Environmental Sites: Government Agencies

• Bureau of Land Management
  News, programs, career opportunities.
• California Department of Health Services
  Press releases, health warnings, programs, and resources. Click on Organizations, then Prevention Services.
• California Department of Water Resources
  Links to Special Topics, Other Agencies, Recent Developments, News, State Water Project, California Water Information including forecasts, and Local Assistance.
• California Environmental Protection Agency
  Cal/EPA presents information about environmental regulation in California and about Cal/EPA programs and services. Cal/EPA web pages offer: Environmental Indicators, which contains charts with statistical data on ambient air quality, air releases of pollutants, fieldworker pesticide related illnesses, pesticides in produce and well water, volume of hazardous waste, solid waste disposal, underground storage tanks, and toxic releases of chemicals; Fact sheets and information on programs, permits, regulations; Cal/EPA policy documents ; California governor's annual report on the environment; A staff directory; Press releases, speeches, newsletter issues; and Information about environmental legislation introduced in the California legislature. - site intro
• California Land Use Planning Information Network LUPIN
  CaLSIP, City Zoning Ordinances, County Zoning Ordinances, Env. Assessment Documents, Maps, Plans, Photos, Reports and Publications, Spatial Data, Built Environments, CEQA, Demographics, Economics, Experts & Liaisons, Federal Law & Regulation, Natural Environments, Natural Hazard Disclosure, State Law & Regulation, Academic Organizations, COGs, County and City, Federal Organizations, LAFCOs, Non-Governmental Organizations, Special Districts, State Organizations.
• California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment 
  The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment presents information about environmental health hazards in California and information about the Office and its activities. Included are: materials related implementation of Proposition 65. This includes the List of chemicals known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity; art hazards list (list of arts and crafts materials not to be purchased for use in Kindergarten to Sixth Grade); materials on environmental health risks such as environmental tobacco smoke, diesel exhaust, air pollutants, drinking water pollutants, consumption of contaminated fish, carcinogens; an educational presentation; Office risk assessment practices, policies, and guidelines; an Office staff directory and descriptions of Office programs and activities. - site intro
• California State Water Resources Control Board
  Links to News; Employment Opportunities; Workshops & Meetings; Resolutions, Orders & Decisions; Regional Boards; Plans & Policies; Programs; Forms & Permits; Fees & Funding;
  Bay & Delta; Nonpoint Source; Water Laws & Regulations; AB 982 Monitoring; Water Recycling; Storm Water; Tanks & Landfills; Watershed Management; and Water Rights.
• California Wetlands Information System
  California's Wetlands: An Introduction; Vernal Pools; Geographic and Educational Information; Agency Roles and Responsibilities; Restoration and Mitigation Projects; How to obtain a wetlands permit; Wetland Policies; U.S. EPA Wetlands Protection Development Grant; Tracking Wetland Gains; What's New?
• Capitol Reports' State Agency Directory: Directory of State agencies
  Links to: Air Resources Board, Conservation, Energy Commission, California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA), Forestry, Industrial Relations, Integrated Waste Management Board, Lands Commission, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Office of Oil Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR), Pesticide Regulation, Resources Agency, Resources Agency CERES System, Resources Agency Wetlands Web, Toxic Substances Control, State Water Resources Control Board, and Water Resources departments.
• Center for Air Pollution / Centro de Información sobre Contaminación de Aire
  CICA provides technical support and assistance in evaluating air pollution problems along the U.S.-México border. CICA web pages offer: Air pollution data for the U.S.-Mexico border area. Includes
  ambient air pollution data for carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, particular matter, and noncriteria pollutants; Descriptions of U.S.-Mexico air pollution programs; Reports, manuals, and other documents on air pollution along the U.S.-Mexico border - site intro
• Children's Health Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  The Children's Health Protection web pages present: information about environmental health risks to children. Among the risks discussed are asbestos, asthma, lead, indoor and outdoor air quality, carbon monoxide poisoning, sun exposure, food quality, insect repellants, environmental tobacco smoke, drinking water. EPA's Children's Environmental Health Yearbook; connections to online EPA publications about children's health and the environment; descriptions of EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection programs and policies; links to outside organizations working on children's environmental health. - site intro
• Climate Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  The EPA's Climate Protection Prevention Division web pages present information on EPA voluntary programs to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emmissions through: methane reduction (Ag Star, CoalBed Methane Outreach Program, Landfill Methane Outreach Program, Natural Gas Star, Ruminant Livestock Efficiency Program); energy efficiency in buildings and manufacturing (Energy Star; Green Lights) and environmental stewardship programs (Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership; SF6 Emissions Reduction Partnership for Electric Power Systems). There are also graphs showing carbon dioxide emissions by source. - site intro
• Concerned Citizens Resources, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  Topics include: community right to know (food/air/water quality, environmental monitoring); protecting children from environmental health threats (lead, sun, asbestos, pesticides, etc.); home and garden safety, pollution, and recycling; workplace safety, pollution, recycling; transportation (efficient energy use, automobile emissions, etc.); resources for nonprofit organizations (EPA statutes, regulations, and rules; grants; EPA contacts; reporting environmental violations and reacting to environmental emergencies; FAQs; hotlines; online publications.
• Department of Conservation: California Geological Survey
  News & Information; Programs & Services; Kids Only; Beverage Container Recycling; Earthquakes & Landslides; Farmland and Open Space Resources; Minerals & Mining; Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources.
• FirstGov
  Portal to federal government web sites.
• National Environmental Data Index
  Provides direct access to full-text environmental data and information descriptions compiled by several agencies of the federal government.
• Region 9, EPA
  Region 9 covers Arizona, California, Nevada, and Hawaii. Resources include: Air, Pesticides and Toxics, Waste, Water, Cross-Program Activities, Headlines, Career, Education, and Funding.
• U.S. Department of the Interior
  News and program information.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  Gateway to the EPA.
• U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory
  From LSU Libraries, Louisiana State University.
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  Programs, educational resources, career information.
• USGS
  Index of USGS websites
  USGS Library by phone (toll-free) 888-275-8747.
• USGS Environment
  The USGS participates in data collection, long-term assessments, ecosystem analysis, predictive modeling, and process research on the occurrence, distribution, transport, and fate of contaminants as well as the impacts of contaminants on biota. - site intro. Information on the site includes: Anthropogenic and Natural Contaminants; Ecosystems and Management; Energy and the Environment; the Environment and Human Health; Global Change; Policy and Guidance; and Environment-Related Fact Sheets.