Reference

Directories

• BC Government Directory (phone/e-mail)
• Canadian Phone Numbers
  • Reverse lookup, Addresses
• Canadian Postal Code Directory
• Forest Companies
• Government of Canada
  • Phone/e-mail directory
• International Telephone Directories
• Telephone Directory (U.S.)
• Tree Planting Contractors
• USDA Forest Service
• US Government
• World Clock (time & date around the world)

Dictionaries

• Acronym Finder
• Bartlett's Quotations
• ChemFinder
• Dictionary of Computing
• Forestry Terminology (collection of on-line glossaries)
• Glossaries (MoFR)
  • Forestry Acronyms & Initialisms
  • Forestry Terms
  • Information Management Group
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• Science Dictionaries
• Thesaurus - Roget's
• Translation Service
• Your Dictionary (index of on-line dictionaries, thesauri, etc., excellent)

Encyclopedias

• CIA World Factbook
• British Columbia History Site
• Canadian Encyclopedia Online
• Columbia Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Xrefer (combined database of 50 reference tools)

Finance / Industry / Trade

• OANDA Currency Converter (maintained by Olsen & Associates)
• SEDAR - Canadian Securities Administrator - (companies information)
• US Securities & Exchange Commission
• Vancouver Public Library Business links page
• World Trade Organization

Geographic Tools

• BC Forest Service
  • Digital Biogeoclimatic Subzone Mapping
  • Recreation site maps
  • Regions & Districts
  • TFL / TSA Map
• BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management
  • Base Maps (watershed atlas)
  • Base Mapping & Geomatic Services Branch
    • Air Photo Inventory
    • Base Map Online Store
    • Free Maps/Software
  • Digital forest atlas for BC
  • Floodplain Mapping
  • GIS at BC Environment
  • Public Mapping Site
  • Terrain Inventory Mapping
• BC Geographical Names Information System
• Government of Canada
  • Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
  • Canada's Geographical Names
  • GeoConnections
  • National Atlas of Canada
• Forest Cover Maps (available for purchase)
• Land Data BC
• Map Place   (BC Ministry of Energy & Mines)
• US National Atlas

Image Archives

• BC Archives
• FAO Photo Library
• Digital Library Project (U.of California, Berkeley)
• Forestry Images (USDA FS / Bugwood Network)
• New York Botanical Garden

News

• CanWest Global
• CBC News
• CNN Interactive
• Government
  • Ministry of Forest Daily News Summary (for MoFR staff)
• Globe & Mail
• National Post

Statistics

• BC silviculture statistics
• BC Stats
• FAO Statistical Databases
• National Forest Database Program
• NRC Statistics & Facts on Forestry
• State of Canada's Forests - Canadian Forest Service
• Statistics Canada
  • Economy
  • Environment
  • Forestry  (fires, area harvested, reforestation)
  • Land and Resources
  • Land Area
• US Census Bureau (includes FedStats)
• U.S. National Forest Land Areas
• Weather, Environment Canada
  • Climate Normals
• World Statistical sites (US Dept. of Labor)

Writers' Guides

• Citations (how to cite books, articles, online resources, etc)
  • Citing Sources - Duke University Libraries
  • Electronic Resources - APA Style
  • Legal Citation  - University of Calgary Law Library
• MoF Research Style Guide
• On writing and designing web pages:
  • All Things Web - (Web Page Design Tool)
• Online Citations Style

Online Tools & Information Sources

• Best Search Tools (Librarians' Index to the Internet)
• Conferences (AgNIC - includes forestry, natural resources, soils, etc.)
• Envirolink
• Forestry Information Resources on the Web (Metla)
• Google search engine directory page
  • Environment
  • Forestry
• National Council for Science & the Environment (US)

Environment / Forestry Organizations

(Government, NGO's, and University Sites)

British Columbia

• ABCPF - Association of B.C. Professional Foresters
• Alberni Environmental Coalition
• Assn. of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment
• BC Conservation Foundation
• BC Environmental Network (BCEN)
• BC Forest Information
• BC Forest Safety Council
• BC Spaces for Nature
• Better Environmentally Sound Transportation (BEST)
• Clayoquot Biosphere Trust
• Coast Information Team
• Coastal Ecosystems Research Foundation (CERF)
• Council of Forest Industries
• Cowichan Community Land Trust
• David Suzuki Foundation
• East Kootenay Environmental Society
• Enhanced Forestry Program Virtual Resource Centre
• Environmental Mining Council of BC
• Farm Folk, City Folk (Sustainable Food System)
• Federation of BC Naturalists (FBCN)
• Federation of Mountain Clubs of BC
• Forest Action Network
• Forest Appeals Commission
• Forest Genetics Council
• Forest Investment Account
  • Reports and Publications
• Forest Policy Resources (UBC Faculty of Forestry)
• Forest Practices Board
• Forest Research & Extension Partnership -FORREX (formerly SIFERP)
  • Natural Resources Information Network
• Forest Stewardship Council - BC
• Fraser River Estuary Management Program
• Friends of Ecological Reserves
• Garry Oak Meadow Preservation Society
• Georgia Strait Alliance
• Habitat Conservation Trust Fund
• Interior Lumber Manufacturers' Association
• Land Conservancy of BC
• Land Trust Alliance of BC
• Mountain Pine Beetle Emergency Task Force (CLMA/NFPA)
• Northwest Environmental Watch
• NRIN (Natural Resources Information Network)
• Pacific Streamkeepers Federation
• Peace / Williston Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program
• Raincoast Conservation Society
• Reach for Unbleached
• Recycling Council of BC
• Sierra Club of BC
• Small Woodlands Program of BC
• Society Promoting Environmental Conservation (SPEC)
• Stewardship Centre for British Columbia
• Timber Sales Website
• West Coast Environmental Law
• Western Canada Wilderness Committee
• Wild BC

Canada

• Canada's Forest Network
• Canadian Forest Service (includes Pacific Forestry Centre)
• Canadian Institute of Forestry
• Canadian Model Forest Network
• Canadian Nature Federation
• Canadian Sustainable Forestry Certification Coalition
• Canadian Water and Wastewater Association
• Canadian Water Resources Association
• Canadian Wildlife Federation
• Canadian Wood Council
• Ducks Unlimited Canada
• Eco-Research Chair. Environmental Law and Policy
• Ecotrust Canada
• Environment Canada
  • Site Map
• Evergreen Foundation
• FERIC (Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada)
• Forest Action Network (includes other environmental groups and directories)
• ForestInformation.com
• Forest Stewardship Council of Canada
• Friends of Earth Canada
• Greenpeace Canada
• Nature Conservancy Canada
• National Forestry Database Program
• Pollution Probe
• Quebec.  Ministere des Ressources naturelles (English version)
• Sierra Club of Canada
• Sierra Legal Defense Fund
• Strategis
  • Forest Industries
• Sustainable Forest Management Network
• Trout Unlimited Canada
• World Wildlife Fund Canada    

US / International

• Air and Waste Management Association (US)
• American Fisheries Society (site map)
• American Water Works Association
• CRIS - Current Research Information System
• CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization) - Australia
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Environmental Investigation Agency
• European Forest Institute- Metla (Finland)
• FAO - United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
• Forest Certification Resource Center
• Forest Products Society
• Forestry AgNIC
• Global Forest Watch
• International Fund for Animal Welfare
• IUCN - World Conservation Union
• IUFRO - International Union of Forestry Research Organizations
• United Nations. ECE - Timber Committee
• National Wildlife Federation
• National Resources Defense Council
• Society for Conservation Biology
• Society of American Foresters
• USDA FS - United States Department of Agriculture / Forest Service
• World Resources Institute - Forests, grasslands, and drylands

Forestry & Environmental Topics

Air

• Air (Environment Canada topic page)
• Air (US EPA topic page)
  • Air Quality, Planning & Standards
  • CHIEF - Clearinghouse for Inventories & Emissions Factors
  • Compilation of Air Pollutant Emissions Factors
• AirCare (Greater Vancouver vehicle emission testing program
• Air Quality Index (The Weather Network)
• Ozone Secretariat (United Nations)
• Water, Air and Climate Branch (WLAP)
• Wind Energy Project  (Environment Canada)

Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Environment

• BC Environmental Assessment Office
• BC Ministry of Forests
  • Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification
• BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management
  • BC Conservation Data Centre
  • Resource Management Division
• Biome - Life sciences internet resources
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Network
• Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
• Critical Ecoregions Program (Sierra Club)
• EarthTrends (World Resources Institute
• Information Centre for the Environment (Univ. of California, Davis)
• Living Landscapes (Royal BC Museum)
• National Biological Information Infrastructure (Center for Biological Informatics of the U.S. Geological Survey)
• NatureServe (Assoc. for Biodiversity Information)
• Plant Management Network
• State of the Environment
  • Environmental Trends in British Columbia
  • State of the Environment Infobase - Environment Canada
  • International list of SoE Reports
• UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
  • Biodiversity & Conservation Organizations

Climate

• Canadian Global Change Program
• C-CAIRN (Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network)
  • C-CAIRN - British Columbia
• Environment Canada
  • Climate & Water
  • Climate Change Science
  • Climate Change site map
  • Climate Change topic page
  • Meteorological Services of Canada
  • National Climate Data & Information Archive
    • including Climate Normals data
      
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• UN Framework Conventions on Climate Change
• US Global Change Research Program
• The Weather Network

Fire

• Fire.org
• Canadian Interagency Fire Centre
  • Links page
• Protection Branch (BC Ministry of Forests)
  • Site Map
• USDA Forest Service Fire & Aviation Management
• USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS)
• US National Interagency Fire Center

Parks

• British Columbia. Municipal Parks
  Vancouver - GVRD Parks / Victoria, BC - CRD Parks
• Canadian Avalanche Association
• Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
  • (BC Chapter)
• Canada. Provincial Parks
  Alberta / British Columbia / Manitoba / New Brunswick / N.W.T. / Nova Scotia / Nunavut /  Prince Edward Island /  Ontario /  Quebec /  Saskatchewan / Yukon
• Outdoor Recreation Council of BC
• Parks Canada
  • National Parks list
• US National Parks Service (ParkNet)
  • Park Guide
  • State Parks
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre
  • Protected Areas

Pesticides

• Integrated Pest Management - WLAP
• Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
• Pest Management Regulatory Agency - Health Canada
• Pesticide Action Network - North America
• Pesticide Information Profiles
• Pesticides - US EPA
• Radcliffe's IPM World Textbook -University of Minnesota

Pollution, Toxicology

• BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
  • Environmental Management Branch
• Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention
• Environment Canada
  • Canadian Pollution Prevention Clearinghouse
  • CANMET Mining & Mineral Science Laboratories
    • Environment Group
  • National Pollutant Release Inventory
• Health Canada
  • Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
• UN Environment Program
• US Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
  • Emergency Response Guidebook,
• US Environmental Protection Agency
  • Information Sources - directories, publications, databases, test methods, FAQ's
  • Topic Pages   - index to the EPA website
  • Technology Innovation Office (Contaminated waste site cleanup)

Soils

• Canadian Soil Information System

Trees/Wood

• Big Trees of British Columbia
• Dendrome (Forest Tree Genome Database)
• Tree Link
• Tree Book
• Wood Properties (USDA Forest Service)

Water/Wetlands

• BC Tap Water Alliance (BCTWA)
• BC Wetlands Society
• Burns Bog Conservation Society
• Burrard Inlet Environmental Action Program / Fraser River Estuary Management Program
• Canada's Aquatic Environments (University of Guelph)
• Canadian Tide Tables
• Environment Canada
  • Canadian Climate & Water Information
  • Freshwater Site
  • National Water Research Institute
• Fraser Basin Council
• Land & Water British Columbia
  • Water Management
• Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
• UN Global Environment Monitoring System / Water Program
• US EPA
  • Office of Water
    • National Estuaries Program
    • Wetlands, Oceans & Watersheds
  • Watershed Information Network
• US Fish & Wildlife
  • National Wetlands Inventory
• Wetlands International

Wildlife (Birds, Fish, Insects, Mammals)

• BC Endangered Species Coalition
• BC Field Ornithologists
• BC Fisheries and Aquaculture
• BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management
  • Aquatic Information Branch
  • BC Conservation Data Centre
    • Endangered Species in BC
    • Natural Plant Community Red & Blue Lists
• BC Water, Land and Air Protection
  • Fish & Habitats
  • FishInfo BC
• BC Wildlife Federation
• Biodiversity Centre for Wildlife Studies
• Canadian Wildlife Service
  • Species at Risk
• Columbia Basin Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program
• Columbia River InterTribal Fish Commission
• FAO Fisheries
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• International Association for Bear Research & Management
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
• Reptiles of British Columbia
• Trout Unlimited Canada - BC Chapter
• US Fish & Wildlife Service
  • Endangered Species Program
• United Nations Environment Programme
  • World Conservation Monitoring Centre
• Vancouver Island Marmot
• Wild BC

Government  & Legislation

Canada

• Government of Canada
  • Consolidated Statutes and Regulations
    • CEPA Environmental Registry
  • Information by subject
  • Legislation
  • Federal/Provincial Legislation  (legis.ca)
  • Parliament of Canada (site map)
• Canadian Council of Forest Ministers
• Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
• Canadian Institute for Environmental Law & Policy
• Canadian Institute of Resources Law
• Canadian Wildlife Service
• Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (Canada)
• Environment Canada
  • Environmental Law
• Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Georgia Basin Ecosystem Initiative
• Strategis (Industry Canada Online)
• Public Administration / Policy links (Ryerson University)

Canadian Provinces

• All Provincial & Territorial governments
  • Legislation

British Columbia

• British Columbia Legislature
  • Statutes and Legislation
  • Forest & Range Practices Act
  • Forest Practices Code, Results-based
    • -Consultation Process
    • -FPC Transition Training
    • -Pilot Projects
• Ministries and organizations including:
  • BC Archives (Includes: Visual Records Collection)
  • BC Parks
  • Enquiry BC
  • Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy
  • Land and Water BC Inc.
  • Ministry of Forests
  • Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management
    • Resources Information Standards Committee
  • Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
  • Postings - Province of British Columbia Employment Opportunities
  • Resource Management  Division, Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management

BC - Municipal

• British Columbia CivicNet
  • CivicInfoBC

United States

• FirstGov
• Federal Web Locator
• National Council for Science and the Environment
• NTIS Environment Collection
• US Code of Federal Regulations
• US EPA Rules, Regulations, & Legislation
• USDA Forest Service
• US Department of the Interior
• US Environmental Protection Agency

International

• Findlaw  (American legislative information, with links to sites worldwide)
• International Government Links
• Metla - International forestry legislation links

[Updated] July 2006