USDA(www.usda.gov)
- USDA is the country's largest conservation
agency, encouraging voluntary efforts to protect
soil, water, and wildlife on America’s
private lands
US Geological
Survey – Nation’s largest natural
resource research and civilian mapping agency.
USGS work focuses on scientific research and
technology. USGS is not a regulatory or resource
management agency.
USGS Biological Resources Division
(http://biology.usgs.gov/)
- BRD provides the scientific understanding
and technologies needed to support the sound
management and conservation of our Nation's
biological resources.