Environmental Monitoring Hotlist

Environmental Monitoring Hotlist
An Internet Hotlist on Environmental Monitoring

created by Jane Orbuch
San Lorenzo Valley High School

Introduction
Use these sites as a starting point to learn about various projects and for indepth information on your chosen project. Please ask to add sites to this list!

The Internet Resources

Display Board Ideas -
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium -
Poster Fair Advice -
Sanctuary Symposium 09 -
Santa Cruz County Science Fair -
Science Buddies - Volunteer program to help other students with science fairs
Science Fair Boards -
Young Naturalist Awards -

Hydrology, Coliform and Biomonitoring

Beach, Tidepool and Phytoplankton

Globe Soil, Atmosphere/SOD

Atmosphere: Haze Monitoring -
Atmosphere: Lamotte--air pollution monitoring kit -
Atmosphere: UV rays monitoring -
GLOBE--Field Guides for Atmosphere Investigation -
SOD: Forest Pathology and Mycology Lab - SOD workshops, info/blitzes
SOD: Forest Survey using a Vernier GPS/Google Earth -
SOD: Urban Forests and Climate change - Tree Carbon Calculator/urban forest project reporting protocol
Soil: GLOBE Soil Investigation -
Soil: GLOBE soil moisture -
Soil: Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District -
Soil: Santa Cruz County Soils -
Soil: US soil Moisture monitoring -

Birds

Birds: Point Reyes Bird Observatory -
Big Sur Ornithology/Ventana Wilderness Society - A group that mainly focuses on releasing California Condors back into the wild along the coast by Big Sur and bird banding during migration, as well as other conservation issues.
Birds: American Bird Conservancy -
Birds: Cornell Nest Box Network -
Birds: Important California Bird Areas -
Birds: North American Breeding Bird Survey -
Birds: North american Bird Monitoring Projects Database -
Birds: PIF Landbird Population Estimates Database -
Birds: Partners in Flight US -
Birds: Riparian Bird Conservation Plan-pdf -
Birds: Santa Cruz Bird Club -
Birds: California eBird--birding news and features -
Birds: Central Coast Riparian Bird Monitoring Project -
Don Roberson's Birds - Don Roberson’s website is a comprehensive guide to birds of the world, but mostly Monterey County.
Western Field Ornithologists - An organization that publishes scientific articles on birds and their habits. Their quarterly newsletter “Western Birds” is an excellent resource to learn more about in-depth science about birds.
Wildbirds_-birding around your yard and the world -

Sand crabs/Amphibians

Amphibian Monitoring Program-Elkhorn Slough -
Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative-USGS -
Amphibians: CMS -
Amphibians: California Reptiles and Amphibians - This website is an illustrated atlas that documents the diverse reptile and amphibian fauna found in California.
Amphibians: Froghoo links -
Amphibians: NWF Frogwatch -
Amphibians: USGS North American Amphibian Monitoring Program -
Herpetology UCSC -
Sand Crabs Along California Beaches -
Sandcrabs: PDF file: Monitoring of Coastal Contaminants using Sand Crabs -
Sandcrabs: limpets methods -
Sandcrabs:Limpets -

Other

11 Citizen Science Projects in the Bay Area -
Beachcombers Alert - Tracing washed up items on beaches
Creating Google maps -
Pathfinder Science - Monitoring projects--page may not open
Project Budburst: - Join us in collecting important climate change data on the timing of leafing and flowering in your area through Project BudBurst!
USA National Phenology Network - monitor 200 plant species

Content by Jane Orbuch, jorbuch@slvhs.slv.k12.ca.us
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listenvironmja1.html
Last revised Tue Oct 13 11:13:48 US/Pacific 2009