U.S. Government

"The U.S. Geological Survey leads national efforts to map mineral resources and analyze the supply chains needed to drive the U.S. economy and national security. The efforts include analyzing global supply chain risks, mineral needs for domestic industry and defense, and future production capacity."

"The Pubs Warehouse provides access to over 180,000 publications written by USGS scientists over the century-plus history of the bureau."

"Developing a distributed archive of standardized geoscience information for the nation."

"Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, the national security, and protection of the environment."

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USGS water report documents

"The BLM manages one in every 10 acres of land in the United States, and approximately 30 percent of the Nation’s minerals. These lands and minerals are found in every state in the country and encompass forests, mountains, rangelands, arctic tundra, and deserts."

"The BLM Library provides access to scientific, historical, and legal information regarding public lands and natural resources management."

"The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people."

This site offers information on the initial transfer of land titles from the Federal government to individuals and provide live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States. It also provides image access to over three million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908.

"The Tales from the Trails blog pulls together wild horse and burro stories from across the Bureau of Land Management. These are stories about our work to manage and protect wild horse and burro herds on public lands, how animals are cared for in our off-range holding facilities and where they end up after they've been adopted to a good home."

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This annual report contains information and statistics on land and mineral uses, animal populations, recreational uses, etc.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs’ 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.

Full-text links to most frequently requested publications and most recently acquired documents.

"BIE’s mission is to provide quality education opportunities from early childhood through life in accordance with a tribe’s needs for cultural and economic well-being, in keeping with the wide diversity of Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages as distinct cultural and governmental entities. Further, the BIE is to manifest consideration of the whole person by taking into account the spiritual, mental, physical, and cultural aspects of the individual within his or her family and tribal or village context."

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"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."

NAGPRA "requires Federal agencies and museums to provide information about Native American cultural items to parties with standing and, upon presentation of a valid claim, ensure the item(s) undergo disposition or repatriation."

"This page contains links to various resources to obtain environmental related information, such as the Reclamation NEPA Handbook, Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act, and other related laws. The page also contains links to the Reclamation Regional Environmental Resources sites, where you can find information regarding their specific Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements."

"The Projects and Facilities Database includes information on the major Reclamation dams, as well as the Reclamation powerplants and projects."

"At the Bureau of Reclamation’s Technical Service Center (TSC), over 575 experts, including scientists, engineers, and other professional and office staff, are pioneering groundbreaking solutions for water and power challenges."

The mission of BOEM is to "manage development of U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) energy, mineral, and geological resources in an environmentally and economically responsible way."

"The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) works to promote safety, protect the environment, and conserve resources offshore through vigorous regulatory oversight and enforcement."

The OSMRE works to "ensure that coal mines are operated in a manner that protects citizens and the environment during mining and assures that the land is restored to beneficial use following mining, and to mitigate the effects of past mining by aggressively pursuing reclamation of abandoned coal mines."

"Through the Environmental Studies Program, the MMS has funded over 600 million dollars of research into the marine environments along the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, Pacific and Atlantic coasts. The topics of this research include biological resources (fish, turtles, birds, whales), habitat resources (water quality, sediment quality), and socioeconomic resources (communities, archaeology, fiscal impacts)."