Other Resources

Internet Links to Wetlands Information

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality: This link takes you to the Louisiana Nonpoint Source Pollution Program of the Department of Environmental Quality.
http://nonpoint.deq.state.la.us/

Louisiana Department of Natural Resources: This link takes you to the main page.
http://www.dnr.state.la.us/index.ssi

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries: This link takes you to the main page.
http://www.wlf.state.la.us/

PLANTS Database: The plant data in this database added significantly to the plant species descriptions. The preferred citation is:
USDA, NRCS. 2002. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
http://plants.usda.gov/

U.S. Department of Agriculture: This link leads to an examination of the mechanisms by which wetlands control pollutants.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/wqic/wqdb/91.htm

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: This link takes you to the wetlands division of the Office of Wetlands Oceans and Water. It includes descriptions of the many types of wetlands.
http://epa.gov/owow/wetlands/

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: This is the National Wetlands Inventory section.
http://www.nwi.fws.gov/

U.S. Geological Survey: The Frogwatch USA section describes the many types of wetlands.
http://www.mp2-pwrc.usgs.gov/frogwatch/How/Wetland/wetland.htm

Educational Links

Poverty Point State Historic Site: Located 45 miles (72.37 kilometers) northeast of Restoration Park, this archaeological site was the home of a mound-building, pre-agricultural civilization between 1700 B.C. and 700 B.C. Some artifacts found at this site originated from distant places as far away as 500 miles (804 kilometers) to the east.
http://www.crt.state.la.us/crt/parks/poverty/Pvertypt.htm

Project Learning Tree: Established in 1973, Project Learning Tree is a broad-based environmental education program.
http://www.plt.org/

Project WET: WET is an acronym for Water Education for Teachers. Established in 1984, Project WET provides a wealth of environmental education resources with an emphasis on water-related issues.
http://www.projectwet.org/

Project WILD: Established in 1983, Project WILD is an interdisciplinary, supplementary environmental and conservation education program with an emphasis on wildlife.
http://www.projectwild.org/

Local Internet Links

Audobon Society: This link takes you to a list of Louisiana's wildlife refuges.
http://www.audobon.org/campaign/refuge/refuges/Louisian.html

City of West Monroe: Visit the City of West Monroe's main web site.
http://www.ci.west-monroe.la.us

Kiroli Strolls: Visit Newton Caldwell's excellent web site detailing the latest events in nearby Kiroli Park.
http://home.earthlink.net/~memudge/

Monroe-West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau: Find out what's happening in the Monroe-West Monroe area! Offices are located next to the Wetlands Park.
http://www.monroe-westmonroe.org