ENVIRONMENT
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KEYWORDS:
    
environment, ecology, pollution, biomes, recycling, earth

PRINT RESOURCES:
    Call Numbers to check:
      333.7,  363.7,  and 574.5

    REFERENCE BOOKS:
 
Grolier's Library of Environmental Concepts &   Issues  -  REF 333.7 GRO
Encyclopedia of the Environment -
REF 333.7 ENC
Dictionary of Ecology and Environmental Science - 
REF 363.7 ART
The Young Gaia Atlas of Earthcare: An Illustrated Reference Guide to Looking After Out Planet -
REF 363.7 LIT
Junior Environment of FILE -
REF 372.3 JUN
Biomes of the World -
REF 577.21 ALL

Biography Today - Profiles of People of Interest to 
    Young Readers: Environmental Leaders - 
REF 920 BIO

WEBSITES:
    GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL SITES:
   
Environmental Protection Agency  - The place to start any research.
            The mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment — air, water, 
and land — upon which life depends. 

        Amazing Environmental Organization WebDirectory   - Taking it to the international level.
            The worlds greatest search engine of environmental organizations connects you to information related to pollution, preservation, recycling etc.
  Committee for the National Institute for the Environment  
            The National Council for Science and the Environment (Formerly the Committee for the National Institute for the Environment) whose mission is improving the scientific basis for making decisions on environmental issues provides information on various topics.
 
   Environmental News Network 
            The latest news related to environmental issues.
   
EnviroLink   
                This is one of the world's largest clearing houses of environmental information.  Includes everything from climate to corporate responsibility/      
    Greenpeace.org  
            Greenpeace, an independent and non-political, international
   
         organization, dedicated to the protection of the environment 
                by peaceful means provides information on many topics.

    Sierra Club  
            The Sierra Club, whose purpose is protecting the environment
                for families and for our future,

        National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
            NASA is deeply committed to spreading the unique knowledge that 
               flows from its aeronautics and space research.


    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)  
            NOAA warns of dangerous weather, charts our seas and skies, 
              guides our use and protection of ocean and coastal resources, 
              and conducts research to improve our understanding and
                stewardship of the environment which sustains us all.

                An organization of the Department of Commerce, NOAA is
                comprised of the National Ocean Service, National Weather 
                Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Environmental 
                Satellite Data, and Information Service, and Office of Oceanic and
                Atmospheric Research. 

    ANIMALS:
    
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Welcome to the Endangered Species 
            The United States Fish and Wildlife Organization's  Endangered Species 
            Program whose mission is
working to conserve and restore endangered 
                and threatened species and the ecosystems upon which they depend.

        America's National Wildlife Refuges 
            The US Fish and Wildlife Service provides links related to endangered anima

Updated September 12,  2008

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