Information about programs and concerns related to the coastal region, toxic contaminants, endangered species, habitat management, wetlands, and other aspects of fish and wildlife protection and enhancement.

Statewide network of environmental groups. Information on membership and projects.

Program history and updates, Section 319 grant information, nutrient strategies, and buffer rules.

The official website for the state's climate information and data retrieval. Features online data, FAQs, education resources.

A learning outreach program with a mission to work with K-12 teachers to emphasize the use of hands-on learning activities in science and mathematics. Forum; annotated directory of links; and searchable resources for science, math and for hands-on activities in general.

A student organization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, advocating the human exploration of space. Includes news, forum and member area.

Helps protect the state's land and water resources. Features land trust assistance, landowner assistance, public policy, and list of local land trusts across the state.

State-based recycling association conserves resources by advancing waste reduction and recycling. Includes board, membership, councils, and events. Based in Pittsboro, NC.

A public institution integrating education, landscape, and research that elevates the aesthetic, cultural, and economic quality of life in North Carolina.

Information about preserves, natural history, and conservation initiatives.

A regional center for research, conservation, and interpretation of plants located in Chapel Hill.

Information about geology and mineral resources in the state, including geologic and geophysical maps, publications, education programs, professional licensing and other regulatory requirements, and FAQs.

Environmental consultants specializing in wetlands, CAMA permits and soil sciences. Company profile, information on services and projects.

Works to uncover threats to public health and well-being and fight to end them via investigative research, media exposés, grassroots organizing, advocacy and litigation.

A regional land trust that protects the land, water and wildlife resources of the Southern Piedmont and Lower Catawba River Basin.

Works with the Attorney General of all the states for protection of open bodies of water and to stop the destruction of our water sheds.

Lists and links to information sources on a wide variety of topics.

Dedicated to making available scholarly knowledge of the social patterns of North Carolina to the region, nation and world.

Duke University's graduate research and professional school for the interdisciplinary study of the environment, biological, physical and social sciences. Features research and division centers, staff and faculty, news, facilities, academic programs.

Several land conservation organizations work jointly to increase the voluntary preservation of open space. Features overview of the partnership, tax incentive details, advisor tools, FAQs.

Will Cook's personal web site with photographs and information about birds, butterflies, and plants; links to nature resources.

Photographs and notes on butterflies, dragonflies, birds, plants, and other natural history topics.

Serves as a clearinghouse linking people to environmental education materials, facilities, programs, and professionals across the state.

Inventories, catalogs, and facilitates protection of the rarest and the most outstanding elements of the natural diversity of the state.

Promotes the enjoyment and conservation of native plants and their habitats through education, protection, and propagation. Articles, recommendations, sources, and information about membership.

Provides networking and educational opportunities, supports and promotes research and related activities, and provides a forum for intergovernmental communication. Includes a newsletter.

Coalition works to protect the state's natural and cultural resources. Includes mission, reports, press releases, FAQs.

Photographs and information on over 330 species, identification key, and full species list for the state.

Photographs and information about the butterflies, dragonflies, and wildflowers of North Carolina by Ted and Linda Wilcox of Ashe County.