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United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The mission of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural
environment--air, water, and land--upon which life depends
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
The USDA acts to enhance the quality of life through ensuring safe and accessible food supply, caring for land,
supporting development of rural communities, expanding global markets for agricultural and forest products and services, and working to reduce hunger.
USDA Forest Service
In addition to being the largest forestry research organization in the world, the Service manages public lands in
national forests and grasslands. The Forest Service's mission is to achieve quality land management under the sustainable multiple-use management concept to meet the diverse needs of people.
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
The NRCS works with partners to set goals, improve the land, and provide assistance and leadership in a partnership
effort to help people conserve, improve, and sustain our natural resources and environment.
United States Fish and Wildlife Servicce (USFWS)
The US Fish and Wildlife Department was formed in 1940 by combining two agencies, the Bureau of Fisheries and the
Bureau of Biological Survey. It is charged with the conservation, protection and enhancment of fish, wildlife, and
plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
The National Park Service (NPS)
Created in 1916, the NPS took over the Interior Department's responsibility over national parks and monuments in
order to provide the needed management by an organization. The National Park Service works with partners to extend
the benefits of natural and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation throughout the US and the world.
United States Department of the Interior
As the nation's principal conservation agency, the U.S. Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our
nationally owned public lands and natural resources. From its establishment in 1849, the Department has managed
many varied programs including Indian Affairs, administering land grants, improving historic western emigrant routes, marking boundaries, and conducting research on geological resources.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, administers 264 million
acres of America's public lands, located primarily in 12 Western States. The BLM sustains the health, diversity, and
productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
The USGS serves as an independent agency that collects, monitors, provides scientific understanding about natural
resources. USGS strives to serve the Nation by providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the
Earth, minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters, manage resources, and enhance and protect our quality of life.
United States Army Corps of Engineers
The Corps of Engineers is made up of military and civilian engineers, scientists, and professionals of other fields to
work on engineering and environmental matters. The Corps is responsible for providing quality, responsive
engineering services to the nation through planning, designing, building and operating water resources and other civil
works projects, designing and managing the construction of military facilities for the Army and Air Force, and providing
design and construction management support for other Defense and federal agencies.
US Department of Energy (DOE)
The DOE's mission is to foster a secure and reliable energy system that is environmentally and economically
sustainable as well as to be a responsible steward of the Nation's nuclear weapons, to clean up our own facilities and to support continued US leadership in science and technology.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
The Commission is a regulatory agency within the Department of Energy composed of five members appointed by the
President who regulate key interstate aspects of the electric power, natural gas, oil pipeline, and hydroelectric
industries. FERC strives to foster competitive markets whenever possible, to assure access to reliable service at a
reasonable price, and to give full and fair consideration to environmental and community impacts in assessing the public interest of energy projects.
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The NRC is responsible for regulating commercial nuclear power reactors, non-power research test and training
reactors, fuel cycle facilities, medical, academic, and industrial uses of nuclear materials, and the transport, storage, and disposal of nuclear materials and waste.
US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
In its formation in 1965, the Department of Housing and Urban Development consolidated a number of federal
agencies and served as a part of President L.B.J's War on Poverty. HUD's mission is to provide a decent, safe, and sanitary home and suitable living environment for every American.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The FDA enforces the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act as well as other public health laws by monitoring the
manufacture, import, transport, storage, and sale of goods. Its goal is to promote and protect the public health by
helping safe and effective products reach the market in a timely way and by monitoring products for continued safety after they are in use.
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