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Favorite Links
New Bedford and Massachusetts
- EPA New England - New Bedford Harbor
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City of New Bedford Official Home Page
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New Bedford Whaling Museum
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New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
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Coalition for Buzzards Bay
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School for Marine Science and Technology
(U Mass- Dartmouth)
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Waterfront Historic Area LeaguE (WHALE)
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New Bedford Area Visitors Guide
- this site provides information about the New Bedford area, including a list of links to other web sites related to the New Bedford area
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NOAA Photo Library - Historical Fisheries Collection - a wonderful collection of historical illustrations of fisheries in the U.S.
Maps
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Massachusetts Geographic Information System
- digital maps and orthophotographs of Massachusetts
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Massachusetts Historic Shoreline Change Project
- a project of the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. Maps depict shorelines at various dates.
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Color Orthophoto Images (aerial photographs) of Massachusetts
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Historic USGS maps of New England
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Harvard Map Collection
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Rhode Island Geographic Information System
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Library of Congress, American Memory, Map Collections: 1544-2004
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Geography Network
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Map Libraries on the World Wide Web
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Links to Map and Atlas web sites
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National Ocean Service (NOAA) Data Explorer
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Historical Map Web Sites
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Land Use History of North America
Contaminants
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Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia
- Integrated Risk Information System - list of contaminants
History
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Library of Congress, American Memory, Historical collections for the National Digital Library
- this is a wonderful site with an incredible collection of maps, photos, music, etc.
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History of Chesapeake Bay
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San Francisco Bay Historical Ecology Project
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Historical Chronology of Atlantic Coast Waterways
Education
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Gemsnet
- a site about science and math education in elementary schools
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Discovery of Coastal Environments
- a site for teachers, students, and the public that describes Rhode Island's coastal ecosystems. This site contains suggestions for classroom activities.
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Discovery of Estuarine Environments
- an educational web site about marine science (University of Rhode Island, Office of Marine Programs). Includes sections on estuarine science, policy and management, history and culture, virtual field trip (dive into Narragansett Bay and a slide show of marine animals), and teacher resources.
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Digital Library for Earth System Education
- provides links to thousands of earth science and ecology sites at every level, from elementary school student to professional scientist