Water Resources Lending Library

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WSU Cooperative Extension Thurston County has the following curriculla and videos to loan to Thurston County residents. To check items out, please call Bob Simmons at (360) 427-9670, extension 396.

Books:

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Other Library Resources

Videos

Adventures in Boating (20 minutes, 1991, Washington State Parks and Recreation Committee) Bill Nye the Science Guy hosts this comical video about boating safety in Washington State waters. The presentation about details of boating safety and rules is clear and entertaining at the same time. Good for beginning boaters or the general public.

Adventures in Learning (10 min) Natural Resources Youth Camp.

Beach Monitoring. (2 copies).

Clean Water: How To Do It (University of Maine Cooperative Extension) A guide to volunteer water quality monitoring.

Clean Water: We All Need It (University of Maine Cooperative Extension, University of Main Public Affairs).

Clean Water: Who Can Help (University of Maine Cooperative Extension, University of Maine Public Affairs).

The Climate Report: Update on Global Warming (Sierra Club). (2 copies).

DWU "Water You Doing?" (34 min., McKenna/Gottlieb Producers Inc).

EPA Education Grant Application Training (21:40 minutes, 1990, EPA Region 10, Seattle) The National Environmental Education Act mandated that certain qualifying organizations could get money for specifically environmental education projects. This video, put together by the EPA Region 10 in Seattle, gives explicit details about who qualifies for the grants. It takes the applicant through the entire grant application line by line, explaining how to fill each line out.

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EPA Wetlands Water Quality Standards (28 min., United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water).

Fabulous Wetlands! (60 min., Washington State Department of Ecology) Includes Fabulous Wetlands, Washington’s Wetlands, and Yellowlegs, Eelgrass and Tideflats.

The Future of Salmon in Our Community (Thurston Conservation District, 10-17-97).

Global Change Scientific Overview: National Video Conference (83 min).

Groundwater Protection – Looking At Solutions (League of Women Voters)

Teleconference, May 4, 1994.

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Hidden City… (13 min., Earth Communications Office) Contains a mini-series of various topics. (2 copies).

How to Fill and Seal a Well (20 min., Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Information and Education) Learn why old wells are risky; Learn how to properly seal the three major types of wells; Learn to assess your well and find out if you need a contractor and where to get more information.

Indian-Moxlie Ad Hoc Advisory Video (7 min.).

Keeping Our Shores (University of Minnesota Cooperative Extension Service) Shoreland Best Management Practices. (2 copies)

Mother… (10 min., Earth Communications Office) Contains a mini-series of various topics.

New Explorers, "Children of the River" (25 minutes, WTTW Chicago, a Kurtis Prod. Ltd.) Scientists explain river reclamation to children in the New Explorer’s program with Bill Kurtis. The focus is the St. Clair River sixty miles from Detroit.

No Matter Where You Live, Floods Happen (University of North Dakota, 1997) A regional conference conducted by the National Flood Insurance Program.

No Safe Harbor (20 minutes, F.I.S.H. (Fishermen Involved in Saving Habitat)) A journey from the Eastern bays to the Western sounds with Ted Danson during his campaign to save coastal waters. A good teaching film about what can be done to help maintain fish populations and habitat.

Oil and Water Don't Mix (10 min., Washington Waters Fund) Automotive waste disposal and Puget Sound presented by Click and Clack and John Ratzenberger.

Oil In Alaska (5 min., ARCO Inc.) An exploration into oil in the Arctic, focusing on the need to accommodate the special Arctic conditions and needs of the wildlife. Discusses research conducted on the North Slope to monitor the impact of oil drilling and processing on the environment.

Our Wastewater Future: Designing a New Course of Action (28 min., Lott Wastewater Management Partnership, Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater and Thurston County) Learn about Lott’s "Preferred Program," a non-traditional approach for meeting our community’s wastewater needs. The Preferred Program reflects public comments received throughout the planning process: strong desires to protect the environment, control costs, maximize Lott’s existing facilities before investing in new ones, balance costs between new development and current residents, and plan with a long-range perspective.

ODFW/NOAA Shrimp Bycatch Excluder Video (14 min).

The Risk of Pesticides in the Food Chain (26 min., Colorado State University Cooperative Extension).

Strangers In Our Waterways (28 min., Oregon State University Extension Service) A videotape that explores the impacts of non-native species on our aquatic ecosystems.

Stream Bugs (20 minutes, 1992, Kitsap Co. PUD #1) A Girl Scout troop is taken to Black Jack Creek with the "Stream Lady" to learn about how to determine the health of a stream. (2 copies).

Understanding and Maintaining Your Mound System (18 min., Regional Water Quality Education Program and Mason County) Portrays how septic systems work, what conditions cause them to fail, and how to detect these conditions that can lead to failure.

Understanding and Maintaining Your On-Site Sewage Treatment & Disposal System (18 min., Regional Water Quality Education Program and Mason County) Portrays how septic systems work, what conditions cause them to fail, and how to detect these conditions that can lead to failure. (4 copies).

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Understanding and Maintaining Your Pressure Distribution System (18 min., Regional Water Quality Education Program and Mason County) Portrays how septic systems work, what conditions cause them to fail, and how to detect these conditions that can lead to failure.

Understanding and Maintaining Your Sand Filter System (18 min., Regional Water Quality Education Program and Mason County) Portrays how septic systems work, what conditions cause them to fail, and how to detect these conditions that can lead to failure.

Voices of the Sound (21 min., The Film Center for the Environment) A compilation of news briefs given by public officials and local residents in response to the Exxon Valdez spill. Takes a look at the impact of the oil on the local communities around Prince William Sound. (2 copies).

Wastewater: Down the Drain or Reusable Resource? (17 min., Lott Wastewater Management Partnership, Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater and Thurston County) This video discusses way’s to handle the community’s wastewater in the future via Mrs. Baar and her Science Enrichment Class.

Water Conservation: Managing Our Precious Liquid Asset (21 min., Minnesota Arrowhead Water Quality Team, University of Minnesota Extension Service).

Water Pollution: Where Does It Come From? (C.F. Feise).

Water Quality Camp.

Water Quality Database (Purdue Extension Services).

We All Live Downstream, an Introduction (28 min., Oregon State University Agricultural Communications) This video examines how local residents and government officials are trying to reduce non-point source pollution. It also offers active tips to help each of us play an active role in cleaning up our nation’s drinking water supplies.

What is Water Quality? (20 min., Heron Cove).

World Food Day (3 hours) Sharing water: Farms, Cities and Ecosystems.

World Population (6 min., Zero Population Growth, Inc. and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale) A graphic simulation of the history of human population growth; comes with an activity guide for students.

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Books:

General Environmental Education

The ABCs of Project Development

Acclimatization:  A sensory and conceptual approach to ecological involvement.  Stever Van Matre.  Pub: American Camping Association. 

Adventure to Action: A WA camp curriculum for youth 11-13 years old.  Stream Team, July 1997.

 The Almost but Probably Never Complete Environmental Educator’s Resource Directory.  Troy Colley.

A Primer on Water Quality.

Building Bridges.

California Class Project.  Classroom learning activities for science and social science.  Pub: National Wildlife Federation.

Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection.

CA Water Story Packet, The water cycle.

Celebrating Wildflowers.

Clean Water for WA

Community Ventures:  Partnerships in Education & Research Within the Community.

Cultivating a Water Ethic.  Stories and songs that celebrate living in a watershed.

Designing Community Environmental Education Programs.  A guide for local government.  Pub: WA State Dept. of Ecology.

Dictionary of Ecology & Environmental Science.

Discover a Watershed:  The Everglades.

The Diversity of Life.  Edward O. Wilson.

Earth Notes for Educators.  Grades K - 6.  Bradley Smith.  Pub: EPA..  

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Earth Trek…Explore Your Environment.  Pub: EPA.

Ecology.  A practical introduction with projects and activities.

Encounter With the Northwest Environment: Natural and Urban.  Pub: Environmental planning and management associates, 1980.

Environmental Education Guidelines for Washington Schools.

Environmental Project Action Guide.  Pub: WA State Dept. of Ecology.

Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry, Manahan.

Environmental Finance Program—A Guidebook of Financial Tools.

A Guide to Planning and Conducting Environmental Study Area Workshops.  Pub: National Education Association.

EPA: Educators Earth Day.  Source Book.  Grades K - 6.  Pub: EPA.

EPA: Educators Earth Day.  Source Book. Grades 7-12.  Pub: EPA.

EPA Packet Guide.  Middle School level.  General environmental education. 

EPA Packet Guide.  High School level.  General environmental education.  Pub: EPA.  (2)

Floods of Jan. 9-11, 1990 in NW Oregon and SW Washington.

The Human Environment.  An introduction to environmental systems.  Draper Kauffman, Jr. 

L.I.F.E. Learning In Familiar Environments: School-Yard Activities and Learning Games to Supplement the Elementary School Curriculum.  1980.

Livestock Grazing on Western Riparian Areas

Maps:  Helping Your Child Learn Geography And Geographic Information Systems. 

Marine Plastic Debris for WA State.

Media Guide. Target: The Hood Canal Watershed.

Mud Habitat

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National Monitoring Program Projects. 1995.

Nutrient Loading from Conventional and Innovative Site Development.  July 1988.

Our Changing Nature:  Natural Resource Trends in WA State 1998.

The Pawcatuck Watershed Education Program.  Curriculum Guide.

Peter’s Magical Water Journey.  A flannel board story, grades 2 - 4.

Persistent Marine Debris, Challenge and Response, the Federal Perspecive.

Protecting Minnesota Waters.  Shoreland Best Management Practices. (2)

Project Wild.

Rapid Watershed Planning Handbook 1998. 

Reports to the Nation.  Our Changing Planet 1994.

Residential Environmental Learning Centers of WA State.

Ride the Water Cycle, Drinking Water Week, May 3-9, 1998, Denver, CO.

Riparian Toolbox, NRCS 1999.

Sound Stewards.

The Source Book II.  Learning by Design.  Pub: The American Institute of Architects Press.

The Strands Walk.  Bill Taylor.  Pub: National Park Service.

Teacher Packet of Water Activities.  Kids Day at Oysterfest October 1996.

Teaching Materials.  Water Quality for Domestic Use.

Travelling with Ricki the Rambunctious Raindrop.

Twenty-Five Years.  The State of WA Water Research Center 1964-1990.  

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State of the City Report, Olympia, WA  1998.

Stormwater Management Manual for the Puget Sound Basin.

Summary of Water Resources Activities of the US Geological Survey in WA 1991.

Taking a Broader View, Society for Ecological Restoration, 1995.

Update:  Water Resources 1997-1998.

The Value of Healthy Riparian Areas.

Volunteers as Partners in Community Action . (8)

The Water Cycle starring Ricky the Rambunctious Raindrop.

WA Boating Basics.

Water Quality Publications from WSU Cooperative Extension.

Watershed Protection Techniques.

Water Education Curricula.

Water Fun: Student and Teacher Guides—The Water Cycle.

Water is Peter’s Best Friend. A flannel board story.

Water, Water Everywhere: The Water Cycle.

Water, Water Everywhere: The Water Cycle Maps.

WQ Challenge Curriculum.

Water Resources education, training, and practice: Opportunities for the next century.  AWRA/UCOWR Symposium.

Water Wise.  Lessons in water resources.

Water Quality Field Trips in Thurston County.

Weaving Connections, Cultures and Environments.

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COASTAL ZONES, ESTUARIES

Activities for Marine & Aquatic Education.

Admiral Splash.  Teacher’s guide 1985.

Adventures in Boating. 

Aquatic Insect Ecology

Aquatic, Project Wild.

Aquatic Resource Education Guide. 

Baybook:  A guide to reducing water pollution at home.

Bay Watchers Project Course Outline 1988-89.

The Beach Book.

Beaches.  Ocean related curriculum activities.  Andrea Marrett.  Pub: Pacific Science Center, Marine Education Project, 1980.

Beach Life.  A group leader’s guide  Grades K - 2.  Lauren Tissol. 

 Beach Profiles and Transects.  Ocean related curriculum activities.  Pub: Pacific Science Center, Marine Education Project, 1979. 

Beach Walk.  Project Environment Low Tide ’90.

Clean Beaches and Rivers.

The Clean Water Book.

Coastal Capers: Marine Education Primer. Lundie Spence.

Coastal Challenges:  A guide to coastal and marine issues.

Coastal Erosion Management Studies in Puget Sound.

Coastal Zone Studies, Tribal Draft.  Pub: WA State Dept. of Ecology, 1981.

Coastal Zone Studies for Junior High Schools.  Claire Dyckman, et al.  Pub: WA State Office of Environmental Education.  

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Decision Making the Chesapeake Bay. 

Engineering and Geotechnical Techniques for Shoreline Erosion Management in Puget Sound.

Environmental Contaminant Reference Databook.

The Estuary Book.  Mollie Byrne, 1981.

The Estuary: A Special Place.  Rosanne Fortner and Ron Mischler.  Pub: Ohio State University Research Foundation, 1985.  (2) 

Estuary-Net.  A Water Quality Monitoring Project.

Estuaries . . .where rivers meet the seas.

Life in the Estuary.

For Sea:  Investigating Marine Science.  Life with Pagoo.  Grade 5.

For Sea:  Investigating Marine Science.  Life in the Tidal Zone.  Grade 1.

Freshwater Biomonitoring and Benthic Macroinvertebrates

Gathering Safe Shellfish in WA.

General Hydro Geology.

The Hood Canal Watershed Project (Thesis)

Local Priorities for the 1999-2000 Puget Sound Water Quality Work Plan.

Low Tide.  Activity packet for teachers.  Lisa Jones.  Pub: Puget Sound Water Quality Authority, 1990.

Managing Nonpoint Pollution

Marine Biology Field Trip Sites.

Marine Plastic Debris.  

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For Sea:  Oceanography and Marine Biology.  The World of Water.  Units I - VI  Grades 9-12.

Nature Scope:  Diving into oceans. 

Nearshore Habitat Loss in Puget Sound.

Nymphs of North American Stonefly Genera

Ohio Sea Grant Education Program:  Development, Implementation & Evaluation.

Operation Water Works, Businesses for a

Cleaner Future.  How landscaping businesses can make clean water work.

Operation Water Works, Businesses for a Cleaner Future.  How auto and equipment repair related businesses can make clean water work.

Project Home Planet:  Wonders of Swamps and Marshes.

Promoting Stewardship of Puget Sound.  More PIE Success Stories.

Protection and Restoration of Marine Life in the Inland Waters of WA State.

Puget Sound Bluffs:  The Where, Why, and When of Landslides following the Holiday 1996/1997 Storms.

Puget Sound Book.

Puget Sound Habitats. 

Puget Sound Nearshore Habitat, Regulatory Perspective.

Puget Sound Research 98 Proceedings.

Puget Sound Shoreline Stewardship Guidebook.

Puget Sound Update 1994.

Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan 1994.

Regional Approaches to Address Coastal Erosion Management

Seashore.  Guide and activity book.  Philip Brown.

Sharing and Caring for Our Coasts.  Coastweeks fun book.

Shoreline Armoring Effects on Coastal Ecology & Biological Resources in Puget Sound.

Shoreine Armoring Effects on Physical Coastal Processes in Puget Sound, WA.  

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Tides.  Ocean related curriculum activities.  Andrea Marrett.  Pub: Pacific Science Center, Marine Education Project.

Trashing the Oceans, Marine Debris Curriculum Guide K-12.

Waves.  Kindergarten.

For Sea:  Oceanography and Marine Biology. The Year of the Grey Whale.  Grade  7.

With a Water View Realtor Education Course Notebook:  Shorelines.

 

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Groundwater, Soils, Septics, Hazardous Waste

About Household Hazardous Waste and Related Topics.  Tools for the environmental education teacher.

Animal Waste Management (2)

Approved and Experimental Certified Proprietary Devices

A-Way With Waste.

Background Document for Moderate Waste Planning.

Barrier’s Assessment Study and Action Plan for Alternative On-Site Sewage Systems.

Basics of Monitoring & Maintenance for On-Site Sewage Systems.

Begin at Home: Household Hazardous Waste Curriculum K-6.

Begin at Home: Household Hazardous Waste Curriculum 7-12.

The Big Splash: Groundwater.  Teacher’s guide and activity masters, Grades K - 6.  Judi Billett, 1987.

Captain Hydro-Water Conservation Workbook.

Further Adventures of Captain Hydro.

Captain Hydro-Soil/Water Conservation.

Classroom Gems:  Groundwater Education in Michigan’s Schools.  Activities and resources for grades K - 6.

Clean Water, Healthy Wells.

Disinfecting Drinking Water.

Environmental Management Power.  Waste Management Curriculum Idaho Water Resources Research Institute.

Field Guide to Rock Weathering

Gee-Wow.  Adventures in Water Education. K-6.

Geology of Radon.

Groundwater Activities.

Groundwater and the rural homeowner. (2)

Groundwater Chemicals Desk Reference.(vols 1 & 2)

50 Ways Farmers Can Protect Their Groundwater.

Groundwater Protection.

The Ground Water Adventure.

Groundwater: a Vital Resource.  Student Activities for grades 3 - 12.

Guide to Hazardous Products around the House.

Household Hazardous Waste Disposal Project 

Hazardous Waste from Homes.

Hazards on the Homefront.

Guide to Hazardous Products Around the Home.

Household Hazardous Waste Program.

Household Hazardous Waste Wheel.

Integrated Waste Activity Guide K-6.

Integrated Waste Management Guide 7-12.

Irrigation Management Practices to Protect Groundwater and Surface Water Quality State of WA

Making a Bigger Splash.

Master Watershed Steward.

The McGraw Hill Recycling Handbook

Munsell Soil Color Charts

My World, My Water, & Me!

Natural Systems for Waste Management and Treatment.

The No-Waste Anthology.

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On Site Sewage System Resource Book.

Outlook on Groundwater.  Middle School/Junior high level.

Outlook on Groundwater.  Senior high level.

Peter Ped, the Adventures of a red soil.

Pollution Solution.

Practical Manual of Groundwater Microbiology

Precious Gems: Groundwater Strategies that work.

Project Water Science.  H.S.

Recycling Programs for Schools.

Sandcastle Moats and Petunia Bed Holes: A Book About Groundwater.  Pat Nickinson.

Sewage Sludge.

Small Wastewater Systems. 

Soil Engineering. 

Soil Survey of Thurston County, WA. 

The State of our Groundwater 1994.

Instructor’s Guide to Sandcastle Moats and Petunia Bed Holes.  A book about groundwater.  Pat Nickinson.

 The Tardy Twins Meet Pollution.

Teaching Aquifer Protection. Grades 4-6.

Teaching Aquifer Protection.  A curriculum supplement, grades 4 - 6.  (2)

Turning the Tide on Toxics in the home

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Waste and You:  Contaminants form the Garage and Workshop.

Waste Disposal & Erosion/Sediment Control Methods. Water Conservation.

Water and You.  Recycling to Water Quality.

Water for URSA. 

Water in Your Hands. Grades 1-6.

Water Water Everywhere.

What Wheel.  Your Guide to Home Water Conservation.

What in the world can we do?  Activities that teach youth about the environment.

Waves:  Water and Vashon’s Ecosystem.

With a Water View Realtor Education Course Notebook:  Septics & Groundwater.

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WETLANDS

Activities for Marine and Aquatic Education. Ed: Rosanne Fortner, 1990.

Applied Wetlands Science & Technology.

An Introduction to Aquatic Insects.

Aquatic Insects.

 Aquatic Project Wild. Interdisciplinary supplementary environmental and conservation education program for educators of kindergarten through high school age young people. Cooperative Agreement with US Fish & Wildlife Service.

Bibliography of the Geology & Mineral Resources of Thurston County, WA. 

Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States.

Coastal Temperate Rain Forests: Ecological Characteristics, Status and Distribution Worldwide.

 The Desert Eco Guide.

Energy & Economics.

Exploring Wetlands Stewardship/A reference guide for assisting WA landowners. 

Flood Management, DOE. 

Gardening with native plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Marine Biology Field Trip Sites. Ocean related curriculum activities. John Pauls. Pub: Pacific Science Center, Marine Education Project, 1980.

Marine Plastic Debris: Action Plan for Washington State. Pub: WA State Dept. of Natural Resources, Marine Plastic Debris Task Force, 1988.

Marine Plastic Debris: Stow it, Don’t Throw it. It’s the Law!.

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Native Neighborhoods, People for Puget Sounds.

Northwest Native Plants/Identification & Propagation for Revegetation & Restoration Projects.

Ohio Sea Grant Education Program: Development Implementation, Evaluation. Victor Mayer and Rosanne Fortner, 1987.

Persistent Marine Debris Challenge and Response: The Federal Perspective. Dave Cottingham.

Practical Handbook for Wetland Identification and Delineation

Ranger Rick’s Nature Scope: Diving Into Oceans. Ed: Judy Braus, 1988.

Renewable Energy for Washington’s Future. 

Restoring Wetlands at a River Basin Scale. 

Restoring Wetlands Manual DOE.

Tools of Oceanography. Ocean related curriculum activities. Florence Sands. Pub: Pacific Science Center, Marine Education Project, 1980.

Trashing the Oceans: Marine Debris. Curriculum guide, grades K - 12 Pub: Center for Marine Conservation.

Versatility of Wetland in the agricultural landscape

Volunteer Estuary Monitoring: A Methods Manual. 

Washington Boating Basics: A small Craft Primer. Washington Sea Grant.

Wetlands Society of Wetland Scientists, vol 19, #4 

Washington Agricultural Statistics 1996-1997. 

Wetland Creation and Restoration, the status of the science. 

Wetland Journal—Wetland issues, restoration & research Winter 2000. 

Wetlands Local Functions, Global Dependence. 

Wetlands vol 19, nos 1, 2, 4. 

Wetlands, Best Management Practices, and Riparian Zones. 

With a Water View Realtor Education Course Notebook:  Wetlands.

 

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COASTAL ZONE STUDIES

The Beach Book.

Beaches. Ocean related curriculum activities. Andrea Marrett. Pub: Pacific Science Center, Marine Education Project, 1980.

Beach Life. A group leader’s guide Grades K - 2. Lauren Tissol.

Beach Profiles and Transects. Ocean related curriculum activities. Pub: Pacific Science Center, Marine Education Project, 1979.

Beach Walk. Project Environment Low Tide ’90.

Coastal Capers: Marine Education Primer. Lundie Spence.

Coastal Zone Studies, Tribal Draft. Pub: WA State Dept. of Ecology, 1981.

Coastal Zone Studies for Junior High Schools. Claire Dyckman, et al. Pub: WA State Office of Environmental Education.

Low Tide. Activity packet for teachers. Lisa Jones. Pub: Puget Sound Water Quality Authority, 1990.

Seashore. Guide and activity book. Philip Brown.

Sharing and Caring for Our Coasts. Coastweeks fun book.

Tides. Ocean related curriculum activities. Andrea Marrett. Pub: Pacific Science Center, Marine Education Project.

Waves. Kindergarten.

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WETLANDS AND ESTUARIES

A World in Our Backyard.

Discover Wetlands.  A curriculum guide.  Brian Lynn.  Pub: WA State Dept. of Ecology, 1988.  (4)

A Field Guide to Wetland Characterization.

Mud, Muck, & More.

Wetland Walks.

Wetland Address Game.

Wetlands of the Pacific NW (videodisc)

 

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STREAMS, LAKES, SALMON

Adopting a Stream, A Northwest Handbook. (3)

At Home Activities.

Backyards For Birds.

Chehalis Basin Teacher Projects.  Topic: Rivers and Streams.

Clean Water, Streams & Fish: A Holistic View of Watersheds.

Clean Water, Streams & Fish.

Endangered Species.

Endangered Species Habitat Conservation.

Endangered Species Petition Management Guidance. 

Endangered Species Listing Handbook

Environmental Awareness of Wildlife.

EPA Lake Monitoring

European Green Crab and Pathways of Aquatic Inroduction.

Experiencing Water Resources.  A guide to your river basin.  Teacher & Student Guide.

Farm Animal Resource Management (10)

Fish Facts—Marine & Anatropous Species of WA State.

The Fish Hatchery Next Door. . . A Salmon in the Classroom Educator’s Guide.  WA Dept of Fish & Wildlife.  1999.

From the Forest to the Sea, the ecology of wood in streams, rivers, estuaries and oceans.

Forest Stream & Sound: A guide to conducting water quality camps for children and families.

A Guide to Stream Corridor Revegetation in Thurston County.

Home is where the habitat is.

How to know the freshwater algae. 

How the salmon started up the rivers.

How to protect a river.  Teacher & Student guide.

Hunting and Wildlife Management.

Hydrology and the River Environment

The Lake & Reservoir Restoration Guidance Manual.

Learning to Love Streams.

The Living River, and educator’s guide to the Nisqually River Bottom.

Mac’s Field Guide.

Migratory Birds.

Nature Scope:  Trees are Terrific.

Nature Scope:  Endangered Species—Wild and Rare.

Nisqually Salmon Reference Guide.

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Paddle to the Sea.  Supplemental Curriculum Activity.

A Place for Fish.

PNW Insect Control Handbook 1998.

PNW Plant Disease Control Handbook 1998. 

PNW Weed Control Handbook 1998.

Protection & Restoration of Marine Life in the Inland Waters of WA State. 

Puget Sound Pest Management Guide.

Puget Sound Habitats.

Puget Sound Salmon Elementary Education.

Puget Sound Public Shellfish

Rivers and Streams Habitat Pac.

Rocky Beach Animals Coloring Book.

Salmon in the Classroom. (2)

Salmon Seminar #1, Lesson Plans, etc. Oct 9, 1998.

Salmon Town Hall Meeting March 15, 1999. 

Salmonid Spawning Gravel Composition Survey.

Save Our Schools Teacher’s Guide.

Shellfish & Finfish.

Shellfish protection through land use management.

Small Streams & Salmonid: A Handbook for Water Quality Studies.

Stream Corridor Restoration

The Stream Scene: Watersheds, Wildlife, & People.

The Stream Scene:  Watersheds, Wildlife and People.  Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Stream Walk Manual. (9)

Streamwatcher’s Guide.

Urban Areas:  Habitat Pac.

Timber/Fish/Wildlife Agreement: A Better Future In Our Woods and Streams.

Watching Washington Birds.

Water & You, Pollution in our lakes & rivers. 

WA Wild Salmonid Policy.

Whales:  Ocean Related Curriculum.

Where the river meets the forest.  An educator’s guide to the University of Washington Pack Environmental Forest.

Wild Salmon.

Wild Water Jack’s Guide to livin’ along the Deschutes river in Thurston County, WA.

Wildlife Conflicts?  Issue Pac.

Wildlife Discovery.

With a Water View Realtor Education Course Notebook:  Wetlands

 

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MONITORING

Agricultural Drainage Water Quality Impacts and Subsurface Drainage Studies in the Midwest.

Agricultural & Environmental Resource Economics

Ambient Monitoring Program Manual.

Analyzing Nonpoint Source Pollution in a Puget Sound Watershed.

Biodiversity.

Biological Monitoring of Aquatic Systems.

Children of the Sun.  An Activity Guide on Solar Energy Grades 5-12.

Clean Water Action Plan.

Clean Water.  A Guide to Water Quality Monitoring.

Community Based Environmental Protection: A resource book for protecting ecosystems & communities. 

Conservation for the 21st Century

Decisions about Product Safety.  Multi-Disciplinary Teaching Unit.

Earthsavers.

Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates.

Ecopreneuring.

Ecosystem Workforce Project Curriculum.

Energy and Electricity, Grade 5.

Energy & The Family:  Consumer Education, Foods & Nutrition, Home Furnishings & Housing, Home Management, Textiles & Clothing

Energy, Food and You. Elementary. (2)

Energy Reporter. Energy Education for H.S.

Environmental Epidemiology. 

Environmental Protection.

EPA Grants Region 10

Ethics in Forestry.

Forest Practices Illustrated.

Forest Stewardship.  A Handbook for Washington Forest Landowners.

The Green Consumer. 

Growth Management—It’s beginning to take shape

Instream Biological Assessment Monitoring Protocols. Benthic Macroinvertebrates.

Lower Hood Canal 1991

Manual of Mineralogy

Midwest Studies Provide Some Answers.  Atrazine May 1999.

The Monitor’s Handbook.

The Next Steps: 50 more things you can do to save the earth. 

Nonpoint Source Control

On Common Ground.

Permit Handbook

Project Mayfly.

The Quality of Our Nation’s Water, Nutrients & Pesticides.  USGS.

Restoration Ecology. 

Rural Property Rights & Responsibilities

Save Our Planet.

WA Sea Grant.

A Short Course on Local Planning

50 Simple things kids can do to save the earth. 

30 Simple energy conservation things you can do to save the earth

Standard Methods for the examination of water and wastewater. 18th ed. 1992.

Surveillance of Drinking Water Quality in Rural Areas.

30 Simple Energy Conservation Things you can do to save the Earth.

Small Ranch Manual. 

Statistics for Environmental Engineers. 

Structural Geology.

Upper Hood Canal 1993.

WA State WQ Assessment. 1998. 

Water in Environmental Planning. 

Water Law. 

Watershed Approach to WQ Management. 

West Shore Hood Canal Watershed 1995.

This Well-Wooded Land.

Volunteer Monitor.

Water Quality Sampling Equipment #1, Homemade Sampling Equipment #2, Organizing and Conducting a Clean-Up on Public Lands and Waterways.

Watershed and Intertidal Monitoring Volunteer Training Manual.

The Young Naturalist.

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