Links of Interest to Kansas Environmentalists

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The Kansas Environmental Community

Kansas chapter of the Sierra Club

Kansas Rural Center

Kaw Valley Heritage Alliance

Friends of the Kaw Check out their interactive map of the Kansas River!

Audubon of Kansas

Kansas Wildscape Foundation

Climate and Energy Project

Great Plains Alliance for Clean Energy

RenewKansas.org

Kansas Canoe Association
T.J. Hittle's essay on "The Sad State of River Access in Kansas"

Kansas Trails Council

The Land Institute

Arkansas River Coalition

Kansas chapter of the Nature Conservancy

Natural Kansas
Explore the many outdoor destinations in the Sunflower State!

High Plains Aquifer Information Network
Central source for information about the Ogallala Aquifer

 

Kansas Agencies with responsibilities for Environmental Quality

Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Resources & Publications

Kansas Water Office

Kansas Rural Water Association

Kansas Geological Survey
The High Plains Atlas (study of Ogallala aquifer)

Kansas Department of Agriculture
Division of Water Resources

Kansas Corporation Commission
Electric Utilities
Energy Office

Kansas Energy Council

Kansas Biological Survey

Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks

 

National Environmental Groups

Natural Resources Defense Council

Environmental Defense (formerly EDF)

Union of Concerned Scientists

League of Conservation Voters

State Environmental Leadership Program

The Nature Conservancy

American Wind Energy Association

Sierra Club

National Audubon Society

Friends of the Earth

Earth Island Institute

Green Party USA

Campus Green Parties

National Wildlife Federation

Clean Water Network

The Rocky Mountain Institute - green think tank founded by Amory Lovins

The State Environmental Resource Center - web clearinghouse for green policy at the state level across the country.   Their Green Scissors program is supported by KNRC.

 

National Agencies with responsibilities for Environmental Quality

Environmental Protection Agency
Region VII (includes Kansas)

Department of the Interior
Endangered Species in the U.S.

Department of Energy
Conservation and Renewable Energy Section
National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

 

Corporate Hog Links
America's Animal Factories - The landmark report from the Natural Resources Defense Council

National Pork Producer's Council - Whitewash about the other white meat.

Seaboard - Straight from the - - -

Smithfield - Largest pork producer in the world
- - - so far.

CAFO's in the U.S. - The Sierra Club's web site on Factory Farms.

Hogwatch - Environmental Defense is keeping an eye on Big Pig in North Carolina.

CAFO's in Oklahoma - Courtesy of the Oklahoma chapter of the Sierra Club; very extensive.

Boss Hog - The Raleigh, North Carolina News & Observer's 1995 series on Big Pig won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service reporting.

GRACE factory farm project - Comprehensive web site devoted to sane agriculture.