Links

Links to Agricultural, Education, Conservation, Traditional Skills, Archery, Camping, Climbing, SCUBA Diving, Fine Wines, Fine Restaurants and News from Marin, Napa, and Sonoma Counties.

This page has become a tool for our staff, educators, students, homeschoolers, and visitors to the bay area. It seems to change on a weekly basis during; however, the links are to external web sites over which DG Educational Services has no control. I will remove the link to any web site which is found not to comply with appropriate legislation or to be of an offensive nature. If you find a problem or have any suggestions for a site, please feel free to email me. The input from many people has made this a great tool. dgeducationalservices@gmail.com

4-H Links
Agriculture Links
Archery Links
Camps Links
Climbing Links
Conservation and Humanity Links
Dutch Oven Cooking Links
Education Links
Farmers' Markets Links
FFA Links
Fine Restaurants Links
Fine Wines Links
Horse and Mule Links
News from Marin Links
Permaculture Links
Primitive Skills (Abotech), Living History Links
SCUBA Diving Links
Toys and Games of the Past Links
Visitors' Bureaus Links
Widerness and Nature Links

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Conservation and Humanity Links

Americorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country’s critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment.

Habitat for Humanity Since 1976, Habitat has built more than 125,000 simple, decent houses. Habitat provides learning opportunities, facilitates knowledge-sharing, and actively assists in leadership development to end poverty housing throughout the world.

Livestock for Landscapes: Using cattle for weed control. Using goats for fuel breaks (fire prevention)

Farmer to Farmer, a program of Partners of the Americas, provides technical assistance to local agricultural producers in Jamaica, Guyana and Haiti.

Marin Conservation Corps Natural Resource Crews, Educational Opportunities, Mobile Resource Center, Restoration and Ecosystem Management and more

Center for Eco-Literacy

ECHO is a non-profit organization whose vision is "to bring glory to God and a blessing to mankind by using science and technology to help the poor."

Our goal is to provide easy access to ECHO documents and other information for those who are working in agricultural development. If you have a specific technical question related to your work in agriculture and appropriate technology, we have staff members who will try to find an answer for you.

Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods(SOIL) is a non-profit organization with a mission to support research and implementation of community-based approaches to soil fertility, erosion control, and water source protection in Haiti. Our goal is to promote integrated approaches to the problems of poverty, public health, agricultural productivity, and environmental destruction by developing collaborative relationships between community organizations in Haiti and academics and activists internationally. Building communities, building the soil, building the grassroots.

Salmon Protection and Watershed Network works in the Lagunitas Watershed to protect endangered salmon and the environment on which we all depend.

Journey to Forever is a small, mobile NGO (Non-Government Organization) involved in environment and rural development work.

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Horse and Mule Links

Horse: Associations

AQHA

National Cutting Horse Association

Performance Horse

Certified Horsemanship Association

Horse and Mule: Draft or Driving

The American Donkey and Mule Society maintains informative web sites for those interested in the long-eared equines - the cousins of the more well-known horse. From Miniature to Mammoth, Mule to Zorse, we have facts, photos, a catalog of literature, resources, and MUCH more.

The Carriage Association of America is the oldest and largest organization dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and use of horse-drawn carriages and sleighs. We've introduced thousands of people to the joy of collecting these vehicles and to the pleasure of driving them.

Percheron Horse Association of America.

The American Shire horse Association

http://www.drivingessentials.com/

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4-H Links

4-H: County Offices

Marin 4H

4-H: State Offices

California 4H

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FFA Links

FFA:California

California Public Schools with Agriculture Programs

Resources for California Ag Students

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Camp Links

Camp: Associations

Northern California Section of the American Camp Association

USA Lifeguard Association

Camp: Initiative Activities and Problem-Solving Elements

Fundoing.com. Chris Cavert has written many of the challenge activities books used at Devil's Gulch Ranch and conducts training workshops that we have attended.

Camp: Camp areas

USDA Forest Service
Recreation, Heritage & Wilderness Resources

Bureau of Land Managements administers more than 258 million acres of public land.

National Park Service

Samuel P. Taylor State Park Reservations This is the camping closest to the ranch.

California Dept of Fish and Game

Camp: Vendors

Lifeguard Equipment & Supplies

TENTSMITHS These are the craftsmen that made the tents that we use at Devil's Gulch Ranch Camp.

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Climbing Links

Climbing: Associations

The Industrial Rope Access Trade Association This in the international training organization for professional climbers.

Climbing: Vendors

Petzl -- Rope access equipment, rescue gear, etc.

Rescue Response Gear

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Agricultural Links

Agriculture: Sustainability Links

Weston A. Price Foundation is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the human diet through education, research and activism. It supports a number of movements that contribute to this objective, including accurate nutrition instruction, organic and bio-dynamic farming, pasture-feeding of livestock, community-supported farms, honest and informative labeling, prepared parenting and nurturing therapies. Specific goals include establishment of universal access to clean, certified raw milk and a ban on the use of soy formula for infants.

Slow Food Slow Food is a non-profit, eco-gastronomic member-supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions and people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world.

The Ecology Center promotes environmentally and socially responsible practices through programs that educate, demonstrate, and provide direct services.

CUESA was organized in 1994 to educate urban consumers about sustainable agriculture and to create links between urban dwellers and the farmers who practice sustainable agriculture in the Bay Area.

Marin Organic is an association of organic producers in Marin County whose livelihood is based on a respect for nature and a sense of place. As the primary link between farmers and eaters, Marin Organic is committed to promoting and supporting a sustainable, organic county - a county in which growers and the people who rely on them recognize their mutual interdependence.

Om Organics, a community resource for organic & sustainability grown foods in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Community Food Security Coalition is a non--profit, North American organization dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally appropriate food for all people at all times

Eat Well Guide, a comprehensive way for you to find wholesome, fresh, sustainable food in the US and Canada. Find food in your neighborhood and when you travel that is healthful, humane, and better for the environment, and that supports family farmers.

Eat Wild is your source for natural and nutritious grass-fed beef, lamb, goat, bison, poultry, pork and dairy products.

http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/about/index.htm

Marin Agriculture and Conservation

History of Marin Agriculture Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California. A discussion of Marin agriculture from 1820 on.

Marin Agricultural Land Trust has permanently preserved over 38,000 acres of farmland that might otherwise have been sold or developed.

Grown in Marin

Marin Agricultural and Education Alliance
MAEA is a collaborative of agriculture and education agencies working together to promote agricultural literacy for a sustainable food system.

Marin Organic is an association of organic producers in Marin County whose livelihood is based on a respect for nature and a sense of place.

Om Organics -- Their mission is to increase the demand for sustainable agriculture in the San Francisco Bay Area by:

educating the community on the health, environmental and economic benefits of local, sustainable food production,
helping people appreciate and access sustainable grown products in the local region, and
helping farms better meet the needs of the community.

A small family-held company doing business in
agricultural periodical and book publishing,
natural farming and stock raising,
alternative farm research/inquiry,
horse-drawn implement research & development,
horse-drawn equipment sales,
and related education.

California Farmer

The Holistic Agriculture Library Ebooks; a great tool.

Journey to Forever Online Library Ebooks for download; also a great tool.

Stockman Grass Farmer is the grazing publication of North America. Since 1947 it has been devoted solely to the art and science of making a profit from grassland agriculture.

Agricultural: Beekeeping Links

Bee Keeping in New Zealand New Zealand is aggressive at controlling pests and pathogens. This is a clearinghouse of information on control and prevention of varroa mites, American Foul Brood, etc.

The Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium (MAAREC) is a regional effort to address the pest management crisis facing the beekeeping industry in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

Dadant and Sons, Inc. is a family-owned business that has served the beekeeping industry for over 140 years. Good place to start if you want to raise bees.

Marin County Beekeepers meet the first Tuesday of the month, October through June, to support each other in their beekeeping hobby, and often have speakers on topics concerning the care and upkeep of bees.

The American Beekeeping Federation acts on behalf of the beekeeping industry on issues affecting the interests and the economic viability of the various sectors of the industry.

Sonoma County Beekeepers Association Mission is to increase interest in and knowledge of bees and beekeeping for the hobby and commercial beekeeper, and to educate the general public in the value of bees.

UC Davis Entomology Department

Agricultural: Livestock Links

Breeds of Livestock

Rare Breeds Survival Trust is the leading conservation charity working to restore Britain’s native livestock breeds to their rightful place in our countryside.

The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy is a nonprofit membership organization working to protect over 150 breeds of livestock and poultry from extinction. Included are asses, cattle, goats, horses, sheep, pigs, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys.

Agriculture: Animal Health

Karolinska Institutet is one of Europe's largest medical universities. Diseases and Disorders Links pertaining to Animal Diseases.

Agriculture: Pork Breed Associations

American Berkshire Association

National Swine Registry formed in 1994 as a result of the consolidation of the American Yorkshire Club, the Hampshire Swine Registry and the United Duroc Swine Registry. In January 1998, the American Landrace Association joined the NSR. These four breed organizations are located in one central office in West Lafayette, IN

Agriculture: Goat Links

American Dairy Goat Association

The North American Pack goat Association, Inc. is an organization established specifically for promoting packing with pack goats.

American Meat Goat Association

Caprine Supply where to get goat supplies

Hoegger Supply also provides quality products for goat and small farm owners

Owyhee Pack goat Supplies

How to keep fires down in California scrub: Chew it.

Agriculture: Poultry Links

Chickens in the City

The City Chicken

HOW TO RAISE DAY-OLD CHICKS IN YOUR BACKYARD

Small Scale Poultry Housing

Agriculture: Game Bird Links

Hatchery Management Guide for Game Bird and Small Poultry Flock Owners

Coturnix coturix japonica Husbandry In the Lab UC Davis 1973 - this is a good tool

Brooding Chickens and Quail

QUAIL: an Egg and Meat Production System, by Dr. Franklin W. Martin, Alison G. Martin-Davis, and Annabelle Maffioli

Model parameters of growth curves of three meat-typelines of Japanese quail by M. Sezer, S. Tarhan Department of Animal Science,
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of
Agriculture, Gaziosmanpasa University, Turkey.

Incubator and hatchers we use.

GAME BIRD/ POULTRY BATTERY BROODER

Classroom incubator we use with schools

Guinea Fowl Breeders Association will encourage, support, and educate people as to the benefits in raising guinea fowl and provide information and support to those who own or plan to own them.

The North American Game bird Association

Texas A&M Poultry/Game Bird Links

Raising Game Birds UC Davis -- 1978

Guinea fowl

Agriculture: Gardening Links

California School Garden Network

City Farmer Web site Resources.

National Gardening Association Kid's Gardening

The North American Fruit Explorers (NAFEX) is a network of individuals throughout the United States and Canada devoted to the discovery, cultivation and appreciation of superior varieties of fruits and nuts.

Agricultural: Education Links

Environmental Education Council of Marin

California State Agricultural Education

CATA

Environmental Middle School

Life Lab

Bio Photos: Cool photos and text on arthropods, plants, and more.

Agricultural: Disabled Farmer Links

Breaking New Ground Resource Center in Perdue's Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering has become internationally recognized as the primary source for information and resources on rehabilitation technology for persons working in agriculture.

AgrAbility.org was designed as a fast and easy way to access several sites that provide disability-related information relevant to persons who live in agricultural and rural communities.

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Education Links

Chef Schools

Cook Street is a world class chef culinary school located in Denver, CO.

The Culinary Institute of America at Graystone Educational courses, ranging from foundation and advanced studies to culinary arts degree and certificate programs, supplies training in the culinary arts, baking and pastry arts, food service management and professional wine development.

Home Schooling Links

Marin Home school Families is an organization of families throughout Marin County, California who have chosen to educate our children outside school settings. Families from all walks of life are included; a reflection of Marin itself.

Marin Home school Families is a social group, a support group, and a home school resource. We get together for field trips, park days, and other events; share ideas and curriculum; and make many new friends along the way.The single value we all share is the commitment to our children.

Pathways Charter School links families with educational resources

Arthropods (Insects, Spiders, Crustaceans and their relatives)

of Orange County, California, (and nearby places)

Just For Fun Educational Links

Where is George? a link for following where our money goes.

FreeRice.com SAT prep that is fun and when you get a word correct 20 grains of rice are donated to the UN World Food Program

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Archery

Archery Organizations Links

National Archery Association

Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD)

US Olympic Committee

FITA The international governing body of archery (Federation International De Stir A L' Arc)

Teaching Archery NADA --This is the organization that controls all the archery certifications.

fourteenforty.net Of interest to Competitive Archers in California

NFAA National Field Archery ASsociation

NFAS National Field Archery Society

SAC Times The State Archers of California

The Archer A World Archery Community

Discover Archery Online Magazine

Created by NADA as the official online magazine of the After School Archery Program, "Discover Archery" is packed with fun photos and articles about the wide world of youth archery. Click on the image to read. Also, check out the ASAP web site for program updates.

Archery Skills Links

Archery Library

Making Bow Strings

Traditional Archery Skills Links

Traditional Archery

Archery for Disabilities Links

Paralympic Archery

Archery for the Blind

Archery Equipment used at Devil's Gulch Ranch Programs

Quality little kid bows

Olympic recurve bows by Hoyt

Olympic Recurve Archery Equipment

In this section I have included most everything that a competitive archer would need to set up a winning recurve bow. I try to keep the addresses up to date, however as the manufactures update their web site it may take weeks for me to find out. If you do find a broken link please email me. I do not have all of the manufactures listed below, just a good representation.

Hoyt Olympic recurve bows dominated completitive archery for many years

Win & Win bows are breaking world records for both men and woman. Read More

Stab ilizers

Lancaster Archery Supply

Shibya recurve sights

Sure-Loc recurve sights

Beiter Plunger At the Olympic Games in Athens 2004 more than 80% of the archers were using the Beiter Plunger and all Medalists!

Beiter Klicker

Arrow Rest The cheap "Supper Rest" is the best

Arrow chart

Easton A/C/E arrow shafts

Compound Archery Equipment

Archery Target Butts and Netting

Backstop Netting

American Whitetail Targets Butts (FITA)

Saunders Indian Cord Target Mats(FITA)

Archery Pro Shops

Archery Pro Shops in California

Lancaster Archery Supply Good online source

Backroom Archery Our pro shop in Santa Rosa

Archery Clubs

Northern California Archery Clubs

Southern California Archery Clubs

Archery Publications

The Simple Art Of Winning By Rick McKinney

With Winning in Mind: The Mental Management System by Lanny R. Bassham

Archery Focus provides educational and entertaining articles for the beginner, intermediate and elite archer. Archery Focus is not a news magazine and does not post scores, cover events, or profile people. Each issue provides helpful information about the mental, physical, and social aspects of archery. All styles of archery are covered including Olympic, Field, Traditional, 3D, and Bow Hunting.

Total Archery by Kisik Lee: Kisik Lee has proven himself to be one of the most successful archery coaches in training Olympic and World Championship medallists. He is the US Olympic coach

Discover Archery Online Magazine

Created by NADA as the official online magazine of the After School Archery Program, "Discover Archery" is packed with fun photos and articles about the wide world of youth archery. Click on the image to read. Also, check out the ASAP website for program updates.

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Primitive Skills (Abotech), Living History Links

Historical Archaeology on the 'Net

Mountain Men Fur Trade Era

The Fur Trade

Tamara Wilder Author of Buckskin,
the Ancient Art of Brain Tanning. She teaches many of our classes.

abotech.com

Farm Blacksmithing
by J. M. Drew St. Paul Publishing Company

Big Horn Mountain Men

Hide Out Traditional tanners' forum

Native Tech - An internet resource for indigenous ethno-technology focusing on the arts of Eastern Woodland Indian Peoples, providing historical & contemporary background with instructional how-to's & references.

Riley's Farm is a working apple orchard and living history farm in the Oak Glen area of Southern California. In addition to farming, we love history and we have provided a venue for re-enactment units comprising many different eras.

Flint Knapping

Atlatl

BPS Engineering (Bob Perkins or Atlatl Bob) has reintroduced the Atlatl and Dart so that humans today can rediscover our past to better understand our future. Bob made the Atlatl that we use to teach with here.

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Dutch Oven Cooking Links

The International Dutch Oven Society is the premier organization for ALL Dutch oven enthusiasts.

Dutch Oven Equipment used at Devil's Gulch Ranch Programs

Dutch Oven Pro

MACA Dutch Ovens

Camp Chef

Lodge Manufacturing Company

Dutch Oven recipes, Care, Cooking Tips

Byron's Dutch Oven Cooking

Just Dutch Oven Recipes

International Dutch Oven Society Forums

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Toys and Games of the Past

Toys and Crafts from Tumwater, Washington

Games at Fort Scott

Native American Games and Toys

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Farmers Markets

Bay Area Farmers' Markets

Marin Farmers Market operates seven markets in the Bay area, four in Marin County

Sonoma Farmers Market

Local Harvest Where to buy food locally grown.

Napa Farmers Market

San Francisco Farmers Market

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News from Marin

Printed News from Marin

FastForward

Radio from Marin

KWMR is listener-supported, non-commercial, community radio, which offers listeners a wide range of information and entertainment from their studios at The Creamery Building overlooking downtown Point Reyes Station.

Links to Visitors' Bureaus

Sonoma County Tourism Bureau

Information for pleasure or business visitors, including wineries, spas, lodging, dining, outdoor activities, and annual festivals.

Napa Valley Visitors Bureau

The one stop for planning your trip to the Napa Valley Wine Country. Hundreds of links to lodging, wineries, current events, things to do...

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Links to Fine Restaurants, Wines, and Inns

Restaurants and other establishments that you can find Devil's Gulch Ranch Meat and Produce

Please go to the Devil's Gulch Ranch Meat Page.

Wineries that Use Devil's Gulch Ranch Grapes

Please see the Devil's Gulch Ranch Wine Page

General Wine Links

Petaluma Gap Grape and Wine Alliance

WineFinder

The Prince of Pinot

Food and Wine Boards

http://www.yelp.com/ Reviews

www.chowhound.com

Bluespace is a multi-use community space located in a storefront at 18th and Guerrero Streets in San Francisco. It is a workplace, a meeting and event venue, and a place to showcase art and promote community

http://bornagaincarnivore.tribe.net/

I Heart Farms -- Stories and pictures of real farms

Inns and Bed and Breakfasts

Inns of Marin is a lodging service for many of the best bed & breakfast inns and cottages near the Point Reyes National Seashore in northern California.

Lodging possibilities in West Marin

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SCUBA Diving

PADI SCUBA Diving training

Napa Valley Divers. We are a fun-loving group of people who have a passion for diving and traveling. We desire to stay connected and socialize outside of dive activities. The goals of the group are to provide a place for divers and their families to socialize, plan recreational activities, plan dive trips, promote continued communication among members, and to provide a forum for keeping keen on dive skills and the dive industry.

Marin Scuba Club on Dive Boat Peace. Come and join us at our regular meeting, world class scuba diving, or free diving for abalone. All are welcome. ...

Pressure, Barometers, and
Barometric Pressure and Elevation - this site is more for flying but relates towards diving at elevation.

California and Nevada dive club directory

Dive Utah -- Where our director first learned to dive!

Wiley's Scuba Locker also a friend of Devil's Gulch Ranch and has been helping adventurers from all over the world fulfill their dreams, develop lasting friendships, create exotic memories, and become knowledgeable and safe Divers. If you want to learn underwater photography Tony Wiley is the person to see.

Scuba Herald - on line diving news

NOAA Wind Reports for Monerey

Napa Dive & Sport is your all-in-one source for scuba diving needs. We are a full-service retail scuba dive store that offers private and group scuba. Has great dive and ocean link

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Widerness and Nature Links

Widerness and Nature

Wilderness Awareness School is a national not-for-profit environmental education organization established in 1983 and based in Duvall, Washington. We are dedicated to caring for the earth and our children by fostering understanding and appreciation of nature, community and self.

Their wilderness education courses combine ancient and modern ecological wisdom, and empower people of all ages to become stewards, mentors and leaders. Over the past two decades, Wilderness Awareness School has grown from a small group of visionary individuals to a leading national organization impacting the course of nature education, and inspiring many schools and individuals across the country and the world to share our teachings and curriculum.

The Regenerative Design Institute (RDI) is a non-profit educational organization with the vision that all people can live in a mutually enhancing relationship with the earth. We envision a world in which people, inspired by nature, create and maintain healthy and abundant livelihoods that enhance fertility and biodiversity on the planet.

Twin Eagles Wilderness School!
Founded by husband-and-wife team Tim Corcoran and Jeannine Tidwell, Twin Eagles Wilderness School is a family based nature awareness school centered in pristine Sandpoint, Idaho. Serving the Inland Northwest since 2005, we hold true to the values of family, community, self-discovery, awareness and long term mentoring.

Marin Audubon Society.To conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on birds, other wildlife, and their habitats, for the benefit of humanity and the earth's biological diversity.

The 8 Shields.org website represents some basic introductory information for those interested in exploring the Art of Mentoring, 8 Shields Cultural Mentoring, and other mentoring / cultural design projects related to Jon Young's work, and groups affiliated with this work internationally. Coyotesguide.com

Wilderness and Nature Resources

Macaulay Library at Cornell

BROWSE THE ARCHIVE BY ANIMAL GROUP

Birds of North America at Cornell This is a very cool bird field guide in the internet including bird call/songs. This is a tool I use.

Bat Conservation International

PRBO (Point Reyes Bird Observatory) is dedicated to conserving birds, other wildlife, and their ecosystems through innovative scientific research and outreach. They collect data on the birds in Marin County.

The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the understanding and appreciation of California's native plants and how to conserve them and their natural habitats through education, science, advocacy, horticulture and land stewardship.