Uncategorized RINHS on 07 Aug 2007 09:14 am
Natural History Organizations and Programs
See the RINHS Directory and list of RINHS organizational members for more links.
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island Geographic Information System
Land and Water Partnership
–The Rhode Island Land and Water Partnership was formed in 2003 to improve networking among, foster learning and collaboration in, and enhance the capacity of Rhode Island’s land trusts, watershed groups, and other community-based, grassroots conservation organizations. The Land and Water Partnership website has a great library of resources addressing challenges commonly shared by small community-based organizations–land stewardship and planning, volunteer management, etc.Environmental Jobs in Rhode Island
Audubon Society of Rhode Island
–The Voice of Audubon gives you a chance to find out what exciting birds have been reported recently in the state, and where to go to find them. (401) 949-3870The Nature Conservancy of Rhode Island
Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Rhode Island Geological Survey
Lobster resources and fisheries (site prepared by R. B. Allen Associates)
University of Rhode Island’s Cooperative Extension Watershed Watch
New England organizations
Museums, Herbaria, and Biodiversity
American Museum of Natural History
Connecticut State Museum of Natural History
George Stafford Torrey Herbarium, University of Connecticut
Harvard Museum of Natural History
Natural Science Collections Alliance
Professional Societies
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) was established as a means of stimulating research, exchanging ideas, and promoting graduate training in environmental and resource economics.
Committee for the National Institute for the Environment (CNIE) on-line National Library
Committee on Recently Extinct Organisms
International Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS)
International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) facilitates understanding between economists and ecologists and the integration of their thinking into a transdiscipline aimed at developing a sustainable world. It focuses on ecological modeling, economic and environmental indicators, trade and development’s effect on environmental conditions, valuation of ecosystems, and implementation of policy tools.
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC)
U. S. Government
Estuarine and Coastal Marine Waters: Bioassessment and Biocriteria Technical Guidance Document provides an extensive collection of methods and protocols for conducting bioassessments in estuarine and coastal marine waters and the procedures for deriving biocriteria from the results. Includes case studies and physical classification information.
National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
National Center for Environmental Economics (NCEE) is part of the EPA Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation and prepares economic analysis under its own direction, and functions as an internal resources for other Agency offices seeking information on benefit-cost research and techniques, economic impact models and measures, and economic incentive mechanisms.
National Marine Fisheries Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
State Biological/Natural History Surveys
Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey
Illinois Natural History Survey
Ohio Geological Survey–Links to state Geological Surveys
Other Good Links
Green Volunteers, the World Guide and Information Network to Voluntary Work in Nature Conservation, is an excellent instrument for finding volunteers and volunteer opportunities.
H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment is a non-profit organization devoted to environmental policy based on both scientific and economic principles. It works closely with all the groups involved with environmental policy: environmental professionals, academics, government officials, and business. The Center conducts scientific research and economic analysis and reviews nonpartisan options for environmental policies.
NatureServe, an online encyclopedia of life, is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals, and ecological communities of the United States and Canada. NatureServe provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but also includes common plants and animals.
Student Conservation Association, Inc. is the nation’s largest provider of experiential conservation intern opportunities, and offers college and graduate students thousands of expense-paid positions, in over 50 disciplines, at natural and cultural resource sites throughout the US.
University of Maryland Institute for Ecological Economics (IEE) is a component of the University of Maryland’s system wide Coastal and Environmental Policy Program. IEE was established to fill the growing need to integrate study and management of ecology and economics.
