Atlanta Outdoor Club - Resource Links

1. All-In-One Resources
2. Altruist & Environmental Organizations
3. Atlanta/Georgia - General Information
4. Atlanta Local Clubs & Organizations
5. Books, Magazines, & Other Resources
6. Events (Georgia and Southeast)
7. Gear, Gadgets & Fun Stuff (Purchase)
8. Interesting
9. Outdoor Enthusiasts' Web Sites
10. Outfitters
11. Park, USDA & DNR Web Sites
12. Product/Trail Reviews
13. Travel
14. Weather

1. All-In-One Resources
    
   • GORP: Great Outdoor Recreational Pages (GORP) has encyclopedic content on everything from the very unique and exotic international destinations - like paddling through the Tonga -- to the more accessible outdoor environments - like hiking through Georgia.
      
2. Altruist & Environmental Organizations
    
   • Altamaha Riverkeeper: Grassroots organization dedicated to the protection, defense and restoration of Georgia's biggest river
      
   • An Inconvenient Truth: Learn about the Film, buy the DVD and Take Action!!
      
   • call2recycle: Recycle your batteries and cell phones
      
   • Chattahoochee RiverWatch: Advocate for the Chattahoochee River below the West Point Dam
      
   • Collective Good: Mobile phone recycling
      
   • Cool Communities: Cool Communities is a nonprofit action-oriented advocacy program aimed at improving urban environments and conserving energy by promoting the use of lighter, reflective roofing and paving materials in combination with strategically planted shade trees as a desirable design "system."
      
   • Earth Day Network: Earth Day Network is the non-profit coordinating body of worldwide Earth Day activities.
      
   • Eco Geek: Sorting out what's working (and what's not) in the green-tech boom
      
   • Envirolink Network: Non-profit public interest law firm dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth and to defending the right of all people to ahealthy environment.
      
   • Environmental News Network: Mission is to provide a global perspective on environmental issues and to promote thought, discussion and awareness among its readers.
      
   • Forest Ethics: Activitists use this site to call out corporations for deforestation
      
   • Friends of the Forest: Sponsored by the National Forest Foundation, excellent monthly e-news letter on current issues
      
   • Georgia Conservancy: The Georgia Conservancy is a catalyst for the stewardship of our natural environment through education, principled advocacy, and inclusive decision-making in order to make Georgia a premier environmental state.
      
   • Georgia Forestwatch: Protecting and restoring our native forest
      
   • Heal the Ocean: The ocean can no longer be used as a dump. Heal the Ocean is attacking all sources of ocean pollution.
      
   • Heritage Forest Campaign: The Heritage Forests Campaign is an alliance of conservationists, wildlife advocates, clergy, educators, scientists, and other Americans working together to uphold protection of our National Forests.
      
   • Lance Armstrong Foundation: Cancer survivor Lance Armstrong established the foundation that bears his name in 1997 as a resource for other patients and survivors.
      
   • Leave No Trace: The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and inspiring responsible outdoor recreation through education, research and partnerships. Leave No Trace builds awareness, appreciation and respect for our wildlands.
      
   • National Forest Federation: The NFF and its grassroots partners address key challenges to the health of our National Forests and Grasslands. Together, they work on solutions in community-based forestry, recreation, watershed restoration, and wildlife habitat.
      
   • National Wildlife Federation: Inspiring Americans to protect wildlife for our children's future
      
   • Rivers Alive: Volunteer Waterway Cleanup
      
   • Sierra Club - Georgia Chapter: Georgia Chapter of America's oldest, largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization.
      
   • Southern Conversation Trust: Focus on protecting land in the Southern Crescent of Metro Atlanta:  the counties of Fayette, Coweta, Clayton and rural South Fulton and in the Upper Flint River basin.
      
   • Stop Global Warming: There is no more important cause than the call to action to save our planet.
      
   • The Conservation Alliance: The Conservation Alliance’s mission is to engage outdoor businesses to help protect and conserve threatened wild places for their habitat and recreation values.
      
   • The Natural Resource Defense Council: Highlights numerous environmental topics, news and how to support
      
   • The Nature Conservancy: The Nature Conservancy's mission is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.
      
   • The Oil Drum: A forum in which scientist and laymen discuss the coming oil shortage
      
   • Tree Hugger: The name's ironic; the website covers hip, green, urban designs
      
   • Trees Atlanta: Protecting and improving our urban environment by planting and conserving trees.
      
   • Upper 'Hooch Riverkeeper: The Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper organization advocates and secures the protection and stewardship of the Chattahoochee River, its tributaries and watershed.
      
3. Atlanta/Georgia - General Information
    
   • Atlanta Buzz: Your Atlanta social calendar - parties, events, networking and activities
      
   • AccessAtlanta: AccessAtlanta.com, which is produced by a local staff, is Atlanta's oldest online information source. Since its launch in March 1994, AccessAtlanta.com has been helping Atlanta residents manage their busy lives by providing many online tools and features.
      
   • CitySearch: Atlanta: Citysearch is the leading local network enabling people to get the most out of their city. Providing online city guides for cities worldwide, Citysearch.com helps people find and plan what they want to do and then lets them take action, offering local transactions such as buying event tickets and making hotel and restaurant reservations online.
      
   • GA Dept. of Tourism: Great online resource for things to keep you busy in Georgia.
      
4. Atlanta Local Clubs & Organizations
    
   • Atlanta Club Sport: Local social club with many competitive sports activities and leagues.
      
   • Atlanta Kayakers: Atlanta Kayakers is a web based, open membership, sea kayaking group for all skill levels. Their outings are typically in the Southeastern US and the Atlanta Metro Area. The AK membership is diverse, as they encourage all who love or want to learn more about kayaking to join.
      
   • Atlanta Rocks: Atlanta Rocks! indoor climbing gyms (health club) & portable wall host a variety of corporate functions and parties.
      
   • Atlanta Whitewater Club: Founded by a dedicated group of Atlanta kayakers and canoers to provide educational services and events that increase the enjoyment, safety and skills of paddlers at every level of the sport. They hold monthly meetings and schedule whitewater trips.
      
   • Dogwood City Grotto: Atlanta's largest and most active caving club!
      
   • Georgia Appalachian Trail Club: Responsible for the management and maintenance of the Georgia section of the AT
      
   • Georgia Canoeing Association: Formed to promote recreational paddling, river courtesy, skill development and river safety for canoers and kayakers.
      
   • Georgia Native Plant Society: To promote the stewardship and conservation of Georgia's native plants and their habitats through education and with the involvement of individuals and organizations
      
   • Georgia Ornithological Society: The Georgia Ornithological Society's (GOS) mission is to encourage the scientific study of birds by gathering and disseminating information on Georgia bird life.
      
   • "Paddlers" Yahoo! Group: Online group for avid or newbee paddlers...most of the members are from around Atlanta.
      
   • SORBA: Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association
      
5. Books, Magazines, & Other Resources
    
   • Adventure Magazine: A must read for active people
      
   • Atlanta Sports & Fitness Magazine: Atlanta Sports & Fitness Magazine is a monthly complimentary magazine geared toward participatory sports.
      
   • Backpacker Magazine: Keep you current on everything happening
      
   • Hiking Trails of Georgia by Donald Pfitzer: A must have to hike in Georgia
      
   • Hiking Trails of North Georgia by Tim Homan: Excellent book and a standard for North Georgia hiking
      
   • Outside Magazine: I can't wait to read it each month
      
   • Pete & Ed Books: Books, maps and videos on outdoor recreation
      
6. Events (Georgia and Southeast)
    
   • Bicycle Ride Across GA: Here you'll find lots of information on the annual BRAG event.
      
   • Bonnaroo Music Festival: Outdoor music festival in Manchester, TN that is NOT to be missed
      
   • Tour de Georgia: Professional road cycling comes to Georgia
      
7. Gear, Gadgets & Fun Stuff (Purchase)
    
   • Backcountry: Purchase your gear online
      
   • Backpacking Deals: Check out the Sale Item of the Day
      
   • Brunton: Professional outdoor gear
      
   • Campmor: Comprehensive outdoor gear shopping at discount prices
      
   • Enertia Trailfoods: Quality dehydrated trailfoods
      
   • Explore 64: Brand name gear at a discount
      
   • High Country: Gear, clothing, instruction, ocoee rafting
      
   • North Georgia Mountain Outfitters: Full service hiking, camping, and backpacking retailer. They also lead hikes (for free), publish articles, dispense advice, and rent gear, to promote outdoor recreation.
      
   • Park Maps: Your source for outdoor maps
      
   • Patagonia: Clothing & Gear
      
   • REI: Your source for everything outdoors
      
   • Sierra Trading Post: Nice selection of discounted gear
      
8. Interesting
    
   • Adventure Stats: Keeping track of adventure history
      
   • Earth Calendar: Earth Calendar is a daybook of holiday and celebrations around the world
      
   • TerraServer-USA: Large database of maps and aerial photography of the United States
      
   • World Time Zone: Find out what time it is anywhere in the world
      
9. Outdoor Enthusiasts' Web Sites
    
   • Broad Band Sports: Awesome video of a variety of sports in base, mtb and snowboarding
      
   • Dirt World: Info for the mountain bike junkie!
      
   • Ed Viesturs: Viesturs is the only American to have climbed 12 of the 14 highest peaks in the world without oxygen. He hopes to climb the remaining two during the next two years. (In 1996, Ed Viesturs summited Mt. Everest without supplemental oxygen. It was his fourth summit of the mountain).
      
   • Explorers Web: Comprehensive site of professional explorers current expeditions and daily logs including Everest and K2
      
   • N2 Backpacking: Birdshooter's personal website about his hiking and backpacking adventures since '78 mainly in the southeast; lots of recommendations, great tips - spend lots of time here!
      
   • Seven Summits: Everything you ever wanted to know about the world's seven tallest peaks.
      
   • Southeast Cycling: Trish Albert's comprehensive personal site on area cycling; excellent!
      
   • Snow Nymph: Photo journal of the Snow Nymph's travels, excellent landscape photography!
      
   • Wet Dawg: Interesting site about whitewater, sea kayaking, scuba, windsurfing and kiteboarding
      
10. Outfitters
     
    • Altamaha Coastal Tours: Canoe and kayak tours in southeast Georgia
       
    • Boulder Outdoor Survival School: Oldest and largest traditional living skills / survival school in the world. Learn how to test yourself!
       
    • Eagle Adventures: Ocoee Whitewater Rafting
       
    • Lindblad Expeditions: Known for it's eco-conscious and naturalist-led island expeditions
       
    • Nantahala Outdoor Center: Largest of the river outfitters
       
    • Southeast Adventure: Kayak tours around St. Simons, Jekyll, Sapelo, Blackbeard, and Cumberland Islands. Also the Altamaha and Satilla Rivers. Year - round kayaking trips from 2 hours to 7 days.
       
    • Wilderness Medical Associates: Practical, expert training in wilderness and rescue medicine since 1981
       
11. Park, USDA & DNR Web Sites
     
    • American Park Network: Comprehensive source for national park information
       
    • Georgia Coastal Resources Div: Your source of what the DNR is doing on the GA coast
       
    • Georgia Environmental Protection Div: Easy-to-find information about efforts to protect and manage Georgia's air, water and land resources for its estimated 8.6 million citizens.
       
    • Georgia Pollution Prevention Assistance Div: Provides free, non-regulatory and confidential technical assistance in the areas of pollution prevention, resource conservation, waste reduction, by-product reuse and recycling.
       
    • Georgia State Parks: All the information you need about the Georgia state parks and historical sites, from videos to brochures to accommodations.
       
    • Georgia Wildlife Resource Div: Provides information on hunting, fishing, boating and nongame animals and plants
       
    • National Park Service: The National Park Service cares for special places saved by the American people so that all may experience our heritage. Find out about any of the 375 parks here.
       
    • USDA Forest Service: Official U.S. Dept of Agriculture site for national forest and grassland information
       
12. Product/Trail Reviews
     
    • MTB Review.com: Reviews and information on mountain biking products and trail reviews. Part of the ConsumerReview.com network of web sites.
       
    • Outdoor Review.com: Reviews and information on outdoors activity products. Part of the ConsumerReview.com network of web sites.
       
    • Road Bike Review.com: Reviews and information on road biking products. Part of the ConsumerReview.com network of web sites.
       
13. Travel
     
    • Airfare Watchdog: The best of unadvertised airfares brought to your desktop
       
    • Away.com: Good destination information, travel guides and expert advice
       
    • Backroads: Premuim active travel company based in California
       
    • Farecast: Know when to buy your airline tickets
       
    • FAA: Flight Delay Information
       
    • Getting Away: Excellent site with lots of travel tips and information!
       
    • Immigration & Checkpoint Authority: Travellers Info, Permanent Resident Services, Visa Requirements
       
    • International SOS: World’s leading provider of medical assistance, international healthcare, security services and outsourced customer care.
       
    • National Park Hotel Guide: Search for lodging, hotels, motels, inns and resorts in our National Parks and make reservations.
       
    • Onada: Currency converter
       
    • Orbitz: Book your travel and go!
       
    • The Travel Channel: The best of the travel tv shows brought to the web including World's Best and 1000 Places to See Before You Die
       
    • Travel Health Help: A wealth of travel health information and products
       
    • Rollickers: Info and Networking to help plan your active vacation
       
14. Weather
     
    • Intellicast.com: Local weather, radar and desktop weather alerts
       
    • Weather.com: Weather.com's Internet web site features current conditions and forecasts for over 1,700 cities world wide, along with local and regional radars.