• Building & Managing Wildlife Habitat
• Clip Art & Images
• Games & Coloring Books
• Lesson Plans
• Links of Interest
• On-line Magazines

• Identifications Helps
  • Birds
  • Trees, Shrubs & Vines
  • Wildflowers & Other Plants

Building & Managing Wildlife Habitat

• Attracting Frogs & Toads
• Barn Owl Nest Box Plans Bird Studies Canada
• Bluebird House Plans
• Butterfly Gardens - OH State Extension Services
• Butterfly House Building Plans
• Feeding Birds University of Nebraska  University of Nebraska
• Homes For Wildlife Plans MI DNR
• How to Build a Bird Feeder MO Dept of Conservation
• Managing for Forest Songbirds OH State Extension Services
• Managing Habitat for Frogs, Turtles & Snakes MI DNR

North American Bluebird Society -  Nest Box Plans and Specifications

• Nest Box Specifications
• Eastern/Western Bluebird Nest Box
• Gilbertson Nest Box
• Gilwood Nest Box
• Peterson Nest Box
• Side-opening Mountain Bluebird Nest Box
• Top-opening Mountain Bluebird Nest Box

Nestbox table of sizes

• Entrance Hole Sizes for Songbird, Woodpecker, and Squirrel Nest Boxes
• Entrance Hole Sizes for Duck, Merganser, and Raccoon Nest Boxes
• Nestbox Specifications

Clip Art & Images

• National Image Library  - US Fish & Wildlife
• Plant Image Gallery Noble Foundation, a plant identification resource that covers more than 630 species of trees, shrubs, woody vines, grasses, and forbs native
• Wildflowers in Bloom
• Wildflower Photos University of California, Berkeley

Games & Coloring Books

• Aquatic Animals Coloring Book - IA DNR
• Endangered Species Coloring Book US EPA
• Farmer's Market Coloring Book - USDA
• Finger Puppet - Bat IL DNR
• Finger Puppet - Eagle IL DNR
• Finger Puppet - River Otter IL DNR
• Fishing Coloring Book - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services
• Kids & Fishing from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Leaf Invaders from the Missouri Department of Conservation
• Luck the Ladybug - Activity Book - OH DNR
• National Arbor Day Poster Contest
• National Wildlife Federation’s Kids’ Page
• Pacific Salmon & Steelhead Coloring Book US Fish & Wildlife
• Smokey Bear
• Tree Quiz

• U.S. EPA’s Kids’ Page

• U.S. EPA’s Students’ Page

• Wisconsin DNR Environmental Educational for Kids

• Wild Games from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Wildflowers  Texas Hill Country Wildflowers illustrated by Dorothy A. Riddle.

Identification Helps

Birds

• A Children's Guide to Birdwatching Texas Parks & Wildlife
• Amazing Picture Machine
• Birds Pamphlets U.S Fish & Wildlife

• Cavity Nesting Birds of North America  IL DNR

• Creatures of the Night  IL DNR

• Masters of the Air (Birds Of Prey)  IL DNR

• Parts of a Bird

• Wild About Birds  IL DNR

Trees, Shrubs & Vines

• D-bar-A Nature Trail Tree Identification Book
• Dendrology at Virginia Tech  by John Seiler and John Peterson at VPI (with contributions on western species from Ed Jensen, OSU). Click on "Fact Sheets " to view or print 1-page fact sheets (including color photos) on nearly 500 species of trees and shrubs
• Glossary of Forestry Terms
• Guide to Shrubs eNatue.com
• Guide to Trees eNature.com
• Guide to Vines eNature.com
• Guide to Wildflowers eNature.com
• Identifying Michigan Trees
• Leaf Guide to 88 Ohio Trees Ohio State Extension Service
• Silvics of North America Volumes 1 and 2. USDA Ag. Handbook 654. Contains detailed descriptions of the silvics (ecology and natural history) of the principle forest trees of North America.
• Tree Identification on the Internet  from About
• What Tree Is It? Identification by Leaf, Name, Fruit. Ohio Public Library

Wildflowers & Other Plants

• Glossary of Plant Terminology
• Guide to Grasses eNature.com
• Guide to Grass-like Plants eNature.com
• Guide to Native Plants eNature.com
• Identifying Noxious Weeds Ohio State Extension Service
• Plant Database USDA Plants Database: Plant names, photos, fact sheets, and information on culturally significant plants, noxious and invasive...
• A plant identification resource that covers more than 630 species of trees, grasses, and forbs native
  Plant Image Gallery Noble Foundation, a plant identification resource that covers more than 630 species of trees, shrubs, woody vines, grasses, and forbs native
• Sensory Plants- National Wildlife Association
• Wildflowers  of Michigan
• Wildflowers Arranged by Color from Prairie Frontier
• Wildflowers in Bloom
• Wildflowers of the Southeastern U.S.
• Wildflower Photos University of California, Berkeley
• Woody Plants in North America
   

Lesson Plans

• Fun Facts About Fungi
• Kids for Trees IL Dept of Natural Resources
• Measure a Tree
• Mystery Tree Challenge
• Tree Measurement Lesson Plan
• ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
• Gateway to Educational Materials
• General Teacher Resources

Links of Interest