Natural History Related Links (California emphasis)

1999 Nov - at the moment I am no longer able to maintain these links
most of them are pretty solid but I cannot guarantee that they will all work. 1999 Sep 7 - revised as necessary except for not founds noted

General Natural History (North America / U.S.A.)

• USGS - Biological Resources
• National Biological Information Infrastructure (USGS)
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Biosciences
• SciCentral: Best Biological Sciences Online Resources
• Environmental Education on the Internet (inc links to California pages - California Watershed Projects Inventory)
• Univerity of Wisconsin - Superior / Department of Biology Suggested Links

• Forgotten Pollinators Public Awareness Campaign (see the book by "Forgotten Pollinators" by Nabham and Buchmann)

• Internet Directory for Botany - all links

• Wildlife Web Site Directory (many links including one for Herps) (annoying popup ad)

• Electronic Resources on Ornithology
• Birding on the Web
• BirdLinks
• Peterson Online North American Birding Links - United States

• Entomology Index of Internet Resources (searchable database of all insect-related sites on the Internet)
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Entomology (Biosciences)
• National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS)
• North American Butterfly Association
• Electronic Resources on Lepidoptera
• Zoological Record - Internet Resource Guide for Zoology - Arachnida (spiders and relatives)
• Arachnida of NW-Europe
• Endangered Arthropods - Images

• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Fish
• Wildlife links - Aquariums
• Internet Pond Society
• Associated Koi Clubs of America

• Worms - Yuckiest Site on the Internet

• PETSTATION: other pet related sites

Online Journals

• Conservation Ecology

National / Government Sites

• PARKNET:The National Park Service Place on the Web
• Bureau of Land Management (BLM) National Home Page
• Environmental Education at the BLM
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service World Wide Web Site
• Biological Resources Division - USGS

California Specific Sites

Parks (General)

• California's National Parks
• California State Parks
• California State Parks (alphabetical list - link to a county list / northern & southern districts)
• California Bureau of Land Management Web Site

Nature Areas (see also San Diego specific information below)

(I have not found any good way to find relevant pages. Perhaps when the use of the META tag is more common, they will be easier to find. Many sites I encountered in the search for these few didn't even indicate which state they were in.)
• Chula Vista Nature Center
• Outdoors information for Humbolt and Del Norte Counties of California"
• Imperial Beach - Tijuana Estuary National Wildlife Refuge
• Parks, Gardens, Beaches, Forests, Wildlife in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernadino and Ventura Counties
• L.A. - Ballona Wetlands
• L.A. - UC Irvine Ecological Preserve
• Monterey Bay Natural Marine Sanctuary
• Oakland - Rotary Nature Center and Lake Merritt
• Orange County - Parks with Botanical Preserves
  • Orange County - harbours, beaches and parks by city
• Palm Springs Desert Museum
• Sacramento - American River Natural History Association Home Page (Effie Yeaw Nature Center)
• San Diego - Torrey Pines State Reserve
• San Jacinto Mountains (Palm Springs - Idyllwild area) - UC Riverside James Reserve
• Santa Monica Bay
• Solano County (Bay area) - Suisun Marsh Natural History Association (not found Sep 99)
• Stanford - Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve

California Natural History

• LMU Biology Department - S. Calif. Natural History
• California's Natural Communities (moved/removed but some left in new pages)
• Plant Communities of California
• California Native Plant Society
• Jepson Herbaria (University of California, Berkeley)
• Southern California Audubon Information
  • *** The Los Angeles Audubon Society ***
• California's endangered insects (University of California, Berkeley)
• Natural History of Orange County, California
• Outdoor Study Courses through UC Riverside (credit available - personally recommended)

California Environmental Information

• California Home PG (general California)
• Environmental Organization WebDirectory - Education:General Education:States:California
• Information Center for the Environment (ICE)
  • California Inland Invertebrate Work Group (CaIIWG)
  • California Rivers Assessment (CARA)
  • Watershed Projects Inventory (includes California (formerly CWPI))
  • California Department of Fish and Game - see section V links - strategies for preserving biological diversity.
• California Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES)
  • CERES links to statewide and local NGO Environmental Sites
  • CERES environmental information about natural environment
• EPA Report - Wetlands of Central and Southern California Coast and Coastal Watersheds
  - A Methodology for their classification and description
  - Ferrenm Fiedler and Leidy
  
• Soledad Mountain Gold Mine Project

San Diego County Specific Information

• Buena Vista Lagoon, Oceanside
• Cabrillo National Monument NPS Home Page
• Chula Vista Nature Center
• Famosa Slough (San Diego)
• Imperial Beach - Estuary
• Birds of the Imperial Valley
• Torrey Pines State Reserve
• Torrey Pines Association
• San Deigo County - County Parks
• Endangered Habitats League San Diego (not found Sept 99)
• San Diego Natural History Museum

Miscellaneous

• Orion Society - educational programs and publications concerning the relationship between people and nature (personal recommendation - excellent nature writing)
• World Wildlife Fund
• PhotoSecrets - Travel Guides for Travel Photography see links page - outdoor for nature, outdoor and wildlife photography links
• Nature Photography of Southern California -- Stock Image Catalog (commercial site)
• Ecological Economics at CSF (CSF also runs a sobering discussion list)
• Communications for a Sustainable Future
• Humor and the Environment

Not Categorized

• Native American Cultural Resources on the Internet
• Foundations Online - charitable grant makers

Creative Writing Resources

• writer's resources
• Internet Writer Resource Guide
• writer's resources (lots of miscellaneous culture information)

Useful WWW related links

• IX's Web introduction and links (more than most people ever wanted to know)
• meta tag (no info rest of site)
• meta tag (good info)
• good stuff + teach yourself HTML

Ron's Bug Pages

Chula Vista Nature Center Home Page

Please report any error/problem/comments you might have with this pages to me. Thanks.