Rockhounds Resources

Resources on the Internet

We are under site construction (however we did want to get the site up and running, or at least crawling, so that we could start sharing information)

Come back often to see what is new as we grow our links section - have a favorite site? Please let us know.

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	Interesting Resources
Alberta Rock Clubs	Alberta Sites of Interest	B.C. Sites
Canada (National) Sites	Saskatchewan Sites	Manitoba Sites
Rocks, Minerals, Gems and Crystals	Fossils	Stamps: Rocks and Fossils
Rocks and the Law (Collecting Regulations)	U.S. Sites	Photography (Taking Better Rock and Fossils Pictures)
	Site of the Week
	Activities
Carving	Faceting	Lapidary
Lost Wax Casting	Silversmithing	Wire Wrapping
Sediki?
	Information Hunting
Books	Magazines	Science Journals
Online Journals	Listserves RSS feeds, Podcast, etc.	DVD & Video Reviews
Science Organizations	Map & Air Photo Resources
	Safe Collecting
Basic Safety Hints	Environmental Hazards	Plants, Animals & Others (Big and Small)
Weather Forcasts

Alberta Rock Clubs

Alberta Federation of Rock Clubshttp://www.afrc.ca

The following are members of the Alberta Federation:

Barrhead Gem Seekers

Calgary Faceters Guild

Calgary Rock & Lapidary Club

Edmonton Tumblewood Lapidary Club

Lacombe Handicraft & Lapidary Guild

Lloydminster Rock & Gem Club

Medicine Hat Rock & Lapidary Club

Red Deer Rock & Gem Club

Southern Alberta Rockhounds http://rockhounds.ca

Alberta Sites of Interest

Alberta Government Page Index Page http://www2.gov.ab.ca/home/

Alberta Government News Releases http://www2.gov.ab.ca/acn/index.cfm

Alberta Search Page http://www.gov.ab.ca/search.cfm

Water Forecasts http://www.gov.ab.ca/env/water/WSWaterReports/

British Columbia Sites of Interest

B.C. Government Page http://www.gov.bc.ca/

Saskatchewan Sites of Interest

Manitoba Sites of Interest

Canada (National) Sites of Interest

The Gem and Mineral Federation of Canada

Environment Canada - The Green Lane http://www.ec.gc.ca/

United States Sites of Interest

U.S. Geological Survey Home Page http://www.usgs.gov/

Rocks and the Law (Policy, Enforcement & Forensics)

Canadian Environmental Law Association http://www.cela.ca/

More sites to come - with links to provincial regulations

Online Journals, Newspapers and Databases

More sites to come - that are much more rock & mineral related

Canadian Internet Resources http://www.ull.ac.uk/ull/canada.html

CBC RADIO http://radio.cbc.ca/ (follow the links to "ideas" programming, or use search engine to find environmental issues) http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/ideas/

Environmental News Network http://www.enn.com/

Environment News Service http://ens.lycos.com/aboutens.html

Journal Listings http://www.kluwerlaw.com/cgi-bin/journal.pl

Lethbridge Herald Online http://www.lethbridgeherald.com

Listserves http://www.institute.virginia.edu/online/uses/list.html

Liszt, the mailing list directory http://www.liszt.com/

Mike Gilpin's "Ask the Wizard" http://www-biology.uscd.edu/shadows/sa/newbrochure/gilpin.html

National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) http://www.ec.gc.ca/pdb/npri

NRC Press http://www.nrc.ca/cisti/journals/rp2_search_e.html to see a list of NRC publications click here

Resources for the Future http://www.rff.org/

Science Daily News http://www.sciencedaily.com/

Scholarly Journals Distributed Via the World-Wide Web http://info.lib.uh.edu/wj/webjour.html