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Environment

see also Climate, Energy, Geology & Water

Earth & Ocean Sciences -- Science.gov links for land, maps, natural disasters, oceans, weather, ...

Environment & Environmental Quality -- Science.gov links for air, water, noise, cleanup, climate change, ...

Natural Resources & Conservation -- Science.gov links for ecosystems, energy resources, forestry, mining, ...

Federal Departments and Agencies

Bureau of Land Management - administers 262 million acres of America's public lands, located primarily in 12 Western States

Bureau of Reclamation - managing water in the West

Department of Energy's Environmental Management System (state information) and Energy Information

Environmental Protection Agency

National Forest Serivce - Established in 1905, ite manages public lands in national forests and grasslands encompassing 191 million acres

National Library for the Environment

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration - conducts research and gathers data about the global oceans, atmosphere, space, and sun

National Park Service- this system comprises almost 400 areas in nearly every state and U.S. possession, managing and preserving natural and historic places, and promoting outdoor recreation.

National Transportation Library -transportation-related information needed by Federal, state, and local decision-makers

Rocky Mountain Research Station

US Fish & Wildlife Service

US Geological Survey - accessing information and understanding to help resolve complex natural resource problems across the Nation and around the world

Colorado Departments and Organizations

Department of Public Health & Environment
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources (Colorado Office of State Engineers)
Colorado Environmental Coalition
Colorado Environmental Business Alliance (CEBA)

Data and References

Environmental Treaties & Resource Indicators - provides a fast, comprehensive, and convenient way to find information about environmental treaties and national resource indicators. The ENTRI database is made available through a cooperative effort of many U.S. and International government agencies and organizations.

Environmental Health Information Service - access to the Environmental Health Perspectives, the National Toxicology Technical Reports, and the Historical Control Database. (Please contact Reference Librarian at x6662, or Documents Librarian at x6186 for username and password for Environmental Health Perspectives.)

American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936 (Ameritech Collections on American Memory from the Library of Congress)

National Environmental Policy Institute Publications

Environmental Information on the Internet - links to environmental resources (Government Publications Library @ UC Boulder)

International

Global Environment Outlook-1 (UNEP) -- extensive report on population growth and the status of forestry, fisheries, land, agriculture, air pollution, water supplies, and urban waste; complete report provides text, graphs, and data; historical data and projections available by continent with
some information also by country

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species -- searhable world list of over 11,000 endangered or extinct plants and animals

Ask-a-Scientist - Environment -- archives 1991+
Ask-a-Scientist - Botany -- archives 1991+

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