Links to Background Information

Ed Gateway http://www.edgateway.net/ee	Ed Gateway is a web-based electronic communication system that sets up conference rooms for specific groups in science, math, and environmental education. Registration is free.
ERIC Clearinghouse (Educational Resources Information Center) http://www.ericse.org	The Clearinghouse is a component of the Educational Resources Information Center, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. The site provides access to the best information available for teaching and learning about science, mathematics, and the environment through educational resources, resources for parents and children, bookstore, publications, and additional links.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) http://www.enc.org	ENC's mission is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning. ENC offers free products and services, acquires and catalogs math and science curriculum resources, provides the best selection of resources on the Internet, supports teachers' professional development, and collaborates with many other organizations. The site contains curriculum resources, web links, and professional resources.
National Environmental Education Advancement Project (NEEAP) http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/neeap	NEEAP is a national organization which aids state and local environmental education leaders in promoting their environmental education efforts, and develops informational items on building state capacity for environmental education. NEEAP is a member of the Environmental Education and Training Partnership (EETAP).
Nature Net http://www.naturenet.com	This site provides one stop shopping for environmental education resources for teachers, parents, and kids of South-Central Wisconsin and beyond. The site contains information on 16 nature centers, teacher resources, parent page, kids' corner. Nature net is a consortium of 16 different nature centers who want to share ideas and educational resources on how to explore your local environment with local residents.
Portage County Public Libraries http://www.library.uwsp.edu/pcl/	The library site contains an on-line catalog, as well as other resources. Each of the four county libraries contains a hard copy of the Groundwater References and Publications Guide, which contains over 200 groundwater publications from variety of sources.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's (DPI) Academic Standards http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/standards	The DPI site provides a listing of the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for the core subjects, as well as environmental education and other subjects.

Environmental Education for Kids (EEK) http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/eek	EEK is an environmental site with information and activities on a variety of natural resource topics for kids and teachers. Includes pages on the water cycle.
EPA Surf Your Watershed http://www.epa.gov/surf/	This web site contains databases on sites dedicated to environmental issues and information, watershed groups throughout the nation, wetlands restoration projects, a bulletin board to discuss environmental issues, and a directory of services to help communities revitalize their rivers.
Environmental Resource Center (ERC) http://www.uwex.edu/erc/	Established in the late 1960s, the ERC provides technical and educational support in the areas of water quality and soil productivity.
Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) http://www.great-lakes.net/index.html	GLIN is a partnership that provides information on the binational Great Lakes-St. Lawrence region of North America. The site offers a wealth of data and information about the region's environment, economy, tourism, education and more. Due to its strong network, GLIN has become a component of informed decision-making, and a reliable source of information.
Great Lakes Online-Sea Grant Program http://h2o.seagrant.wisc.edu/home.html	Established as a partnership of federal, state, university, and private sectors in 1968, the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Program includes basic and applied research, education, and outreach and technology transfer dedicated to the stewardship and sustainable use of the Great Lakes and ocean resources. It has historically emphasized research on microcontaminants and water quality, fishery and ecosystem dynamics, and estuarine systems and management. This site is a source of aquatic science information for anyone interested in the Great Lakes and the oceans, and includes education and fun stuff categories.
Know Your Watershed http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/kyw/kyw.html	This web site allows you to locate your watershed and provides a link to the National Watershed Network, library of tools and information resources, watershed information, and groundwater information.
Upper Mississippi Basin Stakeholder Network http://www.umbsn.org	UMBSN is a voluntary, locally led, private land conservation program for reducing the loss of soil and nutrients from agricultural and urban activities in the basin. UMBSN is a process to connect farm organizations, environmental organizations, watershed management alliances, county land and water conservation districts, citizen action organizations, landowners, tribes, and federal/state agencies. This site offers an extensive list of links to programs, management efforts, organizations, and local offices responsible for Upper Mississippi Basin land conservation, sediment, nutrient, and water quality management. It features pertinent news from the agriculture, environmental, citizen action, legislative, and tribal sectors. It also contains an events and meeting calendar.
USGS Stream Flows United States: http://water.usgs.gov/dwc/ Wisconsin: http://wi.water.usgs.gov/ rt-cgi/gen_tbl_pg	The map and tables depict daily streamflow conditions as measured at USGS gauging stations. Only stations having at least 30 years of record are used. States containing no dots indicate locations where real-time flow data for the current day are temporarily unavailable. During winter months, some states (or parts of states) may have fewer dots than at other times of the year due to ice effects. The data is organized by river basin.
USGS Topographic Maps topographic: http://mapping.usgs.gov/ mac/findmaps.html geologic/thematic: http://geology.usgs.gov/ maps.html hydrologic: http://water.usgs.gov/ GIS/huc.html On-line USGS maps & aerial photos: http://mapping.usgs.gov/partners/ viewonline.html price list: http://mac.usgs.gov/mac/ isb/pubs/orms/usgspl.html	These sites lists USGS map dealers and gives instructions for ordering a variety of maps and other products from USGS. Some of the maps are available on-line.
Water Education Foundation (WEF) http://www.water-ed.org	Established in 1977, WEF is a non-profit organization whose mission is to see how the state of California addresses the issue of water. Some of the information and educational products listed on this site may provide ideas for Wisconsin actions and activities.
Watershed Assessment, Tracking and Environmental Results (WATERS) http://w ww.epa.gov/waters	The WATERS website unites geographically specific water quality data from state web sites and various EPA sites, including EPA's new National Water Quality Standards Database and its Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) Database, with the US Geological Survey's National Hydrographic Dataset. WATERS users can click on an interactive map to see which waters are classified by states as impaired, and to learn the purpose or use of each waterbody (drinking water supply, recreational use, or fishing). WATERS will eventually cover all 50 states, and contain links to data on ambient water quality, drinking water quality, polluted runoff, fish consumption advisories, facility discharge outfalls, and other information.

Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection (DATCP)
main page: http://datcp.state.wi.us
groundwater: http://datcp.state.wi.us/static/arm/landwater/gdwater.htm

DATCP provides services in consumer and business information, complaint handling, lab testing, agricultural development and marketing services, farm assistance, and more. DATCP has educational information and administers/enforces rules on pesticide use, agricultural chemical storage, soil and water resource management, and water bottler licensing. Grants are offered in nutrient management planning.

Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
main page: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us
drinking water: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/
org/water/dwg
groundwater: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/
org/water/dwg/gw

DNR, the lead state agency in protecting and improving Wisconsin's groundwater, has a bureau dedicated to groundwater and drinking water management, which provides educational information, publications, and wellhead protection programs; collects well construction reports; and enforces groundwater standards. DNR also regulates solid and hazardous wastes and wastewater systems.

The drinking water page contains results for recent water tests for your community. A list of certified water testing labs can be found at http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/es/science/lc/search/

Well construction reports and high-capacity well information are available at http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/dwg/dws.htm

EPA's Ground Water and Drinking Water
http://www.epa.gov/safewater

This web site contains information on drinking water and health basics, local drinking water information, source water protection, drinking water standards, public drinking water systems, underground injection control, and kid's games.

Green Seal
http://www.greenseal.org

Green Seal promotes environmentally friendly products by providing a 110 page guide listing current "green" products. Many of these products are cleaners.

Groundwater Atlas of the United States
http://sr6capp.er.usgs.gov/gwa/

This USGS series of print publications describes the location, extent, geologic and hydrologic characteristics of the important aquifers of the United States. The site contains an online version, as well as ordering information for hard copies.

Groundwater Observation Network
http://wi.water.usgs.gov/gw/

The groundwater observation network, established in 1946, includes water levels measured in approximately 140 wells throughout Wisconsin. The network is part of a comprehensive and ongoing effort to maintain a water resource database responsive to the needs of the state and the nation. This program continues through the efforts of the USGS-WRD staff and an extensive network of observers, who measure water levels in wells daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly.

Groundwater Remediation Technologies Analysis Center
http://www.gwrta.org

This site contains national groundwater data.

Groundwater Retrieval Network (GRN)-DNR
http://oraweb.dnr.state.wi.us/
inter1/plsql/grn$.startup

This system contains a wealth of Wisconsin groundwater data from multiple sources on public and private drinking water supply wells, special groundwater studies, and landfill wells. Data includes reports from the DNR:

	Public Water Supply starting in the early 1970s,
	Private Water Supply starting in 1988, and the
	Bureau of Waste's Groundwater and Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS) starting in the mid 1970s.

Not all programs which currently generate groundwater-related data are linked into the GRN system. Data from the Bureau of Remediation and Redevelopment (leaking underground storage tanks (LUST), spills, or remediation sites), as well as data from the Bureau of Watershed Management (wastewater treatment facilities and land spreading sites) are not currently retrievable through the GRN system.

The web site includes information on well inventory, well owner, water sample data results, and groundwater sample data results by locality.

Groundwater.Com
http://groundwater.com/
groundwater_links.html

This site was set up in 1995 to serve the groundwater community. Groundwater.com covers groundwater-related: equipment, published paper, news items, magazines, consultants, software, a job search page, links, and publications, and more.

Integrated Pest and Crop Management (IPCM)
http://ipcm.wisc.edu/

This site contains useful information on food safety, recommended agricultural practices, and environmental protection. These three issues are the focus of Wisconsin's IPCM program.

National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA)
http://wwwrvares.er.usgs.gov/
nawqa/nawqa_home.html

This program is designed to describe the status and trends in the quality of the Nation's ground- and surface-water resources and to provide a sound understanding of the natural and human factors that affect the quality of these resources. As part of the program, investigations will be conducted in 59 areas called "study units." This site contains multiple national data sets, as well as publications.

USGS Water Resources and Groundwater Resources
Water: http://water.usgs.gov/
Groundwater: http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/

Both UGSG sites contain water or groundwater information, publications, programs, techniques, other resources, and much more.

University of Wisconsin Extension (UWEX)-Clean Water
http://clean-water.uwex.edu

This UWEX site offers information about water quality programs and related environmental concerns in Wisconsin, as well as publications.

Watercourse Program
http://www.montana.edu/
wwwwater/index.html

Established in 1989, Watercourse Program is a not-for profit water science and education program based at Montana State University, Bozeman. Specializing in the development of educational materials on water and water-related management issues, the Watercourse distributes these materials through training workshops and institutes. The goal is to promote and facilitate public understanding of atmospheric, surface, and ground water resources and related management issues through publications, instruction, and networking. The scope of The Watercourse Program is international.

Water Resource Institute-University of Wisconsin
http://wri.wisc.edu
http://wri.wisc.edu/library

Created in 1964, this is one of 54 Water Resources Research Institutes nationwide. It promotes research, training, and information dissemination to effectively confront regional water and land related resource problems. Research areas encompass groundwater and surface water, water supply and quality, wastewater treatment and disposal, watershed management and nonpoint pollution, pollution cleanup and remediation, and public health. Associated economic, social and political issues are also investigated.

The site contains information on water education curricula and web sites, projects, funding opportunities, conferences, a library, and links. The Water Resources Library (WRL) maintains a collection of more than 23,000 cataloged water-related technical reports in the hard copy and fiche, 8,600 cataloged reprints, and 5,500 uncataloged reprints on microfiche; subscribes to more than 30 journals important in water-related research; received more than 130 newsletters from around the country. WRL catalog is available online through the University of Wisconsin Library catalog, MadCat.The WRL's collection can be searched via the Internet. Anyone in the state can check out materials, which will be sent to you via postal service!

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