• Flathead Lake Biological Station at Yellow Bay, a satellite campus of the University of Montana. By far the best source of credible scientific information on the Flathead River Basin ecosystem. Can load slowly.
• Flathead Basin Commission. Established by the Montana Legislature, the FBC maintains an office in Kalispell, and is the lead group for monitoring water quality in Flathead Lake's catchment basin.
• Montana Water Center. Home Page at Montana State University, Bozeman. Good selection of links. Some information on private organizations may be out of date. Updated monthly.
• Flathead Basin:
• Flathead County Zoning and Planning Office
• Lake County Planning Office

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency An extensive site, but difficult to navigate, hence the numerous links below.

• TMDL homepage
• Surf Your Watershed
• Monitoring Water Quality
• Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program
• The Watershed Academy
• Technical Documents. A selection of recent scientific and technical documents.
• Envirofacts .A national information system that provides an integrated single point of access to data extracted from five major EPA databases. Opens in a new window and requires that Java be enabled on your browser.

• Whitefish Lake Institute “The Whitefish Lake Institute is committed to acquiring scientific research while engaging the local citizenry to protect and improve the Whitefish area lake resources for today, while providing a collective vision for tomorrow.’ Has private weather station for Whitefish Lake.
• Flathead Lake Protective Association, Aggressive, strong supporter of a sound monitoring program for Flathead Lake. P.O. Box 679, Lakeside, MT 59922. Phone: 406-844-3500, ask for Bruce Young. Email: byoung@montanaland.com
• Citizens for a Better Flathead. Kalispell based nonprofit that concentrates on quality of life issues and planning.
• Smart Growth Coalition. Montana groups that support protecting the environment and improving the enconomy by intelligent control of the vectors of growth.

• Adirondack Aquatic Institute
• Aquaculture Network Information Center (AquaNIC)
• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
• Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants - University of Florida
• Center for Limnology - University of Wisconsin
• Monitor International - monitors aquatic environments
  • LakeNet -- freshwater lakes worldwide
• North American Lake Management Society (NALMS)
• North Temperate Lakes LTER
• The Great American Secchi Dip-In

Associations for Specific Lakes

• Great Lakes
• African Great Lakes
• Lake George Association (NY)
• Lake Champlain Basin Program
• Lake Tahoe