Links to Resources Outside of the CPCB

State Governments

Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Missouri Department of Conservation
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality
Nebraska Department of Natural Resources

Tribal Organizations

Nebraska Tribes
American Indian Tribal Directory
Prairie Band of Potawatomi
Sac and Fox Nation

Federal Government

Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Office of Water
EPA Region 7
United States Geological Survey
USGS Water Resources
USGS Water Resources - By State
USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center, MO

Surveys and Affiliated Programs

Kansas Biological Survey
Kansas Applied Remote Sensing
Kansas Natural Heritage Inventory
University of Kansas Field Station and Ecological Reserves
Kansas Geological Survey
Illinois Natural History Survey
Oklahoma Biological Survey
Ohio Biological Survey

Peer Institutions

Northwest Biological Assessment Workgroup
The Clean Water Network
California Aquatic Bioassessment Workgroup
Southwestern Ecoregion Planning Group
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Bioindicators of Aquatic Stress Group
Aquatic Ecology Group

Regional Organizations

Great Plains
Great Plains Foundation
Iowa Environmental Council
Kansas Rural Water Association
Kansas Rural Center

Databases

Grazing Land Water Quality Literature Database

Universities

Iowa
Iowa State University (ISU)
ISU: Department of Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering
ISU: Department of Entomology
ISU: Environmental Studies
ISU: IMMAG Iowa Manure Management Action Group
University of Iowa (UI)
University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory (UHL)
UI: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
UI: Environmental Sciences

Kansas
Emporia State University
Fort Hays State University
Kansas State University (KSU)
KSU: Department of Entomology
KSU: Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
KSU: Kansas Environmental Leadership Program
KSU: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Pittsburg State University
University of Kansas (KU)
KU: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
KU: Department of Entomology
KU: Environs Student Organization

Missouri
Central Missouri State University
Southeast Missouri State University
Southwest Missouri State University
University of Missouri (MU)
MU: Agricultural Engineering
MU: Department of Entomology
MU: Environmental Studies
MU: Water and Environmental Technologists Student Organization
MU: MoMMAG Missouri Manure Management Action Group
University of Missouri, Kansas City

Nebraska
Chadron State College
Peru State College
Wayne State College
University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK)
University of Nebraska at Lincoln (NU)
NU: School of Natural Resources
NU: Biological Systems Engineering
NU: Environmental Engineering
NU: Soil and Water Resources Student Organization
University of Nebraska at Omaha

Indian Nations University
Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU)

Professional Organizations and Journals

American Fisheries Society
Aquatic Botany
Aquatic Insects
The Groundwater Federation
International Erosion Control Association
Iowa Natural Heritage
International Association on Water Quality
Journal of Aquatic Ecosystems and Stress Recovery
The Nature Conservancy
The Natural Heritage Network
Nebraska Natural Heritage
North American Benthological Society
North American Lake Management Society
North American Native Fish Association
Sierra Club
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Society of Wetland Scientists
Water Quality Association

Directories for Taxonomic Experts

American Stonefly Web Page
Directory of Chironomid Workers
Directory of North American Dipterists
Email Directory of U.S. Odonatists
Neuropterists Directory

Insects

Chironomid Home Page
Water Beetle World
Oklahoma Aquatic Hemiptera

Fish

Fish of Iowa
Fish of Nebraska

Amphibia and Reptiles

Center for North American Amphibia and Reptiles

Other Macroinvertebrates

Crayfish Homepage
INHS Center for Annelida Resources
World List of Marine and Freshwater Isopoda
INHS Crustacean Collection
INHS Mollusk Collection
BIOSIS Guide to Mollusks
BIOSIS Guide to Annelida
BIOSIS Guide to Crustacea
BIOSIS Guide to Hemiptera

Guides

Protocols for Measuring Biodiversity
An Introduction to Benthic Macroinvertebrates

Consultants

Aquatic Ecology: whole sample processing and data analysis
American Aquatics
Aquatic Biology Associates
Rhithron Associates, Inc.
Chadwick Ecological Consultants, Inc.
Aquatic Resources Center
Plateau Ecosystems Consulting, Inc.

Taxonomy: sample processing, identification, and report writing
Chironomidae and Water Beetles of Florida/John Epler
Freshwater Benthic Services
EcoAnalysts, Inc.

Non-profit Environmental Engineering
Ecological Consultants for the Public Interest
Environmental Statistics TerraByte (statistical consultants)

Environmental Engineering
AQUAsonde
Black and Veatch
Camp Dresser & McKee
CTE Engineers
George Butler Associates, Inc.
GKY and Associates, Inc.
Hazen and Sawyer
Limno-Tech, Inc.
Louis Berger
Malcolm Pirnie
Tetra Tech

Lists of Environmental Consultants
Non-Exclusive List of Environmental Consultants

International Programs

FAME - Fish-based Assessment Method for the Ecological Status of European Rivers

Conferences

AllConferences.Net

Volunteers
Click here for our summary of volunteer organizations by state.

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