Adopt-A-Watershed invites teachers and community coordinators to apply for their Leadership Institute. Offering the skills to engage K-12 in a watershed curriculum, it includes local environment, field studies, restoration projects, learning through service and reflection, fundraising, partnership development and curriculum adaptation. To receive an application call Carol Dawes at 530-628-5334, Fax: 530-628-4212, or E-Mail: aaw@Adopt-A-Watershed.org.

"Water Science for Schools" is the name of a USGS website ideal for students to learn everything they want to know about water. Topics include water basics, earth's water, special topics, water Q&A, water use, a picture gallery, and activity center. Visit the site at http://water.usgs.gov/droplet.

Become a Green Community

Access EPA's Green Communities Assistance Kit on the web at http://www.epa.gov/region03/greenkit to learn more about becoming a green community: a place where residents, business, industry and government work together to ensure a sustainable future. This kit provides information about resources, case studies and tools to get you on your way, plus much more.

USGS Mapping Data, Available on the web.

Did you ever wonder what your town/city looked like from up above? Now with just the click of a mouse, you will be able to locate and view aerial images over the Internet. To view your area, go to http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com.

First Year Report on the Clean Water Action Plan is now available. The plan seeks to protect public health and restore waterways by setting goals and providing states, tribes, communities, farmers and landowners with the resources to meet them. The report highlights the progress that has been made in implementing the plan and outlines the agenda for the coming year. To receive a copy of the Clean Water Action Plan from EPA, call: 202-260-5700, or view it on the web: http://www.cleanwater.gov.

To make watershed information more accessible to the public, the EPA and USGS have been developing an interagency task force to create the Watershed Information Network (WIN). WIN, as it is referred to, is a one-stop source of information, resources, contacts and water data. Databases like Surf Your Watershed, Know Your Watershed, Science in Your New Watershed and Adopt-a-Watershed have been blended to reduce overlap and confusion and save time in accessing information. WIN, found at http://www.cleanwater.gov/win, provides a powerful search engine to access resources and data from all federal agencies, with links to nonprofit organizations as well. It is a road map to information and services for protecting and restoring water resources. It lists state watershed assessments and identifies priority watersheds. It can be used to answer such questions as: How do I start a watershed group? Who is working in my watershed? What is the state of my watershed? Accessible through Who’s talking about my watershed? is a page called Regional Watershed Roundtable.

This is to inform you that some of the Final Documents of the Hypoxia Science Assessment Topic Papers are available on the following web site: http://www.nos.noaa.gov/Products/pubs_hypox.html. Not all of the papers are currently available, but as they become final, they will be put on the web site for you to review. The public comment period will not officially begin until it is advertised in the Public Register. If you have any questions, please call Larinda Tervelt Norton at 228-688-1033.

USGS recently opened an education-based web site called "Water Science for Schools." The site is: http://water.usgs.gov/drop/. An interactive industry-responsive Internet portal, http://www.wwinternational.com, is a daily worldwide news source for the water and waste industries. The site is designed to be a full service industry reference, providing detailed information on products, services, and the latest industry trends.

www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/careers/index.htm, EPA’s Office of Solid Waste (OSW) recently launched an environmental careers page. The page links to environmental job and internship opportunities and educational institutions with concentrations in environmental studies. It also provides a glimpse into the daily activities of OSW employees. In addition, the page links to EPA’s Students and Teachers Page, a site with teacher resources and tools, recycling and waste reduction information for students, and a kids' page. Visitors also can link to EPA’s Web site for environmental education and learn about Agencywide initiatives.

Getting a Head Start on Solid Waste Education

Reading, writing, and arithmetic aren't the only lessons children are learning in school these days. Thanks to Keep America Beautiful, Inc. (KAB), students can add the importance of solid waste management to the list, as more and more schools adopt KAB's innovative educational curriculum.

The curriculum is actually divided into two parts: Waste in Place and Waste: A Hidden Resource. Waste in Place is geared towards children in grades K-6 and fosters a basic understanding of litter prevention and responsible solid waste management practices such as waste-to-energy and sanitary landfilling.

Waste: A Hidden Resource targets grades 7 - 12 and reinforces the waste management topics learned in Waste in Place by encouraging students to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. Through activities such as role-playing, students pretend to be elected officials, environmentalists, and business leaders and address solid waste issues together, such as citing a landfill.

Both portions are interdisciplinary and can be integrated with existing classes such as math, social studies, or science. Each is the result of extensive research on changing attitudes and practices related to proper waste management. In addition, each was written and field-tested by a group of 350 teachers drawn from 21 states.

Waste in Place and Waste: A Hidden Resource are available for teachers and school systems from KAB and its affiliates nationwide. The curriculum is promoted through one-day workshops taught by professional trainers with an educational background and classroom experience. In 1997, more than 10,000 teachers attended training sessions conducted by KAB and its affiliates.

KAB is a national, nonprofit public education organization concerned with improving waste handling practices in American communities. For more information regarding the curriculum or the organization, contact KAB's Sue Smith at 815-725-5897 or Mara Neville at 203-323-8987. You can also visit <www.kab.org/old/teachers.html.

The FWS "Fishing ABC’s" Coloring Book can now be found online through the Region 3 HomePage (look for the new 'For the Kids' section) or at the following web site:

You can print out the entire book or select pages. The quality is excellent.

Abstracts of Presentations

Abstracts of presentations from the 1999 Department of the Interior Conference on the Environment are now available at the following website addresses.

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The Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance and the Bureau of Reclamation would like to thank all participants for making the conference a huge success.

Snow Goose Cookbook sells for $7 including postage and can be ordered from Publications, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, 2 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205. Telephone orders with Visa, MasterCard or Discover can be called in to (501) 223-6331. The books can also be picked up in person for $5 at Game and Fish Commission headquarters in west Little Rock.

Would you like to know the ideal times to angle for fresh or saltwater fish, peak harvest periods for berries and pecans or when managed deer hunts occur? The 1999 Louisiana Conservationist Calendar has these answers and much more. An almanac and calendar, this invaluable resource includes dates for hunting and fishing seasons, planting seasons, moon phases, holidays and other dates and tips.

Twelve of the state's premier chefs are highlighted in this year's calendar, a spicy concoction of beautiful photographs and delicious recipes. From alligator to nutria and oysters to redfish, the 1999 Louisiana Conservationist Calendar offers a superb mixture of flavors and ingredients.

If the calendar doesn't satisfy your appetite, try the Official Louisiana Seafood & Wild Game Cookbook. It normally sells for $14.95, but for a limited time both the calendar and the cookbook can be purchased together for just $19.

To order the 1999 Louisiana Conservationist Calendar or the calendar/cookbook set, visit the Louisiana Conservationist circulation office at 2000 Quail Drive from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday or call 225-765-2918 to order by phone. Items are subject to tax.