Government

Federal

EPA Office of Water

http://www.epa.gov/ow/

USGS Nonindiginous Aquatic Species

http://nas.er.usgs.gov/

State

Aquatic Plant Identification Manual for Washington’s Freshwater Plants

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/plantid2/index.html

Washington State Legislature

http://www.leg.wa.gov

Washington State Environmental Hearings Office

http://www.eho.wa.gov/

Ecology Aquatic Plants and Lakes Issues

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/links/plants.html

Ecology Aquatic Plants and Lakes Home Page

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/links/plants.html

Ecology GIS Data

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/services/gis/data/data.htm

Local

Western Washington

King County Lakes

http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/waterandland/lakes/lakes-of-king-county.aspx

King County Water and Land Resources Division

http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wlr.aspx

Snohomish County Lake Management Program

http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Public_Works/Divisions/SWM/Work_Areas/Water_Quality/Lakes/

Seattle Public Utilities, Surface Water Pollution Prevention

http://www.seattle.gov/util/Directory/Conservation_Index/

Thurston County Lakes Management Program (Department of Water and Waste Management)

http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/health/ehrp/index.html

Eastern Washington/N. Idaho

Liberty Lake

http://www.libertylake.org

Newman Lake

http://www.newmanlake.com

Idaho Department of Environmental Quality

http://www.deq.state.id.us/water/prog_issues/surface_water/overview.cfm

Educational/Research Organizations

The 100th Meridian Initiative
http://100thmeridian.org

The 100th Meridian Initiative is a cooperative effort between state, provincial, and federal agencies to prevent the westward spread of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species in North America.

“Stop Exotics, Clean Your Boat” the 11-minute public awareness video produced by Minnesota Sea Grant featuring John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin from NBC’s “Cheers”) is now available online at the 100th Meridian Initiative website.

Aquatic Sciences (Journal)

http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00027/index.htm

ASLO (American Society of Limnology and Oceanography)

http://www.aslo.org/

Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/

Environmental Fate Database

http://www.syrres.com/esc/efdb.htm

The Fritsch Collection of Illustrations of Freshwater Algae

http://www.ife.ac.uk/fritsch/Index.html

Hydrobiologia (Journal)

http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/0018-8158

International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology

http://www.limnology.org/

International Lake Environment Committee Foundation

http://www.ilec.or.jp/

Lake Whatcom Management Program
http://www.lakewhatcom.wsu.edu/

The Phycological Society of America

http://www.psaalgae.org/

University of Washington Center for Urban Water Resources Management

http://depts.washington.edu/cuwrm/

WashingtonLakes.com

http://www.washingtonlakes.com/

Washington State University, Department of Natural Resource Sciences

http://www.natural-resources.wsu.edu/index.html