Creek Connections

Water Chemistry

• Creek Connections Water Chemistry Fact Sheets 
• Beginner FAQ: Water Chemistry 

Shale Gas Development

Click here for document full of many useful links on this topic

Hydrology/Meteorology

• National Weather Service Point and Click Forecasts
• USGS Current Water Data for Nation

General

• River and Stream Links for Further Exploration
• Aquatic Ecology Page
• PBS Deep Look Videos

Pittsburgh

• Living Waters of Pittsburgh
• Good River: Stories of the Ohio
• River Roots: The Well
• Find Your Neighborhood Sewershed
• NEXT Pittsburgh – behind-the-scenes videos (Yinzer Backstage Pass) of places around Pittsburgh

Water Pollution / Threats

• Good River: Stories of the Ohio
• Acid Rain – EPA
• Water and Germs: Diseases and their Pathogens
• Clean Water Network
• EPA – How’s My Waterway

Drinking Water

• Pennsylvania Drinking Water – EPA Office of Water
• Pennsylvania’s Cool Resource (DEP)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Water Quality Criteria
• Water Quality
• Easygel Microbiology Projects
• Micrology Laboratories

 Water Basics

• Water Quality Association
• Water Data Visualizations

pH

• USGS – pH

Soil

• Soil Science Society of America

Water Cycle

• USGS Posters
• Water Science for Schools – USGS – Earth’s Water

Groundwater

• USGS Groundwater Monitoring Data Tool
• Center for Groundwater Studies
• USGS Ground water
• Pennsylvania’s Cool Resource (DEP) 
• Groundwater: The Hidden Resource! poster

Aquatic Plants

• Field Guide to Common Aquatic Plants of Pennsylvania
• French Creek Conservancy – Plants 
• Aquatic Plant Identification

Invasive Species

• iMapInvasives
• PA Fish and Boat Commission AIS
• Sea Grant – Aquatic Invasive Species

Fish

• PA Fishes (PA Fish and Boat Commission)
• Back to the Brookie-Trout Unlimited
• French Creek Conservancy – Darters of French Creek 

 Amphibians / Reptiles

• Frogwatch USA
• PA Endangered Species
• PA Fish & Boat Commission
• French Creek Conservancy – Hellbender

Streamside Mammals

• PA Game Commission – Wildlife Notes
• Animal Tracks Guides
• Nature Tracking
• Otters – National Parks Conservation Association

Birds of Marsh & Waterways

• Marsh Birds
• Audubon Minnesota
• PA Game Commission – Birding
• French Creek Conservancy – Important Birds

Other Water Quality Data

• USGS Surface Water Data – USA
• USGS Surface Water Data – Pennsylvania
• EPA-How’s My Waterway
• Water Data Visualizations

Watersheds

• • River Runner
  • PA State Parks Watershed Education
  • Pennsylvanian Organization for Watersheds & Rivers
  • Watersheds of the US
  • EPA-How’s My Waterway
  • Good River: Stories of the Ohio
  • Pittsburgh Area Watersheds
  • USGS Watersheds and Drainage Basins
  • Google Earth Watersheds of the US
  • NOAA – US River Basins

Freshwater Mussels

• Creek Connections Mussels of French Creek
• Field Guide to Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest
• French Creek Conservancy – Mussels
• USFWS – Mussel Information

Geology / Hydrogeology

• U.S. Geological Survey 
• Wildland Hydrology
• Prof. Rachel O’Brien

Stream Order

• Wheeling Creek Watershed Stream Order
• NPS – Stream Order

Topo Maps

Topo Map Basics

• USGS Topographic Maps
• River Runner
• Any Place America – topographic maps and photos of over 1.25 million water, land and man-made landmarks in the US

Online Topographic and Relief Maps

• TopoZone
• Pennsylvania Topography 3-D Relief Map
• Global Topographic Data
• Relief Global Slide

Topo Map Activities

• USGS-The Learning Web 
• Creek Connections Loaner Module

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

• Videos:
• GIS: Mapping Your World
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Dan Scollon at TEDxRedding

Wetlands

Wetlands in General

• Environmental Protection Agency: Wetlands  
• National Wildlife Federation 
• National Wetlands Inventory Center

Laws, Regulations, Executive Orders, Guidance and Scientific Documents

• EPA Wetlands 
• PA DCNR – Major Laws
• C.P.R. For Wetlands – Conserve, Protect, and Restore

Macroinvertebrates

• Pond and Stream Study Guide 2022
• Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Factsheets
• Carnegie Museum of Natural History Macroinvertebrate ID
• RAIL Project – Keith Piccard GVSU
• Potter Co Conservation District Benthic Macroinvertebrate Story Map and Lesson Plan
• New York State – Macroinvertebrate Key (great pictures)
• Taxonomic Certification
• PBS Deep Look – Case-building Caddisfly video
• Stroud Thingverse – 3D Printing Macro Files
• Rock Pack Experiment – Netspinning Caddisflies
• Aquatic Insects – Troutnut
• Aquatic Insets – Common Names – Troutnut

Lakes

• WaterontheWeb.org
• Lakesuperiorstreams.org
• LakeAccess.org
• Great Lakes Commission

Art and Photographs

• US Fish and Wildlife Service: Image Library
• US Forest Service Find-A-Photo
• National Geographic Photo Ark

Riparian Zone

• Riparian Areas: Providing Landscape
• USDA Forest Service: Riparian Forest Buffers
• Understanding the Science Behind Riparian Buffers
• Value of trees coloring page from Pennsylvania Parks & Forest Foundation

3D Printing Resources

• Macroinvertebrate files from Stroud
• Crayfish 1
• Crayfish 2
• Bullfrog
• Salamander
• Turtle
• Hellbender
• Topo map of salt marsh region

Algae/Plankton

• Phytoplankton: Arguably the Most Important Life on Earth
• Water Facts – Algal Blooms

Climate Science

• Climate Change in PA – PA DEP
• Climate Change & Energy Education – Paleontological Research Institution

Career Resources

• Creek Connections Eco Career Cards
• USFWS Career Cards