Land Use Links
- American Forest & Paper Association: Forestry http://www.afandpa.org/Forestry/ Site contains information on sustainable forestry practices, forest health, and wildlife management.
- Army Corps of Engineers: Great Outdoor Recreation Page http://www.gorp.com/gorp/resource/US_NRA/ace/acemain.htm Site lists Corps facilities by region and gives information on its responsibilities for recreational opportunities on federal lands.
- Bio-Integral Resource Center http://www.birc.org/birc/ Site gives brief background information on integrated pest management methods.
- The California Native Plant Society http://www.calpoly.edu/~dchippin/cnps_main.html Site gives an in-depth look at the status of Californias endangered plants and the ongoing programs to preserve them.
- Center for International Earth Sciences Information Network: Land Use and Global Environmental Change http://www.ciesin.org/TG/LU/LU-home.html Site provides information on deforestation, land degradation and desertification, biological diversity, and water resources.
- Department of Agriculture: Farm Service http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/default.asp Site contains information and fact sheets on agricultural and conservation programs.
- Department of Agriculture: Forest Service http://www.fs.fed.us/ Site contains information on forest health, products, and state and private forestry programs.
- Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land Management http://www.blm.gov/ Site contains information on The Official Land Patents, Automated Land and Mineral Record System, natural resource management, and 1997 public land statistics.
- Department of the Interior: Office of Surface Mining http://www.blm.gov/ Site gives information on the reclamation of surface mines and protect of citizens and the environment.
- Department of State: Forests http://www.state.gov/www/global/oes/envir.html Site contains fact sheets on various programs dealing with forest health, management, and sustainability.
- Department of Transportation: Federal Highway Administration http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/nat_res.htm Site contains information on watersheds, water quality, and stormwater runoff, agricultural land, wildflowers, treeways, and roadside vegetation management.
- Earth Council http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/ Site gives updates on the Councils progress toward following the Earth Summits goals of sustainable development.
- Environmental Defense Fund http://www.edf.org/pubs/Reports/ Site contains various reports on land use issues.
- Environmental Defense Fund: Hog Watch http://www.hogwatch.org Site contains information and fact sheets on hog factories, including possible solutions, laws, waste lagoons, and interactive maps.
- Forest Guardians http://www.fguardians.org/index.aspx Site includes information on water and the Rio Grande, grazing on public lands, zero-cut logging, the Bureau of Land Management, and Southwest Wildlands Initiative.
- National Mining Association http://www.nma.org/index.aspx Site contains information on coal, minerals, environmental protection, mine reclamation, mining technology, combustion pollutant levels, water management practices, and sulfur dioxide emissions.
- National Park Service http://www.nps.gov Site contains information on the air quality, water resources, wildlife and plants, and geologic resources in national parks.
- National Wildlife Federation: Land Stewardship http://www.nwf.org/lands/ Site contains information on the Farm Bill, takings, forests, mining, and grazing reform.
- Natural Resources Defense Council http://www.nrdc.org/nrdcpro/fpprog.html Site contains reports and research on a diverse range of environmental topics including air quality, water quality, land issues, health issues, and energy.
- Sierra Club: Forests http://www.sierraclub.org/forests/ Site contains information and fact sheets on logging, species and habitats, and other forest-related issues.
- Union of Concerned Scientists: Agriculture http://www.ucsusa.org/agriculture/index.aspx Site gives information on industrial agriculture and sustainable agricultural practices.
- University of Minnesota: College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences http://www.coafes.umn.edu/ Site includes information on their research centers including Avian Research Center, Center for Agricultural Impacts on Water Quality, Center for Alternative Plant and Animal Products, Center for Urban Ecosystems, Food Animal Biotechnology Center, Minnesota Water Resources Research Center, and Precision Agriculture Center.
- U.S. Conference of Mayors: Recycling Americas Land http://www.usmayors.org/USCM/brownfields/ Site contains information on various brownfields programs.
- World Wildlife Fund: Forests for Life http://www.worldwildlife.org/frame_forests.htm Site contains statistics and fact sheets on forests both nationally and globally.
- Worldwatch Institute http://www.worldwatch.org/ Site contains various reports and articles dealing with sustainable development and preservation of biodiversity.
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