Agricultural & Research Links

Search Engines

• The Agricultural Search Engine
• USDA Tektran publications
• AGRICOLA - the National Agricultural Library
• NWISRL's internal publication list

Agricultural Research Service

• Pacific West Area Web
• REE Employee Directory
• ARS NATIONAL PROGRAM
• ARS EXPERT
• ARS Research Locations Map
• National Ag. Library
• ARS Home Page
• ARS Scientific Directory
• FED Stats Page
• Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI
• ARS TEKTRAN Front Page
• ARS Poultry Production Product Safety Research Unit
• ARS Wind Erosion Research Unit
• ARS Wind Erosion Research Unit Links
• ARS CRIS Main Menu
• ARS CRIS Reports
• ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center: Davis, CA
• ARS - Office of Technology Transfer
• NWISRL's open house celebrating 50 years of ARS

ARS Irrigators and Drainers

• ARS Natural Resources & Environ
• ARS Irrigation Information Pages
• ARS Irrigation Web Sites
• ARS Slides by Location
• Earth Science World ImageBank

Erosion Resources

• NWISRL: "Irrigation Induced Erosion"
• West Lafayette Erosion Lab - NSERL
• Soil Erosion Overview
• Farm and Ranch USA: Erosion Control
• ARS Wind Erosion Research Unit
• ARS Wind Erosion Research Unit Links

Idaho Sites

• University of Idaho Kimberly R&E Center - our co-located partners


• Idaho One Plan
• Idaho Dept. of Agriculture
• University of Idaho Water Quality Page
• Boise - Bureau of Reclamation - Pacific Northwest Region
• Boise - Agrimet USBR
• Boise - Hydromet USBR

Other Sites

• The Most Comprehensive Agriculture Directory
• List of Nonprofit Organizations
• SSSA- Internet Glossary of Soil Science Terms.
• CSSA- Internet Glossary of Crop Science Terms.
• NSF Grant Proposal Guide
• (ASA)(CSSA)(SSSA) Home Page
• More (ASA)(CSSA)(SSSA) Home Page
• State Climate Change Impacts Information Sheets -- EPA
• Research Sites and Information
• NBII-National Biological Information Infrastructure
• EPA Publications
• Links to Soil Science
• UMCES Nutrient Management Home Page
• NRCS National Water and Climate Center
• Water Environment Federation WEF is an international not-for-profit educational and technical organization of 40,000+ water quality experts. Its mission: preserve and enhance the global water environment.
• United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization - Irrigation Water Management Training Manual - Chapter 2 Soil and Water
• Alfred E. Hartemink's list of Soil Scientist's homepages

Weather

Agricultural Weather Information

• Pacific Northwest Region Agrimet Site-Specific Data (by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)
• Weather Planner

Weather Information by State

• Twin Falls, Idaho weather (by the National Weather Service - Boise)
• Idaho weather (by the National Weather Service - Boise)
• Oregon weather (by the National Weather Service - Portland)
• Current conditions and forecasts by state (by the National Weather Service)

National Weather Information

• Department of Atmospheric Sciences
• Space Science and Engineering Center

Area News Sources

• Times News of Twin Falls, Idaho
• KMVT Channel 11 News

Science for Kids

Upper High School through College Students

• Ecology of Grazing Lands Systems - NWISRL Visit
• Ecology of Grazing Lands Systems - NWISRL Visit - Class Photo
• USDA Living Science - Careers
• Cool Science - PAM Research Project

Middle School through High School

• ARS - Careers in Science Brochure for Kids
• Some Information about Irrigation
• Nutrient Cycling
• Water and Nutrient Cycling
• Glossary

Elementary through High School

• Agriculture in the Classroom
• Drinking Water & Ground Water Kids Stuff by EPA
• ARS Florence - The Soil Minded People
• Can You Place the States? Test
• Kids Corner by the Groundwater Foundation

Elementary to Middle School

• Catering to Bossy
• EPA Water Crossword Puzzle .../... More EPA Stuff
• Water Education Foundation - Water Kids
• AgVenture
• ARS-Sci4Kids Beltsville, MD
• NAL - Youth and Kids in Agriculture
• USGS Kid's Corner

Teachers

• ASA Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education
• Incredible Eggs Teach Science (page 7)
• GRANT-FREE PROJECTS FOR THE CLASSROOM.  Outside funding is not always needed to develop classroom projects. Learn how much can be done with very little.
• USE A GAME TO HELP SPARK DISCUSSIONS.  This game allows high school, college, and adult students to play the role of a rancher who experiences the challenges of limited natural resources due to regulation and management, and follows up with discussions.
• CASE STUDY FOR TURFGRASS ON ATHLETIC FIELDS.  The case was designed for use in a turfgrass management class and has proven to be useful in applying management options for an athletic field.
• A SCIENTIST SHARES HIS TEACHING PHILOSOPHY.  A scientist writes about the connections between teaching and learning and hopes to inspire readers to develop their own journey toward mastering the teaching and learning process.
• ENVIRONMENTAL WRITING HELPS STUDENTS.  Experiences in environmental writing may help prepare future professionals to communicate with diverse audiences in a variety of formats and media.
• WEB LESSON ON PLANT GENETIC ENGINEERING.  Genetic engineering of a crop species requires the completion of several major steps and combined efforts of diverse scientists. This lesson gives an overview of this process.
• WEB LESSON ON PLANT PIGMENTS AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS.  Plant pigments play important roles in harnessing energy from sunlight. This lesson examines the two major classes of photosynthetic pigments.

School Sites and Other Stuff

• How Stuff Works - A MUST SEE site for any age.
• Loogootee Elementary
• "Surface phenomena and colloids" from the Fun Science Gallery - soap bubles, suface tension, emulsions & more

Miscellaneous Sites

• The White House
• United States Senate
• U.S. House of Representatives
• Government acronyms explained