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to Information about
Natural Resources
Federal
Agency Homepages
Bureau
of Land Management
United
States Environmental Protection Agency
United
States Fish and Wildlife Service
United
States Forest Service
United
States Geological Survey
Natural
Resources
Natural
Resource Fact Sheets - NPS fact sheets on resource programs
for air, fish and wildlife, geology, GIS, inventory and monitoring,
plants and water.
Lake
Clark National Park and Preserve - Science and Nature
Sitka
National Historic Park - Natural Resources
Wrangell
- St. Elias National Park and Preserve - Natural Resources
Yukon
- Charley Rivers National Preserve - Key Resources
Wildlife
Alaska
Department of Fish and Game, natural history information (http://www.state.ak.us/local/akpages/FISH.GAME/notebook/notehome.htm)
NPS
Wildlife and Plants Webpage - wildlife and fisheries
Fish
and Wildlife Species Fact Sheets
The
Arctic and its Animals - ThinkQuest Jr., includes pages on a
variety of animal species.
Birds
of Denali (http://www.nps.gov/dena/home/resources/wildlife/birdweb/
index/homebirdpage.htm) Denali National Park and Preserve page
includes species, habitat, and research.
Plants
NPS
Wildlife and Plants Webpage - plants and exotic species
Biology
NPS
Wildlife and Plants Webpage - biological diversity, pest management,
exotic species
Homework
Help - Biology - a USGS site with information on biology
USGS/BRD
Kid's Corner The USGS/BRD Kid's Corner has coloring pages, stories,
quizzes, and lots of information about living things.
Endangered
Species Program - working to conserve and restore endangered
and threatened species and the ecosystems upon which we depend,
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Air
Water
NPS
Water Resources Division
- NPS programs in water resources
Homework
Help - Hydrology - a USGS site with information on hydrology
Geology
Alaska
Volcano Observatory
- uses federal, state, and university resources to monitor and study
Alaska's hazardous volcanoes, to predict and record eruptive activity,
and to mitigate volcanic hazards to life and property.
Homework
Help - Geology
- a USGS site with information on geology
USGS
Geology in the Parks
- a collaborative effort of the US Geological Survey and National
Park Service, aimed to inform and entice virtual and future park
visitors with a non-technical approach to geology. We hope that
everyone from middle-school age and up will find something of interest.
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