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The Dept. of the Interior
http://www.doi.gov/
The mission of the Department of the Interior is to protect and provide access to our Nation's natural and cultural heritage and honor our trust responsibilities to tribes.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
http://www.doi.gov/bureau-indian-affairs.html
The Bureau of Indian Affair's mission is to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian Tribes, and Alaska Natives.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
http://www.blm.gov/
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is responsible for managing 264 million acres of land--about one-eighth of the land in the United States-- as well as subsurface mineral resources. The Bureau is also responsible for wildfire management.
Bureau of Land Management - Colorado, 8.3 Million
http://www.co.blm.gov/
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is responsible for managing 264 million acres of land--about one-eighth of the land in the United States-- as well as subsurface mineral resources. The Bureau is also responsible for wildfire management.
Pittsburgh & Spokane Research Laboratories
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pit/welcome.html
Carries out surveillance of fatal and non-fatal traumatic injuries, occupational diseases, health and safety hazards, and the use of control technology and protective equipment in mining.
The Bureau of Reclamation
http://www.usbr.gov/
The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public.
MMS - Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior, USA - MMS - Offshore oil & gas; royalties; environmental research
http://www.mms.gov/
MMS - Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior, USA - MMS - Offshore oil & gas; royalties; environmental research. Manages the mineral resources of the Outer Continental Shelf and mineral revenues from Federal and Indian lands.
Biological Resources Division - BRD - USGS United States Geoloical Survey
http://www.nbs.gov/
The BRD mission is to work with others to provide the scientific understanding and technologies needed to support the sound management and conservation of our Nation's biological resources.
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center - USGS United States Geological Survey
http://www.emtc.nbs.gov/
To provide the information needed to support the sound management of the Mississippi River.
ParkNet: Gateway to the National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/
The National Park Service was established in the Department of the Interior in 1916 and conserves national parks and monuments; scenic parkways, preserves, trails, riverways, seashores, lakeshores, and historic sites for this and future generations.
The National Park System Advisory Board - Criteria for Parklands
http://www.nps.gov/advisoryboard.html
The National Park System Advisory Board advises the Secretary of the Interior on the National Park System, the Historic Sites Act of 1935, the designation of national historic landmarks and natural historic trails under the National Trails System Act.
Department of the Interior - Ethics Office
http://www.doi.gov/ethics/ethics.html
The Department of the Interior ethics office was established as a reference source for managers and employees who may need technical guidance to help them handle or resolve unique ethical situations that come up during their day-to-day activities.
Office of Inspector General
http://www.oig.doi.gov/
The Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General (OIG) provides policy direction and coordinates all audits, investigations, and other activities in the Department designed to promote efficiency or prevent and detect fraud, waste and abuse.
Office of Insular Affairs
http://www.doi.gov/oia/index.html
DOI coordinates federal policy in the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and oversight in Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING - Department of the Interior
http://www.osmre.gov/osm.htm
The mission of the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) is protecting the environment during coal mining and making sure the land is reclaimed afterward (national requirements since 1977, when America's Surface Mining Law was signed by the President Carter).
Policy, Management, and Budget, DOI / Interior
http://www.doi.gov/policy-management-budget.html
The Assistant Secretary - Policy, Management and Budget discharges the authority of the Secretary for all phases of Management and administrative activities and serves as a principal policy advisory to the Secretary.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
http://www.fws.gov/
The mission of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, is to conserve, protect, and enhance fish and wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife - Management Assistance Team
http://fa.r9.fws.gov/r9mat/zing/index_ie.html
The USFWS Management Assistance Team works as consultants to assist fish and wildlife professionals with a wide range of management-related challenges.
Bureau of Land Management BLM--Publications
http://www.access.gpo.gov/blm/index.html

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
http://www.psmfc.org/

Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission GSMFC
http://www.gsmfc.org/

GSMFC Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
http://www.gsmfc.org/
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Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
http://www.psmfc.org/
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Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
http://www.chemsafety.gov
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EPA - Enviornmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov