For high school and college students

Videos

  • Conserving America: Wetlands
    Sierra Club Wetlands Project (loan)
    960 E. Washington, Ste.200B
    Indianapolis, IN 46202
    (317)231-1908

  • Fresh Water Pond
    US Fish & Wildlife Service
    Manley Miles Building
    1405 South Harrison Rd.
    East Lansing, MI 48824

  • A Swamp Ecosystem
    National Geographic Society
    Educational Services
    Dept. 88
    Washington, DC 20036
    (800)368-2728

  • Swamp
    US Fish & Wildlife Service
    Manley Miles Building
    1405 South Harrison Rd.
    East Lansing, MI 48824

  • Why Wetlands
    Federation of Ontario Naturalists
    355 Leesmill Rd.
    Don Mills, Ontario M313 2W8
    (416)444-8419

  • The Creek
    US Fish & Wildlife Service
    Manley Miles Building
    1405 South Harrison Rd.
    East Lansing, MI 48824

  • The River Must Live
    Michigan United Conservation Clubs
    P.O. Box 30235
    Lansing, MI 48909

  • The River That Came Back
    Michigan United Conservation Clubs
    P.O. Box 30235
    Lansing, MI 48909

  • Wetlands: Indiana's Endangered Natural Resource(loan)
    Division of Outdoor Recreation
    402 W. Washington St.
    Indianapolis, IN 46204
    or
    Sierra Club Wetlands Project
    960 E. Washington St., Ste. 200B
    Indianapolis, IN 46202

  • Farming With Wetlands(loan)
    Sierra Club Wetlands Project
    960 E. Washington St., Ste. 200B
    Indianapolis, IN 46202

  • The Wealth In Wetlands(farm theme)
    Video Works
    11425 Deerfield Road
    Cincinnati, OH 45242
    [Also available on loan from Sierra Club Wetlands Project]

  • The Wetland Nightmare: Solutions for Local Government
    Washington State Department of Ecology, Cashiering Section
    P.O. Box 5128
    Lacey, WA 98503-0210
    (206)459-6774
    [$15 + $1.50 postage]

Books

  • A Girl Qf the Limberlost, Gene Stratton-Porter, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1977

  • A Home For Woody, Ivan Green, New York:Abelard-Schuman, 1956

  • A True Book - Marshes & Swamps. Lynn M. Stone, Children's Press, Regensteiner Pub. Ent., 1983

  • A Walk Through the MarshWilliam C. Harrison, Reilly & Lee, 1972

  • All About Ponds, Jane Rockwell, Troll Associates, 1984

  • Alligators, Jack Denton Scott, Putnam, 1984

  • Alligators, Ada & Frank Graham, Delacorte, 1979

  • Animal Habitats - Where Can Red-Winged Blackbirds Live?, Herbert H. Wong & Matthew F. Vessel, Addison-Wesley, 1970

  • Between Cattails. Terry Tempest Williams, Scribners, 1985

  • Discovering Ducks, Geese and Swans, Anthony Wharton, New York: Boatwright Press, 1987

  • Dragonflies, Cynthia Overbeck, Lerner Publications Co., 1982

  • Dragonflies. Hilda Simon, The Viking Press, 1972

  • Dragonflies, Oxford Scientific Films, Putnam, 1982

  • Ducks and Geese, Tessa Potter & Donna Baily, National Education Corp., 1990

  • Ecology of Estuaries, Donald S. McLusky, Heineman Educational Books, Ltd. 1971

  • Estuaries - Where Rivers Meet the Sea, Laurence Pringle, New York: The MacMillan Co., 1973

  • Explore a Spooky Swamp, Wendy W. Cortesi, National Geographic Society, 1976

  • Exploring the Bayous, John L. Tveten, David McKay, 1979

  • Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp, Mercer Mayer

  • Let's Find Out About Mosquitos, David Webster, Franklin Watts, Inc., 1974

  • Mosquito, Oxford Scientific Films, Putnam, 1982

  • Nature's Children - Great Blue Herons, Bill Ivy, Grolier, Ltd., 1988

  • Neighborhood Puddle, John F. Walters, Frederick Warner Co.,Inc., 1971

  • Of Men and Marshes, Albert Hochbaurn

  • Our Wild Wetlands, Sheila Cowing

  • Puddles and Ponds, Rose Wyler, Julian Messner a division of Silver Burdett Press, Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1990

  • Saving Our Wetlands and Their Wildlife. Karen Liptalk, Franklin Wafts, 1991

  • Swamp SpringCarol & Donald Carrick, MacMillan, 1969

  • Swampwalker's Journal: a Wetlands Year. David M. Carroll. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999

  • The Cranberry Book, Elizabeth Gemming, Coward McCann, 1983

  • The Everglades: Exploring the Unknown, Christopher Linn, Troll, 1976

  • The First Book of Swamps and Marshes, Frances Smith, New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1969

  • The Goose Family BookSybille Kalas, Picture Bopk Studio, 1986

  • The Little Wild Ducklings, Sonja Bullaty & Angelo Lomeo, Western Press Co., Inc., 1985

  • The Tale of the Wild Goose, Alfred Kane, Alfred A. Knopf, 1946

  • Voyageur Wilderness Books: The Canada Goose, Kit Howard Breen, Voyageur Press, 1990

  • Wetlands, Bogs, Marshes and Swamps, Lewis Buck, Parents MagazinePress, NY 1974

  • Where the Waves Break: Life at the Edge of the Sea, Anita MaInig, Carolrhoda, 1985

  • Wonders of the Pond, Francene Sabin, Troll Associates, 1982

  • Year On Muskrat Marsh, Berniece Freschet, Scribners, 1974

Maps, Etc.

  • Topographic and National Wetland Inventory. Maps: IDNR Map Sales, 402 W. Washington St., Rm. Wl 60, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 (317) 232-4180 or order from the US Geological Survey, 507 National Center, Reston, VA 22092, call (800) 872-6277 for order information.

  • Where the Waves Break: Life at the Edge of the Sea, Anita MaInig, Carolrhoda, 1985
  • County Soil Surveys and Maps. Call your local US Soil Conservation Service Office (usually free of charge).

  • Historical, Geologic and Special Interest Maps of Indiana. IDNR Map Sales (see above)
  • Indiana Historical Society. For direction on historical research and publications, 315 W. Ohio St., Indianapolis, IN 46202, (317) 232-1882.

Science Equipment

  • Ben Meadows Co., Inc.: P.O. Box 80549, Chamblee, GA, (800)628-2068. For soil probe, Munsell soil color book, forestry supplies etc..

  • Carolina Biological Supply: Burlington, North Carolina 27215, (800) 334-5551. For educational supplies and biological sampling equipment.

  • Delta Education: Box "M," Nashua, NH 03061-6012, (800) 442-5444. For educational materials and supplies.

  • Hach Equipment Co.: P.O. Box 389, Loveland, CO 80539. For water testing kits and equipment.

  • LaMotte Chemical Products Co.: P.O. Box 329, Chestertown, MD 21620, (800) 344-3160. For water testing kits.


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