Natural Resources Management: Agencies
Agencies
- National Park ServiceAn agency within the Department of the Interior, the National Park Service, manages nearly 400 natural, cultural and recreational sites around the country.
- Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)Part of the USDA, the NRCS helps private land owners conserve their soil, water, and other natural resources. Website contains links to technical resources, publications, programs, a plant databases and more.
- United States Forest ServiceThe Forest Service was established in 1905 and is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service manages public lands in national forests and grasslands, which encompass 193 million acres.
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)The EPA implements environmental law, setting national standards that states and tribes enforce through their own regulations.
- Michigan Department of Natural ResourcesForest Management Advisory Committee page of the Michigan DNR.
- United States Department of the InteriorGovernment agency that covers the U.S. Fish & Wildlife, Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, and the Bureau of Land Management.
Organizations
- Ducks UnlimitedDucks Unlimited is the world's largest wetland conservation organization. The major focus of this site is educational, providing information on wetland conservation, restoration, and ecology.
- Great Lakes CommissionThe GLC is a binational agency that promotes the orderly, integrated and comprehensive development, use and conservation of the water and related natural resources of the Great Lakes basin and St. Lawrence River.
- Nature ConservancyConservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
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