Research+Resources+for+NY+Counties

[|Scorecard] **(animal waste, air & water)** @http://libguides.library.albany.edu/newyorkcounties @http://www.nysegov.com/map-ny.cfm @http://www.nysegov.com/citguide.cfm?context=citguide&content=munibyalpha @http://www.dos.ny.gov/watershed/index.html @http://www.nycommunities-waterfronts.com/
 * GENERAL**

household products

http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/

 @http://www.health.ny.gov/
 * HEALTH **

(Just type a county in the search bar, then click on "County Health Assessment Indicators".) Diversity in the Classroom http://projects.nytimes.com/immigration/enrollment/new-york/otsego
 * DEMOGRAPHICS**

US Census Quick Facts http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36077.html

A memo that walks them through a review of the NYSERDA-supported sustainability plan for the region their county is in. See @http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/Statewide-Initiatives/Cleaner-Greener-Communities/Regional-Sustainability-Plans.aspx
 * REGIONAL PLANNING REPORTS**

http://regionalcouncils.ny.gov/ (information intensive but very long and somewhat technical)

farmers markets http://www.agriculture.ny.gov/AP/CommunityFarmersMarkets.asp#Otsego County
 * AGRICULTURE**


 * SOIL & WATER **

http://maps.waterdata.usgs.gov/mapper/index.html

nice resource http://casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/gmap/

County soil and water offices -- like this one for Essex County:

Essex County's office has a newsletter that itself has a lot of information, and point to people that would be good to interview:

The office for Otsego County has a statement on natural gas exploration:  @http://www.otsegosoilandwater.com/GasExploration.html  A memo about current and expected impacts of climate change in NY. See @http://climatechange.cornell.edu/, @http://maps.scienceprogress.org/climate/index.php , NY DEC's Office of Climate Change and this teachers' guide, http://hdgc.epp.cmu.edu/teachersguide/teachersguide.htm#lesson This is dated but probably useful (attached) Climate Change & New York's Future" in //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">New York State Conservationist //<span style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">, August 2007 pp10-13.
 * CLIMATE CHANGE**

[|EPA Air Compare County Comparisons] EPA Air Compare memoing
 * AIR QUALITY**

?? Air Quality Find the Best (whose site is this?) http://air-quality.findthebest.com/l/610/Essex-County

Teaching materials about Native Americans in NY State http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ss5/c/iroquoisl.cfm
 * NATIVE AMERICANS**

Iroquois for kids http://www.bigorrin.org/iroquois_kids.htm

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px;"> wikipedia page on the iroquois is quite good and detailed: @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois

this looks like a pretty amazing 4th grade curriculum guide: @http://schools.nycenet.edu/offices/teachlearn/ss/41.pdf

on the seneca: @https://www.sni.org/culture/

on the oneida: @http://www.oneidaindiannation.com/culture

a ton of links that look good for kids but would have to be distilled: @http://www.kstrom.net/isk/mainmenu.html