Here are links to outside resources on many topics related to ecological restoration and services. Some are online video presentations, and others are documents of varying length. You may need Acrobat Reader to open PDF files or Microsoft Word or an equivalent word processor to open Word files.

BOTANY: Plant Identification & Taxonomy

Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria (CNALH): http://lichenportal.org/portal/

Flora of North America (FNA) index to online volumes and links to families, including bryophytes:

Illinois Wildflowers: https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/

Minnesota Wildflowers: https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/

Missouri Botanical Garden: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/


ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION

National Wildfire Training Center: https://nationalfiretraining.nwcg.gov/

Prescribed Fire Training Center: https://www.fws.gov/fire/pftc/


SOILS

Soil Health, Dr. Jerry Hatfield: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DwAsxAqGcU

STREAM RESTORATION & STABILIZATION

EPA Stream Function Restoration: https://www.epa.gov/cwa-404/function-based-framework-stream-assessment-restoration-projects

Minnesota DNR River Ecology Unit: https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/eco/streamhab/about.html

NRCS Stream Restoration Design: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/water/manage/restoration/?cid=stelprdb1044707

USGS Stream Gage Data for Iowa: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ia/nwis/rt

Wildland Hydrology Consultants: https://wildlandhydrology.com/


SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Distribution of Finite Resources: Dr. Stephen Lansing on the Balinese Water Temple System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ozS8BKUFI


WATER QUALITY

Our Water, Our Land (Agricultural Law Center, Drake University): over 30 episodes, starting with this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaSNnI6IktM&t=1s and including videos on Iowa's conservation leaders, water quality issues, and related topics


WETLAND DELINEATION

USACE courses: http://ulc.usace.army.mil/CourseListDetail.aspx?CtrlNbr=140

Midwest Supplement Manual, 2010: https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p266001coll1/id/7630

NRCS Hydric Soils Manual, 2018: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs142p2_053171.pdf