Links - To those we work with and other valuable resources

AGRICULTURE

• BCERF - Cornell University Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors in New York State - http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/
• Branching Out: An Integrated Pest Management Newsletter for Trees and Shrubs
  http://branchingout.cornell.edu/BranchingOutHome.html
• CSREES - Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service - http://www.csrees.usda.gov/
• Cornell Gardening Resources - http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/
• Cornell Home Gardening - http://www.explore.cornell.edu/homegardening/
• Ithaca Children's Garden - http://www.cce.cornell.edu/tompkins/ithacachildrensgarden/index.html
• Long Island Farm Bureau - http://lifb.com/
• Long Island Horticulture Research and Extension Center - http://www.longislandhort.cornell.edu
• Long Island Pine Barrens Society - http://www.pinebarrens.org/
• National IPM Network - Northeast Region - http://northeastipm.org/
• New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets - http://www.agmkt.state.ny.us/Index.html
• Soil and Water Conservation District - http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/swcd/
• United States Department of Agriculture - http://www.usda.gov/
• USDA - Farm Service Agency in Suffolk County - http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=landing&topic=landing

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AQUACULTURE

• National Shellfisheries Association - www.shellfish.org
• The Aquaculture Network Information Center - www.aquanic.org
• Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group - mvshellfishgroup.org/
• Fish Management in NY Ponds - http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/ext/fish/pond1.htm
• Global Aquaculture Alliance - http://www.gaalliance.org/index.html
• The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture - http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/X8002E/X8002E00.html
• 1998 Census of Aquaculture - http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census97/aquaculture/aquaculture.html
• National Marine Fisheries Fishery Market News - http://www.st.nmfs.gov/st1/market_news/index.html
• East Coast Shellfish Growers Association - www.ecsga.org

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4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

• National 4-H Council - http://www.fourhcouncil.edu/
• State 4-H Youth Development Office - http://www.cce.cornell.edu/4h/
• Collegiate 4-H - http://www.collegiate4h.org/

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INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

• The Pesticide Management Education Program at Cornell University - http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/
• ExToxNet: The EXtension TOXicology NETwork - http://ace.ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/
• Cornell University: Department of Horticulture, Lawn Care - http://www.hort.cornell.edu/gardening/lawn/index.html
• Suffolk County Government - http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/
• University of Massachusetts: Landscape, Nursery and Urban Forestry - http://www.umassgreeninfo.org/

MARINE

• The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum - http://www.vanderbiltmuseum.org/

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NUTRITION AND FOOD SAFETY

• American Diabetes Association - http://www.diabetes.org
• American Dietetic Association - http://www.eatright.org
• American Heart Association - http://www.americanheart.org/
• Diabetes Resource Coalition of Long Island - http://www.longislanddiabetes.org/
• Food and Drug Administration - http://www.fda.gov
• FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/
• Food and Nutrition Information Center - http://www.nalusda.gov/fnic
• National Food Safety Database - http://www.foodsafety.gov/
• National Institutes of Health - http://www.nih.gov
• New York State Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program - http://www.otda.state.ny.us/main/FSNEP/
• New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance - http://www.otda.state.ny.us/
• National Agriculture Library, U.S. Department of Ag - http://www.nutrition.gov/
• USDA's Official web portal - http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

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PARENT EDUCATION

• American Academy of Pediatrics - http://www.aap.org/default.htm
• Child Care Council of Suffolk, Inc. - http://www.childcaresuffolk.org
• Children, Youth, Family Education and Research Network - http://www.cyfernet.org/
• Children, Youth, and Family Consortium/University of Minnesota - http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/
• Connect For Kids - http://www.connectforkids.org/
• Girls and Boys Town Parenting - http://www.parenting.org/
• Just in Time Parenting Information - http://www.parentinginfo.org/
• North Fork Parents - http://www.northforkparents.com/
• Sesame Street Parents - http://www.sesameworkshop.org/parents/
• Wonderwise Parent - http://www.ksu.edu/wwparent/wondhome.htm

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SPANISH LANGUAGE LINKS

• healthfinder® español — su guía a la información confiable de la salud - http://www.healthfinder.gov/espanol/
• Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades CDC en Español - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/

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SUFFOLK COUNTY GOVERNMENT

• Suffolk County Government - http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/
• Suffolk Library System - http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us

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WETLANDS

• EPA Wetlands Site - http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/wetlands/
• USGS Wetlands Site - http://www.nwrc.gov/
• Society of Wetland Scientists - http://www.sws.org/
• The Association of State Wetland Managers - http://www.aswm.org/
• Environmental Concern - http://www.wetland.org/

Homeowner Info

• South Fork Natural History Society - http://www.sofo.org/

Ponds

• Milfoil Line Drawing - http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/myrspi2.jpg
• Cabomba Line Drawing - http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/cabaqu2.jpg
• Spatterdock Line Drawing - http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/nuphar2.jpg

Tidal Wetlands

• NYSDEC Categories - http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/marine/twcat.htm#3000
• NYSDEC Map and Photo Information - http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/marine/material.htm#Maps
• NYSHeritage Program Description - http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/heritage/EcolComm.htm - See “Marine or Estuarine”
• Spartina line drawing - http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/spaalt2.jpg
• Distichlis spicata photo - http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/disspi.html
• Scirpus robustus - http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/scirob.html
• Scirpus pungens - http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/scipun.html

Freshwater Wetlands

• NYSHeritage Program Description - http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/heritage/EcolComm.htm - See “Riverine, Lacustrine or Palustrine”
• NYSDEC Heritage Program Ecological Communities of NYS - http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/heritage/EcolComm.htm
• Pickerelweed - http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/poncor2.jpg

Restoration Projects

• Town of Southampton - http://www.town.southampton.ny.us/
• Southold Trustees - http://southoldtown.northfork.net/trustees.htm
• Peconic Land Trust - http://www.peconiclandtrust.org/
• LISS - Long Island Sound Study - http://www.epa.gov/region01/eco/lis/
• NYSDOS Restoration Monitoring Guidelines - http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/marine/smguide.html

Eelgrass

• LICF - Long Island Community Foundation - http://www.licf.org/
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - http://www.nfwf.org/
• Dr.Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria/University of Washington - http://staff.washington.edu/zmseed/

Phragmites

• Phragmites Line Drawing - http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/phraus2.jpg

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