Educational Resources /Information

Here is just a start of some information we've gathered to help you link up with others, learn more, and start getting involved with the lakes you care about.

• Pertinent information on "lakescaping" for wildlife and water quality
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Stormwater Management Resource Center
• Give Water a Hand – for youth taking action on water issues
• The Great North American Secchi Dip-In
• Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat and Network Fund
• Know Your Watershed
• Save Our Streams – Tools for Stream Protection
• EPA's Watershed Academy
• Great Lakes Information Network
• Lake Access: Real Time and Historical Water Quality Data for Lake Users
• Water on the Web: a National Curriculum for High Schools and Colleges
• EPA: Clean Lakes
• EPA: Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds
• EPA: Quality of America's Lakes

Funding Opportunities

• Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection
• Foundation Center – finding funding opportunities
• Funding Sources for Water Quality – USDA Agricultural Library
• National Science Foundation
• Great Lakes Habitat Network and Fund

Water Monitoring & Water Quality

• EPA's Main Water Monitoring site
• EPA directory of voluntary water monitoring programs in the US
• Voluntary water monitoring programs in Michigan
• What's so important about phosphorus?
• Water Resources -- Lake Biology
• National Water Quality Standards database (EPA)
• National Wetlands Inventory (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
• USGS water data for the nation
• Water Quality Information Center – USDA National Agricultural Library

Environmental Engineering

• American Water Works Association
• Hydrology and Hydraulics Software Shop
• National Small Flows Clearinghouse
• US Water News
• Home Water Environment Federation

Algae, Botany and Aquatic & Invasive Species

• Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
• AlgaeBase – a listing of the world's algae, National University of Ireland, Galway
• Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation
• BGSU's Center for Algal Microscopy and Image Digitization
• University of Florida's Center for Aquatic and Invasive Species