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2009 Conference Resources


Listed below are a plethora of resources for both teachers and students to delve into in preparation for the conference. Please let Kelly know if you have suggestions for more to add: Kelly.Mortenson@uwsp.edu 

Quick Links to Topics
wClimate Change wInvasive Species wLand Use wCareers
       
CLIMATE CHANGE
Union of Concerned Scientists: Climate Change in Wisconsin
http://www.ucsusa.org/greatlakes/glregionwis.html

PEW Center on Global Climate Change: Wisconsin Climate Action Plan
http://www.pewclimate.org/node/4625

Next Generation Earth: Wisconsin
http://www.nextgenerationearth.org/contents/view/50

Climate Change: A Wisconsin Activity Guide
http://www.eeinwisconsin.org/resource/about.aspx?s=80541.0.0.2209

CO2Gether: Reducing Our Carbon Footprint in Southeast Wisconsin
https://www.co2gether.org/my_co2/understand/wi.htm

e! Science News: “Scattered nature of Wisconsin's woodlands could complicate forests' response to climate change”
http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/07/15/scattered.nature.wisconsins.
woodlands.could.complicate.forests.response.climate.change

Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts
http://www.wicci.wisc.edu/

Global Climate Change Facts: The Truth, The Consensus, and the Skeptics
http://www.climatechangefacts.info/

National Geographic News: Global Warming Fast Facts
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming.html

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Climate Change
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/

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INVASIVE SPECIES
Wisconsin Council on Invasive Species
http://www.invasivespecies.wi.gov/awareness/index.asp

Wisconsin Council on Invasive Species: Species
http://invasivespecies.wi.gov/awareness/category.asp?linkcatid=670&linkid=332&locid=63

Wisconsin DNR: Forest Health Protection
http://dnr.wi.gov/forestry/Fh/

Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin
http://www.ipaw.org/

Great Lakes Information Network: Invasive Species in the Great Lakes Region
http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/invasive.html

USDA: National Invasive Species Information Center
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/

Wisconsin DNR: Invasive Species
http://dnr.wi.gov/invasives/index.htm

Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
www.invasive.org

Great Lakes Worm Watch
http://www.nrri.umn.edu/worms/ 

Emerald Ash Borer.info
http://www.emeraldashborer.info/edpacket.cfm 

Invaders of the Forest
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/leaf/Resources/invaders.aspx

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LAND USE
Forest Planning for Wisconsin’s Future
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/landcenter/forestplanning.html

Wisconsin DNR-Forestry: Forest Fragmentation
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/forestry/SmartForestry/toolbox/issuefraghome.asp

UW-Madison News: “Isolated forest patches lose species, diversity”
http://www.news.wisc.edu/16808

Wisconsin DNR-Forestry: Forest Legacy Program
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/forestry/legacy/state.html

Wisconsin DNR-Forestry: Wildland-Urban Interface
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/forestry/fire/prevention/wui/

Center for Land Use Education: The Wildland-Urban Interface and the Farmland-Urban Interface in Wisconsin
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/landcenter/tracker/Winter2004/WUI-FUI.html

Wisconsin DNR-Forestry: Urban and Community Forestry
http://dnr.wi.gov/forestry/uf/

LEAF Wisconsin K-12 Urban Forest Lesson Guide
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/leaf/Educators/lg_urban.aspx

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CAREERS
Wisconsin Society of American Foresters
http://www.wisaf.org/links.htm

UW-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/

Temperate Forest Foundation: Forest Products Industry Careers
http://www.forestinfo.org/Discover/careers/careers.htm

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