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It has sometimes been stated that all hikers are conservationists/environmentalists but not all conservationist or environmentalists are hikers. Our interests in general issues for hiking are fairly narrow but many of us have broader interests as well. The following links are some useful starting points for broadening our knowledge. As has been stated by John Muir, "Tug on anything at all and you'll find it connected to everything else in the universe."

General Links

• ALA Task Force on the Environment (TFOE)
• Bluewater Network
• Campaign to Protect America's Lands
• Clean Water Network
• Conservation Fund--Partners in Land and Water Conservation
• Cornell University Center for the Environment
• DEP Bulletin (NJ DEP)
• Dudgeon's Ecolinks
• Earth Island Institute
• EarthShare
• EcoVitality: Using Ecotourism to Fund Conservation in Poor Nations
• Electronic Green Journal - ISSN 1076-7975
• Envirolink
• Environmental Advocates (The Green Sheet) (NY State issues)
• Environmental Damage Valuation & Cost Benefit Website
• Environmental Notices Bulletin (NY DEC)
• EDF -- Environmental Defense Fund WorldWide
• Environmental Education Fund
• Environmental Education Link EE-Link
• Environmentalists Guide to the Public Library
• Environmental Heresies - Discussion
• Environmental Media Services
• Environmental Network News
• Environmental News Service
• Environmental Organization WebDirectory
• Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)
• E/The Environmental Magazine
• Essential Information: Multinational Monitor On-Line
• The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
• FHWA Office of Environment and Planning
• Fishkill Ridge Caretakers
• Garden State Environet
• Greenpeace International (Amsterdam)
• Highlands Environmental Research Institute
• Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
• IGC: EcoNet
• Internet Guide to Environmental Information
• Jefferson Land Trust
• Land Trust Alliance
  • NY
  • NJ
• League of Conservation Voters
• Leave No Trace
• Linkages - A Multimedia Resource for Environment & Development
• Local Government Commission Homepage (Livable Communities)
• Mountains to Sound Greenway
• National Audubon Society
• National Caucus of Environmental Legislators
• The National Council for Science and the Environment
• National Environmental Trust
• National Parks and Conservation Association
• National Religious Partnership for the Environment
• National Resources Defense Council
• The Nature Conservancy
• Nature Science Update
• Nature News
• New Jerseys Environmental Center
• Open Space Institute
• Park Rangers on the Web
• Passaic River Coalition
• The Pequannock River Coalition Dedicated to preserving the Pequannock River
• Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC)
• Policy Makers
• Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge
• The Rainforest Action Network
• Regional Plan Association
• Scorecard Home - Environmental Defense Fund (Chemical)
• Semantic Web Environmental Directory (mostly UK)
• Sierra Activist
• Trust for Public Land
• Truthout - environment
• United States Environmental Protection Agency's Homepage
• Walkable Communities, Inc.
• Wildcat Ridge Hawkwatch

Property values

• Economic Impacts NPS Rivers, Trails Greenway Corridors
• Impacts of trails New York study finds trail benefits trail neighbors-- and-- Family, business, and trail grow side by side in wine country
• NARPO what the opposition says
• Summary of several studies
• Economic Benefits of Trails
• Economic Benefits of Parks and Open Space: How Land Conservation Helps Communities Grow Smart and Protect the Bottom Line, by The Trust for Public Land PDF download
• Toxic Fairways
• Community & Environmental Defense Services
• The Myth of the Ratable
• The Benefits of Open Space
• Cost of Community Services and Fiscal Impact Studies

Bibliography

• The Economic Impacts and Uses of Long-distance Trails - A Case Study of the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail, (Available at the TC office) Publication number: United States. I 29.2:EC 7/2. [[0648]]
• NPS Rivers and Trails Conservation Assistance Program list of publications

Portals

• Water Conserve - A Water Conservation Portal
• Forest Conservation Portal - Vast Rainforest, Forest and Biodiversity Conservation News & Information
• Climate Arc - The Premier Climate Change & Renewable Energy Portal
• Eco-Portal - The EnvironmentalSustainability.Info Source
• EnviroOne -Your One Stop Environmental Center
• Earthsystems.org