green
http://www.indianalivinggreen.com/
Local Harvest - Find Local Growers / Farmer's Markets in Your Community
http://www.localharvest.org/
Planet Earth - Discovery Channel
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/planet-earth/planet-earth.html
US Environmental Protection Agency - Sustainability
http://www.epa.gov/sustainability/
US Department of Energy Green Power
http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/
Food and Agriculture Organization: Use of Phosphate Rocks for Sustainable Agriculture
http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5053e/y5053e07.htm
For information on Nonpoint Source Pollution
United States Environmental Protection Agency Nonpoint Source Pollution
http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/
For information on Stormwater and NPDES Background
NPDES homepage
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/index.cfm
NPDES Stormwater Program
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/home.cfm?program_id=6
Storm Drain Marking Manufacturers (Das manufacturing)
http://www.dasmanufacturing.com/
Indiana Storm Drain Marking Program
http://www.indy.gov/eGov/City/DPW/RebuildIndy/Projects/Documents/Storm%20Water/StormDrainMarkFS.pdf
For information on Urban Environments
PBS - Bill Moyer's Earth on Edge: Urban Ecosystems
http://www.pbs.org/earthonedge/ecosystems/urban.html
United Nations Environment Programme
Urban Environment Unit
http://www.unep.org/urban_environment/
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Green Communities
http://www.epa.gov/greenkit/
For information on Wetlands
Environment Canada - Wetlands Publications
http://www.ec.gc.ca/tho-wlo/default.asp?lang=En&n=FB7123A4
Indiana Department of Environmental Management - Wetlands
http://www.in.gov/idem/wetlands/index.htm
"Miles of Tiles" (History of agricultural tile drainage networks)
Chicago Wilderness Magazine
http://www.chicagowildernessmag.org/CW_Archives/issues/spring2004/drainagetiles.html
The Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park at Ohio State University
Research article references
http://senr.osu.edu/research/schiermeier-olentangy-river-wetland-research-park
United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resource Conservation Service
Soil Classification
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/survey/class/
United States Environmental Protection Agency Wetland Restoration
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/restore/
United States Environmental Protection Agency Wetlands Site
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/
"Wetland Restoration and Hypoxia Relief"
Earth Watch Radio
http://ewradio.org/feature_wetland.aspx
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