Appendix 1: Organizations

Broadening Participation in Biological Monitoring:
Guidelines for Scientists and Managers

David Pilz, Heidi L. Ballard, Eric T. Jones
©2005 Institute for Culture and Ecology

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This appendix contains contact information and website addresses for organizations with experience in conducting participatory monitoring projects or that have produced useful supporting materials.  The list consists primarily of nation-wide programs in the United States with a few local, state, and international organizations relevant to this manual.

Appalachian Forest Resource Center (AFRC)
Rural Action

PO Box 157
Trimble OH 45782
Phone:   740.767.4938
Fax:       740.767.4957
Email:    mailto:colind@ruralaction.org
URL:      http://www.appalachianforest.org/

Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP)
1444 "Eye" Street NW, Ste 410
Washington, DC 20005
Phone:    202.216.5690
Fax:        202.289.7265
Email:     support@accsp.org
URL:       http://www.accsp.org/

Biodiversity Virtual Resources, Inc.
[No street address]
Ottawa-Hull, ON
Canada
Phone:      613.294.9014
Email:       info@bvrr.com
URL:         http://www.bvrr.com/

Canadian Community Monitoring Network (CCMN)
Canadian Nature Federation

Suite 606, 1 Nicholas Street,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 7B7
Phone:      800.267.4088.
Fax:          613.562.3371
URL:         http://www.ccmn.ca/english/
                http://www.ccmn.ca/english/tools.html (toolkit)

Canadian Information System for the Environment (CISE)
Environment Canada
70 Crémazie, 7th Floor
Gatineau (Quebec)  K1A 0H3
Phone:    819.934-1004
Fax:        819.994-5738
Email:     cisesec@ec.gc.ca
URL:       http://www.cise-scie.ca/english/home.cfm

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
P.O. BOX 6596, JKPWB
Jakarta 10065
Indonesia
Phone: +62 251.622.622
Fax:     +62 251.622.100
Email:  
cifor@cgiar.org
URL:     http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/

Collaborative Forest Restoration Program
State and Private Forestry

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
Southwest Region
333 Broadway SE
Albuquerque, NM 87102

Phone:    505.842.3292
URL:      
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/spf/cfrp/index.shtml

Community-Based Collaboratives Research Consortium
c/o University of Virginia
164 Rugby Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone:  434.924.5041
Email:   cbcrc@virginia.edu
URL:     http://www.cbcrc.org

            http://www.cbcrc.org/php-bin/resources/resourceSearch.php (bibliographic database)

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES)
Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring National Facilitation Project

U.S. Department of Agriculture
Program Leader’s Office
Mail Stop 2210
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-2210
URL:            http://www.usawaterquality.org/volunteer/

Earthwatch Institute (Europe)
267 Banbury Road
Oxford, OX2 7HT.  UK

Phone:  +44 (0) 1865.3188-38
Fax:      +44 (0) 1865.311383
Email:      
info@earthwatch.org.uk
URL:        
http://www.earthwatch.org/europe

Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network (EMAN)
(Citizen Science)

Coordinating Office
Environment Canada
Canada Centre for Inland Waters
867 Lakeshore Road
Burlington, Ontario, CANADA
L7R 4A6
Phone:    905.336.4414
Fax:        905.336.4499
Email:     eman@ec.gc.ca
URL:       http://www.eman-rese.ca/

Ecological Restoration Institute (ERI)
P.O. Box 15017
Flagstaff, AZ  86011-5017
Phone:  928.523.7182
Fax:      928.523.0296
Email:   eri-info@for.nau.edu
URL:     http://www.eri.nau.edu/index.aspx

Ecosystem Management Initiative (EMI)
School of Natural Resources  and Environment
University of Michigan
Dana Building
430 E. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1115
Phone:   734.615.6431
Fax:       734.615.7100
URL:      http://www.snre.umich.edu/ecomgt/index.htm

Ecosystem Workforce Program
Institute for a Sustainable Environment
130 Hendricks Hall
5247 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR  97403-5247
Phone:   541.346.0676
Fax:       541.346.2040
URL:      http://ewp.uoregon.edu/guidebook/

Environmental Change Institute
University of Oxford
1a Mansfield Road
Oxford OX1 3SZ
UK
Phone:  +44 (0) 1865.281180
Fax:      +44 (0) 1865.281202 or 281181

Email:    enquiries@eci.ox.ac.uk
URL:      http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/index.html

Environmental Protection Agency Quality System
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Quality Staff (2811R)
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:     202.564.6830
Fax:         202.565.2441
Email:      quality@epa.gov
URL:        http://www.epa.gov/quality/index.html

European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN)
c/o The Tropenbos Foundation
P.O. Box 232
6700 AE Wageningen
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 317.495516
Fax:     +31 317.495521

Email:  
etfrn@etfrn.org
URL:     http://www.etfrn.org/etfrn/

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Forestry Department
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
URL:  http://www.fao.org/forestry/index.jsp

Forest Community Research
P.O. Box 11
4438 Main Street
Taylorsville, CA 95983
Phone:  530.284.1022
Email:   webmaster@fcresearch.org
URL:     http://www.fcresearch.org/index.html

Forest Guild
P. O. Box 519
Santa Fe, NM 87504
Phone:  505.983.8992
Fax:      505.986.0798
Email:   info@forestguild.org
URL:     www.forestguild.org

Forest Inventory and Analysis
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

1400 Independence Ave., SW
Washington, D.C.
20250-0003

Phone:  703.605.4177
URL:     http://fia.fs.fed.us/

Forest Stewardship Council – (FSC-US)
1155 30th Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20007
Phone:   202.342.0413
Fax:       202.342.6589
Email:    info@fscus.org
URL:      http://www.fscus.org/

Four Corners Institute
1477 1/2 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Phone:  505.983.8515
Email:   forests@ucla.edu
URL:     http://www.fourcornersinstitute.org/

Free Management Library
Authenticity Consulting, LLC
4008 Lake Drive Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN  55422-1508
Phone:  800.971.2250
Fax:      763.592.1661
Email:   carter@authenticityconsulting.com
URL:     http://www.authenticityconsulting.com/

Institute for Culture and Ecology (IFCAE)
P.O. Box 6688
Portland, OR 97228-6688
Phone:    503.331.6681

Email:     ifcae@ifcae.org

URL:       http://www.ifcae.org/  

Institute for Environmental Negotiation
164 Rugby Road
P.O. Box 400179
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4179
Phone:   434.924.1970
Fax:       434.924.0231
Email:    envneg@virginia.edu
URL:     
http://www.virginia.edu/ien/about.htm

Inventory and Monitoring Institute (IMI)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Natural Resources Research Center
2150 Centre Ave. Building A
Fort Collins, CO 80526
URL:   http://www.fs.fed.us/institute/index.html

Local Unit Criteria and Indicators Development Project
URL:            http://www.fs.fed.us/institute/lucid/
c/o Patrice Janiga
USDA Forest Service
Inventory and Monitoring Institute
2150 Centre Ave.
Fort Collins, CO 80526-1891
Phone:     970.295.5712
Fax:         970.295.5885
Email:      pjaniga@fs.fed.us
URL:        http://www.fs.fed.us/institute/

Manomet Center for Conservation Science
81 Stage Road
P.O. Box 1770
Manomet, MA 02345
Phone:   508.224.6521
Fax:       508.224.9220
URL:      http://www.manomet.org/

Montréal Process Liaison Office
8th Floor, Sir William Logan Building
580 Booth Street
Ottawa, Ontario
CANADA K1A 0E4
Phone:   613.947.9061
Fax:       613.947.9033

URL:      http://www.mpci.org/

National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
National Program Office

USGS Biological Informatics Office
302 National Center
Reston, Virginia 20192
Phone:  703.648.6244
Fax:      703.648.4224
URL:     http://www.nbii.gov/index.html

            http://www.nbii.gov/issues/biodiversity/  (organizations working on biodiversity)
            http://www.nbii.gov/datainfo/metadata/ (concise definition of metadata)

National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry (NCSSF)
1707 H Street N.W., Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006-3918

Phone:   202.207.0006
Fax:       202.628.4311

URL:      http://www.ncseonline.org/NCSSF/

National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)
1707 H Street N.W., Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006-3918
Phone:    202.530.5810
Fax:        202.628.4311
Email:     info@NCSEonline.org
URL:       http://NCSEonline.org/

NatureMapping Program
University of Washington, Washington Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit
Box 357980
Seattle, WA 98195
206.543.6475
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Ecosystems Education,
600 Capitol Way N.
Olympia, WA 98501
Phone:     360.586.3105
URL:        http://www.fish.washington.edu/naturemapping/

National Forest Foundation
Building 27 Suite #3
Fort Missoula Road
Missoula, MT 59804
Phone:  406.542.2805
Fax:      406.542.2810
Email:   info@natlforests.org
URL:     http://www.natlforests.org/index.html

National Forest Health Monitoring Program (FHM)
USDA Forest Service
1992 Folwell Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: (651) 649-5243
FAX: (651) 649-5238
URL:  http://fhm.fs.fed.us/

National Network of Forest Practitioners
305 Main Street
Providence, RI 02903
Phone:  401.273.6507
Fax:      401.273.6508
URL:     http://www.nnfp.org/index.html

National Partnership Office
Partnership Resource Center

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

National Partnership Office
201 14th St. SW
PL&C - 5NW
Washington, DC 20024
Phone:  202.205.1072
URL:     http://www.fs.fed.us/aboutus/partnership/index.shtml

URL:     http://www.partnershipresourcecenter.org/ (online resources)

National Woodland Owners Association (NWOA)
374 Maple Ave. E
Suite 310,
Vienna, VA  22180
Phone:   800.476.8733
Fax:       703.281.9200
Email:    info@woodlandowners.org
URL:      http://www.woodlandowners.org/

Northwest Connections
Community Based Conservation and Education
P.O. Box 1309
Swan Valley, MT 59826
Phone:  406.754.3185
FAX:     406.754.3185
Email:   
nwc@montana.com
URL:     http://www.northwestconnections.org/index.htm

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Volunteer Monitoring Resources

811 SW Sixth Avenue
Portland, OR 97204-1390
Phone:  800.452.4011
Fax:      503.229.6124
Email:   deq.info@deq.state.or.us
URL:     http://www.deq.state.or.us/lab/wqm/volunteermonitoringresources.htm

Pacific Northwest Research Station (PNW)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

333 SW First Avenue
Portland, OR 97204
Phone:  503.808.2592
URL:     http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/

Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

800 Buchanan Street
West Annex Building
Albany, CA 94710-0011
Phone:   510.559.6300
URL:      http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/

Participatory Learning and Action Notes
Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Programme
International Institute for Environment and Development
3 Endsleigh Street
London WC1H 0DD
United Kingdom
Phone:  +44 (0) 20.7388.2117
Fax:      +44 (0)20.7388.2826
Email:   
sustag@iied.org
URL:      http://www.iied.org/sarl/pla_notes/index.html

Pinchot Institute for Conservation
1616 P Street
NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20036
Phone:  202.797.6580
Fax:      202.797.6583
URL:     http://www.pinchot.org/

Policy Consensus Initiative
P.O. Box 1762
Portland, OR 97207
Phone:  503.725.9096
Fax:      503.725.9099
URL:     http://www.policyconsensus.org/

Red Lodge Clearinghouse
Ross Johnson
Communications Coordinator
32 South Ewing #326
Helena, Montana 59601
Phone:   888.495.0757
Fax:       406.495.1074
Email:    contactus@redlodgeclearinghouse.org
URL:      http://www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/

Resolve, Inc.
Washington, DC Office
1255 23rd Street, NW, Suite 275
Washington, DC 20037
Phone:  202.944.2300
Fax       202.338.1264
Email:   info@resolv.org
URL:     http://www.resolv.org/index.html

Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS)
USDA Forest Service - Natural Resources Research Center
2150 Centre Avenue, Building A
Fort Collins, CO 80526-8121
Phone:  970.295.5926
Fax:      970.295.5927
URL:     http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/main/headquarters.html

Roundtable on Sustainable Forests: Criteria and Indicators
URL:       http://www.sustainableforests.net/criteria-indicators.php
c/o Shawn Walker Meridian Institute
1920 L Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036

Phone:   
202.354.6450
Fax:        202.354.6441
Email:     shawnwalker@merid.org
URL:       http://www.merid.org/

Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
United Nations Environmental Programme
World Trade Centre
393 St Jacques Street, Office 300,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 1N9
Phone:  514.288.2220
Fax:      514.288.6588
Email:   
secretariat@biodiv.org
URL:     http://www.biodiv.org

Southern Appalachian Volunteer Environmental Monitoring (SAVEM)
Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere
314 Conference Center Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-4138
Phone:  865.974.4583
Fax:      
865.974.4609
Email:   
samab@utk.edu
URL:     http://samab.org/Focus/Monitor/monitor.html

Sustainable Forest Data Working Group
(Federal Geographic Data Committee)
URL:   http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/brd/sfd.htm

c/o
Paul Geissler
US Geological Survey

Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Beltsville Laboratory - 308
10300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville, MD 20705

Phone:  301.497.5780

Fax:      301-497-5624

Email:   Paul_Geissler@usgs.gov

or c/o
Rich Guldin
USDA Forest Service
Forest insect and Disease Research
National Headquarters
P.O. Box 96090
Washington, D.C.  20090-6090
Phone:   703.605.4177
Fax:       703.605.5131
Email:    RGuldin@fs.fed.us

 Voluntary Sector Initiative (VSI) - Voluntary Sector Forum
85 Albert Street, Suite 1110
Ottawa, K1P 6A4

Phone:   
800.821.8814
Fax:       613 238-9300

Email:   
info@vsi-isbc.org
URL:      http://www.vsi-isbc.ca/eng/

Voluntary Sector Initiative (VSI) - Government of Canada Voluntary Sector Affairs Division
140 promenade du Portage, 5th Floor
Gatineau, Quebec  K1A 0J9
Phone:   819.956.6715
Fax:       819.997.1359
E-mail:   vsi-isbc@sdc-dsc.gc.ca

URL:      http://www.vsi-isbc.ca/eng/

Volunteer Monitor Project
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds (4503T)
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20460
Phone:   202.566.1191
Email:  
 ow-owow-internet-comments@epa.gov
URL:      http://www.epa.gov/volunteer/

Wallowa Resources
P.O. Box 274
200 W. North St.,
Enterprise, OR 97828
Phone:  541.426.8053
Fax:      541.426.9053
Email:   info@wallowaresources.org
URL:     http://www.wallowaresources.org/index.html

The Watershed Research And Training Center
P.O. Box 356
Hayfork, CA  96041
Phone:  530.628.4206
Fax:      530.628.5100
Email:   wrtc@hayfork.net
URL:     http://www.thewatershedcenter.org/

World Resources Institute
10 G Street, NE (Suite 800)
Washington, DC 20002 USA
Phone:  202.729.7600
Fax:      202.729.7610
Email:   
swilson@wri.org
URL:     http://www.wri.org/index.cfm

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
1250 24th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone:  202.293.4800
URL:     http://www.worldwildlife.org/

 


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