A. SOILS

*Project Wet Activity Guide - A Wetland Soils in Living Color Activity - DEQ models of soil horizons - some Agriculture Education, SWCDs and NRCS offices have these.

Virginia Soil Survey - local SWCD, NRCS, county planning dept. offices and area Planning District Commissions have copies of these.

You and Your Land - Potomac Basin SWCDs

*NPS - Nonpoint Source Pollution and You - DCR

*Virginia Erosion & Sediment Control Law - DCR

*Excerpts from Land Judging and Soil Evaluation VA Tech Dept. of Crop & Soil Sciences

Websites:

USDA-NRCS Soil Survey Division . Links to soil related sites, including those below. http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/index.html

Soil and Water Conservation Society website http://www.swcs.org

National Soil Survey Center: http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/nssc/

Hydric Soil Indicators. This on-line publication has wetland soils information and definitions: http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/hydric/fieldind/fieldind.html

Soil Quality Institute: http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/survey/SQI/

Soil Survey Manual. This on-line manual is the ultimate resource for soil survey methods and terms: http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/ssm/gen_cont.html

List of Published Soil Surveys: http://statlab.iastate.edu/soils/soildiv/sslists/sslisthome.html

Sk Worm answers your soils questions: http://www.nhq.nrcs.usda.gov/CCS/squirm/skworm.html

B. FORESTRY

*Forest Trees of Virginia - Virginia Dept. of Forestry (Teachers may obtain a free copy of this publication by requesting one from Virginia Dept. of Forestry.

Forestry Best Management Practices for Water Quality in Virginia - Technical Guide

Virginia Dept. of Forestry Project Learning Tree Activity Guide -Virginia Department of Forestry

Riparian Forest Handbook - Virginia Dept of Forestry

What Tree is That? (Key) - National Arbor Day Foundation (402) 474-5655

National 4-H Forestry Invitational 1999 Handbook - Virginia Cooperative Extension

Prescribed Burning - Virginia Department of Forestry

Websites:

Tree ID fact sheets, key and links - http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/dendro.htm

American Forests website http://www.amfor.org

Virginia Department of Forestry Homepage http://www.dof.state.va.us

4-H Environmental Education & Natural Resources Site: http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/eenr.html

C. WILDLIFE

Wildlife Conservation in Virginia VDGIF (note that some of the statistics and management guidelines may be out of date, but the booklet gives a good overview; available in quantity (804) 367-6989)

Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Handbook, Cooperative Extension Service 130 pages (your local Extension office may be able to loan you this handbook. OR, send $12.00 payable to Colorado State University and send to Bulletin Room, Aylesworth Hall-SW, CSU, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523.)

A Guide to Endangered and Threatened Species in Virginia, Karen Terwilliger, ed.; c. 1994 Va. Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, 220 pgs.; McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg VA 24062-0308.

Planting for Wildlife:

Wildlife Plantings, Boxes and Platforms VDGIF (handout; available in small quantities (804) 367-9369)

Successful Wildlife Plantings VDGIF (10-pg. booklet; available in small quantities (804) 367-0904)

Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service (16-pg. booklet; contact USFWS, Annapolis MD (410) 573-4500)

Invasive Alien Plant Species in Virginia Va. Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage (804) 786-7951

American Wildlife and Plants: A Guide to Wildlife Food Habits, by Alexander C. Martin, Herbert S. Zim, and Arnold L. Nelson; Dover Publications, Inc., NY, c. 1961 (look first at your local library; this book is still in print and retails for approximately $10-$12Cit can be ordered by your local bookstore)

Wildlife Laws:

Educators and Virginia's Wildlife Laws VDGIF (8-pg. booklet; available in small quantities (804) 367-9369)

Fishing Regulations and Hunting Regulations VDGIF (available in quantity (804) 367-9369)

Identifying Wildlife:

Animal Tracks and How to Know Them VDGIF (handout; available in small quantities (804) 367-9369)

The Angler's Guide to Virginia Freshwater Sportfish VDGIF (30-pg. booklet; (804) 367-8629)

Peterson Field Guides to Birds, Mammals, Reptiles and Amphibians etc. for species i.d. (available in libraries and bookstores) note: A Field Guide to the Mammals has a skull key in the back of the book

Birding by Ear: A Guide to Bird Song Identification audio tapes/CDs of bird calls (available from some library systems and at bookstores or nature shops)

Project Wild Activities:

Oh Deer!
Turkey Trouble
Checks & Balances

Websites:

Fish and Wildlife Information System, online at the Va. Department of Game and Inland Fisheries' web site: www.dgif.state.va.us Click on wildlife to get to wildlife information online.

Wildlife species information and location maps - www.fwie.fw.vt.edu/index.htm

U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service: www.fws.gov

National Wildlife Federation: www.nwf.org

D. AQUATICS

- Project WET: Incredible Journey.Chemical and Physical Properties

- Field Manual for Water Quality Monitoring. Mark K. Mitchell and William Stapp. 2050 Delaware Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48103 ($10.00)

- A Study of Water Quality. LaMotte Chemical Products Co., P.O. Box 329, Chestertown, MD 21620 ($4.00)

Water Resource Management

- The Environmental Almanac of Virginia. 1998. and Water Atlas of Virginia. 1993. Frits van der Leeden. Tennyson Press, P.O. Box 1599, Lexington, VA 24450

- Agriculture and the Environment. USDA Yearbook, 1991.

- National Geographic Special Edition: Water (Nov. 1993)

- Project Aquatic WILD: Dragonfly Pond

Conservation and Point/Non-Point Source Pollution

- Baybook and Chesapeake Bay: Introduction to an Ecosystem. Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. (1-800-662-CRIS) P.O. Box 1981, Richmond, VA 23216 ($2.00@)

- State of the Chesapeake Bay (annual report). EPA-Bay Program. 410 Severn Ave. Suite 109, Annapolis, MD 2140

- Project WET: Sum of the Parts

- NPS- Nonpoint Source Pollution and You - DCR

- Erosion & Sediment Control Law - DCR

Aquatic Organisms

- Save Our Streams. The Izaak Walton League of America, Inc. 707 Conservation Lane, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 (1-800-BUG-IWLA)

- Pond Life: A Golden Guide. George K. Reid. 1987. Western Publishing Co. ($5.00)

- Pond and Stream Safari. 1993. Cornell University Resource Center, 7-8 Cornell Business & Technology Park. Ithica, NY 14850 ($15.00)

Watershed Delineation

- Project Aquatic WILD: Watershed, Where Does the Water Run Off After School?

- Project WET: Branching Out, Color Me a Watershed

Wetland Function

- Wonders of Wetlands. 1995. Environmental Concern, Inc. P.O. Box P. St. Michaels, MD 21663-0480 ($20.00)

- Wetlands: Audubon Society Nature Guide. 1985. ($15.00)

- Project Aquatic Wild: Wetland Metaphors, Marsh Munchers

- Project WET: People of the Bog, Wetland Soils in Living Color

- Wetlands: Characteristics & Boundaries, National Research Council

- Wetlands, 2nd Ed., William Mitsch, James G. Gosselink Van Nostrand, Reinhold, NY 1993

Aquifers

- A Guide to Virginia's Groundwater. 1997. Virginia Water Resources Research Center. 10 Sandy Hall, VA Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061

- Project WET: A Drop in the Bucket, Get the Groundwater Picture, A Grave Mistake, The Pucker Effect

- Groundwater flow model (contact DCR field offices and state parks)

Riparian Areas

- Landowners Guide to Managing Streams. Publication # 420-141. Virginia Cooperative Extension Distribution Center. Landsdowne St. Blacksburg, VA 24060

- Streamkeeper's Fieldguide. The Adopt-a-Stream Foundation. 600-128th Street SE, Everett, WA 98208 ($30.00)

Ecosystem Changes, Water Assessment & Management, Water Laws

- The Environmental Almanac of Virginia. 1998. Fritz van der Leeden, Tennyson Press

- River Fact Sheets and Chesapeake White Papers. Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay (1-800-662-CRIS)

- Living Lightly on the Planet. (Vol. II) Schlitz Audubon Society. 1111 East Brown Deer Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53217 ($25.00)

- A General Guide to Environmental Regulations in Virginia. Department of Environmental Quality, Richmond

- Virginia Natural Heritage Fact Sheets. Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage. 1500 East Main St. Richmond, VA 23219

- Give Water a Hand. Barry Fox, Extension Specialist, Box 9081, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA 23806

To locate an educational facilitator or acquire training in the following curricula, please contact the persons listed.

Project WILD and Aquatic WILD: Suzie Gilley. VA-DGIF. P.O. Box 11104, Richmond, VA 23230-1104

Project WET: Ann Regn, DEQ, P.O. Box 10009, Richmond, VA 23240-0009

Websites:

Chesapeake Bay Program Office: www.chesapeakebay.net

Environmental Education on the Internet: www.eelink.net

Natural Resource Conservation Service: www.nrcs.usda.gov

Surf Your Watershed: www.epa.gov/surf2/

VA Department of Environmental Quality: www.deq.state.va.us

EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds: www.epa.gov/OWOW

VA Department of Conservation and Recreation: www.state.va.us/~dcr

Virginia Natural Heritage Program: (from the above site)

National Marine Education WEB Site Hub: www.vims.edu/bridge

AV Materials (available from the Specialist on a two-week loan basis)
Barry W. Fox, Extension Specialist, 4-H Marine/Aquatic Education, Box 9081, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA 23806 (804-524-5848) (FAX: 804-524-5057)

Videos:

- Streamkeeper (27 min)

- Pointless Pollution (30 min)

- Chesapeake Horizons (30 min)

- Chesapeake Bay: Living on the Edge (15 min)

- Conserving America, The Wetlands (50 min)

- Conserving America, The Rivers (50 min)

- Careers in Water Quality (16 min)

- Water Quality Issues (28 min)

- We All Live Downstream (30 min)

- Rain in the Blue Ridge (19 min)

Slide Sets:

- Natural History of Lakes and Ponds (22 min)

- The Will (farm conservation) (15 min)

E. SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE - INTRODUCES SPECIES AND HOW THEY AFFECT BIODIVERSITY

A variety of organizations can offer helpful information and perspectives on this topic, including:

State & provincial Natural Resource Departments

US. Fish & Wildlife Service http://endangered.fws.gov/kids/heyteach.htm

The Nature Conservancy http://www.tnc.org

World Wildlife Fund Biodiversity Education Resources http://www.worldwildlife.org

Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/emfjulte/tpmcmaia/html/intro-species.html & http://www.epa.gov/watertrain/invasive.html

IUCN--now known as the World Conservation Union http://www.invasive.org

Virginia Natural Heritage Program http://www.dcr.state.va.us/dnh/

Virginia Native Plant Society http://www.vnps.org

Native Plant Conservation Initiative http:// www.nps.gov/plants

The Nations Invasive Species Information System http://www.invasivespecies.gov

USGS Non-Indigenous Aquatic Species http://nas.er.usgs.gov/

Invasive Species Specialist Group http://www.issg.org

Invasive Species in the Southeast http://www.fw.vt.edu/forestupdate/Volume13/v13n2story3.htm

United States Department of Agriculture -Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - http://www.invasivespecies.org

Project WILD, Project Learning Tree & Project WET--Educational Resources

Virginia Institute of Marine Science Exotic Species -http://www.vims.edu/bridge/exotic.html

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

US Forest Service

Farm Service Area

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM)

National Park Service

Bureau of Land Management

State Garden Club groups

Nurserymen's Association

Ranching Groups

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