With the click of a mouse, an array of environmental news and information can be found on CERES, sometimes with hourly updates. Shortly after a gate burst at Folsom Dam in July, the Department of Water Resources and CERES featured a "page" on the situation with photos, a blueprint, and frequent updates on the amount of water cascading over the dam. Less dramatic, but often as intriguing, is an electronic stroll through CERES on the Internet's World Wide Web that leads to a wealth of information about California's natural resources with many color maps and photos.
New additions to CERES include topic pages on salmon, endangered species, GIS projects, bioregions, and the Resources Agency. The salmon page has details about the proposed listing of Coho salmon and information about salmon species and regulations. The rare and endangered species page includes lists by counties of plants and animals. Maps depicting the state's 10 bioregions contain lists of conservation planning projects therein. A Geographic Information System (GIS) page lists GIS projects statewide and provides links to their webs and data. CERES also links users to the Resources Agency's natural resources web, a subject-based educational web for all ages accessible by clicking on the mountains icon at the bottom of the CERES Home Page. CERES accesses the Berkeley Digital Library Project, which offers more than 11,000 photos taken around the state by the Department of Water Resources, including aerial photos of the Bay-Delta and hundreds of documents.
CERES Home Page address is http://ceres.ca.gov/