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	United States Department of the Interior - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is a Cabinet department of the United States government that manages and conserves most federally-owned land.
		The U.S. Department of the Interior is not responsible for local government or for civil administration except in the cases of Indian reservations.
		The Department was established on March 3, 1849, the eve of President Zachary Taylor's inauguration, when the Senate voted 31 to 25 to create the Department.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior (497 words)

	Quick Facts on the U.S. Department of the Interior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Department of the Interior (DOI) is the nationâ€™s principal conservation agency.
		Interior is a large, decentralized agency with over 78,315 employees and 183,000 volunteers located at approximately 2,400 operating locations across the United States, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, and freely associated states.
		The Department seeks to work with others to conserve, manage, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of all Americans.
	www.doiu.nbc.gov /orientation/facts2.cfm (2527 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Guam: organized, unincorporated territory US with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
		U.S. Virgin Islands: organized, unincorporated territory with policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
		Although the U.S. state of Hawaii is an island and is technically overseas from the rest of the U.S., it is fully a state of the Union and shares equal status under the U.S. constitution with all of the other states.
	www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Dependencies (1262 words)

	New Scientist Breaking News - Political meddling alleged in US wildlife service
		Many scientists at the US Fish and Wildlife Service say they have been pushed to alter or withdraw scientific findings on the protection of species for political reasons, according to a new survey.
		A culture of fear was also indicated by the survey, to which 30% of the 1400 FWS staff responded, with many biologists trying to "keep their heads down and stay out of trouble", according to Schulz.
		And she feels it may undermine US progress as a leader in science by undermining trust in government science, and the country's ability to attract top scientists.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn7002 (668 words)

	ASBESTOS: A Select Bibliography And Web-based Resource Guide
		Clifton, Robert A., US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines (Washington, DC: 1977).
		Clifton, Robert A., US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines (Washington, DC: 1985).
		Abstract: The US Geological Survey is conducting a study to investigate the mineral content of U.S. vermiculite deposits to determine if the amphibole asbestos minerals like those found in the Libby, Montana, deposits are common in other vermiculite deposits.
	www.geocities.com /neander97/features/asbestos-1.html (3180 words)

	US Department of Interior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Department of Interior informs Congress that it has decided to settle a lawsuit filed years ago by the state of Utah over the Bureau of Land Management's policy of rejecting drilling and mining projects in areas under review for wilderness protection.
		Interior Secretary Gale Norton says her department intends to increase the number of permits granted each year for gas drilling on public lands in Wyoming's Powder River Basin from 1,000 to 3,000 and “streamline” the permit review process.
		The decision is a response to complaints by energy companies that the review process for drilling permits on federal property is three times as long as that for drilling on private and state-owned lands.
	cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?entity=us_department_of_interior (543 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Oil prices surge to record high
		US light crude settled at a record closing price of $51.09 on Tuesday, up $1.18, having hit a $51.29 high.
		Traders said the market had responded to a US Department of the Interior report stating that more than 15 million barrels from the Gulf had been disrupted over the past three weeks by the hurricanes.
		US oil inventory data, due out on Wednesday, may offer a gauge of how comfortable oil supplies are in the weeks ahead of the northern hemisphere winter.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/business/3715580.stm (445 words)

	OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING HOME PAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Office of Surface Mining staffers are assisting the U.S. Corps of Engineers and are responsible for quality assurance of the effort to clear debris and collapsed roofing in the area.
		Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton praised President Bush's intention to nominate Interior’s Surface Mining director, Jeffrey D. Jarrett, to serve as Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy at the Department of Energy.
		The announcement is subject to confirmation by the U.S. Senate, once the official nomination is made by the President.
	www.osmre.gov (284 words)

	Dependency status. The World Factbook. 2003
		organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
		organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
		unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Department of the Interior; activities on the island are managed by the US Air Force
	www.bartleby.com /151/fields/41.html (940 words)

	Rochna - Foam Professionals
		US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management and Chemeketa Community College.
		US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Boise Interagency Fire Center.
		US Department of the Interior, Boise Interagency Fire Center.
	www.rochna.com /about.html (497 words)

	A Look at the Department of the Interior - Government Job Resources from Monster.com
		The US Fish and Wildlife Service, which coordinates the protection of America's fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats.
		The US Geological Survey, which studies the nation's natural resources and phenomena like earthquakes, volcanoes, floods and droughts.
		Guide to America's Federal Jobs, compiled by JIST editors, has a section on the Department of the Interior bureaus and associated career opportunities.
	publicservice.monster.com /articles/interior (611 words)

	RenewableEnergyAccess.com \| U.S. Department of the Interior Pushes for Renewables
		"Department of Interior and Agriculture - two agencies have stood out as strong backers of renewable energy at the political level," Sklar said.
		"Interior Secretary Norton led a very high profile program to remove barriers for renewable energy on federal lands - which could have high benefits for concentrated solar power, geothermal, hydropower, and wind farms - as well as distributed generations in parks, forest lands, and in Native American tribal lands," Sklar said.
		All Renewables: The Departments of Interior and Energy jointly published two GIS-based reports highlighting the best places for particular types of renewable energy development on public lands.
	www.renewableenergyaccess.com /rea/news/story?id=17839 (819 words)

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		Dependency status: commonwealth in political union with the US; federal funds to the Commonwealth administered by the US Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs
		Military branches: NA Military - note: defense is the responsibility of the US; under a Compact of Free Association between Palau and the US, the US military is granted access to the islands for 50 years
		Dependency status: unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the Department of the Interior; activities on the island are managed by the US Army under a US Air Force permit
	www.angelica.dds.nl /australiamil.htm (978 words)

	US Department of Interior (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Positions that US Department of Interior has held:
		US Department of Interior actively participated in the following events:
		People and organizations involved: US Congress, Gale A. Norton, Bush administration, US Department of Interior, Mike Leavitt
	www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?entity=us_department_of_interior (543 words)

	MAD Reference - US Department of the Interior CD ROM Index
		U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-2: This contains digital representation of the Geologic Map of Nevada, 1978, compiled by John H. Stewart and John E. Carlson of the USGS.
		This publication contains image data for the conterminous United States and profile data for the conterminous US within the area longitude 108 to 126 degrees W. and latitude 34 to 39 degrees N. The profile data include apparent surface concentrations of potassium, uranium and thorium, the residual magnetic field and the height above the ground.
		This disc contain data collected by the US Bureau of Census from 40,000 potential anglers and hunters and 28,000 potential non consumptive participants.
	www.lib.auburn.edu /madd/docs/interior.html (6009 words)

	Southeast Region -- US Fish and Wildlife Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Acting Refuge Manager Janet Ertel reminds the visiting public that although the immediate effects of the storm have passed caution is still important while on the refuge, as some roads are saturated and brush and trees may be down in some areas.
		Twenty whooping cranes began their ultralight-led flight from the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin – the fifth generation of birds taking part in a landmark reintroduction effort sponsored by the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership (WCEP).
		U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s FY 2005 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund Grants for the Southeast Region -- Learn more...
	southeast.fws.gov (344 words)

	LookSmart - Department of Interior
		Department of Interior - Links to the Department and to agencies under its control.
		Department of Interior agency regulating economic management of much of the nation's public forests, mineral resources, and grazing lands.
		US Department of the Interior - Bureau of Reclamation
	altavista.looksmart.com /e53455/r?l& (242 words)

	Muckley, Wilson of Corporation are dead - MIT News Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Muckley served as a consultant to the US Department of the Interior's Petroleum Administration for Defense, and from 1968-71 he was a member of the US Department of Transportation's Pipeline Technical Committee.
		Muckley served on the Auditing Committee and the Visiting Committees for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (twice as chair) and the Department of Ocean Engineering.
		Wilson, a retired chairman of Boeing, endowed two professorships in his name, one in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and one in the Sloan School.
	web.mit.edu /newsoffice/1999/obits-0421.html (548 words)

	Country Reports
		unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC, by the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and managed cooperatively by DTRA and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system
		unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC by the US Navy; however, it is awash the majority of the time, so it is not usable and is uninhabited
		unincorporated territory of the US; administered from Washington, DC by the Department of the Interior; occasional activities on the island are managed by the US Army under a US Air Force contract
	www.classbrain.com /cb_cr/fields/dependency_status.html (813 words)

	Offshore Minerals Management Home Page
		U.S. offshore supplied more than 25 percent of the country’s natural gas production and more than 30 percent of total domestic oil production.
		It is the role of DOI to ensure that the U.S. government receives fair market value for acreage made available for leasing and that any oil and gas activities conserve resources, operate safely, and take maximum steps to protect the environment.
		OCS oil and gas lease sales are held on an area-wide basis with annual sales in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico with less frequent sales held in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and offshore Alaska.
	www.mms.gov /offshore (323 words)

	U.S. Department of the Interior
		The Department of the Interior has outlined its efforts and those of its partners in investigating highly pathogenic avian influenza in migratory birds and theplans now underway to protect the health of Interior employees and the millions of visitors to Department-managed lands.
		The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is immediately suspending import and re-export of threatened beluga sturgeon caviar and meat originating in the Black Sea basin, the agency has announced.
		The Department of the Interior has declined to acknowledge three petitioners in Connecticut as Indian tribes under Federal law.
	www.interior.gov (449 words)

	U.S. Department of Defense Official Website - 11/01/2005 - Edition 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Contact Us – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld take questions from the press during a briefing at the Pentagon, Nov. 1, 2005.
		WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2005 – It's little surprise that October turned out to be one of the most violent months in Iraq, as insurgents stepped up their attacks in an unsuccessful attempt to disrupt the Oct. 15 referendum, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Pentagon reporters today.
		CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait, Nov. 1, 2005 – A U.S. soldier accused of killing two officers in a June 7 attack may face a general court-martial and could receive the death penalty, military officials here announced today.
	www.dod.gov (414 words)

	U.S. Geological Survey, Volcano Hazards Program
		Volcanic threat is the combination of hazards (the destructive natural phenomena produced by a volcano) and exposure (people and property at risk from the hazards).
		According to a new USGS report on NVEWS, since 1980, 45 eruptions and 15 cases of notable volcanic unrest have occurred at 33 U.S. volcanoes.
		About half of the most threatening U.S. volcanoes are monitored at a basic level and a few are well monitored with a suite of modern instruments.
	volcanoes.usgs.gov (474 words)

	Landslide Hazards Program
		Landslides constitute a major geologic hazard because they are widespread, occur in all 50 states and U.S. territories, and cause $1-2 billion in damages and more than 25 fatalities on average each year.
		Huge landslides occur in weathered shale, hydrothermally altered volcanic rocks, and other rocks in mountain ranges of the western states.
		Rock fall is a serious hazard in many mountainous areas of the U.S. and a major cause of landslide fatalities.
	landslides.usgs.gov (785 words)

	SearchRight for interior
		US Department of the Interior, Initiatives, Gale Norton, Bureaus of Interior,
		Interior, administers 261 million acres of America's public lands,...
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	www.searchright.info /s/s.php?q=interior (230 words)

	Cooperative Conservation Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Department is expanding the tools in the conservation "toolbox" available to private land owners and federal land mangers to enhance and achieve conservation.
		The Private Stewardship Grant program and Landowner Incentive Program, founded on initiatives envisioned by President Bush when he was Governor of Texas, provide assistance to private land owners in their voluntary efforts to protect threatened, imperiled and endangered species.
		In 2003, the Department is working to create consistent criteria across the bureaus.
	www.nbc.gov /cci/matrix.cfm (670 words)

	DOI Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Department of the Interior, Electronic Library of Interior Policies
		US Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation
		US Department of the Interior National Park Service
	www.aigcs.net /doi_links.html (110 words)

	U.S. Department of the Interior Library
		The U.S. Department of the Interior Library promotes the mission of the Department by providing a full range of professional reference and research services, available to Interior employees in both the Washington, DC, area and nationwide.
		The Library's collections include documents produced by or for the Department, as well as a broad range of related books, journals, and other resources that support the Department’s efforts to protect and provide access to the Nation’s natural and cultural heritage and to honor its trust responsibilities to tribes.
		Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays) and is open to the public.
	library.doi.gov (124 words)

	Bureau of Reclamation
		Norton Recognizes Water 2025 Awards for Utah, Idaho Conservation Projects - Interior Secretary Gale Norton, joined by Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr., awarded $2.8 million in Water 2025 Challenge Grants for 11 projects in Utah and one in Idaho to help address long-term water needs in both states.
		Silvery Minnow Sanctuary - The Bureau of Reclamation in partnership with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, Fish and Wildlife Service and city of Albuquerque broke ground October 11th on a new off-channel sanctuary for the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow in southwest Albuquerque.
		Interior Department’s Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Mark Limbaugh, along with other project partners, attended the ceremony.
	www.usbr.gov (217 words)

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