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These are the sites members have found useful or been recommended to visit for answers. Please let us know about dead links, stupid sites we should remove, or things you would like to see added. Environmental Protection Division (EPD) protects Georgia's air, land and water resources through the authority of state and federal environmental statutes. These laws regulate public and private facilities in the areas of air quality, water quality, hazardous waste, water supply, solid waste, surface mining, underground storage tanks, and others. EPD issues and enforces all state permits in these areas and has full delegation for federal environmental permits except Section 404 (wetland) permits. Institute of Ecology Office for Public Service and Outreach located on the University of Georgia campus, is a school within the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The service/outreach mission of the school is to provide expertise to the citizens of Georgia in the development of policies and practices to protect the natural resources which are critical to the state's economic well-being. To uphold this mission, the Institute retains several faculty and staff who participate in the service and outreach program Federal Government Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,Atlanta Regional Office SouthWings: Founded as a non profit corporation in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1996, SouthWings uses light aircraft for the conservation, protection, and restoration of natural resources in the southeastern United States. Flying for conservation has been around since the days of Charles Lindbergh who, for the last 20 years of his life, devoted himself to environmental matters. He used aircraft to bring the attacks on our natural resources to the attention of the world. SouthWings achieves powerful results by collaborating with organizations conducting public policy, research, and advocacy work to protect landscapes, historical landmarks, and biological diversity. Their efforts are concentrated primarily in the southern Appalachian Mountains, on the Cumberland Plateau, along the Atlantic and Gulf coastlines, and over other endangered landscapes throughout the American South. Georgia Environmental Council (GEC) was formed in 1968 as an umbrella organization for environmental groups in the state. Georgia Department of Education has an excellent site if you are tracking the progress of a bill. The language and status are now online and accessible! Visit thelegislation page CHEMICAL QUESTIONS? The Water Quality Information Center at the National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, U.S.D.A. The Chemical Scorecard, created by the Environmental Defense Fund allows users to insert a zip code to find out the chemicals in their communities. With a click of the button, learn who is polluting, the names of the pollutants, about the pollutants and the chemical effects of the pollutants, and then send faxes directly and for free to major polluters. ChemFinder WebServer is a chemical database, it can also provide information that a general-purpose WWW index cannot, including physical property data and 2D chemical structures. This information is somewhat sparse at the moment, but is very good for the several thousand most-common compounds. Toxic Communications & Assistance Project, Albany State College The government, industry, and nonprofits carefully monitor our drinking water and drinking water policy. Follow these links to see what they have learned. For information about whether your water system complied with federal drinking water rules check out www.epa.gov/safewater http://www.foundations.org/grantmakers.html This directory lists foundations and grantmakers by name. You can either scroll through the directory, or click on a letter to jump to a specific organization's information or home page. Fundsnet Services brings you one of the most extensive philanthropy sites on the Internet. Fundsnet provides members over 1,500 links to foundations and funders on the Internet. MAPPING RESOURCES Looking for a map? Give yourself a sense of place in the world. Checkout these resources! Georgia GIS Data Clearinghouse provides resources to users of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the government, academic, and private sectors of our state. From this site you can obtain data, information, and more to help you build effective GIS applications. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Maps On Demand (MOD). These World Wide Web (WWW)-based mapping applications generate maps that display environmental information for the entire United States. National Atlas Online, Interactive Map Browser Make interactive maps within your web browser! This program allows you to select and display map layers. Roam across Georgia and zoom in to reveal more detail. Point at map features to learn more about them. THE LAWS There are some great laws on the books that affirm our right to clean and healthy water. Find out more at these sites. Environmental Law Institute is an internationally recognized independent research and education center. ELI advances environmental protection by improving law, policy, and management. ELI researches pressing problems, educates professionals and citizens about the nature of these issues, and convenes all sectors in forging effective solutions. The research reports provide good briefing materials on many environmental topics. The Congressional Research Service(CRS), part of the Library of Congress, prepares its reports for the U.S. Congress. CRS products undergo review for accuracy and objectivity and contain nontechnical information that can be very useful to people interested in environmental policy. WATERSHEDS SCIENCE There are many sites that focus on teaching folks about the concept of watershed management http://www.usda.gov/stream_restoration Government publication that provides information to advance the art and science of stream corridor restoration. http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/watershed/wacademy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Watershed Academy is a focal point in the Office of Water for providing training and information on implementing watershed approaches to a variety of audiences. The Water Quality Information Center at the National Agricultural Library Watershed Network-- The national watershed clearinghouse working to help watershed partnership coordinators facilitate tangible progress toward local goals. Terrene Institute--education and public outreach comprise the cornerstones of the Terrene Institute, which assembles the best minds and expertise to provide accurate information -- and presents this information in attractive, understandable, usable formats. Center for Watershed Protection was founded in 1992. The Center works with local, state, and federal governmental agencies, environmental consulting firms, watershed organizations, and the general public to provide objective and scientifically sound information on effective techniques to protect and restore urban watersheds. The Watershed Information Network is the one stop shop for the federal agencies working on the Clean Water Action Plan. The site has tons of links and hides lots of useful general and specific information. WaterWeb seeks to create a global community, bringing together educational, governmental, nonprofit, & commercial entities interested in water research, conservation, and management. WaterWeb's goals are to advance water related issues, promote the use of quality information, and share information with water use stakeholders and decision makers GROUPS ACROSS GEORGIA AND THE NATION American Rivers is a national conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring America's river systems and to fostering a river stewardship ethic. The organization was founded in 1973 to expand the number of rivers protected by the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Along with our conservation efforts, American Rivers promotes public awareness about the importance of healthy rivers and the threats that face them. Clean Water Network (CWN) is an alliance of more than 1,000 organizations that endorse its platform paper, the National Agenda for Clean Water, which outlines the need for strong clean water safeguards to protect human health and the environment. CWN includes a variety of organizations representing environmentalists, family farmers, recreational anglers, commercial fishermen, surfers, boaters, faith communities, environmental justice advocates, labor unions, and civic associations. The Conservation Fund ADVOCACY TOOLS Some folks are always looking for sites that will help them be more effective advocates for the environment. Look to these sites for information about influencing community opinion and policy. The20/20 Vision Education Fund has developed the following tools to increase your effectiveness as an advocate for our planet. Feel free to copy these documents to use as guides for your activism. If you distribute these documents, please let people know where you found them. The League of Conservation Voters works to create a Congress more responsive to your environmental concerns. As the bipartisan political voice for over nine million members of environmental and conservation groups, LCV is the only national environmental organization dedicated full-time to educating citizens about the environmental voting records of Members of Congress. Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a leading content provider for public interest groups and concerned citizens who are campaigning to protect the environment. Money in politics. Find out about the political contributions made to Georgia politicians and from Georgian's at the open secrets project Here is a site for home builders that provides the zoning and building contacts in the Atlanta area. This is provided for builders but it is a list that environmentalist should be familiar with to monitor sprawl issues. |