Helpful Organizations and Web Sites

Aquatic Insects:

• Macroinvertebrates identification

Drinking Water:

• Utah Division of Drinking Water

Erosion Control:

• International Erosion Control Association
• Utah State Agriculture Extension, (801) 468-3170
• Protecting Your Property from Soil Erosion
• University of Nebraska - Lincoln

General Resources:

• Know Your Environment
• Environmental Literacy

Groundwater:

• The Groundwater Foundation
• Purdue University Report

Historical Records, Photos, etc.:

• Utah Historical Society,
  300 Rio Grande, SLC, UT 84101
  (801) 533-3535

Maps:

• Salt Lake County Public Works Department,
  Engineering Division
  2001 South State Street, Suite N3300
  Salt Lake City, Utah 84190-4500
  (801) 468-2711
• US Geological Survey
• Utah Geological Survey
  1594 West North Temple
  Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100
  (801) 537-3300
• Color Landform Atlas of the US
• Topographic maps

Pesticides:

• Pesticide Action Network North America
• US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs
• Utah State Agriculture Extension, (801) 468-3170
• Pesticide Information
• Pesticides
• City Farmer

River/Stream Study:

• Center for Global Environmental Education Education
  (Rivers Institute Study Guide and Rivers of Life)
  1536 Hewitt Ave., St. Paul MN 55104-1284,
• GREEN (Global Rivers Environmental Education Network)
  721 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104
  (313) 761-8142,
• International Rivers Network
  1847 Berkeley Way
  Berkeley, CA 94703,
• River Watch Network
  153 State Street, Montpelier
  VT 05602
  (802) 223-3840
• Save Our Streams
  Izaak Walton League of America
• US EPA Volunteer Monitoring
• Kids in the Creek

Storm Water:

• Salt Lake County Storm Water Coalition
• Salt Lake County Public Works Department,
  Engineering Division
  2001 South State Street, Suite N3300
  Salt Lake City, Utah 84190-4500
  (801) 468-2711
• Storm Water Strategies
• An Ecological Approach to Storm Water Mitigation
• City of Colorado Springs, CO Engineering
• Fort Worth, Texas Environmental Management Home Page

Urban Planning:

• American Planning Association
  (Planning Education Kids Style and
  A Changing American Cityscape)
  (312) 786-6344
  BookService@planning.org

Water Resources:

• USGS Water Resources
• Utah Division of Water Quality
• Utah Water Atlas
• US Water News Online

Water Testing Equipment:

(for loan)

• Utah Society for Environmental Education
  350 S 400 E, suite G-4
  SLC, UT 84111
  (801) 328-1549

(for purchase)

• Hach Company
  P.O. Box 389
  Loveland, Colorado
  80539-0389
  (800) 227-4224
• LaMotte Company
  P.O. Box 329
  Chestertown, Maryland, 21620
  (800) 344-3100
• Water Quality Sampling Equipment and
  Homemade Sampling Equipment
  Tennessee Valley Authority
  311 Broad St., Chattanooga, TN
  37402-2801
  (615) 751-7338.

Watershed:

• Adopt-A-Waterbody
  Shelly Quick
  Utah Division of Water Quality
  288 N. 1460 W.
  SLC, UT 84116
• Adopt-a-Watershed
• US EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds
• Know Your Watershed
• University of Minnesota Watershed web site
• Surf Your Watershed
• Watershed Information Network
• Index of Watershed Indicators
• The Terrene Institute

Wetlands:

• Wetlands Science Institute
  11400 American Holly Drive
  Laurel, MD 20708-4014
  (301) 497-5938
• US EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds
• US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory
• Izaak Walton League

Books and Curriculum Materials

Ancona, George. (1990). Riverkeeper. New York, NY: Macmillan.

Cherry, Lynne. (1992). A River Ran Wild. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers.

Crump, Donald. (1988). Let's explore a River. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.

Cullen, Derek and John Murray-Robertson. (1988). Exploring River. Needham, MA: Schoolhouse Press, Inc.

Holling, Clancy. (1969). Paddle to the Sea. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co.

Hungerford, Harold R. et al. (1996). Investigating and Evaluating Environmental Issues and Actions: Skill Development Program. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing LLC

Locker, Thomas. (1984). Where the River Begins. New York, NY: Penguin Books.

Lourie, Peter. (1992). Hudson River and Adventure from the Mountains to the Sea New York, NY: Boydes Mills/Caroline House.

MacEachern, Sally. (1992). The Unfolding River. Philadelphia, PA: Press Publishers.

Reid, George. (1987). Pond Life: A guide to Common Plants and Animals of North American Ponds and Lakes. New York, NY: Golden Press.

Slafer, A. (1995). Why Design? Activities and Projects from the National Building Museum. Chicago, Ill: Chicago Review Press.

Slattery, Britt E. and Alan S. Kesselheim. (1995). WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands.Bozeman, MT: Environmental Concern and The Watercourse.

Steele, Philip. (1994). River through the Ages. Eagle Books, USA.

Van Burgh, Dana, Elizabeth N. Lyons, and Marcy Boyington. (1998). How to Teach with Topographic Maps. Arlington, VA:

National Science Teachers Association. Environmental Resource Guide -- Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention, 1995. Pittsburgh, PA:

Air and Waste Management Association. Handle With Care: Your Guide to Preventing Water Pollution, 1991. Washington, D.C.:

The Terrene Institute. Project WILD Activity Guide, 1992. Bethesda, MD: Western Regional Environmental Education Council.

Water Action Volunteers, 1995. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Extension and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

 

For other curriculum materials contact:

• Utah Society for Environmental Education
  350 S 400 E, suite G-4
  SLC, UT 84111
  (801) 328-1549,