http://www.epa.gov/
This site has the latest water news, pollutant standards, etc.

http://www.epa.gov/kids/
Kids and teachers page – great information and exercises

http://www.epa.gov/surfnewi/index.html
U.S. EPA Surf Your Watershed site, an outstanding site to acquaint students with local watersheds including area, land use, water quality, etc.

National Climatic Data Center

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/
Online precipitation and drought data with maps

U.S. Geological Survey

http://water.usgs.gov/
Streamflow, groundwater, drought data, water quality data, acid rain data for many watersheds throughout the U.S.

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/index.html
USGSS Water Scince for Schools, a great site for kids and teachers

National Atmospheric Deposition Program

http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu
Includes data on acid rain and the quality of rainwater in your area

PA Department of Environmental Protection

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/educators/default.htm
This site is for educators and has current issues, lesson plans and activities to help you become an on-line environmental educator.

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/enved/watershed/watershed.htm
Information for watershed groups.

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/subject/hotopics/drought/drought.htm
Great site for drought information

Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission

http://www.fish.state.pa.us/

http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Fish_Boat/edind.htm
PA Fish and Boat Commission Education Site

Pennsylvania Game Commission

http://www.pgc.state.pa.us
Pennsylvania Game Commission home page

Pennsylvania Natural Resource Conservation Service

http://www.pa.nrcs.usda.gov/

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/index.aspx
DCNR Home Page

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/pubs.aspx
This is a link to the educational publications that are available from the PADCNR

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/groundwater/

Lackawanna Heritage Valley

http://www.lhva.org/

For the past decade, the Lackawanna Heritage Valley has worked to conserve the heritage and improve the economic vitality of the many communities along the Lackawanna River in northeast Pennsylvania.

The Lackawanna River Corridor Association

http://www.lrca.org/
The LRCA is a nonprofit, nonpolitical organization promoting our river through education, public involvement, consensus building, partnerships and hands on opportunities for young and old.

The Penn State Institute for the Environment

http://www.environment.psu.edu/

Environmental Education

General

http://www.eetap.org Environmental Education and Training Partnership

http://naaee.org/npeee The National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education

http://soils.usda.gov/education/resources/k_12/songs/index.html Soil Songs

http://soils.usda.gov/sqi/soil_quality/what_is/sqiinfo.html Soil quality fact sheets

http://www.foodlandpeople.org/ Food, Land and People

http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/CTIC/BetterSoilRecipe.htm Soil Recipe (for kids)

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/games/whatsee/responses0300.htm The Magic Schoolbus: What do you see? (The water cycle)

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/home_2.htm The Magic Schoolbus – Home page

http://www.treetures.com/ Treetures represent an environmental education effort with a direct focus on trees. They are a community of whimsical characters that are dedicated to carrying the message of tree planting and care.

http://www.nwf.org/kids/ National Wildlife Federation: Kidzone

http://sftrc.cas.psu.edu/lesson%20plans.htm#lessonsplans Lesson Plans from Penn State: Sustainable Forestry Teacher Resource Center

http://www.benmeadows.com/ A great online store for outdoor/environmental and educational equipment.

http://www.populationconnection.org/ Contains population education resources, an award winning program for preK through grade 12 teachers and students

Forestry

http://www.sonic.net/bristlecone/intro.html A site dedicated to the ancient Bristlecone Pines

http://biology.about.com/od/plantbiology/ Plant Biology: Information on plants, plant biology, plant viruses, and more.

http://extension.oregonstate.edu/mg/botany/index.html Botany Basics: online botany module

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/A/Angiosperm.html Plant reproduction information

http://koning.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/Plant_Biology/Pinus.html The life history of pine trees

http://www.umass.edu/urbantree/ The Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry

http://www.fs.fed.us/ The official website of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service

http://www.fs.fed.us/na/morgantown/macucf/index.htm The Mid-Atlantic Center for Urban and Community Forestry at Keystone College

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/pa_env-her/historycalforestry.htm A Chronology of Events in Pennsylvania Forestry Showing Things as They Happened to Penn’s Woods

http://www.greenworks.tv/pennswoods/home.html Pennsylvania's forefathers set in motion the wheels of such rapid change, that today's citizens and Penn's Woods are still recovering from its effects.

http://www.audubon.org/chapter/pa/pa/Rhoads.htm “Deer Impact on Herbaceous Plants and Shrubs in the Forest” by Ann F. Rhoads, Morris Arboretum, University of Pennsylvania

http://www.audubon.org/chapter/pa/pa/Stout11Nov99.htm “A Conflict between Forest Renewal and White-tailed Deer: A Silviculturist’s Perspective on Values” by Susan L. Stout, USDA Forest Service Forestry Sciences Laboratory
http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/Forsite/forcomm.htm This site describes the forest community.

http://www.daviesand.com/Papers/Economics/index.html A site dedicated to forestry economics.

http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/stewardship/stewstates.htm Stewardship and landowner assistance by state

http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/Extension/ffws/fi.htm#main%20menu This site describes a forest inventory and tells how one is completed.

http://www.plantbio.ohiou.edu/epb/instruct/ecology/dendro.htm A site describing dendrochronology: the science that uses tree rings dated to their exact year of formation to analyze temporal and spatial patterns of various processes (biological, physical, or cultural).

http://www.massmaple.org/history.html The history of maple sugaring

Invasive Species

http://www.invasivespecies.gov/index.shtml Invasivespecies.gov is the gateway to Federal efforts concerning invasive species.

http://www.ento.vt.edu/~sharov/hwa/ Some information on the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid

http://www.fs.fed.us/na/morgantown/fhp/hwa/hwasite.html US Forest Service Site regarding Hemlock Wooly Adlegid

Water

http://www.atlas.keystone.edu The Tunkhannock Creek Watershed Atlas

http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/ The Environmental Protection Agencies website regarding wetland information

http://www.acb-online.org/ The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=cbf_homepage The Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Save the Bay website

http://www.srbc.net/ The Susquehanna River Basin Commission

http://wow.nrri.umn.edu/wow/index.html Water on the Web sponsored by the National Science Foundation

http://www.unep.org/vitalwater/index.htm Vital Water Graphics: The goal of this publication is to produce a clear overview, through a set of graphics, maps and other illustrations, of the state of the world's fresh and marine waters.

http://www.pawatersheds.org/ The Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers

http://dls.fws.gov/default.cfm?library_id=aa US Fish and Wildlife Service: National Image Library

http://www.blm.gov/education/riparian/rp.html BLM site regarding riparian areas on a stream

http://coweeta.ecology.uga.edu/webdocs/1/index.htm The Coweeta LTER research program centers on the effects of disturbance and environmental gradients on biogeochemical cycling, and the underlying watershed ecosystem processes that regulate and respond to those cycles.

http://www.groundwater.org/ The Groundwater Foundation's website: The purpose of this site is to inform visitors about groundwater and the related environment

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/growgreen/hosting/default.asp Directory of Funded Growing Greener Watershed Grant Projects

http://www.fws.gov/r5cbfo/ US Fish and Wildlife Service: Chesapeake Bay Field Office

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/pubs/781.pdf : Better Backyard - Chesapeake Bay Foundation: A Citizens’ resource guide to beneficial landscaping and habitat restoration in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/ Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

http://www.dep.state.pa.us/ Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

http://www.epa.gov/ Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.fs.fed.us/ The official website of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service

http://nature.org/ Home of the Nature Conservancy

http://www.nps.gov/dewa/ The Delaware Water Gap National Rec Area site

http://www.fs.fed.us/na/gt/ Grey Towers Website, Grey Towers is the ancestral home of Gifford Pinchot, first chief of the US Forest Service and twice Governor of Pennsylvania.