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Region Landscape Architects

Northwest Region
David Peterson, (206) 440-4500
PETERSD@wsdot.wa.gov

Olympic Region
Ed Winkley (Project Development)
(360) 570-6674
winklee@wsdot.wa.gov

Bob Barnes, (Maintenance)
(360) 357-2733
barnesb@wsdot.wa.gov

Southwest Region
Dan Corlett, (360) 905-2086
corletd@wsdot.wa.gov

Roadside Maintenance
Ray Willard, (West side state)
(360) 705-7865
willarr@wsdot.wa.gov

James Morin, (East side state)
(509) 577-1912
morinj@wsdot.wa.gov

Landscape/Landscape Architects

Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association
www.wsnla.org/

Washington Association of Landscape Professionals
www.walp.org/

American Society of Landscape Architects
www.asla.org/

Urban Forestry

Washington State Department of Natural Resources Urban and Community Forestry Program
www.dnr.wa.gov/htdocs/rp/urban/urban.htm

Urban and Community Forestry in Oregon
http://egov.oregon.gov/ODF/URBAN_FORESTS/urban_forests.shtml

Human Dimensions of Urban Forestry
www.cfr.washington.edu/research.envmind/

Urban National Forest Home Page
www.fs.fed.us/recreation/permits/urban/

TreeLink; Urban and Community Forestry Resource
www.treelink.org/

Human Responses to Roadside Vegetation
www.cfr.washington.edu/research.envmind/CPRoadside.html

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Plants

Plant America; a searchable plant database
www.plantamerica.com/

The Oregon Association of Nursery and Nurserymen Directory and Buyers Guide
www.oan.org/

USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plants Database
plants.usda.gov/

Washington State University Cooperative Extension; Gardening in Western Washington, Native Plants
gardening.wsu.edu/text/nwnative.htm

Washington Native Plant Society
www.wnps.org/

Fire Effects Information
www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/

Trees of the Pacific Northwest
http://oregonstate.edu/trees/

Western Wetland Plants
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/plants/florawe/species.htm

Environment/Ecology

Center for Land Rehabilitation
www.general.uwa.edu.au/u/oil-gas/

Restoration and Management Notes
ecologicalrestoration.info

Low Impact Development
http://www.psat.wa.gov/

Stream Restoration
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/stream_restoration/

Environmental Legislation Affecting Transportation
www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/env_sum.htm#A

National Wetlands Inventory
http://www.fws.gov/wetlands/

King County Water and Land Resources
splash.metrokc.gov/wlr/

International Institute for Sustainable Development
http://www.iisd.org/

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
www.wsl.ch/land/welcome-en.ehtml

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Weeds

Wildlife Invasive Species Team
http://tncinvasives.ucdavis.edu/

Washington State University, Hortsense
pep.wsu.edu/hortsense/

WSDOT, Integrated Vegetation Management for Roadsides Manual
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/maintenance/pdf/IVM.pdf

Soil Information

Higher Glomalin Levels Improve Soil Structure
www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/1997/971002.htm

National Soil Survey Center
http://soils.usda.gov/

Washington State Soils Map
remotesens.css.wsu.edu/washingtonsoil/

Soil Biology
http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/soilmgmt/Soils.htm

USDA Forest Service Mycology and Mycorrhiza
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/mycology/

Biosolids Information
www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/biosolids/

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Weather

Washington Forecast Discussions
iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/wa/discussion.html

National Weather Service, Spokane, with links to current weather observation stations
www.wrh.noaa.gov/spokane/current.htm

Agencies

The Institute for Transportation Research and Education at North Carolina State University
http://itre.ncsu.edu/

United States Department of Justice Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Home Page
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm