Quick Reference
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Weather
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
Ottawa National Forest
USDA Forest Service
National Headquarters
Kemp
Natural Resources Station
(Woodruff/Lake
Tomahawk)
Trees for
Tomorrow
Northern Highland - American Legion State Forest
Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin
State Natural Areas - Vilas and Oneida counties
WI Dept. of Natural Resources
Lakes Program
Wisconsin DNR Lake Maps
UW-Center for Limnology (the study
of inland waters) Trout Lake Station
Wisconsin Association of Lakes
Citizens Lake Monitoring Network
Clean Boats, Clean Waters Program
Minnesota Shallow Lakes Program
US Geological Survey Lake
Monitoring and Lakes Studies
UW-Extension Lakes Program
Understanding Lake Data
University of Wisconsin -
Stevens Point Outreach and Extension Programs
Treehaven Natural Resources
Education Facility
Discover the Forest
Uniiversity of Wisconsin -
Stevens Point Forestry web links
Our
Lawmakers
Wisconsin
Managed Forest Law:
The
Managed Forest Law (MFL) is a landowner incentive
program that encourages sustainable forestry on
private woodlands by reducing and deferring property
taxes.
Sign
up for the Forest Tax and Stewardship Newsletter: Receive news and
information regarding the Managed Forest Law and
Forest Crop Law programs through e-mail by
clicking here
Wisconsin
Department of Justice (DOJ):
This resource is designed to assist you with
information covering all aspects of the role of the
Department – from legal services to consumer help
for seniors to crime prevention and law enforcement
services, victims rights and environmental
enforcement.
Wisconsin
Court System for the Public:
Wisconsin Court System designed this web site
for use by people representing themselves in
divorce/separation, complaints against judges,
complaints against interpreters, lawyer regulation,
and more.
Maps & Locators
Google Street Maps:
Physical and geographic country maps.
Microsoft Live Maps:
Search for business, people, collections and places. Get
directions. Add your own information about a place.
Topo Maps:
Topo maps of country.
Atlapedia
Online: Physical and geographic country maps, complete with
statistics and factoids.
How Far Is
It?:
This easy-to-use site calculates distance (as the
crow flies) between any two points in the world and
includes a map for further reference.
MapQuest!:
Interactive street atlases of the continental United
States gives you mileage, door-to-door or
city-to-city, and street maps with driving
directions.
National Atlas:
Create your own maps based on information such as
agricultural production, crime, geographic features,
population, and more.
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection:
Historical, countries and world.
TerraServer-USA:
Free public
access to a vast data store of maps and aerial
photographs of the United States."
Topozone:
Every USGS topographic 1:100,000, 1:25,000, and
1:24,000 scale map for the entire United States.
Topographic Map Symbols:
Help in interpreting the maps.
United
States Geography:
USGS geographers monitor the changes on the land
surface by observing the Earth
with remote
sensing satellites, studying the connections between
people and those changes with careful geographic
analysis, and providing society with relevant
science information they can use to manage the
consequences of those changes.
Google Earth:
Google Earth puts
a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information. Free program that must be downloaded but worth the effort.
High speed internet access and a monitor resolution
of at least 1024 by 768 is needed.
Junior Master Guardener:
Ignite a passion for
gardening.
Kidsgardening.com: This is a national organization dedicated to
helping kids learn all about plants. Includes lots of information for
growing a school garden, gardening at home with kids, a garden poetry
contest, and the "secret life of flowers."
Wildflowers in Bloom: Click on a wildflower's name to see a picture.
Does it grow where you live and will it grow in your home garden?
Wisconsin
Vascular Plant Species:
Wisconsin's vascular plant species; including photos,
habitat information, distribution maps, herbarium specimen data and
more. This site presents data to the public from the Wisconsin Botanical
Information System.
Science of
Gardening:
See how the plants we tend
feed our bodies, our minds, and our senses.
Wisconsin State Government: Links
to Wisconsin State offices, public services, state
facts and more.
50 States and
Capitals: Information for all fifty states and seven
territories, including state flags (picture and
description), state symbols, political and
geographical information, and a direct link to the
state's official web page.
Official City Sites:
Links to official state and city web pages in the
U.S. and several European countries.
Townhunter:Compare facts about U.S. cities.
United States Gazetteer: Locate
a city, township or county by name or zip code.
Brief data includes 1990 population, as well as an
interactive map of the area.
Consumer Price Index:
Get the most current CPI press release, or look at
an overview of CPIs from 1913-present.
Demographic Services Center:
(WI Dept. of
Administration)
Links to Wisconsin demographics, including
WisStat.
Wisconsin Labor Market Information:
Access statistics about the Wisconsin work force,
including the county snapshots,
County Workforce Profiles of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin
Office of Economic Advisors:
The Office assists economic data users to better
understand the relationships between labor markets
and other economic and demographic specifics.
FedStats:
Statistics from 70 U.S. government agencies,
searchable by keyword and agency.
United States
Census Bureau:
Searchable site with many statistics for the U.S.,
including the
State and Metropolitan Data Book
and the
Fact Finder:
Contains, under "Other
Official Statistics," links to state and
international data centers, and the department of
commerce. For the latest 1990 census reports see
Census 2000 Gateway.
U.S.
State Fact Sheets:
Basic and agricultural
statistics on every state in the U.S., compiled by
the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture.
University of Michigan Documents Center's
Statistical Resources on the Web:
Provides links to many of the same sources as the
U.S. Census Bureau and FedStats.
Wisconsin Blue Book:
The Blue Book contains facts and statistics on
Wisconsin.
Weather Forecasts and History
National Weather Service
Radar Image
National Weather Service
Point Forecast
National Weather Service
Telecommunication Service Center
Weather Channel
Historical Climate Summaries:
(Midwest Regional
Climate Center) Historical highs, lows, and
precipitation records from weather stations around
the Midwest.
Wisconsin
State Climatology Office
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