The EPA maintains this site, which provides information and activities about recycling for students. Follow the link to play the Dumptown game, in which you're in charge of cleaning up a city. (
http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/
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List of endangered species in the U.S. and the world; includes natural history of endangered species. Use this site to discover what animals are endangered or extinct in your area of the country. (
http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu/EndSpp/Endangered.html
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This site has information about acid rain and the EPA's program to reduce the pollutants responsible for acid deposition. What are the multiple benefits of reducing acid rain? (
http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/acidrain/
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Visit this site to learn more about the Tundra. Click on the link for "Biodiversity" to find more information about biodiversity on the Tundra. (
http://www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/tan/projects/tundra1.html
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Visit this site to learn more about the various species that live in Canada. What is the estimated number of species that live in Canada? (
http://www.canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/species/
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Yahoo's collections of sites related to biodiversity and endangered species. Review some of the sites and find out how you can help promote biodiversity where you live. (
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Biodiversity/
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This nonprofit site combines research with education to promote a world with "wild, natural, and free" living things. Visit this site to see their "Work in Progress". Choose one of the projects to learn more about. (
http://www.consbio.org/
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Learn what causes biodiversity loss and how it can be prevented. View the WRI nature photos of coral reef and Indonesian species. (
http://www.wri.org/wri/biodiv/
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Visit this site to learn about keeping big cats as pets. Approximately how many big cats are kept as pets in the U.S.? (
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0816_020816_EXPLcats.html
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Here is a virtual gallery of Art Wolfe's photography. View some of his photography and link back to his Home page. How did he get started in nature photography. (
http://www.artwolfe.com/info.html
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Visit this site to learn about the efforts to save grizzly bears. Click on the available links to learn about different projects that are ongoing. (
http://www.nwf.org/grizzly/programHomepage.cfm?cpId=56&CFID=24500&CFTOKEN=92038653
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This site provides information about the recovery efforts that are going on in Colorado to save the lynx. Click on the available links to learn more about the lynx. (
http://www.forwolves.org/ralph/lynxinto.htm
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This site shows pictures of the reintroduction of trumpeter swans. Click on the magnifying glass to increase the size of the picture. (
http://www.defenders.org/trmpth01.html
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