Contents of this page

• Sites to check frequently
• Resources on FEN's Web site
• Organizations working on forest issues in Maine and the North Woods
• Environmental organizations working on Atlantic Salmon issues
• Information on pesticides
• Information on acid rain and other forms of atmospheric pollution
• Information on global warming
• Information on population issues
• Other environmental organizations, information for Maine
• Other resources for researching forest issues in Maine
• Forest activist groups in California
• Forest activist groups in the Pacific Northwest
• Forest activism and learning, national and international
• Environmental groups of the Rockies and Southwest
• Forest research and products, national and international
• Wood use reduction and alternative fibers
• Other environmental sites
• World trade, politics and economics
• Major environmental information centers
• Information on Henry David Thoreau
• Other points of view

Sites to check frequently

• Maine Environmental Policy Institute - The purpose of the Maine Environmental Policy Institute is to help Mainers understand the importance of healthy ecosystems to a healthy economy. The Institute is dedicated to researching environmental challenges facing the state and reporting this research to policy makers and the public.
• Forest Conservation Portal - The Forest Conservation Portal provides vast rainforest, forest and biodiversity conservation news & information, including the ability to fully search reviewed forest conservation information on the Internet. The mission of Forests.org is to contribute to ending deforestation, preserving old-growth forests, conserving all forests, maintaining climatic systems and commencing the age of ecological restoration.

Resources on FEN's Web site

• Photo gallery of clearcuts, low impact forestry sites, and shots of wild Maine.
• Clearcut Bibliography, compiled by LeRoy Bandy, PhD.
• Herbicide Bibliography, complied by Sylvia Knight.

Organizations working on forest issues in Maine and the North Woods

• RESTORE: The North Woods - The mission of RESTORE: The North Woods is to restore, preserve, and defend the native ecosystems of the North Woods of the United States and Canada through advocacy, public awareness, and citizen activism. Their Plum Creek Watch page has current information on Plum Creek's proposed development project in Maine.
• Northern Appalachian Restoration Project - publishers of The Northern Forest Forum, voices of the Northern Forest's & Gulf of Maine's frontline grassroots environment, energy and conservation activists.
• Native Forest Network - The Native Forest Network is a global autononomous collective of forest activists, indigenous peoples, conservation biologists and non-governmental organizations. Its mission is to protect the world's remaining native forest be they temperate or otherwise, to ensure they can survive, flourish and maintain their evolutionary potential.
• Maine Chapter of the Sierra Club - "To explore enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; to practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environments."
• East-West Highway Forum - A forum for views on the proposed 4-lane limited access east-west highway
• The Maine Wolf Coalition  - The Maine Wolf Coalition promotes the conduct of research to determine the status of the wolf in Maine. We also provide the people of Maine with the facts about wolves in order that we may come to accept their inevitable return to the northeastern forest.
• The Wilderness Society  - The Wilderness Society works to protect America's wilderness and to develop a nation-wide network of wild lands through public education, scientific analysis and advocacy.
• National Wildlife Federation's Northeastern Field Office - "The Northeast Field Office works with state-based affiliates and like-minded organizations to protect our valuable "woods, water and wildlife" resources across New England. Applying common-sense programs in education, advocacy and research, our goals are to provide conservation leadership and protection for wildlife for generations to come."
• Natural Resources Council of Maine - "Harnessing the power of people, science and the law to protect Maine's environment"
• Maine chapter of The Nature Conservancy
• National Audubon Society, Maine Chapters
• Northern Forest Alliance - The Northern Forest Alliance is a coalition of conservation, recreation and forestry organizations united to protect the Northern Forest of Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. The Alliance works to encourage well-managed forests and diverse, local economies.
• Maine Audubon Society - They would like to think that they are "dedicated to the protection, conservation, and enhancement of Maine's ecosystems through the promotion of individual understanding and actions." Badly compromised by industry, the reality is quite different.
• Appalachian Mountain Club - The Appalachian Mountain Club promotes the protection, enjoyment, and wise use of the mountains, rivers and trails of the Northeast.
• Maine Green Independent Party - Bringing the ten key values of the Green Party into the political arena in Maine.
• Maine Association of Conservation Commissions
• Coastal Waters Project
• Article from the NRDC's Amicus Journal about Maine forest policy analyst Mitch Lansky.

Environmental organizations working on Atlantic Salmon issues

• Conservation Action Project ­ email address of executive director David Carle
• Friends of the Kennebec Salmon
• Coastal Waters Project
• Atlantic Salmon Federation - The Atlantic Salmon Federation is an international non-profit organization which promotes the conservation and wise management of the wild Atlantic salmon and its environment.
• Trout Unlimited - "To conserve, protect, and restore North America's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds."
• Defenders of Wildlife - "Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the protection of all native wild animals and plants in their natural communities. We focus our programs on what scientists consider two of the most serious environmental threats to the planet: the accelerating rate of extinction of species and the associated loss of biological diversity, and habitat alteration and destruction."

Information on pesticides

• Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly - Providing understandable scientific information about human health and the environment.
• Pesticide Action Network - The Pesticide Action Network has campaigned to replace pesticides with ecologically sound alternatives since 1982. PANNA links over 100 affiliated health, consumer, labor, environment, progressive agriculture and public interest groups in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. with thousands of supporters worldwide to promote healthier, more effective pest management through research, policy development, education, media, demonstrations of alternatives and international advocacy campaigns.
• Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) - The Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) works to protect people and the environment by advancing healthy solutions to pest problems.
• Rachel Carson Council, Inc - the Rachel Carson Council serves as a clearinghouse for pesticide-related information
  and publishes guides to pesticide dangers and alternative pest controls.

Information on acid rain and other forms of atmospheric pollution

• Clean Air Trust  - "Working to achieve a strong and effective Clean Air Act."
• Acid Rain Retirement Fund  - The Acid Rain Retirement Fund was founded to prevent air pollution by buying it right out of the sky. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issues pollution allowances or permits that enable companies to emit sulfur dioxide (SO2). These permits are auctioned off to the public and a permit for one ton of sulphur dioxide was recently about $130. The Acid Rain Retirement Fund raises funds and bids alongside polluters for as many pollution allowances as our funds can buy. We then retire that pollution credit permanently.

Information on global warming

• HotEarth.net - a source for information on global warming and how you can help prevent it.
• Climate Ark - Climate Change Portal - The Climate Ark is a Climate Change Portal and Internet Search Tool that provides access to reviewed climate change and alternative energy news and information.
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -Recognizing the problem of potential global climate change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in1988. The role of the IPCC is to assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change. It does not carry out new research nor does it monitor climate related data. It bases its assessment mainly on published and peer reviewed scientific technical literature.
• Climate Solutions (formerly Atmosphere Alliance) - Climate Solutions works to effectively communicate the urgent need for action on global warming and promotes the rapid acceleration of clean energy technologies and more livable development of our communities.
• Worldwatch Institute - The Worldwatch Institute is dedicated to fostering the evolution of an environmentally sustainable society--one in which human needs are met in ways that do not threaten the health of the natural environment or the prospects of future generations. The Institute seeks to achieve this goal through the conduct of inter-disciplinary non-partisan research on emerging global environmental issues, the results of which are widely disseminated throughout the world.
• Climate, Biodiversity and Forests  - A collaborative effort between WRI and IUCN which looks at the role of forestsand land-use change in meeting obligations to slow global warming.
  

Information on population issues

• The mission of the New England Coalition for Sustainable Population is to raise awareness in New England of local, regional, and global population, consumption, and sustainability issues, and to strengthen regional action on these issues.

Other environmental organizations, information for Maine

• Center for Environmental Enterprise in Portland.
• Coastal Waters Project
• Maine Enviro Source
• Maine People's Alliance
• Center for Environmental Enterprise in Portland.

Other resources for researching forest issues in Maine

• The Maine Woods (activist site)
• Maine Forest Service
• Maine State Legislature
• USFS Inventory of Maine forests
• Background information on the 1996 forestry vote (2A/2B/2C) in Maine prepared by the Kennebec Journal.
• Americans for the Environment report on the Ban Clearcutting Campaign.

Forest activist groups in California

• Environmental Protection Information Center - EPIC is a grassroots non-profit oganization actively working to protect endangered species and forest ecosystems on California's North Coast.
• Circle of Life Foundation
• Mattole Defense - Maxxam Out of the Mattole
• Trees Foundation - Working for the conservation and restoration of the ecological integrity of forest ecosystems by assisting, supporting and promoting affiliate groups in North Coastal California.
• Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters (BACH) / Bay Area Action
• Save the Redwoods/Boycott the GAP - The Greenwood Watershed Association ­ a community environmental group in Elk, California - created the Save the Redwoods-Boycott the Gap! Campaign to inform Gap customers about Fisher logging and to convince the Fishers to place all of their damaged redwood forests into a conservation land trust.
• Headwaters Forest Earth First!
• Jail Hurwitz! - dedicated to the arrest, conviction and jailing of Maxxam Coprporation/Pacific Lumber's corporate raider Charles Hurwitz.
• Earth Films
• Headwaters Action Video Collective
• Otter Media
• Rainforest Action Network's old-growth campaign
• Forests Forever - To protect and enhance the forests and wildlife habitat of California through educational, legislative and electoral activities. Second, our Mission is to recruit, educate and train articulate and effective organizers in the skills needed to convey our position on the state's forests and wildlife habitat to the citizens of California.
• Headwaters Murrelet Project
• Mendocino Environmental Center - The Mendocino Environmental Center is a non-profit organization which began in March 1987 with the purpose of promoting the conservation, restoration and appropriate use of the Earth's natural resources. The MEC provides a facility where the public can work together to achieve this purpose.
• Sequoia Task Force / Sierra Club
• Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign
• Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project: Report to Congress
• Sierra Nevada Framework: USFS site
• SequoiaNet / Tule River Conservancy - Tule River Conservancy is dedicated to protecting Sequoia National Forest.
• Pepper Spray Victims Homepage- information about pepper spray use by the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department and the Eureka Police Department on non-violent, passive environmentalists during sit-ins protesting the destruction of the Headwaters Forest.
• Save-the-Redwoods League - preserves the redwood forests of California by buying redwood forest land

Forest activist groups in the Pacific Northwest

• Oregon Natural Resources Council -"To aggressively protect and restore Oregon's wild lands, wildlifee, and waters as an enduring legacy."
• Forest Action Network (FAN) of British Columbia - The Forest Action Network (FAN) is a grassroots organization with a network of over 500 forest activists and twenty-two organizations throughout British Columbia, North America and Europe. Since legal mechanisms to halt environmentally destructive logging in Canada are weak and largely unenforceable, FAN has traditionally relied on widely publicized direct action to both stop destructive logging directly, and to create media opportunities to effectively articulate important ecological principles.
• Alaska Rainforest Campaign - works to protect the remaining wildlands of the Tongass and Chugach National Forests from clearcutting and other harmful development.
• Southeast Alaska Conservation Council - coalition of regional and national conservation groups working together to save America's last great rainforest
• Alaska Conservation Foundation - community foundation for the environment that receives and awards grants throughout the state.
• The Friends of Clayoquot Sound - Advocates for the protection and defence of the ancient forest, fish and wildlife, air, land and water of Clayoquot Sound.

Forest activism and learning, national and international

• Rainforest Action Network - Rainforest Action Network works to protect the Earth's rainforests and support the rights of their inhabitants through education, grassroots organizing, and non-violent direct action.
• Rainforest Information Centre
• Forest Frontiers Initiative/World Resources Institute
• The Earth First Journal
• American Lands Alliance - A broad coalition of activists and organizations is dedicated to protecting our forest heritage and restoring ecological integrity to the landscape.
• Native Forest Council - Zero Cut on Public Lands  - promoting Zero Cut on Public Lands ­ Our mission is "To provide visionary leadership and to ensure the integrity of public land ecosystems, without compromising people or forests. Native Forest Council is dedicated to the preservation and protection of all publicly owned natural resources from destructive practices, sales, and all resource extraction. We believe a sound economy and a sound environment need not be incompatible, and that current land management practices are devastating to both."
• Native Forest Network
• Forest Conservation Portal- The Forest Conservation Portal provides vast rainforest, forest and biodiversity conservation news & information, including the ability to fully search reviewed forest conservation information on the Internet. The mission of Forests.org is to contribute to ending deforestation, preserving old-growth forests, conserving all forests, maintaining climatic systems and commencing the age of ecological restoration.
• Forest Conservation Archives - over 12,000 Forest Conservation news & information articles on Forests.org website, non-permanent Internet content that otherwise would be lost, are archived here for non-commercial and educational purposes.
• Logging and the World Bank
• Earth Island Institute - "Earth Island Institute develops and supports projects that counteract threats to the biological and cultural diversity that sustain the environment. Through education and activism, these projects promote the conservation, preservation, and restoration of the Earth."
• The Sierra Club - "Explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth; Practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; Educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; Use all lawful means to carry out these objectives."
• Save America's Forests - A nationwide campaign to end clearcutting and protect and restore our nation's wild and natural forests - a coalition of groups throughout America working together to protect each other's local forests, and to protect our nation's forests and forests throughout the world. - a network of individual citizens from the country, the cities and the suburbs who love forests and want to save them.
• The John Muir Project -"The John Muir Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to placing all federal public forest lands in the United States beyond the reach of commercial exploitation, just as John Muir envisioned over a century ago. Our immediate goal is to end all timber sales on federal public lands nationwide and redirect the timber subsidies into worker retraining, ecological restoration, and reduction of the national debt."
• Heritage Forests
• Circle of Life Foundation - "The Circle of Life Foundation envisions a sustainable culture that honors biological and cultural diversity. Through education and outreach, we promote efforts to protect and restore the Earth. We inspire, support and network individuals, organizations and communities so together we can create environmental and social solutions that are rooted deeply in love and respect for the interconnectedness of all life."
• Ancient Forest International - acquires and protects strategic and invaluable forestlands
• Greenpeace
• Friends of the Earth
• Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund - Earthjustice, formerly the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, is the non-profit law firm for the environment. For more than a quarter century, Earthjustice has represented hundreds of environmental clients, large and small, without charge. When reason and persuasion fail to protect the environment, Earthjustice goes to court to safeguard public lands, national forests, parks and wilderness areas; to reduce air and water pollution; to prevent toxic contamination; to preserve endangered species and wildlife habitat; and to achieve environmental justice.
• Worldwatch Institute
• The Envirolink Network - a comprehensive resource for individuals, organizations and businesses working for social and environmental change.
• The Wildlands Project - "The mission of the Wildlands Project is to protect and restore the natural heritage of North America through the establishment of a connected system of wildlands."
• American Forests - "Our mission is helping people improve the environment with trees and forests. We work to ensure a sustainable future for our nation's forests - both urban and rural - through national and international tree planting, forest policy, urban forestry, and popular programs, such as The National Register of Big Trees and Famous & Historic Trees."
• Forest Frontiers Initiative/World Resources Institute - The Forest Frontiers Initiative (FFI) is a five year, multi-disciplinary effort to promote stewardship in and around the world's last major frontier forests by influencing investment, policy, and public opinion. The FFI team is working with governments, citizens' groups, and the private sector in Amazonia, Central Africa, Indonesia, North America, and Russia. We also take part in pressing international discussions on forest policy.
• Wildlife Conservation Society - "Since 1895, WCS (formerly the New York Zoological Society) has worked from our Bronx Zoo headquarters to save wildlife and wild lands throughout the world."
• National Audubon Society - The mission of the National Audubon Society is to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds and other wildlife for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity.
• Environmental Defense (Fund) - "Since 1967, we have linked science, economics, and law to create innovative, equitable, and cost-effective solutions to the most urgent environmental problems."
• Natural Resources Defense Council - The Natural Resources Defense Council's purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends. NRDC uses law, science, and the support of more than 400,000 members nationwide to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.
• The Nature Conservancy - "The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive."
• Forest Service Employees For Environmental Ethics (FSEEE)
• New Forests Project - The New Forest Project (NFP) is a people-to-people, direct-action program established in 1982 in an effort to initiate reforestation and reduce deforestation in "developing countries".
• Institute for Global Communiccations: Forest Internet Resources Collection.
• Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
• Superior Wilderness Action Network - seeks to promote ecosystem preservation in the Upper Great Lakes Bioregion, US, including implementing a scientifically based biodiversity reserve system
• American Rivers - American Rivers is a national conservation organization dedicated to protecting and restoring America's river systems and to fostering a river stewardship ethic.
• Forests for Life Campaign/World Wildlife Fund
• Forests.org links to forest conservation groups.

Environmental groups of the Rockies and Southwest

• Alliance for the Wild Rockies
• Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance -"The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) is the voice of one of America's most threatened landscapes -- the wild and unspoiled Colorado Plateau. Eighteen thousand concerned citizens from across the nation have joined SUWA's hard-hitting, grassroots commitment to save the magnificent canyon country of Southern Utah."
• Forest Guardians - leading the fight to protect and restore the forests, rivers, grasslands, wildlife and wilderness of the Southwest
• Greater Yellowstone Coalition - The Greater Yellowstone Coalition works to conserve and protect the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the full range of its life, now and for future generations.

Forest research and products, national and international

• Institute of Forest Ecology
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Forestry
• Environmental Organization Web Directory - Science: Agriculture: Forestry
• Forestworld: Forest Products, Wood, and Sustainable Forestry.
• Forestry Department of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
• Forest products related sites at forestprod.org.
• Forest products sites at forestdirectory.com.
• US Forest Service Web Sites.
• Maine Wood Products Association
• Macphail Woods Ecological Forestry Project located on Prince Edward Island, Canada.
• Treetop Explorations

Wood use reduction and alternative fibers

• Rainforest Action Network's Old-Growth Campaign
• ReThink Paper - ReThink Paper educates the public about the problems associated with traditional wood-pulp paper; advocates for replacement of virgin wood content with non-wood fibers; and stimulates interest in and demand for tree-free and recycled papers.
• Alternative fibers used in papermaking.
• New Era Printing Ecology, alternative fibers.
• E Magazine article on alternative fibers.
• HEMPTECH: The Industrial Hemp Information Network.
• Ecolution: hemp products, directories, and resources.

Other environmental sites

• Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly
• Planet Ark - Daily World Environmental News
• Earth Crash
• Worldwatch Institute

World trade, politics and economics

• Public Citizen
• Corporate Watch
• Global Trade Watch
• International Forum on Globalization
• Global Exchange
• Independent Media Center (Indymedia)
• Earth First! Media and Action Network
• Project Censored
• FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
• The Pacifica News Network
• Democracy Now
• The Nation
• Counterpunch
• Common Dreams News Center
• The Media Channel
• MBNA Sucks!
• Coalition for an Environmentally Responsible Economy (CERES)
• People Centered Development Forum
• Sustainable Economics - hosted by Communications for a Sustainable Future
• Covert Action Quarterly
• Mother Jones
• Z magazine
• Znet - a community of people concerned about social change
• Dollars and Sense
• Human Rights Watch

Major environmental information centers

EcoNet - Institute for Global Communications Yahoo! - Society and Culture: Environment and Nature EE-Link: Environmental Education on the Internet CIESIN Home Page

Information on Henry David Thoreau

• The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
• The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau: Frequently Asked Questions
• Henry D. Thoreau Bookstore
• Links page to information and resources on Thoreau

Other points of view

• Mary Adams.
• Maine Conservation Rights Institute (MECRI)
• Maine Farm Bureau
• Pulp and Paper Resources Council
• Maine Forest Products Council
• SAM: Sportsmans Alliance of Maine

The Clearinghouse on Environmental Advocacy and Research, is the best source for information on the anti-environmental movement (wise-use, property rights, etc.).

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