This resource provides information on watersheds, maps, activities, and links to local watershed information.

Learn about your ecological home on this site. The nation shares the Chesapeake Bay watershed, our ecological home. Most stories on this site focus on separate plants and animals, but together, these stories literally show a web of life.

What is a watershed? Learn the answer to this question and find out about the Susquehanna River watershed on this site.

A comprehensive definition and illustrations of what watersheds are and why they are important. Understand how watersheds form and the habitats produced by them.

Explore this non-profit organizations site for watershed information.

Extensive information about water, estuaries and coastal watersheds.

National watershed education program engaging young people in environmental service projects. Download their free Action Guide and Leader Guidebook to get your class started on a community service project to help the environment. Action...

Provides guidance for what plants will survive the best in the Texas environment, and how to grow and protect them. There is information about native and adapted plants, invasive plant species, plants resistant to deer, backyard ponds,...

Explains what a watershed is and the importance of protecting and preserving the Anacostia River watershed in Maryland.

Article from the Sustainable Development Institute about protecting the Neuse River in North Carolina, outlining the issues and the work that is done by the watershed tenders.

Learn about EPA's work to protect and manage water resources and what you can do to help.

Non-profit education program dedicated to increasing awareness of water resources through classroom activities and hands-on experience. Lesson plans designed for K-12 students. Site available in English, Spanish, and French.

A great site from The Evergreen Project that provides information about watersheds, how a stream becomes a river, when rivers run into the ocean, longest rivers of the world and much more. There are also other sections of this site that...

This site is designed to assist the educator in teaching concepts and processes related to freshwater environments and to increase stewardship of these important resources. There are links to resources regarding the Great Lakes...

Children will learn about riparian areas and their importance in maintaining balanced ecosystems in lands adjoining lakes, streams and rivers, as they play these colourful, interactive games.

Students are asked to explain how water enters a watershed.

This resource presents short overviews of cultures and artifacts found in Northeast Ohio: Archaic Indians, Adena culture, Hopewell culture, and Late Prehistoric Whittlesey culture.

Get the facts about coho salmon. Besides finding a detailed description of this fish that calls the Interior Fraser River watershed home, you?ll also learn about some of its unique facts and characteristics. Also included in this Fish...

Explore Florida's springs, some of the world's largest freshwater springs. Here is a well-done site that includes information about threats to these unique springs, natural and cultural history, Florida wildlife, underwater cave systems,...

The Mackenzie Valley,in the Canada's Northwest Territories, is under the protection of WWF-Canada's Mackenzie River Basin Conservation Program. The program aims to protect habitats & ecosystems within the watershed, and to make sure...

Cochrane, Ontario is located 720 kilometers north of Toronto in the Arctic Watershed. Its mascot is the giant Polar Bear Chimo (an Inuit word meaning "I am friendly" or "Welcome"). Information details the town's history, economy and...

This site provides a detailed analysis of Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1838 address to the Harvard Divinity School. Contains a link to the online text of Emerson's address.

The official web site of the government agency offers a broad range of information, including statistical as well as species and breed documentation. National laws and guidelines are also available, including information on where fishing...

Learn facts about this important and diverse ecosystem in America's Pacific Northwest.