The contents of these websites do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of UW-Extension, Cooperative Extension, Wisconsin DNR or NRCS. Any mention of trade names, commercial products, private businesses or publically financed programs does not constitute endorsement.

Rock River Agencies
Dane County Lakes & Watershed Commission
DNR Upper Rock River Basin Website
DNR Lower Rock River Basin Website
DNR Rock River Basin State of the Basin Report
USFWS Horicon Marsh National Refuge

Rock River Basin Organizations

River/Watershed Groups
Capitol Water Trails
Dane County Lakes & Watershed Commission
Friends of Allen Creek Watershed
Friends of Badfish Creek
Friends of Cam-Rock Park
Friends of Pheasant Branch
Lake Koshkonong Wetland Association
Madison Area Storm Water Partnership
Rock River Rescue Foundation
Token Creek Watershed Association
Upper Sugar River Watershed Association

Lake Associations/Districts
Friends of Lake Wingra
Friends of Monona Bay
Lake Ripley Management District
Lake Sinissippi (Association & District)
Rock/Koshkonong Lake District
Rock Lake Improvement Association

Other Groups
EnAct (Madison and Dane County)
Heart of the City
Horicon On-Line Almanac
Horicon Marsh Bird Club
Madison Audubon Society
Marsh Haven Nature Center
Roamin' Round the Rock (Tourism information)
Sustain Dane (Includes a directory of area organizations)
Town & Country RC & D

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1000 Friends of Wisconsin
American Rivers
Citizens for a Scenic WI
Clean Water Network (WI)
Dane County Friends Groups listing
Earth Care Connection USA
Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance
Gathering Waters
National Watershed Network
North American Water Trails, Inc.
Prairie Enthusiasts
River Alliance of Wisconsin 
River Network
Root-Pike WIN
Soil & Water Conservation Society
Urban Open Space Foundation
Waters of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education
Wisconsin Association of Lakes
Wisconsin Wetland Association
Wisconsin Lakes Partnership

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Environmental Protection Agency

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP)
Fish Toxic Survey
Nonpoint Source News-Notes
Watershed Academy Web-Based Training &  Certificate Program
WaterNews

Forest Service
Wildland Waters Newsletter

Geological Survey
USGS Home Page 
USGS Publications and Data Products

National Park Service
River & Water Trails Program

Other Governmental Sites
Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
US Department of Agriculture

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Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection

Home Page
Agriculture Page
Environmental Protection

DNR

Home Page
Education
NR 216 New Rules
NR 151 New Rules
Nonpoint Source Program Grants
Nonpoint Rules &  Fact Sheets
Publications
Water Management

UWEX 

Center for Community and Economic Development
Center for Sustainability & Global Environment
Center on Wisconsin Strategy : Studies on WI Economy, Environment & Healthy Communities
Central Wisconsin Groundwater Center
Environmental Resource Center
Local Government Information

UWEX Water Resources

Publications
Natural Resources Gateway (link to Basin Educators, Publications, Water Action Volunteers)
Center for Watershed Science & Education
Stormwater & Agriculture Runoff Info
WI Ag & Stormwater Information
Wisconsin Basin Educators
WI Geological and Natural History Survey

University of Wisconsin

Center on Wisconsin Strategy

Other Wisconsin Sites

Badgerlink (DPI online search service)
Biodiversity Project
Wisconsin Statutes
Wisconsin Administrative Codes

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RESOURCE LINKS

Earth Day
EnAct (Madison and Dane County)
Give Water A Hand
Green Acres (EPA guide to natural landscaping )
Yard Care - Grow Green

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Agriculture Environmental Management Systems
Agri-View (Agriculture newspaper)
Best Management Practices for Pathogen Control in Manure Management Systems
Consoritum for Sustainable Agriculture
Country Today (Agriculture newspaper)
Discovery Farms - Wisconsin
Environmental Assessments - Tools, Resources
Family Farm Defenders
Farm*A*Syst and Home*A*Syst
Forestry Industry Directories
Iowa State Weed Science Information
Livestock and Poultry Environmental Stewardship (LPES) News
Livestock Siting Legislation ATCP 51
Methane Production - Small Scale (Variety of Resources)
National Agriculture Day
Purdue Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory
Purdue Dept of Botany and Plant Pathology
Understanding Soil Phosphorus
UW Integrated Pest & Crop Management Gateway
Wisconsin Agri Business Federation
Wisconsin Buffer Initiative
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation
Wisconsin Farm Report with Pam Jahnke
Working Lands Initiative
Wisconsin Runoff Rules/Performance Standards
Wisconsin TMDL Information

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Pesticides
EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs
EPA Pesticide Topic Page
National Pesticide Information Center
Pesticide Safety Education Institute (Virginia Tech)

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Pollution Prevention for Wisconsin Businesses

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(Also see Just for Kids section)

Adult
Conservation Technology Info Center
The Challenge of Helping Adults Learn
Water Outreach Materials

All Ages
Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Ask-a-Geologist
Badgerlink
Basin Educators (programs statewide)
Environmental Education Resources Library
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
Exploring Biodiversity
Forestry Education - Seno Center
Forest Communities of the Eastern US
Wisconsin DNR Forestry Page
Nature's Classroom Institute
Online Conversion (convert length,distance,temperature,weight,etc.)
Riveredge Nature Center
UW Stevens Point College of Natural Resources
Urban Ecology Center

K-12
Aquatic Outreach Programs for Kids
Educating Young People about Water
Environmental Education for Kids (EEK)
EE News (Environmental Education in WI Newsletter)
EPA Know Your Watershed
Great Lakes Invasions Curriculum Guide
The Learning Web: K-12 Education
Leopold Education Project
"My Community, Our Earth - Geographic Learning for Sustainable Development" (student project)
National Science Teachers Assoc
Nature Net
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
Project WET in the City
River of Words
T.E.A.C.H. Great Lakes (lake research and programs in the US and Canada)
Upham Woods 4-H Environmental Education Center
US Fish and Wildlife Service, Rhythms of the Refuge
Water Education Resources
Water Science for Schools
WI Agriculture in the Classroom
WI Environmental Education Board Grant Program
WI Environmental Education Network
WI K-12 Forestry Education Program
WI Green Schools Project
WI Project Learning Tree & Project WILD

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DNR Division of Forestry
DNR Herbicides Approved for Forestry Uses
Forestry Publications List
Gypsy Moth Management
Threatened & Endangered Species in Forests of Wisconsin
WI K-12 Forestry Education Program

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Atlas of the Biosphere
Atlas of Population and Environment
Center for Advance Spatial Technologies (A guide to mostly on-line & free U.S. Geospatial & Attribute data technologies)
DNR Webview Map Server
Geospatial One-Stop
Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN) (Maps & GIS of Great Lake Region)
MapQuest
National Park Service - GIS
NOAA Coastal Service Center - Great Lakes Region Land Cover (1996 & 2001)
NRCS-Maps, Imagery, Data & Analysis
NRCS-Soil Data Mart
Terraserver (air photos and topographic maps)
Topozone (Interactive USGS maps)
USGS National Geospatial Program Office (gateway to many mapping links including National Atlas of the US)
US Fish & Wildlife Service - WI Data
Wisconsin Coastal GIS Applications Project
WI DNR GIS Information
Wisconsin Floodplain Maps
Wisconsin Land Information Clearinghouse
Wisconsin Land Survey Records
Wisconsin Towns Association - GIS Links
Yahoo Maps

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Data
EPA Local Drinking Water Information
Ground Water Information (USGS)
Wisconsin DATCP Atrazine Prohibition Areas
Wisconsin DNR Groundwater Education Resources

Information
Animated Water Cycle
EPA TechDirect Electronic Newsletter
Groundwater & its Role in Comprehensive Planning (pdf file)
Groundwater Foundation
Improving Your Private Well Water Quality (pdf file)
Nonpoint Source News-Notes
Pesticide Action Network
Residential Development & Groundwater Resources (pdf file)
Response to Urbanization: Groundwater Stream Flow & Lake Level Responses
UW Water Resources Institute
US Geological Survey Water Cycle (in 50 languages)
Water Quality Info Center
Well Water for Rural Residential Subdivisions: Using groundwater flow models to evaluate options for water supply (pdf file)
"What is Groundwater"
Wisconsin Community Groundwater Planning & Implementation
Wisconsin Groundwater Quantity Legislation
Wisconsin's Water Library

Programs
American Groundwater Trust
Aquatic Outreach Institute
Central Brown County Water Authority
Groundwater Guardian Program
MN Environmental Initiative
Portage County Groundwater
Wisconsin Groundwater Coordinating Council

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Declassified Intelligence Satellite Photos
Digital Backyard
Earth Explorer
Earth Shots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change
Google Images
Farm Photo (need permission from person posting to use photo)
Landsat7 Remote Sensing Satellite Data
National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive
National Pesticide Media Database
Natural Resource Conservation Service Photo Gallery
PowerPoint Templates
USGS Topographic Maps
USDA Plants Photo Database
USDA Web Soil Survey
UW Arboretum Photo Gallery
UW Libraries Digital Collection
Wisconsin Land Survey Records  

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Citizen Science Program at National Institute of Invasive Species
Great Lakes Invasions Curriculum Guide
Invasive Work Group Report on Zebra Mussels: Dane County
Midwest Invasive Species Network
National Invasive Species Information Center
Nature Conservancy Invasive Plants Page
North American Weed Management Association
NRCS Invasive Plant Page
Out of Place (publication)
Wisconsin Invasive Species Information

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WI DNR Education & Training Web Page
EEK! Environmental Education for Kids
EPA - Nonpoint Source for Kids
Kids Corner in Biology
National Geographic's "Geography Action 2003! Habitats: Home Sweet Home" United Kingdom Water Game
WI Water Resources for Kids
World Water Monitoring Day

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WI DNR Groundwater Quiz
Edible Earth Parfaits
Groundwater Activities RWPC (pdf file)
Groundwater Foundation's Kids Pages
Robocow
USGS Water Quiz
Wellhead Willy Games

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1000 Friends of Wisconsin
Aldo Leopold Foundation
American Farmland Trust
Drumlin Area Land Trust
Gathering Waters
Ice Age Parks and Trail Foundation
Land Trust Network of Jefferson County
Madison Audubon Society
Natural Heritage Land Trust (Dane County)
The Nature Conservancy
The Prairie Enthusiasts
Sand County Foundation
Town of Dunn
Walworth County Land Conservancy
Waukesha Land Conservancy
Wisconsin Family Forests

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Computer Assessment Programs
CITYGreen
CommunityViz
Dane County TURM (Temperature Urban Runoff Model)
LGEAN (Local Government Environmental Assistance Network)
LTHIA (Long-Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment)
Midwest Spatial Decision Support System Partnership
Place-IT (pdf file)
SEAHOME (EPA Software for Environmental Awareness)
What If
Window to My Environment

Conservation Subdivision Design
See Storm Water also

EPA Low Impact Development (LID) Page
Examples of Smart Growth (EPA-free publication)
Livable Neighborhood Program
Low Impact Development
Protecting Our Waters - A Guide to Responsible Development
Puget Sound Action Team
Smart Growth Illustrated (EPA)

General Land Use Resources
Active Living by Design
Building Better Rural Places
Center for Land Use Education
Community & Environmental Defense Service
Directory of Resources for Comprehensive Planning in Wisconsin
EPA's Smart Growth
Global Action Plan
Guide to Responsible Development (Milwaukee River Basin)
Historic Preservation and Smart Growth
Land Use Tracker Newsletter
Livable Commuinities
Measuring the Health Effects of Sprawl
Missouri Land Use Resources
Sprawl Watch
Southwestern WI Regional Planning Commission
Trust for Public Lands
"Vision of Green"
Urban Open Space Links
Washington County Farmland and Open Space Preservation Tools

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Citizen Science Program at National Institute of Invasive Species
EPA Monitoring Discussion Archive
EPA National Monitoring Study Successes and Recommendations
National Environmental Methods Clearing House
National Water Quality Monitoring Council
Rapid Watershed Assessments - NRCS Wisconsin
The Great North American Secchi Dip-In
US Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program
USGS National Water Information System (NWIS)
USGS Stream Monitoring - Rock Basin -Real time data
Water Action Volunteers (WAV)
Wisconsin Citizen-Based Monitoring Network
Wisconsin Citizen-based Monitoring 2007 Conference Materials
Wisconsin Citizen-based Monitoring Partnership Program Information
Wisconsin ebird
Wisconsin Natural Heritage Inventory Database
Wisconsin Nature Mapping
Wisconsin Rare Animal Field Report
Wisconsin Rare Plant Field Report
Wisconsin Volunteer Monitoring 2007 Symposium Newsletter
World Water Monitoring Day

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Government Grant Opportunities
Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection
Community Development State & Federal Grant Links
DNR Nonpoint Source Program Grants
Wildbirds Unlimited Pathways to Nature
WI Environmental Education Board Grant Program

NonGovernmental Grant Opportunities
Foundation Center
Putnam Barber FAQ's
Techsoup (technology resource and discounts on software)

Nonprofits
Consultants (directory of nonprofit consultants)
Nonprofit Online News
GuideStar (list of financial information for 800,000 nonprofits)
Nonprofit Good Practice Guide
Volunteer Management (how to manage, screen, keep records)
Volunteer Match (find opportunities by zip code or area)
Volunteer Opportunities

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Great Outdoor Recreation Pages
Milwaukee Urban Water Trail
National Park Service - River & Water Trails Program
Prairie State Canoeists
Tourism, Community Development Resources & Applied Research Clearninghouse
Trout Unlimited
Wingra Water Trail
Yahara Waterways Water Trail Guide

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Baraboo Canoe & Kayak Trails
Green Lake RSVP Project  (Revitalization of Shoreland Vegetation Project)
Jefferson County (WI) Canoe & Kayaking Trails
Links on Shoreland Management Information - DNR
Native Plant Nurseries and Restoration Consultants
Natural Landscapers
Plants for Stormwater Design Manual (Minnesota)
Risdal Bear Creek Virtual Buffer Tour
UWEX Shoreland & Habitat Management Publications
Wingra Creek Project
Wisconsin DNR Shoreland Management Publications
Wisconsin Native Plant Sources
Wisconsin Shoreland Restoration Website

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SOLID & HAZARDOUS WASTE

UWEX Household & Business Hazardous Waste Data

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Education

Chesapeake Club
City of Monterey Public Works Storm Water Information
Dane County Stormwater & Rain Garden Curriculum
Earthwater Stencils
How Adults Learn: A Special Issue of Convene, The Journal of the Professional Convention Management Association
International Association for Public Participation
Madison Area Joint Storm Water Permit Group Information and Education Plan
My Fair Lakes Education Compaign (Dane County)
Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program (click on Program Elements then go to Public Information/Public Participation)
The Rouge River Project: Public Involvement and Education Programs
Think Blue San Diego

Management

2006 WI Construction Erosion Control Technical Workshop Presentations
Catching the Rain: A Great Lakes Resource Guide for Natural Stormwater Management by American Rivers
Center for Watershed Protection
Dane County Erosion Control & Stormwater Mngt Manual
DNR Post Construction Standards
EPA Nonpoint Source Information
Fox-Wolf Basin Storm Water/Erosion Control Resources
Fundamentals of Urban Runoff Management (document by NALMS)
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Maintaining a Healthy Chemical-free Lawn
Mosquitoes and Storm Water Ponds
Municipal Storm Water Contaminants
National Resources Defense Council Stormwater Strategies Manual
Plants for Stormwater Design Manual (Minnesota)
Product Acceptability List (PAL)
Protecting Our Waters - A Guide to Responsible Development within Milwaukee River Basin
Roofscapes, Inc.
"Runoff Rundown" Center for Watershed Protection Newsletter
Storm Drain Stenciling - Almetek Industries Inc
Stormwater Authority
Storm Water Manual
Stormwater Journal
USEPA Watershed Academy Web, Online Training in Watershed Management
Water Education Collaborative (Rochester, MN)
WI Association for Floodplain, Stormwater and Coastal Management
WI DNR & UWEX Urban & Rural Runoff Gateway Site

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Nutrient Trading and TMDL's

EPA Regional Guidance on Submittal Requirements of Lake and Reservoir Nutrient TMDLs
Great Lakes Trading Network Website

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Rain Gardens

Kansas City 10,000 Rain Gardens Iniaitive
King County Washtington Design Requirements (pdf file)
Rain Garden - Dane County (publications and links)
Rain Garden Resources
University of Wisconsin-Extension Rain Garden Materials

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(See also Monitoring or Stormwater)

Aquatic Plants in Dane County Lakes Report
Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC) Resource Links
Daily Water Conditions
Dam Decision-Making Guide
DNR Water Management Specialists
Ecoregional Nutrient Criteria Documents for Lakes & Reservoirs
EPA Know Your Watershed
EPA National Report on controlling nps pollution from marinas and recreational boats
EPA Office Of Water
EPA Water Poster
Fox River Watch - PCB Contamination of the Fox River, Wisconsin
Historical Streamflow
Local Drinking Water Information
Model Floodplain Zoning Ordinance (pdf file)
National Water Conditions
National Water-Quality Assessment Program
Pesticide Action Network
Phosphorus Roundtable
River Smart
Seven Easy Steps to Fewer Lawn Chemicals
Toxic Substance Hydrology
USGS Real Time Water Data
USGS Water Quality Information Center
Value of Good Water Quality and Shoreland Management
Water Use Data
WI DNR & UWEX Urban & Rural Runoff Gateway Site
WI Small & Abandoned Dam Removal
Wisconsin's Water Library
Yahara Lakes Advisory Group

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National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Weather Channel

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County Enforcement of Wetland Regulations Manual  (DOA) pdf file
Ducks Unlimited
EPA Wetland Information
Mosquitoes and Storm Water Ponds
National Wetland Inventory
National Wetlands Research Center
Society of Wetland Scientists
Tax Implications of Wetland Restoration
West Nile Virus and Wetlands Fact Sheet
Wisconsin DNR Wetland Information
Wisconsin DNR Wetland Guide
Wisconsin Waterfowl Association
Wisconsin Wetlands Association
Wisconsin Wetland Inventory Maps

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Amphibians (Frog Web)
Biological Resources National Programs
Breeding Bird Survey
Butterflies & Moths of North America
Cats Indoors!
Endangered Species Coalition
Izaak Walton League
National Biological Information Infrastructure
Native Grasses & Wildflowers (Agrecol Corporation)
Online Native Plant Guide
Prairie Enthusiasts
Threatened & Endangered Species in Forests of Wisconsin
USFWS Horicon Marsh National Refuge
UW-Madison Arboretum
West Nile Information - DNR
Wildlife Action Plan
Wild Ones - Natural Landscapers

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The contents of these web sites do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of UW-Extension, Cooperative Extension, Wisconsin DNR or NRCS. Any mention of trade names, commercial products, private businesses or publically financed programs does not constitute endorsement