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ASSOCIATIONS/CLUBS
American Birding Association
P.O. Box 6599
Colorado Springs, CO 80934
(719) 578-9703
member@aba.org
http://www.americanbirding.org
American Ornithologists Union
c/o Division of Birds MRC 116
National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC 20560
aou@nmnh.si.edu
http://www.aou.org
Appalachian Studies Association
Regional Research Institute—WVU
P.O. Box 6825
Morgantown, WV 26506
(304) 293-8541
RRIASA@wvnvm.wvnet.edu
http://www.appalachianstudies.org
Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW)
(877) BOWOMAN (269-6626)
peggy.farrell@uwsp.edu
http://www.uwsp.edu/CNR/bow
Young Naturalist Company
1900 North Main
North Newton, KS 67117
(316) 283-4103
oungnat@southwind.net
http://www.youngnaturalistcompany.com
WEB SITES
American Society of Naturalists
http://www.amnat.org
Audubon Naturalist Society
http://www.audubonnaturalist.org
Mountain Nature
http://www.mountainnature.com/10_secrets_to_becoming_an_expert.htm
Check out tips on becoming a naturalist from Ward Cameron, naturalist, author, and storyteller.
A Naturalist's World
http://www.tracknature.com
Nonprofit e-zine focusing on personal stories concerning environmental causes and exploration.
BOOKS
Baker, Nick. Amateur Naturalist. Washington, DC: National Geographic, 2005.
Huxley, Robert, ed. The Great Naturalists. London, England: Thames & Hudson, 2007.
Kirkland, Jane. No Student Left Indoors: Creating a Field Guide to Your Schoolyard (Take a Walk series). Lionville, PA: Stillwater Publishing, 2007.
Leslie, Clare Walker. Into the Field: A Guide to Locally Focused Teaching (Nature Literacy Series Vol. 3). Great Barrington, MA: Orion Society, 2005.
Rhinehart, Kurt. Naturalist's Guide to Observing Nature. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2006.
Schaller, George B. A Naturalist and Other Beasts: Tales from a Life in the Field. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books, 2007.
JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES
American Midland Naturalist
P.O. Box 369
Notre Dame, IN 46556-0369
(219) 631-7481
ammidnat.1@nd.edu
The American Naturalist
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AN/home.html
Birding Magazine, American Birding
http://www.americanbirding.org/pubs/birding/index.html
Refuge Reporter
Avocet Crossing
Millwood, VA 22646-0156
(540) 837-2152
refrep@mnsinc.com
WildBird Magazine
Fancy Publications, Inc.
P.O. Box 6050
Mission Viejo, CA 92690
(714) 855-8822
A magazine dedicated to bird-watching.
Wilderness Way
P.O. Box 203
Lufkin, TX 75904-0203
(409) 632-8746
This magazine covers many topics: survival skills, outdoor activities, primitive and historical ways of life, culture, earth medicine, and Native American studies.
VIDEOS/DVDS
The Naturalist, Kent Bonar (2001)
High Plains Films.
MULTIMEDIA
Nature Blog Network
http://natureblognetwork.com
A directory of blogs about nature study.
Nature.com
http://www.nature.com/nature/multimedia
The classic magazine of nature and science has a Web site with blogs, videos, and podcasts.
90 Second Naturalist (Web radio show)
http://www.nsnaturalist.org
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