LAKES, RIVERS, STREAMS and WETLANDS
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Title: Adopt-A-Stream
Format: Brochure
Audience: General
Length: 3 pp
Contact: PA Fish and Boat Commission - Habitat Management Section
Description: Information of Pennsylvania's Adopt-A-Stream program (application
included)
Title: Applied River Morphology
Format: Book
Audience: Professionals, watershed groups
Length: 352 pp ($89.95)
Contact: Bookstores, libraries; author Dave Rosgen
Description: Technical information on stream stability analysis and evaluation,
including practical applications for stream restoration and fish habitat improvement
Title: A View of the River
Format: Book
Audience: Professionals, watershed groups
Length: 290 pp ($41.50)
Contact: Bookstores, libraries; author Luna Leopold
Description: Provides a basic understanding of how rivers behave, including
flow, channel shape, and sediment transport
Title: Chesapeake Wetlands
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: General
Length: 2 pp
Contact: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Description: Provides definition, values and functions, and ways to protect
wetlands
Title: Codorus Creek
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Citizens
Length: 2 pp
Contact: Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Description: Ecology of the Codorus Creek
Title: Conestoga River
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Citizens
Length: 1 page
Contact: Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Description: Human and natural ecology of Conestoga River (Lancaster
County)
Title: Conodoguinet Creek
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Citizens
Length: 2 pp
Contact: Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Description: Human and natural ecology of the Conodoguinet Creek
Title: Delaware Estuary Issues
Format: Materials
Audience: Students (grades 9-12)
Length: 20 pp ($1.50)
Contact: Pennsylvania Alliance for Environmental Education
Description: An information and activity packet to increase understanding
of the Delaware Estuary
Title: Ecology of Wetlands and Associated Systems
Format: Book
Audience: Professionals
Length: 685pp ($50)
Contact: Pennsylvania Academy of Science
Description: Textbook covering wetland types, biological adaptations,
impacts of contaminants and wetlands restoration
Title: Economic Impacts of Protecting Rivers, Trails & Greenway Corridors
Format: Booklet
Audience: Citizen groups, local government
Length: 110 pp
Contact: National Park Service
Description: A guide to understanding the potential economic impacts
of projects
Title: Education Resource Catalog
Format: Catalog
Audience: General
Length: Approx. 30 pp
Contact: PA Fish and Boat Commission
Description: Catalog of a variety of educational resources available
from PA Fish and Boat Commission
Title: Environmental Education Poster Set
Format: Poster
Audience: Students and general
Length: 9 posters ($24.50)
Contact: EnviroScape®
Description: Nine popular environmental education posters published by
the Terrene Institute in one packet
Title: EnviroScape® 3-D Models
Format: Visual Tool
Audience: Students and General
Length: A series of 3-D portable models (from $562)
Contact: EnviroScape®
Description: These watershed models demonstrate how pollution enters bodies
of water.
Title: Floods, Floodplains and Folks
Format: Booklet
Audience: Citizens and local officials
Length: 88 pp
Contact: National Park Service
Description: A casebook in managing rivers for multiple uses
Title: Fresh Waters Flowing
Format: Video
Audience: General, teachers
Length: Approx. 1 hour ($16)
Contact: Adopt-A-Stream Foundation
Description: Explores the connection between humans and streams and how
humans influence the ability of streams to support healthy biological communities
Title: Get Wet: Wetlands Activity Guide
Format: Materials
Audience: Students and teachers (grades 3-5)
Length: 4 pp
Contact: Soil and Water Conservation Society
Description: Explains wetlands; includes games, outdoor activities and experiments
Title: Hands On Save Our Streams-The Save Our Streams Teacher's Manual
Format: Materials
Audience: Teachers (grades K-12)
Length: 200 pp
Contact: Izaak Walton League of America - Save Our Streams Program
Description: Interdisciplinary curriculum includes watershed dynamics,
water monitoring and land use planning
Title: Interstate Commission of the Potomac River Basin - Publication List
Format: Brochure
Audience: Citizens, water quality professionals
Length: Varies
Contact: Interstate Commission of the Potomac River Basin
Description: List of library, tape, film and publication information
Title: Juniata River
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Citizens
Length: 2 pp
Contact: Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Description: Human and natural ecology of the Juniata River Basin
Title: Pond Management and Aquatic Plant Control
Format: Booklet
Audience: Watershed organizations, pond owners, volunteers
Length: 24 pp ($4)
Contact: Penn State University - Publications Distribution Center
Description: Describes pond construction and upkeep techniques
Title: Potomac Basin Reporter
Format: Newsletter
Audience: General
Length: 10 times per year
Contact: Interstate Commission of the Potomac River Basin
Description: News of the Potomac River Basin
Title: Riverwork Book
Format: Book
Audience: General
Length: 49 pp
Contact: National Park Service
Description: Guide to assessing resources, issues, public involvement,
goals, alternatives, and actions
Title: Riverwork Book
Format: Materials
Audience: Citizens and local officials
Length: 97-plus pp slide set
Contact: National Park Service
Description: Designed to stimulate interests in local river resource
values and conservation actions
Title: Save Our Streams Publications
Format: Brochure
Audience: General
Length: 1 page
Contact: Izaak Walton League of America - Save Our Streams Program
Description: Description of Save Our Streams Program and resource list
with order form
Title: Save Our Streams Volunteer Trainer's Handbook
Format: Book
Audience: General
Length: 10 pp ($15)
Contact: Izaak Walton League of America - Save Our Streams
Description: Guide to coordinating your own water monitoring training
program
Title: Spring Creek
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Citizens
Length: 2 pp
Contact: Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Description: Ecology of Spring Creek
Title: Susquehanna River
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: Citizens
Length: 2 pp
Contact: Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Description: Human and natural ecology of the Susquehanna River
Title: Susquehanna, River of Dreams
Format: Book
Audience: General
Length: 322 pp
Contact: Bookstores; author Susan Q. Stranahan
Description: Ties together history, culture, ecology, geology, economy
and problems through the eyes of those who cherish the Susquehanna
Title: The Green Zone
Format: Video
Audience: Teachers (grades 7-12)
Length: 47 minutes
Contact: Bullfrog Films
Description: The riparian zone: as important to the river as the water
itself
Title: The Susquehanna River Guide
Format: Book
Audience: General
Length: 120 pp
Contact: Ecopress
Description: Fishing, hiking, boating and more from the Chesapeake Bay
to Northern Pennsylvania
Title: This Was the Potomac
Format: Book
Audience: General
Length: 358 pp
Contact: Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Description: Potomac River lore including river history and significant
events
Title: Unlocking the Secrets of America's Wetlands
Format: Booklet
Audience: Citizens
Length: 42 pp ($7.25)
Contact: Izaak Walton League of America - Save Our Streams Program
Description: Helps to understand wetland ecology and their importance
for clean water, wildlife habitat and fisheries.
Title: Water Pollution Solutions
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: General
Length: 4 pp
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.
Description: Series of informational fact sheets about common practices
that will help maintain healthy lakes. Topics include septic system maintenance,
shoreline buffer strips, Canada geese, home and yard care, fertilizer and pesticide
use
Title: Wetlands
Format: Fact sheet
Audience: General
Length: Series of six
Contact: PA Department of Environmental Protection - Bureau of Watershed
Management
Description: Describes wetlands, their functions and values in pollution
control and human benefits
Title: Wetlands Ecology and Conservation: Emphasis in Pennsylvania
Format: Book
Audience: General
Length: 395 pp ($40)
Contact: Pennsylvania Academy of Science
Description: Identifies values of wetlands and outlines PA wetland issues
and alternatives
Title: Wetlands: Maligned Treasures
Format: Video
Audience: General
Length: 24 minutes
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc.
Description: Information on wetlands in PA includes analysis of our changing
views on their value
Title: Wetlands Technology
Format: Video
Audience: Teachers (grades 4-8)
Length: 10 minutes
Contact: Bullfrog Films
Description: Artificial wetlands purify waste water
Title: Wetlands: Our Environment, Whose Property?
Format: Video
Audience: General
Length: 30 minutes
Contact: PA Association of Conservation Districts, Inc., PA Landowners
Association, Inc.
Description: Enforcement of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act; discusses
problems with defining wetlands and the rights of property owners discussed
Title: Wetlands Plant Manual
Format: Book
Audience: General
Length: 58 pp ($12.95)
Contact: EnviroScape®
Description: Focuses on the plants and related technology needed to restore
and create wetlands