• The temperate deciduous forest
  http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/temp/index.htm *
• Fresh water and marine ecosystems:
  http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/index.htm
• "eco-regions of the US" includes clickable map plus information:
  http://www.sierraclub.org/ecoregions/ * Click on "GreatLakes"
• Good student source for biomes. Created by H.S. students.
  http://ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/index1.html
• Exploring the Environment
  http://www.cotf.edu/ete/main.html
• Rainforest
  http://forests.org/links/Forest_Information/For_Kids/
• More Forest Information (a little more difficult to read)
  http://forests.org/

Trees & Habitat in the Great Lakes

• This site elps you identify an Upper Michigan tree
  http://forestry.msu.edu/uptreeid/
• Species List
  http://forestry.msu.edu/uptreeid/SpeciesList.htm Click on a species and see what leaves, buts & bark are like.
• Wisconsin Environmental Education includes habitat information
  http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/
• Illinois Environmental Education
  http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/chf/pub/tree_kit/

Animal Sites

• http://www.enature.com lots of useful information
• Insects: Entomology Site
• Wolf Organization: Minnesota site
• SeaWorld: Information about animals
• Microbe Zoo Michigan State University
• Cells Alive Take a look at living cells
• National Wildlife for Kids http://www.nwf.org/kids/

• Michigan’s timber surplus is #1 in the nation.
• In 1993, there were 18.6 million acres of timberland in Michigan, 1.1 million more acres than in 1980.
• Michigan’s timberland is 5th largest in the United States-exceeded only by Georgia, Oregon, Alabama, and North Carolina.
• Michigan has the largest state forest system in the lower forty-eight states.
• Michigan’s forests support 150,000 jobs and add $9 billion to the state’s economy.
• Additionally, forest-based tourism and recreation support 50,000 jobs and add $3 billion to the economy.
• An estimated 10,000 products are derived from wood.
• Each person uses the equivalent of one tree, 100’ tall and 16" in diameter each year to meet his or her wood product needs.