Editor's Note: These references are used in researching Planter's information.
Since wildlife are indicator species, we have listed wildlife references separately, and at the top of the list:
Garden
Home Gardening Search Engine PlantFacts,Ohio State Univ. -- the mother of most extension services plant information
Michigan Master Plant
Index -- The predecessor to PlantFacts in index form
USDA Cooperative Extension Services Homepage
Extension Service (Cornell
Univ.)
Extension Service (Florida)
Extension
Service (Minnesota)
Extension Service (Nebraska)
Extension
Service (No. Carolina)
Extension Service (Clemson Univ.)
Extension Service (North Dakota)
Extension Service (Virginia)
Extension Service (North
Carolina)
Herb Directory
(Penn State)
Herb Index - Common Names (US Natl. Library of
Medicine)
Insects - Images - IPM (Iowa State)
Butterfly Gardening (Florida)
Fedco Seeds (Organic, Open-Pollinated, Heirloom)
Johnny's Seeds (Organic, Heirlooms, On-Line
Ordering)
Chile Pepper Institute (NM State Univ. -
Seeds, Images, and Resources)
Seed Savers Exchange (Iowa)
Seeds of Change (New Mexico)
Horticultural and Botanical
Missouri Botanical Gardens
New York Botanical Gardens
Pocket Gardener (Ohio State Univ.
--limited but very good
source with graphics)
Health and the Environment
USEPA Envirofacts Data-By Database
USEPA Envirofacts - By Program
Surf Your Watershed locates your region's
Hydrologic Unit Catalogue (HUC) number for use in using pollution databases.
NOAA Climate Program Office, created as recently
as October, 2005. Researches, educates, and coordinates international climate activities.
NOAA Air Quality Study in
partnership with other US and European agencies and research institutes and
universities will soon publish a study and daily air quality pollution
forecasts.
U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)
Chemical Scorecard (Environmental
Defense Fund) scores polluting industries environmental records.
Chemical Database EPA/CA & EPA) finds ingredients of products
and their toxicity.
Environmental Working Group tracks current issues.
ATSDR Database Tracks releases of Hazardous Substances
HHS - Consumer Health INfo
(US Health & Human Services)
NIH-Consumer Health Info (US National
Institute of Health)
Harvard Med School - Consumer Info
Medicine - Alternative (Univ. of
Pittsburgh)
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Consumer
Firstgov Search
American Council for Energy Efficiency Economy
(ACEEE)
Consumer Information (USDOE)
Energy Star
Boston Montreal Rail.org
Consumer Supported
Agriculture Links (USDA-Natl. Agric. Library)
Directory of Farmers Markets
(USDA)
Coop Directory- States (Good links)
Energy Savers
(US DOE)
National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
Organically Grown Livestock - Eat Wild
Rocky Mountain Institute
Sustainability Institute (Dartmouth University, Cob
Hill)
Science News
Michigan Land Use Institute
times