U.S. and Canadian Federal Agencies |
| US Environmental Protection Agency
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| US Army Corps of Engineers-New England Division |
| US Department of Agriculture
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US Geological Survey
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| US Department of Transportation
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| National Park Service
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| Centers for Disease Control - Information on waterborne diseases
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Canadian Government and Organizations
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| Environment Canada
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Government of New Brunswick, Watershed Protection Program
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| St. Croix International Water Commission
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| Canadian Water and Wastewater Association |
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International Resources |
| United Nations Environment Program Freshwater Portal
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| United Nations Water Portal |
| World Water Council
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| Worldwatch Institute
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| Pacific Institute
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National and Regional Resources |
| National Institutes for Water Resources
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| Universities Council on Water Resources
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| American Water Resources Association
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| National Extension Water Quality database |
| US Water News
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| State and Local Governments on the Web
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| Long Term Ecological Research Network
including Hubbard Brook, NH,
Plum Island, MA, and
Harvard Forest, MA
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| Cooperative Extension Water Quality
activities throughout New England |
| American Geophysical Union
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| American Chemical Society
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| Maine Wastewater Control Association |
| Maine Lagoon Systems |
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| Maine State Resources |
Maine Department of Agriculture
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| Maine Department of Environmental Protection
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| ME Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
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| Maine Geological Survey |
| Maine Department of Transportation
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| Maine Department of Conservation
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| Maine Wastewater & Plumbing Control
- septic issues |
| Maine Public Utilities Commission |
| Maine State Testing Laboratory - water testing |
| Maine Office of GIS
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| Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) |
| Maine Bureau of Health
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| Other Maine Resources
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| Maine Counties |
| Natural Resources Council of Maine |
| Maine schools on the web |
| UM Cooperative Extension Water Quality Office
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| Maine Environmental Policy Institute
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| Maine Snowmobile Association
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| Geological Society of Maine
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| Watershed Groups |
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| Lakes |
| Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute |
| Maine Congress of Lake Associations |
| DEP lakes program
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| North American Lake Management Society |
| Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program |
| Maine Lakes Database (PEARL) |
| Lakes Environmental Association |
| UM Cooperative Extension Watershed Stewards Program
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| American Society of Limnology & Oceanography
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| International Society of Theoretical and Applied Limnology
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| Streams and Rivers |
| American Rivers
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| Maine Rivers |
| New Hampshire Rivers Council |
| Saco River Corridor Commission |
| River Network Resource library, links |
| Maine Salmon Rivers |
| Maine DEP's Stream Team Program |
| Riverkeeper (Hudson River)
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| Atlantic Salmon Federation |
| Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission |
| Northeast River Forecast Center - precipitation totals, river flows, floods, etc.
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| North American Benthological Society
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| Groundwater |
| Groundwater Foundation
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| Groundwater Protection Council |
| National Groundwater Association |
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| Drought & Other Natural Hazards |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| Maine Emergency Management Agency |
| USGS Maine drought information |
| National Drought Mitigation Center |
| NOAA’s Drought Information Center |
| Drought Outlook
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| Links to national and state drought websites |
| Natural Hazards Center - University of Colorado |
| Coastal Hazards Mapping from USGS
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| Natural Hazards - U.S. Department of the Interior
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| Climate |
| Maine State Climate Office |
| National Weather Service
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| Climate Prediction Center (NOAA)
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| Maine Climate Data from the National Climatic Data Center |
| Pew Center on Global Climate Change |
| U.S. Global Change Research Program |
| EPA's Global Warming site
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| National Snow and Ice Data Center
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| Forests
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| USDA Forest Service Cooperative Forestry |
| Forest Service Wildland Waters, a quarterly publication on forest and water issues |
| National Association of State Foresters |
| North East Foresters Association |
| Maine Forest Service |
| Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests |
| UMaine Cooperative Extension Forestry |
| Maine Society of American Foresters
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| Statewide Standards for Timber Harvesting in Shoreland
Areas |
| Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine
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| Pollution |
| EPA
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Maine DEP
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| National Atmospheric Deposition Program
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| Military Toxics Project
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| Toxics Action Center
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| Mercury
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| National Status and Trends Program
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| Persistent Organic Pollutants from the United Nations Environment Program |
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| Residential & Urban Development,
Planning, Land Acquisition & Conservation |
| Maine State Planning Office |
| Maine Land Trust Network |
| Maine Office of Community Development |
| Regional Planning Councils provide technical assistance to
municipal governments and businesses.
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| Maine Municipal Association |
| Project NEMO an educational program for local land use officials that addresses the
relationship of land use to natural resource protection.
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| Center for Watershed Protection
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| National Center for Smart Growth
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| Sprawl Resource Guide from Planning Commissioners Journal
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| SprawlWatch - State and local news on development issues
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| The Nature Conservancy in Maine
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| RCAP Solutions - Rural Community Assistance Partnership |
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| Stormwater Management |
| National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| Stormwater Management Center |
| National Stormwater
BMP Database |
| Maine DEP Stormwater Program |
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| Coasts & Oceans |
| Maine Department of Marine Resources
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| U.S. Coast Guard, First District (Northeast) |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
|
| Maritime Administration |
| Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine
|
| Gulf of Maine Marine Education Association |
| Pew Oceans Commission |
| SeaWeb |
| Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment |
| Island Institute
|
| University of Maine School of Marine Sciences
|
| Maine Sea Grant
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| NOAA Tide Charts
|
| Interactive Tide Charts
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| Chesapeake Bay Program
|
| Long Island Sound Study
|
| Puget Sound
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| San Francisco Estuary Institute |
| The Ocean Conservancy
|
| EPA Oceans, Coasts, and Estuaries
|
| Marine Affairs WWW links
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| National Estuary Program
|
| Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay
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| Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
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| Estuarine Research Federation
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| American Society of Limnology & Oceanography
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| Casco Bay Estuary Project |
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| Wetlands |
| Society of Wetland Scientists - most comprehensive wetland links page
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| National Wetlands Inventory
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| Maine Association of Wetland Scientists
|
| Wetlands Ecology at the University of Maine
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| Association of State Wetlands Managers
|
| Environmental Law Institute - publishes National Wetlands Newsletter
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| Drinking Water |
| EPA Safe Water Home |
| Safe Drinking Water Act |
| American Water Works Association |
| New England Water Works Association |
| National Drinking Water Clearinghouse |
| Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies |
| Association of State Drinking Water Administrators |
| Maine Drinking Water Program |
| USDA Rural Development - Maine |
| National Rural Water Association |
| Maine Water Utilities Association |
| Maine Rural Water Association |
| New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission |
| Northeast Rural Water Association |
| Augusta Water District |
| Bangor Water District |
| Bath Water District |
| Berwick Water Department |
| Biddeford & Saco Water Company |
| Boothbay Region Water District |
| AquaMaine |
| Kennebec Water District |
| Portland Water District |
| Winterport Water District |
| Source Water Protection guide for surface water systems |
| NH Division of Water Supply Engineering (Department of Environmental Services) |
| NYC Watershed Protection Program |
| MA Drinking Water Program (good fact sheets, etc.) |
| CT Department of Public Health, Water Supplies Section |
| RI Office of Drinking Water Quality |
| VT Water Supply Division |
