United States Department of Agriculture Conservation Programs
EcoTrust is " committed to developing new strategies for conservation by helping local communities build new economies based on protecting their environment." They offer a "clickable" imagemap of the Coastal Temperate Rainforest bioregion that identifies communities where they sponsor projects.
American Farmland Trust is a private nonprofit membership organization founded in 1980 to protect the nation's agricultural resources. AFT works to stop the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practices that lead to a healthy environment.
The Water Quality Information Center (WQIC) is one of ten information centers at the National Agricultural Library of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The WQIC offers links to water quality information.
The Water Environment Foundation (WEF) is an international educational and technical organization of water quality experts dedicated to protecting the global water environment. ... WEF's representatives comment on environmental regulations and legislation, and provide expertise on such issues as nonpoint source pollution, hazardous waste, and groundwater contamination. This site includes a series of news updates highlighting recent policy and legislative developments, as well as a searchable 'bookstore' of water-related titles and several WEF-sponsored periodicals.
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
U. S. Geological Survey (USGS)
