WWC snapshot of http://www.fedworld.gov/natural.htm taken on Sun Jun 4 2:09:58 1995

Natural Resources and Earth Sciences

Simulating Fire Patterns in Heterogeneous Landscapes: Computer fire simulation, EMBYR, and Ecological Model for Burning the Yellowstone Region, to investigate the cause and consequences of large-scale fires.
Gypsy Moth in North America: Information about the gypsy moth in North America.

US Geological Survey: Scientific fact-finding and research organization. Principal source of scientific and technical expertise in the earth sciences within the Federal Government.
High Performance Computing and Communications: Samples of research underway at the center in such subject matters as Biology, Earth and Space Physics, Ecology, Fluid Dynamics, Material Science, and Weather and Climate.
US Department of the Interior: Information about the Department of the Interior. Lists all the bureaus of the department and their area offices.
Smithsonian Institute: Links to the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, the Harvard- Smithsonia Center for Astrophysics, LMS and MSC FTP servers, Natural History Gopher and Web, SI Education Server, and the SI Photo Server.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Data available includes the latest GOES image of the US, the latest weather maps for the US, studies of solar terrestrial physics, information on marine biology, sea surface temperature, etc.
National Park Service: NPS background, contacts, and information on individual National Parks and cultural resources.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): Find out who they are, what they do, how to prepare for a disaster, how to get help after a disaster, and more.

National Geophysical Data Center: Manages environmental data in the fields of solar-terrestrial physics, solid earth geophysics, marine geology and geophysics, paleoclimatology, glaciology (snow and ice).
USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory: Information on volcanically-induced geologic and hydrologic hazards as well as images of volcanoes and volcanic phenomena are available.

US Army Corps of Engineers: Access to information about the US Army Corps of Engineers programs, organizational elements, facilities and activities.

US Bureau of Mines: Information about the Bureau of Mines as well as access to the USBM gopher server, technology news letters and agency phone book.
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Energy and Mineral Resources: Provides geotechnical, engineering and economic advice to the Indian landowners seeking to manage and develop their mineral resources.

US Department of Commerce: Information generated by the 10 Department of Commerce agencies.
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program(DMSP) Data Archive at the National Geophysical Data Center(NGDC): Introduction to DMSP, sample imagery/plots, ordering and archive information, etc.
Satellite Active Archive Home Page: Access to data from NOAA's satellites. Contains desciptive information about those data sets and permits users to search inventories of data holding for availability based upon geographic and date requirements.
US Fish and Wildlife Service: Information on Endangered Species, Migratory Birds and Waterfowl, Fisheries, Wildlife Law, Federal Aid to States, Wetlands, and Wildlife Species.
US Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System: Information about the National Wildlife Refuge System and topics of interest related to wildlife management and natural resources managements.