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   National Library for the Environment

A wealth of environmental information for educators, researchers, students, policymakers, activists, etc. Includes reports, environmental laws and treaties, career information, links, list of conferences and meetings, and much more!

SELECT one of the following general categories to jump to hotlink lists:

• Forestry
• Environmental
• Environmental Job Links
• Research and Research Organizations
• Economics
• International Agencies
• National Agencies
• State Agencies
• Lists of Links Available Through Other Sites
• Libraries and Information Exchanges
• Download Data and Software
• Booksellers
• Miscellaneous Maine Sites
• Collaborating Organizations - Shifting Mosaic Project

   Please let us know if you encounter any problems when accessing any of the links below.

Forestry/Forest Research

• American Forest and Paper Association.   Sustainable forestry initiatives, industry information and perspective, links.
• Canadian Standard's Association - Canadian sustainable forest management certification standards
• New Zealand Forest Research Center
• Great Northern Paper Company
• Forestworld - searchable data base of forestry related information, jobs, etc.
• Forestry Statistics - the latest statistics on forestry around the world
• Montreal Process - defining criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management
• The Forest Ecology Network
• Forest Ecosystem Dynamics Project - see how NASA is linking satellite data and ground data to model forestry in Maine
• Forestry Stewardship Council - set worldwide sustainable forest management certification standards
• Plum Creek Timber Company
• Irving Timber Company
• Scientific Certification Systems - independent 3rd party evaluator for forest certification
• Certified Forest Products Council - certifiers of companies that manufacture goods using wood from certified forests.
• Smartwood - independent 3rd party evaluator for forest certification
• The Rainforest Alliance - independent 3rd party evaluator for tropical forest certification
• Forestry Stewardship Council - United States
• Forest Certification Guidelines for the Northeastern U.S. - developed by the FSC

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Environmental

• The Nature Conservancy
• Endangered List - US Fish and Wildlife's lists of endangered species by state
• Appalachian Mountain Club
• World Wildlife Fund
• Appalachian Sustainable Forestry Home Page
• Natural Resources Council of Maine
• Sierra Club
• National Audubon Society
• Maine Audubon Society
• Maine Nature News
• Ecology Mining Company - a wealth of ecology related information, links, trivia, and a chat room
• National Wildlife Federation
• Environmental Organization Web Directory
• Partners in Flight
• Defenders of Wildlife
• The Wilderness Society - contains a site with information on the Northern Forest
• National Library for the Environment
• Maine Environmental News - Maine Environmental Policy Institute
• Other Maine Environmental Organizations - Maine Environmental Policy Institute

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Job Links

• GIS jobs - extensive GIS related listings, post your resume here (fee charged)
• Jobs in Fisheries and Wildlife
• Conservation Biology Jobs
• Maine Department of Labor - access to Americas Job Bank
• The Job Web
• Academic Position Network
• Cyber-Sierra's Natural Resources Job Search
• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Federal Job Information
• Jobs with The Nature Conservancy
• Environmental Careers World Job Bank
• Positions with the US Department of Interior
• US Office of Personnel Management
• State Wildlife Agencies - links to many state wildlife and conservation organizations
• Maine State Job Listing
• Monster Job Board - conduct a job search, visit the recruiters center, or get help with your cover letters and resumes

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Research and Research Organizations

• Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
• Ecological Society of America - non-profit ecological research and education
• Conservation Biology Institute
• National Research Council of Canada - access to Canadian journals of botany, forest research, fisheries and aquatic sciences, and many more
• Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
• University of Maine
• University of Maine, Cooperative Forestry Research Unit
• Society of Wetland Scientists
• Society of American Foresters
• Society for Conservation Biology
• The Natural Areas Association
• Society for Ecological Restoration
• The Academy of the Natural Sciences
• The National Museum of Natural History
• World Resources Institute - biodiversity conservation and forest management page
• Wildlife Conservation Society
• University of New Brunswick - get updates on current research projects

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Economics

• Measures of Growth 2000 - Maine Economic Growth Council report

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International Agencies

• The World Bank
• The United Nations Home Page
• UN's Economic and Social Development - sites related to the environment
• World Conservation Monitoring Center

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National Agencies

• Index of Federal Agencies!!!!
• USDA's,  Forest Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service 
• USDA's Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• National Wetlands Inventory
• U.S. Dept. of Interior's - Fish & Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Wildlife Forensic Sciences (USF&W)
• US House of Representatives
• Canadian Forest Service
• Ministry of Forests, Providence of British Columbia
• US Geologic Survey Home Page, USGS Biological Resources
• National Science Foundation
• National Library for the Environment
• Smithsonian Institute
• NOAA Coastal Oceans Program
• National Biological Survey's Management Technical Center, Information Infrastructure Site
• OSHA - US Dept. of Labor's OSHA regulations. documents, and technical information

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State Agencies

• Maine State Government - includes links to all state agencies & organizations of Maine
• Maine State Planning Office
• Maine DEP - Department of Environmental Protection
• Maine IF&W - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Department
• Maine Department of Conservation
• Maine Bureau of Parks and Recreation
• Maine Coastal Program - Maine State Planning Office program
• Maine Forest Service

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Sites with Directories of Links

• Steve Shook's Directory -   list of over 1,700 links to information on forest products, wood science & technology, forest industry, marketing, research and data
• Northern Forest Links
• National Audubon Society's Links to Sites
• Career Development/Environmental Job Links - available through the University of Maine's Wildlife Ecology Department

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Libraries and Information Exchanges

• INFOSouth.  Forest Service library
• Wildlife Software Repository
• World-wide Web Virtual Library - Environment related
• World-wide Web Virtual Library - Forestry related
• University of Minnesota Forestry Library. Access using gopher://minerva.forestry.umn.edu/11/
• University of Washington Forestry Library.
• Virginia Tech Fish & Wildlife Information Exchange - technical assistance and information clearinghouse for fish, wildlife, land management agencies and organizations
• Adaptive Management Home Page - (British Columbia's Ministry of Forests) has links to biodiversity and coarse woody debris libraries
• NBS Environmental Management Technical Center
• Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis (Rutgers)
• Carl Uncover - scientific literature search

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Data

• Christmas Bird Counts and Breeding Bird Surveys - from the US Dept. of Interior's Biological Resources Division
• Biological Data Clearinghouse - sponsored by USGS. Users can search and locate biological data from government agencies, museums, libraries, universities, and private organizations
• Cartographic Data  (US Geologic Survey)
• Data from ESRI - makers of Arc/Info GIS software
• Maine Office of GIS - free GIS data available
• GIS Spatial Data (US Environmental Protection Agency)
• Climatic Data  (US National Climatic Data Center)
• National Spatial Data Clearinghouse - data, sampling guidelines and standards, etc., with links to other data clearinghouses
• GIS and Spatial Data (University of Chicago)
• Plants - query or download plant files by state from the US Dept. of Agriculture's plant files
• USDA Forest Service Products - forestry, ecosystem management, and economic modeling software

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Booksellers

• Patricial Ledlie Bookseller, Inc. - a Maine company that specializes in books on conservation biology, environmental studies, and natural history
• Amazon Books - one of the world's largest sources of books
• CRC Press - books on forestry, silviculture, biology, conservation, etc.

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Miscellaneous Maine Sites

• Portland Newspapers
• Maine Public Broadcasting
• Chambers of Commerce
• University of Maine - Cooperative Extension Office, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture, Wildlife Ecology Department
• DeLorme Maps Home Page
• Maine Environmental Reference Guide - guide to organizations and activities in Maine
• Maine Office of GIS
• Species Lists and Distribution Maps for Maine - from Maine Natural Areas Program data
• Maine Nature News

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Collaborating Organizations - Shifting Mosaic Project

• Tufts University, MA
• University of Maine, Orono
• USDA Forest Service
• Maine Forest Service
• Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
• Plum Creek Timber Company
• Irving Timber Company

Revised: April 26, 2005