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Here are a few links to some related sites...

...about watersheds, wetlands, rivers, and water resources.

• Nevada Division of Water Planning's Water Words Dictionary has definitions of water-related terms.
• The USGS Water Resources page includes data about water resources in the U.S.
• The Cooperative Extension Service of The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at The University of Georgia has some practical water resource managment advice.
• At the EPA's Office of Water page you can find out more about water resources in Georgia and the U.S.
• The EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans, & Watersheds (OWOW) has tons of helpful information.
• See OWOW's Watershed Approach page to learn more about why groups protect watersheds.
• OWOW's Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program has information about controlling NPS.
• The USDA's Agricultural Research Service has some information about vegetative buffers as conservation tools.
• The International Rivers Network's About Watersheds page has helpful information about watersheds.
• The Watershed Science Institue addresses watershed conservation issues.

...about other conservation efforts.

• See the official Broad River Watershed Protection Demonstration Project homepage.
• Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper is dedicated to protecting Georgia's Chattahoochee River, its tributaries, and its watershed.
• Chattowah Open Land Trust is working to preserve natural, historic, and archaelogical spaces in North Metro Atlanta.
• The Alabama Rivers Alliance is working to protect watersheds in Alabama.
• North Carolina Watershed Projects is a cooperative effort to protect watersheds throughout North Carolina.
• The White Clay Watershed Association is working to preserve White Clay Creek in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
• The Lake Tarpon Information Center near Tampa, Florida has drafted a management plan for its drainage basin.
• American Rivers is a private river conservation organization.
• River Network is helping people organize to protect their rivers and watersheds.

...about GIS and maps.

• Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) is the world leader in GIS technology.
• ESRI's Jumpstation links to many other GIS sites.
• The Georgia GIS Data Clearinghouse has tons of maps and photos of Georgia.
• The USGS Center for Spatial Analysis Technologies features an electronic atlas of Georgia.
• The Tennessee Valley Authority Map Store has a variety of maps available for ordering.
• The Open GIS Consortium is working to synthesize various geospatial technologies.
• Wisely's GIS Yellow Pages has a long list of GIS sites.

...about other organizations.

• The Institute of Ecology’s Office of Public Service and Outreach is a public service and outreach unit of The University of Georgia.
• The Georgia Department of Natural Resources
• The Georgia Department of Community Affairs
• Central Savannah River Area Regional Development Center
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Georgia is in the EPA's Region IV. Their page has lots of environmental information about the southeast.
• Ducks Unlimited is a world leader in wetlands, waterfowl, and wildlife conservation.
• The Sierra Club is a premier non-governmental conservation organization.
• The World Wildlife Fund leads efforts to protect threatened species worldwide.

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