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...about watersheds, wetlands, rivers, and water resources.

Nevada Division of Water Planning’s Water Words Dictionary has definitions of water-related terms.
The USGS Water Resources page includes data about water resources in the U.S.
The Cooperative Extension Service Quality of The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at The University of Georgia has some practical water resource managment advice.
At the EPA’s Office of Water page you can find out more about water resources in Georgia and the U.S.
The EPA’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans, & Watersheds has tons of helpful information.
See OWOW’s Watershed Approach page to learn more about why groups protect watersheds.
OWOW’s Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program has information about controlling NPS.
The USDA’s Agricultural Research Service has some information about vegetative buffers as conservation tools.
The International Rivers Network About Watersheds page has helpful information about watersheds (also called catchments).
The Watershed Science Institue addresses watershed conservation issues.

...about other conservation efforts.

See the official Broad River Watershed Protection Demonstration Project homepage.
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper is dedicated to protecting Georgia’s Chattahoochee River, its tributaries, and its watershed.
Chattowah Open Land Trust is working to preserve natural, historic, and archaelogical spaces in North Metro Atlanta.
The Alabama Rivers Alliance is working to protect watersheds in Alabama.
North Carolina Watershed Projects is a cooperative effort to protect watersheds throughout North Carolina.
The White Clay Watershed Association is working to preserve White Clay Creek in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
The Lake Tarpon Information Center near Tampa, Florida has drafted a management plan for its drainage basin.
American Rivers is a private river conservation organization.
River Network is helping people organize to protect their rivers and watersheds.
Rivers Alive is Georgia’s annual volunteer waterway cleanup

...about GIS and maps.

Environmental Systems Research Institute is the world leader in GIS technology.
ESRI’s Jumpstation links to many other GIS sites.
The Georgia GIS Data Clearinghouse has tons of maps and photos of Georgia.
The USGS Center for Spatial Analysis Technologies features an electronic atlas of Georgia.
The Tennessee Valley Authority Map Store has a variety of maps available for ordering.
The Open GIS Consortium is working to synthesize various geospatial technologies.
Wisely’s GIS Yellow Pages has a long list of GIS sites.

...about other organizations.

Broad River Watershed Association