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	Local Environmental Organizations Boxford Trails Association / Boxford Open Lands Trust – www.btabolt.org Essex County Greenbelt Association – http://www.ecga.org/ Friends of Our Trails: Greater Newbury (FOOT) – http://www.naturecompass.org/foot/ Parker River Clean Water Association – http://www.Parker-River.org/ Massachusetts Environmental Information Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions (MACC) – http://maccweb.org/ Massachusetts Audubon Society – http://www.massaudubon.org/index.php Massachusetts Birding Links (Massbird.org) – http://massbird.org/ Massachusetts Bluebird Association – http://massbluebird.org/ Massachusetts Butterfly Club – http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/index.asp Massachusetts Native Plant Committee – http://www.massnativeplants.org/ Eastern Massachusetts Hawk Watch (EMHW) – http://massbird.org/EMHW/ General Nature Images & Information Georgetown Biodiversity (Mass EOEA) – http://maps.massgis.state.ma.us/servlet/ResultsByTown–CITY=105&listType=distinct Get Outside: The Nature Show for Essex County – http://getoutsidetv.org Massachusetts Biodiversity (Mass EOEA) – http://www.state.ma.us/envir/biodiversity/default.htm NatureServe: Connecting Science with Conservation (NatureServe.org) – http://www.natureserve.org/ National Biological Information Infrastructure http://www.nbii.gov/index.html General Wildlife Images & Information Vernal Pool Association – http://vernalpool.org/vernal_1.htm Living with Wildlife (Mass Audubon) – http://www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/wildlife/index.php Living with Wildlife (MSPCA) – http://www.livingwithwildlife.org/index.html Wildlife Program (MassWildlife) – http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/dfwwld.htm The New England Wildflower Society – http://www.newfs.org/index.html Amphibians Images & Information Amphibians Species and Identification Guide: Frogs, Toads & Salamanders (USGS) – http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/narcam/idguide/index.htm Frogs and Toads in Color and Sound (NatureSound) – http://ww1.naturesound.com/webpages2/naturesound/frogs/frogs.html Field Guide to Massachusetts Frogs (NWF) http://www.nwf.org/frogwatchUSA/frogs_state.cfm–showstate=ma#frogs Massachusetts State Reptiles and Amphibians List (MassWildlife) – http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/dfwamph.htm Birds Images & Information Birds of Massachusetts Official State Checklist (Massbird.org) – http://massbird.org/marc/MARCstatelist.htm Birds of New England (NENature.com) – http://www.nenature.com/birds.htm Birds of the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (USGS) – http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/chekbird/r5/parker.htm Bird of the Week (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) – http://birds.cornell.edu/bow/ The Birdhouse Network (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) – http://birds.cornell.edu/birdhouse/ Christmas Bird Count (National Audubon) – http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/hr/ Forest and Rangeland Birds of the US (USGS) – http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/1998/forest/forest.htm Internet Field Guide to Birds (BDI) – http://www.bdi.org/index.htm New England Seabirds (neseabirds.com) – http://www.neseabirds.com/birds.htm North American Bluebird Society – http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/ Online Bird Guide (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) – http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/ Patuxent Wildlife Research Laboratory - Birds (USGS) – http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/birds/ Ranges of North American Breeding Birds (USGS) http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/birds/breedrng/breedrng.htm Warbler Watch Identification Guide to Warblers (BirdSource.org) – http://www.birdsource.org/warblers/IDguide.html Fish Images & Information Massachusetts Freshwater Fish (Harvard University) – http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/Departments/Fish/ma_fish/mas_fish.htm New England Sharks (Ocean of Know) – http://www.oceanofk.org/sharks/sharks.html Insects Images & Information Butterflies of Essex County (USGS) – http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/chklist/states/counties/ma_9.htm Butterflies of Massachusetts (Mass Butterfly Club) – http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/construct-group-page.asp–gr=All Butterflies of Massachusetts (USGS) – http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/chklist/states/ma.htm Butterflies of New England (NENature.com) – http://www.nenature.com/Butterflies.htm Butterflies of North America (USGS) – http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/1999/insect/bflys.htm Caterpillars of Eastern Forests (USGS) – http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/2000/cateast/cateast.htm Dragonflies & Damselflies of Massachusetts (USGS) – http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/dfly/chklist/states/ma.htm Moths of Massachusetts (USGS) – http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/chklist/states/ma.htm Mammals Images & Information Mammals of New England (NENature.com) – http://www.nenature.com/Mammals.htm Massachusetts State Mammal List (MassWildlife) – http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/dfwmam.htm Whales of New England (Whale Center of New England) – http://www.whalecenter.org/ Reptiles Images & Information Massachusetts State Reptiles and Amphibians List (MassWildlife) – http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/dfwamph.htm The Snakes of Massachusetts (Umass Extension) – http://www.umass.edu/nrec/snake_pit/index.html Wild Plants Images & Information Many plant species that are native to Georgetown or Essex County or Massachusetts or New England have a wide range across North America. PLEASE NOTE, HOWEVER: The following sites may not accurately identify the native range or origin of a plant, and may include images of exotic species or species which are native to North America but not appropriate for environmental landscaping use in this area. General Plants Images & Information Atlas of the Flora of New England (Harvard U) – http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/ Charlie’s Mid-Atlantic Plant Identification Guide http://www.bcpl.net/~cadavis/cmapig/initialpage.html The Flora of New England (NEWFS) – http://www.newfs.org/conserve/flora.htm Native Plants of the Mid-Atlantic Region – http://www.lonker.net/nature_botany_1.htm Northeast Wetland Flora (USGS) – http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/1999/neflor/neflor.htm Plants for a Future (UK site providing info on plant uses, includes many exotics) http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/index.html Plants of the North (BWCA) – http://www.rook.org/earl/bwca/nature/flora.html PLANTS National Database (USDA) – http://plants.usda.gov/ Trees & Woody Plants Images & Information Dendrology Trees (Virginia Tech) – http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/wwwmain.html Sylvics Manual: Trees (USDA) – http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/table_of_contents.htm Trees of Eastern North American Forests (ISAS) – http://www.il-st-acad-sci.org/trees/tree.html Trees of Massachusetts (Virginia Tech) – http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/map/ma.cfm Wetlands, Water Bodies & Watercourses Lakes Homepage (EPA) – http://www.epa.gov/owow/lakes/ Massachusetts Stream Statistics (USGS/DEP) – http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/ma/nwis Northeast Wetland Flora (USGS) – http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/1999/neflor/neflor.htm Rivers & Streams Homepage (EPA) - http://www.epa.gov/owow/rivers.html Wetlands Home Page (EPA) – http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/ US Fish & Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory (FWS) – http://www.nwi.fws.gov/ Vegetated Buffers and Stormwater – http://www.state.ma.us/czm/vegetatedbuffers.htm Vernal Pool Information (Vernal Pool Society) – http://www.vernalpool.org/ Vernal Pool Certification (NHESP) – http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/nhesp/vpcert.pdf Non-Profit & Education Organizations Learning Web for Students, Teachers Explorers of Earth Sciences (USGS) – http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/ American Bird Conservancy (ABCBirds) – http://www.abcbirds.org/ American Birding Association (ABA) – http://www.americanbirding.org/ Connecticut Botanical Society – http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/index.html Refuge Support Group Program (USFWS) – http://friends.fws.gov/ Laboratory of Ornithology (Cornell) – http://birds.cornell.edu/ National Audubon Society – http://www.audubon.org/ National Wildlife Refuge Association – http://www.refugenet.org/ Natural Resources & Environmental Conservation (U Mass Extension) – http://www.umass.edu/nrec/ The Nature Conservancy (TNC) – http://nature.org/ New England Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology (NESCB) – http://www.NESCB.org/ Plant Conservation Alliance – http://www.nps.gov/plants/index.htm Society for Conservation Biology – http://conbio.net/ Ocean of Know – The Greenhouse Project www.oceanofk.org

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