Regional Information
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NIFA National Water Program
USDA. National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Provides information about the national program and links to water quality information from 10 NIFA regions.
USDA. Forest Service.
Includes project overviews and business plans for several interstate watershed restoration efforts.
Chesapeake Bay Program
Chesapeake Bay Program
Provides comprehensive information, including daily news, on the Chesapeake Bay.
Great Lakes National Program Office
Environmental Protection Agency.
Content includes "Basic Information," "Policies and Strategies," "Monitoring and Indicators," "Ecosystems," and "Toxics Reduction and Pollution Prevention."
EPA. Office of Water.
Provides information on estuaries in the program, links to estuary sites, and information on topics such as air pollution and water quality.
Gulf of Mexico Program
Environmental Protection Agency.
Provides a variety of information on the resource and program; see also the Water Quality Information Center's bibliography Hypoxia and Eutrophication in Estuarine Waters.
National Sea Grant
DOC. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Information about the program and links to the Sea Grant programs across the country.
DOI. Bureau of Reclamation.
Contains information about the Central Valley Project and the San Francisco Bay - Delta Agreement and other activities.
Environmental Protection Agency
Coordinates regional offices around the nation. Each regional office is "responsible within selected states for the execution of the Agency's programs, considering regional needs and the implementation of federal environmental laws."
- EPA Region 1 Water Topics; water issues, programs, and information in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and ten tribal nations.
- EPA Region 2 Water Homepage; water issues, programs, and information in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.
- EPA Region 3 Mid-Atlantic Water covers the states of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Site includes information on the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program.
- EPA Region 4 Water Protection Division covers water and water quality programs in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
- EPA Region 5 Water Homepage; information on water issues covering the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
- EPA Region 6 Water Quality Protection Division has information on regional water quality plans, including those covering the Gulf of Mexico area. The region includes the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
- EPA Region 7 Water Division covers the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
- EPA's Region 8 Water Homepage has information for the states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, and 27 Tribal Nations.
- EPA Region 9 Water Program covers Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands subject to U.S. law, and approximately 140 Tribal Nations. Drinking water, wastewater, and groundwater programs in the region are highlighted.
- EPA Region 10 Water Issues includes Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and 267 Indian Tribes.
Watershed Agricultural Council
Provides information on the New York City water supply watershed area. The site includes information on programs and activities in the Catskills region such as agriculture and forestry programs, farmland retention, economic development, and water suppply facts.
Great Lakes Information Network
Extensive information about water resources and related issues in the Great Lakes region.