The Organizational Assessment Tool (OAT) was written to promote learning and growth within environmental education (EE) organizations and was designed specifically to assist EE practitioners and supporters in their efforts to build local, state, and national capacity for EE. The OAT addresses leadership throughout all major areas of an organization and concludes by identifying significant leadership ... Full description.

In 2004, the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy offered recommendations for a coordinated and comprehensive national ocean policy. Commission regional working groups included state governors, scientists and stakeholders. The Commission's final report, "An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century," contains 212 recommendations addressing all aspects of ocean and coastal policy. Report results are presented ... Full description.

This pdf document is a handout for the First Year Chemistry Program at Texas A&M University explaining what the Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) program and how it is used. It describes the use of the program and answers several frequently asked questions. CPR is a web-based program that enables frequent writing assignments even in large classes with limited instructional resources. CPR offers instructors ... Full description.

In this site, the Resource Graphing Tutorial provides a listing of the tutorial modules available for help with visualizing data in Excel. The site contains basic techniques, such as data input into cells and creating scatter plot and a line; and advanced techniques, such as bar graphs and histograms, importing text files, final formatting, regression lines, superimposing graphs, descriptive statistics, ... Full description.

This site presents the National Science Foundation's funding initiative for biocomplexity research. This research program is a multi-year investment designed to promote new approaches to investigating the interactivity of biota and the environment. The site contains descriptions of current competitions for research funding, with complete program descriptions and application deadlines. There is also ... Full description.

The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior joined the Western Governors' Association, National Association of State Foresters, National Association of Counties, and the Intertribal Timber Council to endorse this 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy to deal with the wildland fire and hazardous fuels situation, as well as the needs for habitat restoration and rehabilitation in the Nation. Its goals were ... Full description.

The Stream Systems Technology Center is a national technical center which stimulates research and serves as a link between research, field specialists and management. The Stream team's goals are to improve knowledge of stream systems and processes, develop operational tools, provide training and technical support to National Forests, and to identify research needs and priorities. A number of documents ... Full description.

This report describes the characteristics used to define wetland (or hydric) soil types found in the United States. It is in text format and has one image showing the difference between hydric sandy soils and finer textured soils. The report identifies and describes the particular soil types and lists them by region. The information used for the report was provided by the USDA, NRCS, and Wetland Science ... Full description.

This web site provides access to the Congressional Research Service reports on environmental issues. The Congressional Research Service products undergo review for accuracy and objectivity and contain non-technical information that can be very useful to people interested in environmental policy. The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) is committed to expanding, maintaining and ... Full description.

This site, intended for children and young people who are going on holiday with their parents, will introduce them to natural hazards that may occur so that they may respond in an appropriate manner, even if parents or other adults are not aware of the proper precautions. The site contains information for six major hazards: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, flash floods, tornadoes and hurricanes. ... Full description.