Web Links

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/wsladm/default.htm

Washington State Environmental Hearings Office
http://www.eho.wa.gov/

WSDOT GeoData Distribution Catalog
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/gis/GeoDataCatalog/default.htm

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://dnr.metrokc.gov/topics/lakes/LKStopic.htm

King County Water and Land Resources Division
http://splash.metrokc.gov/wlr/waterres/lakes/kc_lakes.htm

Snohomish County Lake Management Program
http://www.snoco.org/Departments/Public_Works/Divisions/SWM/Work_Areas/Water_Quality/Lakes/default_10-Apr-2006_11-31-17.htm

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

 

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/

Canada Goose Webpage
http://fwcb.cfans.umn.edu/research/Goose/HTML/DEFAULT.HTML

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/

Invasive Species Initiative of The Nature Conservancy
http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/outreach.html

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

Living Lakes (International NGO)
http://www.livinglakes.org/top.htm

North Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research
(University of Wisconsin)
http://limnosun.limnology.wisc.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

 

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