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Links to Mexican Shorebird Sites

Bahia Santa Maria, Sinaloa
Conservation projects and area descriptions, all in Spanish.
http://uib.gymitesm.mx/stmaria/index.html

Pronatura
The largest environmental organization in Mexico and they support shorebird conservation.
http://www.pronatura.org.mx/english/index_en.html

State Government of Sinaloa
The state of Sinaloa welcomes you and invites you to learn about this very special area.
http://www.sinaloa.gob.mx/


Links to International Bird Sites


Pan American Shorebird Program, PASP
Coordinates the color banding of shorebirds for researchers. Help the scientists. If you see a color band on a shorebird's leg, this is where it can be reported.
http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/nature/migratorybirds/pasp/index.en.html

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Shorebirds winging between hemispheres.
http://migratorybirds.fws.gov/shrbird/shrbird.html

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Links to Alaska Shorebird Sites

Birds of the Copper River Delta
A simple listing of all the birds known to be there.
http://ptialaska.net/~midtown/birdson.htm

Chugach National Forest
USDA Forest Service at Copper River.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/chugach/

Copper River Delta
The shorebird festival's official Web site.
http://www.ptialaska.net/~midtown/

Cordova - Alaska's Hidden Treasure
Chamber of Commerce web site all about this wonderful place.
http://www.cordovachamber.com

Cordova Discovery Room-Puppet show
For years the Cordova Discovery Room has put on puppet shows concerning shorebird migration.
http://fsweb.cordova.chugach.r10fs.fed.us/Discovery/puppets/pages/Directory.html

Fatal Light
The Fatal Light Awareness Program works to educate the public on ways to preserve the lives of migratory birds in urban areas.
http://www.flap.org/home2.html

Junior Duck Stamp Program
Begun in 1989, the Junior Duck Stamp program uses an arts education curriculum to teach about wetlands and wildlife conservation.
http://www.duckstamp.fws.gov/jrindex.html

North American Waterfowl Management Plan
The United States and Canadian governments have developed a strategy to help in the shared resource of waterfowl populations thought habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement.
http://www.manomet.org/WHSRN.heml

Partners in Flight
A cooperative public and private organization dedicated to monitoring, inventorying, birds and their habitats.
http://www.partnersinflight.org/description.cfm

Shorebird Watcher
All about shorebirds, photos, quizzes, festivals, and almost everything else.
http://home.netcom.com/~djhoff/shorebrd.html

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
An invaluable resource for all Americans dedicated to conserving, protecting, and enhancing fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats.
http:/www.fws.gov/Irnus.html
br> Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network
A coalition of over 1,560 private and public organizations in seven countries working to conserve shorebirds throughout their habitats.
http://www.manomet.org/WHSRN.html

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Links to Sites with Related Activities on Shorebirds, Migration, and Wetland Ecosystems

Adopt-a-Wetland
A statewide (Texas) model for students and their awareness of the fragility and importance of wetlands. Great ideas!
http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/aawp/welcome.html

Alaska Wildlife A list of student activities that link interest and information concerning many aspects of Alaskan wildlife.
http://www.state.ak.us/adfg/gemomfp/kids/kids/html

The Audubon Society
Information on both migration and wetlands.
http://north.Audubon.org/facts.html

Birdsource Birding with a purpose, this is birdwatchers central. Citizen science really works.
http://birdsource.cornell.edu/

Ducks Unlimited
The world's largest wetland conservation organization. The web site contains a section for students and a curriculum guide for teachers.
http://www.ducks.org

Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
This office promotes our understanding of wetlands and watersheds as the "most ecologically productive and ecologically sensitive of habitats."
http://epa.gov/owow/wetlands/education
http://www.epa.gov/owow/owow.pdf

National Estuarine Research Reserve
Learn more about wetlands and how to protect them.
http://www.ocr,.nos.noaa.gov/nerr/welcome.html

National Science Standards
The National Science Education Standards promotes information on standards and assessments for science educators.
http://www.nap.edu/html/nses/html/

Prince William Sound Science Center
The site is devoted to informing students and the general public about the interdependence of biology and the economics of Alaska.
http://www.pwssc.html

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
The international program for conservation of wetlands.
http://www.ramsar.org/omdex.html

Shorebird Central
The comprehensive index and search engine for everything shorebird.
http://www.shorebird.org

Shorebird Sister Schools Program
A resource for educators who wish to teach about shorebirds. Kids pages and information of migratory routes and birds and much more.
http://sssp.fws.gov/sssp.html

The Nature Conservancy
Working with communities, business, and the general public it is committed in preserving precious places around the world.
http://nature.org

USDA for Kids A group of activities on a wide range of topics for kids.
http://usda.gov/news/useakids/index.html

USDA Forest Service Programs and activities related to the management, protection, and use of national forests and grasslands.
http://www.fs.fed.us

USDA Forest Service International Programs
Promoting sustainable forest management and biodiversity conservation internationally.
http://www.fs.fed.us/global/aboutus/welcome.html

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wetlands Inventory
All about wetlands, this is a great resource!
http://www.nwi.fws.gov/

The Virtual Birder
You can go bird watching on the Internet.
http://www.virtualbirder.com/

Western Atlantic Shorebird Association
Follow shorebirds from Argentina to Canada and help scientists with your shorebird sightings.
http://www.vex.net/~hopscotc/shorebird/

Wild Outdoor World
Connecting students with the natural world, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation publishes a magazine that supports this link. Geared for ages 8 to 12, the theme stressed is that kids can make a difference in conserving the natural world.
http:// www.wildoutdoorworld.org/

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