Salmon Images and video Clips
- Vancouver BC Aquarium digital resources
- Stream Care– Vancouver BC Aquarium resource page * Has silt issues in this one
General Ways to Keep Water Clean- Water Information
- Springfield’s “Canines For Clean Water”
- How to Keep Water Clean
- Problems we cause– from the State of Delaware
- Where does storm water go?
Storm drains
- Storm Water Program: Just for Kids-Oceanside, California
- Storm Water Runoff– pet waste
- Storm Water Runoff- EPA
Plastics
- EPA (US Government agency) – Plastics
- Plastic Bag Facts– Rensselaer County, New York
- EPA Marine Debris– Trash-Free Waters
- Sea Turtle- Ocean Plastics (sea turtle.org)
- 22 Facts about plastic
Recreational/outdoor
- Silt getting into streams (page 1) , (page 2) (page 3-silt)
- How cars damage the habitat– website
- Canadian news report about cars damaging habitat– website
- Oil spills from our car– webiste
Household Products
Pet Problems
- Pick up Poop!- website- Stormwater Smart site
- Animal Waste Pickup -website
- Animal Waste– USA Today Article- website
- Scientific article about dog waste in streams– website
- Pima, Arizona, newsletter about dog waste- PDF file
- CLEAN UP- posters, facts about dog waste
- Pet-waste waste handout
- Dogs Can’t Flush
City Issues:
- Pavement or a way to run water off
- Trash out the car window
Garbage/Littering
- Cigarette Butts
- Soda cups/fast food litter
- Water bottles
- Gum
Household Cleaning Products
- Bleach- Livestrong Article about bleach & water pollution
- Soaps, Car Cleaning & Laundry issue- phosphate-free soap
- What are phosphates? For Kids
Car Washing Resources
- Great pictures about car washing issues
- A company website that shares why it is important to keep soap out of storm drains.
- Maintain your Vehicle
- Vehicle Care
- Grinning Planet (scroll down to find “Oil, Gasoline, and Additives”)
- Facts about how much car oil, antifreeze, etc gets into the environment- website
Mrs. LaMar's Classroom Site 