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The Sunken Forest Fire Island Seashore Ecosystem Project

[Fire Island National Seashore][Fire Island Pictures][Long Island][L.I. Sound][L.I. Pine Barrens][Other Coastlines, Beaches, and Oceans] [World Ecosystems - General Topics - Definitions]

NoodleBib Instructions How to research for this assignment Fire Island National Seashore A Virtual Tour of the Sunken Forest - (begin at this site to learn about the animals and plants that live in the sunken forest) Park Resources includes information aboutthe wildlife, both animals and plants, and the dunes from Fire Island National Seashore . Fire Island New York: Things to Do a Travel Guide from FireIsland.com: Sunken Forest Pictures of Fire Island - Sunken Forest Click here to see photos from Mr. Lucher's class trip to Fire Island - Sailor's Haven - Sunken Forest 2004 Click here to see photos from Mr. Mill's class trip to Fire Island - Sailor's Haven - Sunken Forest 2004 Long Island Long Island: Atlantic Ocean Beaches and Bays (from The Nature Conservancy) Wetlands (New York State of Environmental Conservation) Long Island Birding, Birds and Bird Watching Birds (from the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation) Search for articles in Long Island: Our Natural World from Newsday.com Some examples of available articles are : Our Natural World: Seeing fox on Long Island The Last Scallops? A Hard Shell to Crack A Census of all Creatures and Plants, too: a veteran of scientific expeditions will lead effort to identify every living thing in LI park Shell -Shocked by their Beauty Marine Fishes of Long Island Animals, Plants, and Aquatic Life (from the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation) Marine Life (from the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation) Whales (from the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation) Freshwater Fishes (from the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation) Long Island: Mashomack (from the Nature Conservancy) Fish and Wildlife Conservation- Long Island Projects (from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Endangered Species Recovery Efforts (from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) CCE - Suffolk County: Fisheries Management: Species Profiles (click on species profiles for names of fish on Long Island) Oceans Alive: Saving Small Fish on Long Island Will Help Big Predators, Too Coastal Research and Education Society of Long Island (CRESLI) Piping Plover Atlantic Coast Population (from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Great South Bay Complex #14: Significant Habitats and Habitat Complexes of the New York Brigh Watershed including Great South Bay List of Species and Special Emphasis Great South Bay Audubon Society New York - Long Island: Atlantic Beaches and Bays (from the Nature Conservancy) New York - Long Island: Atlantic Double Dunes(from the Nature Conservancy) The Nature Conservancy in New York -Long Island Nuisance & Invasive Species (from the New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation) New York State Department of Conservation Environmental Defense Fund L.I. Sound Long Island Sound Study: For Kids and Teachers Long Island Sound Study: Monitoring Restoring L.I. Sound Habitats (from Nor'easter Magazine) Sights of the Sound Long Island Pine Barrens Long Island Central Pine Barrens (from the Nature Conservancy) Pine Barrens, Long Island, NY (from the Nature Conservancy Other Coastlines, Beaches, and Oceans What is it Like Where You Live? Shorelines Oceans Frequently Asked Questions (from National Oceanographic Data Center) Oceans, Coasts, & Estuaries (from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) Marine Preserving Life at the Ocean's Edge and Beyond (from the Nature Conservancy) Chesapeake Bay Program Mobile Bay NEP Homepage Animal Adaptations to Wetlands EPA Wetlands National Wetlands Inventory Homepage (from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Coastal Plain Bogs in Maryland (from Wildlife & Heritage Service Bog Weird Wetland (from Gulf of Maine Research Institute) Oceans Coasts and Estuaries: Coastal Watershed Factsheet: Estuaries and Your Coastal Water (from Environmental Protection Agency) Restore America's Estuaries - Estuary Basics Intertidal Zone (from Enchanted Learning) World Ecosystems - General Topics and Definitions Living Things: Habitats & Ecosystems (from the Franklin Institute) PBS - Bill Moyers Reports: Earth on Edge: Ecosystems: What Are Ecosystems? What's it Like Where You Live? (information about fresh water and marine ecosystems from the Missouri Botanical Garden) Introduction to the Ecosystem Concept Your Key to the Biomes (from CyberZoo including fresh water, tundra, grasslands, tropical rain forest, marine, Coniferous forest) World Biomes.com Biomes/Habitats (from Enchanted Learning.com) World Wildlife Fund Habitats Home World's Biomes All About Birds (from Cornell Lab of Ornithology) Food Chains and Webs A Glossary of Terms (from The Chesapeake Bay Program) Habitats (from the Chesapeake Bay Program) Return to top of page

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