| Local Marine
Resources & Environmental Information: |
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| 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. |
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| Local
Weather and Tropical Storm/Hurricane Information: |
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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. |
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| Fun and Educational
Sites: |
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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
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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
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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: |
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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 |
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