Federal Government Documents - Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (http://www.epa.gov) provides information on a range of environmental issues and includes the Envirofacts Data Warehouse (http://www.epa.gov/enviro) for locating environmental information and the EPA National Catalog (http://www.epa.gov/natlibra/ols.htm) to find EPA publications.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Laws, Regulations, Guidance & Dockets (http://www.epa.gov/lawsregs) learn the basics about regulations and submit comments on current and upcoming regulations and browse regulations by environmental topic or business sector.

U.S. Department of Energy (http://www.energy.gov) offers information and links to the department’s agencies and offices and information on a variety of topics from energy statistics to climate change to energy sources and much more.

U.S. Department of the Interior (http://www.doi.gov) features information and links to the department’s agencies and offices and information on numerous topics from endangered species to renewable energy resources to lighthouse preservation and much more.

America’s National Wildlife Refuge (http://www.fws.gov/refuges) and the database page (http://www.fws.gov/refuges/databases) offers resources to find threatened and endangered Species and find out which legislative authorities and executive actions were used to establish and/or acquire lands for the National Wildlife Refuge System.

EPIC (Department of Energy Environmental Stewardship Clearinghouse) (http://epic.er.doe.gov/epic/index.shtml) offers information on alternative energy sources, pollution prevention, ozone depletion, sustainable design and much more.

National Biological Information Infrastructure (http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt) features data on topics ranging from invasive species to amphibians to wetlands to wildlife disease and also offers a publications library (http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=384&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=0&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true).

National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) Library (http://library.fws.gov), from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, find books in the online catalog, search for images in the digital repository, view online journals and newsletters and U.S. Fish & Wildlife publications and videos.

National Environmental Data Index (NEDI) (http://www.nedi.gov) provides environmental data gathered from numerous government agencies environmental data holdings.

National Science and Technology Center (http://www.blm.gov/nstc) from the Bureau of Land Management offers information on water rights and water quality laws, soil biological communities, air quality and much more.

USDA Forest Service (http://www.fs.fed.us) provides information on the public lands in national forests and grasslands, which encompass 193 million acres and online publications (http://www.fs.fed.us/publications) with land area reports, forest service and research development reports, forest service annual reports and much more.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (http://www.fws.gov) find information on FWS divisions and agencies and FWS budget, and information on legislation, federal assistance, permits and much more.

U.S. Geological Survey (http://www.usgs.gov) provides scientific information on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information and water and offers a library, (http://library.usgs.gov), with access to over 300,000 book, map, and serial records in the U.S. Geological Survey Library online catalog and a publications warehouse, (http://infotrek.er.usgs.gov/pubs), with over 70,000 bibliographic citations.

U.S. National Park Service (http://www.nps.gov) offers information on the almost 400 national parks and online publications (http://www.cr.nps.gov/publications.htm) ranging from Park Science to Geology Technical Reports to Fisheries Technical Reports and much more.

U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (http://www.osmre.gov) offers statistics on abandoned mine lands and regulation, laws and regulations, and reports and publications.

Environmental Health Perspectives (http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov) available at the State Library in print September 2002 to the December 2004 issue and current issues available online, SuDoc: HE 20.3559:

Minerals Yearbook (http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/myb.html) available at the State Library in print 1996 to the current issue, SuDoc: I 19.165:

National Park Guides (http://www.nps.gov/archive/parks.html) Kentucky National Park Guides available at the State Library in print, SuDoc: I 29.9/5:

People, Land, and Water (http://www.peoplelandandwater.gov) available at the State Library in print 2003 to the current issue, SuDoc: I 1.116:

Kentucky Soil Surveys, available in print at the State Library, SuDoc: A 57.38/17:

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheets (http://water.usgs.gov/wid/indexlist.html) available at the State Library in print 1995 to current issues, SuDoc: I 19.127:

Water Resources Data (Kentucky) (http://pubs.usgs.gov/wdr) available at the State Library in print 1979, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1993, and 1994, SuDoc: I 19.53/2: