Marine Links:

Local Marine Resources & Environmental Information:
URL: Description:
www.barc-eect.org Pensacola Bay Area Environmental Report Card.  Learn about the local environment and track current data.
www.dep.state.fl.us/northwest/ecosys/
waterquality/outlook.htm
Water quality report for Escambia & Santa Rosa counties.  Check before you go swimming, boating, fishing, etc.!
http://www.co.escambia.fl.us/pdf/artificialreefs.pdf Escambia County Artificial Reef locations
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/
beach/
Pensacola News Journal's Beach Guide
www.marinefisheries.org Florida Recreational Saltwater Fishing Regulations & Info
www.nps.gov/guis/GuisHome.htm National Park Service and Gulf Islands National Seashore
http://www.escambia.k12.fl.us/instres/
envstudies/
Roy L. Hyatt Environmental Center:  Provides environmental education to all students, teachers, and the general public in Escambia County.
Local Weather and Tropical Storm/Hurricane Information:
URL: Description:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/
latest/DS.p19r0/si.kmob.shtml
Latest National Weather Service radar image from Mobile, AL (covers New Orleans, LA to Destin, FL)
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov National Hurricane Center
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/
station_page.phtml?$station=42040
Marine weather conditions at NOAA buoy Mobile South, 64nm south of Dauphin Island.
Fun and Educational Sites:
URL: Description:
www.resourcerangers.org Official site of the Resource Rangers environmental education program for youth grades 4 through 8 in the Pensacola Bay area.
www.orca-live.net

 

Listen to live audio of orcas (killer whales) in their natural habitat in British Columbia, Canada.  Live underwater and surface cameras also catch the action if the whales are in visual range.
www.turtle-live.net/en Watch for sea turtles on a live underwater camera off a small Japanese island.  (Note: It's night in Japan during our day time so the camera is dark.  Try in our evenings.)
www.marinelab.sarasota.fl.us  Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota Florida has updates on whales and sea turtles they are rehabilitating for release back into the wild.  Shark tank camera too.
www.cccturtle.org Carribean Conservation Corporation:  Dedicated to protecting sea turtles and their habitat.  Sea turtle tracking information from around the world.
www.marinecareers.net Interested in learning more about careers in marine biology and other marine sciences?  This site will introduce you to those fields and to scientists in them. It will also provide information on salaries and links to additional resources.
www.masternaturalist.org Home of the Florida Master Naturalist Program, an adult environmental education program in coastal ecosystems, wetland ecosystems, and upland ecosystems.  Coastal ecosystem courses offered by the Escambia County Marine Extension Program.
http://whale.wheelock.edu/Welcome.html WhaleNet's interactive educational web site which focuses on whales and marine research.  Includes satellite tracking of seals, turtles, and whales.
http://www.seemorewildlife.com See live streaming video of elephant seals, loons, puffins, and other animals as researchers study these animals with remote cameras.  
State & Federal Regulatory Agencies:
URL: Description:
www.marinefisheries.org Florida Recreational Saltwater Fishing Regulations & Info
www.state.fl.us/nwfwmd/ Northwest Florida Water Management District
www.floridamarine.org Florida Marine Research Institute: Information & research to protect, conserve, and manage marine & coastal resources.
http://www.floridaconservation.org/ Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/nwd/ Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection: NW District