The John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum is perhaps the most urban wildlife refuge in the nation. Because Tinicum's wetlands suffered so much abuse prior to becoming a wildlife refuge, its history offers an excellent example of what should NOT be permitted to happen in wetlands. Public recognition of wetland values begins with education. Our goal is to offer the opportunity to people of all ages to become better acquainted with wetland values, and to encourage them to work as advocates for the preservation of wetlands wherever they may live. To this end, we offer you a list of additional reference sites.

Kid Sites

Teachers Sites

"The Wonder of Wetlands"

By and large wetlands need as many advocates as they can get!! Armed with up-to-the-minute information regarding the natural and economic importance of wetlands, we cannot fail to be those advocates! These sites are also good sources of information for homework and student science fair project ideas.

http://www.iwla.org/SOS/awm/index.htm
http://www.iwla.org/SOS/
http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/wetlands/vital/toc.html

http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/

To find out more about other national wildlife refuges, national parks, and their support groups, try the following web sites.

http://www.audubon.org/
http://www.refugenet.org/
http://www.fws.gov/

"Invasive Species and Wetlands"

The term "Invasive Species" defines invasive plants and animals that cause vast ecological and economic damage, including human health impacts. These species range across almost every ecosystem of the country from the mountains to the sea...including islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Caribbean.

http://invasives.fws.gov/

Closer to home, we find historic Bartram's Gardens, which has a great website that tells us about native species plants, their role in a healthy environment, why we need to protect them, and a little bit about how to protect them.

http://www.bartramsgarden.org

"Related Environmental Sites"

Want to get into environmental action? Here are some sites that provide excellent ideas, as well as some sources of funding for eco-action minded friends of the environment.

Sustaining a healthy environment: http://www.iwla.org/sep/
Darby Creek Valley Association: http://www.dcva.org/
Delaware River Estuary: http://www.delep.org/links.htm
National Park Service: http://www.nps.gov/

"Environmental Education Projects"

We all would like to be better able to help with environmental education projects, but many good intentions fizzle due to lack of funding or other "get started" assistance. Included here is a sampling of grant opportunities and conferences that can help you get started.

http://www.nwf.org/schoolyardhabitats/
http://www.naaee.org/html/conferences.html
http://eelink.net/grants-eespecificresources.html
http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html
http://www.nceet.snre.umich.edu/index.html

"Birding Organizations"

Several area organizations offer field trips and other valuable information about both migratory and resident birds.

http://www.acnatsci.org/
http://www.birding.com/wheretobird/pennsylvania.asp
http://www.valleyforgeaudubon.org/

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