Last updated
03/04/2011
Links do not constitute endorsement or support by the Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest.
Hiking
North Central Texas
Local Hiking and Walking areas
http://www.texasoutside.com/hikebike/dallashike.htm D/FW Hiking Trails
Garland
http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.aspx?trailid=BGS082-019
Rowlett Creek Preserve, Garland, Texas
Dallas
The Dallas Backpackers and Hikers Meetup Group
Dallas Country Trail and Preserve Program
Richardson
Galatyn Woodland Preserve/ Train by Rail
Plano
http://www.planoparks.net/maps/BobWoodruffPark.pdf
North part Bob Woodruff Park
http://www.planoparks.net/maps/BobWSoftTrails.pdf
soft Trail Map of Bob Woodruff Park
http://www.planoparks.net/trails/BobWoodruffOPPNPSantaFe.pdf Bob
Woodruff, Oak Point Trail Mileage Map
Collin
County Trails
Flower Mound/Grapevine/Colleyville
Mountain Biking
Texas State Park Guide http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/parkguide/?page=bike&lang=en
Trail Link - Chaparral Trail http://www.traillink.com/viewtrail.aspx?AcctID=6032398
Other Trails http://www.traillink.com/trailsearch.aspx?tn=&st=Texas&ct=&sp=N
Cedar Hill State Park - Cedar Hill
Northshore - Grapevine Lake
420 Trails - Ft. Worth
Arbor Hills Park - Plano
Boulder Park Trail
Cleburne State Park - Cleburne
Cottonwood Creek - Allen
Erwin Park - McKinney
Rowlett Creek Preserve - Garland closest to Spring Creek Forest
Windmill Hill Park Trail - Desoto
Knob Hills Trail - Grapevine
Lake
Sister Grove Park Trail - Princeton
L. B. Houston Park Trail - Dallas
Horseshoe Trail -
Johnson Branch Trail - Lake Ray Roberts
Whitewater - Trinity River and Tributaries
Rowlett Creek includes put in and take out points map
Spring Creek includes put in and take out points map
Photography
Fotos Search Stock Image Archive
Environmental Links - Open Directory Project
Digital Library for Earth System Education for K-12 and informal educators
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) - for federal activities
Envirolink - Online environmental community
Natural History of North Central Texas
Natural History of North America
Carbon Cycle Science Program US Global Change Research Program
Astronomical Data for North Central Texas
Best Environmental Resource Directories
North American Archaeology Links - Mississippi Valley, Plains, Southeastern, Southwestern Cultures
Federal Gov't portal Earth Day
Guide to Planning Environmental Meetings and Events
Texas Invasive Plants and Forest Pests
Community Forestry
American Forests - Forest Policy Center
National Tree Trust (NTT)
Fire Links
Active Fire Maps - USDA Forest Service
Fire Effects Information provides up-to-date information about fire effects on plants and animals
Dallas Historic Tree Coalition
Fact Sheets on 680 Tree Species pdf format
Guidelines for Developing Tree Ordinances - references
Southern Forest Resource Assessment - USDA Forest Service
Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA)
Forest Types in the Oaks & Prairies Physiographic Area 8 - US Forest Service FIA data
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station - over 2,000 Publications on-line
Forestry Links - Global Association of On-line Foresters
Lasting Forests - Rural, wildland, and natural resource management
Lick Creek Park - flora similar to Spring Creek Forest
Urban forestry - what a major city is doing with trees
Trees Atlanta - what another major city is doing with trees
Fall Color Hotline - US Forest
Service Where can I go
online to learn more about trees? Local level State level National level American Society of Consulting
Arborists:
http://www.asca-consultants.org International level
The Select Committee On Energy Independence and Global Warming
Other links
Global Warming - Google for Educators - Global Warming Student Speak Out
Global SchoolNet Foundation - Global Warming Student Speak Out
Sources of climate data and news
Wetland Breaking News - Association of State Wetland Managers
Association of State Wetland Managers
Riverine Forested Wetlands - TX
Wetlands in Arkansas - good summary of functions
Functions and Values of Wetlands in Coastal areas - NC
Mitigation Guidance for Transportation Projects
Wetland Publications - Texas General Land Office WetNet
Wetland Links - Texas General Land Office
Wetland Links - Association of State Wetland Managers
National Water Summary on Wetland Resources - USGS
A
Tour of the Flynn Bogs - Leon County, Texas
Gilgai
Page -
Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery
PLANTS National Database (USDA)
Konza Prairie Biological Station
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Friends of the Prairie Learning Center/Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge
Ecoregional Profile of the Blackland Prairie World Wildlife Fund
Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center
Spring Creek Prairie - National Audubon
Tallgrass Prairie - introductory range management
Central Texas Blackland Prairie Plants
The Prairie Page National Park Service
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
East Texas Sandstone Outcrop - flora similar to Spring Creek Preserve
Kuchler description of bluestem prairie and oak-hickory forest
Friends of the Prairie Learning Center
Flora and Fauna of the Great Plains
Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses
Interactive Tour of the Grassland Biome of Midcontinent North America
Links to Information about Grasslands
Land and Life on the North American Prairie WWW Resources
Flora of the Tall Grass Prairie Preserve
Land and Life on the North American Prairie
Description of Range Vegetation Types
Oaks and Prairies Physiographic Area 8 - BLM site
Classic introduction to hydrology in pdf format: A primer on water, Luna B. Leopold and Walter B. Langbein. U.S. Geological Survey. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington D.C., 1960.
Peak Ecological Water http://www.peakecologicalwater.com/
Texas Water Centers and Institutes -
Water Quality
East Fork of the Trinity - EPA watershed info
Water Quality Information Center - USDA Agricultural Research Service
National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) - USGS - WRD
National Water Quality System (NWIS) Web Data - USGS
Water Quality Standards Database - EPA
Nearby Lakes
Lake Ray Hubbard - hydrologic conditions - Spring Creek drains into this Flood Control Reservoir
Lake Lavon - hydrologic conditions - located upstream of Lake Ray Hubbard
Texas
Texas Water Resources Institute
Texas Nonpoint SourceBOOK - stormwater management
Stormwater Management in North Central Texas
Spatial Water Balance of Texas
Water Resources Data for Texas - USGS
Summary of Major Findings & Issues by USGS - Trinity River
Regional Water Planning Area C
Texas Water Net Links-> Texas Water Resources Institute & TAMU
Stormwater Management in North Central Texas NCTCOG
Stream Restoration
Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection
Stream Systems Technology Center - Forest Service
Watershed Management Links - Canadian
Sustainable Streambank Protection and Riparian Habitat Restoration Practices
USEPA Office of Wetlands and Watersheds
U.S Gov't Wild and Scenic Rivers System
NCSU Stream Restoration Guidebook pdf format
Floods
Water Watch - realtime streamflow data for Texas
Drought
Keetch-Byram Drought Index Map - USDA Forest Service & BLM
Potential Climate Change Impacts on the Great Plains
Mean Monthly Stream Flow - USGS Water Watch
Techniques of Water Resources Investigations - USGS on-line manuals
National Environmental Methods Index
TexBirds - latest bird sightings
Macaulay Library Animal sounds NEW! download the free RavenViewer to visualize sounds on this site
Birdersworld
http://www.birdersworld.com/brd/default.aspx?c=a&id=972
Surfbirds
http://www.surfbirds.com/index.php - scroll down a
little and check out the "PHOTO GALLERIES" in the
middle column... "N. American Stop Press" for the
latest rarity pics
BirdGuides (birding in the UK)
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Chipper Woods Bird Observatory
Great Outdoor Recreation Pages-Birding
For species information:
Visit the
Birdzilla Omnibus to find over 900 species descriptions, 500 range
maps and hundreds of songs and photographs. Includes over 10,000 pages
of information from the Arthur Cleveland Bent series on the natural
history of the birds of North America.
Bird Identification
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/infocenter.html
Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/
Online Bird Guide
http://www.hbw.com/ibc/
Internet Bird Collection (IBC)
http://www.nuthatch.birdnature.com/identification.html
Identification of Eastern U.S. Songbirds by color
http://www.giffbeaton.com/warblers.htm
Warbler Identification
Bird Counts
Texas Christmas Bird Count - National Audubon & Cornell University
eBird a new citizen science tool that allows anyone to report any bird species anywhere anytime
Check Lists
Birding Checklist for Spring Creek Forest & Preserve
Bird Checklists for North Central Texas
North Central Texas Bird Sightings
Birding on the Net - North America
North American Rare Bird Alert (NARBA) - Houston Audubon
Migratory Bird Center - Smithsonian
Master Guide to Warblers of Canada
Warbler/Sparrow migrations in Spring Creek.
The Case of Our Missing Songbirds
Birdzilla Wild Bird Omnibus includes Bent's Life History of Birds (900+) species
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center - links to bird studies.
Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
EPA - Bird Conservation Initiatives
Birds of Conservation Concern - now available as .pdf report from US Fish & Wildlife Service
Birds in Forested Landscapes -Cornell
The State of the Nation's Ecosystems - 2002 Heinz Center report
Biodiversity Partnerships - Landowner incentives in Texas
Biodiversity and Conservation - A Hypertext Book by Peter J. Bryant
Center for Applied Biodiversity Science
Convention on Biological Diversity
Study List of Common Insects of Texas - Texas A&M
New Texas Entomology Web Pages
Beginner's Guide to Dragonflies
Worldwide Dragonfly Association
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Butterflies - Refer to links on Butterflies & Moths Page
Database of Flower-Visiting Insects - Illinois Prairies
Field Guide to Western Grasshoppers
Recommended Books for the Study of North Central Texas Plants - NSPOT
Vascular Plant Image Gallery - Texas A&M University
Catalogue of Woody Plants of Oklahoma
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge - USFWS floral list from the Hill Country
CalPhotos: Plants (includes the Brousseau Collection)
DFW Tree Identification - Texas Forest Service
TEXNAT - Plant identification
Native Plant Information Network - Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Botanical/Environmental Organization Links NPSOT
Vascular Plants Endemic to Texas
Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery
Plants Database - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Air Quality Index (AQI) - AIRNow - EPA
Today's Air Quality in Dallas-Ft.Worth
Scorecard - enter your zip code and see pollution sources
Score Card Pollution Locator
The USGS Store USGS Topographic Maps The best known USGS maps are those of the 7.5-minute, 1:24,000-scale quadrangle series. A scale of 1:25,000 has been used for some maps based on metric units (1 centimeter = 0.25 kilometer). The area portrayed on each sheet ranges from 64 square miles at latitude 30 degrees north to 49 square miles at latitude 49 degrees north.
US Census Bureau - Mapping and Cartographic Resources TIGER MAPS
State of Texas maps Bureau of Economic Geology - UT Austin
TerraFly - digital images of where you live
DFWMAPS Create, download, and view maps of all types for North Central Texas
Texas Environmental Profiles - on-line mapping
The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies - mostly on-line and mostly free GIS data
Ecosystem Provinces - Bailey
National Atlas of the United States - many kinds of maps of US
StormWater Authority http://www.stormwaterauthority.org
American Society of Mining and Reclamation (ASMR) http://www.ca.uky.edu/asmr
Erosion Control Technology Council (ECTC) http://www.ectc.org
International Erosion Control Association (IECA) http://www.ieca.org
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center http://www.wildflower.org
Land Improvement Contractors of America (LICA) http://www.licanational.com1
Minnesota Erosion Control Association (MECA) http://www.mnerosion.org
The National Arbor Day Foundation http://www.arborday.org
National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) http://www.nacdnet.org
National Roadside Vegetation Management Association (NRVMA) http://www.nrvma.org
National Watershed Coalition (NWC) http://www.watershedcoalition.org
North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) http://www.nalms.org
North American Stormwater and Erosion Control Association (NASECA) http://www.naseca.org
Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) http://www.swcs.org
Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) http://www.ecologicalrestoration.info
Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) http://www.sws.org
Six Sigma Training - Delivered education for business training
TEXAS
Natural Area Preservation Association
City of Dallas Air Pollution Control
Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary
Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA)
Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT)
Dallas Plano Hike & Meetup group
Pleasant Oaks Gem & Mineral Club of Dallas, Texas
Trinity Blacklands Urban Forestry Council
The Nature Conservancy of Texas
Native Prairies Association of Texas (NPAT)
East Texas Arboretum and Botanical Society Athens, Texas
North Texas Orienteering Association
Texas Society for Ecological Restoration
NATIONAL
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
National Environmental Education and Training Foundation
Earth Policy Institute - download free books
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Center for Policy Analysis - Background for Legislators
Texas Land Conservancy formerly Natural Area Preservation Society
Natural Resources Defense Council
State Environmental Resource Center (SERC)
GRRN - Grassroots Recycling Network
National Biological Information Infrastructure
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Public Interest Research Groups (PIRG)
The Heinz Center - free publications on science, economics, & the environment
Millenium Ecosystem Assessment
Trust for Public Land (TPL) Conserving Land for People
Trout Unlimited - conservation organization for protecting North America's coldwater fisheries
Terrain.org - Journal of Built & Natural Environments
Great Plains Public Policy Institute
EPA’s Center for Watershed Protection http://www.cwp.org
Smart Growth http://www.smartgrowth.org
Performance data for Urban Best Management Practices http://www.bmpdatabase.org
Process for Developing Measurable Goals under a General Permit http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/measurablegoals/part2.cfm
Smart Growth Primer http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/pdf/WhySmartGrowth_bk.pdf
Land Use, Transportation, and Environmental Quality http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/pdf/built.pdf
American Planning Association state links http://www.planning.org
Storm Water Center http://www.stormwatercenter.net and http://www.cwp.org
Smart Growth Network http://smartgrowth.org/library/bytype.asp?typ=15
EPA’s model permit for Phase II http://www.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/modpermit.pdf
Planning for Smart Growth http://www.planning.org/growingsmart/states2002.htm
Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Urban Stormwater Management http://www.metrocouncil.org/environment/watershed/bmp/manual.htm
Brownfields http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/index.html
American Forests - urban forests, tree policies, etc. http://www.americanforests.org
Environmental Benefits from Trees http://www.treesatlanta.org
CITYGreen software http://www.americanforests.org/download.php?file=/graytogreen/stormwater.pdf
Car Sharing Network http://www.carsharing.net/where.html
Street guidelines http://cfpub.epa.gov/sgpdb/policy.cfm?policyid=682
Anacostia River LID http://www.lowimpactdevelopment.org
EPA Region 6 list of stormwater resources http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/npdes/sw/resources.pdf
Sierra Club Sprawl
Site
Sagauro Seminar (Robert Putnam)
Social Capital
Blog
Project for
Public Spaces
Congress for the New Urbanism
The Built
Environment Blog
New
Urbanism.org
Richard
Layman's Rebuilding Place Blog
Sprawled Out Blog
The Aesthetic
Elevator
Empty in
Suburbia
Model Citizen or Model Consumer?
Bootstrap Analysis -chronicles
and musings of an urban field ecologist
Dean Terry's main site &
Flickr site
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